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Song of Ice and Fire Podcast 215: Daenerys VI Storm of Swords

Morning Throners Podcast - June 10, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
Send us a Text Message. In this episode Nelson, Jeff and Kyle discuss the 72st chapter of the book "A Storm Of Swords" from the series "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R.R. Martin. In the first half of the podcast we go through the chapter chronologically with Kyle who is on his first read th...

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Previously Generated Internet Slop with Jason Meller

Random but Memorable - June 04, 2024 13:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 66 ratings
Should businesses be tying compensation and bonuses to security performance? We debate this question and more in the latest instalment of Watchtower Weekly. It's also time to get your best guesses ready for the penultimate game of Security Blank! 🤷 Plus, we sit down with Jason Meller to discuss...

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Song of Ice and Fire Podcast 214: Tyrion X Storm of Swords

Morning Throners Podcast - June 03, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
Send us a Text Message. In this episode Nelson, Jeff and Kyle discuss the 71st chapter of the book "A Storm Of Swords" from the series "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R.R. Martin. In the first half of the podcast we go through the chapter chronologically with Kyle who is on his first read th...

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Sunday, June 2, 2024 - Look out, here comes a SQUIB! 🦵🏈

Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword - June 03, 2024 01:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Send us a Text Message. Today's crossword was a real deal - two puzzles for the price of one, and each was a delight. We have all the deets inside, so do have a listen. This is our last podcast for two weeks-- we are taking our yearly Summer sabbatical -- so expect to hear from us starting ......

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Saturday, June 1, 2024 - The POSHEST crossword this week!

Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword - June 02, 2024 01:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Send us a Text Message. A splendid Saturday crossword wraps up our crossword-solving week. Saturdays are by tradition the hardest crossword of the week, with the trickiest clues, and this one was definitely in that league. This was Eric Warren's second crossword in the NYTimes, and the first ti...

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Friday, May 31, 2024 - We have a FIENDING for more Aidan Deshong crosswords!

Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword - June 01, 2024 02:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Send us a Text Message. This is a beaut of a debut by Aidan Deshong, a high school senior just about to graduate, and head off to Harvey Mudd. Perhaps he'll major in Engimatology like legendary NYTimes crossword editor Will Shortz.  The clues and answers in today's grid were, simply put, brill...

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Thursday, May 30, 2024 - This crossword, like the answer to 22A, is WELLDONE

Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword - May 31, 2024 01:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Send us a Text Message. A very nice crossword by Royce Ferguson - his 4th for the NYTimes, and a Thursday debut. The theme was ingenious but not too difficult to suss out, and the number of pop-culture references was on the low side, which affected Jean not at all but did benefit Mike (for whom...

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Wednesday, May 29, 2024 - Bottoms Up!

Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword - May 30, 2024 01:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Send us a Text Message. While drinks played an essential part in today's grid, it seems unlikely that they were involved in its construction, based on the elegance of the puzzle - not surprising considering that the constructors in question were Jeanne Breen (for her, a debut), and  Jeff Chen, ...

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Tuesday, May 28, 2024 - EVIE Sands, in the grid and (hopefully) on your playlist!

Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword - May 29, 2024 02:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Send us a Text Message. A nice Tuesday crossword, and, as detailed in today's episode, one eight years in the making!! So, even though PERSEVERANCE is not in the grid, it truly is in the heart of Chris Leatherberry, the constructor of today's fine work. We appreciated all the longer wavelength...

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Monday, May 27, 2024 - All rise, ELENA Kagan is in the grid!

Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword - May 28, 2024 01:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Send us a Text Message. It's hard not to GIVEPROPS to a crossword that has GIVEPROPS in the grid, so we're not even going to try: PROPS to Christopher Youngs for this, his 4th NYTimes crossword! Show note imagery: Yaroslava Shvedova, celebrating her GOLDENSET win at Wimbledon in 2012 Contact ...

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Song of Ice and Fire Podcast 213: Jon IX Storm of Swords

Morning Throners Podcast - May 27, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
Send us a Text Message. In this episode Nelson, Jeff and Kyle discuss the 70th chapter of the book "A Storm Of Swords" from the series "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R.R. Martin. In the first half of the podcast we go through the chapter chronologically with Kyle who is on his first read th...

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Sunday, May 26, 2024 - Look, up there in the sky ... it's a dude, it's a bro, no, it's a ... BRAH??

Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword - May 27, 2024 01:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Send us a Text Message. A straightforward Sunday puzzle by John Kugelman, this his 4th for the NYTimes, with a theme for which the word "cute" was invented. The quality of the clues was exceptional, with some real gems noted in today's podcast. But we'd also like to highlight some others, such ...

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Off-Grid Pod 040 Seaside Banking Standards

Off-Grid - May 26, 2024 10:55 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Take a stroll with The General, Dave and Void, as they chat about where to stroll, what idiots have on their heads, and a smoking trial. Full show notes are at https://offgrid.tlmb.net/ Some General Knowledge, a mini-quiz, and some fun trivia we didn't necessarily know until just now. Before ...

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Saturday, May 25, 2024 - A splendid Saturday solve

Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword - May 26, 2024 01:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Send us a Text Message. This is David P. Williams' fourth NYTimes crossword, and interestingly all four have used the same grid, so apparently DPW has taken the phrase "why mess with success?" to heart. There are some magnificent clues in today's grid, including 47D, Time to take stock?, IPO; 3...

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Friday, May 24, 2024 - This crossword is TWICEASNICE

Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword - May 25, 2024 00:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Send us a Text Message. For your edification, we present our analysis of a  nice -- in fact, twice as nice! -- crossword by Carolyn Davies Lynch that really has a lot to commend it, most notably some really, really difficult clues! Fortunately there were not too many pop-culture references: we ...

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Thursday, May 23, 2024 - Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive

Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword - May 24, 2024 02:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Send us a Text Message. We don't normally namedrop Shakespearean quotes, but we are inspired by today's highly twisty-turny theme that looks like it might take 100 years or so to construct, but Adam Wagner managed to pull it off in well under a decade 😉 While the theme is certainly the center o...

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Wednesday, May 22, 2024 - Finally, the DEBUGGER gets its due!

Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword - May 23, 2024 01:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Send us a Text Message. Today's crossword had eight, count'em, eight debut answers, including every computer programmer's favorite, DEBUGGER, the unsung hero of software development. A number of other clues  didn't make it into the grid but deserve a shoutout, including 61A, Currently happening...

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Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - Today's crossword is LIT!

Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword - May 22, 2024 01:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Send us a Text Message. Tuesday's crossword, just like the child in the nursery rhyme, is full of grace -- and we mention nursery not just to name drop but because it is an essential component of today's puzzle. Intrigued? We thought you might be, but in the interests of keeping your IL (Intrig...

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The RSA Special

Random but Memorable - May 21, 2024 13:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 66 ratings
It's our RSA special! 🎉 Join the podcast gang and 1Password's Chief Product Officer, Steve Won, as we unpack everything that went down at 2024's RSA Conference. Hear all about 1Password's game changing RSA announcement and the reaction, plus we share what the team got up to – straight from the c...

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Monday, May 20, 2024 - A-tten-hut! CAPTAINOBVIOUS wants to say a few (obvious) words!

Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword - May 21, 2024 01:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Send us a Text Message. A delightfully wry Monday theme courtesy of Jack Scherban, and if that name doesn't ring a bell that's because this crossword marks his debut in the NYTimes, so congrats, Jack! There were a few answers in the grid that haven't been seen in a while - 11D, Comic actress Ma...

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Song of Ice and Fire Podcast 212: Sansa VI Storm of Swords

Morning Throners Podcast - May 20, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
Send us a Text Message. In this episode Nelson, Jeff and Kyle discuss the 69th chapter of the book "A Storm Of Swords" from the series "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R.R. Martin. In the first half of the podcast we go through the chapter chronologically with Kyle who is on his first read th...

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Sunday, May 19, 2024 - Mmmm, pass the ADOBO!

Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword - May 20, 2024 01:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Send us a Text Message. Somewhat akin to Robert Frost's "two roads diverged in a yellow wood", Jean & Mike's solves diverged, with Jean tearing through today's crossword, and Mike coming to a screeching halt (with him supplying most of the screeching). The reason for this is, as long time liste...

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Saturday, May 18, 2024 - Hey, where'd all the black squares go? 😀

Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword - May 19, 2024 01:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Send us a Text Message. Today's crossword looked daunting - a sea of white squares, and two  3-stack sets of grid-spanning answers. But while our first reaction was 36A, [Uh-oh], GULP, and our second reaction was 59A, "I'm speechless", THEREARENOWORDS", we used our 15D, Spots for berets, TETES,...

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Friday, May 17, 2024 - A Fast (but not Furious) Friday crossword

Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword - May 18, 2024 02:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Send us a Text Message. A relatively straightforward Friday crossword by Hermann Mehta, but an admirable addition to the pantheon nonetheless. Now, based on the Law of Conservation of Crossword Difficulty (first theorized by one A. Einstein, if memory serves), this means that Saturday's crosswo...

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Thursday, May 16, 2024 - EDIE, LIEV, OWEN, ALEC and ISSA - this grid is *brimming* with actors!!

Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword - May 17, 2024 01:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Send us a Text Message. Although today's' theme has nothing to do with actors, quite a few of them popped up in today's grid.There were some LOL clues / answers as well, and let us not gloss over some very nice pairings in the grid -- EDIE v. EDDY, LIEV v. ALEVE, those surely can't ONE, um, we ...

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Wednesday, May 15, 2024 - HAPPYBDAY -- which, statistically speaking, will apply to 1/365th of all of you reading this! 😉

Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword - May 16, 2024 01:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Send us a Text Message. A middle-of-the-road crossword for the middle of the week, MaryEllen Uthlaut has made a bbbbbedazzling puzzle -- and the reason for all those extra b's will bbbbbecome apparent as soon as you check out today's episode, so ... do it now! Show note imagery: A 10 BAHT coin...

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Tuesday, May 14, 2024 - Bring on the TRUNKSHOW!

Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword - May 15, 2024 00:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Send us a Text Message. Alex Eaton-Salners, a grizzled veteran with 67 (!) NYTimes crosswords to his credit, has produced a fine Tuesday crossword for our edification and entertainment. There was a fine theme and excellent surrounding cast of clues, including a few that we couldn't squeeze into...

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Monday, May 13, 2024 - Fore!

Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword - May 14, 2024 03:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Send us a Text Message. For those of you who can think of nothing better to do than spend a morning out on the links  -- and if an image of giant sausages just sprung to mind, you are not the people we had in mind 😀 -- you are going to love today's puzzle, especially the theme (nudge, nudge, wi...

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Song of Ice and Fire Podcast 211: Jamie VIII Storm of Swords

Morning Throners Podcast - May 13, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
Send us a Text Message. In this episode Nelson, Jeff and Kyle discuss the 68th chapter of the book "A Storm Of Swords" from the series "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R.R. Martin. In the first half of the podcast we go through the chapter chronologically with Kyle who is on his first read th...

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Sunday, May 12, 2024 - Happy Mother's Day!! 👩‍👧

Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword - May 13, 2024 01:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Send us a Text Message. A delectable Mother's Day present from Avery Gee Katz, a crossword that one of our cohosts found to be just a trifle difficult, and the other found to be like scaling Mount Everest barefoot, but harder. We will let you mull over who found what what, and then invite you t...