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The Intersection of Real Life, Prophecies, Cutting Edge Technology, and Storytelling | A conversation with Guy Morris | Audio Signals Podcast With Marco Ciappelli

Audio Signals Podcast - July 20, 2024 20:16 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Guest: Guy Morris, Novelist, Guy Morris Books [@guymorrisbooks] On LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/guybmorris/ _____________________________ Host: Marco Ciappelli, Co-Founder at ITSPmagazine [@ITSPmagazine] and Host of Redefining Society Podcast & Audio Signals Podcast On ITSPmagazine...

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Book | The Unthinkable Truth | A conversation about AI, The Future of Humanity, and Of Course About Storytelling | A Conversation With Author Dr. Yona Bouskila | Audio Signals Podcast With Marco Ciappelli

Audio Signals Podcast - July 20, 2024 01:48 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Guest: Dr. Yona Bouskila, Author Website | https://www.yonabouskila.com/ _____________________________ Host: Marco Ciappelli, Co-Founder at ITSPmagazine [@ITSPmagazine] and Host of Redefining Society Podcast & Audio Signals Podcast On ITSPmagazine | https://www.itspmagazine.com/itspmagazine-...

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Don’t Hold Back, with Jasmine Gonzalez

Uncorking a Story - July 09, 2024 09:30 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratings
"It's okay to not be okay. Writing has been my way to let things out, to release the constriction of emotions, and to heal. I don't hold back in my poetry, and I encourage others to find their own way to express and release their feelings." – Jasmine Gonzalez In this episode of "Uncorking a Story...

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#234 - Chris Yeoh: The Art and Legacy of Amnesia Skateboards.

Terrible. Happy. Talks. - July 06, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
When was the last time you heard a story where skateboarding, art, and personal resilience came together in a beautiful tapestry? Join us as we sit down with Chris Yeoh, the visionary founder of Amnesia Skateboards, in the heart of the Paint Studio communal art space in Marrickville, Sydney. Alo...

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From Marketing Maven to Magical Storyteller, with Christina Bacilieri

Uncorking a Story - July 02, 2024 11:30 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratings
"Magic finds us in our darkest times." — Christina Bacilieri Christina Bacilieri’s life and career were profoundly shaped by her Italian grandmother and a dream that inspired her to write her first novel, "The Last Refuge." In this episode, Christina shares her journey from a career in marketing ...

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409 - Elvis Presley

Timesuck with Dan Cummins - July 01, 2024 18:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 21K ratings
What do you know about the King, baby? Did you know how poor he was growing up? How quickly he became famous as an adult? Did you know he had a pet chimp, Scatter, that he let get drunk and terrorized costars on some of his movie sets? A lot about Elvis and a little bit on the history of Rock n ...

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Short Suck #12 - The Dark Truth about Pornhub (And Where You Can Jerk/Rub Ethically!)

Timesuck with Dan Cummins - June 28, 2024 18:30 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 21K ratings
Do you know why Pornhub removed over 80% of its content at the end of 2020? The site was littered with child pornography and rape videos. Is it still? And if it is, where else can you go to find some "ethical pornography"?  A look into where to (and where not to)  beat your beaver and clean your...

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Book | Conspiracy Ignited | A Conversation With Author Raymond Paul Johnson | Audio Signals Podcast With Marco Ciappelli

Audio Signals Podcast - June 26, 2024 01:48 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Guest: Raymond Paul Johnson, Novelist On LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/raymond-paul-johnnson-author-attorney/ On Twitter | https://twitter.com/RPJohnsonBooks On Website | https://RaymondPaulJohnson.com On Facebook | https://www.Facebook.com/RaymondPaulJohnsonThrillerWriter On Insta...

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Love, Loss, and Legacy, with Anna Monardo

Uncorking a Story - June 25, 2024 10:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratings
"Marriage can hold more difficulty than you believe and still move forward and evolve into something positive." – Anna Monardo How does an arranged marriage spanning continents and generations reveal the hidden strengths and vulnerabilities of a family, and what can it teach us about our own rela...

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Virgin-Martyr Febronia of Nisibis (310)

Saint of the Day - June 25, 2024 05:01 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 134 ratings
Though the daughter of a Roman senator and a great beauty, she fled the world and entered a monastery in Mesopotamia. (So great was her beauty that the abbess had her stand behind a screen while reading to her monastic sisters.) At that time the Emperor Diocletian sent a certain Selenus, along wi...

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408 - Larry Nassar and the US Gymnastics Scandal

Timesuck with Dan Cummins - June 24, 2024 18:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 21K ratings
How was Dr. Larry Nasser able to sexually abuse over 500 victims, almost all of them young female gymnasts, over a period of 25+ years, in plain sight? He abused many of them while their parents sat right next to them, or across the room. And what culture of abuse was exposed when he was finally...

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Nativity of St John the Baptist

Saint of the Day - June 24, 2024 05:01 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 134 ratings
The wonderful story of the Forerunner's conception and birth is told in the first chapter of the Gospel according to Luke. Together with the Most Holy Theotokos and Christ Himself, both his conception and his birth are commemorated as Feasts of the Church. His name, Johanan in Hebrew, means "The ...

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Martyr Agrippina of Rome (3rd c.)

Saint of the Day - June 23, 2024 05:01 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 134 ratings
She lived in virginity in Rome during the reign of Valerian (253-260) — as the Prologue says, 'expelling the stench of the passions from her heart with the sweet-smelling perfume of purity and chastity.' She voluntarily presented herself to the pagans and announced herself to be a Christian, for ...

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#233 - Aimee Massie: Judging Olympic Skateboarding. Going Viral. Resilience. Kindness.

Terrible. Happy. Talks. - June 22, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
Join us as we get to know Amiee Massie, a skateboarder, content creator, and Olympic skateboarding judge. Aimee shares about her captivating journey from growing up in a housing commission area of the Gold Coast, to her current life of global travel, creativity, and developing her personal brand...

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St Alban, First Martyr of Great Britain (early 3rd c.)

Saint of the Day - June 22, 2024 05:01 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 134 ratings
He was a soldier in the Roman army and, according to the venerable Bede, was brought to faith in Christ by a fugitive priest to whom he gave shelter. The saint exchanged clothes with the priest, allowing him to escape and ensuring his own martyrdom. Some writers, including St Bede, place his mart...

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Our Holy Fathers Julius and Julian (5th c.)

Saint of the Day - June 21, 2024 05:01 - 47 seconds ★★★★★ - 134 ratings
They were brothers from Greece, Christians from childhood; Julius was a priest, Julian a deacon. At the command of the Emperor Theodosius the Younger, they set out as missionaries to destroy idols and bring the people to faith in Christ throughout the Empire. During their lifetime they built a hu...

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St Kallistos I, Patriarch of Constantinople (1363)

Saint of the Day - June 20, 2024 05:01 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 134 ratings
For twenty-eight years he lived the ascetical life on Mt Athos as a disciple of St Gregory of Mt Sinai. Later, he founded the monastery of St Mamas, also on Mt Athos. In 1350 he was elected Patriarch of Constantinople. After four years, he resigned the patriarchal throne to return to the Holy Mou...

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Holy Apostle Jude, the Brother of the Lord (80)

Saint of the Day - June 19, 2024 05:01 - 52 seconds ★★★★★ - 134 ratings
He was one of the Twelve and a kinsman of the Lord according to the flesh (see Luke 6:16, Acts 1:13; according to holy Tradition, Joseph the Carpenter, before he was widowed, had four sons by his wife Salome: James, Hosea, Simon and Jude). As an Apostle, St Jude preached in Mesopotamia, Arabia an...

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Navigating Identity and Belonging, with Adoptee Lisa Ann

Uncorking a Story - June 18, 2024 09:30 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratings
"Being chosen doesn't mean being whole; it means navigating a journey to find yourself.” — Adoptee Lisa Ann In this heartfelt episode of "Uncorking a Story," host Mike Carlon welcomes Lisa Ann, the host of the "Wandering Tree Podcast." Lisa Ann shares her deeply personal story as an adoptee, disc...

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Martyr Leontius, and with him Martyrs Hypatius and Theodoulos, at Tripoli in Syria (73)

Saint of the Day - June 18, 2024 05:01 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 134 ratings
An honored Roman commander in Tripoli of Phoenicia, he was described as being 'of great physical stature, powerful, strong and bold in battle'. When it was learned that he was a Christian and had given grain to the poor from the imperial storehouse, the governor Hadrian, a great persecutor of Chr...

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407 - Serial Flasher/Rapist/Killer Randy Woodfield

Timesuck with Dan Cummins - June 17, 2024 18:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 21K ratings
I don't know if anyone has ever loved exposing themselves to strangers as much as Randy Woodfield. The serial flasher, rapist, and I-5 Killer had an unusual childhood for a sexual predator - it was wonderful. He grew up in a loving, two-parent home, in a charming Oregon coast town, where he got ...

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Martyrs Manuel, Sabael, and Ismael of Persia (362)

Saint of the Day - June 17, 2024 05:01 - 50 seconds ★★★★★ - 134 ratings
"The holy Martyrs Manuel, Sabel, and Ishmael, Persians by race and brethren according to the flesh, were sent by the Persian King as ambassadors to Julian the Apostate to negotiate a peace treaty. While with him at a place near Chalcedon, they refused to join him in offering sacrifice to his idol...

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Holy Martyrs Tigrios and Eutropios (404)

Saint of the Day - June 16, 2024 05:01 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 134 ratings
When St John Chrysostom was exiled, the Great Church caught fire and was destroyed. Most of the people saw this as a judgment upon the City for exiling the holy Archbishop; but St John's enemies tried to blame his followers and persecuted them fiercely. Two of these loyal followers were Tigrios, ...

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Holy Martyr Lazar, Prince of Serbia (1389)

Saint of the Day - June 15, 2024 05:01 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 134 ratings
"He was one of the greatest men of Serbia who ruled the kingdom after king Dušan. Upon the death of King Uroš, Lazar was crowned King of Serbia by Patriarch Ephraim. He sent a delegation to Constantinople, including a monk called Isaiah, to plead for the removing of the anathema from the Serbian ...

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Short Suck #11 - The Khamar-Daban Incident

Timesuck with Dan Cummins - June 14, 2024 18:30 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 21K ratings
What really happened to a group of seven hikers in the Khamar-Daban mountain range in Siberia on August 5th, 1993? Did six of them really begin to bleed from their eyes and ears before they all died in a state of utter madness? And if so - what, exactly, killed them? We look at the known facts a...

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St Methodios, Patriarch of Constantinople (847)

Saint of the Day - June 14, 2024 05:01 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 134 ratings
He was born to wealthy parents in Syracuse of Sicily. He entered monastic life and in time became a priest in the service of Patriarch Nikephoros. Because of his great and well-known zeal for the holy icons, he was cruelly persecuted by a succession of iconoclast emperors. Around 815, he was sent...

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St Anna and her son John (5h c.)

Saint of the Day - June 13, 2024 05:01 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 134 ratings
"Taken as an orphan into the house of a nobleman and treated as an adopted child, she was cared for and educated in that house. The rich man considered her worthy to be married to his son. When the old man died, the family urged the son to put his wife away because of her low birth and to marry a...

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Saint Onuphrios the Great (400)

Saint of the Day - June 12, 2024 05:01 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 134 ratings
"This holy ascetic had been living a whole sixty years in the desert when the monk Paphnutius visited him. His hair and beard reached down to the ground, and long hair, as white as snow, had grown all overy his body during his years of nakedness. His appearance was cadaverous, unearthly and awe-i...

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Talents Not Tendencies, with Mary Carol Moore

Uncorking a Story - June 11, 2024 10:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratings
"The idea of found family and the hope that you have a pod of people out there who will accept you for who you are is central to my story." — Mary Carol Moore In today’s episode, Author Mary Carol Moore discusses her journey from being a food journalist to an accomplished novelist, inspired by he...

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Holy Apostles Bartholomew and Barnabas

Saint of the Day - June 11, 2024 05:01 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 134 ratings
Saint Bartholomew was one of the Twelve Apostles, a Galilean; the Gospel accounts say little more about him. It is said that, after receiving the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, he traveled in the service of the Gospel to Arabia and Persia, and brought to India a translation of the Gospel according to ...