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Visionary: How William Blake Changed the WorldVisionary: How William Blake Changed the WorldWilliam Blake's Visionary PhysicsRoger Whitson explores the ways in which Donald Ault and Bruno Latour can provide us with insights into Blake's experiments in visionary physics. This podcast explores the relations between science, art and aesthetics, not only the representation of science in art and photography, but also what the philosopher Latour calls the presentation or arrangement of facts.2024-10-1838 minFocusFocusSaudi Arabia’s Despotic Ruler: World Corrupt Season 2, Episode 2Roger Bennett and Tommy Vietor take a look at the history of Saudi Arabia, US-Saudi relations, and the Kingdom’s path to becoming a geopolitical force. They trace the unlikely rise of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman from a lowly place in the royal hierarchy to de facto leader of the country, and examine his record of enacting major social reforms while brutally cracking down on critics and rivals. Guests Ben Hubbard, Sarah Leah Whitson, and Khalid Al Jabri provide insight through stories about the infamous lock-up at the Ritz Carlton in Riyadh, the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and th...2024-03-2349 minPod Save the WorldPod Save the WorldSaudi Arabia’s Despotic Ruler: World Corrupt Season 2, Episode 2Roger Bennett and Tommy Vietor take a look at the history of Saudi Arabia, US-Saudi relations, and the Kingdom’s path to becoming a geopolitical force. They trace the unlikely rise of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman from a lowly place in the royal hierarchy to de facto leader of the country, and examine his record of enacting major social reforms while brutally cracking down on critics and rivals. Guests Ben Hubbard, Sarah Leah Whitson, and Khalid Al Jabri provide insight through stories about the infamous lock-up at the Ritz Carlton in Riyadh, the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and th...2024-03-2350 minMen In BlazersMen In BlazersWorld Corrupt: Episode 2 - Saudi Arabia’s Despotic RulerRoger Bennett and Tommy Vietor take a look at the history of Saudi Arabia, US-Saudi relations, and the Kingdom’s path to becoming a geopolitical force. They trace the unlikely rise of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman from a lowly place in the royal hierarchy to de facto leader of the country, and examine his record of enacting major social reforms while brutally cracking down on critics and rivals. Guests Ben Hubbard, Sarah Leah Whitson, and Khalid Al Jabri provide insight through stories about the infamous lock-up at the Ritz Carlton in Riyadh, the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, an...2024-03-2349 minPod Save the WorldPod Save the WorldSaudi Arabia’s Despotic Ruler: World Corrupt Season 2, Episode 2Roger Bennett and Tommy Vietor take a look at the history of Saudi Arabia, US-Saudi relations, and the Kingdom’s path to becoming a geopolitical force. They trace the unlikely rise of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman from a lowly place in the royal hierarchy to de facto leader of the country, and examine his record of enacting major social reforms while brutally cracking down on critics and rivals. Guests Ben Hubbard, Sarah Leah Whitson, and Khalid Al Jabri provide insight through stories about the infamous lock-up at the Ritz Carlton in Riyadh, the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, an...2024-03-2349 minWorld CorruptWorld CorruptSaudi Arabia’s Despotic RulerRoger Bennett and Tommy Vietor take a look at the history of Saudi Arabia, US-Saudi relations, and the Kingdom’s path to becoming a geopolitical force. They trace the unlikely rise of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman from a lowly place in the royal hierarchy to de facto leader of the country, and examine his record of enacting major social reforms while brutally cracking down on critics and rivals. Guests Ben Hubbard, Sarah Leah Whitson, and Khalid Al Jabri provide insight through stories about the infamous lock-up at the Ritz Carlton in Riyadh, the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, an...2024-03-2349 minDemo JockeysDemo JockeysTiger Woods vs Roger Federer with Ron Whitson | RangeThis month's book is Range by David Epstein.Join your cohosts Jack Cochran and Adam DiTomasso as we talk about everything related to presales and our lives as demo jockeys. This month we welcome Ron Whitson, VP of Global Presales Services at Seismic. Be sure to check out https://demojockeys.com/ for our full list of past and upcoming books, previous episodes, and more.Next month's book is Six Habits of Highly Effective Sales Engineers by Chris White.2023-12-2122 minMiracle Voices - A Course In Miracles Podcast (ACIM)Miracle Voices - A Course In Miracles Podcast (ACIM)"Let's Discuss" 'Friends With Benefits' in A Course in MiraclesEvery part benefits, and benefits equally. (ACIM, T-5.in.2:7) Does the company you keep help or hinder your Course practice? Enjoy the audio of a recent webinar from The Foundation for Inner Peace. The webinar originally aired April 27, 2023. The originally video recording is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svls51Y5eQs Long-term Course students and teachers, Carol Howe, Dr. Jon Mundy, and Dr. Roger Walsh each met at least one of the Scribes of A Course in Miracles and established lifelong friendships...2023-06-221h 33Loving Liberty Radio NetworkLoving Liberty Radio Network2022 March 28 The Bryan Hyde ShowThe mass psychosis of the past two years isn't exactly easing, if you get my drift. Michael Bryant has a great recounting of two years to flatten the world and how it's going. If you're taking a closer look at crypto, here's an article that may prove helpful. David Waugh explains how not every crypto is decentralized--the difference between proof-of-work vs. proof-of-stake. Are we raising a generation of snowflakes? Before you answer that question, you need to hear the story of the Abernathy boys going for a ride. H.D. Miller recounts the true story...2022-03-281h 25Gamers with Glasses PodcastGamers with Glasses PodcastDisco Elysium Spoilercast, Part 1In this spoilercast, Roger Whitson and Christian Haines are joined by Jamie Woodcock (author of Marx at the Arcade: Consoles, Controllers, and Class Struggle) to discuss Disco Elysium: The Final Cut (ZA/UM). We talk about the game’s blend of gritty political realism and psychedelic fantasy; what happens when conversation replaces co,bat; our different character builds (2 communists and 1 ultraliberal hustler); the political implications of playing as a police officer; the way the game represents the failure of political revolution; how the game builds on the mechanics of tabletop roleplaying games and computer roleplaying games from the 1990s; an...2021-05-291h 23Street Smart SuccessStreet Smart Success30: From Twin Cities Single Family Houses to Big Apartment Complexes Across Several Growth MarketsThere’s a lot to learn when it comes to multifamily apartments. You have to know how to buy them right but even more important, you need to operate them efficiently. Today’s guest, Drew Whitson, a former Target Corp executive, has figured it out from the ground up. He started out buying single family houses before buying smaller multifamilies and ultimately syndicating larger deals in Memphis, Little Rock, Atlanta, Huntsville, and other emerging markets.2021-03-2359 minGamers with Glasses PodcastGamers with Glasses PodcastThe Gamers with Glasses Show - Episode 5: Indie GamesIn Episode 5 of The Gamers with Glasses Show, Roger Whitson, Christian Haines, Nate Schmidt, and Don Everhart discuss the games they’re playing, including Yakuza: Like A Dragon, Outer Wilds, Risk of Rain 2, Super Meatboy Forever, and more. The topic of the week is what makes an indie game indie. We also introduce a new segment - soon to become its own podcast - “Dark Souls Corner,” in which 2 veterans of the series guide 2 newbies through the first Dark Souls. We discuss the game’s level design, its UI, the first couple of bosses, and more. Finally, as usual, we end t...2021-01-1600 minGamers with Glasses PodcastGamers with Glasses PodcastSpoilercast: Spider-Man: Miles MoralesRoger Whitson and Christian Haines (editors at Gamers with Glasses) discuss Spider-Man: Miles Morales with TreaAndrea Russworm (professor at U-Mass Amherst) and Julian Chambliss (Michigan State University). We discuss the history of Miles Morales as a character in comics, movies, and animation; telling stories in a multiverse and across different media; the relationship between Peter Parker and Miles; open-world game design, including side-quest structure; the politics of the game, including how it relates to the Black Lives Matter movement; what we want from the next Spider-Man game; and much more!2020-12-311h 25Gamers with Glasses PodcastGamers with Glasses PodcastThe Gamers with Glasses Show - Episode 4: GOTYJoin us for our games of the year episode, in which we discuss the games that helped us get through the pandemic, explored new possibilities for what a game can do, and, more generally, excelled at creating opportunities for play! We’re joined by special guest Anastasia Salter (professor at UCF, author of a number of books on adventure games and fan culture), along with the usual crew: Roger Whitson, Nate Schmidt, and Christian Haines. Some of the games discussed include: Kentucky Route Zero, Spiritfarer, Last of Us Part 2, Wasteland 3, Animal Crossing, Welcome to Elk, Disco Elysium, No Man’s Sk...2020-12-241h 33Gamers with Glasses PodcastGamers with Glasses PodcastInterview with Alenda ChangRoger Whitson and Christian Haines, managing editors of Gamers with Glasses, interview Alenda Chang, professor of film and media studies at UC - Santa Barbara, author of Playing Nature: Ecology in Video Games. We discuss what games teach us about nature, playing outside versus playing video games, using games to understand climate change, Chang’s design work, playing as plants and non-human animals, the ecological costs of gaming, and much more!2020-12-221h 10Gamers with Glasses PodcastGamers with Glasses PodcastThe Gamers with Glasses Show - Episode 3In this episode, Christian Haines, Roger Whitson, Nate Schmidt, and Ed Chang discuss the games we’re playing, why we abandon or fall of games, and our non-game recommendations (including books, television, and comics). Games we discuss include Animal Crossing, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, the games of Might and Delight (Meadow, Shelter, Tiny Echo), Before I Forget, Iris and the Giant, Haven, and Morbid: The Seven Acolytes. In our discussion of abandoning/falling off of games, we discuss the shame and anxiety that can come from leaving a game unfinished, the difficulty of sustaining multiplayer games, why we’re okay with...2020-12-131h 36Gamers with Glasses PodcastGamers with Glasses PodcastGamers with Glasses Show Episode 2It’s Episode 2 of the Gamers with Glasses Show, featuring fun and thoughtful conversation from Christian Haines, Roger Whitson, Nate Schmidt, and Christopher Breu. We discuss the games we’re playing (Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Outer Worlds, Extreme Meatpunks Forever, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, Samorost 2, ScourgeBringer, Wasteland 3, Umurangi Generation). Then, we move on to our topic of the week: game difficulty. We talk about the hardest games we’ve played, when we use easy modes and hard modes, Soulsborne games, roguelikes, different kinds of difficulty, and much more! Finally, we close with non-gaming recommendations, including music, television, and fiction. Check...2020-11-271h 35Gamers with Glasses PodcastGamers with Glasses PodcastGamers with Glasses Show Episode 1It’s the first episode of the Gamers with Glasses Show, featuring fun and thoughtful conversation from Christian Haines, Roger Whitson, Nate Schmidt, and John Ferrari! We discuss the games we’re playing (Wasteland 3, Hades, Zelter, Watch Dogs: Legion, Super Mario Odyssey, Tenderfoot Tactics, The Rapture Is Here and You Will Be Forcibly Removed from Your Homes). We debate the merits of new console generations: Why do we get so excited that the machines we already have are becoming out of date? In our topic of the week, we talk about formative gaming experiences from our youth, from renting game...2020-11-1200 minGamers with Glasses PodcastGamers with Glasses PodcastGhost of Tsushima Spoiler-Filled DiscussionListen to Gamers with Glasses (Brian Rejack, Roger Whitson, and Christian Haines) discuss the story, art style, combat, and open world of Sucker Punch’s 2020 game Ghost of Tsushima. We discuss everything from how the combat compares to From Software games to the conservative turn in Japanese politics. For the video version, check out our YouTube channel.2020-10-201h 09DCTF Live Podcast | Dave Campbell\'s Texas FootballDCTF Live Podcast | Dave Campbell's Texas FootballSGP's Brent Whitson, a tribute to Roger Emrich & TXHSFB players drafted by the NFL — Episode 748 (April 29, 2019)We started on a sad note today with the loss of a Texas football legend in Roger Emrich, and Tepper had a heartfelt tribute to a man who meant a lot to him and the whole state. Then we recapped the Texas high school football players taken in the NFL draft before playing Matt Stepp's interview with South Grand Prairie head coach Brent Whitson at last weekend's Frisco State 7-on-7 Qualifying Tournament.2019-04-2900 minThe Don Tony ShowThe Don Tony ShowTWIWH Episode 23 (06/05 – 06/11) #ThrowbackTuesdayRUNNING TIME: 3 HoursHosted by Don Tony SYNOPSIS: Episode 23 (06/05 - 06/11) Vince McMahon purchases Capitol Wrestling Corporation (d/b/a WWF) from his father, Vincent J McMahon. Fritz Von Erich wrestles his final match against King Kong Bundy. NEW TWIWH SEGMENT: Flashback: June 1982 (Non Wrestling Events). Harley Race def Ric Flair to win NWA World Title for 7th Time. Ken Patera and Masa Saito found guilty of battery from April 1984 'McDonalds Incident'. UWF holds 'Beach Brawl' PPV and financially bombs at the pay window. Undertaker makes rare appearance for USWA. Shawn Michaels def Marty Jannetty for IC Title and Kevin Nash makes...2018-06-092h 59LJNRadio: Classroom to BoardroomLJNRadio: Classroom to BoardroomLJNRadio: Classroom to Boardroom - Digital Technology and CultureTechnology comes in many forms and often impacts society and culture on some level. Understanding the history and progression of technology can give students the edge in planning for their future careers. Roger Whitson, English professor at Washington State University, joins Tim Muma once again to talk about the role of digital technology within culture. He describes the ways in which technology can affect skills, jobs and the hiring of an employee, in part because of the candidate's understanding of the digital world and its impact. Classroom to Boardroom gives college students and recent graduates the valuable information...2016-09-0800 minLJNRadio: Classroom to BoardroomLJNRadio: Classroom to BoardroomLJNRadio: Classroom to Boardroom - Technology's Impact on CommunicationCommunication has always been a hot topic in the world of employment. Each year, communication is listed as one of the most important skills, but also the one needing the most work. Roger Whitson, professor of English at Washington State University, discusses how technology is impacting our language and communication, particularly in the professional world. He explains to Tim Muma that college students need to recognize and utilize the changing landscape of effective communication within their careers and the workplace. Classroom to Boardroom gives college students and recent graduates the valuable information that is needed to make a successful transition...2015-09-0700 min