show episodes
 
Clutch returns for a third and standalone chapter, after two hit seasons as a live action series. Follow the thrilling story of sex workers and petty criminals who risk it all to fight human trafficking. Featuring Lyndie Greenwood (Sleepy Hollow, The Expanse), Jeff Sinasac (The Boys), Sarah Booth (Last Call) and Jillian Clare (Pretty Broken).
  continue reading
 
提高英语听力水平,掌握纯正英式表达,了解英国社会和文化的方方面面。BBC英语教学播客频道播出丰富、专业、实用的英语学习节目。 Improve your English listening skills, learn useful phrases and find out about life in the UK. This weekly podcast contains some of the best audio from BBC Learning English.
  continue reading
 
Artwork
 
Ghost Hampton By Ken McGorry The public clamor over a purported haunted house in the middle of Bridgehampton has not died down, as much as Lyle Hall wishes it would—he’s the unlikely discoverer of whatever’s been going on inside the decrepit Victorian everyone calls Old Vic. Since Lyle’s near-death experience killing kindly Elsie Cronk with his Hummer in a grisly car crash, he hasn’t been the same. He’s seen the error of his ways, his misspent adulthood, his career as the town’s greediest la ...
  continue reading
 
Artwork
 
Imagine if Bridget Jones joined the cast of Sex & the City. Holly Hudson has left London’s West End to chase the bright lights of Broadway. Landing in NYC with nothing more than sixty dollars in her pocket and a carry on full of dreams, she quickly learns... What doesn’t kill you makes you a real New Yorker.
  continue reading
 
In this stunning podcast, two average guys try to get through as much Doctor Who as possible without going insane. Currently they’re mainlining their way through Classic Doctor Who. 800 episodes or bust, they say. And on the side, well. Books, Audio Dramas, Comics?!? Anything is possible! So in summary: They’re trying to see how much Doctor Who they can take before dying.
  continue reading
 
Loading …
show series
 
Her televised memorial to Flo complete, Silk shocks Lyle by introducing her replacement, live on air. “Iko” is a Haitian mambo with deep supernatural understanding. Based on that, Iko has it in for Lyle. She suggests a demonic force is after Lyle because he’s a kindred spirit, and a weak one at that. Lyle has been drinking scotch and now feels has …
  continue reading
 
你是否好奇过,“skin” 和 “peel” 这两个单词在作动词表示 “剥皮、削皮” 和作名词表示 “果蔬皮” 时的区别都是什么?英语中 “削土豆” 应该是 “skin a potato” 还是 “peel a potato”?“香蕉皮” 是 “banana skin” 还是 “banana peel”?本期节目就来讲解如何准确地使用 “skin” 和 “peel”。By BBC Learning English
  continue reading
 
“Clutch at straws(抓救命稻草)” 并不是指真的用手 “clutch(紧握)” 一束 “straws(稻草)”,而是比喻为摆脱困境,选择并不可靠的解决方法的行为。“Clutch at straws” 在口语中还可以用来表示某人的观点缺乏说服力,显得只是急于表达自己的想法。听节目,学习 “clutch at straws” 的用法。By BBC Learning English
  continue reading
 
Big Frank is on duty at Old Vic tonight, but first visited the precinct house. He tells Georgie over the phone that Internal affairs is there, and all over Sgt. Swanson’s locker. He got to go through some very old files and discovered something quite curious. He adds that, passing by the Montauk motel/bar, there’s a big network TV presence, and her…
  continue reading
 
芳香的气味总是令人愉悦。但是,在英语中,饭菜的香味和蜡烛的馨香可以用同样的单词描述吗?希望本期 “你问我答” 节目能帮助你从 “aroma、fragrance、scent” 和 “perfume” 的不同用法中学会不同的 “香味” 的表达方式。By BBC Learning English
  continue reading
 
“Crank up” 原指用曲柄 “crank” 来调高机器运转的速度。而在英语口语中,“crank up” 表示提高某事的强度,比如 “crank up the heat(调高暖气)”、“crank up the volume(调高音量)” 等等。“Crank up” 还可以用来表达 “提高,增强” 哪些东西?听 “地道英语” 主持人菲菲和 Phil 如何在日常对话中使用 “crank up”。By BBC Learning English
  continue reading
 
Chantale visits Berto at his shabby limo service office and he stashes away his cocaine and his AR-15 military rifle. Once again, she is dressed for an evening out. Chantale taunts Berto about his additional duty—to father children with her. Leaving, she taunts him: if he is a good boy, he can be sure his children are his. Georgie discusses Berto o…
  continue reading
 
一位听众想知道怎么准确表达 “确保一件事会按预期实现”。在英语中 “make sure”、“be sure”、“ensure”、“guarantee” 和 “see to it” 等词语和搭配都可以表示 “主动给出或寻求他人的保证”,但你知道它们的使用要点吗?本期 “你问我答” 节目就让我们来学习如何 “make things certain”。By BBC Learning English
  continue reading
 
Silk, outraged, barges into Lyle’s Montauk motel room to excoriate him for trying to back out of his exclusive media contract. Lyle pushes back, stressing how his daughter, Georgie, is being harassed by cops at the station house over her father’s involvement in “Ghost Hampton.” But Lyle reports to the motel bar; the crew is there, preparing for thi…
  continue reading
 
一位听众想要了解 6 种形容 “臭” 的单词有哪些不同。Foetid、stench、stink、odour、reek、pong 和 smelly 意义相近,但依据不同地区的语言习惯、词性、场合和频率等使用方式略有区别。如果你也想学习这些单词的使用方法,就请接下来收听本期 “你问我答” 节目。By BBC Learning English
  continue reading
 
形容词 “top-notch” 的意思是 “顶呱呱”。当我们对某道菜赞不绝口,或者对一个人欣赏有加的时候,就可以形容他们是 “top-notch”。在英语中,如何准确使用 “top-notch”,称赞他人 “顶呱呱” 呢?一起来学习本期节目介绍的形容词 “top-notch”。By BBC Learning English
  continue reading
 
Seated at the diner, Matteo tells Lyle how his two young friends suffered during his experience of demonic possession. One boy died horribly. Disowned by his father, Matteo attended the local Maltese seminary school, eventually becoming a priest. On the ride to Montauk with Noah, Lyle shares a theory: Old Vic’s ownership has been kept secret by Pol…
  continue reading
 
In the morning, Fr. Matteo comes to pick up Lyle from his house. He’s packed a bag. They drive to a diner and commence their first deep discussion of issues—while Lyle drinks scotch. The men recount their experience inside Old Vic. Did Matteo truly set free a coven of ghostly prostitutes? Did Lyle really succumb to a possessive demon? Matteo descri…
  continue reading
 
Detective Georgie Hall meets Berto outside his limo service. Berto, secretly upset that he’s not surveilled by a male cop, puts on a show of chivalry, cutting a weird voodoo doll free from its perch on Georgie’s windshield wiper. In her hand it pricks her finger. They exchange business cards and Berto is gratified that Georgie’s bears a spot of her…
  continue reading
 
It’s The Church on Ruby Road, written by Russell T. Davies and originally aired on December 25, 2023. Show-notes: 1:23: To preempt me from a minute later in the episode, here’s the Independent article explaining what I’m talking about. 3:48: No, my memory is awful, I was born in 1996 and this makes me 13 not 10 in 2009. Silly me. 4:42: Here’s a wik…
  continue reading
 
Oh… this money wasn’t for me? Well this is the end of the 14th Doctor, honestly gone too soon. We only just barely got to know you but already you’re dead. Kind of. Sort of. I dunno man, this is too confusing for me. It’s The Giggle, written by Russell T. Davies and originally aired on December 10, 2023. Show-notes: 11:52: The article is quite dens…
  continue reading
 
Alternate title: It All Comes Back to Grapes This week the TARDIS ventures where it’s never been before, the wild blue yonder. Other yonders are available, however, including the newly released forest green yonder, in addition to the classics: fire red yonder and scorching yellow yonder. It’s Wild Blue Yonder, written by Russell T. Davies and origi…
  continue reading
 
It’s really here. The beginning of the second era of Trust Your Doctor. And you thought I’d never come back, oh ye of little faith. Trust Your Doctor in Distress and all that, I heard your cries. Back with a new cohost, it’s The Star Beast, written by Russell T. Davies and originally aired on November 25, 2023. Show-notes: 3:08: In true TYD fashion…
  continue reading
 
The rumors are true, Trust Your Doctor is coming back. Listen in for more details. Show-notes: 0:16: Here’s the fan fiction episode, still extant in the feed. Doctor Who © The BBC Any other references belong to their respective owners, no copyright infringement is intended by this podcast. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts! Subscribe on Google Play! Subs…
  continue reading
 
Seductive Chantale Benoit has a tete e tete with Berto Pena, the new, but weak head of the drugs and prostitution ring based in Hampton Bays. Chantale exploits Berto’s weakness for her and elicits a pledge: he will make her a lot of money, buy her a big house and more. Flo delivers Lyle to his front porch and they’re shocked to find a dead old man …
  continue reading
 
Gertie the old barmaid detests Lyle and resists serving him a second drink at closing despite the “Twenty” he offers her. Flo starts pressuring Lyle to give up his pathetic longing for Silk when suddenly the bar owner appears and throws them both out. Walking to Lyle’s house, Flo notes the cemetery across from his home, which is totally toilet-pape…
  continue reading
 
Silk and her TV crew drag Lyle along to revisit Old Vic—but it’s locked tight by police. So they choose to shoot in the adjacent barn where they are confronted with horrid creatures; especially the coven of bats that disrupt the shoot and send them running. Outside Lyle, temporarily heroic, frees one bat from Flo’s hair and she agrees to buy him a …
  continue reading
 
Cameras rolling, Silk connects Lyle’s history as a ladies’ man with how a girl from a brothel chose him to talk to. She posts the police sketch of Jewel onscreen for all to see. Flo adds that Jewel promised a return of “full function” to his injured legs. Silk suggests that could be sexual. She asks what Lyle and Fr. Matteo experienced inside Old V…
  continue reading
 
Rooney provides his old customer Lyle with his favorite scotch. He’s “over-served” before he sits down with Silk, his head full of bad TV news reports about Old Vic. Frank alerts Georgie that TV trucks are at the motel. Georgie is angry and calls Lyle, demanding he end his Old Vic antics. Just then Lyle is summoned to sit before the cameras. Silk i…
  continue reading
 
At Gurney’s Inn, Lyle cleans up and changes into the resort’s “leisure wear.” Flo notes how inappropriate his sweatsuit’s color–peach–is for TV. Riding back to the motel, Flo tells Lyle he had a near death experience driving past the site of his deadly crash and Lyle shares personal details about the incident. At the motel taproom/TV set, bartender…
  continue reading
 
In her police car, Georgie vents to Sgt. Frank, her secret boyfriend, about the workplace harassment Lyle is causing. Frank tells her Lyle has been spirited away in a van marked FEAR.com and Georgie freaks. At the motel in Montauk, Lyle is unhappy with the accommodations but Flo takes him to his favorite spot, Gurney’s, for lunch. Lyle orders wine …
  continue reading
 
Meeting Silk is all Lyle imagined: She’s gorgeous and focused on success. But she abruptly leaves him to Flo and the guys in the FEAR.com van. They’re taking Lyle to Montauk to shoot an interview with Silk for “Entertainment Tonight.” Passing the scene of his deadly crash, Lyle re-lives it, and clairvoyant Flo can also observe the violent accident.…
  continue reading
 
Alone finally, late at night, Lyle calls “Linder,” a police-sketch expert. Lyle offers him cash to recreate “Jewel” from Lyle’s memory: a young girl dressed in adult Victorian garb. Lyle has a fitful dream, seeing Jewel again, this time holding a newborn. Next morning, Fraser calls to berate Lyle and remind him his court date is this morning! Court…
  continue reading
 
Exhausted but smitten with the striking photo of “Silk,” Lyle signs Flo’s exclusive FEAR.com contract without reading it. Flo, a clairvoyant, grills sleepy Lyle about his daughter, Georgie, picking up on their estrangement and Lyle’s belief that she is in mortal danger. Once Flo leaves, elderly, kindly “Glen” appears offering insights into the “Bel…
  continue reading
 
Overnight, ghost fanatics who’ve learned of a haunting online, have set up a tent city around Lyle’s house. A strange middle-aged woman named “Flo” appears at Lyle’s door proposing an exclusive media contract with FEAR.com. Lyle refuses, until he sees a photo of the TV show’s gorgeous host… meanwhile, Georgie is charged with surveilling a limo busi…
  continue reading
 
Not a religious man, Lyle decides he can obtain insight into the afterlife from an old parish priest who’s also a former client. Monsignor Hannan resists any notions of haunted houses, instead foisting a strange young priest from Malta on Lyle. Over coffee, Lyle realizes handsome Fr. Matteo is not an exorcist—rather, he’s had exorcism performed on …
  continue reading
 
Loading …

Quick Reference Guide