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A weekly pinball podcast brought to you by the people that run Wedgehead, a pinball bar in Portland, Oregon. Each week Alan and Alex discuss a different pinball topic, with a focus on location play, often with other interesting guests. Support our show: https://ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcast If you have any questions, or might want to guest on a future episode, please email : wedgeheadinfo@gmail.com.
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Thin End of the Wedge explores life in the ancient Middle East. There are many wonderful stories we can tell about those people, their communities, the gritty reality of their lives, their hopes, fears and beliefs. We can do that through the objects they left behind and the cities where they once lived. Our focus is on the cultures that used cuneiform (“wedge-shaped”) writing, so mostly on ancient Iraq and nearby regions from about 3000 BC to about 100 AD. Thin End of the Wedge brings you ex ...
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Weekly radio show on Low Power FM, SPACE 101.1. Each week we pick a different musical theme and then play 2 hours of songs about that theme. You'll hear vintage alternative, indie rock, folk, jazz, alternative, and other cool stuff too.
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Host Hannah Wedger, a Minnesota agriculture teacher, is seeking to cover a little bit of everything in terms of agriculture education; curriculum, classroom management, FFA, CDE, SAE, and whatever else listeners want to hear. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hannah-wedger/support
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Join Cap Times politics reporters Jessie Opoien and Jack Kelly as they catch up with the movers and shakers of Wisconsin politics for thorough discussions about the people and policies making waves in America's Dairyland.
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John is joined by Taylor Dahlin and Ryan Brown for an uncomfortable Thanksgiving conversation about the state of the online world. John and Taylor have been doing double duty on both bluesky and twitter in recent weeks. Ryan wonders if he'll ever post again, as he tries to figure out what he wants from social media. We talk about the ups and downs …
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Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcast We are joined on this episode by admitted cheater, local Portland player Jeff Hart, to discuss the dark arts of pinball: The deathsave and it's little brother, the bangback. We discuss the moves, the ethics of doing them from a player's and operator's perspective, and why they aren't allowed in t…
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The FCS Wedge Bracketology brought to us by a little legwork from Lance< then we move into the very big weekend of games. William & Mary @ Richmond Villanova @ Delaware The Brawl of the Wild North Dakota State @ South Dakota South Dakota State @ Missouri State Southeast Missouri State @ Tennessee State Abilene Christian @ Stephen F. Austin Central …
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This is a special episode presenting the prize-winning research of three early career scholars: William McGrath, Alessia Pilloni, and Christopher Jones. What prizes did they win, and what was their research about? We hear about the latest news from Isin II period history, astrology in the Late Babylonian period, and a military coup in the Neo-Assyr…
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The Week 12 games up for review this week are: Furman 24 East Tennessee State 21 Holy Cross 40 Bucknell 38 New Hampshire 31 Stony Brook 30 Samford 36 Chattanooga 13 Montana State 30 UC Davis 28 Abilene Christian 35 Tarleton State 31 AGS Poll discussion between the fellers that goes over some relevant points on how teams are making the cut. Music fr…
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Because our broadcast signal does occasionally bleed across the river, John is joined by Garrison McMurtrey, a candidate for a seat on the Ramsey County Board that controls an annual budget in excess of $800 million. We talk about the challenge local governments face under a second Trump administration, streets, health care, housing, homelessness, …
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Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcast In this episode we interview a fan of the show Mike, who runs a cool AirBnB in Troy, NY near Albany. He has 15 pinball machines in the apartment that are all on free play for the guests, and we talk with him about this unusual but very cool way to operate pinball in an unconventional way. Mike te…
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Council Member Linea Palmisano takes me on a bike tour of the future E Line bus rapid transit route through Ward 13 (about a quarter of the total route). We talk about the exciting prospect of a 17 minute bus ride from Linden Hills to downtown, the pain of street infrastructure upgrades for local business in her ward, her thoughts on the Davis Motu…
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Looking forward to the upcoming weekend's games between Montana State @ UC Davis Stony Brook @ New Hampshire South Dakota @ North Dakota Missouri State @ North Dakota State Lance takes the listeners through his process of putting together a very interesting piece of bracketology for our entertainment. Music from #Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/moire/…
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Kris loses his pants to start the show, but recovers and leads the review of last week's games. A discussion on the AGS Poll carries out the remainder of the show with some good playoff tidbits in the mix, as they should be. Lance wore a top hat and a monocle just to make sure he outdressed Kris. Music from #Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/moire/dirty…
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My conversation with Cody Fischer - whose company Footprint Development builds small-scale, sustainable, multi-family housing - about imminent changes to the City of Minneapolis's 4d tax incentive program for affordable housing. We also talk about unique energy efficiency features he puts into his buildings and how the 4d program makes those possib…
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Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcast In this episode we are belatedly celebrating our one year anniversary of hosting this weekly pinball show. We asked y'all to submit some questions, and boy did you! We try and answer all of your questions that you sent in to us, although a few came in after we recorded this episode and we will sa…
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Robin Wonsley, who represents Ward 2 on the Minneapolis City Council, is here to help me recover from the devastating results of the presidential election. We also talk about her work on regulating off-duty jobs for police officers, local efforts to turn socialists into a punching bag, and a look ahead to the 2025 city election. Watch: https://yout…
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Lance and Kris bring Tim along for the 300th episode of the show. Good discussions back and forth over the upcoming games for this weekend. Then the trio move on down the road to a discussion of playoff possibilities and seeds. Music from #Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/one-shot License code: PBQPLNHRJYCQKKOZ…
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Tim Plesuk joins Lance & Kris for the last 1/2 of the show which is a nice change of pace to have him in on the AGS Poll discussion as well as some of the placements. Lance and Kris go over some of the upsets and better games from last weekend with integrity and aplomb, as usual. Music from #Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/one-shot License c…
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Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcast Our buddy Mike from Quarters and Quarters Sugarhouse joins us on the show to discuss operating two arcade bars in Salt Lake City, Utah. We talk about his start in the bar business, and all the unique challenges that running a bar in the state of Utah entails. Mike enlightens us on his local pinba…
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Hate for the Yankees starts the show. Bracketology from The FCS Wedge and an explanation of how Lance is putting it together. Game previews: ETSU vs. Mercer Villanova vs. Hampton Tenn. Martin vs. Tenn. State Towson vs. Richmond Southern Utah vs. Abilene Christian Harvard vs. Dartmouth https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/revolutionary License code: …
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Kris & Lance review the games of note from last weekend and then dive into the AGS Poll results which did not change too much due to a lack of upsets. They did not say it outright but I get the feeling from listening to them that there is a lot of parity below the top 4. Can any of those teams that are not our usual suspects progress enough by the …
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With the 2024 election and the fate of the nation still hanging precariously in the balance, the 2025 city election season has already begun. This is my conversation with Rev. Dr. DeWayne Davis as he embarks on his mayoral campaign (recorded Oct 23, 2024). Davis is the lead minister at Plymouth Congregational Church in the Steven’s Square neighborh…
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Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcast This is the second part of our series about the groundbreaking Williams System 11 games, and we discuss the second half of them, including games from the recently acquired Bally pinball division which injected even more creative juice into the parent company. Ty Palmer is back for part two, and w…
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Kim Ellison is running for re-election to an at-large seat on the Minneapolis School Board, which means every voter in the city will have her on their ballot There are two competitive school board races this year. One is for a citywide at-large seat and the other is in district 6. This is one of four episodes with candidates for those two seats. In…
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Shayla Owodunni is running for an at-large seat on the Minneapolis School Board, which means every voter in the city will have her on their ballot There are two competitive school board races this year. One is for a citywide at-large seat and the other is in district 6. This is one of four episodes with candidates for those two seats. In addition t…
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Greta Callahan is running for Minneapolis School Board in district 6, located in southwest Minneapolis. There are two competitive school board races this year. One is for a citywide at-large seat and the other is in district 6. This is one of four episodes with candidates for those two seats. In addition to listening to this podcast, I recommend re…
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Lara Bergman is running for Minneapolis School Board in district 6, located in southwest Minneapolis. There are two competitive school board races this year. One is for a citywide at-large seat and the other is in district 6. This is one of four episodes with candidates for those two seats. In addition to listening to this podcast, I recommend read…
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New cat, 2K & the LB Dog try to figure out the name of EWU's home field but then move on to games. Mercer-Samford NDSU-SDSU Maine-Villanova KUAH station ID break Pick 'em' contest talk AGS Poll discussion...or maybe it's Massey? Kris you magnificent bastard! Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/lets-go Licen…
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Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcast Our good friend and solid state pinball guru, Ty Palmer joins us for the first episode in our two part series on the Williams System 11 platform, a pinball board set and software framework that massively changed the game of pinball. Larry Demar designed and engineered this groundbreaking system, …
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Kris once again has some trouble realizing where he is in the space-time continuum and believes that he is looking ahead to the week that just passed, again, after I specifically renamed the studio show for him,at his request I might add. The Oracle of the Palouse can only look backward. There is no concept of future weeks having numbers that lay o…
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Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcast In this episode Alan and Alex discuss the best games to trick your normie friends and family into liking and playing pinball. We discuss the parameters of what we think makes a great gateway game, what makes a bad gateway game, and tips for making their first time playing more fun. We are also no…
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This episode was recorded live at the Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale conference held in Helsinki in July 2024. Simo Parpola reflects on his long and momentous career. He explains how he became an assyriologist, and how he came to focus on the Assyrians. A key collaboration led to one of the most significant projects in assyriological histo…
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Big game previews this week as always and MSU/Vandals, UM/NAU, Missouri st./Ill. St., and Chattanooga @ Furman rounds out the PREVIEWS, I REPEAT PREVIEW...KRIS. I know they are PREVIEWS because we don't yet know the stats of those games, including the most important one, the scores. SFA @ Lamar is the final game previewed this week. Music from #Upp…
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In the recap show we get a bit of Griz history of losing some games they probably should not in the early season. On to big game recaps for week 6, then the AGS Poll as per usual. This time we get a wonderful debate on poll voting philosophy and how they vary from voter to voter. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-go…
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The race to fill Frank Hornstein's shoes in MN House District 61A comes down to the final two. This episode features my conversation with Toya López, the Green Party candidate. I spoke with Katie Jones, winner of the three-way DFL primary, prior to the DFL convention in March. You can listen to that episode here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/…
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Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcast In this episode, freelance pinball artist Jonathan Bergeron joins us from his studio in Montreal, Canada to discuss his life as a commercial artist doing gig posters and merch designs for bands like Mastodon, Guns 'n Roses, Suicidal Tendencies, Judas Priest, and many many more, as well as how he …
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The state of FCS starts a discussion on some potential moves due to recent PAC 12 and how it might affect the MWC and the top of FCS on the left hand side of the map of the USA. After that, getting into some upcoming games for the Week 6 schedule of events. Top games from the top conferences each get a look. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!)…
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After a week off Lance & Kris get back on the horse and review our week 5 games. Kris got a new audio set up, bet you notice it. The fellers have a good debate back and forth over scheduling with both making strong points. I checked their likability rating on my instant poll debate calculator and both are still underwater. On the rise though, so we…
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Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcast The man/myth/legend Roger Sharpe is back again on the show to speak more about the pinball renaissance of the 1990s. In this second episode we dive more into some of the many people that made these games special. We talk about designers like Steve Ritchie, Pat Lawlor, and Dennis Nordman. Programm…
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Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcast Alan and Alex are joined on the show once again by Roger Sharpe, aka the 'Man Who Saved Pinball' to discuss his career at Williams from 1988-1999 as the Marketing Director. Roger tells us some great stories about getting hired, the merger of Bally into Williams, his role in licensing games, and m…
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Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcast Alan and Alex are joined on the show by their friend Tyler White from LA to discuss Stern's Insider Connected platform, and why he loves to use it, and how he wants to see it grow into the future. Stern's IC is a feature that has been on all their games since Godzilla (2021), and has retrofit kit…
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Carolyne introduces us to the study of ancient plant remains, especially carpology--the study of seeds, fruits, and flowers. In her case study she takes us to the site of Logardan in the Kurdish region, and explains what she could learn from the remains found in kilns. We discuss the role and uses of dung. 2:02 archaeobotany 4:08 how to train 5:09 …
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Lance & the Luddite roll through Week 2 with some reviews of FBS upsets and recaps of good FCS matchups. Lance rants about some poll imperfections he recognizes early in the season. It's not a bonus, it's a feature. Music from #Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/joe-montague/only-good-motion License code: IOJFVJDRZUJNTL6Q…
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Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcast In this episode, our friend and member of our local Portland Pinball scene, Nate Tayloe joins us on the show to educate us on the weird case where Gottlieb chose to sue Paramount Pictures over alleged copyright and trademark infringement due to the inclusion of Gottlieb's "Silver Slugger" pinball…
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Kris got in his wayback machine again and said we are previewing week 1 in this show, it is actually week 2. Rowan and Hannah are up for the extra credit this week in LB dogs teaching style. Discussion and previews of some top games this coming week. 2K's is living up to his nickname in that he had two big strikes to take the flubbed it up crown th…
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2K and the LB Dog are back for the 14th season of The FCS Wedge. The Week 1 review of the bigger FCS games and a review of the Week one AGS Poll. Thank you Kris Kallem and Lance Berndt for bringing the entertainment to the show for so many years. Music from #Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/line-of-drums License code: B4ISIMYLGXKQFNIG…
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