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The Ridiculously Human PodcastLaurence Blair, Dealing with Life’s Tragedy and Re-building from the Ground UpGrowing up in Zimbabwe, Laurence Blair’s family faced numerous challenges, leading them to have no choice but flee. He married his wife, an American, whom he met in Kenya. They tragically lost their first child at 34 weeks pregnant due to his wife’s sudden liver rupture. Nearly losing his wife too. At the birth of their twins, after 33 minutes without oxygen, their son suffered severe complications. This is a story of a man prepared to do anything for his and his family's wellbeing. I highly enjoyed this. Discussion Topics: What you wi...2025-05-221h 12
This Queer Book Saved My LifeThe Gaily Show: New Novels From Blair Fell and Mac CraneA new episode in our special limited series featuring owners/staff of LGBTQ bookstores drops next week on May 27th! In our off weeks, we air a recent episode of The Gaily Show which John hosts. The Gaily Show is the only daily LGBTQ news and talk shows in the country airing in Minneapolis (AM950-KTNF) and Chicago (WCPT 820).In this episode, two previous guests of This Queer Book Saved My Life and 7 Minutes in Book Heaven return to share their new novels! Blair Fell’s just published Disco Witches of Fire Island on May 6. If you li...2025-05-2046 min
The Sound Off PodcastJordan Blair: Sweet Dreams Are Made of ThisJordan Blair first fell in love with the storytelling in podcasts. Then she started a bedtime story podcast called Dreamful Bedtime Stories; initially for her children, but unexpectedly evolving to attract a diverse audience of adults seeking relaxing content. Her podcasting journey involved extensive research like listener surveya and using Buzzsprout's resources and community. She experimented with monetization strategies like listener support, affiliate marketing, and sponsorships, always prioritizing brand alignment.Jordan became deeply involved with Buzzsprout, first as a community moderator and later as a co-host of the Buzzcast podcast. She is a big fan of the...2025-04-2336 min
SynthentralSynthentral 20250325 New Tunesday (ep. 664)It's New Tunesday: new releases from the past week!
Give the bands a listen. If you like what you hear, support the bands!
Today's episode features new releases by VNV Nation, Hatif, Lone Assembly, Minuit Machine, Ceremony Shadows, Rina Pavar, Modele, Crush Of Souls, MTTM, Cawatana, Solo Ansamblis, Alex Okami, Cementerio de Eskeletos, Lord Of The Lost, Izzy Reign, Bouncing Spiders, Orange Sector (ft. TC75), SynthAttack, My Love Kills, Blackbook, Platronic, nikonn, Sad Devotion, and Paul Parker!2025-03-251h 38
Stories Behind the SongsLiz Rose: From Pitching Songs to Writing HitsIn this episode, I sit down with award-winning songwriter and publisher @Liz Rose!Liz Rose didn’t start writing songs until later in her life, but once she did, she never looked back. After working with songwriters through her own publishing company, she eventually started writing alongside them. This led to a publishing deal and a career filled with some of country music’s biggest hits.We dive into her partnership with Taylor Swift, and how their chemistry lead to her co-writing 16 of her biggest hits, like "Fearless." Liz also...2025-03-1155 min
The Plodcast289. Discover the extraordinary magnetism of the Welsh Marches, with writer Mike ParkerWalk Hergest Ridge in Herefordshire on the Welsh border in the company of walker and writer Mike Parker who has spent years exploring the unique people, landscape and history of this borderland.With Plodcast host Fergus, Mike talks Offa's Dyke, the Welsh-English divide and the reason why these 'Marcherlands' are so attractive to those looking for somewhere off the beaten track.Mike Parker's book All the Wide Border: Wales, England and The Places Between is published by HarperNorth.The BBC Countryfile Magazine Plodcast is...2025-03-1155 minThis Queer Book Saved My LifeThe Persian Boy with Blair FellWhen a queer book elevates our own expectations of ourselves and moves us to honor ourselves by saying: we deserve something more.Today we meet Blair Fell and we’re talking about the queer book that saved his life: The Persian Boy by Mary Renault.Blair Fell’s television work includes Queer as Folk, and the Emmy Award–winning California Connected. He’s written dozens of plays including the award-winning plays Naked Will and the downtown cult miniseries Burning Habits. He’s a two-time winner of the prestigious Doris Lippman Prize in Creative Writing from the City Co...2025-03-0440 min
Let’s Scream!Ep. 57: RuPaul's Drag Race S6E3: Scream QueensAre you ready to scream, girl? And are you ready to discover the origin behind why we are always saying 'LET'S SCREAM???' Because this week we are starting a new series, "TV TERRORS," wherein Stevie and Parker will be spending the month of February diving into horror-themed episodes from our favorite TV shows! This week, we are diving into the SCREAM QUEENS episode of RuPaul's Drag Race from all the way back in Season Six. The queens camp it up in a horror movie sketch and the guest judge is none other than Linda Blair from The Exorcist...2025-02-1250 min
Let’s Scream!Ep. 43: The Blair Witch Project (1999)Are you ready to scream, girl? This week the gays are reviewing the found footage classic "The Blair Witch Project" from 1999. We discuss the film's huge impact on the horror genre, it's groundbreaking marketing technique and brilliant improvisation by the film's cast. The question is: Does the movie still hold up? We have some varying opinions that lead to some great discussion so you WON'T want to miss out on this week's episode! C'mon girl, LET'S SCREAM!
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Music used in intro: "Dracula's Coming" by Jaccob 2024-10-1645 min
Round The ArchivesIn Conversation - Episode 21 - "At that moment Lionel Blair came in wearing a witch's hat...""At that moment Lionel Blair came in wearing a witch's hat..."
This time Oliver Crocker, producer of 'The Bill Podcast' joins the 'RTA' Team to talk about a host of subjects including working in television, his books examining 'The Bill' & 'All Creatures Great And Small' and working on the DVDs of 'Z Cars' and 'Dixon Of Dock Green'. Oh, and also that time he made a version of 'The Krypton Factor' for cats...!
You can follow Oliver on Twitter at https://x.com/olivercrocker
You can explore Oliver's catalogue of TV tie-in books at https://www.devonfirebooks.com/
'The Bill...2024-09-2457 min
Dans l'ombre des légendes | Podcast Horreur Creepypasta ChandleyrDes VHS au Digital : L'Héritage des 90s dans les CreepypastasPlongez dans l’univers terrifiant de l’horreur des années 90, une époque où les frissons se sont gravés dans notre imaginaire collectif. Découvrez comment ces films cultes ont jeté les bases du phénomène Creepypasta qui hante aujourd'hui Internet. De Scream à The Blair Witch Project, explorez l'influence indélébile de ces classiques sur les récits horrifiques modernes. Quel lien unit les terreurs de notre enfance aux légendes urbaines numériques d'aujourd'hui ? Rejoignez-nous pour un voyage entre nostalgie et cauchemars qui révélera les secrets de cette révolution effrayante. Préparez-vous à frissonner!2024-09-2005 min
Skullet#007 - Blair ParkerIn today episode we’re joined by Pittsburgh comic and world traveler, Blair Parker. Blair talks hair tips, allergies, Too Hot to Handle, and gives her analysis of Ronnie’s yet-to-be-penned screenplay, The Strange Change™2024-09-201h 01
Keep The Dream Flowing - Celebrating the History of Woodstock 1969Episode 138 -- The Woodstock Panel Live from Bethel Woods!!Here we have nothing less than the most magical episode of KEEP THE DREAM FLOWING ever!!! In this ridiculously special episode, we present the KEEP THE DERAM FLOWING panel discussion live from THE MUSEUM AT BETHEL WOODS! Hosted by our own Scott Parker and Bethel Woods Museum Curator, Julia Fell (who did most of the work!), the panel features an ALL-STAR group of Woodstock attendees and previous KTDF VIPs PATRICK COLUCCI, GEORGE KLITSCH, STEPHEN BROWN, PAUL DITTMER, JEANNIE WHITWORTH and MOLLY O’REILLY McCOY, as well as Woodstock site designer and engineer par excellence CHRIS LANGHART, and KTFD first-timer VI...2024-08-291h 09
The Wild Card PodcastThe Wild Cards Bounce BackWelcome to The Wild Card Podcast! This is episode 286 of our attempt at this whole podcasting thing!! Today's episode features: Jared Eaton keeping everyone calm, Jeff Curtis writing a kind of song, and Ron Blair being young enough to burn!! Throughout the episode, you'll hear the three of us discuss such varied topics as: the way this podcast is about never looking back, a Hypnotic Commercial, 16 cent bean soup, theme parks, how much long we have on this earth, the sociology of movie theaters, and occasionally we part from our tangents to learn about incredibly underrated movies! This week, R...2024-08-271h 50
Crime Glacé24. David Parker Ray (le Toy-Box Killer)David Parker Ray est un tueur en série américain mieux connu sous le nom du “Toy-Box Killer”. Justine nous raconte aujourd'hui son histoire abominable, celle de ses complices, mais surtout celle de ses survivantes. Coeurs sensibles: s'abstenir! Traumavertissement: cet épisode traite de toxicomanie, violence accrue, torture et agression sexuelle.SourcesEnregistrement audio de David Parker Ray: XEntrevue de Cynthia Vigil: XAll That's Interesting: David Parker Ray, The ‘Toy Box Killer’ Who May Have Murdered Over 50 Women, Jaclyn Anglis, 10 janvier 2023. Accès: XCriminal Minds: David...2024-07-211h 25
The Plodcast254. Discover the magic of weeds with artist Anna Chapman ParkerJoin an unusual Plodcast adventure in an urban car park with artist and author Anna Chapman Parker. Anna spent a year watching and drawing the wildflowers in her local town – plants normally dismissed as weeds. And she created an astonishing diary of overlooked beauty.Here she take Plodcast host Fergus Collins an urban journey of discovery to open our eyes to the magic in every crack in the pavement.Anna's book: Understorey: A Year Among Weeds is published by Duckworth Books.The Plodcast is th...2024-07-091h 02
Badass RecordsEpisode #124, Rich Wheeler When Rich Wheeler shows up, shit gets weird. I'm kidding. I stole a version of that verbiage from a Facebook post from a few months back. A musician that had just gigged with Rich wrote it with high-praise-worthy intentions, and I loved the heck out of it. So, Mr. Wheeler was kind enough to lend me a portion of one of his Saturday afternoons not too long ago, and I was clumsy enough to screw up the video portion of our conversation, so...audio-only it is. And thank the heavens that...2024-06-272h 03
Caleb Podcast021: Nostalgia, Mystery, and Music: A Dive Into Childhood Memories, Urban Legends, and Unforgettable Tunes. With Stefan HansenSend us a textOur chat travels through the impact of fast food on our eating habits, touching on the legacy of the "Supersize Me" documentary creator. Finally, we indulge in a nostalgic conversation about VeggieTales, with a special mention of Junior Asparagus.Ever had plans thwarted by unexpected mishaps? We recount our excitement to perform Skillet's "Monster" at a church talent show, only to be sidelined by a sprained arm. Our love for Skillet’s music remains undiminished, and we share fond memories of listening to Randy Travis on cassette tapes. As we continue ou...2024-06-122h 11