This show is designed to be listened to while you watch the film yourself on your own TV. It's one part audio commentary, one part film discussion, one part just watching movies with friends, and add alcohol to taste.
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Watching 100 Movies - Metropolis (1927) and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (1966)
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Christiana and Mike discuss a pair of classics, one a silent German scifi that has influenced dozens of filmakers, and the other an iconic spaghetti western. Metropolis, and The Good The Bad and the Ugly.By Christiana Ellis and Mike Meitin
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Episode 131 Kyle Edgell CHP - Caricatures As An Experience
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Kyle Edgell started drawing caricatures in a bar. For fun. She never considered the talent she had to capture a likeness and connect with people a product to be “sold”…until a life-changing request to draw at a company picnic as entertainment allowed her to gift the drawings to her subjects and be paid for it. Her insight and ability to encourage o…
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Episode 130 - MUST LISTEN! Comedian and Speaker Mike Cotayo
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Funny Man Mike Cotayo is a comedian who knows how to take the stage by storm. His unique blend of silly, smart and dark humor leaves audiences in hysterics, while making others snarf drinks through their nose. Funny Man Mike promises to have you coming back for more. Mike Joins Jim-Bob Williams and Katy BEE to discuss comedians with disabilities, w…
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Episode 129 - The Indonesian Humor Institute Pioneers - Danny Septriadi and Ulwan Fakhri
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Combining tax & humor? No tax authorities and practitioners implement that in the world, until Danny Septriadi starts it out! As a tax practitioner & academia, Danny has been using humor in his 30 years professional life. Experiencing humor as a resilience tool himself, he then founded the first world-record library of humor studies & Indonesian hu…
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Christiana and Mike pull another pair of classics from the Sight & Sound list, Akira Kurosawa's "Rashomon" (1950), and Carol Reed's "The Third Man" (1949)By Christiana Ellis and Mike Meitin
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Episode 128 - Christiana Frank Applied Improvisation Consultant and Speaker
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Christiana Frank is a certified speaker, coach, consultant, program developer, and mentor. Since 1999, she has been helping corporate teams, educational institutions, and mental health facilities connect to themselves, each other, and the world at large. Founder of KidScape Productions and with a strong passion for helping all ages, you can typical…
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Watching 100 Movies - Ocean's Five... Movies!
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Christiana and Mike do some heist research with the best heist franchise out there! Ocean's 11, Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve, Ocean's Thirteen, and Ocean's EightBy Christiana Ellis and Mike Meitin
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Episode 127 - Stefano Iaboni Smile Solution
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Meet Stefano Iaboni, a comedic performer from Rome who turned his love for the arts into a global adventure. Starting in circus school in Holland, Stefano soon found the weather and cuisine lacking. He relocated to Barcelona, where he immersed himself in the vibrant scene of nouveau clowning, collaborating with legends like Johnny Melville and Jang…
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Episode 126 - Comedian Joey Gaynor - The Full Gaynor
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Known for his singing voice and impressions, Joey Gaynor is an actor, comedian and writer living in Los Angeles via Newark, New Jersey. After eight years on the road, Joey's break through came in the concert movie, "Comedy's Dirtiest Dozen" with Bill Hicks, Chris Rock and Tim Allen. A regular at the Comedy Store, Joey's performed with Richard Pryor…
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Episode 125 - Roland Thompson - The Connection Grandpa
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"After spending most of his life raising kids and working in the financial industry, Roland is spending the rest of the time here on earth focused on the Heart of the Fathers Foundation project. The foundation is focusedon helping grandparents to have an effective connection with their grandchildren. Just like FDR says, "We cannot alwaysbuild a fut…
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Christiana and Mike revisit Christopher Nolan's Batman Trilogy: Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight RisesBy Christiana Ellis and Mike Meitin
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Episode 124 - The 2024 Conference Casserole!
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Join us as we chronicle the 2024 AATH Conference with first hand interviews, sounds from the actual conference and some opportunities to giggle and guffaw! Hear from some of the keynote speakers, breakout rooms and takeaways from this year's conference! We are unable to name all of the amazing folks that are on this, and we would like to thank all …
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Episode 123- Ros Ben-Moshe and the Laughter Effect
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Ros Ben-Moshe is a Laughter, Wellbeing and Positivity author, academic and practitioner. She is Adjunct lecturer at the School of Public Health and Psychology at La Trobe University, Melbourne, where she coordinates the Australian-first Laughter, Resilience and Wellbeing online short course for professionals. Her latest book, The Laughter Effect – …
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Episode 122 Richard Hawk Makes Safety Fun!
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Richard Hawk The Leading Expert on Making Safety Fun It’s rare to find someone who is both a safety professional and an entertaining speaker and trainer. Richard Hawk has been in the safety and health field for more than 30 years. He spent 15 of them as a safety professional in the nuclear industry and as a safety advisor on constructions projects.…
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W100M - 2024 Oscar Marathon Update 2
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We discuss, with spoilers, Elemental, Nyad, Society of the Snow, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, and Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1By Christiana Ellis and Mike Meitin
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Episode 121 Gina Ramsey and Her Burnt Gloveboxes
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Gina Ramsey, based in Superior, WI, is passionate about making a difference through humor, inspiration, and connection. Her book, "Burnt Gloveboxes: Embracing Life When It Goes Up In Flames," humorously navigates life's unexpected moments. Celebrated for her on-demand singing impersonations and love of screaming rubber chickens, Gina infuses her pr…
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Watching 100 Movies - 2024 Oscar Marathon Update 1
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We discuss our first batch of nominated films, with spoilery discussions of Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of a Flower Moon and Oppenheimer.By Christiana Ellis and Mike Meitin
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Episode 120 Mike Lukas and Fine Tuning Your Funny Muscle
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Mike Lukas grew up in Cleveland and was a successful internationally touring comedian and improvisor (NBC, Comedy Central, Second City, CBS Radio, A&E) for twenty-four years before he decided to hang up his clown shoes and give writing a full time go. Now hammering his keyboard out of Dallas, Mike co-raises his two babies when he’s not pumping out …
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W100M - Portrait of a Lady on Fire and There Will Be Blood
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We discuss another pair of movies from the Sight and Sound Top Movies of All Time list, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, and There Will Be Blood, and then introduce our 2024 Oscar Movie Marathon!By Christiana Ellis and Mike Meitin
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Episode 119 Paul Osincup and The Humor Habit
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Paul Osincup, CHP is a Keynote Speaker, Humor Strategist, and Past President of AATH. Paul's global mission for workplace happiness has provided him the opportunity to work with hundreds of organizations like the U.S. Airforce, Google, Discover, and the Harvard Kennedy School of Leadership. He's also the author of the forthcoming book The Humor Hab…
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Ep118 -REPOST- Live a Beautiful Life Podcast with Joy First Foundation and Adam Williams
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Our New Year Episode is a repost of Adam Williams of the Live a Beautiful Life Podcast interviewing Katy BEE about Joy First Foundation. https://www.liveabeautifullifepodcast.com/ photo by Nick Le A place to explore the many paths that lead to living a beautiful life. For more information on Joy First Foundation - head on over to https://www.joyfir…
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W100M - Unseen Scorsese! - After Hours, The King of Comedy, The Age of Innocence and Silence
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Christiana and Mike dig into Martin Scorsese's extensive filmography with discussions of four Scorsese films that neither of us had seen before! After Hours, The King of Comedy, The Age of Innocence and SilenceBy Christiana Ellis and Mike Meitin
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REPOST - Episode 47Jess Ruggieri, MHP, CEHC Fun as Function
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In the name of FUN and PLAY we repost Jess Ruggieri from episode 47 with Chip Lutz, Enjoy!! "Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game." - Michael Jordan Are you ready to have some fun? I am but, then again, I'm always up for having some fun. But did you know that fun can be functional in improving employee productivity and engagement? This episode's gue…
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Episode 117- Hail to the Chief Episode Roberta Gold, President of AATH
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Roberta is the 2023-2024 president of AATH! Hail to the Chief! LOL Sign up for her free weekly newsletter, Laughter Rocks! at: www.laf4u.com Roberta Gold is a Recreation Therapist and a Certified Humor Professional who founded Laughter for the Health of it in 1985 with one mission: To empower everyone to have a more positive outlook by seeing the h…
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W100M - Spy Game, Bridge of Spies, Three Days of the Condor and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
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It's a discussion of spy movies with Spy Game, Bridge of Spies, Three Days of the Condor and Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyBy Christiana Ellis and Mike Meitin
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Episode 116 - Dave Shelton Talks about Writing for National Lampoon, and Being Bitchy the Clown
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Dave, an award winning film and television writer, cartoonist, author, musician and voice actor, has had his writing compared to the likes of Ray Bradbury and David Lynch and his cartoon work to that of Charles Schulz, one of Dave’s idols. As senior writer and head of cartoons at National Lampoon, he put out two best-selling cartoon collections whi…
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Episode 115 - Katy Maag talks about Laughter, Resilience, and Our Inner 3 Year Old!
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Katy has always used humor to diffuse stress and anxiety of patients but was intrigued to learn more of the practice of Laughter Yoga when her work started an Intensive Cardiac Rehabilitation Program. She traveled three hours to participate in several programs before taking the leap into becoming a Laughter Leader, and then after a few years to bec…
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Watching 100 Movies - Food Movies! Ratatouille, Chef, Pig, and Babette's Feast
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We discuss movies which place food front and center, including the Pixar classic Ratatouille, the twenty-teens-feel-good Chef, the mysterious Nicolas Cage vehicle Pig, and the Dutch-language period piece Babette's Feast.By Christiana Ellis and Mike Meitin
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Episode 114 - Steve Wilson Returns to Talk about The World Laughter Tour, History, Theories, and Joy!!
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“We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.” —Joseph Campbell Steve Wilson returns to LaughBox with Katy BEE and Jim-Bob Williams to talk about the inception and history of laughter clubs and what “Good Hearted Living” can do for us with six practices! Since its inception, World Laughter Tour has been recognized as a sig…
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Episode 113 -The Doctor of Fun, Megan Bendtzen, Funology, and Get in the Game Show!
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Megan Bendtzen is the CEO and Founder of TheDoctorofFun.com. A former Fortune 100 Work Zombie 😆, she walked away from her 25-year corporate career to bring new life to the world she left when she discovered the Prescription for Happiness and the Cure for the Common Life! Megan’s mission is to help individuals and organizations inject more fun into …
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W100M - 80's Action Dudes! - Above the Law, Bloodsport, Rambo First Blood Part 2 and Predator
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Inspired by "The Last Action Heroes" by Nick de Semlyen, we watch a quartet of classic 80's action flicks.By Christiana Ellis and Mike Meitin
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Episode 112 - Welcome Back Allen Klein, Jollytologist and the Laughiest Interview!
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Allen Klein is a Jollytologist® and “Ambassador of Light” who shows audience’s worldwide how to use humor and positivity to deal with life’s not-so-funny stuff. He is a TEDx presenter on the power of intention and the author of over 30 books including the best-selling book, The Healing Power of Humor, as well as Embracing Life After Loss, and The A…
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Episode 111 - Happy Birthday Nancy Norton! Tromedy Podcaster and Comedian
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Nancy Norton is an award winning comedian and keynote speaker who presents "The Power of Humor" She is the first woman to win the Boston Comedy Festival, then the very next year, placed first in the Seattle International Comedy Competition, the first woman to win that since 1985 and then, for Humility, placed 3rd in South Dakota. (LOL) She is a for…
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W100M - Dreamworks 2D Animation - Prince of Egypt, Road to El Dorado, Spirit and Sinbad
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We discuss Dreamworks Animation's short-lived 2D division, with a look at four of their five films: Prince of Egypt, Road to El Dorado, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, and Sinbad: Legend of the Seven SeasBy Christiana Ellis and Mike Meitin
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Episode 110 - Timothy Killilea - Firefighting, Resilience, Side Jobs, and Improvisational Creativity
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Tim is a firefighter and a curator of side jobs. From operating a Paleo bakery to implementing an electric powered, residential landscaping company, there are a lot of things he has said, "Yes, and!" to. Adding something is important to him, so is his passion to expand access to improv comedy and improvisational creativity. He is currently performi…
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Episode 109 - Way Back Time Machine -Vintage Allen Klein Interview with Chip Lutz
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This episode, we revive the Chip Lutz interview with the one and only Allen Klein! Yes, Allen, Jim-Bob and I would love to do a follow up interview with you! Meanwhile, enjoy this vintage episode one more time! Go back in time in this episode to the humble beginnings of Chip Lutz as he just started the Laughbox Podcast. Enjoy the intro, and the dee…
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W100M - Surveilling the Jack Ryan Films
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Christiana and Mike talk about the evolution of films based on the Tom Clancy hero Jack Ryan.By Christiana Ellis
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Episode 108 - Humor is a Gateway Drug to Joy with Bonita Joy
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For a complementary Humor Journal with ten humor prompts to help recognize the fun and funny in daily life so that you can grow your humor muscle and experience more joy, go to https://joy.funandfunnier.com website: https://bonitajoyyoder.com https://www.facebook.com/bonita.yoder.5 https://www.linkedin.com/in/bonitajoy/ youtube handle : @bonitajoy …
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W100M - Mulholland Drive and Beau Travail
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Christiana and Mike tackle a pair of challenging arty flicks from the Sight and Sound Top 100 - Mulholland Drive and Beau Travail.By Christiana Ellis and Mike Meitin
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Episode 107 - AATH Interviews Lynn Perreault of Laughter Business Academy!
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Helloooo, I am Lynn Perreault, Ph.D., Founder of Laughter Business Academy (2010), Positive Business/Community/Health/Social Psychologist (2005), Qualified Uppiness Trainer (2022), Certified Laughter Yoga Leader & Teacher (2008), and Applied Improvisation Practitioner (1990). My mission is to raise the economy for laughter, humour and improv practi…
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Episode 106 - AATH Interviews Bobby Benavides - Clean Comic Collaboration with Taking Up Your Time
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Bobby Benavides has been doing comedy for several years in West Virginia. He has a wife and four kids, all of which, he practices his material on, regularly. When he isn’t doing comedy he is an air guitar enthusiast. He mainly specializes in slow jams, and will perform at weddings. He enjoys reading a good book, and drinking great coffee, but has s…
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Episode 105-LaughBox Welcomes Frank Chindamo of Laugh MD for a Return Visit
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Frank began his media career in writing and production at SNL. He's won 30+ awards for writing/producing comedy videos for HBO, Showtime, CBS, PBS, Comedy Central and more. He launched the world’s first mobile comedy channel, featured on the front pages of Forbes, the LA Times, and in the Wall Street Journal and the NY Times. Former Adjunct Profess…
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Episode 104 - Chip Lutz first Laughbox Episode - and 2023 winner of the Doug Fletcher Lifetime Achievement Award
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Doug Fletcher Lifetime Achievement Award We reposted the very first Laughbox episode to honor Chip Lutz as the recipient of the lifetime achievement award in 2023 Thank you, Chip! Are you wondering about AATH? This is a brief descriptive episode about the Association of Applied and Therapeutic Humor and the pilot episode of Laughbox! The Doug Fletc…
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W100M - Baz Luhrman Special - Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge, and Australia
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We check out a pair of excellent Baz Luhrman films and also a third one he made!By Christiana Ellis and Mike Meitin
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Episode 103 - 2023 Conference MishMash - Interviews, and Sound Bytes
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Join Jim-Bob Williams and Katy BEE as they chronicle the 2023 AATH Conference with first hand interviews, sounds from the actual conference and some opportunities to giggle and guffaw! Hear about some of the keynote speakers, breakout rooms and takeaways from this year's conference! For images and more info about the conference head to https://www.…
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C2E98 - So Many Levels - C2 Episode 98 - So Many Blades in the Dark! (Podcast)
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We're temporarily changing systems from D&D 5E to Blades in the Dark! In this session, we adapt our characters!By Christiana Ellis
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Watching 100 Movies - Fincher Special - Fight Club, Panic Room, and Zodiac
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Christiana and Mike discuss a trio of David Fincher films, including Fight Club, Panic Room, and Zodiac... but mostly Fight Club!By Christiana Ellis and Mike Meitin
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Episode 102- Carla H Brown - Joy Coach, Laughter Yogi, and GriefYoga Instructor - Giggles, Guffaws, and Finding Our Joy
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Carla H Brown is a dynamic force for laughter, levity and joy on the planet! A self-proclaimed, recovering serious person, Carla chose to seek out more joy, after experiencing an auto-immune illness, which left her temporarily paralyzed. This slowing down gave her the opportunity to be fully present with the fear, worry, self-hatred and suffering g…
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Episode 101 - CHP Robin Phoenix Johnson Talks about Life with The Best Medicine Brigade, and Healarious! Veterans and Humor!
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Robin Phoenix Johnson President, HEAL*ARIOUS, Founder Best Medicine Brigade After more than 20 years of military service, Lieutenant Colonel Robin Johnson, USA, Ret., discovered her new mission in improving people, organizations, and communities with humor. Level II Certified Humor Professional (Association for the Applied & Therapeutic Use of Humo…
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W100M - 2023 Oscars - The Winners, All Quiet on the Western Front, and GDT's Pinocchio
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Christiana and Mike wrap-up the marathon with a discussion of the winners and then deep dives into All Quiet on the Western Front and Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio.By Christiana Ellis and Mike Meitin
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