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Preserve Halloween Podcast

Halloween Preservation Society

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Hosted by Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, the Preserve Halloween Podcast is dedicated to conversations involving the education, appreciation, observance, and recognition of the diverse history and practices associated with the holiday of Halloween. Listen in as we discuss ways to #PreserveHalloween...
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Salem’s Ghosts is a chilling, genre-bending anthology series set in and around Salem, Massachusetts. It began production in the autumn of 2020 with the feature installment, ”Salem’s Ghosts: A Salem Witch Trials Paranormal Audio Drama.” This story was set during the Salem Witch Trials and tracks some of that era’s lesser-known players as they wrestle against or instigate the oncoming storm of witchcraft. The second installment is titled, ”Salem’s Ghosts: The Lynn Lady.” This more modern tale ...
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No Lies Just BS

Nick Swartz

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Listen to Nick Swartz tell stories about his life. From growin' up in the small VA mountain town of Clifton Forge to his entry into and career in the tattoo industry. All the rough upbringin', punk rock, family, country, skateboardin', good eatin', blues, ass-kickin', tattooed, hard to believe but addictin' to perceive bullshit that can be packed into each episode. His brother Josh helps out and the guests are the best of the best.
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Planet Jarre: The Podcast

Jean-Michel Jarre and Matt Berry

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Jean-Michel Jarre is a true pioneer in electronic music. A two time Grammy nominee, with more than eighty million albums sold throughout his career, a four-time Guinness World Record holder for largest concert ever performed, and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, renowned for his one-off groundbreaking events at historical landmarks across the world. Jarre has been a key force in turning electronic music into the phenomenon it is today. An innovator on many levels, Jarre is often cited as an impor ...
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What is the Heritage Chart Show? Well, it's an outlet for two things. First of all, our lifelong love of chart rundowns and our desperation to live in a world where they still matter. It's also an outlet for our fascination with Mike Reed's heritage chart. We're not entirely sure how it’s put together. We don't know exactly what qualifies you for inclusion in the heritage chart and we're not sure we want to know. After all, we didn't really make those demands of the actual top 40 when we wer ...
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The Hottoycast

Eamon O'Donoghue

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The High-end action figure podcast for high-end humans is here. Do your ears a favour and listen to Michael Crawford, Jeff Parker and my good self Eamon O'Donoghue discuss all things action figure from the likes of Hot Toys, Enterbay, 3A Toys and Sideshow Collectables.
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The Poetry of Illusion - Haiku

The Poetry of Illusion

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A collection of haiku written and published over the last three years. In the tradition of sacred minimalism, the reading is held by a musical score with a duration of a single minute. All forms resolve to silence. All silence resolves to form. http://bit.ly/poetillusion https://soundcloud.com/sing-the-body-electric-888304354
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Not A Couple

Not A Couple

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Tess Benser and Matthew Reddin are Not A Couple, and that makes them the perfect pair to cover fellow non-couple Will & Grace. This weekly podcast finds the W&G veteran (Tess) and first-timer (Matthew) working their way through the show one episode at a time, comparing their life experiences to their TV counterparts and finding what still rings true in 2016.
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Welcome to the Traveler's Guide to the Backrooms. Where our AI survival instructor, Sharp A3, will try to explain the nature of the backrooms, and the best way to survive within the infinite levels within. Join us as we no clip our way into the backrooms! Email: [email protected] Twitter: https://twitter.com/_SharpA3 SUPPORT US ON PATREON!!! https://www.patreon.com/thetravelersguidetothebackrooms JOIN OUR DISCORD SERVER!!! https://discord.gg/u6az3h3jjJ MERCH SHOP https:/ ...
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Send me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, partakes in the Victorian era tradition of Christmas Ghost Stories by reading A Strange Christmas Game by Mrs. J. H. Riddell, published in The Broadway Annual in 1868. Enjoy! Charlotte Eliza Lawson Riddell…
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If you were looking to fly anywhere in Australia this past weekend: we're so sorry to hear it. Between a fire at Melbourne Airport, the grounding of half of Jetstar's A320 fleet, and a nationwide passport processing outage, delays and cancellations plagued travellers for three days straight. Now that everything has (thankfully) returned to normal, …
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Send me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, discusses the last set of four days/nights of Yule: Eddas Night, Hospitality Day, The Yule Goat, and finally Nornir / Fate Day. This is part four of four in the series. Enjoy! Thank you to Rebecca Swanner …
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Send me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, discusses the second set of four days/nights of Yule: Divination Day, Odin’s Night, Årsgång, and Winter Gods Day. This is part three of four in the series. Enjoy! Thank you to Rebecca Swanner for the wonde…
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We finally got Matty Goldstein to sit down for a full episode of NLJBS. He hit the road from Key City Tattoo in Frederick, MD along with fellow Key City artist Justin Bush and headed into Rocktown to Alley Cat Tattoo; Harrisonburg VA. It's a great conversation about starting out as an artist and getting into tattooing later. There's a ton of great …
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It could have been Australia's worst-ever airline disaster – but it wasn't. When an engine exploded aboard Qantas flight 32 in 2010, its crew were faced with a "black swan" event, one so unthinkable they could not possibly prepare for it. With critical systems in chaos and hundreds of lives at stake, the A380's crew, led by Captain Richard de Cresp…
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Send me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, discusses the first four days/nights of Yule: Mother's Night (Mōdraniht), Jólablót and the Solstice, Honoring the Vættir, and The Wild Hunt. This is part two of four in the series. Enjoy! Thank you to Mich…
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Send me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, discusses the Dark Heart of Winter in this four part series. This is part one of four. Enjoy! Intro Music: Excerpt from Pink Fink - Fear the Night (approved by artist) Find more at https://pinkfink.bandcam…
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Send me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, discusses Winter Spirits, Hearth Guardians, and the Folklore of Watching the Dark. This is part two of two. Enjoy! Intro Music: Excerpt from Pink Fink - Fear the Night (approved by artist) Find more at htt…
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Send me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, discusses Winter Spirits, Hearth Guardians, and the Folklore of Watching the Dark. This one is a two parter. Enjoy! Intro Music: Excerpt from Pink Fink - Fear the Night (approved by artist) Find more at ht…
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A year is a long time in aviation, and 2025 has seemed a longer year than most – what with the long-running Rex administration; Qantas' ongoing travails; Virgin Australia's tie-up with Qatar Airways and subsequent IPO; fleet renewals aplenty; and a deluge of other news. Looking ahead, 2026 looms as what will doubtless be another huge year for the s…
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Send me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, discusses the Victorian Ghost Story once again. Enjoy! Here are some recommended books to explore and learn more: Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology — Michael Cox & R.A. Gilbert The Old Nurse’s S…
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Send me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, briefly discusses Lost Spirits of Children all over the world and through time. . Enjoy! Here are some recommended books to explore and learn more: - The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories — Michael Newton (Edi…
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If there's one issue that never really goes away for Australia's aviation sector, it's airfares. Massive demand has pushed prices up, according to the ACCC, with October airfares at their highest since 2022, despite both Qantas Group and Virgin Australia adding extra capacity. To make matters worse for those out west, the WA government is set to in…
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Nick explains it all in the intro, but there's no new guest this week. So, in an effort to not leave y'all hangin' - we assembled this perspective on a name that comes up all the time when discussing tattoo histories: Peter Tattoo. The infamous shops ran by Peter Poulos and Larry Romano. We've got stories from five older episodes. Starting things o…
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Send me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, briefly discusses Victorian Ghost Stories (which will lead up to more in depth coverage on future podcast episodes). Enjoy! Some authors for you to enjoy: Charles Dickens, M.R. James, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, …
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Send me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, briefly discusses Krampus, Krampusnacht, and the Dark December Demon. Enjoy! Here's the book list mentioned on the podcast: 1. Krampus: The Yule Lord — Brom 2. The Krampus and the Old, Dark Christmas — Al …
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With outdated and confusing systems and processes common across the aviation industry, safety and compliance can be a thorny problem for many businesses, with "data silos" holding up procedures. OneReg, a New Zealand-based company, aims to change all that, moving businesses away from cluttered folders of Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and PDFs…
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After months in the works, it's official – from December, you'll be banned from using or charging your portable power bank on flights with any major airline in Australia. Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin, which already require power banks to be carried in cabin baggage and kept within easy reach, will now prohibit passengers from using them entirely – in…
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It's said that every accident makes aviation safer – but that doesn't happen on its own. Across the globe, air incident investigators are on the scene whenever something goes wrong with an aircraft, finding out the root of the problem and making sure it doesn't happen again. But what skills are most important to investigators: aviation experience, …
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After a long day at the Norfolk Tattoo Convention, Nick had the pleasure of sitting down with long time tattoo legend Mike Perfetto and this amazing episode is now part of tattoo history. Good friends of Perfetto and of the show Mike Schweigert and Wrath are in attendance and only add to the brilliant conversation that was had that evening. Do not …
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Send me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, briefly discusses gargoyles, grotesques, and how Halloween is the perfect night for monster decoration. Enjoy! Here's the book list mentioned on the podcast: 1. The Gargoyle: History & Mythology — Adrienne…
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Send me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, briefly discusses ghosts, ancestors, and how Halloween is one of the nights the dead return. Enjoy! Donate to keep things going and allow me to do even more podcasts and research. Support the show Intro Mu…
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It's only been a few months since the end of Jetstar Asia, but now Jetstar is looking to make a bigger push back into the Singapore market. Starting next March, the low-cost carrier will fly between the Lion City and Bali … but that won't be the end of the journey. In an interesting twist, the Singapore–Bali services will only be one leg on direct …
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Send me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, briefly discusses how death is cenral to Halloween, and how different cultures across time have kept this discussion and practice going. Enjoy! Donate to keep things going and allow me to do even more podc…
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François, Jennifer, and Çınla discuss a few recent additions to the literature. If you are interested in reading the papers discussed in this episode, here they are (unfortunately, some may be behind paywalls): Freedom, State, and Market: The Real Worlds of Economic Planning Angus Hebenton and Martin O'Neill To Change or Not to Change. The Evolutio…
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A few short years ago, Project Sunrise – Qantas' plan to fly non-stop from the east coast to London and New York – was a mere gleam in Alan Joyce's eye. Now, however, as the first A350-1000ULR gets ready to have its engines fitted, those marathon flights are looking closer than ever. While there's still a lot of work to be done, including extensive…
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While at the Norfolk Tattoo Expo Nick had the opportunity to sit down with James Jarvis from 138 Tattoo in Gloucester Point, VA. This one is full of great old school tattoo stories you have to hear. There's plenty of talk of a lot of great tattooers, especially Brian Bruno and some tales from his early years. While you're at it, check out Shop Talk…
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Send me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, discusses his Halloween night group viewing of Satan's Little Helper and the importance of sharing your favorites with friends. Also, who cares Halloween is officially over, we will keep celebrating 10-31-…
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Last month, a remarkable journey came to an end when 16-year-old Byron Waller touched down at Brisbane Airport following 67 days circumnavigating the globe in a light aircraft. Covering 41,700km in his Sling TSi, Byron's odyssey through the skies took him over oceans, deserts, ice fields, and everything in between, including a landing at the Grand …
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After more than a year fossilised in amber, Australia's third largest airline looks to have avoided extinction – American firm Air T has agreed to buy Rex, prompting roars of approval from government and industry as well as the best name for any corporate buyout in history. But while Air T brings with it plenty of Saab 340 parts to resurrect Rex's …
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While visiting Richmond and Absolute Art Tattoo to celebrate the legend Brian Bruno, Nick got the chance to sit down and talk once again with John Setzer from Civilization Tattoo down the road. Veteran of the show, this is a great chance to get caught up with what's going on at their new shop as well as hear the usual great stories about shops, tat…
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Send me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, is back to his rambling roots, this time it's Halloween costumes: what's trending this year, and what was popular five years ago. Enjoy! The website I found this year's trends: https://frightgeist.withgoog…
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A year and a half after the abrupt collapse of Bonza, its erstwhile financier, Miami-based investment firm 777 Partners, is under the microscope again – and for all the wrong reasons. Its co-founder and former CFO have both been charged by the FBI over allegations of a jaw-dropping US$500 million fraud scheme, with accusations levelled of a complex…
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Sydney is on the verge of a major aviation transformation. With Western Sydney International (Nancy Bird-Walton) Airport set to open in 2026, the city will soon operate as a two-airport metropolis. How will the two-airport city work? Western Sydney is now Australia's third-largest economy, with its population set to grow to around 3 million by the …
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The co-hosts are joined by three Junior Fellows at Duke University's Center for the History of Political Economy, Benjamin Brisson, Eva Jacob, and Raphaël Orange-Leroy, to discuss their interests in the history of economic thought, their experiences in graduate school, and their research projects.By Çınla Akdere; Jennifer Jhun; François Allisson; Scott Scheall
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Send me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, is back with another brief history, this time it's Halloween familiars: creatures of Halloween night, elegant, silent, and misunderstood, walking the line between superstition and science, worship and fear…
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Just when Qantas thought the saga of its frequent flyer hack might be over, a fresh headache has hit the Flying Kangaroo as online miscreants published the stolen data on the dark web. The airline is warning customers to beware of scammers, and says it is working with "specialist cyber security experts" to investigate exactly what data was leaked –…
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Send me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, is back with another brief history, this time it's witches: mysterious, powerful, feared, and free, with echoes of the trials that still haunt America’s Halloween conscience, and one of the most popular im…
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It's been a while since we've had Ben Proudman on the show. He travelled down from Key City Tattoo in Frederick, MD to come check out Alley Cat Tattoo and brought along Nick Filth with him to do some tattooing. The guys hang out with Nick and talk tattoos and throughout, most of the crew at Alley Cat comes in to hang for a bit as well. It's a great…
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Send me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, is back with another brief history, this time it's haunted houses: a symbol of memory, of fear, of what lingers after life, a warning and an invitation, and one of the most enduring images of Halloween....…
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While most of us can navigate airports without a second thought, those with disabilities can find it much more difficult – and people who have hidden disabilities like autism face their own unique challenges. As airports and airlines implement more accessibility measures for those with obvious needs like wheelchair users and the visually impaired, …
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Send me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, is back with another brief history, this time it's Trick or Treating: from soul cakes to guising — from origins, folklore, and its importance to Halloween.... Intro Music: Excerpt from Pink Fink - Fear the…
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Send me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, is back with another brief history, this time it's the Jack-o'-Lantern: from Will-o’-the-Wisps to Pumpkin Faces — from origins, folklore, and its symbolism for Halloween.... Intro Music: Excerpt from Pink …
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It's finally here – the biggest change to Qantas' domestic fleet in decades. The new A321XLR has joined the national carrier with its first commercial flight, and with 48 on order to replace the ageing 737-800s, it's the most ambitious phase yet in the airline's massive fleet renewal program. With a wider body, more fuel-efficient engines, and a sl…
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It's been a while since Timothy Hoyer has been on an episode. He's working at Alley Cat a lot these days, but he wanted to wait for Andrew to be available to record and here it is. Nick hangs with these two art wizards and long time legends of tattooing for a good three hours and we get to hear some excellent conversations about all of the things y…
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Send me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, is back with another brief history, this time it's the Mari Lwyd: Wales’ Skeleton Horse of Winter and Halloween’s Ancestral Spirit — from origins, folklore, and ties to Halloween.... Intro Music: Excerpt f…
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