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I've been going to science fiction, fantasy, horror, and comic book conventions since I was 15, and I’ve found that while the con which takes place within the walls of a hotel or convention center is always fun, the con away from the con—which takes place when I wander off-site with friends for a meal—can often be more fun. In fact, my love of tracking down good food while traveling the world attending conventions has apparently become so well known that one blogger even dubbed me "science f ...
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At ScreenFish, we believe that the truths of God's story can be seen in unexpected places, especially within the world of film and television. We're looking for those connections wherever possible. Welcome to the conversation. Welcome to ScreenFish.
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Clearer Thinking is a podcast about ideas that truly matter. If you enjoy learning about powerful, practical concepts and frameworks, wish you had more deep, intellectual conversations in your life, or are looking for non-BS self-improvement, then we think you'll love this podcast! Each week we invite a brilliant guest to bring four important ideas to discuss for an in-depth conversation. Topics include psychology, society, behavior change, philosophy, science, artificial intelligence, math, ...
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A podcast dedicated to the Marvel Comics characters Adam Warlock and Thanos
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Join host Scott Aukerman ("Mr. Show" & "Between Two Ferns: The Movie") as he interviews celebrity guests like Jon Hamm, Bob Odenkirk, Tatiana Maslany, Allison Williams, and more. Plus, the show’s open-door policy brings an assortment of eccentric oddballs and characters who pop by at any moment to chat, compete in games, and engage in comic revelry. Now entering its 15th year, this podcast has led to multiple spin-off podcasts, a New York Times best-selling book, and a beloved television ser ...
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A quarterly publication of the Vita Poetica Arts & Faith Collective, our online journal features creative work explored through a spiritual lens. Vita Poetica connects and upholds artists of faith, enlivening spiritual conversations through the arts. Learn more about us at www.vitapoetica.org. -- Hosted by Vita Poetica Journal Editors Music by John Morris Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vita-poetica/support
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SportsJam with Doug Doyle features in-depth interviews with top athletes, coaches, reporters, authors, and fans of the sports world. WBGO News Director Doug Doyle started the award-winning podcast SportsJam in 2008. The Pennsylvania State University graduate is one of the most decorated reporters in New Jersey radio history. SportsJam with Doug Doyle was named one of the top sports podcasts in 2017, and recently claimed the first-place prize for “Best Interview Podcast” at the 2023 Public Me ...
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What if you could simply trust all information on the internet? I’m on the mission to build a Trusted Web for all of us on planet earth. Because to save the world, we need to fix the internet. With this special thing called blockchain timestamps; all content you consume will be transparent and accountable. Welcome to the new default on the internet. Thank you for being part of this journey and let’s build the Trusted Web together.
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The Solomon Success podcast is dedicated to the timeless wisdom of King Solomon and the Book of Proverbs in order to maximize one’s business and life. To our advantage, we can find King Solomon’s financial strategies in addition to many life philosophies documented in biblical scriptures. Focusing on these enduring fundamentals of success allows us to bypass the “get-rich-quick” schemes that cause many to stumble on their journey toward success. Our concern is not only spiritual in nature, b ...
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Episode 114: Scott Edelman talks about the look of Anxiety (INSIDE OUT 2)
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With Pixar's INSIDE OUT 2, Disney returns to the mind of Riley as she begins to step into her teenage years. Flooded with new emotions such as Embarassment, Envy, Ennui and, of course, Anxiety, Riley's emotions battle for control to help Riley deal with her ever-changing life. In this 1on1, we speak to INSIDE OUT 2's Simulation Lead Technical Direc…
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Episode 119: SF Radio 10.16: INSIDE OUT 2 and Living with Anxiety
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INSIDE OUT 2 revisits the mind of Riley, a young woman who is finally stepping into her teenage years. Though Riley’s emotions have been governed by Joy (Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Anger (Lewis Black), Fear (Tony Hale) and Disgust (Liza Lapira), the onset of puberty brings new and confusing additions to the team. With the arrival of Anx…
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Episode 118: WONDLA's Jeanine Mason talks about the sacredness of 'found family'
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Now streaming on Apple TV+, WONDLA focuses its story on Eva (Jeanine Mason), a 16-year-old teenager who has been raised in an underground bunker by Muthr (Teri Hatcher), her robot caretaker. However, after an attack forces her out of her home, Eva discovers that the surface is not anything like she was led to believe. In this 1on1, we speak to Maso…
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What do socialism and effective altruism have in common? (with Garrison Lovely)
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Read the full transcript here. What does effective altruism look like from a leftist / socialist perspective? Are the far left and EA the only groups that take radical egalitarianism seriously? What are some of the points of agreement and disagreement between EA & socialism? Socialists frequently critique the excesses, harms, and failures of capita…
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Episode 117: DARK HIGHWAY's Anna Jane Edmonds and Kelly Tallon talk about surviving human trafficking
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Directed by Anna Jane Edmonds, DARK HIGHWAY may be one of the most terrifying films in recent memory. Not because it's exploitative in any way--simply because it's true. Exposing the horrors of human trafficking, HIGHWAY is a call to justice (and support) for a crime that we simply do not talk about but happens all around us. In this 1on1, we speak…
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Episode 116: THE EXORCISM's Adam Goldberg talks Russell Crowe and forgiveness
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In THE EXORCISM, Anthony Miller (Russell Crowe) is an actor who’s struggling to find work. When he finally lands a role in a supernatural horror film, he believes he may have found a role that can help him rebuild his career. When his estranged daughter, Lee (Ryan Simpkins) arrives, Anthony begins to show signs of the addition that drove his family…
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Bite into a burrito with writer Elwin Cotman as we discuss why forcing science fictional elements into non-science fictional stories can weaken them, the interdimensional cross-genre story cycle he hopes to write someday about a wrestling family, the way the novella is his natural length, why he loves Robert E. Howard's Hyborian Age stories, how to…
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Raising our happiness baseline (with Sasha Chapin)
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Read the full transcript here. How easy is it to shift our baseline level of happiness? What sorts of things can most effectively shift that baseline? And are they highly specific to each individual or generalizable to most people? What are the differences between conceptual and phenomenal self-love? Why might it be useful to view shame as a kink? …
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Episode 107: 1on1 with Rebecca Snow & Jett Klyne (THE BOY IN THE WOODS)
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In this 1on1, we speak to Snow and Kayne about 'becoming Max', the power of shame and the relationships between suffering and faith.
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Episode 115: IF's Cailey Fleming talks about keeping our sense of wonder
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In IF, Bea (Cailey Fleming) is a young woman facing hard realities about growing up. When she stumbles into the world of Imaginary Friends (IFs), she's invited to face the world with new perspective, even in the midst of hard times. In this 1on1, we speak to Fleming about keeping our sense of wonder, working with CGI and the stories we tell ourselv…
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Episode 113: John Hoffman brings Anxiety to life in INSIDE OUT 2
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With Pixar's INSIDE OUT 2, Disney returns to the mind of Riley as she begins to step into her teenage years. Flooded with new emotions such as Embarassment, Envy, Ennui and, of course, Anxiety, Riley's emotions battle for control to help Riley deal with her ever-changing life. In this 1on1, we speak to John Hoffman, INSIDE OUT 2's story supervisor,…
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Emmy Award-winning journalist and memorabilia expert Darren Rovell holds Collectible Night at Red Bulls match
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Memorabilia expert and Emmy Award-winning journalist Darren Lovell joins SportsJam with Doug Doyle to talk about Collectible Night at Red Bulls matchBy Doug Doyle
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Worldviews, altruism, and embracing variance (with Emmett Shear)
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Read the full transcript here. How does Emmett's worldview differ from the standard Silicon Valley worldview? What's the difference between an ideology and a worldview? What's middle management useful for? How might democracy be improved? How important is optimism? Why do people seem to get less done each day than they expect to get done? When is h…
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Episode 112: GS Sommers, Stefanie Estes & Michael X. Sommers battle the ghosts of the past
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Directed by GS Sommers, WILD EYED & WICKED tells the story of Lily, a young woman who's haunted by visions of her deceased mother (Stefanie Estes). As she attempts to deal with her estranged father (Michael X. Sommers), Lily must battle with the ghosts of her past in a way that may change her life forever.…
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Episode 111: Ben Ducoff & Amnon Carmi talk about addiction and working with teens (YANIV)
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Co-written by Amnon Carmi and Ben Ducoff, YANIV is tells the hilarious story of two men who break into a high stakes card tournament to win back their school's art budget. In this 1on1, we speak to Ducoff and Carmi about doing the wrong thing for the right reasons, the joy of working with their students and telling stories of addiction. YANIV is no…
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Dig into duck with Alex Jennings as we discuss his dream which commanded him to move to New Orleans (plus his brother's dream which supported that decision), how writing his debut novel transformed him into the kind of person he needed to be in order to write his debut novel, how Octavia Butler invited him into the field, which artist he wishes wou…
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Two things shape the course of your life: luck and your decisions (with Annie Duke)
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Read the full transcript here. Should people spend more time becoming better decision-makers? What are the main things that determine how our lives turn out? What's wrong with pro / con lists? When should we deviate from making decisions based on expected value calculations? What kinds of uncertainty might we encounter in the decision-making proces…
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Embodied Faith: Conversation with Dancers Hope Blackburn & Jacob Shoup
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Assistant Interviews Editor Darby Brown speaks with dancers and choreographers Hope Blackburn and Jacob Shoup of Ekklesia Contemporary Ballet. A transcript of the interview is available here. Hope Blackburn and Jacob Shoup are dancers and choreographers with Ekklesia Contemporary Ballet, a professional dance company of artist-theologians whose goal…
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Rachel shares about her contemplative practice of journaling in "A Journal of Many Colors." Rachel Berry resides in Richmond, Virginia with her sweet dog Phin. She spends her free time journaling, dancing on her treadmill, and spending time with friends and family. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vita-poetica/me…
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What we know and don't know about nutrition (with Gil Carvalho)
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Read the full transcript here. How do we know what's true in nutrition? Why aren't nutrition studies seemingly as "definitive" as (e.g.) physics experiments often seem to be? What is the "hierarchy of evidence"? Why is there such a disconnect between the kinds of evidence that actually seem to persuade people and the kinds of evidence that scientis…
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Polish off paneer biryani with Tobias Carroll as we discuss which punk rock music made him a fan, why his heart belongs to novella-length works rather than massive epics, the artistic motivation for sometimes not giving readers what they've been taught to expect, the reason Ann Nocenti's run on Daredevil was meaningful to him (and why he believes i…
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Episode 110: Inside Out '24: Regan Latimer explains BULLETPROOF: THE LESBIAN'S GUIDE TO SURVIVING THE PLOT
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Directed by Regan Latimer, Bulletproof: The Lesbian’s Guide to Surviving the Plot explores the nature of Queer representation in television. Fueled by animation, clips from the past and present and multiple interviews with televisions insiders and fans, the series steps into the power of media to help us understand and empower who we are. In this 1…
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Review of Museum Exhibit "The Art of Knowing"
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Cheryl Sadowski reads her essay, "Teachers, Sages, and Serpents," a review of the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art's ongoing exhibit, The Art of Knowing in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas, which is on view in Washington, DC. Cheryl Sadowski writes about art, books, landscape, and nature. Her essays, reviews, and short fiction …
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Natasha Leggero, Seth Morris, Jacob Wysocki
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Comedian/author/returning favorite Natasha Leggero joins Scott to talk about her book “The World Deserves My Children,” what she learned during her pregnancy journey, and AI therapy. Then, Scott’s ex-stepfather Bob Ducca returns to share terms that junior high bullies have given to his medical records. Plus, The Executioner drops by to talk about h…
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Episode 109: Colette Johnson-Vosberg, Karen Ford & Cathy Lebel talk about being authentic in UNUSUALLY NORMAL
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Premiering at Inside Out 2024, UNUSUALLY NORMAL explores the heart and soul of 'Canada's Gayest Family' as they share about their loving journey together and the obstacles that they faced along the way. Directed by Colette Johnson-Vosberg, NORMAL explores the beautiful relationships in a family that includes three generations of gay women in the sa…
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Episode 108: Harrison Xu & Ivan Leung talk about their EXTREMELY UNIQUE DYNAMIC
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Harrison Xu and Ivan Leung have an extremely unique dynamic between them... and it's also the title of their latest film. Premiering at Inside Out '24, EXTEREMELY UNIQUE DYNAMIC tells the story of two best friends who decide to commemorate their friendship by making a movie together right before one of them moves away. But, one of them has a secret…
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Ping Yi Yee reads his poem, "Fortune Center," and Isabel Chenot reads her poem, "pain is not an ark." Ping Yi Yee writes poetry, travelogues and fiction, and is in public service. His work has appeared in Litro, London Grip, Meniscus, La Piccioletta Barca, and Sideways, among others, and is forthcoming in Poetry Breakfast and Harbor Review. Ping Yi…
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Measuring everything that matters (with Doug Hubbard)
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Read the full transcript here. Can we measure everything that matters to us? When is measuring the correlates of a thing pretty much just as good as measuring the thing itself? Why are some people resistant to measuring certain things? What are some things people should be measuring but aren't? What's the connection between measuring things and ass…
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Artist Alexis Eke shares about her digital artwork featured in our Spring 2024 issue, including on the cover. View her art can be viewed here. Alexis Eke is an artist based in Toronto, Ontario. She illustrates surrealism portraits and comic illustrations using vibrant colors, to communicate the truth of Gods Word and increase the representation of …
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