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What If? . . .a secret visitor from another dimension is caught flying---solo . . . a President fights for his life---outside of the political ring . . . a father converses with his son---still in the womb . . . a scientist creates the first time machine---to fund his greed . . . a tunnel swallows a man, his dreams---and his haunted hitchhiker . . . the First Man in Space blasts off---in 1944! Welcome to Volume 1 of Myths of What If? sci-fi stories. Come journey with us on flights of fantasy, through realms of fractured reality, down halls of breathless imagination. Blink hard! Harder! Now ...

Home and Beer Brewing Podcast

A thirty-something single woman, the untried colt she inherits, a horse-crazy little girl, and their band of misfits and has-beens stick it to the establishment in the cutthroat world of horse racing.

Brad Smith continues to make a name for himself as a darkly comic crime novelist. His second mystery starring Virgil Cain, Crow’s Landing finds the jack-of-all-trades out for a day of fishing on the Hudson River. But when he reels in a strange steel cylinder, a crooked cop quickly seizes it - along with his boat. Soon Virgil is teaming up with Dusty, a single mom who seems to know a little too much about the cylinder and its contents.

Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith speaks with leaders in government, business, and culture to explore the world’s most critical challenges at the intersection of technology and society. As a 30-year veteran of an industry driven by disruption, Brad Smith hosts candid conversations with his guests that examine, reframe, and explore potential solutions to the digital issues shaping our world today, including cybersecurity, privacy, digital inclusion, environmental sustainability, artificial intelligence, and human rights.

Home Brewing and How to Brew Podcast for Beer Brewers

From Microsoft's President and one of the tech industry's wisest thinkers, a frank and thoughtful reckoning with how to balance enormous promise and existential risk as the digitisation of everything accelerates. In Tools and Weapons, Brad Smith takes us behind the scenes on some of the biggest stories to hit the tech industry in the past decade. From Edward Snowden's NSA leak to the NHS WannaCry ransomware attack, this book is essential listening to understand what's happening in the world around us.

Going Off Track is a weekly interview show hosted by Benny Horowitz (The Gaslight Anthem) and producer Brad Worrell. The show was created in 2012 by Jonah Bayer, Brad and Steven Smith (FuseTV host) who realized that all the best conversations at Fuse were happening while the lights were being setup. Once cameras started rolling it was all PR and record-label priorities. So was born the casual, "living room conversation" dynamic of Offtrack who's guest list leans towards the musical but with plenty of comedians, actors and generally interesting folks thrown in.

The Space Infantry are here! Conducting covert missions throughout the galaxy's frontiers, these elite units are humanity's greatest hope for its future survival. It is the 27th century, and humanity has reached out to the stars only to find itself surrounded by hostile alien races who work tirelessly to destroy what we have built. The United Planets Colonial Government dispatches these small teams of brave men and women to fight back against alien aggression.

Diving into weekly Fantasy Football updates and NFL News. Topics Like: Waiver Adds, Start/Sit, Streamers, and more!

Learn the innovative strategies Microsoft pioneered that created a virtuous cycle of giving and volunteerism that has benefited the company and fulfilled its employees while making the world a better place. Early on in the Microsoft story, Bill Gates and other key executives met to decide how...

THREE TALES OF THREE TAILS: a Dog, a Cat, and a Kite! a Dog . . . SUZIE'S SONG Some Dogs Live a Different Kind of Life Suzie is a little terrier-mix who makes the biggest mistake of any dog’s life—she stops being a puppy. Abandoned somewhere in the country, she learns to fend for herself—in a world she has never known before—with the unlikely help of one very wily stranger: a Coyote! a Cat . . . TUXEDO CAT All Dressed Up and No Place to Go TC is a cat out of sync with his siblings—not unlike many kids. Due to his comical black-and-white coloring, his brothers and sisters mock him....

Brad Smith has lived several lives—and somehow talks about all of them on the radio. He’s a former Canadian Football League player (yes, the hits were real), a TV host on Chopped Canada (no, he does not judge your cooking), and a former star of The Bachelor Canada (long story, limited roses). Now behind the mic, Brad delivers unfiltered opinions, sharp humor, and conversations that skip the nonsense and get to the point—occasionally with a side of sarcasm. He asks the questions you’re thinking, says the things you probably shouldn’t, and promises to keep it honest… even when it’s...

Grand Prix Win! Three First Place and Three Second Place Trophies for Speed in Six Consecutive Years of Competitive Awana Racing! Grand Prix Win! is a compilation of all the principles my daughter and I learned through trial and error over those years. Its pages were a Blueprint for Success for us . . . and they can be your ticket to the Winner’s Circle, too! The Awana™ Grand Prix is not only a lot of fun and a real bonding experience, but it is one of the best examples you’ll find of the great biblical truth of being “faithful in the little things.” Little things like alignment, ...

"Plants!" roared his mother. "Plants! No T-Rex has ever eaten plants before!" "Then, I'll be the first," said Theo. Thinking, he added, ". . . and the last." "But why plants?" his mother asked. "When you eat plants," explained Theo, "they don't cry. And nobody misses them when they're gone." The newest addition to BLSmith’s “Timeless Storytime Tales” collection for kids is, chronologically speaking, the oldest: a Dinosaur! And not just any dinosaur, but the last T-Rex . . . who may hold the secret to saving the rest of his kind from extinction! In an age of mindless, purposeless ...

It was the era of the Super Heavyweight. The dynasty of the denizens had come to pro boxing. Mere men no longer laced on the leather. Instead, giants traded blows with behemoths, goliaths swapped punches with titans . . . and even gods had their day in the ring.

WANTED Cool, Cozy—but CHEAP—Climbing Cubicles for Your Cat. I have been down the same path . . . A kitten joined your family and it needs a place to play . . . to climb . . . and to scratch—other than the furniture. Pet stores have cat furniture, but the nicer ones—with levels and tubes and beds—start at $150. Even scratching posts wrapped in rope sell for $50 and up. Besides, the carpet used to cover everything is of low quality. Or they aren’t even carpeted inside. Or the look doesn’t match anything else in your house. Or they’re too tall. Or you like some features here ...

Spring . . . and a young man’s fancy turns to love. Spring 1861 . . . and a young nation’s troubles turn into war. Two brothers, Manfred and Billy Hocker, have fought a sibling Civil War their whole lives. When Manfred, the oldest, inherits the family farm and is called up in the nation’s first draft, he pays 16-year-old Billy $300 to take his place. He promises, “You could marry your girlfriend Belinda when you return . . . and when you return, we can discuss your fair share of the farm.” He is banking that his brother won’t return! On Billy’s side is his tent mate, old Doc ...

When a deranged loner kills twenty-six people in a Pennsylvania schoolyard, the country is stunned and devastated. Among those catatonic with grief is Jo Matheson, an organic farmer who has lost her goddaughter in the shooting. Sam Jackson, an egotistical right-wing TV talking head, has sliding ratings and faces imminent cancellation. He arrives in Pennsylvania and during a rant, he blames the parents of the dead children. He intends the tirade to be his last salvo but, incredibly, his ratings climb, while Jo watches from her farmhouse in upstate New York, incensed.

Welcome to the 1988 Akron Ohio version of Joe and Charlies Big Book Workshop. This version is normally found as an 8 part series with each part lasting over 1 hour long. We have edited the long form files into medium sized pieces. Each episode is approx 15 minutes long. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.