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A loose cannon podcast featuring casual conversations with whomever we deem interesting, often on the fringe, Like Coast to Coast, but on demand. Like a less compromised Joe Rogan Experience. Interviews on Spirituality, Alternative History, UFO's, and More
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Welcome to the show ! 🍑 On Cosmic Peach podcast, Julia brings a unique perspective to all things that go bump in the night! Exploring the fringe and unthinkable! Cryptids, true crime, paranormal activity, conspiracy theories & the most ancient of mysteries! This show is designed to take you out of your comfort zone and make you question reality! Listener discretion is advised 🔥 🫧𝙵𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝙸𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚖: 𝚌𝚘𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚌.𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑.𝚙𝚘𝚍𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚝
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The Official Podcast for the Fringesider! I speak with performers, producers, directors, and key people involved with making the Edinburgh Fringe happen! I will also post in-depth reviews come August. 🇺🇸 living in 🏴 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Smoke Screen: Deadly Cure

Sony Music Entertainment

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Smoke Screen: Deadly Cure is a podcast about a family on the fringe who convinced tens of thousands of people across the globe to buy a miracle liquid made of poison, the international conspiracy they ignited, and the people who fought to take them down. Find more seasons of Smoke Screen by searching "Smoke Screen" wherever you get your podcasts. Want the full story? Unlock all episodes of Smoke Screen, ad-free, right now by subscribing to The Binge. Plus, get binge access to brand new stori ...
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Fringe Network: Alien State

Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment

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Publicly, the government once called UFOs a “waste of time” but new evidence and uncovered documents prove that the U.S. government is, and always has been, very interested in the UFO phenomenon. Who are these people coming forward with these government secrets? Want the full story? Unlock all episodes of Fringe Network: Alien State, ad-free right now by subscribing to The Binge — All Episodes. All at Once. Plus, you’ll unlock brand new stories, dropping on the first of every month — that’s ...
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Sex, drugs and rock n roll. News, views and reviews from and with Aotearoa’s fringe community of Karangahape Road, Auckland, New Zealand. Support the K' Road Chronicle at www.patreon.com/kroadchronicle www.instagram.com/kroadchronicle www.facebook.com/kroadchronicle
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Celebration of 40+ years on the fringe of show business. Stories, interviews, and comedy sets from standup comics... famous, and not so famous. All taped Live on my Comedy stage. The interviews will be with comics, old staff members, and Friends from the world of Comedy. Standup Sets by Dana Carvey, Jay Leno, Tom Dreesen, Jerry Seinfeld, Larry Miller, Mark Schiff, Bobcat Goldthwait, Paula Poundstone, Garry Shandling, Ray Ramano, Cathy Ladman, Willie Tyler & Lester, and MORE. My web site has ...
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Two Caucazoid psychos living in Canada and Hong Kong discuss dissident right politics, conspiracy theories, fringe spirituality, ideal catastrophe futures, far-right-cenobite culture, harmonyjamming, Canadian politics, splainsplaining, genocidal irony, and probably sex and video games or whatever. Full episodes uploaded every Friday on bloodsatellite.ca, Zencast, iTunes, Audible, and Google Play.
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A new series for an older podcast feed than yours. Started as a way to talk to people making weird shit on the fringes of the underground, then splitting time with a series of interviews with Gawker commenters, then just weird Christmas music and audio experiments, then interviews with LGBTQIA and POC artists about their feelings about the Trump presidency, then the obscenely pointless series "We Are Podcasting in a Room", and now Platonic Polyamory cohosts Rob Marvin, Jennifer C. Martin, an ...
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Rod Smith is your guide as you journey beyond the fringe. Join him as he exposes the deceptiveness of the darkness and diligently dives into all things unexplained. He investigates otherworldly encounters, elusive cryptids, the ancient Word of God, miracles, near encounters with death, ancient structures, divine interventions, angelic battles in the heavens and so much more. In a time when we are bombarded daily with millions of messages and signals of confusion, while chaos seeds our popula ...
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The podcast about the stuff we wonder about and other things We welcome exotic thinking , unique philosophy , wonder & wisdom. Exploring interesting walks of life, advanced technology, innovation, esoteric realms , social sciences , and much more thetempleofmercury.com For 15% off your Temple of Mercury Orders enter PHILOCAST at checkout eauxchaotiques.com For 15% off your Eaux Chaotiques Orders enter PHILOPOD at checkout medicinebuddhalabs.com For 10% off your Temple of Medicine Buddha Labs ...
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How would you fight a Yeti in hand to hand combat? Would you attempt to sell your soul to the devil in the interest of science? How can you prepare for a zombie apocalypse? Find out all of this and more every week on the Weird Things podcast, where your hosts, Andrew Mayne, Justin Robert Young and Brian Brushwood probe the most challenging questions about the paranormal, supernatural and fringe.
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Music artist and social impact storyteller TImo Peach asks: What story do you think you are in – and can you change it? Because another world IS possible. As the bloke from Momo:tempo and the voice of Unsee The Future, Mr Peach playfully explores how to encourage the more hopeful human tomorrow – meeting artists, solarpunks and changemakers re-imagining the stories we think we're in. In a time of crisis, we need the NEW songs and stories of us. Join Momo at the intersection of art, planet an ...
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The Midnight Academy bridges the divide between knowledge and belief, hosted by Dr. Heather Lynn, author, historian, and renegade archaeologist, on a quest to uncover the truth behind ancient mysteries. Through genuine curiosity and careful questioning, Heather explores fringe topics, making the extraordinary accessible to all listeners. Each episode of The Midnight Academy features in-depth, long-form conversations with guests from a wide range of backgrounds. From the topics like conscious ...
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Fringe FM is brought to you by the folks at Fringe Music. Hosted by Fringe Music founder, Paul Wildey, and co-hosted by active northwest musicians; Fringe FM brings you great music, music news, and candid chats with artists you should know. Be sure to visit www.fringe-music.com for even more exclusive content.
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Nancy Kranzberg talks with artists, performers and movers and shakers in the arts community. Interviews cover music, visual arts, dance, literature and performance. Produced by Nancy Kranzberg and Jon Valley. Edited by Jon Valley, with engineering assistance by Mid-Coast.
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Pop Culture Continuum

John Elliott and Patrick Ricciardi

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John and Pat have no experience and are uniquely unqualified to discuss Pop Culture. Yet, week after week they get together to take one piece of Pop Culture from history, and compare it to something more modern. Never offering insight, but often finding new ways to insult.
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This is a creative writing podcast following Lance aka Zelus as he picks up where he left off writing Raps or Poetry. Lance Halls is a performing artist within the group Fringe Mellow which has music released online. www.fringemellow.com
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IRON SHOW

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Wild, Loud and edgy fringe christian talk and music. Theology on the very fringe. Wild yet mild. Shallow yet deep. Funny yet serious. We welcome all listeners.
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My Entertainment World

My Entertainment World

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Newly relaunched from the original 5-star rated “My TV” podcast, My Entertainment World now encompasses everything from TV, Cinema, Theatre, Books, Sports, Music and Games. Original founder and host Kelly is back alongside the My Entertainment World senior staff and special guests to talk about all things entertainment.
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ARTS. LIFESTYLE. SNS ONLINE. - SNS Online started its life as a weekly hour long LGBTQ+ magazine/music show on national Irish dance music station, RTÉ Pulse - running on and off for four years. Since then the show has evolved as an online showcase for actors, musicians, journalists, authors, script writers, stand-up comedians and more - all in the form of in-depth one-to-one interviews - all fully illustrated with archive audio & music. These are independent podcasts produced to the highest ...
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Stories from the edges of music and media with a focus on Chicagoland area, comedy, popular culture, writing... Interviews with far from the mainstreaml artists, musicians and directors. "On the fly" episodes (while she's driving the mean streets)...where your host hairdresser, writer, musician and girl on the street...will keep you informed about exciting goings-on- with mind blowing commentary and stuff you did't even know you gave a shit about!
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The Music Fringe puts a spotlight on music that falls outside the mainstream. Meet the artists as host Lee Ackerley delves into and dissects their unique sounds and styles. The Music Fringe includes broader discussions on the niche music genres that the eccentric and progressive artists inhabit. Follow The Music Fringe on social media: Twitter Instagram Facebook
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Theatre and Comedy from the heart of the Edinburgh Fringe. Live stand-up, interviews, music, features, dirty gossip and more from the Pleasance Courtyard and Pleasance Dome.
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What's On Watford

Alex Williams with the Watford Pump House

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An audio round up of all the artistic events happening in and around Watford in Hertfordshire, UK. From Theatre and Film, to Comedy, Dance and Music, this podcast is the noticeboard for all the cultural gems in Watford.
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Write On is hosted by Beverly Martens, a Dunedin-based writer and founder of Dunedin Literary Walking Tours. In each show, Beverly interviews local writers and people involved in the book industry. She also promotes local events and shares some good music. Write On with Beverly Martens is presented on behalf of the Otago Southland Branch of the New Zealand Society of Authors and has been created with generous support from the University Book Shop.
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We live in a world of gnosis deferred. We have come to a point in our societal evolution where self-awareness and existential cognizance are scarce; and now more then ever, we are desperately struggling to reconcile the ethical, moral, political, and religious shortcomings of our global zeitgeist. The primary purpose of the Deferred Gnosis podcast is to bring together contrasting perspectives sourced directly from the fringe in order to deconstruct the preconceptions of our culture through t ...
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Fringed and Unhinged is a series hosted by two hair school besties turned successful hairstylists. Hosted by Gabbie (@gabbiewiththegoodhair), a salon owner, educator, and lived-in-color specialist, and Ashley (@florida.maam), a vivids specialist featured on many of your favorite beauty platforms and MOB Awards nominee. After years of unrecorded conversations about the beauty industry, salon culture, and other general hair related word vomit, we decided that what we’re talking about is worth ...
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This Chi-town native brings with him a huge repository of advanced musical composition skills, coupled with an intense acoustic flavor that will bend and blend your senses. From his musical releases, Sound Design, re-mixes, Audio Branding, and live sets all over the world, Josh R. is known and respected for his unrelenting dedication to quality. "It's all about attention to detail..... always attempting to ride that cusp of "fringe" in my productions and techniques. His production and brandi ...
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Across this podcast series Leah Tess, Laura Goldthorp, Jess Simmons and BLAB (Frances Murray) will discuss many aspects of the music they write and listen to, in addition to talking about what it means to be a woman in the music industry today. They make up Queens Of The Neighbourhood - 4 female singer/songwriters who’s music spans across a variety of different genres. They will be performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for a three day showcase at Greenside, Infirmary Street from August ...
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Did you know that Robert Burns was the first person to feature on a Coca Cola bottle? Or that a book of his poems has orbited the earth 217 times? And he NEVER signed his name as Rabbie? This is a modern and light hearted look at the life and works of Robert Burns; poems explained; myths busted; songs sung and stories told. Listen, laugh, and maybe even learn something new with Alastair Turnbull and guests.
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Afterglow; UnVEILING The Idaho Cult Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell's story, is a true crime story like no other. Lori Vallow is a mother of 3. Some would call her a "monster" instead of a mother. Her children went missing in the fall of 2019. As things unfolded there were also, 2 dead spouses who both died untimely deaths. Lori Vallow Daybell has delusions of being a God and having lived on many planets. As the story continued more and more bizarre events took place. This story is complicated ...
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Podcast encountering the spectres of the 20th century via cult film, fringe literature, strange sounds and haunted landscapes. [Now on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/wyrdsignalpod]
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Storytelling is an incredibly powerful tool. Sharing our lived experiences with each other in the form of stories has the ability to change and grow everyday events into lessons that reach beyond the storytellers’ personal experience and connect us together into a community. Life and... is a new podcast centered on first-person, true experiences, created in partnership between the Lackawanna & Luzerne Medical Societies, Scranton Fringe, & Park Multimedia. Each season of this podcast will use ...
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Grim and James are joined by Jerry Cthulhu, ThatGuy, Nickie the Dude, RSHarmful, Pirateshipping, Endless, and Suzanne! Enjoy the chat!! Email me for the Guilded chatroom link! Check out our anime review show Shonen Dump www.shonendump.com James Cruz Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cruz_controllin Send us hatemail or love mail at grimsteak@gmail.com L…
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Hello and welcome back to the show! Today we are revisiting one of the most listened to episodes, the case of JonBenèt Ramsey! Join me as we heat up this cold case once more! COSMIC MERCH! ⁠https://cosmic-peach-podcast-shop.fourthwall.com⁠ PATREON (ROOM 237)! ⁠https://www.patreon.com/Cosmicpeachpodcast⁠…
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Hi, a warm welcome to this episode, where we delve into the creative practice of one of the popular artists currently performing on the fringe. Today, we have the pleasure of speaking with Michael Traufer, the brilliant mind behind dazzling shows like Fabulet. We discuss his latest endeavor, The Pink List, and what it's like to debut a new musical …
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Richard Hargrave, Design Director at Loop Agencies who lead the design on the 2023 and 2024 Fringe Programmes sat down to geek out about this year's cover and everything that goes into it. loopagencies.com https://www.richardhargrave.com/ Big thanks to: Sorcha Judge Vicky Hope Fringesider IG: @fringesider Fringesider.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.…
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Interview Starts at 27:50 Sheela Rahman joins us for a great chat about the hunt for coherent frequencies and mapping Malcolm Bendall's Plasma Unification Model. We get deep into Shape Power - by Dan Davidson, subtle energies, Aleph, Yang and Hebrew alphabet as sign waves in 3d space, binding elementals to shapes, Meru Foundation, shifting the elec…
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When I started podcasting in 2008, I never once thought that I might one day inspire someone else to become a podcaster. In times like these, I like to play the what if game. The quick version of it goes something like this: What if I’d never started my podcast about Fringe? What if JJ Abrams had never created Fringe? What if Cliff had never starte…
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Send us a Text Message. On this show I used the comedy material I found on some old recordings...so this show will be a little choppy; but the comedy is solid and sure to make you Smile. There is live recorded comedy by Bob Worley, Kevin Kataoka, and Del Van Dyke. In addition, my club Laughs Unlimited used to Host bands in the Dixieland Jazz Jubile…
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Join the Millennial Mustard Seed host, Rod Smith, for a thought-provoking voyage into the unusual, unexplained and unexplored facets of the world we live! Armed with a seeker's humility and a Biblical lens Millennial Mustard Seed never fails to inspire, provoke and intrigue listeners to deepen their faith. Friend and Brother in Christ, Nick Long ow…
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The riveting season 2 finale’s cliffhanger finally comes to a dramatic climax in “Entrada” when Peter learns the truth about who “Olivia” really is and his actual Olivia finally finds a way home. Joined by guest Michael Hoover (whose interpretation of the show’s theme you will hear!), we discuss all of our favorite moments from this incredible epis…
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Good Hello, Today we talked to musician, radio playwright, zine maker, postcard sender, plunderphonicser, former centrist, and the host of WFMU's Mid-Valley Mutations, Dimestore Radio Theater, and occasional other programs, Austin Rich! How he even has time to talk to us for a couple hours, I forgot to ask. We talk about all these things, his influ…
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Matthew Kearns: President and Artistic Director of St. Lou Fringe, stopped by to talk with Nancy about this year's festival. --- About the festival: "It all started in 1947 in Edinburgh, Scotland, as an alternative festival that played concurrently with the Edinburgh International Festival. In 1948, Robert Kemp, a local journalist, gave it the name…
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2024 marks twenty years since Just the Tonic venues first appeared at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, although founder Darrell Martin had been putting on shows at the festival since 2002 and started the company by running Sunday night comedy clubs in 1994. BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to Darrell before the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe about 20 years o…
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In this special 14th episode, Momo meets Nicola Cartlidge, Theatre & Venues Manager for AUB, who walks us around the renovating spaces of the Palace Court Theatre, to discuss what it means to hold space for creative risk-taking – and to help make place in the process.Commissioned by Pier Journal, this is the informal recording of the interview for …
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This episode of The Midnight Academy explores the shadowy realms of nightmares and the psychology of darkness, with Melissa Kim Corter. Melissa is a Depth Psychologist and international bestselling author known for her expertise in the shadow side of the personality, blending psychology with symbolic forms found in film, fairy tales, and forensics.…
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!!ALERT!! Rodney's mic broke and he needs your help to replace it. If you are blessed by the Millennial Mustard Seed NOW is the time to BE a blessing! In the meantime, Carly Tebbs will be recording the intros. When it rains it pours, folks, Rod is also unable to edit the audio the way you are used to due to technical and logistical issues. By the g…
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Grim and James are joined by Jerry Cthulhu, Nickie the Dude, RSHarmful, Pirateshipping, Suzanne, and Sean Shameless! Enjoy the 7 year anniversary show!!! Email me for the Guilded chatroom link! Check out our anime review show Shonen Dump www.shonendump.com James Cruz Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cruz_controllin Send us hatemail or love mail at gri…
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What's going on everyone?! Today I am sharing a conversation I had with Janet from the Deplorable Nation podcast, about the dark truth of PCOS. A condition I suffer from as well as so many other women. The rise in PCOS is staggering and seems sudden. What could be causing this? To discover the truth and enjoy the FULL episode, please click the link…
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Send us a Text Message. Comic Marc Yaffee does a lot of cruise ship work and he shares some of his story and a couple jokes here. Standup comedy on a cruise ship is a totally different experience from club work...Marc shares why! Support the Show. Standup Comedy Podcast Network.co www.StandupComedyPodcastNetwork.com Free APP on all Apple & Android …
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Interview starts at 22:00 Jordan Collin joins us for a great chat about his Cosmic Summit presentation, what I'm calling Sacred Time, the testing of the Bendall Tech - Thunderstorm Generator at the Summit, and all the people that are building these for themselves. We talk about the details of Malcolm Bendall's tech, bubble cavitation, vortex based …
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Trusting those you work with and those who work under you is incredibly important. But when they are entrusted to do their job with freedom and exercise their natural gifts, clients benefit, work culture benefits, you benefit, the company benefits, and your industry benefits. Remember, there’s no “I” in team, and even The Lone Ranger wasn’t alone. …
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Join the Millennial Mustard Seed host, Rod Smith, for a thought-provoking voyage into the unusual, unexplained and unexplored facets of the world we live! Armed with a seeker's humility and a Biblical lens Millennial Mustard Seed never fails to inspire, provoke and intrigue listeners to deepen their faith. BHB and Rod share a mini episode with Humo…
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Send us a Text Message. Fun and unique show this week as I was an invited Guest to the Throckmorton Theater in Mill Valley to watch a show, and hang with comics Steve Bruner, Johnny Steele, Mike Meehan, Larry "Bubbles" Brown, and Chicago Steve Barkley. So fun to listen to the live show and have some backstage/greenroom conversations...all here for …
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Ed Saunders-Lee joins us to talk about his brand new play, I Am Yours Sincerely, that has an important and very personal family connection. Also featuring Andrew Cox. I Am Yours Sincerely features at this year's Edinburgh Fringe.https://www.thespaceuk.com/shows/2024/i-am-yours-sincerelySNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality prog…
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In this Episode I talk about my up coming shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Yes, I'm taking Burns Banter to Edinburgh and will be performing upstairs in The Pear Tree. The venue is called The Counting House and the room is called The Attic. I'm on from the 16th to the 25th, (not the 24th), 10.30am till 11.30am each day. The show is called 'Bu…
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Welcome back to Phantom Friday!! This is Case #9! I joined up with Tommy from the Let's Get Freaky podcast, to discuss some weird paranormal activity that has been going on since returning from the Madison Seminary! COSMIC MERCH! ⁠https://cosmic-peach-podcast-shop.fourthwall.com⁠ PATREON (ROOM 237)! ⁠https://www.patreon.com/Cosmicpeachpodcast⁠…
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Hi, we hope you're having a wonderful summer and really enjoying all the creativity that's out there. Looking forward to the festival season that's now underway. Camden is going great with new work from Michael Traufer, a brand new musical called The Pink List at the King's Head. Catch that in August. If you're heading up to Edinburgh, then here ar…
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Grim and James are joined by Jerry Cthulhu, ThatGuy, Nickie the Dude, RSHarmful, Pirateshipping, and Suzanne! Enjoy the chat!!! Email me for the Guilded chatroom link! Check out our anime review show Shonen Dump www.shonendump.com James Cruz Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cruz_controllin Send us hatemail or love mail at grimsteak@gmail.com Live Show…
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Dimes speaks with popularman Space Age Maximalist on the hidden physics of the universe. References include "Subquantum Kinetics: A Systems Approach to Physics and Cosmology." ✔️ More from Space Age Maximalist: https://x.com/SpaceAgeHerr Listen to full episodes of Blood $atellite on, iTunes, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Audible, and more. ➡️ Full Con…
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Talking about Books and Writing - This month Beverly chats to the 2024 University of Otago College of Education Creative NZ Children's Writer in Residence, Feana Tu'akoi, about what she's been working on during her time in Dunedin, and why portraying Tongan and Palangi characters is at the heart of her work.Next, Beverly discusses an eclectic, abso…
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Interview starts at 42:50 Damon Langlois - Friend of the show, member of our chats, sand sculptor extraordinaire joins us for a fascinating chat about the world of Sand Castles and Sasquatch! We chat about the World Championships in Canada, in two places near where I used to live and play, his world titles, the art of building and carving, the mass…
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In this episode of Weird Things, Andrew Mayne, Justin Robert Young, and Brian Brushwood embark on a journey through the evolving landscape of aviation technology. They discuss the myriad of companies attempting to develop next-generation aerial vehicles, including those adding excessive propellers to electric helicopters in hopes of making flying c…
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Andrew Mayne and Justin Robert Young dissect Apple’s approach to integrating AI into its ecosystem with a strong emphasis on privacy. They speculate on the implications of Apple’s strategy to handle AI processing on-device as much as possible, while also offering cloud processing with user permission. The trio discusses the technical hurdles, Apple…
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You’ve heard me say it recently because it’s been on my mind a lot, but it’s so painfully true when they say the days are long but the years are short. In future episodes I’ll talk more about Colby moving out of our house and I even have a story about college marching band that I have scheduled for the beginning of football season. But for today, I…
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Join the Millennial Mustard Seed host, Rod Smith, for a thought-provoking voyage into the unusual, unexplained and unexplored facets of the world we live! Armed with a seeker's humility and a Biblical lens Millennial Mustard Seed never fails to inspire, provoke and intrigue listeners to deepen their faith. Welcome to a legendary first, Carly Tebbs …
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