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This Must Be the PlaceWhat Happens When Local Journalism Disappears — and Who Pays the PriceLocal newsrooms are vanishing across the country — and the consequences reach far beyond headlines. This episode explores what’s driving the collapse of local journalism and why it matters to anyone who cares about their community.What happens to democracy when local journalism disappears? Oscar-nominated filmmaker Rick Goldsmith joins us to explain how vulture capital and private equity are accelerating the collapse of local journalism — and what it will take to save American news. Award-winning documentary filmmaker Rick Goldsmith joins This Must Be the Place to discuss the power of documentary film in an era of col...
2026-01-0444 min
Beyond The 12Season 3 Bonus - The Rich Young RulerIf you enjoy a good mystery with a dash of biblical sleuthing, this bonus episode is for you! My friend Eric Niday and I dive into one of Scripture’s most intriguing unnamed figures: the Rich Young Ruler. We don’t claim to have conclusive evidence of his identity (we’ll leave that part to heaven’s archives), but we had a great time piecing together clues, exploring possible backstories, and pondering who this young man might have been. The Bible holds its fair share of mysteries—some meant to be solved, others meant to stir our wonder. Until we meet our M...
2025-08-0414 min
Bugs Need HeroesTergal Lad (COCKROACHES with Dr Aaron Rodriques)This episode Amanda and Dr Kelly are joined by Dr Aaron Rodriques to discuss German cockroaches (Blattella germanica), overcoming fears, and social secretions. Tangents include crows, decapitations, and the nature of Love. We also wanted to share this short video about Aaron and this article that Amanda references during the conversation.
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We did an episode about cockroaches previously with Arthro-Pod. You can see the cockroach field notes at https://www.bugsneedheroes.com/episodes/the-trash-man-and-tergal-lad
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2025-07-071h 13
Bugs Need HeroesPainbow (MANTIS SHRIMP w/ Just The Zoo of Us)It's a rambunctious episode as Just the Zoo of Us Podcast host Ellen Weatherford joins us to settle a debate: are shrimps bugs? Are mantis shrimps shrimps? We discuss how they may or may not be turning into crabs and what they might think of sunsets. Tangents include Godzilla, weddings, pet store stories, internet memes, Sailor Moon and anime translations.
Kelly's Field Notes for this episode: https://www.bugsneedheroes.com/episodes/the-painbow
Also Mentioned in This Episode:
Ellen Weatherford's podcast Just the Zoo of Us
Episode 101 (Mantis Sh...
2024-06-241h 30
Bugs Need HeroesThe Trash-Man with Arthro-Pod (COCKROACHES)This week we are joined by the entomologists at Arthro-Pod to talk about cockroaches! This is our biggest episode yet and conversation covers a wide range of tangents including our The Blue Beetle (the movie is good!), sexy Pokémon, how to best poison each other, "murder hornets", Danny Devito, the Elon Musk/Zuckerberg fight, and loose bugs. This is also the first episode where the topic of the show makes an appearance. So anyways, I started blatting...
And Kelly still hasn't seen Across the Spider-verse.
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2023-08-281h 37
Bugs Need HeroesAcross the Spider-People (MILES MORALES, JESSICA DREW, MIGUEL O’HARA)We recorded this episode before the release of the 2023 animated film Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse to discuss the heroes we expect to see in the film (Miles Morales, Jessica Drew, Gwen Stacy, and Miguel O'Hara), what we love about these characters, and to make wild speculation about the plot based on some of the comics we have read. We previously published an episode about Peter Parker in September 2022 discussing how that Spider-Man's powers compare to real life spiders. Tangents include Disney's Encanto, the dystopian setting of Marvel's Spider-Man 2099, the trouble with multiverse stories, and what Brian Michael Bendis is...
2023-05-221h 19Bugs Need HeroesA Friendly Neighborhood Hero (Marvel’s SPIDER-MAN)Respect the hyphen! This episode is all about Peter Parker and how his powers compare to actual spiders. Is Spider-man amazing or simply spectacular? Is Tom Holland the best Spider-man yet? Where did Peter get his sick dance moves? Does the MCU need more dancing??? We have a lot of thoughts about these things.
Kelly's field notes and Amanda's artwork: https://bugsneedheroes.com/episodes/the-friendly-neighborhood-hero
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2022-09-191h 04
THE SHIPS LOGEpisode #36 TedJust last year, Ted stared into the eyes of a young Filipino sailor as he attempted to pull him to safety on the gangway of a ship in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Ted did not succeed in saving that young Filipino sailors life, but he has some advice for those who may be in a similar situation some day. Ted has a checkered past with some very shocking things to share. He once fled the U.S. to Brazil to escape a legal situation. He lived there for several years before coming back to the States to f...
2020-11-282h 13THE SHIPS LOGEpisode #34 The Grey Beard and JeffWho in the world is Meow Man? The Grey Beard and Jeff join me to discuss the origins of Meow man, wind powered ships, and mental health at sea. We take a look at seamans centers and churches and the services that they offer to mariners the world over. The Grey Beard offers us some insight into parenthood and what it is like to get prepared for it. For the first time ever, we have a bonafide fact checker, fact checking all of our nonsense on air. Jeff and The Grey Beard offer insight into why and how a...
2020-10-181h 26THE SHIPS LOGEpisode #32 Uncle TomMy Uncle Tom was a man of mystery when I was a child. There are still some jobs he can't talk about. He was a project manager for a submersible dive on the ship wreck of the Titanic. He gives us a rundown of what it was like to see some of the first images of the gash in the starboard side of the hull. He searched for a downed commercial airliner in the icy waters off of Kamchatka while Soviet spy ships hindered their efforts. He also tells us what it was like growing up in rural Pennsylvania...
2020-10-042h 01THE SHIPS LOGEpisode #31 FlynnHave you ever taken the time to sit down with a veteran to listen to what happens when shit hits the fan? Now is that time! Flynn -now a Mariner, was deployed twice to Afghanistan while in the Army. He sits down with me to share his war stories. He is a tough man who endured some bad stuff happening to him and his buddies overseas. Part of his hand blown off by an elusive enemy that walked among him and his friends, a wife back home- worried sick about a voicemail. Flynn lays out a path to help...
2020-09-192h 34THE SHIPS LOGEpisode #29 The Meat ManSlinging Meat in South Philadelphia... Not what you are thinking! The Meat Man gives us the rundown on having a side hustle. He has sales pitches that scratch itches. He talks about how he ended up in the Merchant Marine, playing black jack in Panama, and his top three scariest moments at sea. The Meat Man gives a history lesson about The Public Health Service Hospitals and how Merchant Mariners used to get their health care. What's it like when you get close to retirement? We also talk about the recently sunken vessel Gulf Livestock 1, and the dredge that...
2020-09-051h 52THE SHIPS LOGEpisode # 27 The Man From InvernessThe Man From Inverness gives us an update on the current state of the Oil Fields. But first, what the hell is Adrenochrome? Who in the world is the lady in the yellow hard hat? Drill ships being scrapped, quarantines in Mexico, and the oil spill in Mauritius. We talk about the best way to quit smoking and share the smokers prayer from an old friend. We talk cool cars and racing stories from years past. Here is the link to the video of Greenpeace getting repeatedly rammed by the Spanish Navy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
2020-08-152h 17THE SHIPS LOGEpisode #20 The Burmese CowboyA man at sea who wasn't paid his wages for 4 months stands up for himself and his shipmates. A man who stood up to a brutal military dictatorship. A man who was placed on a list and not allowed to go home. He sits down to tell his story to the world, the toughest man I know, The Burmese Cowboy. What is it like when the Chief Engineer is paid to silence you at gunpoint? What is it like to be stranded in a strange land where you don't speak the language? What is it like to be onboard...
2020-06-131h 45THE SHIPS LOGEpisode #17 The Enlightened OneHold my beer as I sit down with The Enlightened One and discuss some next level shit. The Enlightened One is a Pumpman who has been shipping out in the U.S. Merchant Marine for roughly eleven years. A family man, he drops some knowledge on parenting, how to co-exist with coworkers better, and his views on COVID-19. He shares his favorite places that he has sailed to and his philosophies on debt and money. Buckle up!You can contact the show by emailing us at theshipslogpodcast@gmail.com.Thank you for all of your...
2020-05-161h 38THE SHIPS LOGEpisode #11 YeagermeisterJoin us in this episode as Yeagermeister tells us about his life as a seafarer. He grew up in a tugboat dispatch office and now Captains an articulated tug and barge. He goes over some good sea stories and some sad sea stories. We remember and honor ghosts of years past who only live on in the stories that are told about them. He has worked with the brother of a notorious killer, become an educated man, and even schools the shows host on some basic celestial navigation. Along the journey of this conversation, Yeagermeister shares the story of...
2020-03-071h 44THE SHIPS LOGEpisode #8 Davy Jones LockerThis episode gets kind of sad when Davy Jones talks about his old man, the famous Jimmy "Booray". Did he have those propellers tattood on his rear end? Did the old man really jump from the Pier 10 cargo crane? Davy Jones answers these questions. Stories about streaking across a college campus, taking pics of mechete wielding men in a parade in Mexico, and the way life plays out. He also tells us about getting in fights with Scottish kids for being called a Yankee.Davy explains how he cleaned up and gives solid advice to others. Teaching m...
2020-02-152h 19THE SHIPS LOGEpisode #5 The Man From InvernessScotland and Texas... What could go wrong? Judgements on Prince Harry? These are the sea stories that nobody has ever written down or will write down. You may not believe them all, but you will be entertained by them all. These stories are mostly from Seafarers so there is some salty language. Tuck the kids into their racks, make them sweep the deck, or send them down to the engine room to look for a bucket of steam. These stories are from old folks and young people alike. I am bored on watch and want to hear something new, t...
2020-01-251h 38