Comedians and weeb-adjacent homies Cody Ziglar & Brodie Reed kick back each week & cover a favorite nerdy pop-culture interest; anime, manga, video games, and everything in between. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thedarkweeb/support
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Democracy in Focus is a new program from New Narratives and Front Page Africa looking at Liberia's governance and democracy. It's a collaboration with reporters from some of Liberia's best reporters with the New Narratives program. Funding is provided by the Swedish and US embassies and the American Jewish World Service. The funders had no say in the program's content.
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BLAKE WEBBER (@BLAKEWEBBER) AND STEVE (@STEVEFROMHIGHSCHOOL) ALONG WITH SPECIAL GUESTS GIVE INCREDIBLE ADVICE TO PEOPLE WHO CALL IN AT (818) 850-6350!!! EVERY EPISODE IS RECORDED LIVE ON BLAKES YOUTUBE CHANNEL, TUESDAYS AT 7PM PST!!!
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Hosts Shelby and Nick each choose a movie or TV show based on inane criteria, like “spiciness” or “grandpa vibes,” then have their champions square off under the watchful eye of a special guest judge. It’s a battle to the death! But, like, a really nice one.
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Host Andrew Drummond interviews people who all have some tie to the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
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Looking for a good book? Let host Cornelius Peter and a rotating group of comedians, authors, and entertainers recommend the next ‘page turner’ that you NEED to have on your night stand.! !!! Each week your host Cornelius Peter interviews an ever changing group of comedians, authors, and entertainers and asks each to bring in a book recommendation to share with our audience. It can be any book, any genre, anything at all, so long as it’s a book that they LIKED. We don’t review ‘em, we just r ...
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SPECIAL: Reed Brody, Leading Human Rights Lawyer and Victims' Lawyer in Habre Trial
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Welcome to this special edition of Democracy in Focus, a collaboration between New Narratives and Front Page Africa. I’m Anthony Stephens. As plans for Liberia’s war and economic crimes courts get underway, we are running a series of special interviews with Liberian and international justice experts and stakeholders about how the courts could work.…
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SPECIAL: Tennen Tehoungue, Liberian Transitional Justice Expert, on the War and Economics Crimes Court
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Welcome to this special edition of Democracy in Focus, a collaboration between New Narratives and Front Page Africa. I’m Anthony Stephens. As plans for Liberia’s war and economic crimes courts get underway, we are running a series of special interviews with Liberian and international justice experts and stakeholders about how the courts could work.…
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SPECIAL: Alain Werner, Director of Civitas Maxima on Liberia's War and Economics Crimes Courts
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Welcome to this special edition of Democracy in Focus, a collaboration between New Narratives and Front Page Africa. I’m Anthony Stephens. As plans for Liberia’s war and economic crimes courts get underway, we are running a series of special interviews with Liberian and international transitional justice experts and stakeholders about how the court…
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Liberian English Version: Nearly 400,000 Children Live on Liberia's Streets - Many Involved in Drugs and Sex Work, Access to Toilets Among Worst in World and Religious Leaders Urge Action on Climate
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DEH NEWS WE COMIN TUHK TODAY……… TWO BEE GROUP DAH WEHKIN ON CHAYREN MATTERS IN LIBERIA DEH CALL MINISTRY OF GENDER AND UNICEF SAY, LIBERIA GEH ALMOST 370 THOUSAND CHAYREN ON DEH STREETS. DEH SAY SUMMAH DEH CHAYREN DEM DOIN HO-PO-JOE WEHK WHILE SUM CAN BE TAKIN DRUGS. PLENTAY PEEPOH IN DEH INTEERUH STAY GEH BEE PROBLEM WITH TOILET HUS BAYNAY… DEH CA…
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SPECIAL: Stephen Rapp, Fmr. Prosecutor for the Special Court for Sierra Leone and US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Crimes
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Funding for this podcast comes from the Swedish and US embassies in Liberia and the American Jewish World Service. See more of our collaborations with media in West Africa at www.newnarratives.orgBy New Narratives/Front Page Africa
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Nearly 400,000 Children Live on Liberia's Streets - Many Involved in Drugs and Sex Work, Access to Toilets Among Worst in World and Religious Leaders Urge Action on Climate
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Coming up in this episode … New data shows nearly 370,000 Liberian children are living on the streets. Many live a hellish existence of sex work and drugs. Access to toilets is still a big problem for rural Liberians. Leading to sickness and death of thousands of citizens. The Boakai administration charges five former government officials after ind…
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SPECIAL: We Talk to Taiwan Gongloe, Veteran Human Rights Lawyer, About the Rocky Start to Liberia's War Crimes Courts and What He Wants to See Next
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Welcome to this special edition of Democracy in Focus, a collaboration between New Narratives and Front Page Africa. I’m Anthony Stephens. In June President Joseph Boakai, appointed Liberian lawyer Jonathan Massaquoi as Executive Director of the newly established Office of War and Economic Crimes Courts. Ever since, a chorus of key stakeholders inc…
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SPECIAL: Liberia Drops on the Trafficking in Person Rankings. Two US Experts Explain What That Means for Aid
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Welcome to this special bonus edition of Democracy in Focus, a collaboration between New Narratives and Front Page Africa. I’m Anthony Stephens. In recent years, Liberia has made big gains in tackling human trafficking, convicting several traffickers including an agent of the National Security Agency and bringing hundreds of victims home from the M…
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Liberia's War Crimes Court Off to a Rocky Start; Liberia Risks US Aid After Cutting Funding to Anti-Trafficking Efforts and More Liberians Suffer from Climate Change
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Liberia's War Crimes Court Office is off to a rocky start as outcries from key stakeholders continue over President Boakai’s appointment of Jonathan Massaquoi to head the office. A 90 percent cut in funding to anti-trafficking actions has seen Liberia returned to the US government’s trafficking Tier 2 Watchlist. There are repercussions, and the imp…
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SPECIAL: "Our Lives are on the Line" - a BONUS Interview with Norwu Harris, Liberian climate activist
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Hello listeners and welcome. This is Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh with an extended interview with Norwu Harris. Norwu is a climate justice activist with the civil society organization the Liberia Feminist Forum. We will explore a wide range of issues to do with the climate crisis and the devastation it is causing farmers across our 15 counties. Our interv…
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Liberians React to News a War Crimes Court is Coming, We Ask House Speaker Koffa What Comes Next and We Hear from a Court Advocate
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Coming up in this episode … President Joseph Boakai makes history, taking the first step towards war and economic crimes courts for liberia. The move ends two decades of impunity for crimes that devastated the country and left two hundred and fifty thousand dead. We get citizen reactions from around the country. We ask what comes next with house sp…
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Where Childbirth Can Mean Death, Activists Say Land Rights Need a Reset, the Malaria Vaccine Arrives and Trash Services are Non-existent in Rural Areas
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Looking at Liberia’s newsmedia, one might think that no one lives outside the capital, Monrovia. But rural Liberians face a range of hardships that don’t get any coverage. We devote this episode to bringing those issues to light. We visit a maternity clinic where giving birth means risking death. Six years since the Land Rights Act was passed just …
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Part Two of our Series: A Major Investigation Finds Climate Change is Driving Nine out of Every Ten Liberian Farmers to Want to Migrate
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Coming up in this episode … In the second of our two-part series on climate change, a major New Narratives investigation has found Liberia’s farming emergency is fueling a migration crisis. A survey of Liberian farmers finds years of crop failure has nine in every ten wanting to leave the country. As the number of migrants rises so do the number of…
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Part One of a Two Part Series: Climate Change is Here. Farmers and Coastal Communities Struggle to Adapt
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As our new government takes shape we look at a looming problem that threatens to upend life as we know it. We’re talking, about climate change. From Liberia’s coast to its forests people are feeling the impact of changing weather. In the first of two programs devoted to climate change we explore a new problem plaguing farmers: pests. We find the We…
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Last Skier Standing Interviews: Justin Lagassey & Will Reed
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Our wrap up episode discussing what went down at this year's Last Skier Standing event. Interviews with Justin Lagassey and Will Reed to hear about their experiences going 76 and 75 hours straight to set a new record. Justin's Interview: 37:42 Will's Interview: 1:12:13 Results: https://my.raceresult.com/277482/ Learn more about LSS: https://whitemo…
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A last minute info dump for all those participated or interested in our Last Skier Standing event. Live Results via instagram so follow us!By White Mountain Ski Co
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SPECIAL: Democracy in Focus Goes to South Africa to Explore Apartheid Reconciliation and See What Liberia Can Learn
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This week… a special program Liberia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission said justice, reconciliation and commemoration of the country’s troubled history was key to moving forward. That has not happened. We visit a country that is dealing with is past … post-apartheid South Africa. Thirty years since the system of racial segregation was ended we …
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Boakai Wins the Presidency as Women's Representation Goes Backwards
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After two failed attempts, 78-year-old Joseph Boakai is finally elected president. We look at what lies ahead after a bitterly contested poll. The presidential runoff poll was marred by low voter turnout….we ask citizens why they did or didn’t vote. And women’s representation in the legislature drops even further ….sparking anger and frustration am…
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Election Fallout: Who's in? Who's Out? And What Does it Mean for Liberia?
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Coming up in this episode .. Liberia heads to a presidential runoff election in a rematch between incumbent president George Weah and former-vice president, Joseph Boakai. Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner Massa Washington says the election of accused warlords to the legislature, and their allies to the executive mansion, is bad for the country…
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Elections Are Here. We Look at Candidates' Policies on Key Issues and Hear From One of Two Women Candidates for President
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Just days before the election we look at candidates plans on a range of issues. First up: agriculture. Also, as drug addiction takes more Liberian lives we look at candidates’ plans to stem the crisis and ask users what they need. One of two women running for president, Sara Beslow Nyanti shares her plans to build Liberia. And we hear from two visu…
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First Time Voters Want a War Crimes Court As Liberia Commemorates 20 Years Peace; Abortion Roils the Legislature and an Interview with Presidential Candidate Alexander Cummings
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First-time voters overwhelmingly back a war crimes court in a survey…calling it “very important” in deciding their vote. One of two presidential candidates to back a war crimes court is Alexander Cummings. We talk with him about his plans for Liberia. A new law meant to curb Liberia’s high rate of unsafe abortions has outraged opponents. But the go…
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PodcastExtra: Interview with Presidential Candidate Alexander Cummings
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No Liberian has had the global business success of Alexander Cummings. The 67 year-old candidate for the presidency went from humble beginnings in Monrovia to the heights of global business as a top executive at Coca-Cola. He says that makes him well equipped to fix Liberia's broken economy. But will Liberian voters be convinced? Front Page Africa'…
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Govt. Kills Concession Meant To Curb Liberia's Worst in the World Road Traffic Deaths, Political Parties Reneg on 30% Women Agreement and Two Candidates Commit to a War Crimes Court
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Coming up in this episode .. More people die on Liberia’s roads as a percentage of population than almost anywhere else in the world according to the World Bank. Why then did the Weah government kill a $US50m agency meant to make roads safer? Critics point to an allegedly illegal contract to a Weah ally. Political parties ignore their own commitmen…
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Rural Liberia Gets Our Attention: Where Giving Birth Means Risking Death, Land Title Process Cost Too Much, A Malaria Vaccine Rolls Out, and Drug Addiction Grows Among Women
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Looking at Liberia’s newsmedia, one might think that no one lives outside the capital, Monrovia. We devote this episode to bringing some of rural Liberia's most pressing issues to light. We visit a maternity clinic where giving birth means risking death. Six years since the land rights act just 16 communities have received land title. Experts say i…
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A $3m EU-funded aid project fails, the War Crimes Court gets a boost and rural Liberians struggle with dysfunctional service centers
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A six-month investigation looks at the failure of a three-million-dollar EU-funded project meant to solve Liberia’s trash crisis. War crimes court campaigner Adama Dempster has returned from meetings in the us with key officials in the American government. We get the latest. We check in with victims’ advocate Hassan Billity on the latest developmen…
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Whistleblowers in Fear, Economic Turmoil Hits the Region and Philanthropists Plug Healthcare Gaps
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Coming up in this episode… as corruption plagues the Weah government we talk to whistleblowers who say they’re paying a heavy price. We look at the economic turmoil threatening political instability across the region. At the same time the government back tracks on claims it’s reduced poverty. World bank data shows things are getting worse. The gove…
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BONUS: Drew Engel, anti-trafficking adviser at the US Embassy in Liberia, on the breakthrough return of more than 250 trafficking victims from Oman
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Over the last four months ago, we’ve been reporting about the trafficking of more than 350 Liberian women to the Middle Eastern country of Oman. A network of traffickers including Liberians and Omanis deceived the women into believing they were going for good jobs that would change their families lives. Instead they were trapped in a scam that had …
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The Latest on the Seized Container of Weapons That Has Liberia on Edge; Progress on Sanitation Stalls and An Arrest Warrant is Issued for Trafficking Mastermind
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In this episode: Two months since police seized a container of weapons imported into the county that raised alarms about a potential coup we have the latest on the investigation. The government claims it has reduced the number of people without access to toilets. World bank data says otherwise. An international arrest warrant is in the works for th…
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Teachers and Parents Demand Bridge Schools Leave Liberia, Government Concedes it's Impossible to Keep Out Tainted Drugs and the Latest on Human Trafficking and War Crimes Trials
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In this episode .. Seven years since us-based Bridge International Academies arrived in Liberia to overhaul schools, experts, teachers and parents say it’s time to end the experiment. After scores of children were killed by tainted imported medicines in The Gambia, what is being done to protect Liberians? A Liberian security agent becomes the first…
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Danny Romano Interview (Last Skier Standing 2023)
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Interview with Danny Romano, the 2023 Last Skier Standing. Last Skier Standing Results Last Skier Standing Photos Danny's Strava.By White Mountain Ski Co
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In a Remarkable Tale of Resilience Liberian Trafficking Victims Fight Their Way to Freedom
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In this episode, as many as 350 Liberian women were trafficked to the Middle East with promises of jobs and a chance to study. Instead they found themselves in a human trafficking scam. But the women broke free from the trap that had caught millions before them. A year on more than half are home. The government has launched a major new push to crac…
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Los Bros Flentallo gather at the Tree of Souls and plug in for a special episode of Mex Flentallo to review James Cameron's masterpiece Avatar 2: Way of the Water. It's spoiler heavy so please be warned that if you care about that sort of thing, wait until after you see the movie. In this episode we talk about the politics, the storytelling, the my…
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Joined this week by comic book icon Phil Hester. I've been really looking forward to talking to him about comics, art, life, Iowa college football, and everything else important to two salty old school pros.By Mex Flentallo
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Hey everyone, we're getting back on the horse but until Dio and I can take the time to do the show we want to do it, Ramon will be interviewing different guests from in and around comics to talk about whatever comes up with the intention of keeping this more regular at least until we can bring in Daniel to do more deep dives into random shit.Joinin…
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COP27 A Mixed Bag for Liberia, and the Race is Own to Build Sustainable Food Sources
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In this episode... Another gathering of global leaders fails to make commitments experts say will head off climate catastrophe. We report from COP27 in Egypt. But while there was no new agreement to limit greenhouse gas emissions there was one win for poor countries like our own. As climate change hits food production we look at efforts to secure L…
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Ooowee! We talk God of War Ragnarok, Chainsaw Man, and review Black Adam. (spoiler: pass) Don't forget to catch Zig at LA COMIC-CON, THIS WEEKEND! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thedarkweeb/support
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A Liberian Rebel Faces Justice in Paris and the Anti-Corruption Watchdog is Silenced
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The latest warlord to face justice for crimes in Liberia's civil wars goes on trial. We report from the court in Paris. In Lofa County where he is alleged to have committed most of his crimes people say they are grateful to see justice at last. And the US Ambassador for War Crimes visits Liberia promising funding for a war crimes court. Truth and R…
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A Bill Banning Female Genital Cutting Looks Set for Defeat; Ulimo Commander Goes on Trial in Paris and a Logging Company is Exposed
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ANOTHER BILL TO BAN FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING REACHES THE LEGISLATURE BUT DOES IT HAVE ANY CHANCE OF PASSING? THE LATEST WARLORD TO FACE JUSTICE, KUNTI KAMARA OF ULIMO, GOES ON TRIAL IN PARIS THIS MONTH. WE HEAR FROM VICTIMS OF ULIMO IN LOFA. IN RIVER CESS OUR INVESTIGATION FINDS ONE LOGGING COMPANY HAS SHIPPED THREE MILLION DOLLARS OF TIMBER WHILE TE…
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Nearly two decades since the end of the civil wars Liberia's children are still suffering. 2022 is on track to see one of the highest numbers of reported rape cases in the last five years. The vast majority of victims are under 18. Reporter Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh looks at why rape continues. In River Cess County, reporter Eric Opa Doue finds childre…
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In this impromptu recording, Zig sits down with mortal enemy-turned-mentor and closeted weeb, Jessica Gao (She Hulk: Attorney at Law, Rock & Morty, Corporate) to talk her time working at a comic shop, getting into indie comics, her love for Chinese bootlegs of Japanese classic Ranma 1/2, and why she hired Zig to write on She Hulk: Attorney at Law. …
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Marvel Slate, MARVEL SLATE! w/ Jeff Trammell
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Enemy of the pod Jeff Trammell is back and you'll never guess which nerd king of comedy he is! Hope you're enjoying your weeb natsu yasumis! (that means summer vacation, don't know if i ever mentioned i'm learning japanese, nbd) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thedarkweeb/support…
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Tawny plays Ensign "Mariner" AND is into boats?! Pick one!
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This may be a week late due to technical issues but you know what? Still free! Our friend Tawny Newsome(Lower Decks, Physical, Space Force) finally stops by the show so she and Brodie can attempt to fully convert Zig into a trekkie (borg style!) New episodes of Lower Decks August 25th! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sh…
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NOPE: Hootin' on the Inside, Hollerin' on the Outside
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We talk about the movie NOPE, make fun of Logan Paul, and start our Journey To Dreamcon '23 baby LET'S GO! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thedarkweeb/support
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Two Nerds Talk About Star Wars, Big Surprise
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Havin' a pretty normal one folks! Just two friends having fun, talking shit. We also talk a bit about The Boys and the last Guardians of the Galaxy game. Whoo boy, that shit was cool. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thedarkweeb/support
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Boy, let me tell you, we talked about anime and DC animated movies for an hour with our new weeb friend @krystalshanelle. Mandatory episode you dig? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thedarkweeb/support
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Brodie & Cody catch up on a handful of games and shows they've consumed since the sudden, necessary break. Rest assured this will truly be a dark weeb summer. RIP Sara Mostajabi & Mama Ziglar! A few things discussed: XCOM(again), Obi-Wan Kenobi, Project Zomboid, Elden Ring and more! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/…
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The boys are joined by the great Anica Cihla, Souls streamer extraordinaire to gush about Elden Ring for an hour. What the hell else did you think we were gonna talk about? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thedarkweeb/support
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29 - Operation Just 'Cause feat Dan McDaid
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Los Bros Flentallo are back with a new old episode with Dan McDaid to talk about the James Gunn movie The Suicide Squad. In it we talk about being annoying online and Western imperialism. Spoiler: its not good! We also talk about some comics drama that was a lot more relevant when we recorded this thing. Click through to find out what it is!…
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Hard Games are Back with Danielle Radford
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Love of the pod, Danielle Radford returns and we gab about Sifu, Dance Dance Revolution, Marvel vs. Capcom, and as always, complain about Nintendo. This episode brought to you by Brunch. It's like breakfast for lunch! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thedarkweeb/support…
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Last Skier Standing 2022 Recap with Brody Leven
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Last Skier Standing 2022 hosted by Ski The Whites. See all event info here.By White Mountain Ski Co
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