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Main jerk at Rococo Punch. *I drink near Portland Maine*

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Ok Grandpa! I bet you like live TV too.

17.09.2025 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New Episode Out Today

Christa was born into River Road Fellowship. In our final conversation, she remembers how she first realized she was in a cult, and tells us parts of the story we haven’t covered yet.

16.09.2025 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A year and a half after our first interview, we sit down with Lindsay one last time to ask her the questions you’ve been wondering about.

09.09.2025 10:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The final chapter - Beyond Fear - is out today

β€œThere were moments when I remember being in such a dark place, feeling so hopeless, and the curiosity of the next day I think helped keep me going. It doesn't matter how dark the day is. Just be curious about tomorrow."

02.09.2025 11:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Episode 9 of The Turning: River Road is out now

"I could sit back and relax and breathe. It was this moment of just feeling – safe and almost – loved by her. Just a true sister and friend, not feeling judged or afraid. It felt like we were the only two people in the world in that moment."

29.08.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Review: The Turning, River Road Despite this shadow of a connection, this is one that still spins up into something that feels more personal and somehow bigger than the stories they explored before...This is one of those where I’m g...

www.mentallyamagpie.com/podcast-revi...

23.08.2025 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Good Robot to Good Hang with Amy Poehler: 10 of the best podcasts of 2025 so far From beloved British humorists and "good hangs" to AI debates and the history of heroism, BBC features journalists pick their favourite podcasts of the year so far.

www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

23.08.2025 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Future Of Podcasting Is Here, And It Sucks | Defector This week, Left of Dial published its Essential Listening Poll, a compilation of the 100 best podcasts of all time, according to industry creators, writers, and scholars. (Disclosure: I was invited to...

"It has only just come to my attention that Gimlet co-founder Matt Lieber is spending his post-Spotify days as a whimsical ice cream proprietor in Park Slope, where he sells ice cream shaped like sushi."

defector.com/the-future-o...

22.08.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"It was absolutely the one thing – the one thing, if I can pick one thing – it is the one thing that allowed me to begin to heal.”

22.08.2025 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"You know, that incident was what many of us consider the ugliest black molar in our local history. It was just pure evil and ugly.”

21.08.2025 11:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Inconceivable Truth was voted one of the 100 greatest podcasts of all time by 300 audio creators, podcast hosts, producers, writers, and scholars from around the world in the Left of Dial Media Essential Listening Poll.

19.08.2025 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Episode 8 of The Turning: River Road is out today.

β€œIt was absolutely the one thing – the one thing, if I can pick one thing – it is the one thing that allowed me to begin to heal.”

#riverroadfellowship #truecrimepodcast #TheTurning #RococoPunch #cultpodcast

19.08.2025 11:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The final episode of Charlie's Place drops today.

β€œYou know, that incident was what many of us consider the ugliest black molar in our local history. It was just pure evil and ugly.”

August 26th, 1950 was the night that changed Myrtle Beach.

18.08.2025 11:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Episode 7 - MANHUNT - out now

β€œWhen I think of it now, it was almost like he prophesied his own demise. For all those years, Victor was the predator and I was the prey. And then he became the prey."

12.08.2025 11:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œAnd in the minds of many, Charlie Fitzgerald's dance hall becomes the worst fears of the champions of white supremacy.”

11.08.2025 12:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New Episode Out Now. #charliesplace

07.08.2025 10:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Watch Meshes of the Afternoon, the Experimental Short Voted the 16th Best Film of All Time It seems not to be documented whether the Santa Ana winds were blowing when Maya Deren and Alexander Hackenschmied shot Meshes of the Afternoon.

Watch Meshes of the Afternoon, the Experimental Short Voted the 16th Best Film of All Time

06.08.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Charlie's Place

Charlie's Place

In 1940s Jim Crow South, Charlie's Place defied the odds by becoming a racially integrated nightclub in Myrtle Beach. Follow Charlie Fitzgerald's journey as he broke barriers with music, dance, and the courage to unite a divided community.

05.08.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Episode 6 of The Turning: River Road is out today.

β€œIt was like I was kept underground for so long and then just spit out at 23. I call it when I entered the real world. And it was a whole other world than what it had been.”

05.08.2025 11:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Episode 3 of Charlie's Place – Power Cedes to Power – is out now.

Charlie Fitzgerald built multiple businesses across Myrtle Beach, and loaned money to white folks in town to bend the rules in his favor. How long would this last before Charlie became a target?

04.08.2025 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A T-shirt design for Eastern Mass Hawk Watch, with a text link to the fundraising campaign at http://bonfire.com/emhw

A T-shirt design for Eastern Mass Hawk Watch, with a text link to the fundraising campaign at http://bonfire.com/emhw

A Hooded Sweatshirt (Hoodie) design for Eastern Mass Hawk Watch, with a text link to the fundraising campaign at http://bonfire.com/emhw

A Hooded Sweatshirt (Hoodie) design for Eastern Mass Hawk Watch, with a text link to the fundraising campaign at http://bonfire.com/emhw

A Long-sleeve T-shirt design for Eastern Mass Hawk Watch, with a text link to the fundraising campaign at http://bonfire.com/emhw

A Long-sleeve T-shirt design for Eastern Mass Hawk Watch, with a text link to the fundraising campaign at http://bonfire.com/emhw

Kicking off a T-shirt fundraiser for our local #hawkwatch club, Eastern Mass Hawk Watch. EMHW raises money to power local+regional raptor conservation. I've been President of the club since 2020, and am psyched to share our new logo on this Bonfire campaign.

01.08.2025 11:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Episode 5 ofΒ The Turning: River Road is out now.

01.08.2025 10:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Charlie’s Place podcast review β€” a mythic nightclub that defied the Jim Crow South This safe haven for music lovers broke down racial barriers β€” and hosted luminaries including Marvin Gaye, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald

www.ft.com/content/e489...

31.07.2025 11:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Episode 2 is out now.

Dance at Charlie’s Place wasn’t just dance; it captured the spirit of an era defined by both segregation and creativity. When white audiences arrived for the music, these moments sparked shifts that transformed Myrtle Beach and resonated far beyond its borders.

31.07.2025 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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For nearly 50 years, Carla Walker’s family hunted for the person who raped and murdered the high school cheerleader. When police finally make an arrest, everyone is left to wonder, how did the killer hide in plain sight?

30.07.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Michael Abels: Song Lines and Slave Songs - The Wire In his latest Secret History of Film Music column, Philip Brophy considers Michael Abels’s musicalisations of Black aspiration in Jordan Peele’s Get Out (2017) and Us (2020).

In his latest Secret History of Film Music column, Philip Brophy considers Michael Abels’s musicalisations of Black aspiration in Jordan Peele’s Get Out (2017) and Us (2020).

www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/c...

28.07.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Episode 5 ofΒ The Turning: River Road is out today.

29.07.2025 11:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Episode 2 dropped today.

Dance at Charlie’s Place wasn’t just dance; it captured the spirit of an era defined by both segregation and creativity. When white audiences arrived for the music, these moments sparked shifts that transformed Myrtle Beach and resonated far beyond its borders.

28.07.2025 10:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New Episode Out Today

22.07.2025 10:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Beloved. Notorious. Defiant. Folk hero. These are just a few ways to describe Charlie Fitzgerald, the man who owned an integrated nightclub during Jim Crow in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. We’re launching a new series today – Charlie’s Place – about the man and the place.

21.07.2025 12:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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