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The CitiesSpotting Human TraffickingJim talks with Sara K. about the signs of human trafficking and also talks with wildlife biologist Kelly McKay about eagle counting.
2026-02-1427 minThe CitiesThe State of Moline, ILJim talks with Moline Mayor Rayapati about the state of the city and what we can expect in this new year.
2026-02-0727 minThe CitiesChanging Iowa UniversitiesJim Mertens talks with Iowa State Rep. Taylor Collins about changing what's taught in Iowa universities and also talks with John Deere historian Neil Dahlstrom about John Deere's 222nd birthday.
2026-01-3127 minThe CitiesYou Could Learn the Uke!Jim Mertens talks with Rock Island Mayor Ashley Harris about the State of Rock Island. He also talks with Brian Alm, Egyptologist and CommUniversity lecturer, about the opportunities the community can take advantage of at CommUniversity.
2026-01-2427 minThe CitiesIllinois Legislative Session 2026In this episode Jim Mertens talks with Illinois lawmakers, who have just returned to the state capitol for a new session, about what to expect in the new year.
2026-01-1725 minThe CitiesExpecting What? Iowa Legislative SessionIn this episode Jim Mertens talks with Iowa Representative Gary Mohr and Iowa Senator Cindy Winckler about what we can expect during the 2026 Iowa legislative session.
2026-01-1027 minThe CitiesEquitable Pay & Parent Mentor GroupJim speaks with Michael Glanz from The Arc of the Quad Cities about the passing of the new Dignity and Pay Act in Illinois and how it will positively impact sub minimum wages and Jim talks with Sarah Benson and Tresa Andrews of the Parent Mentor Program about their positive impact on local schools and students.
2026-01-0327 minThe CitiesA Changing Catholic ChurchJim talks with Bishop Dennis Walsh, of the Diocese of Davenport, about the death of the pope, the conclave, and where the Catholic Church is going regarding goals for the future.
2025-12-2728 minThe CitiesRock Island ArsenalThis episode we are on location at the Rock Island Arsenal in Rock Island, IL. Jim speaks with the Commander of the Rock Island Arsenal Joint Manufacturing and Technology center, COL. David Guida, about the foundry and legacy of the Rock Island Arsenal and Jim talks with S. Patrick Allie, the Rock Island Arsenal Museum Director, about recent renovations and new exhibits.
2025-12-2026 minThe CitiesThe State of Equality for the LGBTQ+ Community in the Quad CitiesJim talks with Reverend Rich Hendricks from the Metropolitan Community Church and Tyler Mitchell from the Project of the Quad Cities about the new administration and how policies are impacting people from the LQBTQ+ community.
2025-12-1327 minThe CitiesDefunding Public Media Recission PackageJim talks with the General Manager of WQPT PBS, Dawn Schmitt and WVIK NPR's General Manger/CEO about the recission package that made its way to the senate floor and if the recision package is passed, it would defund public media of all federal funding for the next two fiscal years.
2025-12-0627 min
The Party in the Back Podcast on Gameops.comDecember 2025 Party in the Back Podcast, Part 1In this episode, Jon Cudo is joined by two beloved voices in the world of Minor League Baseball entertainment: Erik “The Peanut Guy” Mertens and MiLB storyteller Benjamin Hill. Erik kicks things off with his “Let’s Get Nutz” Award, celebrating the game ops moments that unite fans through spontaneity, humor, and pure joy. From Rick Rizzs’ magical Ichiro Night sing-along in Seattle to Lake County’s delightfully absurd toilet-themed contest and Tacoma’s rooftop “Sax Gorilla,” Erik highlights the wonderfully unexpected moments that make ballparks feel alive—and ultimately names Seattle and Stillwater as his top nods.Ben Hill follows wit...
2025-12-011h 10The CitiesTourism in The CitiesA flat year for tourism (2025) in The Cities, why?...and what will be done to make it more attractive to see the sites in The Cities?
2025-11-2929 minThe CitiesThe Kickoff to the Christmas SeasonJim Mertens talks with Festival of Trees Administrator Sandi Burrichter about all things Festival of Trees including their new Quilt Village and Petit Forest and also talks with Brian Allen Quad City Arts Executive Director about all the ways Quad City Arts impacts the community outside of Festival of Trees.
2025-11-2226 minThe CitiesWhat's going on with Health Care?Jim talks with Community Health Care CEO Tom Bowman about how federal cutbacks are impacting community health care services and also talks with Black Box Theatre owner Lora Adams about her upcoming play.
2025-11-1528 minThe CitiesWill the Unhoused Freeze???Jim Mertens talks with Rev. Dwight Ford, Executive Director of Project NOW, about Rock Island's new ordinance that severely affect the houseless and also talks with Bill Churchill from the Friends of Veterans Memorial Park about the next steps in finishing the park.
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ERF Plus (Podcast)ERF Plus - Anstoß Alles, was ich will?!
Kennen Sie den Film „Bruce Allmächtig“? Mir hat die Filmkomödie aus dem Jahr 2003 mit Jim Carrey in der Hauptrolle zumindest einige Denkanstöße gegeben.
Zum Beispiel diesen hier: Bruce wird mit der Allmacht Gottes ausgestattet, aber auch mit seinen Aufgaben. Er bekommt Zugang zum himmlischen E-Mail-Postfach, und als die Zahl der menschlichen Bitten überhandnimmt, drückt Bruce völlig überfordert auf „Alles mit ja beantworten!“ In der Folge bricht weltweit das komplette Chaos aus.
So könnte man auch diesen Satz aus dem Buch der Sprüche Salomos verstehen, wenn man ihn aus dem biblischen Zusammenh...
2025-10-0701 min
ERF Plus - AnstoßAlles, was ich will?!
Kennen Sie den Film „Bruce Allmächtig“? Mir hat die Filmkomödie aus dem Jahr 2003 mit Jim Carrey in der Hauptrolle zumindest einige Denkanstöße gegeben.
Zum Beispiel diesen hier: Bruce wird mit der Allmacht Gottes ausgestattet, aber auch mit seinen Aufgaben. Er bekommt Zugang zum himmlischen E-Mail-Postfach, und als die Zahl der menschlichen Bitten überhandnimmt, drückt Bruce völlig überfordert auf „Alles mit ja beantworten!“ In der Folge bricht weltweit das komplette Chaos aus.
So könnte man auch diesen Satz aus dem Buch der Sprüche Salomos verstehen, wenn man ihn aus dem biblischen Zusammenh...
2025-10-0701 min2025-10-0327 min2025-09-2529 min
RadiolabScreaming Into the VoidIn August we performed a live taping of the show from a theater perched on the edge of Manhattan, overlooking the Hudson River, overshadowed by the wide open night sky. Three stories about voids. One about a fish that screams into the night – and the mystery of its counterpart that doesn’t. Another about a group of women who gazed at the night sky and taught us just how vast the universe is, and a third about a man who talk to aliens – and the people who tell him he’s putting human civilization at risk by doing so. Finally...
2025-09-0557 min2025-09-0426 min2025-08-2828 min
Fileye Takılanlar#8 Melbourne (İkinci Hafta)Fileye Takılanlar’ın sekizinci bölümünde Sesim ve Deniz, Happy Slam’i uğurlamak üzere buluşuyorlar. Yeni Grand Slam şampiyonumuz Jannik Sinner, unvanını koruyan Aryna Sabalenka’nın kort dışındaki dönüşümü, Daniil Medvedev’in rekoru, doksanlar çocuklarının bitmeyen dramı, Novak Djokovic’le ilgili soru işaretleri, Carlos Alcaraz’ın çeyrek finaldeki hayal kırıklığı, Jim Courier’nin röportajları, unutmak istediğimiz maçlar ve önümüzdeki aylarda takvimde işaretlediğimiz turnuvalar… / Editing: Emre Ceylan (02:00) Kadınlarda tekler mücadelesi ve şampiyon Aryna Sabalenka (11:40) Erkeklerde tekler mücadelesi ve...
2024-01-3143 min
Weird FlexGIBBERISH MEANINGLESS NONSENSE - Part 2This Episode of Weird Flex is the second part of the previous episode GIBBERISH MEANINGLESS NONSENSE and that name pretty much sums up what it is about. Buckle up for an extra dose of unintelligible words and sentences, mispronounced or made-up words, nonsensical word arrangements and all types of vocal nonsense as the lyrics of these songs. Listen carefully, because you won't understand 99% of what you are about to hear.I hope you like it
Tracklist 1 - Intro2 - Stan Freberg - Sh-Boom3 - Oscar Petersosn Trio & Clark Terry - Incoherent Blues4 - Boeing Duveen & The Beautiful Soup - Jabberwock5 - Chanté Moore - Wey...
2023-04-0455 min
Mordlausch - Der True Crime Podcast#57 Der falsche Prophet: Gebrüder HelzerJenny Villarin arbeitet in einer Bar als Kellnerin. Nach Schichtende holt ihr Freund Jim Gamble sie eines Abends ab und sie gehen gemeinsam nach Hause. In derselben Nacht meldet ein Anwohner Schüsse. Die Einsatzkräfte finden daraufhin zwei Tote in einer Wohnung hinter einer Garage- es handelt sich bei den Toten um Jenny Villlarin und Jim Gamble. Der Mord sorgt in dem kleinen kalifornischen Ort Woodacre für Entsetzen und die Polizei stellt während ihrer Ermittlungen fest, dass auch die Tochter des Opfers verschwunden ist. Die Ermittlungen führen zu einem Sektenguru mit Gotteskomplex und münden in ein...
2023-01-1946 min
Larieboek & Apekool#6 Over beeldige verhalenWaarin Yarne & Jochen schetsen welke graphic novels je nu eigenlijk echt moet gelezen hebben. Het bad vol illustraties waar ze zich vol overgave inwerpen, heet Grafik, boekhandel én ontmoetingsplaats in Schaarbeek voor grafische kunstminnaars. Leticia opent voor ons de deuren, de krakende klapstoeltjes en de boeken van haar gezellige heiligdom! In deze aflevering praten we over volgende boeken:
Jim Curious - Matthias Picard
Daan Quichot, De spaghetti van opa Pier - Stedho
Een wonderlijke expeditie van robots - Tatana Rubasova, Jindrich Janicek
Thorgal (9, 10, 11, 12) - Jean Van Hamme, Grzegorz Rosiński
De gr...
2022-12-2936 min
Brain and Courtlin Morning ShowIdol Finale and Meet Jim Mertens!We run down last night's Idol finale and talk with new KCRG news anchor Jim Mertens!
2022-05-2341 min
The Cities with Jim MertensTHE CITIES PODCAST: Medical centers prepping for a surgeCommunity Health Care's Tom Bowman tells Jim Mertens that his group of medical centers are preparing for the COVID pandemic staying at these levels until the Summer of 2021.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2020-10-2423 min
Space Game Junkie PodcastSGJ Podcast #339 – Interstellar RiftWelcome to this week’s podcast y’all! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I welcome back the folks from Split Polygon, namely Jimmy van den Bergh, Joost Meulenkamp and Paul Mertens — all from the Netherlands — to talk about their space combat/mining/trucking/building sim, Interstellar Rift. We have a really fun time talking about the game’s...
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2020-10-081h 24The Cities with Jim MertensTHE CITIES: A booming downtown BettendorfWith the $1.2 billion Interstate 74 bridge nearing its final year of construction, how is Bettendorf capitalizing on all that poured concrete? Jim Mertens talks with Ryan Jantzi, executive director of the Downtown Bettendorf Organization.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2020-09-2708 minThe Cities with Jim MertensTHE CITIES: New Milestones on the I-74 BridgeJim Mertens talks with Interstate 74 Corridor project manager George Ryan about a summer of construction and a timeline to get traffic moving on the new Iowa-bound span of the bridge.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2020-09-2713 min
Chicago Jazz Audio ExperienceEpisode 088 Chicago Music Revealed with guests Jim Kaczmarek and Scott MertensEVENT HORIZON JAZZ QUARTET is a Chicago-based group comprising four of the finest jazz musicians the Windy City has to offer. Reedman JIM KACZMAREK, keyboardist SCOTT MERTENS, bass player DONN DESANTO, and drummer RICK VITEK have played with some of the biggest names in jazz and pop. Their eponymous debut album is a collection of 11 original compositions written by either Kaczmarek or Mertens.
The Quartet are regulars on the Chicago jazz scene. Kaczmarek is the driving force behind the band’s creation, but he emphasizes “Although Scott and I contribute our original tunes, we’re really a collective. Each band member...
2020-09-1800 min
Macro Musings with David BeckworthNicholas Bloom on Economic Impacts of COVID-19 in the Short-run and Long-runNicholas Bloom is a professor of economics at Stanford University and a leading scholar on management, productivity, innovation and economic uncertainty. Nick is a previous guest of Macro Musings and returns to share his thoughts on COVID-19 and what it means for the US economy, both in the short-run and in the long-run. David and Nick also discuss the impact of the virus on the future of urban living, on the economics profession as a whole, and who will bear the biggest brunt of these impacts. Transcript for the episode can be found here.
2020-04-2053 min
The Smell PodcastEpisode 41 - "Regaining your sense of smell"This week, listen in as I read the article "Regaining your sense of smell" written by Jim Mertens for Ivanhoe Broadcast News. The article discusses how smell training can help some people regain their sense of smell.
To read the article and see the accompanying video, click here.
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2019-07-2305 min
The Cities with Jim MertensTHE CITIES: What Did Iowa Lawmakers Accomplish in 2019?Jim Mertens talks with freshman Iowa Senator Chris Cournoyer and veteran State Rep. Phyllis Thede about the 2019 Iowa Legislative session.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2019-05-2116 min
The Cities with Jim MertensTHE CITIES: Josh Duffee Talks Louie BellsonJim Mertens talks with Quad City drummer Josh Duffee about his relation with legendary musician Louie Bellson.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2019-04-3009 min
Podcast Músicas ImaginadasMúsicas Imaginadas. Sueños del Alma. 12 de febrero de 2018Soul Dreams, Sueños del Alma, es el nuevo disco del pianista Christopher Boscole. Uno de los estrenos de la edición de hoy de Músicas Imaginadas. Junto a él, conoceremos a la sorprendente Deborah Offenhauser; nos solazaremos con la violinista noruega Mari Samuelsen interpretando a compositores nórdicos contemporáneos; y viajaremos a Canadá con el intimista Tambour y a Hawaii con el guitarrista Jim Kimo West. Además, para empezar, recordaremos que Wim Mertens va a visitar España próximamente.
PLAYLIST MÚSICAS IMAGINADAS 12 DE FEBRERO DE 2018
- WIM MERTENS. Their Duet (Shot and Echo, 1992)
- WIM MERTENS...
2018-02-141h 05
Make My DayMake My Day Episode 25In this episode, business wizard Jim Mertens joins Marcus to provide invaluable career advice, Supercuts maintains their trademark high-standard of customer service, and the ASPCA releases their annual pet rankings.
2016-06-1814 min
Podcast MUSICA ECLÉCTICAMúsica Ecléctica. Programa 21. PianosOystein Sevag. "Children's song2
Luis Delgado. "El Bósforo"
Taylor Eigthy. "Past Voices"
Philip AAbergh. "Montana half light"
Wim Mertens. "4 Mains"
George Winston. "Woods"
Scott Cossou.
Lyle Mais. "Letter from home"
Liz Story. "Bradley's Dream"
Ludovico Einaudi. "Ora"
Mark Isham. "Pittsburgh 1901"
Jim Brickman. "Rocket to the Moon"
Dave Grusin. "The Firm" BSO
2013-07-071h 07