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Ascenti: Humans Opening to AI features a diverse group of professionals, known as “creatives,” who specialize in visual art, writing, photography, audiobook performance, music, and computer games. These individuals experimented by inspiring AI apps to generate works based on prompts derived from their original artworks and writings, then interpreted AI’s outcomes. Some of the creatives found that AI provided positive solutions to overcome visual or other challenges they face. Others uncovered methods where AI supplemented or amplified their artistic visions.

New York City is not only The New Yorker magazine's place of origin and its sensibility's lifeblood, it is the heart of American literary culture. Wonderful Town, an anthology of superb short fiction by many of the magazine's most accomplished contributors, celebrates the 75-year marriage between a preeminent publication and its preeminent context with this collection of 44 of its best stories from (so to speak) home.

From wild and wacky to knee-slapping, laugh-out-loud fun, these humorous tales represent some of the best of recent seasons of the hit public radio series Selected Shorts. Comedian Wyatt Cenac gives a killer performance of Simon Rich’s hilarious tale of woe from the point of view of a condom in a young man’s wallet. Alec Baldwin gives a delightful over-the-top performance of James Thurber’s wonderfully silly classic tale of the day everybody in a small Ohio town thought the dam broke.

Our politics are broken; our world is melting; the next catastrophe looms. Enter James Parker, who for years now has been writing odes of appreciation on subjects from the seemingly minor ("Ode to Naps") to the unexpected ("Ode to Giving People Money") to the seemingly minor, unexpected, and hyperspecific ("Ode to Running in Movies"). Finally collecting Parker's beloved and much-lauded odes in one place, this volume demonstrates the profound power of the form.

Join Nic Cage and JCVD enthusiasts Rob, Simon and James as they dig into a vault of underrated movies from yesteryear to see if they are rightly shunned to the bargain buckets of Asda, or whether they do indeed deserve reconsideration. To qualify the week's film must either be classed as Rotten on RottenTomatoes.com, or officially be a box office bomb. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In late 1971, the People's Army of Vietnam launched Campaign "Z" into northern Laos, escalating the war in Laos with the aim of defeating the last Royal Lao Army troops. The NVA troops numbered 27,000 and brought with them 130mm field guns and T-34 tanks, while the North Vietnamese air force launched MiG-21s into Lao air space. General Giap's specific orders to this task force were to kill the CIA army under command of the Hmong war lord Vang Pao and occupy its field headquarters in the Long Tieng valley of northeast Laos. 

All of the craziest, tragic, and most hilarious stories coming out of Florida. Hosted by James Parker and featured on 100+ radio stations every week.

Sports Podcast hosted by Jose Garza, talk about the some of the biggest fights, games, sporting events and discuss some of the controversies in the sports today. Joined by co-hosts Trigga Tre, Humble James, Jeff Bayless, Professor Alex and Meteorologist Marco, we have a great time talking about the sports we love. We hope you enjoy the podcast and share with other sports fanatics.

"Welcome to Truth to Freedom, the podcast that brings you real talk for real people. Join us as we make sense of the madness in Politics.

Welcome to the Kingdom Men in Action podcast, where we explore what it means to be a man of God in today’s world. Join us as we dive into deep conversations on various topics that matter to men. From relationships, faith, work, health, and everything in between, we aim to equip and empower men to live out their God-given purpose and make a positive impact in their families, workplaces, and communities. So tune in, grab a cup of coffee, and let’s journey together towards becoming the best version of ourselves.

The world can few like a hopeless ugly place. There are about a billion problems in the world but yet it feels like very few people are willing to talk about them or possible solutions. In this podcast, Parker James dives headfirst into the world's insane problems from their history, to some facts you probably didn't know, to the people responsible and in the same vein as the classic essay "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift provides a solution that will leave you thinking...that could work.

Hosts James Parker and Randy Bevis discuss primitive living skills of our ancestors and learning the skills to get in touch with our primitive pasts.James is a world class flint knapper, bowyer, primitive skills master from Gastonia, North Carolina. He is the owner of Huntworthy Productions. www.huuntworthyproductions.com. Check out James extensive experience at https://www.huntworthyproductions.com/about-usHis wife Rebecca is an also a highly skilled maker of quill work items, basket weaving and primitive clothing. You can see examples of their work on the photo gallery https://...

Point Center with James Parker takes an introspective look at youth sports and college athletics through a variety of angles. Kobe Bryant would always say to me “Sports is the ultimate metaphor for life.” Basketball teaches us a lot of things about each other and life. Discussions will revolve around the values and skills it takes to be successful in sports, and how those values and skills apply to our lives. Through a host of interviews with knowledgeable experts in their fields, I will dive into topics like skill development, athletic performance, strength, conditioning, mental aspects, ...