In the not-so-distant future, mind readers are outlawed in Los Angeles. Sid (Dianna Agron) and her family have spent years fighting to protect her true identity as a reader, but her life quickly starts to unravel when a string of gruesome murders are suspected to have been committed by a mind reader. Sid’s true identity risks exposure when she becomes entangled in a romantic affair with a mysterious woman named Andie (Maria Sten), who seems to be involved in a sinister underworld. But after ...
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Watchung Booksellers' community of writers and readers dive deep into what they do for the love of books. Watchung Booksellers is located in the heart of Montclair, NJ, a literary beacon filled with writers, journalists, publishers, and avid readers. Each year we host hundreds of author events and every day the most interesting and dedicated readers walk through our doors. Their insights and enthusiasm have inspired us to share our conversations with book-lovers everywhere. We invite you to ...
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X-Men fans (Dylan & Regina) discussing new issues of all X-Men comics and spotlighting the fandom that makes readers feel at home in the House of X.
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Conversations and reviews about Young Adult books for teachers, readers, and caffeine addicts everywhere.
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Learn HOW to learn Chinese with hosts Jared Turner and John Pasden. You will learn tips, strategies, and insights so you can supercharge your language learning. You will also be inspired by guest interviews with people from all over the world who have learned Chinese. Both Jared and John both learned Chinese, lived in China for many years, and have worked with learners all over the world and understand the unique challenges that Chinese learners face. They stay at the forefront of language l ...
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We are a group of (former) high schoolers who enjoy reading books and watching movies. So as normal people do we decided to make a podcast about it.
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THE #1 AV News Publication. Period.
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There are monsters everywhere. Maybe it’s your neighbor, or that person in the car behind you. It could even be the partner you sleep beside each night… True Crime Exposed was created to shine a light on victims by telling their life stories & discussing the tragedies that took them from us. In this show you will find a new case to binge each week, but that's not all! When possible, TCE includes family, expert, survivor, and wrongfully convicted interviews throughout their episodes. On top o ...
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Write Club The Podcast | For Aspiring Writers, Published Authors & Readers Everywhere
Write Club The Podcast | For Aspiring Writers, Published Authors & Readers Everywhere
A weekly show for aspiring writers, published authors and readers everywhere. Join Stephanie Rouse, Theresa Stoker, Heather Worsley , Linda Jack Werlein, Pat Woolfe & Nicola Cairncross each week where they'll share guest readings and interviews, along with what they're reading, what they're writing, what it's really like to be a writer. You can join in the weekly "Name the Novel" quiz and find out "What's On The Bedside Table?". If you like what you hear, come and join our community! Firstly ...
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A monthly podcast dedicated to celebrating the literary short story and all things bookish. Bite-size short fiction for writers and readers everywhere. Listen to a short story or interview on the 1st of each month at 12:00am. Hosted by Tabitha Potts and Martin Nathan open to established, new and emerging writers in the English language. Always free to submit. We are a small organisation run by volunteer writers and producers (Tabitha Potts and Martin Nathan) hoping to benefit the writing com ...
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Passion on the Page is a poetry podcast produced by aois21 publishing featuring aois21 Creatives and guest poets, released every three weeks. If you are interested in being a guest poet, visit media.aois21.com. aois21 publishing is a cloud-based publishing service for authors and readers everywhere, providing the key marketing infrastructure to support self-publishers, the tools and guidance to new authors starting out, and titles that span all genres to entertain every generation of readers.
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"I want to publish a book." Let's talk about the ins and outs of modern publishing. The rules have changed. Options are everywhere. Come for random rants about publishing, questions answered, interviews held. Your host is Sean Buvala, publisher at The Small-Tooth-Dog Publishing Group. Also includes raw audio from FBLive events that Sean records every Monday at authoryes.com
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Welcome to the Ascension! Our world is shifting into a different level of consciousness. This can often be confusing and overwhelming. This podcast will explain what changes the world as well as we are experiencing during the process of waking up and being awake. Shannon is a healer, psychic, medium, clairvoyant and spiritual advisor. Jessica is a healer, psychic, clairvoyant, tarot reader and energy healer. Great fiends, interesting guests and lots of down to earth talks makes this a fun an ...
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Known as the Canadian Mark Twain, Stephen Leacock was a humorist whose gentle parodies and spoofs still evoke a smile and a chuckle more than a hundred years after they were first published. Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town was published in 1912. Set in the fictional town of Mariposa in Canada, which is peopled by a delightful assortment of characters, the book has proved to be an enduring classic in the humor genre. Readers around the world continue to enjoy these little stories about the ...
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There are people who launch books and end up just having a nice thing to put on their shelves. Then there are people who launch books that transform their careers—and lives. As a former member of the first group, Legacy Launch Pad publisher and New York Times bestselling author Anna David strongly urges you to be part of the second. In this show, she talks to entrepreneurs and authors about how to intentionally launch the book that will serve as the best business card and marketing tool you’ ...
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One of the first self help books to hit the stands in 1910, The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D Wattles was path breaking in its approach to the acquisition of wealth as a science. It went on to inspire a whole genre of “how to” books that generations of readers found informative, practical and useful in their every day lives. Its original title was The Science of Getting Rich or Financial Success through Creative Thought and in this volume, the author puts down in clear and concise lan ...
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A comic book history podcast examining the context and content of both storylines and trends within the industry.
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"John Shore is American's leading non-douchey Christian." -- Dan Savage, Savage Love, and founder of the It Gets Better Project. "John Shore is awesome. The minute I started reading his stuff, I knew he was a brother from another mother." -- Rob Bell, author of Love Wins, Sex God, and Velvet Elvis. "John Shore is a gadfly, calling the Christian Church everywhere to act the way it says it believes about love and justice, which of course makes him an uncomfortable presence in those churches th ...
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“Few books make history and fewer still become the foundational texts for the movements and struggles of an entire people....” One such great work was The Souls of Black Folk by William EB Du Bois. Published in 1903, it is a powerful and hard-hitting view of sociology, race and American history. It became the cornerstone of the civil rights movement and when Du Bois attended the first National Negro Conference in 1909, he was already well-known as a proponent of full and unconditional equali ...
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Olga Grlic and James Iacobelli relay their decades-long experience in cover design at major publishing houses with Watchung Booksellers' emeritus owner Margot Sage-El. Olga Grlic is... James Iacobelli... Here are the books mentioned on the episode and designed by our guests, Olga Grlic and James Iocobelli. The Watchung Booksellers Podcast is produc…
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How to Use Instagram Reels to Blow Up Your Book
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You know that kindergarten teacher we all wish we'd had? That's Erin Lee. But part of what makes us all wish she'd been our teacher is the fact that in addition to being a teacher, she's an award-winning children's book author. Still, as we discuss quite a bit around here, being an amazing author doesn't always guarantee book sales. But Erin HAS so…
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In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, authors Laura Marx Fitzgerald and Lily Braun-Arnold discuss how their passion for reading led to writing careers, and how they found inspiration and mentorship along the way. Guest Bios: Laura Marx Fitzgerald is the author of two art mysteries for kids, Under the Egg and The Gallery, and the pict…
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From Reluctant Traveler to Fluent Speaker: Cleopatra’s Chinese Language Adventure
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Cleopatra Wise initially had no desire to learn a foreign language but after being convinced to go to China for a class trip, her visit to Shanghai became a transformative experience that sparked her interest in learning the language. She embarked on a quest to learn Chinese which ended up with her working in Taiwan, Beijing, and later working for …
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Close to Revelation and Check Your Tire Pressure
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This month we have two auto-fiction stories about parents and children. Our first auto-fiction piece, "Close to Revelation" written by Janet Lawrence, is set during the pandemic and tells the story of a woman trying to get pregnant using IVF while chaos erupts all around her. Janet Lawrence is a writer, journalist, and video producer based in New Y…
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Episode 234 - Vampires, Wolverines, & Deadpools Everywhere
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We are still catching up and almost there.By Dylan Carter
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Episode 233 - The End of the 1st Krakoan Age
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We are still Catching up on the Fall of XBy Dylan Carter
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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1367: Planar’s WallDirector Could Signal the Future of the AV Cloud
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Could Planar’s WallDirector Cloud software-as-a-service ecosystem, designed to manage Planar’s LEDs, be the cloud-based management platform that every other display company ends up emulating? I think it’s possible! Today’s Rants & rAVes episode features Planar’s Robert Detwiler, who talks about WallDirector and its management of the Planar ecosyste…
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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1366: The Peerless-AV STS650 Monitor Mount Includes AV Gear Racking (and Won a 2024 Readers’ Choice Award!)
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Peerless-AV’s STS650 Universal Scissor Wall Mount made its debut in 2024 and immediately became a hit with AV integrators and end users alike due to its unique ability to allow for AV gear to be racked behind it professionally (sans cable ties). Peerless-AV VP Sales, North America and APAC, Brian McClimans, joined the latest episode of Rants & rAVe…
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In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, Janet Torsney and Margot Sage-EL sit down to discuss the wonderful partnership between the Montclair Public Library and Watchung Booksellers--two institutions in Montclair devoted to the love of books. Guest Bios: Janet Torsney became the director of the Montclair Public Library in August 2022 af…
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We launched the Watchung Booksellers podcast with "How It Started": an episode with Margot Sage-EL, the owner, now owner emeritus, of Watchung Booksellers, reflecting on the last 30 years of the business. Today we take a look at how it’s going with Maddie Ciliotta-Young, who left a career in education to take the reigns on running the bookstore, in…
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When to Start Reading for Maximum Fluency
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Discover why reading in Chinese is a game-changer for fluency and learn the best time to start using graded readers. Jared and John break down the benefits of extensive reading and offer tips on how to integrate graded readers into your study routine for maximum impact. Whether you're a beginner or intermediate learner, find out how reading can acc…
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OUT NOW! A BETTER PARADISE, Episode 1: Something Is Playing a Game with Me
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Enjoy this preview of A BETTER PARADISE, presented by Absurd Ventures in partnership with QCODE Media. Trying to survive in a world crumbling under its own technological advancements, former Tyburn Industria marketing executive Kurt Fischer reflects on his optimistic first days at the forward-thinking startup that he joined a decade ago. Kurt tells…
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Episode 232 - The Fall of X is Stilling Falling
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Still catching up on X-Men books this is the weeks of May 9th, May 14th, and May 22ndBy Dylan Carter
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In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, authors Laura Sims and Hillary Frank discuss thrillers--how we define them, why we are drawn to them, and how they compare in different mediums: print, audio, film, and television. Our Guests: Laura Sims is the author of How Can I Help You, a New York Times, Publishers Weekly, Book Riot, and Crim…
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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1365: Sony Will Show All Its LEDs for the First Time Ever at IC24, Plus New AI Functionality and BRAVIA Partnerships
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Sony has a plethora of things to show you in its booth W2201 at InfoComm 2024, and the latest episode of Rants & rAVes features Sony’s director of sales and marketing for the B2B group, Mark Bonifacio, who talks about everything you can expect. This is a thorough review of all Sony will show at IC24, so watch!
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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1364: Sharp Will be at InfoComm 2024 With 4K Projectors, New LED Solutions and A Plethora of New Flat Panel Products
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This pre-InfoComm-2024 videocast features Sharp Business USA SVP of Display Marketing and Product Management Jennifer Cheh and VP of Product & Solutions Marketing Keith Yanke. They thoughtfully detailed everything attendees will see in booth W1201 at IC24. Watch this to get a full sneak peek!
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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1363: Lightware Is the Go-To USB-C Company; It Will Add Dante, AV-over-IP and Dual-Screen USB-C Too
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Lightware president and CEO, Clint Hoffman, and its SVP of education, Roger Takacs, joined me on the latest episode of Rants & rAVes to preview some new products and tech coming to InfoComm 2024. In addition to adding a bidirectional Dante version to its USB-C lineup of TAURUS products, Lightware will also show a dual-output version as well as its …
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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1362: The Humly Desk-Booking Device Is Way More Than Just Aesthetically Beautiful
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In today’s episode of Rants & rAVes, Humly’s CEO Anders Karlsson joins as my guest to talk about how his company is focused on making things work seamlessly in both co-working and open workplace environments. From adding sensors to detect device usage on the fly to leveraging Microsoft Places to encourage collaboration, Humly is offering AV integra…
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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1361: Televic Will Use InfoComm 2024 to Show How Its Smart Audio Control Works Everywhere
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My latest pre-InfoComm-2024 videocast features Televic vice president of sales, Peter Papageorge, who details exactly why both integrators and end users will benefit from the company’s audio products — in meeting rooms, classrooms and everywhere else. The company will also use IC24 to launch the Unite Platform. Want to know what this is? Watch!
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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1360: Matrox Video Bring the Industry’s First AV-over-IP Gateway to InfoComm — Dubbed Vion
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I received some new product scoop on today’s pre-InfoComm-2024 videocast via Matrox Video’s business development manager, Ron Berty. Ron explained that the new Vion lineup will allow Matrox’s ConvertIP AV-over-IP product lineup — using the IPMX standard — to ingest and output video and audio virtually anywhere (even to competitive decoders or from …
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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1359: Daktronics Is in the ProAV Market With a New Flip Chip CoB LED. Here’s How It Works.
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The latest pre-InfoComm-2024 episode of Rants & rAVes features Daktronics National Sales Manager Jim Vasgaard, who walks us through the company’s new Flip Chip CoB LED technology. Rumor has it, it’s a lot cooler and brighter than typical LED wall tech. Jim explains how CoB works as the new LED format — aimed at TAA-compliant (and non-TAA) installs …
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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1358: Here’s What You Can Expect from SpinetiX at InfoComm 2024
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SpinetiX will be at InfoComm debuting a very cool partnership with Q-SYS — you’ll have to watch this pre-InfoComm-2024 videocast with Spinetix CEO Francesco Ziliani to get a hint about it or head over to its booth in the West Hall (W2007). In addition to the Q-SYS partnership, SpinetiX will show the all-new four-output 4K signage player/media serve…
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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1357: Here’s Everything TD SYNNEX Has Planned for InfoComm 2024
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My latest pre-InfoComm-2024 videocast features TD SYNNEX Senior VP Sandi Stambaugh, as this is always a big event for the and its partners. In addition to hosting a reception open to all AV integrators (register here!), TD SYNNEX will focus on both digital signage and UCC in its booth W1745 at the show. Watch this and plan to stop by!
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In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, authors Henry Neff and Cyndie Spiegel go beyond the art of writing to discuss the art of promotion. From presales to long after the launch, book promotion is hard but necessary work in a changing publishing landscape that requires more from the author than ever before. Our Guests: Henry Neff is t…
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