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Commonwealth Club of California PodcastAfroSolo Arts Festival: We Come This Far by MusicNow in its 31st year, the AfroSolo Arts Festival is thrilled to return to Commonwealth Club World Affairs with "We Come This Far by Music—Let Freedom Ring! Part 2," featuring African American artists and music.
The AfroSolo Arts Festival, directed by Thomas R. Simpson, is showcasing a cast of classically trained artists. This program is led by Dr. Carl Blake, pianist and director, and features Bradley Kynard, baritone; Shawnette Sulker, soprano; William Underwood, flutist. It's a joyful, soul-stirring program of music based on African American experiences, as part of San Francisco's Juneteenth Celebration—a national celebration that comm...2025-06-1947 min
Reformed ThinkingDeep Dive into Foxe's Book of Martyrs by John Foxe - John Simpson, John Ardeley, Thomas Haukes, Thomas Watts, and Anne AskewSeveral individuals faced persecution and execution for their religious beliefs in 16th-century England, as described in the sources.Among them were John Simpson and John Ardeley, who were condemned on May 25th along with Mr. Carmaker and John Warne. Shortly after their condemnation, they were sent to Essex and were burned on the same day, Simpson at Rochford and Ardeley at Railey, reportedly glorifying God and rejoicing in their suffering.Thomas Haukes was another notable figure, condemned on February 9, 1555, with six others. Described as educated and gentlemanly, Haukes is remembered for a promise made to...2025-05-1206 min
The Catholic Morning ShowThe Catholic Morning Show - 04/11/2025Today on the Catholic Morning Show:Fr. James Downey - Today Fr. James Downey, Associate Pastor and Teacher at Dowling Catholic High School, gives us a Gospel preparation for this upcoming Palm Sunday.Fr. Thomas Morrow - Today we talk about Fr. Morrow's book, Marriage for God's Sake: A Guide for Catholics.A graduate of St. Charles Seminary in Philadelphia, Rev. Thomas Morrow was ordained in 1982 for the Archdiocese of Washington (DC). He has a doctorate in sacred theology from the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family. Fr. Morrow has...2025-04-1157 min
Probable CausationEpisode 114: Rachel Nesbit on mandating mental health treatment for probationersRachel Nesbit talks about the effects of mandating mental health treatment for probationers.
“The Role of Mandated Mental Health Treatment in the Criminal Justice System” by Rachel Nesbit.
OTHER RESEARCH WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE:
“Calgary Diversion Program: A Community-Based Alternative to Incarceration for Mentally Ill Offenders” by Craig Mitton, Liz Simpson, Leslie Gardner, Fran Barnes, and Gerald McDougall.
“Mental Health Treatment and Criminal Justice Outcomes” by Richard G. Frank and Thomas G. McGuire.
“Thinking, Fast and Slow? Some Field Experiments to Reduce Crime and Dropout in Chicago" by Sara B. Heller, Anuj K...2025-04-0847 min
Things We Read InsteadWhat Vic Read Instead of Dominion - Part 2Hello Readers.Here's Chris' recommendations for what you could read and watch instead of Dominion. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. To follow our adventures like and subscribe, follow us on Instagram. or get in touch via email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com.Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and podcasts mentioned in the podcast.To Read InsteadCrusaders by Dan JonesThe Borgias by Christopher Hibbert2025-03-3151 min
Sappenin’ Podcast with Sean SmithEP. 313 - William Ryan Key (Yellowcard)Childhood Eyes. Yellowcard vocalist, Star Wars aficionado and never ageing emo, William Ryan Key, is our guest on Episode 313 of Sappenin' Podcast! The mayor of Ocean Avenue reflects on the bands unexpected second chance, unlocking a new mental health mindset and legally secret projects. In this conversation, Ryan Key opens up on his own personal journey back to the fold, rediscovering their pop-punk roots, mending friendships vs forgiving past traumas, playing their biggest international venues, new pressures, real life sacrifices, meditation vs mindfulness, new music plans, why his solo projects helped creative healing, scoring films with Ryan Mendez as...2024-11-221h 19
The Family Histories PodcastS08EP03 - 'The Collier' with Adam Simpson-YorkIt's a special delivery in today's episode from Series Eight, as host Andrew Martin meets family history and military history researcher, champion eBayer, and postman, Adam Simpson-York. Andrew finds out how Adam got hooked on researching family history, how he has honed his research skills that enable him to buy family heirlooms on auction sites and then trace their living relatives, allowing him to reunite them with their descendants, and hears about his letters from a Queen.THE LIFE STORY - DAVID EDWARD ELLIS Adam has chosen to tell the story of...2024-11-1939 min
Wait! Did I Roll a Wild?Adepticon 2024 Follow Up with Organizers Tim Simpson and Mike TisdaleTim is joined by the two of the original Marvel: Crisis Protocol Judges and TOs Tim Simpson and Mike Tisdale to discuss the new Adepticon Venue, as well as a look back at some of the best events and moments from Adepticon 2024.Better Help: betterhelp.com/professionalcasualSleeves and Tokens: https://bit.ly/3W4lCf5Front Line Gaming Store: https://bit.ly/3ZZZQvQTwitch: Twitch.tv/professionalcasualnetworkYoutube: http://bit.ly/3DDcEyCBearded Dragon Games (Pick up all your gaming needs):BeardedDragonGames.Online (use code...2024-04-301h 10
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonWILD BILLWild Bill Simpson, my pappy. A look back at his Life & Timessimpson-books.com2023-10-3011 min
AudioLibros CristianosEl libro de los Mártires Cápitulo 16/22 John FoxePERSECUCIONES EN INGLATERRA DURANTE EL REINADO DE LA REINA MARÍA. En este capítulo se hablará de:
Las palabras y la conducta de Lady Jane Gray en el cadalso;
John Rogers, vicario del Santo Sepulcro, y lector de San Pablo en Londres;
El Rev. Lawrence Saunders;
La historia, el encarcelamiento e interrogatorio del señor John Hooper, obispo de Worcester y Gloucester;
La vida y conducta del doctor Rowland Taylor de Hadley;
El martirio de William Hunter; El Doctor Robert Farrar;
El martirio de Rawlins White; El Rev. George Marsh;
William Flower; El Rev. John Cardmaker y John Warne;
John...2023-09-254h 40
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonTHE LAST SUPERMODELAs a kid, because of her looks, she was used and abused, deceived and exploited. They used her to hawk perfume and blue jeans, underwear and dreams.But she was tough, resilient, ambitious. She channeled that abuse and exploitation to build her own company, to make millions, to beat them at their own game. But at what price? simpson-books.com2023-09-0610 minWham Bam Stories by SimpsonTHE MAN WHO CAN'T GET IT UPA monument to virility. Manly to the core. Fifty years chasing the ladies. But, alas, not so much anymore.He started young, made women his vocation. Unfortunately it's looking like he'll need a fresh inspiration.Times they are a-changin, machinery all worn out. Poor boy's emasculated, of that there can be no doubt.simpson-books.com2023-08-3009 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonTHE RACISTTrouble at the mall.White kids tangled up with black kids. The N-word careens around the food court. One kid pushes another kid. Fists fly. Blood spills.The cops arrive. They put the white kid in a chair, the black kid on the floor. Tempers flare. Guns are drawn.What's Gus going to do? What's Gus going to say?simpson-books.com2023-08-2510 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonTHE NEW ECONOMYThe suits at corporate tell Sam to go home. Relax. Enjoy life. He no longer needs to report to the office."I'll be working from home?""Nope.""What then? Am I fired?" Sam asks. "Good God, no, Sam. Paycheck and health insurance safe and sound."Sam, baffled but delighted, heads home. Tells Shelley. She's suspect. Wants the details."Chill, Shel. It's the new economy." simpson-books.com2023-08-2110 minWham Bam Stories by SimpsonINSOMNIAShe's been having some trouble sleeping. A lot on her mind. Kids. Job. Boss. Ex-hubby. Noisy furnace. Bad trans. Vlad Putin. School shootings. Ultra-processed foods. And on and on and on. No end to the toils and troubles. She put up the black-out curtains. Stuffed her ears with wax plugs. Meditated. Found something to be grateful for. And fell fast asleep lickity split.But now it's just three stinking hours later. 2:33 a.m. And she's awake. Wide awake. In the pitch black of early morning. Body and brain buzzing. Can't lie still. Can't qu...2023-08-1609 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonIT'S HOT, BUT HELL IT AIN'T THAT HOTGary Edward Earl, better known as Gas, has been tasked with fixing the supply chain problems. He could likely do the job from his home office in the Garden State suburbs, but what fun would that be?Gas wants to hit the road. Or is this case, the sky. First class all the way. Singapore. Zurich. Around the world at 30,000 feet.Late October but everywhere Gas goes it's hot hot hot. Broiling hot. And humid. But no big thang. AC's hummin. Pushing out it's cool, dry hair. In limos. Airport terminals. 787s. Office buildings. Restaurants...2023-08-0409 minWham Bam Stories by SimpsonTHE LAST RUNCold and windy at the summit, but Jake's determined to make one last run. His buds say no way, done for the day, but Jake moves to the beat of his own drummer. He leaves the warmth and camaraderie of the lodge, steps into his Atomics, and heads for the lift.Trouble is, there's a perfect storm brewing. Wind, cold, snow, party at the tech billionaire's ski lodge, obstinance, and lift operators who are stoned, injured, and dreaming of sex.A man may think he has some measure of control over his life, but man...2023-08-0112 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonSTRANDEDLem leaves work feeling good. Feeling fine. His presentation went well. He's looking forward to a mellow ride home followed by a pleasant evening with the family.Unfortunately, a couple of external events beyond Lem's control intrude upon his peaceful, easy feeling. Soon his brain goes into overdrive and all the old woes and grievances begin to churn.Work. Wife. Kids. Parents. Money. Materialism. It's all fodder now. All that mental flotsam swishing around in that fatty organ between his ears, creating consternation and disquietude.What's a guy to do?simpson-books...2023-07-2209 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonBULLBull's a heck of a high school athlete. Big, strong, and fast. He loves to play the games. But he's not so keen on the competition. On the winning and losing.Bull has a dream. He dreams of a world without rancor. A world where cooperation, not competition, rules the roost. A world in harmony.They tell Bull he's crazy. Out of his gourd. Man, they tell him, is a competitive beast, aggressive and barbaric. Still, Bull holds out hope.simpson-books.com2023-07-1506 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonSEIG HEIL!When G Otterbein moves in next door, the MacLeod boys are quite certain he is either Gestapo, SS, or a concentration camp guard. Their father landed on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. Over the next year he battled the Nazis and helped liberate the death camps. He has no love for Germans. And he has passed his hatred on to his boys.How's it going to work out in this tranquil New Jersey suburb?simpson-books.com2023-07-0707 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonJUDGE DELETO'S DAUGHTERThe Judge's daughter has been raped. Or so she says. The Judge is aghast. Appalled. Angry.And even more so when he finds out the rapist was... my God... Black.His Anger turns to Alarm when she tells him she's... pregnant!"Good Lord!" shouts the Great Defender of the Womb. "This... this cannot stand!"simpson-books.com2023-07-0209 minWham Bam Stories by SimpsonINERTIAEvery day she thinks about doing it. And every day she doesn't do it.She wants to do it, or at least she thinks she does, but still she doesn't do it.She wants to do this and do that, go here and go there, but desire so rarely leads to action.What is Life? What's it for? What are we supposed to do with it? Is it anything more than the Random Thoughts in our Heads?simpson-books.com2023-06-3008 min
Sappenin’ Podcast with Sean SmithEP. 236 - Yellowcard (William Ryan Key & Sean Mackin)Lights and Sounds. Soccer goal scorers, pop-rock hitmakers and your favourite violin based band, Yellowcard, are our guests on Episode 236 of Sappenin' Podcast! William Ryan Key and Sean Mackin take us backstage Slam Dunk Festival 2023, to talk secrets behind their reunion, what the future holds and getting to relive experiences they never thought would happen again. In this conversation, WRK and Mackin open up on how one call from Riot Fest reunited everyone, the change of mindset between their 2017 farewell tour to now, mentally moving on, life outside the band, celebrating Ocean Avenue 20th anniversary, new music vs songwriting...2023-06-0249 min
MajorSpoilers+Interviews with William Simpson and Louis SouthardEpisode #588 is another great doubleheader, featuring interviews with William Simpson and Louis Southard! William Simpson is an internationally renowned artist known for his work on Judge Dredd, Batman, Transformers, Vamps, and Indiana Jones. He has recently released VMT from Renegade Arts Entertainment, which is described this way: “A tale of blood, monsters, and those that walk amongst them seeking to help us all.” We discuss his career in the comics industry, what “VMT” actually stands for, and what else he’s working on that is not to be missed! Then everything wraps up with my int...2023-05-141h 29
Wayne's Comics PodcastInterviews with William Simpson and Louis SouthardEpisode #588 is another great doubleheader, featuring interviews with William Simpson and Louis Southard! William Simpson is an internationally renowned artist known for his work on Judge Dredd, Batman, Transformers, Vamps, and Indiana Jones. He has recently released VMT from Renegade Arts Entertainment, which is described this way: “A tale of blood, monsters, and those that walk amongst them seeking to help us all.” We discuss his career in the comics industry, what “VMT” actually stands for, and what else he’s working on that is not to be missed! Then everything wraps up with my int...2023-05-141h 29
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonSPRING BREAK REDUXMac’s on vacation. On spring break. With his wife and teenage kids. They drove down to Duck on the Outer Banks. For a week of sun and fun.Mac is not happy. Mac dislikes vacations. Hates sitting around on his duff. But he has to tow the line. Can’t irritate the wife. Can’t ruin it for the others. Has to put a smile on his face.The days grind on. Mac starts to ruminate. Recalls his spring break to Key West back when he was a senior in high school. Sloppy Joe’s. Capta...2023-04-2510 minWham Bam Stories by SimpsonTHE DEAD COONCrumb and Fuse drive home late from a boozy party in Crumb's 911. They spot a raccoon crossing the road. Crumb swerves and goes out of his way to run over the coon. Leaves it dead in the middle of the road.The act sets off a confrontation between the two men. Fuse demands to know why Crumb killed the raccoon. They argue and taunt one another. Fire off wisecracks and insults. It's a philosophical melee. All while that 911 races faster and faster down the twisty mountain road. Is that old coon gonna be the only c...2023-04-1207 minWham Bam Stories by SimpsonTHE DEAD COONCrumb and Fuse drive home late from a boozy party in Crumb's 911. They spot a raccoon crossing the road. Crumb swerves and goes out of his way to run over the coon. Leaves it dead in the middle of the road.The act sets off a confrontation between the two men. Fuse demands to know why Crumb killed the raccoon. They argue and taunt one another. Fire off wisecracks and insults. It's a philosophical melee. All while that 911 races faster and faster down the twisty mountain road. Is that old coon gonna be the only c...2023-04-1106 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonFATHER JOSEPH AND HIS BLOOD RED FERRAIOLOAll's well at the local parish. At least on the surface. Father Joseph and Nathaniel's parents sit in the priest's office and have a nice little chat. They discuss the upcoming pancake breakfast, the flower show to raise money for the local orphanage, and next Sunday's sermon on assisting the poor and the persecuted.Father Joseph has an engaging smile and an easy laugh. He is very popular among his parishioners. Unfortunately, Joe is a very sick pup. simpson-books.com2023-03-3110 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonTHE FUTURE UNDER UNDERTAKERPete's a podiatrist. Pete does feet. Pete had a whole slew of podiatry clinics in and around Syracuse, NY. Until Covid hit in 2020. And people with bad feet stopped coming to see him. Pete went bust. Belly up. Had to declare bankruptcy. And the only podiatry job Pete could find was with the New York State Department of Corrections. Now Pete does the inmates' feet. Every Friday Pete gets to visit Sing Sing in Ossining-on-the-Husdon, the maximum security prison housing a wide array of violent characters including rapists, pedophiles, arsonists, hitmen, cannibals, and serial murderers. 2023-03-2712 minWham Bam Stories by SimpsonTHE AMURICAN CONSUMERFor years, decades, Big Al spent enormous amounts of time and money shopping and consuming, buying no end of crapola he didn't need and often didn't really even want. But consuming was an addiction. Al coveted a wide array of products and services large and small. It was a never-ending compulsion. A kind of enslavement. He would buy a new thousand dollar iPhone and just hours later be on his computer checking out the latest and greatest 85 inch Samsung flat screen.Eventually Al became fed up with this vicious cycle. He broke his addiction. He vowed to...2023-03-0412 min
Commonwealth Club of California PodcastArt and Culture Presents Glory and Honor: A Black History CelebrationExperience an amazing, uplifting and exhilarating program presented by AfroSolo Theatre Company, a sanctuary for Black arts, culture, intellect and entertainment founded by Thomas Robert Simpson.Our event emcee will be Dr. Brenda Wade, psychologist, television expert, speaker and author.The performance line-up includes an exciting mix of talented performing artists. African drumming by three master drummers, one being a two-time Grammy winner; a mini concert featuring harpist Destiny Muhammad and soprano Jeannine Anderson performing Black spirituals and classical music, a poetry reading by Devorah Major, San Francisco's first Black poet laureate, and a performance by Brian...2023-03-041h 27
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonTEN GRANDBill Monroe, a local businessman, owes Patrolman Dick Benson ten grand. Has owed the police officer ten grand for nearly two years. Dick wants his dough. And more than wants it, Dick needs it. For his family. For his wife and daughter.Dick's at wit's end on how to collect. On several occasions he has begged and pleaded with Monroe to fork over the cash. All this begging and pleasing to no avail.For months Dick has been hatching a plot in his head. He knows it's a crazy-ass scheme, got desperation written all over...2023-02-1910 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonTHE RAPE OF NAN KINGNan is a hotshot divorce attorney. No holds barred. Anything for victory. Just today she crushed a billionaire hedge funder with pics of illicit sex with minors. Won her client at least fifty mil. She'll take a nice chunk of the settlement. Buy that place she's been coveting on St. Bart's. Now she's on her way home to her mountaintop estate in her posh Cadillac Escalade. Nan's going to draw a hot bath, mix herself an ice-cold martini, and wash away the rigors of the day. But wait, who's the dude dressed all in black rolling under her garage...2023-02-1211 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonCOUNTING SHEEPLiam works for AAPT (Animals Are People Too). It's a tough job, as daily he has to make sure livestock animals are being treated humanely before destruction. Prior to this employment, Liam worked as a deckhand on freighters that circled the globe. He led a wild, carefree life, boozing and whoring his way from Boston to Bangkok to Buenos Aires. Until that day on the Black Sea off the coast of Romania... simpson-books.com2023-02-0508 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonROAD RAGEWe have a couple boys here, men actually, dealing with some personal issues, when out of the blue they dang near slam their large vehicles into one another. Gonna be hell to pay if they don't calm down and pull themselves together. But can they do it? What with one dude dealing with a cheating spouse and the other dude recently off his meds without his doc's knowledge. One guy with a rebellious teenager and the other guy with an ex-wife who took his teenagers clear across the country.These boys are on edge.2023-01-2210 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonCONSTANCE SILLENCEThis is the mostly true story of the short unhappy life of Constance Sillence. It's a sad, devastating story, but unfortunately all too common in the annals of human history. It's Biblical in its simplicity of birth, suffering, and death. A quick review of First Timothy Chapter Two Verses 9 thru 14 will assist the reader (listener) in grasping the plight of Constance and so many of her sisters. simpson-books.com2023-01-1409 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonTHE WALKING PHILOSOPHER'S CLUBEvery evening Sock and various companions meet at the park to go for a walk and discourse on a variety of lofty topics. Art. Religion. The Meaning of Life. On this particular evening, cold and blustery, it appears it will only be Sock and his faithful hound Sally. But just as they set off, a young woman appears and together the trio ambles up Lyceum Hill. Soon talk turns to Camus' Four Conditions for Happiness. These conditions—live as much as possible in the open air, abandon ambition, love lustfully, and live creatively—are discussed with great enthusiasm. But sudd...2023-01-1011 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonSHRUNKAfter years of Talk Therapy Tad finally has a breakthrough. He finally spits out the Truth. Finally utters the unutterable. But is his Shrink listening? Or has his Shrink checked out of the Game, consumed as he is by his own angsts and anxieties, his own dreams and desires?SHRUNK asks those old Socratic questions: Do our fellow humans hear a word we say? Or does all the gibberish just fall on deaf ears?Was it, me wonders, a giant cosmic joke to allow Humans to Communicate with all these silly little utterances that spill f...2022-12-2209 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonSTEWStu's up in his hilltop mansion cradling his AK-15 assault rifle. He's waiting for the barbarians. Waiting for the blacks. And the immigrants. And the mouthy women. Waiting for The End.While Stu waits he remembers. Grows nostalgic. Longs to revisit the glory days of his youth when, fresh out of college, he lived free as a bird for a couple years out on the open road. Free of possessions. Free of responsibilities. Free of attitudes. Free of hate.Stu hears them. Coming up through the woods. He sees them racing across the manicured lawn...2022-11-2108 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonHE LEFT HIS BALLS IN FALLUJAHBob's been coaching high school hoops for a lot of years. But he's never seen a referee like this dude. A giant. At least 6'3". 230. All muscled up. Bald as a billiard ball. And tats covering most of his body. On his right arm a tat of a nearly naked glamour queen. On his left arm a tat of a bird cage with an open door and three birds making their escape. On his right thigh an American flag. On his left thigh an M27 Infantry Rifle.The game gets underway. The ref runs the s...2022-11-1309 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonTHE GRAVEYARDNo photos of the graveyard in the Airbnb listing. Plenty of pics of the lovely cottage on the Maine coast and the spectacular view of the Atlantic from the front porch. But no shots or mention of the ancient cemetery right next door.The Smiths arrive after dark. And so first notice the graveyard in the morning. Soon thereafter the family hound goes exploring among the headstones, frantic with all the new scents.Young Jack Smith and his dad hike over to retrieve their hound. They find gravestones dating back to the 1700s and 1800s...2022-08-2409 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonTHE MAN WHO WALKSWhen the IED exploded and ripped through the Humvee, PFC Walker, on his very first patrol, survived, but with his brain scrambled. So now he walks. Walks and walks. Seven days a week. Seven miles to the Walker family toy store. Where he recreates, with toy soldiers, the Battle of Antietam.PFC Walker—another victim of The War.Any War.Every War.simpson-books.com2022-08-1510 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonPLAY BALL!Larry has it in for Coach Rizzo, his old Little League coach who some years ago mocked and belittled his inferior baseball skills. Larry's ready to take his revenge.He's right now out in the woods beyond the centerfield fence. In a deer blind high up in an ancient oak. It's a beautiful spring morning. Opening Day of a brand new baseball season. The sun is shining. The grass is green. The boys are ready to play ball.Too bad Larry, like crazy armed nut-jobs from sea to shining sea, possesses a Bushmaster X...2022-08-0511 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonBETTER OFF DEADHe's made his dough. Occupied the corner office. Traveled the world. Bought the beach house and the fishing boat and the snazzy fleet of cars.Too bad he hasn't been able to escape the past. The war. The damn war. The dead soldiers under his command.He sees and hears the explosion a thousand or more times a day. Half a million times a year. For over thirty years. He's tried booze, dope, whores, and no end of other reckless behaviors to blind and silence the relentless explosions. All to no avail. 2022-08-0109 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonGOOD GOD!Reverend Johnson used to be a believer. He had faith. In God. In Jesus.Reverend Johnson used to run out of gas. And every time he ran out of gas, someone in need of God, in need of Jesus, would come to his assistance.In this way the Reverend added many new parishioners to his congregation. He believed absolutely it was God Himself who ran his little British sports car out of gas.He believed this until that day the woman he asked for help was not in need of God, was not...2022-07-2510 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonCUPCAKESNot so long ago Bev was the proverbial footloose and fancy free. A single woman, happy and wild. Then 30 hit, maternal hormones raged, Mom wanted grandchildren, and here we are. With hubby in the suburbs and four kids under three. 4 under 3! Yikes! Molly, the oldest, is 3 today. It's her birthday. Bev's up and at it even earlier than usual, in the grand hope of getting the birthday cupcakes baked and iced. It's touch and go. Those cupcakes may not happen.The kids are waking up. Tom's showered and shaved and ready to off to...2022-07-1811 minWham Bam Stories by SimpsonONLY CHILDAbortion is a hot topic these days. And for good reason what with a cadre of cloistered dudes in black robes and their evangelical little sister telling women from sea to shining sea what they can and can't do with their bodies. The Smites have dough. A large portfolio. A duplex on Central Park West. A 'cottage' in the Hamptons. And an almost desperate need to travel. During the height of the Covid scare in the late summer of 2020 they decide to take a little trip to the Bahamas. Eleuthera. Exuma. And now the Smites are...2022-07-1111 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonCOLLEGE BOYEddie didn't feel like going back to college after Christmas break. Just sick of it, you know. The books. The classes. The uppity know-it-all profs lecturing him on every subject under the sun.Well, a month or so goes by wherein Ed stays out late and sleeps till noon before the old man reads him the riot act: Get a job, go back to school, or hit the road.Ed finds the cushiest job on planet earth: plant waterer. At Flo's Florist. He can get high, play some tunes, and water away. Easy as pie.2022-07-0511 minWham Bam Stories by SimpsonTHE HEIRESS & THE FASTBALLERHe's a lefty. Throws hard. Possessed of a rising 100 mph fastball. Still an unknown kid but just signed a big fat MLB contract. Worth millions.She's the daughter of a tech billionaire. A wild thing. Really likes to have a good time. The crazier the better.She meets the Fastballer at a South Beach soiree and that same night recruits him for a trip to Greece to attend a fancy destination wedding. What could possibly go wrong?simpson-books.com2022-06-3010 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonTHE LONELIEST PLACE ON EARTHIt can be tough in bed. In the middle of the night. A long, dark winter's night. The brain gets rolling. Lying there between the sheets, winds that don't get a thought during the day blow up into tornados.He's known loneliness. Who hasn't? Knew it as a kid when his older sibs left the nest. Knew it in college freshman year without a bud in sight. Knew it well when he traveled solo to the far corners of the earth.But he didn't expect to feel the emotion now. Not married with three daughters...2022-06-2408 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonTENUREA quarter of a century ago he penned a critically acclaimed bestseller. Hollywood even made a movie out of the novel starring Al Pacino. The success of the book helped him earn tenure at the university where he taught literature and writing.Tenure put him on easy street.Or did it?He's been working on his second novel for twenty-five years! In that time he has bored his wife and his pals half to death. She fled for the hills years ago and they beeline in the other direction when he comes into...2022-06-2011 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonAFTER THE WEDDINGMaybe a little too much partying at his bud's wedding. Too much booze. Too much grass. Too many pills. And now this crazy chick who jumped in his car when the cops whirled in and chased everyone off.She's blitzed. Practically comatose. Must've consumed too much of something. Entirely incoherent.Too drunk to drive, he pulls into an old, abandoned motel. Carries the unconscious girl across the threshold of Room 6. Where things do not go well. Where things go very badly.It's not the illegal drugs; it's the prescription meds. Not an easy...2022-06-1708 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonSTAN AND OLLIE AND THE FIFTH METATARSALStan and Ollie are neighbors. Friendly but not really friends.Stan has a wife, three kids, a couple businesses. He's a busy guy, high strung, stressed out. And now this broken bone in his left foot has him hobbled.Ollie's divorced, two grown kids who live out of state. Ollie's a good guy, a lonely guy. Ollie and Stan's wife Patty often walk their dogs together. Long walks. In the hills. Now something has developed between Ollie and Patty.Or has it?Life's a capricious journey fraught with many w...2022-06-1509 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonRETHINKING DATE RAPEDan wants an eye for an eye. They violated his daughter and he wants revenge. Sure, he'd been a frat boy, done his share of drinking and carousing. But it was different then. Better, he feels sure. More innocent. They didn't slip mickeys into the girls' drinks. Dan's memory of his college days might be a tad murky and a touch selective, but he knows what he knows, and he knows the names of the boys who violated his daughter. And for these violations they are about to pay. simpson-books.com2022-06-1308 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonRETHINKING DATE RAPEDan wants an eye for an eye. They violated his daughter and he wants revenge. Sure, he'd been a frat boy, done his share of drinking and carousing. But it was different then. Better, he feels sure. More innocent. They didn't slip mickeys into the girls' drinks. Dan's memory of his college days might be a tad murky and a touch selective, but he knows what he knows, and he knows the names of the boys who violated his daughter. And for these violations they are about to pay. 2022-06-1308 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonA MAN AND HIS DOGJohn Adams is a hard luck guy. No parents. No siblings. No diplomas. No girlfriend. No prospects. Everywhere he turns it's just more pain and suffering. Until one day, out of the blue, in the emergency room of all places, when things just can't possibly get any worse, a stroke of good luck.And then a string of good luck. And a bundle of Bounty. simpson-books.com2022-06-1009 minWham Bam Stories by SimpsonDEAD GUYS DON'T WRITEHe's got a cushy job with the old man's construction company. Record keeper for a big Port Authority job at the passenger ship terminals on the Hudson. Plenty of time to do his two favorite things: Read & Write. He has some heavy ambitions itching at his craw. Wants to be a novelist. Of import. A Twain. A Melville. A Marquez. But can he withstand the pressures? Family pressures. Peer pressures. Financial pressures. The Twins Pressures of Desire & Consumption. It's a tall order. A tough task. He claims he'd rather be dead than give in to these pressures. L...2022-06-0709 min
Brute Facts PodcastDr. Rob Koons "Aquinas's Five Ways"Robert C. (“Rob”) Koons is a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has taught for 35 years. M. A. Oxford, Ph.D. UCLA. He is the author or co-author of five books, including: Realism Regained (Oxford University Press, 2000) and The Atlas of Reality: A Comprehensive Guide to Metaphysics, with Timothy H. Pickavance (Wiley-Blackwell, 2017). He is the co-editor (with George Bealer) of The Waning of Materialism (Oxford University Press, 2010), (with Nicholas Teh and William Simpson) of Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Contemporary Science (Routledge, 2018), and (with William Simpson and James Orr) of Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Na...2022-04-291h 08
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonSIDEWINDERBaby Kane has escaped from the back yard. He is crawling up the railroad embankment at the same moment the Union Pacific rolls west across the New Mexico desert. Will Baby Kane get splattered by the lead locomotive? If he manages to stay off the tracks, what about the venomous rattlesnake that's just had its rattle severed by the fleeing caboose? Will that sidewinder nail Baby Kane if not the train? Mom and Dad, Erin and Adam, are busy with their new biz, Land of Enchantment Adult Gifts and Novelties. They don't know their boy's in...2022-04-2510 minWham Bam Stories by SimpsonSPRING BREAKWe once again interrupt our short short stories to bring you thoughts from the war in Ukraine. SPRINGBREAKorThis is the Way Artists See the WorldAn Absurd and Utterly Divine Tragedy in Three Brief Acts 1.PURGATORYDriving south down theDelmarva Peninsula onSpringBreakNews on theRadio out ofMariupol GhastlyBarbaricWomen andChildrenBeatenBloodiedRapedTortured andMurdered by...2022-04-2003 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonTWINSBoys and GirlsMen and WomenLike:Oil and WaterSalt and PepperDark and LightAtlantic and PacificAllan and Lexi have a couple of small problems that demand their attention. They've come to the City Diner at dusk on the shortest day of the year to discuss their two little problems and see if they can work things out.If you're interested and you would care to eavesdrop, just hit play, close your eyes, sit back, and relax.simpson-books.com2022-04-0409 min
Expreso YatastoEp. 18: Shakespeare y el Otro #5 - Sueño de una noche de veranoEsta vez nos adentramos en el laberinto mágico que nos presenta William Shakespeare en A Midsummer Night's Dream. Los amores, los desamores, la otredad social, la lucha de clases, el arte y el lenguaje hacen que la otredad se encuentre desde varias perspectivas en esta comedia tan llena de matices. Entonces proponemos poner el foco en la otredad que está determinada por la relación que tienen los personajes con el concepto de razón o logos.
Guión, locución y edición de sonido: Juan Aguerre.
Contacto: expresoyatasto@gmail.com
Diseño...2022-04-0221 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonTHE HAIRCUTTommy and his dad Lou always get their haircuts together on Saturday mornings. But this Saturday Dad tells Tommy to go on in and get his haircut all by himself. Lou tells his boy it's a rite of passage. To Manhood. But Tommy senses something's up. Something's not quite right. Something's wrong. Dad insists it's no big thing. Tommy feels the earth quake. But he does what his father tells him. He climbs out of the Bel Air and, body trembling, walks through the door of Lenny's Barbershop all by his ten-year-old lonesome.simpson-books.2022-03-2807 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonTHE GORGEOUS GIRL ON THE HARLEY SPORTSTER 883Stud Macintyre loves the ladies. So when an exceptionally beautiful young lady shows up on a Harley for the Sunday morning canyon ride, Stud is all a-lather. He right away hits on the gorgeous girl on the Harley Sportster 883. She succumbs immediately to his masculine charms. They go to dinner. Then back to her place. She is Stud's fantasy come true. Only one minor hiccup...simpson-books.com2022-03-2009 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonUKRAINEWe interrupt our regularly scheduled short story podcast with this poem to the people of Ukraine. The congregation of the Peapack Reformed Church in Gladstone, NJ wants to help the people of this war-ravaged country. The website below has been set up to send badly needed medical supplies to Ukraine. In many parts of the country the situation deteriorates daily. Please help if able. https://amzn.to/3i8RUnpUkraineOh UkraineAmerica weeps for youWhile russianBombsRainDown upon yourMothers andChildrenU...2022-03-1700 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonINDEPENDENCE DAYLife is good for the plantation owner, his wife, and their five lovely daughters. Life is a lark. A frolic. An Independence Day picnic at the swanky plantation down the road. A blissful carriage ride home beneath the towering Chinese elms billowing with Spanish Moss. But wait. What is that? Up ahead. Hanging from the thick limb of that yonder Chinese elm. Is it? Oh my God! It is. A man! Lynched! Independence Day: Gone with the Wind, with a twist. Not for the squeamish or the faint of heart.simpson-books.com2022-03-1408 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonMUSIC BY THE SEAWidowed, she has come alone to the sea from the flatlands of Illinois. She has come with hope and expectation. But soon, like the story of her life, hope and expectation dissolve into quiet bitterness. She decides it might be best to simply wade into the waves and let the vast ocean carry her, and her precious cello, away. simpson-books.com2022-03-0712 minWham Bam Stories by SimpsonTO HELL AND BACKThe kid just wants to shoot some hoops. Get in some practice before his school team tryouts next week. But inside the old dairy barn out back where his father has hung a hoop, the kid runs into a spooky stranger. The unexpected encounter will have consequences neither of them can imagine. simpson-books.com2022-02-2808 minWham Bam Stories by SimpsonTHE PASS CATCHERA knee injury put him out of the game before the start of his third NFL season. But already the damage had been done. Four years of high school ball. Four years of college ball. Two years of pro ball. Ten years of whacks to the head. This is the once legendary pass catcher today. simpson-books.com2022-02-2208 min
Wham Bam Stories by SimpsonFEAR & LOATHING IN AMURICASam thinks he might run for school board. He meets with some "concerned parents." Things get weird. Critical race theory. Sex ed. Books that need burning. The first offering in Thomas William Simpson's collection: 7 Minute Stories by Simpsonsimpson-books.comsimpson-books.com2022-02-1407 min
E Jean Simpson, BEd, BA, MA Author A & J PEI TreasuresAttitude Determines AltitudeWelcome to the A & J PEI Treasures E Jean Simpson author podcast and blog post. This week I look at success, failure and attitude. It’s all related in ways you cannot imagine. If you want to find out more, then….stay tuned!
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Thank you Andrew Simpson for help with the proofreading and creative input (the A in A & J PEI Treasures)
Thank you Anchor for the resources to get the podcast done from my computer!
Thank you to my listene...2021-12-1808 min
Mind Over MurderBONUS: DNA Expert Rock Harmon: Why Are Thousands of Felons Not in CODIS? (Part 2)Welcome to "Mind Over Murder." In this episode, hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley interview DNA expert Rock Harmon on the "CODIS Gap." Why are thousands of felony inmates and parolees not in the CODIS system? What can be done to correct this CODIS Gap? This is part 2 in a new 2 part discussion with Rock Harmon, who worked on hundreds of cases including the OJ Simpson, Grim Sleeper and Golden State Killer, among others.New Article in Virginia Gazette: 35 Years Later, Victims’ Families in Colonial Parkway Murders Still Searching for Answers, Hope DNA Advances will Solve Case By Em...2021-11-1844 minMind Over MurderBONUS: DNA Expert Rock Harmon on Why are Thousands of Felons not in CODIS? (Part 1)Join Mind Over Murder hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley as they interview DNA expert Rock Harmon on the "CODIS Gap." Why are thousands of felony inmates and parolees not in the CODIS system? What can be done to correct this CODIS Gap? This is part 1 in a new 2 part discussion with Rock Harmon, who worked on hundreds of cases including the OJ Simpson, Grim Sleeper and Golden State Killer cases, among many others.New Article in Virginia Gazette: 35 Years Later, Victims’ Families in Colonial Parkway Murders Still Searching for Answers, Hope DNA Advances will Solve Case By Em...2021-11-1150 min
E Jean Simpson, BEd, BA, MA Author A & J PEI TreasuresPatterns of Patterns Makes the World go RoundWelcome to the A & J PEI Treasures E Jean Simpson author podcast and blog post. This week I discuss the importance of recognizing patterns and how this can be life changing and is part of the creative process. If you want to find out more then….stay tuned!
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Thank you Andrew Simpson for help with the proofreading and creative input (the A in A & J PEI Treasures)
Thank you Anchor for the resources to get the podcast done from my computer!
Qu...2021-10-2310 min
Broad Street Review, The PodcastBSR_S05E12 - The Ever Present - R.Eric ThomasDirected by Brett Ashley RobinsonFeaturing Kimie Muroya, Nathan Alford-Tate, Pax Ressler, Eleni Delopoulos, and Cathy SimpsonThe Ever Present, a fantastical, family-friendly new play written by award-winning playwright and author R. Eric Thomas, centers on a South Philly vacant lot that turns out to be more than meets the eye. Enter Pashmina Paredes (Kimie Muroya), a neighborhood resident collecting signatures for a petition to prevent the city from selling the lot to a devious developer, Vernal Belch (Pax Ressler). She quickly learns her neighbors all have a special connection to the house...2021-09-0700 min
Homegrown conversations for curious minds.Recommended ReadsA conversation recorded for KFSK Public Radio August 19, 2021 with Petersburg Public Library Staff members Orin Pierson, Heather Canik-Thomas, Martha Cummins, and Kari Petersen about books they would recommend.Orin PiersonDune (Book 1 of 6 in Dune Chronicles) by Frank HerbertThe Way Winter Comes: Alaska Stories by Sherry SimpsonHeather Canik-ThomasGotham Central Omnibus by Ed Brubaker & Greg RuckaResident Alien by Peter Hogan & Steve ParkhouseRasl by Jeff SmithChew: Tasters Choice by John Layman & Rob GuilloryLet’s Make Ramen!: A Comic Book Cookbook by Hugh Amano & Sa...2021-08-2529 min
Total Movie RecallTMR 059 – Who Framed Roger Rabbit This week on Total Movie Recall, things get Freudian as they did for every little boy who stared confusedly at Jessica Rabbit and wondered what was happening to them. Handsome, chiseled leading man Bob Hoskins soldiers on in spite of the bleeding ulcer all that booze gave him, and Christopher Lloyd goes to eleven with his unhinged, terrifying performance. Did hentai exist before this movie? Because it sure as hell did after it. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) d. Robert Zemeckis Starring: Bob Hoskins Christopher Lloyd Kathleen Turner...2021-02-222h 01
Short Time Wrestling PodcastWriting and directing The Last Champion with Glenn Withrow, Hallie Todd and Ivy WithrowGlenn Withrow grew up wrestling in Kentucky. A state runner-up in high school, he quickly went into film and over the last several decades, he’s acted, written and produced a number of series’ and films.
On Episode 637 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, Glenn and his wife Hallie Todd and their daughter Ivy Withrow, join the show to talk about the December 8 release of The Last Champion, a film they wrote and directed together with high school wrestling as the backdrop of this story about redemption.
While the trio have a number of credits to their names, you might recognize Gl...2020-12-0739 min