Random Jr Podcasts

We pick a weird movie sub-genre. Jon picks a movie. Roy picks a movie. The listeners pick a movie. Then we give out the awards. Old favorites and new discoveries ahoy!

Categories: TV & Film

Tags: film, first, for, jon, jr, Movies, Podcast, roy, star, The, time, trek, watches

He’s the President, yet we’re still trying to answer basic questions about how his business works: What deals are happening, who they’re happening with, and if the President and his family are keeping their promise to separate the Trump Organization from the Trump White House. “Trump, Inc.” is a joint reporting project from WNYC Studios and ProPublica that digs deep into these questions. We’ll be layout out what we know, what we don’t and how you can help us fill in the gaps. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts, including On the Media, Radiolab, Death, Sex & Money, Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin, Nancy and many others. ProPublica is a non-profit investigative newsroom. © WNYC Studios

Andrea Bernstein introduces WNYC colleague Nancy Solomon’s new podcast: Dead End: A New Jersey Political Murder Mystery.

New Jersey politics is not for the faint of heart. But the brutal killing of John and Joyce Sheridan, a prominent couple with personal ties to three governors, shocks even the most cynical operatives. The mystery surrounding the crime sends their son on a quest for truth. Dead End is a story of crime and corruption at the highest levels of society in the Garden State.

Categories: Government, News

Tags: business, Don, eric, ivanka, Jared, jr, Politics, Trump

A fourteen year old homeless boy, Dick, tries to make an honest living in the streets of 1860s New York as a bootblack. He is determined to stay honorable, though he is tempted many times to easy pickings and a life of crime. When a regular customer is impressed by Dick’s integrity and invites him to his mansion, this marks a turning point in the life of the young street-smart teenager. Ragged Dick by Horatio Alger Jr was first published in 1868. It represents a typical coming of age story in which a child attains the maturity of adulthood through circumstances in which important choices are made. It was the first in a six-series set written by the prolific American writer, best known for his stories of young boys who overcome poverty and social disadvantages to become assimilated in the great American middle class. Many of Alger’s stories follow a well-known theme and formula but were extremely well-received and popular among readers of a previous generation. Ragged Dick was an instant best-seller and achieved huge attention from old and young readers and critics alike. Alger went on to write more than a hundred novels, though his later works were more sensational and characterized by violence and murder, and not found very suitable for young readers. Horatio Alger was dismissed from service as a Unitarian minister under suspicious circumstances, though nothing was proven against him. He began working as a volunteer in New York’s slum areas, helping to provide assistance to young homeless people. Around this time, he started writing articles in journals and finally moved into novel writing. Ragged Dick first appeared in the journal Student and Schoolmate, a magazine for young boys and girls, as a 12-part serial and copies of the magazine sold out almost instantly. It caught the American imagination and skilfully portrayed the hard, coarse, brutal and unforgiving life of the New York slum as no other book had before. Genteel, educated readers had perhaps never encountered the situations depicted in Ragged Dick. This novelty was probably what accounted for the book’s success. It was later adapted to stage and as a musical opera called Shine! Besides novels, Alger wrote poetry, essays and articles for various magazines. His work in rehabilitation and assistance to the underprivileged kids of New York is well-known. He left several unfinished books which were completed according to his last will and testament by Edward Stratemeyer, the creator of the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew series. An interesting read for young and old alike!

Categories: Arts, Kids & Family

Tags: Adventure, audio books, audiobook, ebooks, fiction, free audio books, Horatio Alger, jr, Kids, Literature, Loyal Books, loyalbooks.com, Ragged Dick

Bruno and Waldo Gillespie are orphaned brothers living with the extremely eccentric Professor Phaeton Featherwit. One day they set off in one of the professor’s machines to investigate a tornado at close range and accidentally get sucked into it! They are then transported by the tornado and find themselves in a barren, uncharted wasteland wherein lies a city– a long lost Aztec city! Find out what happens next to the brothers and the professor in this harrowing and exhilarating adventure!

Categories: Arts, Kids & Family

Tags: Adventure, audio books, audiobook, ebooks, fiction, free audio books, Joseph E. Badger, jr, Kids, Loyal Books, loyalbooks.com, The Lost City

Join filmmaker Alastair Siddons, producer Emile Abinal, and artists JR and Romel as they discuss the film “Inside Out.” The documentary tracks the powerful evolution of Inside Out, the world’s largest participatory art project that uses giant portraits to motivate communities to define their most important causes.

Categories: TV & Film

Tags: Alastair Siddons, apple store, artist, documentary, Emile Abinal, Inside Out, jr, Meet the Filmmaker, participatory art project, presentation, Romel, SoHo, Tribeca Film Festival

True Word Christian Center is a non-denominational spirit-filled church committed to teaching the word of God in a way that is easy to understand and moving with the Spirit.

Categories: Religion & Spirituality

Tags: alvin, Christ, christian, D, faith, hope, jr, leadership, parker, pastor, personaldevelopment, prayer, true, word

New Creation Christian Center is a Biblical based church in the Rainer Valley area of Seattle, WA. We teach the fundamentals truths of Scripture, Love and Unity in the Body of Christ. The Church is lead by it’s senior pastors Harold and Annisfay Franklin Jr., and its Assistant pastors Marquis and Precious Franklin. Enjoy listening to this podcast and feel free to contact us with questions, comments and prayer requests. 425-686-8197 marquis@newcreationwa.org

Categories: Education, Religion & Spirituality

Tags: Annisfay, Bible, Center, Christ, christian, Creation, Franklin, Harold, Jesus, jr, love, marquis, Messages, NCCC, new, precious, sermon, Unity

V&A Shipping What happens when Star Wars crashes head long into Smokey and the Bandit? An Intergalatic Beer run! Vic and Argmon are just trying to make a simple delivery, albeit while being chased by the local fuzz. They pick up an unexpected stowaway on their planet to planet run. Joey, the unwitting stowaway, is thrust into space and must deal with not only being in space, but with all the alien creatures aboard the SS Acid Rat. Once the delivery is complete, Vic, Argmon, and their new crewmate Joey, are offered a double or nothing gamble to pick up a second delivery for a celebration party. They must return to Planchar in twenty-four standard hours with a shipment of beer. It sounds so simple, perhaps too simple.

Categories: Uncategorised

Tags: Acid, argmon, Beer, Intergalactic, jr, murdock, opera, rat, run, shipping, Space, ss, v, Vic