Gaylords of Darkness
242 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 months ago - ★★★★★ - 287 ratingsWhen the clock strikes 6:66, the Gaylords of Darkness (Anthony Hudson & Stacie Ponder) come forth to chart the arcane world of horror through a queer lens - with occasional visits from ghouls, goblins, and briefcase women from the 1980s.
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Episode 122 - A Blowhole That Fits
May 05, 2021 10:23 - 1 hour - 52.6 MBEpisode 122: A Blowhole That Fits This week the Gaylords bust out their charred femurs for The Devils (1971)! Stacie & Anthony re-evaluate the controversy and sexual politics of this classic shocker, plus Vanessa Redgrave’s wig(?), off-camera enemas, K-pop revelations, a new Chopping Block, and more! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 121 - Laser Egg Vault
April 28, 2021 10:15 - 1 hour - 64.9 MBEpisode 121: Laser Egg Vault The Gaylords got to Three...Extremes (2004) and worship at the altar of Bai Ling! Stacie and Anthony tackle trauma, pain, anguish, egg updates, and a war with a dish soap empire before placing their heads on The Chopping Block. Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 120 - Ze Flubber
April 21, 2021 11:19 - 1 hour - 45.1 MBEpisode 120: Ze Flubber The Gaylords have an uncomfortably close encounter with The Fourth Kind (2009), starring Actress Milla Jovovich as Dr Abigail Emily Tyler and also another actress as Dr Abigail Emily Tyler! Beam this episode up for logic-defying choices, drunken splitscreen, TV courtroom porn music, an oddly French Chopping Block, and more. Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 119 - Wignanigans
April 14, 2021 11:38 - 1 hour - 49.2 MBEpisode 119: Wignanigans This week the Gaylords get lost in Tobe Hooper's The Funhouse (1981)! Stacie & Anthony get wistful for creepy carnivals, Sylvia Miles, bag ladies, and address pressing questions about Michael Douglas and eggs before an all-new Chopping Block. Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 118 - Sure Stop
April 07, 2021 10:52 - 1 hour - 51.5 MBEpisode 118: Sure Stop The Gaylords are back in business and paying tribute to Jessica Walter in Play Misty for Me (1971)! Stacie & Anthony suffer through Clint Eastwood with some help from Smooth Move tea, low impact PE, and a whole lotta queens — before Stacie finds herself facing off against a vending machine on The Chopping Block. Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
THE RE-WRAP-UP-ENING
March 31, 2021 12:08 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBTHE RE-WRAP-UP-ENING We conclude a marathon week with an incredible final total amount raised for the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum! We celebrate our incredible listeners, look back at a week of threeses, and The Headsthey offers us one last chance to redeem ourselves with a one-shot Chopspress-spress! In the words of Yubin, thank you so much! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
THE RE-THREE-ENING: Scream 3
March 29, 2021 13:32 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBTHE RE-THREE-ENING: Scream 3 SURPRISE(-ENING)! You’ve raised over 8K for the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum and achieved a bonus unlock of one more threequel, Scream 3 (2000), in which our soft brains call for justice for Maureen Prescott (and Gail’s bangs) in-between visions of Nancy O’Dell! We’ve met our goals but there’s still 24 hours to top off that thermometer — we can’t thank you all enough for an incredible RE-THREE-ENING! Find donation info at our website, gaylordsof...
THE RE-THREE-ENING: Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
March 28, 2021 13:59 - 1 hour - 50 MBTHE RE-THREE-ENING: Poison Ivy: The New Seduction THE RE-THREE-ENING comes home to Poison Ivy: The New Seduction (1997), in which we’re seduced by Susan Tyrrell’s mouth faces, Denny’s dominatrixes, erotic drum marches, AND! We’re ending on a cliffhanger — we’re closing in on our final lofty fundraising goal for the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum! Thank you so much! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
THE RE-THREE-ENING: Wishing Stairs
March 27, 2021 12:59 - 1 hour - 72 MBTHE RE-THREE-ENING: Wishing Stairs It’s day six and we don’t know who we are anymore, but we’ve got all kinds of feelings thanks to Wishing Stairs, queer representation, cake queens, spring awakenings, and one rollercoaster of a Chopspress. Thanks to you we’ve already surpassed last year’s THREE-ENING and are heading into our final days fundraising for the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum! If you can, check out our website and help top off that thermometer...and thank you for a...
THE RE-THREE-ENING: Urban Legends: Bloody Mary
March 26, 2021 13:09 - 1 hour - 45.9 MBTHE RE-THREE-ENING: Urban Legends: Bloody Mary Day five finds us on the brink with Urban Legends: Bloody Mary (2005)! We navigate the peaks and valleys of computer (downstairs) spiders, pig tubes, Mary Lambert’s trolling, and our new queen Betsy of the tanning salon. Only two films remain with a whole weekend to top off that fundraising thermometer for the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum, so check out our website for donation details! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-dark...
THE RE-THREE-ENING: Return of the Living Dead III
March 25, 2021 13:08 - 1 hour - 44.6 MBTHE RE-THREE-ENING: Return of the Living Dead III It’s day four and we finally fly too close to the sun with Return of the Living Dead III (1993)! Listen as we turn into bags of jelly (or F. Lee Bailey if you’re Stacie) and wish for calendars with squares and a movie that matches its cover. But thanks to our incredible listeners we’re on our way to a brand new fundraising goal for the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum. Visit our website to find out how you can spread the word an...
THE RE-THREE-ENING: The Exorcist III
March 24, 2021 11:39 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBTHE RE-THREE-ENING: The Exorcist III It’s day three of THE RE-THREE-ENING and we’re losing our heads for William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist III (1990)! Hear us worship George C. Scott and Zohra Lampert, squeal over spooky hallways and scary ceilings, and find sympathy for the blobfish before an all-new Chopspress! Plus! We‘re onto an all-new goal after your incredible support for the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum. Keep donating and sharing...but whatever you do, don’t ask u...
THE RE-THREE-ENING: Children of the Corn III
March 23, 2021 13:07 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBTHE RE-THREE-ENING: Children of the Corn III Day two of THE RE-THREE-ENING is ripe for an Urban Harvest! We jump into this threequel complete with corncraft, stunt dolls, an update on Stacie’s spambot romance, AND we celebrate an incredible first day fundraising. We’re hitting and raising goals, let’s keep It coming for the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum! See our website or social media for details on how you can help. Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
THE RE-THREE-ENING: Poltergeist III
March 22, 2021 12:37 - 1 hour - 48.4 MBTHE RE-THREE-ENING: Poltergeist III THE THREE-ENING is back, baby! Say hello to THE RE-THREE-ENING, our marathon fundraiser for the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum! We'll be tackling a "part three" every day for a week, and to kick things off we put on our Tangina necklaces for 1988's Poltergeist III. Tune in every day and donate to the NAPAWF via the GoFundMe link on our socials or at gaylordsofdarkness dot com. Let’s raise that thermometer! Find out more at https://gaylords...
Episode 117 - Werewolf Fingers
March 10, 2021 11:25 - 1 hour - 48 MBEpisode 117: Werewolf Fingers At last, our lamp has come along...join us as we mark a year in lockdown with Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes (1989)! Stacie & Anthony reopen the case of Patty Duke v. Lamp with gay clones, grandmotherly throwing power, condensed evil, and a harrowing new Chopping Block. Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 116 - Blinal Blurl
March 03, 2021 11:34 - 1 hour - 44.4 MBEpisode 116: Blinal Blurl This week the Gaylords take a Wrong Turn to this 2021 remake! Stacie & Anthony discuss pandemic algorithms, roadside hair bracelet stands, lazy representation, and Eastern European-American egalitarian cults before indulging in a dazed Chopping Block — and, as with most of our output, we apologize in advance! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 115 - A Woman Snickerdoodle
February 24, 2021 06:53 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBEpisode 115: A Woman Snickerdoodle The Gaylords are saved by Saint Maud (2019)! Stacie & Anthony pray for spambot romances, Jesus-induced orgasms, and Harvey Fierstein, then encounter dermatological distress on another Certified Bonkers™ Chopping Block. Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 114 - The Trench Coat Within
February 17, 2021 11:40 - 1 hour - 67.1 MBEpisode 114: The Trench Coat Within The Gaylords go adrift in Hideo Nakata's Dark Water (2002)! Stacie & Anthony wade through sadness, apartment horror stories, cosmic buttholes, and spectral visitations from Columbo before they are ultimately (and unsurprisingly) undone by too many wigs on The Chopping Block. Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 113 - Why Are These Not Beans
February 10, 2021 12:08 - 1 hour - 53.5 MBEpisode 113: Why Are These Not Beans This week, the Gaylords search for an exit from The Descent Part 2 (2009)! Stacie & Anthony talk terrible choices, crawlers with wigs, doody pits, and Rosie’s Koosh balls before diving into an absolute failure of a Chopping Block. Plus! Hear our crossover with Faculty of Horror on their Year in Review episode, available now at facultyofhorror.com or wherever podcasts are conjured! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 112 - DJ Chunky Yes
February 03, 2021 11:33 - 1 hour - 50.7 MBEpisode 112: DJ Chunky Yes The Gaylords are back and so is The Queen of Black Magic (2019)! Stacie & Anthony talk Indonesian horror, babes in hell houses, CGI-ipedes, reboots, Applebee’s, and the first-ever Gaylords short film for Final Girls Berlin Film Festival! Plus! An all-new, all-insane Chopping Block. Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 111 - A Hotly Contested Debacle
January 20, 2021 11:30 - 1 hour - 52.1 MBEpisode 111: A Hotly Contested Debacle The Gaylords investigate Prince of Darkness (1987)! Stacie & Anthony tackle John Carpenter’s stoner philosophy, closeted characters in literal closets, errors, and "errors" before placing their heads on a listener-inspired Chopping Block. Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 110 - Courting the Abyss
January 13, 2021 05:57 - 1 hour - 50.3 MBEpisode 110 - Courting the Abyss We’re checking in to Psycho II (1983)! Your Gaylords talk all-star deaths, horny couples without cleanliness standards, and Stacie busts out her Scoop Hat™ with the truth behind the Meg Tilly / Anthony Perkins creative differences. And to top it all off there's a catastrophic new Chopping Block! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 109 - Udder Play
January 06, 2021 11:37 - 1 hour - 51.5 MBEpisode 109: Udder Play The future ghosts of the Gaylords cry out: beware of Crimson Peak (2015)! Stacie & Anthony slog through seeping raspberry jam, fake Victorian diseases, incest, and, in true Gaylords fashion, glory holes. All this and a pulse-pounding new Chopping Block, too! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 108 - The Embalming of Fran
December 30, 2020 11:44 - 1 hour - 45 MBEpisode 108: The Embalming of Fran The Gaylords take to their New Year’s murder tent for The Children (2008)! Stacie & Anthony don’t make resolutions but DO talk creepy kids, Last Christmas lawsuits, and smart homes voiced by Shohreh Aghdashloo. Plus: an all-new installment of The Chopping Block to send off 2020 in bloody style. Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 107 - Killing People for Pleasure
December 23, 2020 12:51 - 1 hour - 62.6 MBEpisode 107: Killing People for Pleasure The Gaylords take a holiday at the Overlook Hotel for The Shining (1980)! Stacie & Anthony worship maintenance queen Shelley Duvall and naturally discuss murder trophies, K-pop idols, Wayfair cabinets, and the bonkers holiday romcom Last Christmas before a gripping new Chopping Block. Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 106 - High-powered Perception
December 09, 2020 10:38 - 1 hour - 51.9 MBEpisode 106: High-powered Perception This week the Gaylords jump in a crate and head to Salem's Lot (1979)! Stacie and Anthony talk gentrification and small town gays, monsters dealing with bureaucracy, the merits of gross-looking vampires, and much more before an intense installment of The Chopping Block. Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 105 - Boredom Bottom
December 02, 2020 10:49 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBEpisode 105: Boredom Bottom The Gaylords heed the cry of the classic Japanese film Godzilla (aka Gojira, 1954)! Stacie & Anthony discuss nuclear trauma, American obstinacy, Bea Arthur’s wookiee grudges, and more before heading into a doorbusting Chopping Block. Go big or go to the bottom of the sea! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 104 - The Raven Meter
November 25, 2020 11:57 - 1 hour - 46.5 MBEpisode 104: The Raven Meter For god’s sake, the Gaylords return to 1983 and move into Amityville 3-D! Stacie & Anthony slog through evil hot tubs (and the demons who love them), Lori Loughlin and Meg Ryan, and their joy and malaise over 112 Ocean Avenue — followed by an eye-popping, beefcake-filled Chopping Block and more! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 103 - Death by Tube
November 18, 2020 11:57 - 1 hour - 45 MBEpisode 103: Death by Tube The Gaylords take a trip back to 1983 for Mortuary! Stacie & Anthony talk happenstance Satanists, First Couple of Horror Lynda Day and Christopher George, the weirdness of embalming, and yes, death by tubes — all before a harrowing new Chopping Block and more! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 102 - Smooth Move
November 11, 2020 11:14 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBEpisode 102: Smooth Move The Gaylords honk with joy over the election and Someone's Watching Me! (1978)! Stacie & Anthony get into John Carpenter’s feminism, Adrienne Barbeau’s revolutionary lesbian portrayal, Lauren Hutton’s everything, and wrap it up with a disastrous installment of The Chopping Block. Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 101 - SCUM Queen
November 04, 2020 16:51 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBEpisode 101: SCUM Queen This week the Gaylords go to Manderley again to discuss Rebecca (1940)! Stacie and Anthony dig into Daphne du Maurier's bisexuality, the lesbian terrorism of Mrs. Danvers, and that Fontaine + Olivier chemistry. Plus: John Carpenter feelings, pre-election anxiety, and a suspenseful new Chopping Block. Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 100 - Pickle Anniversary
October 28, 2020 15:16 - 1 hour - 73.1 MBEpisode 100: Pickle Anniversary Put on your BLXIVM sash and join us for our supersized and super self-indulgent 100th Episode super spectacular! It's a Gaytrospective full of clips, bloopers, a mega Chopping Block, exciting surprise announcements, Blacie’s new cult, the total loss of our minds, and so much more! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 99 - Three Moms and a Baby
October 21, 2020 10:46 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBEpisode 99: Three Moms and a Baby The Gaylords pose for Fatal Frame (2014), in which Stacie & Anthony are blown away by their favorite themes: J-Horror, video games, boarding schools, mystery solving, hot nuns, clompin’ Lolitas, and a hefty dose of gay — all with a can of Tab and a new Chopping Block! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 98 - Bun and a Housedress
October 14, 2020 13:13 - 1 hour - 49.5 MBEpisode 98: Bun and a Housedress The Gaylords swap scary stories for Kidan: Piece of Darkness (2016)! Stacie & Anthony talk ghoulish anthologies, corporeal ghosts, and the most soothing narrator of all time — then they bust out their mom jeans & Rosetta Stones for The Chopping Block, and Stacie finds a new end-of-life plan (and film franchise opportunity). Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 97 - Dysentery Bangs
October 07, 2020 09:32 - 1 hour - 45.3 MBEpisode 97: Dysentery Bangs The Gaylords go back to school (don’t tell them they’re late) for Memento Mori (1999)! Stacie & Anthony talk schoolgirls, South Korean queerness, turtle girls, and spiders with Julia Roberts smiles before a soul-crushing new installment of The Chopping Block. Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 96 - Mime Wife
September 30, 2020 10:57 - 2 hours - 84.7 MBEpisode 96: Mime Wife Celebrate two years of Gaylords of Darkness with Park Chan-wook's The Handmaiden (2016)! Stacie & Anthony talk grifters, women’s sexuality, scissoring controversies, and reclamation before getting into a very special edition of The Chopping Block. Get out your bells and birthday cake and join the festivities! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 95 - THE QUICK SKINNY
September 23, 2020 08:03 - 1 hour - 46.8 MBEpisode 95: The Quick Skinny The Gaylords don their leotards and character shoes for Takashi Miike's Audition (1999)! Stacie & Anthony talk oatmeal trauma, egg depositors, the origin of torture p0rn, and how far they’ll go to stan a queen before taking on The Headsthey in another nerve-wracking edition of The Chopping Block. Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 94 - Pickle Mae West
September 16, 2020 14:41 - 1 hour - 51.6 MBEpisode 94: Pickle Mae West The Gaylords return to South Korea for A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)! Stacie & Anthony talk wicked stepmothers, scary ghosts, pickles, and then in a SHOCKING twist, they fail miserably at The Chopping Block. Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 93 - Hissing to the Wind
September 09, 2020 16:31 - 1 hour - 50.7 MBEpisode 93: Hissing to the Wind Throw yourself down a well and join the Gaylords as they discuss the Ring franchise! They slog through four films and countless Sadakos, psychics, haunted videotapes, cursed diaries, and sexy goth cloning cults in search of a Ring that fits just right (it might be the remake). Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 92 - I Want the Wig
September 02, 2020 12:22 - 1 hour - 52 MBEpisode 92: I Want the Wig The Gaylords tour gorgeous and gory South Korea with Hong-jin Na's The Wailing (2016)! Stacie & Anthony talk foul-mouthed demon children, queens who throw rocks at cops, cultural traumas, and more. Then: a new lifeline for The Chopping Block And SHOCKtober plans at Final Girl! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 91 - Macabramé
August 26, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 53.4 MBEpisode 91: Macabramé The Gaylords give themselves the willies with Noroi: The Curse (2005)! Stacie & Anthony talk found footage, trade in Paranormal Activity’s Toby for this film’s Kagutaba, and Anthony issues a very important public apology to Stacie (and Laura Barns) over the Unfriended franchise. Plus: another edition of The Chopping Block! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 90 - Rebecca, the Dearest Doll
August 19, 2020 09:44 - 1 hour - 43.7 MBEpisode 90: Rebecca, the Dearest Doll The Gaylords return to horror with the 2001 Japanese film Pulse! Stacie & Anthony scare themselves silly with Butoh ghost apocalypses, online isolation, internet startup disks, and more. Plus: the true story behind Annabelle’s daring escape and the revenge of The Headsthey! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 89 - Mayonnaise Daddy
August 12, 2020 09:52 - 1 hour - 43.2 MBEpisode 89: Mayonnaise Daddy Disaster July topples with The Towering Inferno (1974)! The Gaylords get heated over Newman’s Own salsa, brutal elevator-themed deaths, and the sheer waste of Faye Dunaway before reaching a turning point with another edition of The Chopping Block. Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 88 - The Axe Body Spray of Gum
August 05, 2020 07:28 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBEpisode 88: The Axe Body Spray of Gum Now that it’s August, Disaster July continues with Daylight (1996)! Stacie & Anthony talk 90s disaster movies that feel 70s disaster movies, Claire Bloom, and Karen parents before indulging in another round of The Chopping Block. Also: an update on Stacie’s Lorenza Izzo journey, and Anthony discovers Sylvester Stallone! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 87 - Cannibal Beat Centerfold
July 31, 2020 09:38 - 1 hour - 49 MBEpisode 87: Cannibal Beat Centerfold Surprise! In the midst of all these disaster films, here’s a bonus (horror) episode for you! The Gaylords test their “lockdown low” limbo pole with a viewing of The Green Inferno (2013). Stacie and Anthony discuss the dangers of the runs, computer ants, penis trunks, and the siren song of Lorenza Izzo before putting their heads on The Chopping Block. Listen now before Disaster July resumes this August! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinec...
Episode 86 - The Mossing
July 29, 2020 11:38 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBEpisode 86: The Mossing Disaster July dips into eco-horror with Frogs (1972)! Stacie & Anthony talk mustache-less superbabes Sam Elliott and Joan Van Ark, the film’s astounding Black representation, and all those adorable frogs before launching a brand new game show featuring the Headsthey: The Chopping Block! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 85 - The P-virus
July 22, 2020 11:21 - 1 hour - 51.9 MBEpisode 85: The P-virus Disaster July goes off the Richter scale with Earthquake (1974)! The Gaylords live for Ava Gardner, despise Charlton Heston’s chest hair, cast their own disaster epic, and Stacie spills all about her love for Victoria Principal & Marjoe Gortner. Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 84 - A Part-Time Job
July 15, 2020 13:23 - 56 minutes - 39.1 MBEpisode 84: A Part-Time Job Disaster July continues with The Swarm (1978)! This week the Gaylords dig into Irwin Allen's flop epic that has it all: Olivia de Havilland, bees, terrible doctors, scientist bow ties, atrocious dialogue, and a runtime so long we might still be watching it. Cover yourself in bees and listen! (Please do not cover yourself in bees.) Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
Episode 83 - Now Back Alive Karen Black
July 08, 2020 10:19 - 1 hour - 49.7 MBEpisode 83: Now Back Alive Karen Black The Gaylords launch Disaster July with 1974's Airport 1975! Stacie & Anthony vote for President Pilot Karen Black and talk Gloria Swanson, Linda Blair on a couch, nun fetishes, growing up gay, and more. Tune in all month for all-star casts trapped in horrifying catastrophes — it’s just like real life but with fun and talent! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co
The Wrap-Up-Ening
July 01, 2020 16:13 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBThe Three-ening is over and our heads are exploded, but it was all for a great cause. Thanks to our friends and listeners and boths and neithers, we raised over $6000 for the National Black Justice Coalition! This wee wrap-up takes a look back at the week of donations and madness and all the lessons learned.