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In this episode, I spoke with Tracey Goessel about her book "The First King of Hollywood: The Life of Douglas Fairbanks". Douglas Fairbanks was the greatest leading man of his generation—the first and the best of the swashbucklers. He made some of the greatest films of the silent era, including The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro. With Charlie Chaplin, D. W. Griffith, and his wife, film star Mary Pickford, he founded United Artists.Forgotten Hollywood is on FacebookForgotten Hollywood Books are on AmazonDoug Hess is the Producer/Host!

In this week's episode, I take a look back at the movies and streaming shows I watched in Summer 2025. This coupon code will get you 50% off the audiobook of Ghost in the Serpent, Book #1 in the Ghost Armor series, (as excellently narrated by Hollis McCarthy) at my Payhip store: FALLSERPENT50 The coupon code is valid through September 15, 2025 (please note the shorter expiration date). So if you need a new audiobook this fall, we've got you covered! TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Updates Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 267 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is September 5, 2025 and today I'm doing a review roundup of the movies and streaming shows I saw in Summer 2025. Before we do that, we will have Coupon of the Week and a progress update on my current writing and audiobook projects. First up, this week's coupon code will get you 50% off the audiobook of Ghost in the Serpent, Book One in the Ghost Armor series (as excellently narrated by Hollis McCarthy) at my Payhip store. That is FALLSERPENT50. This coupon code will be valid through September 15th, 2025 (exactly one week). So if you need a new audiobook to listen to as we head into fall, we have got you covered. Now for an update on my current writing and audiobook projects. I am pleased to report that the rough draft of Blade of Flames, which will be the first book in my new Blades of Ruin epic fantasy series is finished. The rough draft came at about 90,000 words long, which was what I was aiming for. Next up, I will be writing a short story set as sort of a bonus in that plot line called Thunder Hammer and that will be the backstory of one of the characters in Blade of Flames. And when Blade of Flames comes out (which will hopefully be later this September), newsletter subscribers will get a free ebook copy of Thunder Hammer. So this is an excellent time to subscribe to my newsletter. I am also 8,000 words into Cloak of Worlds. At long last, I am coming back to the Cloak Mage series after nearly a year's absence. Longtime listeners will know the reason was that I had five unfinished series and I wanted to spend the summer of 2025 finishing the unfinished ones and focusing up so I will only have three ongoing series at any given time. I'm hoping Blade of Flames will come out before the end of September and Cloak of Worlds before the end of October, and after that I will be able to return to the Rivah series at long last. In audiobook news, recording is finished on Shield of Power. That will be excellently narrated by Brad Wills and hopefully once it gets through processing and quality assurance and everything, it should be showing up on the various audiobook stores before too much longer. Hollis McCarthy is about halfway through the recording of Ghost in the Siege, which was, as you know, the last book in the Ghost Armor series that just came out. And if all goes well, the audiobook should be coming out probably in October once everything is done with recording and quality assurance and all that. So that is where I'm at with my current writing and audiobook projects. 00:02:34 Main Topic: Summer 2025 Movie/TV Roundup So without further ado, let's head into our main topic. The end of summer is nigh, which means this time for my summer movie review roundup. As is usual for the summer, I saw a lot of movies, so this will be one of the longer episodes. For some reason I ended up watching a bunch of westerns. As always, the movies are ranked from least favorite to most favorite. The grades of course are totally subjective and based on nothing more than my own opinions, impressions, and interpretations. Now on to the movies. First up is the Austin Powers trilogy, the three movies of which came out in 1997, 1999, and 2002. The Austin Powers movies came out just as the Internet really got going in terms of mass adoption, which is likewise why so many Austin Powers and Dr. Evil memes are embedded in online culture. Despite that, I had never really seen any of them all the way through. They've been on in the background on TBS or whatever quite a bit when I visited people, but I've never seen them all. But I happened upon a DVD of the trilogy for $0.25 (USD), so I decided for 25 cents I would give it a go. I would say the movies were funny, albeit not particularly good. Obviously the Austin Powers movies are a parody of the James Bond movies. The movies kind of watch like an extended series of Saturday Night Live skits, only loosely connected, like the skit is what if Dr. Evil had a son named Scott who wasn't impressed with him or another skit was what if a British agent from the ‘60s arrives in the ‘90s and experiences culture clash? What if Dr. Evil didn't understand the concept of inflation and demanded only a million dollars from the United Nations? What if Dr. Evil was actually Austin's brother and they went to school together at Spy Academy? Michael Caine was pretty great as Austin's father. Overall, funny but fairly incoherent. Overall grade: C- Next up is Horrible Bosses, a very dark and very raunchy comedy from about 14 years ago. It came out in 2011. Interestingly, this movie reflects what I think is one of the major crises of the contemporary era, frequent failures of leadership at all levels of society. In the movie Nick, Dale, and Kurt are lifelong friends living in LA and all three of them have truly horrible bosses in their place of employment, ranging from a sociopathic finance director, the company founder's cokehead son, and a boorish dentist with a tendency to sexual harassment. At the bar, they fantasize about killing their horrible bosses and then mutually decide to do something about it. Obviously, they'd all be prime suspects in the murder of their own bosses, but if they killed each other's bosses, that would allow them to establish airtight alibis. However, since Nick, Dale and Kurt are not as bright as they think they are, it all goes hilariously wrong very quickly. Bob Hope has a hilarious cameo. If the best “crude comedies” I've seen are Anchorman, Zoolander, Tropic Thunder, and Dodgeball, and the worst one was MacGruber, I'd say Horrible Bosses lands about in the middle. Overall grade: C Next up is Cowboys and Aliens, which came out in 2011. Now I almost saw this in 2011 when it came out, but I was too busy to go to the theater in July of 2011, so I finally saw it here in 2025 and I would say this was almost a great movie, like the performances were great, the concept was great, the scenery was great, the special effects were great, and the story was packed full of really interesting ideas, but somehow they just didn't coalesce. I'm not entirely sure why. I think upon reflection, it was that the movie is just too overcrowded with too many characters and too many subplots. Anyway, Daniel Craig portrays a man who wakes up with no memory in the Old West, with a mysterious bracelet locked around his wrist. He makes his way to the town of Atonement, and promptly gets arrested because he is apparently a notorious outlaw (which he doesn't remember). While he is locked in jail, space aliens attack the town. The aliens, for unknown reasons, abduct many of the townspeople, and Daniel Craig's character, who is named Jake even if he doesn't remember it, must lead the town's effort to recover their abducted citizens. Harrison's Ford has an excellent performance as this awful cattle baron who nonetheless has virtues of courage and fortitude that you can't help but admire. An excellent performance. That said, the movie was just too packed, and I thought it would work better as a novel. After I watched the movie, it turned out that it was indeed based off a graphic novel. Novels and graphic novels allow for a far more complex story than a movie, and I don't think this movie quite managed to handle the transition from a graphic novel to a film. Overall grade: C Next up is Heads of State, which came out in 2025. This was kind of a stupid movie. However, the fundamental question of any movie, shouted to the audience by Russell Crow in Gladiator is, “are you not entertained?!?” I was thoroughly entertained watching this, so entertained I actually watched it twice. Not everything has to be Shakespeare or a profound meditation on the unresolvable conflicts inherent within human nature. Anyway, John Cena plays Will Derringer, newly elected President of the United States. Idris Elba plays Sam Clark, who has now been the UK Prime Minister for the last six years. Derringer was an action star who parleyed his celebrity into elected office (in the same way Arnold Schwarzenegger did), while Clarke is an army veteran who worked his way up through the UK's political system. Needless to say, the cheerful Derringer and the grim Clarke take an immediate dislike to each other. However, they'll have to team up when Air Force One is shot down, stranding them in eastern Europe. They'll have to make their way home while evading their enemies to unravel the conspiracy that threatens world peace. So half action thriller, half buddy road trip comedy. The premise really doesn't work if you think about it too much for more than thirty seconds, but the movie was funny and I enjoyed it. Jack Quaid really stole his scenes as a crazy but hyper-competent CIA officer. Overall grade: C+ Next up, Captain America: Brave New World, which came out in 2025 and I think this movie ended up on the good side of middling. You can definitely tell it went through a lot of reshoots and retooling, and I suspect the various film industry strikes hit it like a freight train. But we ended up with a reasonably solid superhero thriller. Sam Wilson is now Captain America. He's not superhuman the way Steve Rogers was and doesn't have magic powers or anything, so he kind of fights like the Mandalorian – a very capable fighter who relies on excellent armor. Meanwhile, in the grand American political tradition of failing upward, Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross, who spent years persecuting The Hulk and whose meddling caused the Avengers to disband right before Thanos attacked, has now been elected President. To Wilson's surprise, Ross reaches out and wants him to restart the Avengers. But Ross (as we know) did a lot of shady black ops stuff for years, and one of his projects is coming back to haunt him. Wilson finds himself in the middle of a shadowy conspiracy, and it's up to him to figure out what's going on before it's too late. I was amused that lifelong government apparatchik Ross wanted to restart the Avengers, because when the Avengers had their biggest victory in Avengers: Endgame, they were essentially unsanctioned vigilantes bankrolled by a rogue tech billionaire. Overall grade: B- Next up is Ironheart, which came out in 2025. I'd say Ironheart was about 40% very weird and 60% quite good. It's sort of like the modern version of Dr. Faustus. The show got some flak on the Internet from the crossfire between the usual culture war people, but the key to understanding it is to realize that Riri Williams AKA Ironheart is in fact an antihero who's tottering on the edge of becoming a full-blown supervillain. Like Tony Stark, she's a once-in-a-generation scientific talent, but while she doesn't have Stark's alcohol problems, she's emotionally unstable, immature, ruthless, indifferent to collateral damage and consequences, and suffering from severe PTSD after her best friend and stepfather were killed in a drive-by shooting. This volatile mix gets her thrown out of MIT after her experiments cause too much destruction, and she has to go home to Chicago. To get the funds to keep working on her Iron Man armor, she turns to crime, and falls in with a gang of high-end thieves led by a mysterious figure named Hood. It turns out that Hood has actual magic powers, which both disturbs and fascinates Riri. However, Hood got his magic in a pact with a mysterious dark force. When a job goes bad, Riri gains the enmity of Hood and has to go on the run. It also turns out Hood's dark master has become very interested in Riri, which might be a lot more dangerous for everyone in the long run. Overall, I'd say this is about in the same vein as Agatha All Along, an interesting show constructed around a very morally questionable protagonist. Overall grade: B Next up is A Minecraft movie, which came out in 2024. I have to admit, I've never actually played Minecraft, so I know very little about the game and its ecosystem, only what I've generally absorbed by glancing at the news. That said, I think the movie held together quite well, and wasn't deserving of the general disdain it got in the press. (No doubt the $950 million box office compensated for any hurt feelings.) One of the many downsides of rapid technological change in the last fifty years is that the Boomers and Gen X and the Millennials and Gen Z and Gen Alpha have had such radically different formative experiences in childhood that it's harder to relate to each other. Growing up in the 1980s was a wildly different experience than growing up in the 2010s, and growing up in the 2010s was an even more wildly different experience than growing up in the 1960s. Smartphones and social media were dominant in 2020, barely starting in 2010, and implausible science fiction in 2000 and earlier, and so it was like the different generations grew up on different planets, because in some sense they actually did. (A five-year-old relative of mine just started school, and the descriptions of his school compared to what I remember of school really do sound like different planets entirely.) The Minecraft game and A Minecraft Movie might be one of those generation-locked experiences. Anyway, this has gotten very deep digression for what was essentially a portal-based LitRPG movie. A group of people experiencing various life difficulties in a rural Idaho town get sucked into the Minecraft world through a magic portal. There they must combine forces and learn to work together to master the Minecraft world to save it from an evil sorceress. As always, the fundamental question of any movie is the one that Russell Crowe's character shouted to the audience in Gladiator back in 2000. “Are you not entertained?” I admit I was entertained when watching A Minecraft Movie since it was funny and I recognized a lot of the video game mechanics, even though I've never actually played Minecraft. Like, Castlevania II had a night/day cycle the way Minecraft does, and Castlevania II was forty years ago. But that was another digression! I did enjoy A Minecraft Movie. It was kind of crazy, but it committed to the craziness and maintained a consistent creative vision, and I was entertained. Though I did think it was impressive how Jack Black's agent managed to insist that he sing several different times. Overall grade: B Next up is Back to School, which came out in 1986 and this is one of the better ‘80s comedies I've seen. Rodney Dangerfield plays Thornton Melon, who never went to college and is the wealthy owner of a chain of plus-sized clothing stores. His son Jason is attending Great Lakes University, and after Thornton's unfaithful gold-digging wife leaves him (Thornton is mostly relieved by this development), he decides to go visit his son. He quickly discovers that Jason is flailing at college, and decides to enroll to help out his son. Wacky adventures ensue! I quite enjoyed this. The fictional “Great Lakes University” was largely shot at UW-Madison in Wisconsin, which I found amusing because I spent a lot of time at UW-Madison several decades ago as a temporary IT employee. I liked seeing the characters walk past a place where I'd eat lunch outside when the day was nice, that kind of thing. Also, I'm very familiar with how the sausage gets made in higher ed. There's a scene where the dean is asking why Thornton is qualified to enter college, and then it cuts to the dean cheerfully overseeing the groundbreaking of the new Thornton Melon Hall which Thornton just donated, and I laughed so hard I almost hurt myself, because that is exactly how higher ed works. The movie had some pointless nudity, but it was only a few seconds and no doubt gets cut in network broadcasts. Overall grade: B Next up is Whiskey Galore, which came out in 1949 and this is a comedy set in Scotland during World War II. The villagers living on an isolated island have no whiskey due to wartime rationing. However, when a government ship carrying 50,000 cases of whiskey runs aground near the island, wacky hijinks ensue. I have to admit the first half of the movie was very slow and deliberate, gradually setting up all the pieces for later. Then, once the shipwreck happens, things pick up and the movie gets much funnier. Definitely worth watching both as a good comedy movie and an artifact of its time. A modicum of historical knowledge is required – if you don't know what the Home Guard is, you might have to do some Googling to understand the context of some of the scenes. Regrettably, the version I watched did not have captioning, so I had to pay really close attention to understand what the characters were saying, because some of the accents were very strong. Overall grade: B Next up is Happy Gilmore 2, which came out in 2025. This was dumb and overstuffed with celebrity cameos but thoroughly hilarious and I say this even though it uses one of my least favorite story tropes, namely “hero of previous movie is now a middle age loser.” However, the movie leads into it for comedy. When Happy Gilmore accidentally kills his wife with a line drive, he spirals into alcoholism and despair. But his five children still love him, and when his talented daughter needs tuition for school, Happy attempts to shake off his despair and go back to golf to win the money. But Happy soon stumbles onto a sinister conspiracy led by an evil CEO to transform the game of golf into his own personal profit center. Happy must team up with his old nemesis Shooter McGavin to save golf itself from the evil CEO. Amusingly, as I've said before, the best Adam Sandler movies are almost medieval. In medieval fables, it was common for a clever peasant to outwit pompous lords, corrupt priests, and greedy merchants. The best Adam Sandler protagonist remains an everyman who outwits the modern equivalent of pompous lords and corrupt priests, in this case an evil CEO. Overall grade: B+ Next up is Superman, which came out in 2025 and I thought this was pretty good and very funny at times. I think it caught the essential nature of Superman. Like, Superman should be a Lawful Good character. If he was a Dungeons and Dragons character, he would be a paladin. People on the Internet tend to take the characterization of superheroes seriously to perhaps an unhealthy degree, but it seems the best characterization of Superman is as an earnest, slightly dorky Boy Scout who goes around doing good deeds. The contrast of that good-hearted earnestness with his godlike abilities that would allow him to easily conquer and rule the world is what makes for an interesting character. I also appreciated how the movie dispensed with the overused trope of the Origin Story and just got down to business. In this movie, Lex Luthor is obsessed with destroying Superman and is willing to use both super-advanced technology and engineered geopolitical conflict to do it. Superman, because he's essentially a decent person, doesn't comprehend just how depraved Luthor is, and how far Luthor is willing to go out of petty spite. (Ironically, a billionaire willing to destroy the world out of petty spite is alas, quite realistic). Guy Gardener (“Jerkish Green Lantern”) and the extremely competent and the extremely exasperated Mr. Terrific definitely stole all their scenes. The director of the movie, James Gunn, was quite famously fired from Disney in 2018 for offensive jokes he had made on Twitter back when he was an edgy young filmmaker with an alcohol problem. I suppose Mr. Gunn can rest content knowing that Superman made more money than any Marvel movie released this year. Overall grade: A-   Next up is Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, which came out in 1988. This was a very strange movie, but nonetheless, one with an ambitious premise, strong performances, and a strong artistic vision. It's set in post WWII Los Angeles, and “toons” (basically cartoon characters) live and work alongside humans. Private eye Eddie Valiant hates toons since one of them killed his brother five years ago. However, he's hired by the head of a studio who's having trouble with one of his toon actors, Roger Rabbit. Roger's worried his wife Jessica is having an affair, and Valiant obtains pictures of Jessica playing patty cake (not a euphemism, they actually were playing patty cake) with another man. Roger has an emotional breakdown, and soon the other man winds up dead, and Roger insists he's innocent. Valiant and Roger find themselves sucked into a dangerous conspiracy overseen by a ruthless mastermind. This movie was such an interesting cultural artifact. It perfectly follows the structure of a ‘40s film noir movie, but with cartoons, and the dissonance between film noir and the cheerfulness of the toons was embraced and used as a frequently source of comedy. In fact, when the grim and dour Valiant uses the toons' comedy techniques as a tactical improvisation in a moment of mortal peril, it's both hilarious and awesome. Christopher Lloyd's performance as the villainous Judge Doom was amazing. (I don't think it's a spoiler to say that he's villainous, because his character is named Judge Doom and he's literally wearing a black hat.) Like, his performance perfectly captures something monstrous that is trying very hard to pretend to be human and not quite getting it right. And the amount of work it must have taken to make this movie staggers the mind. Nowadays, having live actors interact with cartoon characters is expensive, but not unduly so. It's a frequent technique. You see it all the time in commercials when a housewife is smiling at an animated roll of paper towels or something, and Marvel's essentially been doing it for years. But this was 1988! Computer animation was still a ways off. They had to shoot the movie on analog film, and then hand-draw all the animation and successfully match it to the live film. It wouldn't have worked without the performance of Bob Hoskins as Eddie Valiant, who plays everything perfectly straight in the same way Michael Caine did in A Muppet Christmas Carol. So kind of a strange movie, but definitely worth watching. And it has both Disney and Warner Brothers animated characters in the same movie, which is something we will never, ever see again. Overall grade: A Next up is K-Pop Demon Hunters, which came out in 2025. Like Who framed Roger Rabbit?, this is a very strange movie, but nonetheless with a clear and focused artistic vision. It is a cultural artifact that provides a fascinating look into a world of which I have no knowledge or interest, namely K-pop bands and their dueling fandoms. Anyway, the plot is that for millennia, female Korean musicians have used the magic of their voices to keep the demons locked away in a demon world. The current incarnation is a three-woman K-Pop group called Huntrix, and they are on the verge of sealing away the demons forever. Naturally, the Demon King doesn't like this, so one of his cleverer minions comes up with a plan. They'll start a Demon K-Pop Boy Band! Disguised as humans, the demon K-Pop group will win away Huntrix's fans, allowing them to breach the barrier and devour the world. However, one of the Huntrix musicians is half-demon, and she starts falling for the lead demon in the boy band, who is handsome and of course has a dark and troubled past. Essentially a musical K-drama follows. I have to admit I know practically nothing about K-Pop groups and their dueling fandoms, other than the fact that they exist. However, this was an interesting movie to watch. The animation was excellent, it did have a focused vision, and there were some funny bits. Overall grade: A Next up is Clarkson's Farm Season Four, which came out in 2025. A long time ago in the ‘90s, I watched the episode of Frasier where Frasier and Niles attempt to open a restaurant and it all goes horribly (yet hilariously) wrong. At the time, I had no money, but I promised myself that I would never invest in a restaurant. Nothing I have seen or learned in the subsequent thirty years has ever changed that decision. Season 4 of Clarkson's Farm is basically Jeremy Clarkson, like Frasier and Niles, attempting to open a restaurant, specifically a British pub. On paper it's a good idea, since Clarkson can provide the pub with food produced from his own farm and other local farmers. However, it's an enormous logistical nightmare, and Clarkson must deal with miles of red tape, contractors, and a ballooning budget, all while trying to keep his farm from going under. An excellent and entertaining documentary into the difficulties of both the farming life and food service. I still don't want to own a restaurant! Overall grade: A Next up is Tombstone, which came out in 1993. The Western genre of fiction is interesting because it's limited to such a very specific period of time and geographical region. Like the “Wild West” period that characterizes the Western genre really only lasted as a historical period from about 1865 to roughly 1890. The Western genre was at its most popular in movies from the 1940s and the 1960s, and I wonder if it declined because cultural and demographic changes made it unpopular to romanticize the Old West the way someone like Walt Disney did at Disneyland with “Frontierland.” Of course, the genre lives on in different forms in grittier Western movies, neo-Westerns like Yellowstone and Longmire, and a lot of the genre's conventions apply really well to science fiction. Everyone talks about Firefly being the first Space Western, but The Mandalorian was much more successful and was basically a Western in space (albeit with occasional visits from Space Wizards). Anyway! After that long-winded introduction, let's talk about Tombstone. When Val Kilmer died earlier this year, the news articles mentioned Tombstone as among his best work, so I decided to give it a watch. The plot centers around Wyatt Earp, played by Kurt Russell, who has decided to give up his career in law enforcement and move to Tombstone, Arizona, a silver mining boomtown, in hopes of making his fortune. However, Tombstone is mostly controlled by the Cowboys outlaw gang, and Earp is inevitably drawn into conflict with them. With the help of his brothers and Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer's character), Earp sets out to bring some law and order to Tombstone, whether the Cowboys like it or not. Holliday is in the process of dying from tuberculosis, which makes him a formidable fighter since he knows getting shot will be a less painful and protracted death than the one his illness will bring him. Kilmer plays him as a dissolute, scheming warrior-poet who nonetheless is a very loyal friend. Definitely a classic of the Western genre, and so worth watching. Overall grade: A Next up is Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning, the eighth Mission Impossible movie. Of the eight movies, I think the sixth one was the best one, but this one comes in at a close second. It continues on from Dead Reckoning. Ethan Hunt now possesses the key that will unlock the source code of the Entity, the malicious AI (think ChatGPT, but even more obviously evil) that is actively maneuvering the world's nuclear powers into destroying each other so the Entity can rule the remnants of humanity. Unfortunately, the Entity's source code is sitting in a wrecked Russian nuclear sub at the bottom of the Bering Sea. Even more unfortunately, the Entity knows that Hunt has the key and is trying to stop him, even as the Entity's former minion and Hunt's bitter enemy Gabriel seeks to seize control of the Entity for himself. A sense of apocalyptic doom hangs over the movie, which works well to build tension. Once again, the world is doomed, unless Ethan Hunt and his allies can save the day. The tension works extremely well during the movie's underwater sequence, and the final airborne duel between Hunt and Gabriel. I don't know if they're going to make any more Mission Impossible movies after this (they are insanely expensive), but if this is the end, it is a satisfying conclusion for the character of Ethan Hunt and the Impossible Mission Force. Overall grade: A Next up is Deep Cover, which came out in 2025. This is described as a comedy thriller, and I didn't know what to expect when I watched it, but I really enjoyed it. Bryce Dallas Howard plays Kat, a struggling comedy improv teacher living in London. Her best students are Marlon (played by Orlando Bloom), a dedicated character actor who wants to portray gritty realism but keeps getting cast in tacky commercials, and Hugh (played by Nick Mohammed), an awkward IT worker with no social skills whatsoever. One day, the three of them are recruited by Detective Sergeant Billings (played by Sean Bean) of the Metropolitan Police. The Met wants to use improv comedians to do undercover work for minor busts with drug dealers. Since it plays 200 pounds a pop, the trio agrees. Of course, things rapidly spiral out of control, because Kat, Marlon, and Hugh are actually a lot better at improv than they think, and soon they find themselves negotiating with the chief criminals of the London underworld. What follows is a movie that is both very tense and very funny. Kat, Marlon, and Hugh are in way over their heads, and will have to do the best improv of their lives to escape a very grisly fate. Whether Sean Bean dies or not (as is tradition), you will just have to watch the movie and find out. Overall grade: A Next up is Puss in Boots: The Final Wish, which came out in 2022. I don't personally know much about the history of Disney as a corporation, and I don't much care, but I do have several relatives who are very interested in the history of the Disney corporation, and therefore I have picked up some by osmosis. Apparently Disney CEO Michael Eisner forcing out Jeffrey Katzenberg in the 1990s was a very serious mistake, because Katzenberg went on to co-found DreamWorks, which has been Disney's consistent rival for animation for the last thirty years. That's like “CIA Regime Change Blowback” levels of creating your own enemy. Anyway, historical ironies aside, Puss in Boots: The Final Wish was a funny and surprisingly thoughtful animated movie. Puss in Boots is a legendary outlaw and folk hero, but he has used up eight of his nine lives. An ominous bounty hunter who looks like a humanoid wolf begins pursuing him, and the Wolf is able to shrug off the best of Puss In Boots' attacks. Panicked, Puss hides in a retirement home for elderly cats, but then hears rumors of the magical Last Wish. Hoping to use it to get his lives back, Puss In Boots sets off on the quest. It was amusing how Little Jack Horner and Goldilocks and the Three Bears were rival criminal gangs seeking the Last Wish. Overall grade: A Next up is Chicken People, which came out in 2016. A good documentary film gives you a glimpse into an alien world that you would otherwise never visit. In this example, I have absolutely no interest in competitive chicken breeding and will only raise chickens in my backyard if society ever collapses to the level that it becomes necessary for survival. That said, this was a very interesting look into the work of competitive chicken breeding. Apparently, there is an official “American Standard of Perfection” for individual chicken breeds, and the winner of the yearly chicken competition gets the title “Super Grand Champion.” Not Grand Champion, Super Grand Champion! That looks impressive on a resume. It is interesting how chicken breeding is in some sense an elaborate Skinner Box – like you can deliberately set out to breed chickens with the desirable traits on the American Standard of Perfection, but until the chickens are hatched and grow up, you don't know how they're going to turn out, so you need to try again and again and again… Overall grade: A Next up is The Mask of Zoro, which came out in 1998. I saw this in the theatre when it came out 27 years ago, but that was 27 years ago, and I don't have much of a memory of it, save that I liked it. So when I had the chance to watch it again, I did! Anthony Hopkins plays Diego de la Vega, who has the secret identity of Zorro in the final days before Mexico breaks away from the Spanish Empire. With Mexico on the verge of getting its independence, Diego decides to hang up his sword and mask and focus on his beloved wife and daughter. Unfortunately, the military governor Don Montero realizes Diego is Zorro, so has him arrested, kills his wife, and steals his baby daughter to raise as his own. Twenty years later, a bandit named Alejandro loses his brother and best friends to a brutal cavalry commander. It turns out that Montero is returning to California from Spain, and plans to seize control of California as an independent republic (which, of course, will be ruled by him). In the chaos, Diego escapes from prison and encounters a drunken Alejandro, and stops him from a futile attack upon the cavalry commander. He then proposes a pact – Diego will train Alejandro as the next Zorro, and together they can take vengeance upon the men who wronged them. This was a good movie. It was good to see that my taste in movies 27 years ago wasn't terrible. It manages to cram an entire epic plot into only 2 hours and 20 minutes. In some ways it was like a throwback to a ‘40s movie but with modern (for the ‘90s) production values, and some very good swordfights. Overall grade: A Next up is Wick is Pain, which came out in 2025. I've seen all four John Wick movies and enjoyed them thoroughly, though I've never gotten around to any of the spinoffs. Wick is Pain is a documentary about how John Wick went from a doomed indie movie with a $6.5 million hole in its budget to one of the most popular action series of the last few decades. Apparently Keanu Reeves made an offhand joke about how “Wick is pain” and that became the mantra of the cast and crew, because making an action movie that intense really was a painful experience. Definitely worth watching if you enjoyed the John Wick movies or moviemaking in general. Overall grade: A The last movie I saw this summer was Game Night, which came out in 2016. It was a hilarious, if occasionally dark comedy action thriller. Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams play Max and Annie Davis, a married couple who are very competitive and enjoy playing games of all kinds. Jason has an unresolved conflict with his brother Brooks, and one night Brooks invites them over for game night, which Max resents. Halfway through the evening, Brooks is kidnapped, with Max and Annie assume is part of the game. However, Brooks really is involved in something shady. Hilarity ensues, and it's up to Max and Annie to rescue Brooks and stay alive in the process. This was really funny, though a bit dark in places. That said, Max and Annie have a loving and supportive marriage, so it was nice to see something like that portrayed on the screen. Though this also leads to some hilarity, like when Annie accidentally shoots Max in the arm. No spoilers, but the punchline to that particular sequence was one of the funniest things I've ever seen. Overall grade: A So no A+ movie this time around, but I still saw a bunch of solid movies I enjoyed. One final note, I have to admit, I've really come to respect Adam Sandler as an entertainer, even if his movies and comedy are not always to my taste. He makes what he wants, makes a lot of money, ensures that his friends get paid, and then occasionally takes on a serious role in someone else's movie when he wants to flex some acting muscles. I am not surprised that nearly everyone who's in the original Happy Gilmore who was still alive wanted to come back for Happy Gilmore 2. So that is it for this week. Thank you for listening to The Pulp Writer Show. I hope you found the show enjoyable and perhaps a guide to some good movies to watch. A reminder that you can listen to all the back episodes at https://thepulpwritershow.com. If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave a review on your podcasting platform of choice. Stay safe and stay healthy and see you all next week.  

A Florida-based organization called Love & Bliss Church filed a forged deed in Santa Fe County in October 2020, claiming that Epstein had transferred ownership of Hill ranch property—known as Zorro Ranch—to the church for the nominal amount of $200. The document listed Epstein's corporation, Cypress Inc., as the transferor. This followed a similar fraudulent filing they had previously made regarding Epstein's Florida mansion, which was struck down by a judge as “invalid and unenforceable” and accompanied by a cease-and-desist orderThe fraudulent filings extended beyond Florida; in New Mexico, the ranch at Zorro became the center of the same deception. The estate's attorney, Daniel Weiner, confirmed that Love & Bliss Church's deed was similarly baseless, noting that the church faced legal pushback and financial consequences for its actionsSource:https://okmagazine.com/exclusives/jeffrey-epstein-estate-palm-beach-mansion-sold/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

They seek him there, they seek him there, they seek the mysterious masked hero everywhere - but they will never find him thanks to his cunning use of a luxurious moustache! We've reached the final film in our Rapiers and Ruffles season, and the good news is that you can find Zorro in the Court of England on YouTube with excellent English subtitles, if you need them. You can get in touch with us (and we would especially love to hear which flms you've enjoyed this season), follow us on social media, buy our merch, and all that stuff, through our ⁠Linktree. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Una riflessione poetica che parte da Bagno Vignoni ad Assisi e dall'asino Zorro, passando per Spello e Spoleto, un racconto che intreccia geografia dell'anima e filosofia dell'ospitalità. In dialogo con la mia amica aquila per esplorare come la favola dell'asino nel pozzo di Esopo possa insegnarci a trasformare ogni palata di terra in un gradino verso la libertà. Tra riferimenti a Gaza e riflessioni sul presente, verso un progetto di vita ispirato alla semplicità francescana: accogliere come si custodisce un giardino, con pazienza e tenacia. La vera saggezza non sta nell'evitare le cadute, ma nel saper fare della terra che ci seppellisce i gradini per la nostra risalita. Perché la vita è una e tocca a noi scegliere se rimanere nel pozzo o trottare di nuovo verso la luce.Temi correlati:Cappella Baglioni, SpelloChiesa di San Ponziano, SpoletoIncoerenza⁠⁠Fermati⁠⁠I viaggi che ho fatto e che (non) faròSan Silvestro, aiutaci tu!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Serie completa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tutti i podcast di SALTO⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Abbonati a SALTO⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of man? Ryan Holt from Analyze This Mr. Bond joins the show to chat about the 90's Pulp Perfection of The Shadow. We'll talk about what it got right, what it got wrong, and what was missing from making the same splash as Batman 1989. Order my pulp treasure hunt novel, One Man's Treasure https://a.co/d/i19YMn7 Order my 1920's Aviator novella, Unwanted Passenger https://a.co/d/5FVQJWU Join my membership - https://buymeacoffee.com/suitup  Follow Ryan https://www.instagram.com/analyzethismrbond/ https://www.youtube.com/@AnalyzeThisMisterBond Follow The Show! https://terrancelayhew.com/suitup/ https://www.instagram.com/suitup.author https://www.facebook.com/tlayhew  

In 2020, I traveled to Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch in New Mexico to investigate the extent of his presence there. Over the course of three days, I spoke with multiple sources—some willing to go on the record, others only comfortable speaking off it—about Epstein's activities in the region. The property itself was striking in its desolation, set deep in the New Mexico desert with no real neighbors for miles in any direction. The isolation gave it an almost fortress-like quality, a place where anything could happen without drawing unwanted eyes. That remoteness underscored the eerie sense that whatever occurred behind those gates was deliberately shielded from scrutiny.Locals I spoke with admitted they had always suspected something strange was going on at the ranch, but secrecy surrounded the property like a second fence. Few people had ever been inside, and even fewer felt comfortable talking about it openly. The whispers were there—rumors of high-profile guests and unexplained comings and goings—but they rarely broke the surface in a town where silence often felt safer. My reporting also led me to the Santa Fe Institute, an academic hub that Epstein had cultivated with donations and personal ties. My visit there was brief. The moment I made clear why I had come and who I was asking about, I was swiftly asked to leave. That abrupt dismissal only reinforced what I had sensed at the ranch itself: Epstein's influence in New Mexico had always thrived on distance, secrecy, and the unspoken understanding that questions were best left unasked.Ito contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

Le Vivant t'intéresse ? Ça tombe bien, nous avons 4 autres podcasts en plus de PPDP ! Clique ici pour retrouver tout notre contenu.___Les Poissons-globes ou -ballons, au sourire si doux et au corps si gonflable, sont de sympathiques célébrités des récifs. Ils font partie de la famille des tétraodontidés. Ce nom vient du grec tetra-odon: “quatres dents”. En effet, ces poissons semblent avoir quatre énormes dents soudées.Cette famille donne son nom à l'ordre des tétraodontiformes de nos épisodes. Cet ordre rassemble pas mal de célébrités des océans : les Balistes (Triggerfish), les Molidés (Poisson-lune), les Diodons (Poissons porc-épic) et les Poissons coffres…Les Poisson-ballons vivent dans les récifs dans les eaux tropicales et subtropicales. Ils y mangent des algues, du zooplancton et des coquillages.Les Poissons-globes sont loin d'être des F1. Avec leur étrange sourire, ils seraient même plutôt très droopy comme lascars. Mais pour se défendre, ils peuvent se gonfler en cas de danger. Ils avalent de l'eau très rapidement. C'est exactement le même principe que la Grenouille qui veut montrer qui c'est Raoul au Bœuf). Dissuasif pour un éventuel prédateur. Une membrane derrière leurs dents leur permet de retenir cette eau dans leur estomac extensible.Les Poissons-globes sont ceinture ET bretelles. La plupart possède une autre arme mortelle : la tétrodotoxine (TTX), un poison foudroyant qui neutralise les organes vitaux des gourmands.Ce poison est très dangereux voire mortel pour l'homme. Au Japon, on paye très cher le frisson : le traditionnel plat à base de Takifugu coûte un bras voire la vie s'il est mal préparé. Il faut des années pour apprendre à le faire. Quelques personnes meurent quand même chaque année… d'une erreur culinaire. Ce poison entraîne la paralysie du diaphragme, la victime ne peut plus respirer et s'étouffe.Parmi les célébrités bien connues des plongeurs, l'Arothron diadematus qui porte un masque noir, comme un Zorro obèse des récifs. Ou encore le Léonard de Vinci de la bande, le Torquigener albomaculosus ou Poisson-ballon bâtisseur. Il a été décrit seulement en 2014, après sa découverte au large du Japon. Son talent pour construire de sublimes rosaces sur le sable a fait de lui une star mondiale. Des vidéos de ce poisson ont fait des centaines de millions de vues sur YouTube. Les mastodontes des Poissons-ballons sont les Arothrons. Tel que l'Arothron stellatus, le Poisson-ballon géant ou Poisson-ballon étoilé. Une “montgolfière” de 1,20m max de long, capable de vous sectionner un doigt avec son bec. Gnac !Dans la famille Ballon, il y a même un invasif, Lagocephalus sceleratus. Il colonise petit à petit la Méditerranée à cause du réchauffement. Originaire de la Mer Rouge, Sceleratus a traversé le canal de Suez (migration lessepsienne).Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

listener comments? Feedback? Shoot us a text!In this special extended throwback episode, we are joined by Chicano author Scott Russell Duncan to talk about his new book "Old California Strikes Back" and the state of Chicano publishing!"Old California Strikes Back is a modern Ramona Diary, the record tourists kept of the sites of Old California and the book Ramona and Hollywood movies that renamed and transformed them. A mix of fantasy and memoir, the author SRD's tour turns surreal as he enters the myths of the Californios with the talking head of the Chicano folk hero Joaquin Murrieta. They race a self-styled Zorro to get the spurious Jewels of Ramona while the media is convinced SRD and Joaquin are the serial killer dubbed Two-Heads. Ultimately, SRD records his truth and recreates a reality where he may exist." Your Hosts:Kurly Tlapoyawa is an archaeologist, ethnohistorian, and filmmaker. His research covers Mesoamerica, the American Southwest, and the historical connections between the two regions. He is the author of numerous books and has presented lectures at the University of New Mexico, Harvard University, Yale University, San Diego State University, and numerous others. He most recently released his documentary short film "Guardians of the Purple Kingdom," and is a cultural consultant for Nickelodeon Animation Studios.@kurlytlapoyawaRuben Arellano Tlakatekatl is a scholar, activist, and professor of history. His research explores Chicana/Chicano indigeneity, Mexican indigenist nationalism, and Coahuiltecan identity resurgence. Other areas of research include Aztlan (US Southwest), Anawak (Mesoamerica), and Native North America. He has presented and published widely on these topics and has taught courses at various institutions. He currently teaches history at Dallas College – Mountain View Campus. Find us: Bluesky Instagram Merch: Shop Aztlantis Book: The Four Disagreements: Letting Go of Magical Thinking

Records surface of a deity with a "cuttlefish head, dragon body, scaly wings, and hieroglyphed pedestal". What would happen if this sleeping Kraken was roused? H.P. Lovecraft, today on The Classic Tales Podcast.   Welcome to this VINTAGE episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening.   Did you know that some titles are only available with The Audiobook Library Card? Subscribe monthly, or yearly, and stream or download any title in the entire Classic Tales Library for $9.99/month. Use the coupon code classictales2 and save $3 off your first month! Go to audiobooklibrarycard.com or follow the link in the show notes. It's an all-you-can-listen smorgasbord of classics I've been building for the last 18 years. Many have won awards!   Only about a quarter of the titles in the library have been on the podcast. There are thousands of hours of adventure, mystery, and more.    So, head on over to audiobooklibrarycard.com, hit the appropriate button, and start listening.   And now, The Mark of Zorro, Part 5 of 7, by Johnston McCulley   Follow this link to get The Audiobook Library Card for $9.99/month       Follow this link to subscribe to our YouTube Channel:       Follow this link to subscribe to the Arsène Lupin Podcast:     Follow this link to follow us on Instagram:     Follow this link to follow us on Facebook:

The allegations that the Clintons vacationed at Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch are more than just idle rumor—they strike at the heart of the Clintons' long pattern of lying, minimizing, and hiding behind carefully scripted denials. Reports claimed Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea all spent time at the New Mexico compound, a place now forever tied to child trafficking and sexual exploitation. Bill Clinton's spokesman responded with a smug “simply not true. Period.” But that kind of arrogant brush-off is exactly the problem. It's the same playbook the Clintons have used for decades: deny, deflect, and bank on their political clout to keep the media from asking hard questions. When it comes to Epstein, this tactic is especially grotesque. Even the appearance of vacationing at a pedophile's desert fortress should be scandal enough—but the Clintons expect people to take their word at face value and move on, as if their history with Epstein never existed.Meanwhile, survivors testified that Zorro Ranch wasn't a retreat; it was a nightmare. Court records describe underage girls being groomed, abused, and trafficked there, some as young as 15. Against that backdrop, the allegations that the Clintons used the ranch as a getaway make their denials sound hollow and self-serving. Epstein's black book listed the “Office of Bill Clinton,” proving at least documented contact. Yet instead of accountability, the Clintons have relied on the protective bubble of political privilege, shrugging off serious allegations as if they were beneath response. Critics argue this is moral rot at its finest: powerful elites vacationing where children were allegedly trafficked, and then waving away any connection as if their word is gospel. If this is the best the Clintons can do, it isn't a defense—it's an indictment of how untouchable they think they are.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Bill and Hillary Clinton were frequent guests at 'Jeffrey Epstein's New Mexico ranch | Daily Mail Online

The allegations that the Clintons vacationed at Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch are more than just idle rumor—they strike at the heart of the Clintons' long pattern of lying, minimizing, and hiding behind carefully scripted denials. Reports claimed Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea all spent time at the New Mexico compound, a place now forever tied to child trafficking and sexual exploitation. Bill Clinton's spokesman responded with a smug “simply not true. Period.” But that kind of arrogant brush-off is exactly the problem. It's the same playbook the Clintons have used for decades: deny, deflect, and bank on their political clout to keep the media from asking hard questions. When it comes to Epstein, this tactic is especially grotesque. Even the appearance of vacationing at a pedophile's desert fortress should be scandal enough—but the Clintons expect people to take their word at face value and move on, as if their history with Epstein never existed.Meanwhile, survivors testified that Zorro Ranch wasn't a retreat; it was a nightmare. Court records describe underage girls being groomed, abused, and trafficked there, some as young as 15. Against that backdrop, the allegations that the Clintons used the ranch as a getaway make their denials sound hollow and self-serving. Epstein's black book listed the “Office of Bill Clinton,” proving at least documented contact. Yet instead of accountability, the Clintons have relied on the protective bubble of political privilege, shrugging off serious allegations as if they were beneath response. Critics argue this is moral rot at its finest: powerful elites vacationing where children were allegedly trafficked, and then waving away any connection as if their word is gospel. If this is the best the Clintons can do, it isn't a defense—it's an indictment of how untouchable they think they are.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Bill and Hillary Clinton were frequent guests at 'Jeffrey Epstein's New Mexico ranch | Daily Mail OnlineBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

Brendan shares his thoughts about seven movies he watched in June of 2025. Join us, won't you?Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster (2025)Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster (2025)Raise the Titanic (1987)Deep Sea Adventure (2014)Einstein and the Bomb (2024)The Manhattan Project (2012)Dunkirk (2017)D-Day: The Tide Turns (noiser podcast)Dunkirk: France 1940 (2018)Best in Show (2000)Best in Show Dashing Dogs (2025)The Mask of Zorro (1998)The Monuments Men (2014)What films did you watch in June? Share your viewings over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

The allegations that the Clintons vacationed at Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch are more than just idle rumor—they strike at the heart of the Clintons' long pattern of lying, minimizing, and hiding behind carefully scripted denials. Reports claimed Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea all spent time at the New Mexico compound, a place now forever tied to child trafficking and sexual exploitation. Bill Clinton's spokesman responded with a smug “simply not true. Period.” But that kind of arrogant brush-off is exactly the problem. It's the same playbook the Clintons have used for decades: deny, deflect, and bank on their political clout to keep the media from asking hard questions. When it comes to Epstein, this tactic is especially grotesque. Even the appearance of vacationing at a pedophile's desert fortress should be scandal enough—but the Clintons expect people to take their word at face value and move on, as if their history with Epstein never existed.Meanwhile, survivors testified that Zorro Ranch wasn't a retreat; it was a nightmare. Court records describe underage girls being groomed, abused, and trafficked there, some as young as 15. Against that backdrop, the allegations that the Clintons used the ranch as a getaway make their denials sound hollow and self-serving. Epstein's black book listed the “Office of Bill Clinton,” proving at least documented contact. Yet instead of accountability, the Clintons have relied on the protective bubble of political privilege, shrugging off serious allegations as if they were beneath response. Critics argue this is moral rot at its finest: powerful elites vacationing where children were allegedly trafficked, and then waving away any connection as if their word is gospel. If this is the best the Clintons can do, it isn't a defense—it's an indictment of how untouchable they think they are.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Bill and Hillary Clinton were frequent guests at 'Jeffrey Epstein's New Mexico ranch | Daily Mail OnlineBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-moscow-murders-and-more--5852883/support.

Sharpen your blade! This week on Enjoy Stuff we duel through the best sword fights in movie history, from Errol Flynn and Basil Rathbone to Luke Skywalker and The Bride. En garde and Enjoy Stuff! Whether you're swinging a wrapping paper tube, a sharp saber, or just a stick, we all love the romanticism of sword fighting. Let's look at the best ones in the movies.  News Discover magical new treats: Harry Potter Krispy Kremes    The new A Book of Dragons by Mike Witwer is now available   Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Hello Kitty at McDonald's? Sounds like a match made in heaven   RIP Terrance Stamp   Check out our TeePublic store for some enjoyable swag and all the latest fashion trends What we're Enjoying Jay celebrates Texas Massacre Day (Aug 18) with a special screening of the 1974 horror classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Shua dives into the fascinating world of Disney fandom with AJ Wolf's book Disney Adults     Sci-Fi Saturdays -  This week on Sci-Fi Saturdays Jay takes a look at Coherence (2014), a twisty tale that truly defines the meaning of “coherence,” both in its story and its theme. Read Jay's full breakdown on RetroZap.com. Also check out his latest work on MCULocationScout.com. Plus, you can tune in to SHIELD: Case Files where Jay and Shua talk about great stuff in the MCU. Enjoy Sword Fighting!  Sharpen your blade and tighten your grip! This week Jay and Shua celebrate the art of the sword fight, both in history and on the big screen. From legendary real-world figures like Miyamoto Musashi, Joan of Arc, and Julie d'Aubigny to Hollywood's masters of swashbuckling like Errol Flynn and Basil Rathbone, they slice into the roots of swordsmanship and how it translates into movie magic.   They look at the evolution of sword fights on screen:   Silent Era swashbucklers like The Mark of Zorro (1920) with Douglas Fairbanks   Golden Age Hollywood spectacle in The Adventures of Robin Hood   Post-War Realism in Japanese samurai cinema (Seven Samurai)   Modern Era duels ranging from Star Wars lightsabers to Game of Thrones brutality   Plus, they salute the fight choreographers who make it all possible, Nick Gillard, Bob Anderson, Donnie Yen and break down famous sword fighting techniques like the parry and riposte, feints, disarms, and Iaido precision strikes.   Finally, they take a tour through some of cinema's greatest sword battles:   The Princess Bride's witty duel   Rob Roy's brutal finale   Pirates of the Caribbean's rolling water wheel fight   Kill Bill's unforgettable Crazy 88 showdown   The operatic lightsaber clashes of Star Wars   And many more from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to The Lord of the Rings What makes a sword fight truly great? Choreography? Stakes? Cinematography? First person that emails me with the subject line, “En Garde!” will get a special mention on the show.  Let us know. Come talk to us in the Discord channel or send us an email to EnjoyStuff@RetroZap.com 

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Ethereal Encounters Unveiled welcomes John Gertz August 21st, 2025 Topic: Reinventing SETI: New Directions In The Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence About John: John Gertz has been a driving force in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) for more than 25 years. A recognized leader in the field, he served three terms as chairman of the board of the SETI Institute. Gertz has also contributed to the academic foundation of SETI through multiple peer-reviewed theoretical papers. Gertz founded a pioneering organization dedicated to raising $100 million for global SETI efforts, where he served as President alongside Vice President Frank Drake. The board included some of the most distinguished names in science, including Nobel Laureates George Smoot and Charles Townes, and MacArthur Fellow Sara Seager. When Yuri Milner launched the $100 million Breakthrough Listen initiative, Gertz's leadership and vision were recognized with his appointment as the sole layman on its advisory board. Beyond his work in extraterrestrial research, John Gertz is President and CEO of Zorro Productions, Inc., where he has overseen numerous global adaptations of the iconic character, including The Mask of Zorro, Zorro: The Musical, 12 TV series, and over 75 stage productions. He has collaborated with major talents such as Steven Spielberg, Isabel Allende, The Gipsy Kings, and Quentin Tarantino, with Django/Zorro currently in development as a feature film with SONY. https://johngertz.com

The dynamic conclusion of Zorro's first adventures. Johnston McCulley, today on The Classic Tales Podcast.   Welcome to this VINTAGE episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening.   Did you know that some titles are only available with The Audiobook Library Card? Subscribe monthly, or yearly, and stream or download any title in the entire Classic Tales Library for $9.99/month. Use the coupon code classictales2 and save $3 off your first month! Go to audiobooklibrarycard.com or follow the link in the show notes. It's an all-you-can-listen smorgasbord of classics I've been building for the last 18 years. Many have won awards!   Only about a quarter of the titles in the library have been on the podcast. There are thousands of hours of adventure, mystery, and more.    So, head on over to audiobooklibrarycard.com, hit the appropriate button, and start listening.   And now, The Mark of Zorro, Part 5 of 7, by Johnston McCulley   Follow this link to get The Audiobook Library Card for $9.99/month       Follow this link to subscribe to our YouTube Channel:       Follow this link to subscribe to the Arsène Lupin Podcast:     Follow this link to follow us on Instagram:     Follow this link to follow us on Facebook:

Dr. Melanie Walker is a trained neurosurgeon who, in the late 1990s, served as a science advisor to Jeffrey Epstein. She reportedly met Epstein in the early 1990s and, in 1998, while completing post-doctoral work at Caltech, accepted that role—helping him identify and connect with academics whose work he might fund, thus facilitating his access to elite intellectual circles. Despite her advisory connection, Walker has not been accused of any wrongdoing or involvement in Epstein's criminal activities.In the 2000s, Walker transitioned into philanthropy and global development. She held significant roles at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation—including deputy director of special initiatives—and was later placed at the World Bank under a secondment arrangement, ultimately becoming Senior Adviser to the President and Director of the Delivery Unit. She also serves in leadership roles within health and development policy spheres, such as co‑chairing the World Economic Forum's Future Council on neuro-technology and brain science.To contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comSource:https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/worldnews/10397210/prince-andrew-jeffrey-epstein-neurosurgeon-ranch/

Dr. Melanie Walker is a trained neurosurgeon who, in the late 1990s, served as a science advisor to Jeffrey Epstein. She reportedly met Epstein in the early 1990s and, in 1998, while completing post-doctoral work at Caltech, accepted that role—helping him identify and connect with academics whose work he might fund, thus facilitating his access to elite intellectual circles. Despite her advisory connection, Walker has not been accused of any wrongdoing or involvement in Epstein's criminal activities.In the 2000s, Walker transitioned into philanthropy and global development. She held significant roles at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation—including deputy director of special initiatives—and was later placed at the World Bank under a secondment arrangement, ultimately becoming Senior Adviser to the President and Director of the Delivery Unit. She also serves in leadership roles within health and development policy spheres, such as co‑chairing the World Economic Forum's Future Council on neuro-technology and brain science.To contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comSource:https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/worldnews/10397210/prince-andrew-jeffrey-epstein-neurosurgeon-ranch/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

“I like feet, bro…” Whether it's the “spooky kabuki KISS” face paint of the 70's, the “ultra gloves of shame glam KISS” from the 80's, or the black metal corpse paint of the modern day, MAKE-UP has been a part of rock and metal across a multitude of decades and genres that not only made for a superior stage show but also helped homely looking metal heads look and feel more attractive and confident.    It's time to take care of the “nut breath”, pretty up the “front gunt”, and manicure the “gash” before you slip on those “acid washed jeans” and head out the door.  Discover who was NOT “an official KISS character”, learn how to streamline your vacuuming schedule, and prepare to JOIN US on the most double entendre laden podcast in metal “where dreams can come true” with MAKE-UP IN METAL. Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode Help Support Metal Nerdery https://www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast Leave us a Voicemail to be played on a future episode: 980-666-8182 Metal Nerdery Tees and Hoodies – metalnerdery.com/merch and kindly leave us a review and/or rating on your favorite Podcast app Follow us on the Socials: Facebook - Instagram - TikTok Email: metalnerdery@gmail.com Can't be LOUD Enough Playlist on Spotify Metal Nerdery Munchies on YouTube @metalnerderypodcast Show Notes:   (00:01): “I had a dream the other night…”/ “Can you stop talking for a minute?”/ “You and my wife should get together and just tell each other about all your fucking dreams…”/ ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised *** / ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!*** / “So…back to the dream thing…”/ “Wait I thought dreams meant nothing…” / “That's a warning, dude…even though they don't mean anything…”/ “I always dreamed I'd be in middle management…” / #dreamscancometrue   (08:45): ***JOIN US on #YouTube #Facebook #Instagram #TikTok at #metalnerderypodcast and EMAIL US at metalnerdery@gmail.com and VOICEMAIL US at 980-666-8182!!!*** / #pissingpostASMR / “You know what I hear? It's the #glovesofshame…” / “It tastes like fruit juice for adults…with drugs in it…”/ ***PATREON SHOUTOUT!!!*** JOIN US on the Patreon at patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast *** / “Sorry, my dreams of #misogyny were coming true…”/ #drumphil / “I almost wonder if we should up the ante…” / “He's still alive, dude…”/ “I'm gonna mention it…”/ #RussellsReflectionsKillTonyEdition / “So he's the Greta Van Fleet of Mitch Hedberg…”/ #RussellsReflectionsStillGoingEdition   (21:47): #TheDocket METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS:  MAKE-UP IN METAL / “Is there a #transmetal possibly?” / #Kimdracula or #KimDracula / “It sounds like every other 60's song…”/ “Remember when he was getting his butt eaten in that movie?” / “He's got the bone…he's got a bone on his face…”/ “Makeup, with any artist, has always evolved…”/ #SpookyKabuki / “Dildo man…the golden dildo…”/ “He was like #Zorro…he wasn't #Starman…”/ #AliceCooper UNDER MY WHEELS (Killer – 1971) / “He's got #nutbreath now, I can smell it…” / #TheDeclineOfWesternCivilization #TheMetalYears   (32:32): “It's kinda like the hot chick you knew in high school…”/ #frontgunt / “If I were to play a #KISS song…”/ “I feel like Destroyer is more like KISS's Load era…”/ “Zero coke lines…shocking…”/ SHE & PARASITE (Alive! – 1975) / “I don't like that song…”/ “I feel like you're just relieved this part is over…” / “What about bands like The Sweet?”/ NOTE: The Sweet and Sweet are the same band / “All the guys that are banging super-hot women…”/ #gash / “Of all the crazy shit we've said…dude, you just made my dreams come true…” / “Is that the only KISS song you like?” / “I don't think #dildoman was an official KISS character…”   (44:56): “They wore the jorts…”/ #TwistedSister UNDER THE BLADE (Under The Blade – 1982) / “Let's go with #Misfits…chronologically they would be next…” / SKULLS (Walk Among Us – 1982) & LAST CARESS (Beware – 1980) / “I never really heard of them before #Metallica…” / #RussellsReflectionsOffTopicASMR / “I would say this guy's next…it's Temu #KingDiamond…” / ***Check out our #MercyfulFate #DeathMatch *** / NUNS HAVE NO FUN (Mercyful Fate – 1982)    (56:30): “I heard a wheeze…”/ “They went from scary makeup to glam makeup…that was the beginning of #Poison…”/ “He walks out there with a big turkey leg…” / #MotleyCrue PIECE OF YOUR ACTION (Too Fast For Love – 1981) / “Can we skip to the guitar solo?” / “So after Crue…” / #Cinderella SHAKE ME (Night Songs – 1986) / #TomKeiferASMR / “They had some eyeliner…they weren't all Poison'd out…”/ #SpookyBukkake #BukkakeKabuki #SpookyKabukiBukkake / NOTE:  Other than Sean Yseult, no one else in White Zombie wore makeup… / “If I was a woman…” / “How does Ozzy do this all the time?” / #mascara & #eyeliner / “I would fuck me…” / “They made ‘em different back then…”/ #annualvacuuming / #WhiteZombie GRINDHOUSE (A GO-GO) (La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One – 1992) / “Oh excuse me…how often does your wife vacuum?”    (1:12:20): “I don't wanna rush through this…” / ***Check out our Shock Rock episode*** / “I'm curious to know the songs on that…”/ “Rock and Roll Brother…” / #MarilynManson THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE (Antichrist Superstar – 1996) / “Sorry Andrew Schulz…”/ “You know what I hate worse is when they say…”/ “Have you seen the back album cover of Show No Mercy?” / #shownomorrissey / “Here's the weird thing about makeup…”/ “She don't have like toe fingers or anything…” / “I like feet, bro…”/ “Y'know what, out of fairness, to end the show…” / NOTE: we did play this before, and we've also got a #Ghost episode you can check out / “It sounds like crispy chainsaws…”/ LACHRYMA & SATANIZED (Skeleta – 2025) / “There is something inside me…” / “A fidget?” / THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!!! / #untilthenext #outroreel 

Så er podcasten tilbage fra sommerferie! Denne gang taler redaktionen om biograffilmene Superman, Weapons, The Fantastic Four: First Steps og The Naked Gun, spillene Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Donkey Kong Bananza og Ninja Gaiden Ragebound samt tegneserien Zorro af Sean Murphy. Medvirkende: Jakob Stegelmann, Troels Møller, Christopher Andersen, Benjamin Stegelmann, Ida Rud og Regitze Heiberg.

Today I'm diving into Salvación by Sandra Proudman—an authentic, action-packed, genderbent reimagining of Zorro that blends rich cultural roots with magic, rebellion, and a spark of romance.From daring sword fights to enchanting worldbuilding, this novel delivers both adventure and heart. If you love fierce heroines, high stakes, and a dash of romance woven into a magical rebellion, you won't want to miss this one.Follow for more YA fantasy, historical reimaginings, and must-read book reviews—right here on Spotify.

Tommy Willems is co-host van de podcast De Melkherberg en grote Disney(land)-fan. Hij suggereerde een aflevering over Zorro. Niet alleen heeft Disney daar in de jaren 1950 een onsterfelijke reeks over gemaakt die bij ons nog lang in een ingekleurde versie te zien was op Ketnet. Ook zagen we El Zorro ooit in Disneyland Paris. Zorro zelf inspireerde dan weer de makers van 'Batman', maar ook Disney liet zich inspireren bij onder meer 'Darkwing Duck' en 'The Lone Ranger'. En wat dichter bij huis: Bobbejaan Schoepen kocht ooit het paard uit de Disney-reeks. Alleen, het dier kwam al snel tragisch om het leven. We praten ook over reizen rond de wereld voor Disney, pretparken in de BeNeLux en een nieuwe animatiereeks van 'Stranger Things' die momenteel wordt gemaakt door Studio 100. El Zorro is your hombre! (En luister zeker ook naar de postcredit met aanvullende info van Tom Schoepen, zoon van.)

Events are building for a final showdown in Spanish California. Johnston McCulley, today on The Classic Tales Podcast.   Welcome to this VINTAGE episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening.   Did you know that some titles are only available with The Audiobook Library Card? Subscribe monthly, or yearly, and stream or download any title in the entire Classic Tales Library for $9.99/month. Use the coupon code classictales2 and save $3 off your first month! Go to audiobooklibrarycard.com or follow the link in the show notes. It's an all-you-can-listen smorgasbord of classics I've been building for the last 18 years. Many have won awards!   Only about a quarter of the titles in the library have been on the podcast. There are thousands of hours of adventure, mystery, and more.    So, head on over to audiobooklibrarycard.com, hit the appropriate button, and start listening.   And now, The Mark of Zorro, Part 5 of 7, by Johnston McCulley   Follow this link to get The Audiobook Library Card for $9.99/month       Follow this link to subscribe to our YouTube Channel:       Follow this link to subscribe to the Arsène Lupin Podcast:     Follow this link to follow us on Instagram:     Follow this link to follow us on Facebook:

Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch in New Mexico was far more than a secluded estate—it was a fortress of influence, shielded by political connections, legal loopholes, and geographic isolation. Acquired in the early 1990s through ties to the powerful King family, the sprawling property benefited from a sex offender registry loophole that allowed Epstein to avoid public monitoring after his 2008 conviction. With friends like former Governor Bill Richardson, proximity to the elite Santa Fe Institute, and state trust land leases that expanded his buffer of privacy, Epstein found in New Mexico a jurisdiction uniquely suited to let him operate unchecked.Despite credible victim accounts placing abuse at the ranch, New Mexico authorities never conducted a serious investigation, choosing instead to hand the matter over to federal prosecutors. This “punting” avoided the political fallout that might have come from probing Epstein's local connections and land deals, but it also ensured that years of potential evidence went uncollected. By the time the federal case took center stage in 2019, Zorro Ranch was little more than a missed opportunity for justice—proof that in New Mexico, as elsewhere, the powerful can secure safe harbor when the right people look the other way.to contact  me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.com

Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch in New Mexico was far more than a secluded estate—it was a fortress of influence, shielded by political connections, legal loopholes, and geographic isolation. Acquired in the early 1990s through ties to the powerful King family, the sprawling property benefited from a sex offender registry loophole that allowed Epstein to avoid public monitoring after his 2008 conviction. With friends like former Governor Bill Richardson, proximity to the elite Santa Fe Institute, and state trust land leases that expanded his buffer of privacy, Epstein found in New Mexico a jurisdiction uniquely suited to let him operate unchecked.Despite credible victim accounts placing abuse at the ranch, New Mexico authorities never conducted a serious investigation, choosing instead to hand the matter over to federal prosecutors. This “punting” avoided the political fallout that might have come from probing Epstein's local connections and land deals, but it also ensured that years of potential evidence went uncollected. By the time the federal case took center stage in 2019, Zorro Ranch was little more than a missed opportunity for justice—proof that in New Mexico, as elsewhere, the powerful can secure safe harbor when the right people look the other way.to contact  me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.com

Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch in New Mexico was far more than a secluded estate—it was a fortress of influence, shielded by political connections, legal loopholes, and geographic isolation. Acquired in the early 1990s through ties to the powerful King family, the sprawling property benefited from a sex offender registry loophole that allowed Epstein to avoid public monitoring after his 2008 conviction. With friends like former Governor Bill Richardson, proximity to the elite Santa Fe Institute, and state trust land leases that expanded his buffer of privacy, Epstein found in New Mexico a jurisdiction uniquely suited to let him operate unchecked.Despite credible victim accounts placing abuse at the ranch, New Mexico authorities never conducted a serious investigation, choosing instead to hand the matter over to federal prosecutors. This “punting” avoided the political fallout that might have come from probing Epstein's local connections and land deals, but it also ensured that years of potential evidence went uncollected. By the time the federal case took center stage in 2019, Zorro Ranch was little more than a missed opportunity for justice—proof that in New Mexico, as elsewhere, the powerful can secure safe harbor when the right people look the other way.to contact  me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-moscow-murders-and-more--5852883/support.

Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch in New Mexico was far more than a secluded estate—it was a fortress of influence, shielded by political connections, legal loopholes, and geographic isolation. Acquired in the early 1990s through ties to the powerful King family, the sprawling property benefited from a sex offender registry loophole that allowed Epstein to avoid public monitoring after his 2008 conviction. With friends like former Governor Bill Richardson, proximity to the elite Santa Fe Institute, and state trust land leases that expanded his buffer of privacy, Epstein found in New Mexico a jurisdiction uniquely suited to let him operate unchecked.Despite credible victim accounts placing abuse at the ranch, New Mexico authorities never conducted a serious investigation, choosing instead to hand the matter over to federal prosecutors. This “punting” avoided the political fallout that might have come from probing Epstein's local connections and land deals, but it also ensured that years of potential evidence went uncollected. By the time the federal case took center stage in 2019, Zorro Ranch was little more than a missed opportunity for justice—proof that in New Mexico, as elsewhere, the powerful can secure safe harbor when the right people look the other way.to contact  me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-moscow-murders-and-more--5852883/support.

Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch in New Mexico was far more than a secluded estate—it was a fortress of influence, shielded by political connections, legal loopholes, and geographic isolation. Acquired in the early 1990s through ties to the powerful King family, the sprawling property benefited from a sex offender registry loophole that allowed Epstein to avoid public monitoring after his 2008 conviction. With friends like former Governor Bill Richardson, proximity to the elite Santa Fe Institute, and state trust land leases that expanded his buffer of privacy, Epstein found in New Mexico a jurisdiction uniquely suited to let him operate unchecked.Despite credible victim accounts placing abuse at the ranch, New Mexico authorities never conducted a serious investigation, choosing instead to hand the matter over to federal prosecutors. This “punting” avoided the political fallout that might have come from probing Epstein's local connections and land deals, but it also ensured that years of potential evidence went uncollected. By the time the federal case took center stage in 2019, Zorro Ranch was little more than a missed opportunity for justice—proof that in New Mexico, as elsewhere, the powerful can secure safe harbor when the right people look the other way.to contact  me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch in New Mexico was far more than a secluded estate—it was a fortress of influence, shielded by political connections, legal loopholes, and geographic isolation. Acquired in the early 1990s through ties to the powerful King family, the sprawling property benefited from a sex offender registry loophole that allowed Epstein to avoid public monitoring after his 2008 conviction. With friends like former Governor Bill Richardson, proximity to the elite Santa Fe Institute, and state trust land leases that expanded his buffer of privacy, Epstein found in New Mexico a jurisdiction uniquely suited to let him operate unchecked.Despite credible victim accounts placing abuse at the ranch, New Mexico authorities never conducted a serious investigation, choosing instead to hand the matter over to federal prosecutors. This “punting” avoided the political fallout that might have come from probing Epstein's local connections and land deals, but it also ensured that years of potential evidence went uncollected. By the time the federal case took center stage in 2019, Zorro Ranch was little more than a missed opportunity for justice—proof that in New Mexico, as elsewhere, the powerful can secure safe harbor when the right people look the other way.to contact  me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

Come one come all, it's time for another birthday episode, another auction episode, and the long awaited return of none other than Seth, Big Dawg, Tigner. Get ready to hear some terrible French accents, a mispronunciation of the title of the movie, and long moments of silence when Brandon gets silenced during the auction. What did Seth get for a birthday present from his girlfriend? What is Lukas very specific about using a veto on during user reviews? And how does The Legend of Zorro differ from The Legend of Orro? Tune in this week to find out all this and more, but only on "The Good, The Bad, & The Movies"!P.S. Check out these links to stay connected with TGTBTMDiscord: https://discord.gg/rKuMYcKvYoutube: https://youtu.be/SB7vVCaMzEw

An interview podcast giving the inside scoop of what happens in comedy scenes across the globe and dedicated to speaking to the mavericks in the comedy world. In this episode we speak to Calin Gheorghiu a comedian who lives and performs in Romania, who made a short journey in the London circuit. Here is an overview of what we discussed:[[02:03]] My experience at Marvins gig [[08:38]][[09:42]] Doing comedy in Romania [[11:26]][[26:34]] Doing comedy in English and Romanian [[33:31]][[28:00]] Getting harassed by a male therapist [[33:53]][[38:03]] Willyman and how would Romanians react to Zorro, ACMS [[45:49 ]] [[46:00]] Borscht soup [[56:45]]If you would like to know more on Calin, you can follow him on Youtube, Tiktok and Instagram at calingheorghiustandup. You can follow this podcast on Youtube at https://bit.ly/41LWDAq, Spotify at https://spoti.fi/3oLrmyU,Apple podcasts at https://apple.co/3LEkr3E and you can support the pod on:https://www.patreon.com/thecomediansparadise. Also, if you fancy seeing some suggestions of some of the best comedy podcasts out there, have a look on the feedspot website list here:https://podcast.feedspot.com/uk_comedian_podcasts/. #standupcomedypodcast #comedypodcast #interviewingcomedians #podcastinterview #standupcomedian

The dudes revisit a film that helped launch their original podcast, THE MASK OF ZORRO. This show is NOT intended for younger audiences.

Michele Marziani"Il bandito"Bottega Errante Edizioniwww.bottegaerranteedizioni.itNon sarà troppo per dei montanari come noi? Tutto questo nuovo che arriva: le navi, gli indiani d'America, il socialismo, i giornalisti, la guerra, il mare.All'alba della Prima guerra mondiale un gruppo di banditi delle Alpi occidentali sogna il mare e una nuova idea di libertà, alla ricerca delle sponde di Livorno.Il Novecento è appena iniziato e corre al ritmo di una modernità mai vista prima. La guerra non è ancora arrivata in Italia ma un gruppo di banditi scuote le montagne della Valsesia. Tra le Alpi piemontesi si vocifera del ritorno di Pietro il Bandito, oppure dell'arrivo di Pietro lo Sparviero. Insieme a lui qualche giovane raccolto tra i monti, un pellerossa licenziatosi dal circo di Buffalo Bill, una fotografa e un giornalista socialista. Pietro è tornato sulle sue montagne con nuove utopie, che volano più alte e rapide del rapace suo compagno di caccia. Sogna il mare e una nave come quelle del libro di Salgari che ha imparato a leggere in carcere, sogna un incarico da pirata e una libertà che lassù non capiscono.Michele Marziani. Nato nel 1962 a Rimini, vive sulle Alpi piemontesi, in alta Valsesia. È autore di diversi romanzi, una raccolta di racconti, due memoir filosofici, oltre a numerosi libri di viaggi e antropologia del cibo e del vino. Con Bottega Errante Edizioni ha pubblicato Lo sciamano delle Alpi, La cena dei coscritti e La trota ai tempi di Zorro.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarewww.ilpostodelleparole.itDiventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.

Sometimes it's tough for Don Diego to play the fool and disappoint his father. If only he knew the truth… Johnston McCulley, today on The Classic Tales Podcast.   Welcome to this VINTAGE episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening.   Did you know that some titles are only available with The Audiobook Library Card? Subscribe monthly, or yearly, and stream or download any title in the entire Classic Tales Library for $9.99/month. Use the coupon code classictales2 and save $3 off your first month! Go to audiobooklibrarycard.com or follow the link in the show notes. It's an all-you-can-listen smorgasbord of classics I've been building for the last 18 years. Many have won awards!   Only about a quarter of the titles in the library have been on the podcast. There are thousands of hours of adventure, mystery, and more.    So, head on over to audiobooklibrarycard.com, hit the appropriate button, and start listening.   And now, The Mark of Zorro, Part 5 of 7, by Johnston McCulley   Follow this link to get The Audiobook Library Card for $9.99/month       Follow this link to subscribe to our YouTube Channel:       Follow this link to subscribe to the Arsène Lupin Podcast:     Follow this link to follow us on Instagram:     Follow this link to follow us on Facebook:

Join Justin as he chats with actor and artist Duncan Regehr about drawing inspiration from Nature, classic Dracula performances, The Monster Squad, preparing for his role as Pat Garrett in Billy the Kid, becoming Zorro, and more!Duncan Regehr bio: “Duncan Peter Regehr (born October 5, 1952) is a Canadian multimedia artist and actor. He was also a figure skater and a classically trained Shakespearean stage actor in his native Canada, before heading to Hollywood in 1980. Regehr played the title character in Zorro, The Family Channel's television series based upon Johnston McCulley's classic hero. He also had roles in multiple television incarnations of Star Trek. He also played the role of Count Dracula in 1987's The Monster Squad.”Intro and outro theme created by Wyrm. Support Wyrm by visiting the Serpents Sword Records bandcamp page (linked below):https://serpentsswordrecords.bandcamp.com/Monsters, Madness and Magic Official Website. Monsters, Madness and Magic on Linktree.Monsters, Madness and Magic on Instagram.Monsters, Madness and Magic on Facebook.Monsters, Madness and Magic on Twitter.

Can Falk vanquish one of the grimmest, darkest, most dangerous vigilantes to ever delight audiences in our grimmest, darkest world? How do you have more than one origin story? Listen to find out!Falk Meets Mat Ban, episode 135 of This Gun in My Hand, was grimly darkened by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. Good lord, I wrote this script so long ago, it was promoting my previous story collection. For the freshest fiction, buy my novella Sisyphus, Eat Your Heart Out, available in paperback and ebook from Amazon. How do I signal when the story is about to get gritty? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. Catafalque Earth Moving Equipment is not affiliated with Monback Brothers Trash Hauling. 2. We did not hit this season's quota with episode 131. But there's still time.3. The often-repeated origin story of a certain vigilante detective in long underwear begins with his parents getting killed after they saw The Mark of Zorro. The Crimson Clown mentioned in this episode was another anti-hero from Johnston McCulley, creator of Zorro. No films of The Crimson Clown were released in our universe, to the best of my knowledge.4. How many spoonerisms did you count in this episode? I count at least three. I'm particularly proud of Mat Ban: The Narc Right Detournes.Credits:The opening music was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.The music for “Come Listen to Mat Ban” is my poor attempt to sound like Joel Mabus's arrangement of “Blues in a Bottle,” first recorded and released 1928 by Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers although the original author is unknown, “traditional.”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfT4cJA1n64&t=29sSound Effect Title: Rain.WAV by inchadneyLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/123703/ Sound Effect Title: Downpipe2.wav by digitfishmusicLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/digifishmusic/sounds/71594/?Sound Effect Title: Footsteps Dress Shoes Wood Floor.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/allrealsound/sounds/161756/Sound Effect Title: helmutscream_short.wav by creativeheroesLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/84353/ Sound Effect Title: Wood_Creak_02.wav by dheming License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/177779/ Sound Effect Title: Real Colt 45 M1911 (shot) by CarmelomikeLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/Carmelomike/sounds/255216/Sound Effect Title: Bouncing Glas Marbles.wav by Cymeon License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/245402/ Sound Effect Title: 06-1 Shovel by 16GPanskaKomarkova_Marina License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/496725/ Sound Effect Title: Footsteps on gravel by Joozz License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/Joozz/sounds/531952/Sound Effect Title: Beep 1 sec.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/austin1234575/sounds/213795/Sound Effect Title: 38 Caliber Gun Shot 5xRecorded by Mike KoenigLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0http://soundbible.com/375-38-Caliber-Gun-Shot-5x.htmlSound Effect Title: Punching with ivy by itsadequateLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/s/353676/ Sound Effect Title: Punches.wav by CGEffex License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/s/94679/ Sound Effect Title: G24-01-Warner Brothers Body Fall.wav by craigsmith License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/438300/ The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of a panel from the public domain Suspense Comics Number 6, October 1944, art by John Giunta. Note that whoever lettered this page misspelled the artist's last name. Everywhere I can find it on the web, it's spelled “Giunta.” Image Alt text: Comic book style line art depicts a skeletal grim reaper-type figure and faces of several people inside a black circle. An oversized string of pearls extends from one of the ghoul's hands toward the bottom of the drawing and back up to his other hand. In the upper left is the head of a woman with black hair wearing a red fascinator. In the upper left is a man's face with a blue fedora and blue coat collar. Fourteen other faces of men and women appear in and around the pearls. Across the top are the words ‘“...pretty pearls..pretty pearls..”' Credits on the lower right show “Story by R. Northrup, Art by John Guinta.” It's spelled wrong, should be Giunta. In lower right large letters say FALK MEETS MAT BAN.

James Gunn's Superman (2025) is in cinemas right now, and is really good! It has a wonderful central performance by David Corenswet, and is as colourful as it is hopeful, and we need that right now. As I'm off this week, it felt like a good time to revisit the late Christopher Reeve's iconic performance in Superman (1978).Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Verbal Diorama's Heroes Through the Decades miniseries, continuing into the 1970s!Whether you know him as Clark Kent, Kal-El, the Man of Steel, the Man of Tomorrow, or just as Superman, that famous tights-and-cape combo emblazoned with the S on his chest is a symbol of a lot of things:Hope, courage, freedom, love... truth, justice and the American way, and a movie with a rich history in comic books, that was made in part because of Zorro, and in another due to 1966's Batman.The late Christopher Reeve is perfectly cast as both Clark Kent and Superman, in a landmark superhero film by the late Richard Donner. Donner's personality clashes with father-and-son producers Alexander and Ilya Salkind led to him being fired from Superman II, despite him completing reportedly 75% of the sequel....This episode was originally released on 5th May 2022Mentioned in this episode:From the ArchiveThere's no new episode this week, so I thought you might be interested in revisiting this slightly older, but no less brilliant episode. Just bear in mind, this episode is several years old, it may not sound quite as polished as newer episodes, and new information may have come to light in recent years with regards to the making of this movie (please see above for the original date of release) Please enjoy this time capsule of an episode. Thanks for listening!This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podscribe - https://podscribe.com/privacyOP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

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Zorro continues to swash his buckle through wild Spanish California. Johnston McCulley, today on The Classic Tales Podcast.   Welcome to this VINTAGE episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening.   Did you know that some titles are only available with The Audiobook Library Card? Subscribe monthly, or yearly, and stream or download any title in the entire Classic Tales Library for $9.99/month. Use the coupon code classictales2 and save $3 off your first month! Go to audiobooklibrarycard.com or follow the link in the show notes. It's an all-you-can-listen smorgasbord of classics I've been building for the last 18 years. Many have won awards!   Only about a quarter of the titles in the library have been on the podcast. There are thousands of hours of adventure, mystery, and more.    So, head on over to audiobooklibrarycard.com, hit the appropriate button, and start listening.   And now, The Mark of Zorro, Part 4 of 7, by Johnston McCulley   Follow this link to get The Audiobook Library Card for $9.99/month       Follow this link to subscribe to our YouTube Channel:       Follow this link to subscribe to the Arsène Lupin Podcast:     Follow this link to follow us on Instagram:     Follow this link to follow us on Facebook:

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Zorro leaves his mark in his continuing adventures in Spanish California. Johnston McCulley, today on The Classic Tales Podcast.   Welcome to this VINTAGE episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening.   Did you know that some titles are only available with The Audiobook Library Card? Subscribe monthly, or yearly, and stream or download any title in the entire Classic Tales Library. Unlimited audiobooks for $9.99/month. Go to audiobooklibrarycard.com or follow the link in the show notes. It's an all-you-can-listen smorgasbord of classics I've been building for the last 18 years. Many have won awards!   The best part is – once you're logged in to the library, there's no orders to place! It's easier than ever to get listening.    So, head on over to audiobooklibrarycard.com, hit the appropriate button, and start listening.   And now, The Mark of Zorro, Part 3 of 7, by Johnston McCulley   Follow this link to get The Audiobook Library Card for $9.99/month       Follow this link to subscribe to our YouTube Channel:       Follow this link to subscribe to the Arsène Lupin Podcast:     Follow this link to follow us on Instagram:     Follow this link to follow us on Facebook:

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were fast friends with the Clinton and the more news that comes out to support that, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the legacy media to make excuses about why they haven't given The Clinton's and their relationship with Epstein the type of look it deserves. From 17 trips to the white house, to vacations at Zorro ranch to getting your nephew a job at Hillary Clintons state department, it's undeniable that the relationship between the Clintons and Epstein and Maxwell is a lot more than has been reported. (Commercial at 11:39)To contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:https://www.thedailybeast.com/hillary-clinton-gave-state-department-job-to-epstein-madam-ghislaine-maxwells-nephew-says-report

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Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were fast friends with the Clinton and the more news that comes out to support that, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the legacy media to make excuses about why they haven't given The Clinton's and their relationship with Epstein the type of look it deserves. From 17 trips to the white house, to vacations at Zorro ranch to getting your nephew a job at Hillary Clintons state department, it's undeniable that the relationship between the Clintons and Epstein and Maxwell is a lot more than has been reported. (Commercial at 11:39)To contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:https://www.thedailybeast.com/hillary-clinton-gave-state-department-job-to-epstein-madam-ghislaine-maxwells-nephew-says-reportBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

The Curse of Capistrano continues to uncover villainy in Spanish California. Johnston McCulley, today on The Classic Tales Podcast.   Welcome to this VINTAGE episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening.   The Audiobook Library Card is now available, and folks are having a blast. Subscribe monthly, and stream or download any title in the entire Classic Tales Library for $6.99/month. This offer is only good until July 20th, so lock in the lower price by subscribing today! Go to audiobooklibrarycard.com or follow the link in the show notes. It's an all-you-can-listen smorgasbord of classics I've been building for the last 19 years. Many have won awards!   The best part is – once you're logged in to the library, there's no orders to place! It's easy to tap and stream, or tap and download your favorite books. It's easier than ever to get listening.    For those who already support us at the $10/month level or more, your subscription has been automatically upgraded to include the Audiobook Library Card. Just check your latest receipt for instructions.   So, head on over to audiobooklibrarycard.com, hit the appropriate button, and start listening.   Today's story was originally released in Season Five of the podcast. It's a ton of fun. I hope you like it.     And now, The Mark of Zorro, Part 1 of 7, by Johnston McCulley   Follow this link to get The Audiobook Library Card for a special price of $6.99/month       Follow this link to subscribe to our YouTube Channel:       Follow this link to subscribe to the Arsène Lupin Podcast:     Follow this link to follow us on Instagram:     Follow this link to follow us on Facebook:

Don Diego Vega's dark and flashing eyes hide a scandalous secret. Johnston McCulley, today on The Classic Tales Podcast.   Welcome to this VINTAGE episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening.   The Audiobook Library Card is now available, and folks are having a blast. Subscribe monthly, and stream or download any title in the entire Classic Tales Library for $6.99/month. This offer is only good until July 20th, so lock in the lower price by subscribing today! Go to audiobooklibrarycard.com or follow the link in the show notes. It's an all-you-can-listen smorgasbord of classics I've been building for the last 19 years. Many have won awards!   The best part is – once you're logged in to the library, there's no orders to place! It's easy to tap and stream, or tap and download your favorite books. It's easier than ever to get listening.    For those who already support us at the $10/month level or more, your subscription has been automatically upgraded to include the Audiobook Library Card. Just check your latest receipt for instructions.   So, head on over to audiobooklibrarycard.com, hit the appropriate button, and start listening.   Today's story was originally released in Season Five of the podcast. It's a ton of fun. I hope you like it.     And now, The Mark of Zorro, Part 1 of 7, by Johnston McCulley   Follow this link to get The Audiobook Library Card for a special price of $6.99/month       Follow this link to subscribe to our YouTube Channel:       Follow this link to subscribe to the Arsène Lupin Podcast:     Follow this link to follow us on Instagram:     Follow this link to follow us on Facebook:

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