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Real life shouldn't be like Twitter, so we decided to launch this podcast with a focus on having conversations about difficult topics while fostering an environment to create productive dialogue and understand different perspectives. We have guests with viewpoints from all over the political spectrum, sometimes we research specific news topics, and sometimes we'll use a current news event to launch into a deeper discussion about a broader issue. The mission is to have healthy dialogue with p ...
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Abel Ray & Sidney Perry Proudly Presents: Widebeat Radio is a monthly podcast featuring the amazing tracks from Widebeat Records and the hottest and latest tracks from the world of electronic dance music For more info you can visit: http://www.widebeatrecords.com
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Weekly podcast discussing a film of the week, new and notable blu ray releases, new films in theatres, top five performances and collectibles.
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Episode Notes Today we’re exploring the foster care system. Now, this system does have noble intentions and the goal is to protect children from abuse, provide temporary homes, and keep kids with their families when possible (and that last point has become a point of contention between some advocates, and we'll talk about that here). But the stats …
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Episode Notes Why are only 34% of fourth-grade public school students performing at a proficient level in reading? This week we're talking with Kareem Weaver, the Co-Founder of FULCRUM - an organization whose goal is to ensure that every child is an 'on-time' reader with full literacy. Kareem previously led a leader development organization that su…
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The Auteur Series: Abel Ferrara’s Short Films & 9 Lives of a Wet Pussy
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Frank and Dr. Crain are back with a soft reboot of our Abel Ferrara Auteur series. This time we’re doing it right and starting off with Abel Ferrara’s short films: Nicky’s Film, The Hold Up, and Could This Be Love which are available and both screened by Frank and Patrick via the Cult Epics release that also includes the Driller Killer and the trai…
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For Your Ears Only: Quantum of Solace
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We’re pleased to bring you our latest discussion in our For You Ears Only series featuring Frank and Tom. This time, we’re joined with special guest playwright and actor Jeremy Kareken to discuss Daniel Craig’s second outing as James Bond in 2008’s Quantum of Solace, which is a direct continuation of the storyline from Craig’s debut, Casino Royale.…
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#10 – Life and Politics in Venezuela
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Episode Notes This week, we talked with Gonzalo Veloz about what it was like to grow up in Venezuela, and what he thinks about the state of affairs in the country. Gonzalo came to the US in 2015 as a political asylum seeker, and since there have been many differing opinions on Venezuela’s economic rise and fall, we wanted to talk with someone who h…
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#9 – Why are Americans Leaving the Church? (w. Michael Gungor of The Liturgists)
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Episode Notes In this Episode Ray and Caitlin talked with Michael Gungor - a Grammy nominated Christian musician and founder of The Liturgists podcast who left the Christian church a few years ago. Recently, U.S. church membership fell below the majority for the first time ever so we figured this would be a great time for us to talk about why this …
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#8 – Journalism Is Broken (The Fall of the Fourth Estate)
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Episode Notes This week, Ray gives a monologue on why journalism is broken and how we're witnessing the fall of the fourth estate. Then, Gretchen joins in to talk about what it means to 'research the news' and why everyone should be digging deep into the headlines.
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Episode Notes This week we talked with Jessica Scott about transgender athletes. Jessica is Associate Professor of Gender Studies at West Virginia Wesleyan College. Dr. Scott holds degrees from the University of Illinois and from the University of Cape Town (South Africa). She is widely published in peer reviewed journals dealing with issues of sex…
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Podcast: Actor’s Spotlight with Harry Northup
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We are honored to present our latest conversation in our Actor’s Spotlight series. With this episode, Frank and Raymond Benson have a conversation with poet and actor Harry Northup who is living film history. Harry was featured in Martin Scorsese’s first six films WHO’S THAT KNOCKING AT MY DOOR, BOXCAR BERTHA, MEAN STREETS, ALICE DOESN’T LIVE HERE …
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Episode Notes This week, Ray and Gretchen will talk with Hannah Broadway (Licensed Professional Counselor) about how people can disagree without hating each other. This seems like a lost art sometimes, but we hope to give some perspective on how we can interact in a healthy way.
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Episode Notes This week we'll be talking with Andrew about some of the issues he's faced as an Asian American, and how he feels about the media coverage regarding the issues.
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For Your Ears Only: Martin Campbell’s CASINO ROYALE
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Welcome everyone to a very special episode of Podcasting Them Softly’s For Your Ears Only series. Today we are going to discuss Martin Campbell’s return to the Bond franchise with CASINO ROYALE. Released in 2006 this was Daniel Craig’s debut as James Bond, based on Ian Flemings’s first Bond novel of the same name. Featuring an amazing cast coupled …
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Episode Notes In this episode, we will be talking with Caitlin Werth about prison reform. Caitlin was the director of the HOPE Pre-Release Program at Allegheny County Jail in Pittsburgh, PA. HOPE is an inter-faith, rehabilitative, re-entry program for incarcerated men and women. We'll be looking at the issues from both liberal and conservative view…
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#3 – Bad Decisions and Repercussions (Andrew Cuomo)
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Episode Notes This week, we're talking about how we judge political candidates and public figures. We'll also take a look at how much weight apologies hold, and what forgiveness looks like.
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For Your Ears Only: DIE ANOTHER DAY
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Join Frank, Mac and the esteemed Tom Zielinski as they discuss Pierce Brosnan’s final outing as 007 in Lee Tamahori’s DIE ANOTHER DAY. The film also features Halle Berry, Judi Dench, Toby Stephens, Will Yun Lee, Michael Madsen, John Cleese, and Rosamund Pike. The film grossed a little over 400 million at the global box office, which at the time was…
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#2 – Cancel Culture and Virtue Signaling
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Episode Notes This week, we talked with Peace Ike about cancel culture and virtue signaling. (And yes, we do talk very briefly about Mr. Potato Head and Dr. Seuss)
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Episode Notes Welcome to the relaunch of Research the News! We recorded a discussion with Sidni Standard about what's been happening with Critical Race Theory in colleges, and a few other topics. Ray Abel is hosting, and Gretchen Hurd has come aboard as co-host for the show. Thanks for listening!
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Artwork by Jeffrey Marshall Join Frank, Tom, and the esteemed Mac McSharry as we bring Podcasting Them Softly’s For Your Ears Only and 3 for 3 full circle! We discuss three “undercard” films of Sean Connery’s at length, discuss his contribution to film, along with some of our other non-Bond films that didn’t make our respective selections! Upcoming…
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We’re pleased to bring you our next installment of 3 for 3, this time discussing the works of John Carpenter. Carpenter is one of our favorite filmmakers who is responsible for many classics ranging from HALLOWEEN, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, to STARMAN. Please stay tuned for our next 3 for 3 regarding our favorite character …
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FOR YOUR EARS ONLY: Michael Apted’s THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
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Artwork by Jeffrey Marshall We welcome author and James Bond connoisseur Deborah Lipp to join in our discussion of the 19th 007 picture in the EON series THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, as well as the latest edition of her highly regarded book, “The Ultimate James Bond Fan Book.” Please explore the works of Deborah at her bookshop.…
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For Your Ears Only: Roger Spottiswoode’s TOMORROW NEVER DIES
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Artwork provided by Jeffrey Marshall Join Frank, Tom, and Mac with special guest Perrin Spychala as they discuss Pierce Brosnan’s second outing as 007 in Roger Spottiswoode’s TOMORROW NEVER DIES. Released in 1997, the film also features a terrific ensemble composed of Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh, Teri Hatcher, Ricky Jay, Gotz Otto, Vincent Schiav…
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FOR YOUR EARS ONLY: Martin Campbell’s GOLDENEYE
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Artwork provided by Jeffrey Marshall Tom and Frank are back with special guest Mac McSharry to discuss Martin Campbell’s GoldenEye, which was Pierce Brosnan’s first outing as 007. Also discussed is the pop culture effect the film had on home video as well as video games along with being a world wide box office smash and how that jump started the fr…
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TRACKLIST: 1. Pete Tong featuring S.Y.F. - Dawn (Original Mix) 2. HouseMasters - Wanna Be (Original Mix) 3. HouseMasters - Wanna Be (Abel Ray Remix) 4. Hot Since 82 - Knee Deep in Louise (Original Mix) 5. Supernova - The Light Goes On (Original Mix) 6. The New Iberican League, Roland Clark - Work It (Club Mix) 7. Michel Cleis - Mir A Nero (Original…
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