#season 1 catherine and peter hit different

[aziraphalesbookkeeper]

Mmmm thinkin about Catherine spending all of s1 plotting to kill Peter and then when he gets sick she does nothing but panic

Yeah 💔

#listen #velementov saying 'your legs went as if you were at sea' rewrote something in me #the great #catherine the great #peter the great #season 1 catherine and peter hit different

[notjanine]

2020 in books!

the only kind of new year’s resolution i made as a naive baby last january was to try to read 40 books for the year. (i read 37 in 2019, for context.) well, with all of my commuting time eliminated and an increased need for immersive escapism, i ended up surpassing that goal three times over lmao (thanks library ebooks!)

idk how to summarize my year in books in a way that makes sense but

(f) = fiction, (nf) = nonfiction, (p) = poetry.

books that rewired my fucking brain:

braiding sweetgrass by robin wall kimmerer (nf)- GOD?!?!?! good. dr. k is right. ostensibly a book about plants, but actually a book about shut up and go outside. consumerism and capitalism are doing their damnedest to fuck you up, but you can just choose to value different things. take care of yourself by taking care of your environment. etc etc.

wasp by richard jones (nf)- lissen. when i got this book, my wasp-phobia was so severe that i had to put it away face down on a high shelf because there are wasps on the cover and i couldn’t bear to RISK even GLIMPSING them. now i am like... a wasp evangelist. (also due to the bugs 101 course on coursera it’s so good.)

wag by zazie todd (nf)- i have a dog, but i am NOT a Dog Person (i.e. i love my dog, but please keep yours away from me, thanks.) this book helped me understand my little guy better, plus it gives actionable tasks and activities to do with and for your pup! plus, y’know, learning about things you’re scared of helps to lessen that fear. i’d recommend this to anyone who has, wants, or regularly interacts with a dog.

a closed and common orbit by becky chambers (f)- is this series complete fluff? absolutely. am i fundamentally different after reading this one? maybe.

the best we could do by thi bui (nf)- this is so far outside of my personal experience but somehow still made me come to peace with my relationship with my mom?? and it’s barely even about that?? idk. this is probably objectively the best book i’ve read this year.

books that were just fun as hell:

mexican gothic by silvia moreno-garcia (f)- this book made me YELL out loud

death on the nile by agatha christie (f)- i grew up on agatha christie shows, but never actually read her before this year! she really was That Bitch. read this before the movie comes out

cosmoknights by hannah templer (f)- i read this in one sitting through the worst headache i’ve had in years. it is a goddamn DELIGHT. this book has everything: spaceships. mech suits. fighting the patriarchy. a perfect otp. fun art in bright colors with clean lines. onomatopoetic WAPs from before the song gave that hilarious context. 800 lesbians. this is an antidepressant in graphic novel form.

stiff by mary roach (nf)- ms. roach is like the 4th most represented author on my bookshelf because she 1. stays writing about shit i’m interested in and 2. manages to talk about gross and ridiculous things without resorting to sensationalism. it takes skill to write a hilarious book about corpses.

black sun by rebecca roanhorse (f)- excellent sexual tension between a horny siren pirate and a hot doomed... monk, kinda? set in the pre-columbian gulf of mexico with magic and shit.

cuisine chinoise by zao dao (? n/f)- this graphic novel about chinese food history/mythology is BEAUTIFUL.

the color of magic by terry pratchett (f)- you’d think a hardcore douglas adams stan would have gotten to this sooner, but no, i had to date a nerdy white boy to get here. it’s fun though! i’m not gonna read them all, but this one was good. bonus: contains one (1) great himbo.

gideon the ninth by tamsyn muir (f)- like 500 pages of action and mystery and jokes and space necromancy. harrow the ninth gets a special mention bc it has a meme reference that took me out so hard i had to close the book, lie down, and groan for an entire minute before continuing.

other minds by peter godfrey-smith (nf)- i love octopuses. on one tma bonus ep, jonny sims says that if a creature can choose to do evil, then it’s a Person. octopuses are People. but anyway frfr this has an explanation of the evolution of consciousness that is cool af. (this one is much better than the other recent popsci octo book which i will not name out of politeness.)

the perfect predator by steffanie strathdee and thomas patterson (nf)- i read this bc my microbiology prof recommended it and it’s cool as heck! it’s got adventure, drama, mystery, Science-with-a-capital-S. i’m biased bc i’m a bit of a microbes nerd, but i had a blast with this. (but only bc we know going in that everything works out okay; if i hadn’t known that, i would have been TOO stressed!)

books that were a little less fun but still very readable:

my sister, the serial killer by oyinkan braithwaite (f)- i couldn’t find this as funny as other people bc i, too, have a beautiful sister who’s an insufferable narcissist, so it hits a little too close to home, but. it is a wild ride.

piranesi by susanna clarke (f)- idek what to say! i went into this one blind just bc it had a cool cover and title, so i guess i’d recommend that for other people too.

the sixth world series by rebecca roanhorse (f)- monster hunting! a post-apocalyptic take that doesn’t feel tired.

the shades of magic trilogy by v.e. schwab (f)- easy escapism. some ideas feel a little first draft-y, but idk, it’s also a pretty simple premise (which isn’t a bad thing). it’s a decent urban fantasy set in ~georgian?-era london. very actiony. suffers from a bit of i’m-not-like-other-girls disease, but i didn’t even notice until book two or three, so.

the only good indians by stephen graham jones (f)- starts off a little ??? (and reeks of being Written By A Man) but picks up. the pacing’s great and there’s just a super fucking cool monster.

robopocalypse by daniel h. wilson (f)- this reads like a tv miniseries so much that i can’t believe it isn’t one yet.

confessions of the fox by jordy rosenberg (f)- not my usual cup of tea, fiction-wise, but still compelling. a fresh take on the white-male-english-professor-self-insert? but not insufferable. gets weird!

spinning silver by naomi novik (f)- rumplestilstkin, but make it interesting! a great, richly-told fairy tale, but like, large scale. good to read on a cold day while you’re wrapped up in a blanket with some hot tea.

interior chinatown by charles yu (f)- compulsively readable. a couple things bugged me, but not enough to make me dislike it. a fun companion piece to how to live safely in a science fictional universe. i like this guy’s style.

cannibalism by bill schutt (nf)- COOL. mostly covers the animal kingdom (fun), spends too much time on the donner party (less fun), ends with a SPICY take on prions that i cannot get out of my head!!!

buzz, sting, bite by anne sverdrup-thygeson (nf)- BUGS! broad but not overwhelming, neither dumbed down nor overly scientific, short enough to finish in a day or two. recommend this to literally everyone.

books that made me want to read everything else in the author’s ouevre:

the time invariance of snow by e. lily yu (f)- this FUCKS but it’s too short!!!

an unkindness of ghosts by rivers solomon (f)- okay this book is SO good and so well-written and interesting and blah blah blah all the good things, but... the whole time, i was just like?? why???? why is this what you’re choosing to write about??? (i did also read the deep and blood is another word for hunger after this one, and i did like them both, especially the latter, but i think they can do better! like i think they could write a perfect book and i am gonna be *eyes emoji* until then.)

the space between worlds by micaiah johnson (f)- a fine debut novel, but i want to see her do something a little more... idk, refined? i think she overreaches here, like it’s a little... idk looper? this is how you lose the time war? there’s a better comparison, but i can’t think of it, but you get the idea. and then halfway through it shifts gears to mad max. there’s something weird about one of the central relationships, like it’s not complex enough to take as long to resolve as it does. idk idk. there are just a lot of little nitpicky things. it’s not bad! but i think she can do better and i look forward to finding out.

postcolonial love poem by natalie diaz (p)- thinky! like i tried to read this before bed, but it’s not the sort of thing to parse out while you’re falling asleep, it requires more attention than that.

books that Learned Me Somethin:

smoke gets in your eyes by caitlin doughty (nf)- i am a self-professed death obsessed weirdo, fascinated by death and mourning, but i didn’t know all that much about what happens to a body between the dying and the funeral! this book isn’t big, but it covers a lot and doughty’s writing style is engaging and honest. it’s very memorable.

queer by meg-john barker and julia scheele (nf)- i’m gonna be totally honest and say Queer Theory is above my intellectual pay grade, but this book takes you by the hand and explains the basics.

vitamania by catherine price (nf)- LMAO my fellow americans, never take a supplement. this book is great and well-researched, but normal folks don’t need to read it, just listen to season two of the dream podcast, which definitely cribbed from this.

vegetable kingdom by bryant terry (nf)- this is a fine cookbook, my favorite of his that i’ve read so far. gets a special mention bc i had a religious experience just reading one of his kohlrabi recipes. absolutely gutted that i didn’t have an opportunity to try it this year, since the pandemic put the kibosh on all family bbqs.

the best american food writing 2020 edited by j. kenji lopez-alt (nf)- this really is just a great collection.

are prisons obsolete? by angela y. davis (nf)- yes.

i moved to los angeles to work in animation by natalie nourigat (nf)- before reading this, i had basically zero knowledge of how the animation industry works. now i know like three things.

the secret lives of bats by merlin tuttle (nf)- BATS! okay this book is more about the adventures of being a bat scientist than it actually is about bats, but there are bats in there. insectivorous bats basically shit glitter, you should know this.

books from valuable perspectives:

hood feminism by mikki kendall (nf)- a breakdown of who’s getting left out of feminist spaces, why that’s happening, and why it shouldn’t be happening.

all you can ever know by nicole chung (nf)- a (transracial) adoptee’s take on adoption and learning more about her birth family. the personal storytelling of this one really stuck with me.

motherhood so white by nefertiti austin (nf)- a single-mom-by-choice’s take on the foster system/adoption process. walks you through some things i always wondered about and some things i wouldn’t even have thought about.

this place by kateri akiwenzie-damm et al (? n/f)- i, like a lot of non- native americans, only know that history in broad strokes. getting this many highly specific stories in one dense and beautiful book felt like a lucky find. and taking that perspective into the future in the context of that history is v good.

empty by susan burton (nf)- eating disorder stories are important to me bc i care about food so much. this one is so relatable- not in its specificity, but rather its generality. it’s easy to empathize with her perspective because it’s like, Oh, i don’t have that exact problem, but i struggle with different problems in a very similar way. (feels like the opposite of roxane gay’s hunger, in a way.)

obit by victoria chang (p)- this exploration of grief is... woof.

short story collections are hard to evaluate bc you’ll never read one where every single story hits but i generally enjoyed these:

a thousand beginnings and endings edited by ellen oh and elsie chapman (f)

how long til black future month? by n.k. jemisin (f)

her body and other parties by carmen maria machado (f)

books i revisited:

the broken earth trilogy by n.k. jemisin (f)- i read the series backwards this time and like... i can’t really find any faults in these books, man. they’re just the best.

everyone’s a aliebn when ur a aliebn too by jomny sun (f... but is it really?)- half of this book’s sales are from me buying it for other people bc it’s the only way i know how to say i love you. i reread it every time just to make sure it still feels right and it always does.

other honorable mentions:

white is for witching by helen oyeyemi (f)- not to pit two bad bitches against each other, but this book does what akwaeke emezi’s freshwater was trying to do. it’s a little weird, a little haunted, a little of a lot of things. read this only in the dead of winter. (and with stephen rennicks’ score for the little stranger playing in the background.)

homie by danez smith (p)- there’s a lot going on here, but this just made me crack a smile a couple times in a way that no other book of poetry has ever done.

the murder of roger ackroyd and murder in mesopotamia by agatha christie (f)- That Bitch!

blues by nikki giovanni (p)- she sure has some Things To Say

the three-body problem by cixin liu (f)- interesting concepts, but... idk something’s missing? felt weirdly soulless to me. i’m probably not gonna read the sequels. but it did make some points!

the sisters of the winter wood by rena rossner (f)- i’m a slut for shapeshifting, okay. but this is a good fairy tale, it works!

parable of the sower by octavia butler (f)- i read this in march, when the pandemic was just kicking off and boy that was not the right time. def my least favorite of hers so far, but an octavia butler i don’t love is still better than a hell of a lot of other books. no idea when or if i’ll get to a good enough headspace for the sequel.

faves:

saturnino herrán by adriana zapett tapia (nf)- i got to learn new things about my mans and see some of his paintings i’ve never even seen online! GOSH.

on food and cooking by harold mcgee (nf)- yeah yeah, i’ve already mentioned this book half a dozen times on here this year, but i don’t care. this book lives off the shelf in my home bc i reference it like every other fucking day. this book is a part of me now.

#long post #final total for the year will be 120 by the end of the day! #and i had a pretty good hit rate. would probably recommend at least half #and only outright hated four

[zed-air]

CKUA - Fill-In Playlists: 2020 Summer

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Below are the playlists for shows where I filled-in as guest host on CKUA during summer 2020.

Explore my playlist history for other dates and programs.

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TITLE • PERFORMING ARTIST • ALBUM • AIRTIME

2020-06-24 - 12:00-14:00 - Noontide (fundraiser edition)

^^ Listener recommendations/requests ++ Appears on this week’s CKUA top 30 chart

Sky Blue Sky • Wilco • SKY BLUE SKY • 12:02

Mr. Blue Sky • Electric Light Orchestra • ELO'S GREATEST HITS • 12:07

Chanson D'amour • David Wilkie & Gaye Delorme • BEAUTIFUL DREAMERS: VOL.1 • 12:12 ^^

When My Blue Moon Turns Gold Again • Roy Forbes • ______ • 12:19 ^^

Baby Blue • The Velveteins • A HOT SECOND WITH THE VELVETEINS • 12:22

In the Blue Moonlight • Joel Plaskett • THREE • 12:27

Hallelujah • k.d. lang • HYMNS OF THE 49TH PARALLEL • 12:33 ^^

Interview with Brian Beresh • Grant Stovel • CKUA ARTS • 12:39

I Can Help • Billy Swan • THE BEST OF • 12:41

Piano Blink • Hawksley Workman • BETWEEN THE BEAUTIFULS • 12:44 ^^

Stuck Inside Of Mobile... • Cat Power • I'M NOT THERE (SOUNDTRACK) • 12:49 ^^

No Control • Basia Bulat • ARE YOU IN LOVE? • 12:57 ^^

Time Of The Season • The Zombies • POP MUSIC: THE GOLDEN ERA • 13:03

Oj u Haju Pry Dunaju • Marenych Trio • SINGS • 13:12 ^^

Zebra • Beach House • TEEN DREAM • 13:12

Zebra • John Butler Trio • CMJ NEW MUSIC MONTHLY, VOL. 132 • 13:18 ^^

Living In The Future • John Prine • GREAT DAYS • 13:22 ^^

Sleepwalk • Jeff Beck • BECKOLOGY • 13:28

Double Barrel Blues • Blue Moon Marquee • GYPSY BLUES • 13:32 ^^

Bright Side of the Road • Van Morrison • AT THE MOVIES: SOUNDTRACK HITS • 13:38 ^^

Painter In Your Pocket • Destroyer • DESTROYER'S RUBIES • 13:44 ^^

Hey Bulldog • The Beatles • YELLOW SUBMARINE • 13:51 ^^

War Pigs • Ruthie Foster • JOY COMES BACK • 13:54 ^^

2020-06-25 - 12:00-14:00 - Noontide (post-fundraiser all-request show)

^^ Listener recommendations/requests

Wasting Time • Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats • S/T • 12:00 ^^

Jaquima to Freno • Ian Tyson • AND STOOD THERE AMAZED • 12:04 ^^

Lost Together • Blue Rodeo • LOST TOGETHER • 12:08 ^^

Real Love • David Myles • REAL LOVE • 12:15 ^^

Rubberband Of Life • Miles Davis (w/ Ledisi) • RUBBERBAND • 12:19 ^^

Smithsonian • The Avett Brothers • TRUE SADNESS • 12:26 ^^

This Storm • Tara MacLean & Catherine MacLelleland • THIS STORM (SINGLE) • 12:33 ^^

Swingin' With The Cats • Jim Campilongo • ______ • 12:39 ^^

Muffin Top • Jim & Penny Malmberg • WE'RE HERE FOR • 12:42 ^^

Right Before Your Eyes • Ian Thomas • A LIFE IN SONG • 12:45 ^^

Together • The Raconteurs • BROKEN BOY SOLDIERS • 12:52 ^^

I Can't Wait • Kieran Kane & Kevin Welch... • LOST JOHN DEAN • 12:56 ^^

45 Years • Stan Rogers • IN CONCERT • 13:02 ^^

Crazy As A Loon • John Prine • FAIR & SQUARE • 13:08 ^^

Coffee & TV • Blur • 13 • 13:13 ^^

Tangled Up In Blue • Bob Dylan • BLOOD ON THE TRACKS • 13:21 ^^

We Are Family • Sister Sledge • SISTER SLEDGE • 13:28 ^^

I Wanna Thank You • Sloan • NAVY BLUES • 13:34 ^^

Trapeze • Patty Griffin • CHILDREN RUNNING THROUGH • 13:38 ^^

Feeling Good • Nina Simone • TO BE FREE • 13:43 ^^

Carry On • Doug Hoyer • CHARACTER WITNESS • 13:48 ^^

No Wrong • King of Foxes • SALT & HONEY • 13:51 ^^

2020-06-26 - 12:00-14:00 - Noontide

^^ Listener recommendations/requests ++ Appears on this week’s CKUA top 30 chart

Rose Coloured Frames • Mariel Buckley • DRIVING IN THE DARK • 12:00

A Hundred Shades of Blue • Whitney Rose • WE STILL GO TO RODEOS • 12:03 ++

Any Fool With a Heart • Tami Neilson • CHICKABOOM! • 12:07

Where Have All The Flowers Gone • Peter, Paul & Mary • THE VERY BEST • 12:10

Shelter from the Storm • Bob Dylan • BLOOD ON THE TRACKS • 12:14 ^^

Ne Me Quitte Pas • Jesse Cook • THE BLUE GUITAR SESSIONS • 12:22 ^^

The Rambling Irishman • Dervish • THE GREAT IRISH SONGBOOK • 12:29

The Look of Love • ABC • THE LOOK OF LOVE • 12:35

Disco 2000 • Pulp • DIFFERENT CLASS • 12:39

Born Under a Bad Sign • Richard Hawley • COLES CORNER • 12:43

Summers Around Here • Mike Plume • LONESOME STRETCH OF HIGHWAY • 12:48 ++

New Day • Pharis & Jason Romero • BET ON LOVE • 12:52 ++

Havava • The Jerry Cans • ECHOES • 12:57 ++

Let Me Take You To the Beach • Frank Zappa • STUDIO TAN • 13:04

Hold the Line • Osyron • HOLD THE LINE • 13:08

And I Love Her • Pat Metheny • WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT • 13:12 ^^

Tender Lullaby • Roy Forbes • ALMOST OVERNIGHT • 13:18 ^^

Cover Your Eyes • Jess Knights • BEST KIND OF LIGHT • 13:20 ++

Stranger • Emily Rockarts • LITTLE FLOWER • 13:24 ++

Get You Back • Ariel Posen • HOW LONG • 13:30

Wreckless Abandon • The Dirty Knobs • WRECKLESS ABANDON • 13:37

Domino • Nicole Atkins • ITALIAN ICE • 13:42

Do It All the Time • I Don't Know How They Found Me • 1981 EP • 13:46

Angel • Lucette • DELUXE HOTEL ROOM • 13:50

Roundabout • Yes • FRAGILE • 13:53

2020-07-08 - 12:00-15:00 - Thoroughfare

^^ Listener recommendations/requests ++ Appears on this week’s CKUA top 30 chart

Euphoria (Firefly) • Delerium • KARMA • 12:00

The Ecstasy of Gold • Carolina Eyck • MUSIC FOR VOICE AND THEREMIN • 12:07

Seductress Of Bums • Raveonettes • PRETTY IN BLACK • 12:10

Apocalypse • Cigarettes After Sex • CIGARETTES AFTER SEX • 12:14

Rocket To The Moon • Adrian Nation • ANARCHY AND LOVE • 12:19

Andy • Frank Zappa & the Mothers • ONE SIZE FITS ALL • 12:28

The New Pollution • Beck • ODELAY • 12:35

Make Me Feel • Janelle Monae • DIRTY COMPUTER (CLEAN) • 12:39

Digital Witness • St. Vincent • ST. VINCENT • 12:42

We Used To Have Fun • Doug Hoyer • WE USED TO HAVE FUN • 12:48

Dancing Tonight • Christina Quesada • DANCING TONIGHT • 12:51

Nunca Es Suficiente • Natalia Lafourcade • HASTA LA RAIZ • 12:55

Havava • The Jerry Cans • ECHOES • 13:02 ++

Trigger • The New Haunts • THE NEW HAUNTS • 13:07

Source Blips • Matthew Cardinal • PIECES: 2011-2019 • 13:11

Come Hell Or High River • Tim Isberg • TEARS ALONG THE ROAD • 13:13

I'm Okay • Kimberley MacGregor • I AM MY OWN • 13:19

Get You Back • Ariel Posen • HOW LONG • 13:26

Yes, I Have Ghosts • David Gilmour & Romany Gilmour • YES, I HAVE GHOSTS • 13:34

So Long, Marianne • Leonard Cohen • SONGS OF LEONARD COHEN • 13:37

In Dreams • Roy Orbison • IN DREAMS • 13:44

Eulogy, End of the World • Evergreen • WHOLE • 13:47

Old Star • Devonian Gardens • OLD STAR • 13:55

Hanging On a Line • Begonia • FEAR • 14:01

Magpie • Caribou • SUDDENLY • 14:07 ++

Tu Mundo de Cristal • Capsula de Suenos • TU MUNDO DE CRISTAL • 14:12

Pegaso • Single • HOLA • 14:15

The Ballad Of Fred And Barney • Brad Bucknell & the oHNo Band • OHNO • 14:21

New Day • Pharis & Jason Romero • BET ON LOVE • 14:25 ++

Leaving Edmonton • Geoff Hawryluk • LEAVING EDMONTON • 14:32

Dark Road • Richard Hawley • LADY'S BRIDGE • 14:37

Elephant in the Room • Le Superhomard • MEADOW LANE PARK • 14:40

Give It Back • The Hearts • GIVE IT BACK • 14:45

Come With Me • Amy van Keeken • IN DREAMS • 14:50

Little White Lines • Sweet Vintage Rides • ROAD TRIP • 14:53

Rose of the Valley • Duane Eddy • ROAD TRIP • 14:56

2020-07-23 - 06:00-09:00 - Alberta Morning

^^ Listener recommendations/requests ++ Appears on this week’s CKUA top 30 chart

Mannish Boy • Muddy Waters • HARD AGAIN • 06:00

Sister Mavis • Tami Neilson • CHICKABOOM! • 06:06

The Devil is a Blue-Eyed Man • Celeigh Cardinal • STORIES FROM... • 06:08

Rose Coloured Frames • Mariel Buckley • DRIVING IN THE DARK • 06:14

Three Cheers to the Calgary Stampede • Dirty Dirty Devil’s • SATIN DEVIL DIARIES • 06:17

90 Seconds of Your Time • Corb Lund • AGRICULTURAL TRAGIC • 06:22 ++

Just Because You Can Don't Mean You Should • John Moore • JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN... • 06:25

Things • Bobby Darin • ANTHOLOGY • 06:31

Waking Light • Beck • MORNING PHASE • 06:38

Memoir • Charlotte Gainsbourg • STAGE WHISPER • 06:41

Welcome Home • My Morning Jacket • THE WATERFALL II • 06:44 ++

Te Queria • Lido Pimienta • MISS COLOMBIA • 06:49 ++

Temeles • Alemayehu Eshete & Hirut Begele • ETHIOPIAN SOUL AND GROOVE VOL 1 • 06:53

18 • Moscow Apartment • BETTER DAUGHTER (EP) • 06:59 ++

Loneliness • Rebekah Higgs • SHA LA LA • 07:04

Heart of an Animal • The Dears • LOVERS ROCK • 07:07

Time (You and I) • Khruangbin • MORDECHAI • 07:14 ++

Wherever You Go (Visualizer) • The Avalanches • WHEREVER YOU GO • 07:20

Summer Girl • HAIM • WOMEN IN MUSIC PT. III • 07:27

Tierra • Freak Motif • HOT PLATE • 07:31

Got Lucky • The Dice Cubes • MAKE ME MOTOR • 07:36 ^^

How To Forget • Jason Isbell • SOMETHING MORE THAN FREE • 07:41

That's How Rumors Get Started • Margo Price • THAT'S HOW RUMORS GET STARTED • 07:45 ++

Cold Fire • Begonia • FEAR • 07:49

Royals • Doug Organ • ROYALS (SINGLE) • 07:55

Scarlet (featuring Jimmy Page) • The Rolling Stones • GOAT'S HEAD SOUP 2020 • 08:00

House Music All Night Long • Jarv Is • BEYOND THE PALE • 08:08

I Want To Be a Robot • Eva Hurychova • DNES NA TOM ZALEZI • 08:13

Computerlove • Kraftwerk • COMPUTERWORLD • 08:21

Talk • Coldplay • X&Y • 08:22

Good Vibes • J. Findlay & M. Xu • I SEE • 08:27

Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth • Neko Case • MIDDLE CYCLONE • 08:31

Chat domestique • Jill Barber • ENTRE NOUS • 08:33 ++

Little Birds • Brenna Lowrie • LOSS LEADER • 08:38 ++

Hasta La Vista • Richard Inman • ______ • 08:40 ++

Saskatchewan (Eleanor's) • Zachary Lucky • SASKATCHEWAN • 08:44

Old Souls • William Prince • RELIEVER • 08:50

Hammer Into Anvil • Ikebe Shakedown • KINGS LEFT BEHIND • 08:54

2020-07-24 - 06:00-09:00 - Alberta Morning

++ Appears on this week’s CKUA top 30 chart

Traveling Light • Leonard Cohen • YOU WANT IT DARKER • 06:00

Save the Whale • Jarv Is • BEYOND THE PALE • 06:05

Tu Mundo de Cristal • Capsula de Suenos • TU MUNDO DE CRISTAL • 06:11

Cosmic Dancer • Nick Cave • ANGELHEADED HIPSTER • 06:15

Goodbye To A Friend • Dirty Dirty Devil's • SATIN DEVIL DIARIES • 06:21

Leaving Edmonton • Geoff Hawryluk • LEAVING EDMONTON • 06:28

The Business • Freak Motif • HOT PLATE • 06:31

Dangerous Heart • Joey Landreth • HINDSIGHT • 06:37

Wake Up the Ghosts • Leisure Cruise • LEISURE CRUISE • 06:42

Postcards From Paradise • Ringo Starr • POSTCARDS FROM PARADISE • 06:47

Nos Retrouvailles • Jill Barber • ENTRE NOUS • 06:53 ++

Backsliders • King Of Foxes • SALT & HONEY • 06:59

Dead End Kid • Altameda • DIRTY RAIN • 07:03

Chase The Sun • Lab Coast • THE SLED ISLAND LEMONADE STAND • 07:06

Interesting Times • Thomas Thomas • THE SLED ISLAND LEMONADE STAND • 07:08

What A Great Day • Jr. Gone Wild • PULL THE GOALIE • 07:13

The Other Man • Sloan • PRETTY TOGETHER • 07:19

Somnabulist • Nehiyawak • LIVE AT CKUA • 07:24

Braids • Anachnid • DREAMWEAVER • 07:27 ++

Nanya Tamgu • Sinistrio • RIDE THE DRAGON • 07:30

Building A Case • Kimberley MacGregor • I AM MY OWN • 07:34

Body • Julia Jacklin • CRUSHING • 07:43

Cherry Blossom Girl • Air • TALKIE WALKIE • 07:48

Survivor's Guilt • Danny Michel • BLACK BIRDS ARE DANCING OVER ME • 07:51

Yes, I Have Ghosts • David Gilmour & Romany Gilmour • YES, I HAVE GHOSTS • 07:57

Dreams Tonite • Alvvays • ANTISOCIALITES • 08:02

Jody • A Girl Called Eddy • JODY • 08:06

Nuestro Momento • Band a Part • NUESTRO MOMENTO • 08:12

Sunshine • Cayley Thomas • HOW ELSE CAN I TELL YOU? • 08:15 ++

Resisto Y Ya • Lido Pimienta • MISS COLOMBIA • 08:19 ++

Just Circumstance • Whitney Rose • WE STILL GO TO RODEOS • 08:22 ++

New Girl • Moscow Apartment • BETTER DAUGHTER • 08:27 ++

Pattern Recognition • Noveller • ARROW • 08:32

Day After Day • Badfinger • DAY AFTER DAY • 08:33

Black Velvet Band • Irish Rovers • VERY BEST • 08:36

24 Frames • Jason Isbell • SOMETHING MORE THAN FREE • 08:41

New Day • Pharis & Jason Romero • BET ON LOVE • 08:44

Highway Two • Tim Isberg • RUNNING ON THE EDGE • 08:50

The Tourist Song • Brad Bucknell • OHNO • 08:53

2020-07-30 - 06:00-09:00 - Alberta Morning

++ Appears on this week’s CKUA top 30 chart

As the Dawn Breaks • Richard Hawley • TRUELOVE'S GUTTER • 06:01

Little Birds • Brenna Lowrie • LOSS LEADER • 06:05 ++

The Birds • Elbow • BUILD A ROCKET BOYS! • 06:08

Birds and Ships • Billy Bragg & Wilco • MERMAID AVENUE • 06:16

Comme les fleurs • Jill Barber • ENTRE NOUS • 06:19 ++

Summer Girl • HAIM • WOMEN IN MUSIC PT. III • 06:22 ++

Left Right Left • Ashes & Dreams • HEART OF STONE • 06:26

Coffee Creek • The Slocan Ramblers • COFFEE CREEK • 06:30

Pachagon • Djely Tapa • BAROKAN • 06:34 ++

Our Hell • Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton • KNIVES DON'T HAVE YOUR BACK • 06:37

Dirty Blvd. • Lou Reed • NYC MAN - THE COLLECTION • 06:42

Wendy’s House • Brad Bucknell • OHNO • 06:46

Bizarre Love Triangle • Give 'Em Hell Boys • BARN BURNER • 06:50

Love Will Tear Us Apart • Oysterband • THE BIG SESSION: VOLUME 1 • 06:54

Stay • Justine Vandergrift • STAY (SINGLE) • 07:01

Mr. Bojangles • Nitty Gritty Dirt Band • NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND • 07:05

I'm Still Loving You • Blackie & The Rodeo Kings • SOUTH • 07:09

Collaboratoins Don't Work • FFS • FFS • 07:13

Shape Shifter • Lera Lynn • RESISTOR • 07:20

Bowling Green • Neko Case • THE VIRGINIAN • 07:25

Plaid Suit • Gitkin • 5 STAR MOTEL • 07:28

Fireproof • The National • TROUBLE WILL FIND ME • 07:31

You Want It Darker • Leonard Cohen • YOU WANT IT DARKER • 07:33

Dividido • Alex Cuba • SUBLIME • 07:42

Moon Of Honey • Billie ZiZi • MOON OF HONEY • 07:46

The Ridge • Julian Taylor • THE RIDGE • 07:50 ++

No Control • Basia Bulat • ARE YOU IN LOVE? • 07:55

Goodbye Jimmy Reed • Bob Dylan • ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS • 08:01 ++

18 • Moscow Apartment • BETTER DAUGHTER (EP) • 08:07 ++

Everyday Robots • Damon Albarn • EVERYDAY ROBOTS • 08:11

West End Girls (Lockdown Version) • Pet Shop Boys • LOCKDOWN • 08:15

Vitamin C • Can • THE SINGLES • 08:19

Blistered • That Pedal Show Band • OX EP • 08:22

Try • Ariel Posen • HOW LONG • 08:27

Blues Of The Prairies • Oscar Peterson • CANADIANA SUITE • 08:30

Qui Je Suis • Thomas Dutronc • QUI JE SUIS • 08:35

Pull Away • Leon Bridges • COMING HOME • 08:38

Resisto Y Ya • Lido Pimienta • MISS COLOMBIA • 08:41 ++

Shangri-La • EOB • EARTH • 08:44

Pacheco • Beirut • NO NO NO • 08:50

Forgotten Worlds • Delerium • KARMA • 08:53

2020-07-31 - 06:00-09:00 - Alberta Morning

Standing at the Sky's Edge • Richard Hawley • LIVE AT THE DEVIL'S ARSE • 06:01

Rocket To The Moon • Adrian Nation • ANARCHY AND LOVE • 06:06

In The Aeroplane Over The Sea • Neutral Milk Hotel • IN THE AEROPLANE... • 06:12

Impossible Germany (live, 2012) • Wilco • ASHES OF THE AMERICAN FLAG • 06:16

Scarlet (featuring Jimmy Page) • The Rolling Stones • GOATS HEAD SOUP 2020 • 06:22

Save the Whale • Jarv Is • BEYOND THE PALE • 06:28

Guitar Rumba • Sue Foley • BACK TO THE BLUES • 06:32

Don't Delete the Kisses • Wolf Alice • VISIONS OF A LIFE • 06:36

My Future • Billie Eilish • MY FUTURE • 06:40

One to Remember • Khruangbin • MORDECHAI • 06:44 ++

Excuses • Olivia Jean • BATHTUB LOVE KILLINGS • 06:48

Domino • Nicole Atkins • ITALIAN ICE • 06:52

Sound & Color • Alabama Shakes • SOUND & COLOR • 06:56

Dragonfly • Fleetwood Mac • DRAGONFLY • 07:01

Too Many Wrongs • The Dears • LOVERS ROCK • 07:05

Let Me Be A Flower Child • Fionn • EVERYONE'S A CRITIC • 07:09 ++

Jody • A Girl Called Eddy • JODY • 07:14

I'll Meet You There • Carbon Poppies • RAIN ON MY FACE • 07:19

So Sweet • Bad Buddy • BAD BUDDY • 07:22 ++

Dancing with Sue • Wyatt C. Louis • DANCING WITH SUE • 07:26

Reflect • Matthew Cardinal • PIECES: 2011-2019 • 07:29 ++

Any Fool With A Heart • Tami Neilson • CHICKABOOM • 07:31

Two Minds • Cayley Thomas • TWO MINDS • 07:34

Runaway • Doug Hoyer • CHARACTER WITNESS • 07:41

Old Father Time • John Moore • OLD FATHER TIME • 07:44

Huron 'Beltane' Fire Dance • Loreena McKennitt • NIGHTS FROM THE ALHAMBRA • 07:48

I Move Around • Lee Hazlewood • 13 • 07:56

Singin' the Blues (live) • Ruthie Foster • LIVE AT THE PARAMOUNT • 08:01 ++

Hey Child • Margo Price • THAT'S HOW RUMORS GET STARTED • 08:05 ++

Joue avec le feu • Jill Barber • ENTRE NOUS • 08:09 ++

Eso Que Tu Haces • Lido Pimienta • MISS COLOMBIA • 08:12 ++

Anna (Go To Him) • Arthur Alexander • ULTIMATE COLLECTION • 08:18

Holdin' Me Down • Dead Ghosts • AUTOMATIC CHANGER • 08:20

What You're Doing • The Beatles • BEATLES FOR SALE • 08:23

The Shining Sea • Cory Weeds • DAY BY DAY • 08:26 ++

Bear the Cold • Mitch Holtby • BEAR THE COLD • 08:32

Everybody's Coming to My House • David Byrne • AMERICAN UTOPIA • 08:35

West End Girls (Lockdown Version) • Pet Shop Boys • LOCKDOWN • 08:39

Pink Lemonade • James Bay • ELECTRIC LIGHT • 08:42

All Of Me • That Pedal Show Band • OX EP • 08:46

The Battle of the Thames • Osyron • FOUNDATIONS • 08:53

2020-08-25 - 12:00-15:00 - Thoroughfare

^^ Listener recommendations/requests ++ Appears on this week’s CKUA top 30 chart

Celebration Day • Led Zeppelin • III • 12:00 ^^

Live In Favor of Tomorrow • The Lemon Twigs • SONGS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC • 12:04

Rain on My Face • Carbon Poppies • RAIN ON MY FACE • 12:07

Seductress Of Bums • Raveonettes • PRETTY IN BLACK • 12:10

Diamonds Are Forever (Mantronic Remix) • Shirley Bassey • THE REMIX ALBUM • 12:14

Firelight • Thievery Corporation • SAUDADE • 12:18

Spanish Light • The Jim Findlay Trio • LIVE AT THE BLUE CHAIR • 12:21

Carry On • Coeur De Pirate • ROSES • 12:27

Just the Two of Us • Alex Cuba • JUST THE TWO OF US • 12:32

Libertad • Ventanas • ARRELUMBRE • 12:35

The Grand Bazaar • The Tea Party • ALHAMBRA • 12:38

Seaside Rendevous • Queen • A NIGHT AT THE OPERA • 12:45

Pick it Up • Fast Romantics • PICK IT UP • 12:46 ++

Dreamin' • Skinny Dyck • GET TO KNOW LONESOME • 12:50 ++

What's Going On • Toronto Tabla Ensemble • UNEXPECTED GUESTS • 12:54 ++

Jody • A Girl Called Eddy • JODY • 13:00

Coney Island Memories • Giorgio Tuma • MY VOCALESE FUN FAIR • 13:05

Brasil • EOB • EARTH • 13:10

Letting Me Down • Margo Price • THAT'S HOW RUMORS GET STARTED • 13:16 ++

You Don't Scare Me • Whitney Rose • RULE 62 • 13:20

Chat domestique • Jill Barber • ENTRE NOUS • 13:24 ++

Time (You and I) • Khruangbin • MORDECHAI • 13:27 ++

Xanadu • Juliana Hatfield • SINGS OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN • 13:33

Combat Baby • Metric • OLD WORLD UNDERGROUND... • 13:37

Summer Girl • HAIM • WOMEN IN MUSIC PT. III • 13:41 ++

Tu Mundo de Cristal • Capsula de Suenos • TU MUNDO DE CRISTAL • 13:44

Spark on Your Shoulder • Ashes & Dreams • HEART OF STONE • 13:50

Suffragette City • The Acorn • PAPER BAG RECORDS VS THE RISE AND FALL... • 13:54

No.1 Party Anthem • Arctic Monkeys • AM • 13:58

Come Lately • Give 'Em Hell Boys • BARN BURNER • 14:04 ^^

Mornings In Memphis • Justin Townes Earle • THE SAINT OF LOST CAUSES • 14:10

Goodbye To A Friend • Dirty Dirty Devil's • SATIN DEVIL DIARIES • 14:14

Eulogy, End of the World • Evergreen • WHOLE • 14:20

Fools Ride • Kathleen Edwards • TOTAL FREEDOM • 14:26 ++

Rose Coloured Frames • Mariel Buckley • DRIVING IN THE DARK • 14:30

Deluxe Hotel Room • Lucette • DELUXE HOTEL ROOM • 14:33

Magpie • Caribou • SUDDENLY • 14:37

Cherry Blossom Girl • Air • TALKIE WALKIE • 14:41

House Music All Night Long • Jarv Is • BEYOND THE PALE • 14:46

Breakfast at the Ace • The Rapiers • THE RETURN OF THE RAPIERS • 14:50

Opening Move • Gryphon • OPENING MOVE • 14:55

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What’s Joe Watching - May 2020

So, I have a bunch of free time, everyone has a bunch of free time, and this is some of the stuff I've been watching so far in 2020. This is mostly TV shows, I’m leaving out a few movies I watched only partially. I'm including some things that I bounced off and quit watching, but I fully reserve the right to go back to them a little later.

Justified - Pilot I intended to just watch the opening Tommy Buck scene, but I fucked up and saw the whole episode since everyone is so darn compelling. And every interaction with Dewey Crowe and Raylan is a treasure. It's amusing to see the Florida Crowe Clan brought up in the show's first 10 minutes or so. This episode is completely fantastic, but it also kinda made me realize how the whole first season is a pilot. Despite him looming over a few scenes, Raylan's father never even shows up. I don't think I'm going to do a full watch through the entire series, but this was extremely fun.

6 Underground - A Michael Bay Film I loved the action, and usage of Dave Franco (cough). As usual, the movie thinks it's way more clever than it actually is. I mostly enjoyed it, definitely has action a cut above the average Transformers movie. The characters don't live up to the likes of Pain & Gain or The Rock, though. Ryan Reynolds felt like way too much of a Deadpool-Mary Sue fantasy of a badass in 2020.

Tremors 1 and Tremors 2 Definitely started the sequel without knowing that Bacon was nowhere to be seen. That was okay though. These movies are fun, and at least early on, they manage to make each one different enough to hide the fact that they're losing recognizable faces with each movie.

The Rookie - Season 2 I'm going to tiptoe around and not spoil it out of abundance of caution, but the reveal was pretty thoroughly lame, expected, yet also seemed hurried and out of left field? It was all done pretty well, and the episodes were usually good, but I'm slightly dreading Season 3. Every character other than Nolan ended up in a pretty okay or even promising place, though, so they could just write their way out of it.

Kingsman: The Golden Circle This sequel has some great moments, but mostly suffers from the normal "too much more" problem that affects nearly all sequels.

Super Troopers 2 Still mostly funny! Even when retreading jokes from the old one. Full disclosure, I fell asleep before the big climax/finale, but It went off fine and everyone lived happily ever after anyways.

911 Lone Star - Season 1 This show was ridiculous for all the right reasons, and seemed to have the right mix of the Glee creative forces to make something goofy and fun. Really hopeful to see it picked up for a bigger and better second season.

Lincoln Rhyme The Hunt For The Bone Collector Did I like this show just because of the long, funny title? Probably. But it was still pretty fun. Parts of it felt like a movie length story stretched into a short season of TV, but the cases of the week helped with that, I guess. Despite the twist ending, I think this is going to end up a one and done show.

Mission Impossible 1 & 2 The first is such a great De Palma classic. I used to think of the second as "bad, but at least it's John Woo", but watching it this time it just felt bad period. I'm probably going to watch the rest soon, since the rest are extremely enjoyable.

Superstore - Season 5 Holy shit, this show was really funny, and the union storyline has been surprisingly good. I'm a little upset that real life circumstances are kind of boxing the show into a corner, between the season not being able to finish filming as well as it being America Ferrera's last on the show. However, I'm pretty confident the show will keep on being entertaining in some way. The Office survived Michael Scott's departure, obviously. That's an idea, Robert California buying Cloud 9 in season 6. Is The Blacklist still going?

This next group of things I started watching for some period of time, but walked away. I don't want to say they all completely fucking suck, though! I definitely might go back to them, but they're at least on a big pause.

The Great - Season 1 This just dropped on Hulu. It's really promising! It has Elle Fanning as the titular (Catherine) The Great, and Nicholas Hoult as her husband Peter. It's got a really weird vibe to it. One reviewer said it was more sketch comedy than historical epic. Peter came off as David Brent, but actually slaughtering people. It just hit a little too dark and uncomfortable type humor. I usually love that, and love the Office! But this just felt pushed a little far over the line for me to stay with. More uncomfortable than funny. But it's a really amazingly well made and clever idea for a show.

Tacoma FD - Season 1 - TruTV Looked like Super Troopers plus Reno 911 at first glance. But it just didn't really click. Actually, sitting here, I'm struggling to remember much about it.

Battlefield Earth (Rifftrax) Not sure why I'm including this on here, I've seen this (and the riff trax with it) a bunch of times. The movie was just too painful this time. Maybe I'm getting weaker in my old age to stand John Travolta's voice in this movie.

Mortal Kombat: Scorpion's Revenge This is an animated Mortal Kombat movie that I vaguely knew was R+ rated for violence. It was uncomfortably like what a 13 year old would consider cool gory violence. Like just cutting dozens of ninjas lengthwise and huge cartoon intestines sputtering everywhere. It was well animated and the action was fairly cool, but it was just gross to look at. I lasted long enough to briefly appreciate Joel McHale as Johnny Cage, though.

Brews Brothers - Season 1 - Netflix I don't have anything overwhelmingly bad to say about this one. The humor just didn't super click for me, and I bailed out fast. It's made by the gentlemen behind The League. I liked the title/pun/idea about two different brothers running a brewery together. It just kinda suffered from a bad cold opening of the first episode real bad.

Happy Endings - Season 1 Okay stop yelling at me for not liking this show. I gave it a shot based on the cast and rave reviews and loads of folks with good TV opinions trying to get it saved. The way the series starts just struck me way more sad than funny? I guess that's the point, and I'm not letting them get to the titular happy ending. But eh.

Okay, that's a lot of words, next up will be a bunch of shows I'm currently watching/enjoying/excited to finish! Or it will probably be so long that they will convert into completed shows!!! Who knows?

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Since premiering in 2002, The Bachelor has become a cultural phenomena. The show has created a dedicated fan base that loves to tune in every Monday to watch one man court thirty women, and hopefully fall madly in love with one of them and live happily ever after.

Related: The Bachelor: 5 Most Annoying Villains Ever (& Most Entertaining)

While the premise of the show has remained the same over the course of 25 seasons, the leads have all brought something different to the table in terms of personality and the definition of true love. For the past 10 bachelor's, some found their forever person, while others found Instagram fame and book deals.

10 Matt James (Season 25)

Matt James made history as the first Black male lead on The Bachelor when his season premiered this past January. In the end, he chose to date Rachael Kirkconnell instead of propose to her, but they broke up before After The Final Rose due to her previously racist behavior.

Though his season just concluded in March, Matt has been up to a lot since then. His charcuterie boards have become quite the hit on TikTok, and most recently he was spotted out in New York with Rachael, prompting rumors that they may have reconciled.

9 Peter Weber (Season 24)

Peter Weber's season famously ended with him proposing to Hannah Ann Sluss, breaking it off, and then seemingly reuniting with runner-up Madison Prewett despite his mother's wishes.

Since then, Peter has had a relationship with fifth-place finisher Kelley Flanagan that ended in late December. Currently, Peter remains single and has been seen hanging with the other men of Bachelor Nation in New York, where he lives with fellow contestant Dustin Kendrick.

8 Colton Underwood (Season 23)

Colton Underwood famously jumped the fence in his season of The Bachelor. His reasoning was that he wanted to be with frontrunner Cassie Randolph so badly, and she had self-eliminated herself. By the season's end they got back together and decided to take it slow and date off the show.

Related: The Bachelor: Most Popular Leading Men, Ranked By Instagram Followers

Colton released a book in March 2020, entitled The First Time. Colton and Cassie remained together until May 2020, when they announced their breakup. In September, Cassie filed for a restraining order against Colton after he allegedly sent her threatening text messages and put a tracking device on her vehicle.

7 Arie Luyendyk Jr. (Season 22)

Arie Luyendyk Jr. shocked a lot of fans when he chose to propose to Becca Kufrin over Lauren Burnham at the Final Rose Ceremony. That's why it didn't surprise many when he changed his mind and broke things off with Becca to pursue a future with Lauren instead.

The race-car driver proposed to Lauren on After The Final Rose, and the two wed in January 2019. They welcomed their daughter Alessi in May of that year, and are currently expecting twins. They recently announced plans to move to Hawaii.

6 Nick Viall (Season 21)

Nick Viall chose Vanessa Grimaldi over Raven Gates in the Season 21 finale of The Bachelor. The two got engaged but broke it off four months later.

Since his time as the Bachelor, Nick has competed on Dancing with the Stars and started his own podcast called The Viall Files where he interviews celebrities and members of Bachelor Nation alike. Lately, he debuted his relationship with new girlfriend, Natalie Joy, on Instagram.

5 Ben Higgins (Season 20)

Ben Higgins stole the hearts of fans and Kaitlyn Bristowe when he competed on Season 11 of The Bachelorette. As the lead on his own season, he got down on one knee and proposed to flight attendant Lauren Bushnell.

Related: The Bachelor: 5 Best Cameos By Previous Contestants (& 5 Worst)

After the show, Ben and Lauren starred in their own reality show, Ben and Lauren: Happily Ever After? before ending their engagement. He also participated on The Bachelor Winter Games in 2018. Recently, he got engaged to longtime girlfriend Jessica Clarke.

4 Chris Soules (Season 19)

Chris Soules first appeared on Andi Dorfman's season of The Bachelorette. On Season 19 of The Bachelor, he got engaged to Whitney Bischoff, but they broke up two months after the finale.

In 2015, Chris competed on Dancing with the Stars and finished in 5th place. In 2017, he was involved in a fatal car accident where he fled the scene, leading him to be sentenced to two years' probation. Most recently, Chris was linked to Victoria Fuller from Peter Weber's season, but their romance was short lived.

3 Juan Pablo Galavis (Season 18)

Before Clare Crawley she was The Bachelorette, she was telling off Bachelor Juan Pablo in the Season 18 finale of The Bachelor. After her exit, Juan Pablo gave his final rose to Nikki Ferrell, and they dated until October 2014.

Juan Pablo and Nikki appeared on Couples Therapy together before their split. In 2017, he got married to Osmariel Villalobos, but the pair divorced in 2019. He tweeted about ex Clare while her season of The Bachelorette was airing.

2 Sean Lowe (Season 17)

One of Bachelor Nation's most beloved success stories came from Season 17 of The Bachelor. 29-year-old Sean Lowe fell head over heels for Catherine Giudici.

Related: The Bachelor: The 10 Best First Contestants Sent Home

The lovebirds got married in January 2014. Sean, like most of his Bachelor peers, competed on Dancing with the Stars. He and Catherine have expanded their family by welcoming three children, Samuel, Isaiah, and Mia. He has also appeared on a variety of reality shows since his time on The Bachelor.

1 Ben Flajnik (Season 16)

After vying for Ashley Herbert's heart on The Bachelorette, Ben Flajnik took the reins as lead of the 16th season of The Bachelor. He proposed to model Courtney Robertson at the Final Rose Ceremony, but they separated while the season was airing.

Ben and Courtney briefly reunited as an engaged couple before ending their relationship for good in the Fall of 2012. Following the show, he began working at Yelp, and was once spotted on a date with actress Jennifer Love Hewitt. He now remains relatively out of the spotlight.

Next: 10 Latest Bachelorettes: Where Are They Now?

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Christmas Movies: A Complete Holiday Streaming Guide

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So, maybe there isn’t enough Christmas and holiday programming on TV for your liking. We get it. You can’t be stuck at the mercy of broadcasters and cable networks all the time, not when there are so many Christmas movies to watch, right?

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Christmas Movies and TV Specials: Full 2020 Schedule

By Den of Geek Staff

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Christmas Movies: A Complete Holiday Streaming Guide

By Alec Bojalad and 1 other

Well, because we’re a little crazy, we’re working on an index of every Christmas movie and other piece of seasonally appropriate holiday-themed film available on various streaming services. Just bookmark this page, scroll on through the alphabetical list, hit the links, and it can be Christmas whenever you need it to be! And if you spot some stuff that we missed, just let us know in the comments and we’ll see about getting it all added for you.

Anna and the Apocalypse (2017)

Hulu

What is it about the holidays that makes it feel like we’re on the verge of the end of the world? Regardless, if you’re going to capture Christmas season ennui in a movie, you might as well go all out. That’s exactly what British holiday film Anna and the Apocalypse aims to do. Anna is a Christmas zombie musical comedy. Because why have one genre when you can have them all?

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The Best Christmas Movies Available on Hulu

By Alec Bojalad

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Run Review: Sarah Paulson Terrifies as Mommie Dearest in Hulu Movie

By Don Kaye

Ella Hunt stars as Anna Shepherd, a secondary school graduate who plans to embark on a grand travel tour before heading to university. Those plans come to a grinding halt, however, when a zombie infection starts to spread throughout her town. Anna gets together with some friends as they try to survive both the holidays and the encroaching zombie apocalypse. 

Black Mirror: White Christmas (2014)

Netflix

Those looking for Christmas cheer won’t find it here. Black Mirror isn’t necessarily known for its happy endings and it’s 2014 Christmas special, “White Christmas” is no different.

Still, there is an audience out there that definitely wants this level of Scroogery. Plus it stars Jon Hamm! “White Christmas” follows three seemingly disparate stories. Jon Hamm is Matt, a mysterious man with a mysterious job who viewers watch in three different environments: once as a gross pick-up artist helper, once as a digital “cookie” salesman, and once as an occupant in a cozy cabin on Christmas Day.

What do all of these have to do with Christmas? Watch and find out. Then weep for the collapse of humanity.

A Charlie Brown Christmas Special (1965)

Apple TV+ – Arriving Dec. 4

“A Charlie Brown Christmas Special” is one of the most enduring holiday classics in the pop culture canon. Originally airing in 1965 on CBS, it was an experiment from The Coca-Cola Company to see if Charles M. Schulz’s beloved Peanuts characters could carry their charm over to a new medium…and boy could they.

The half-hour picks up with Charlie Brown down in the dumps and unable to capture the Christmas spirit. Thankfully, his friends know just what to do. Soon ol’ Chuck is directing the school Christmas play and nabbing a pitiful Christmas tree with Linus. This is “A Charlie Brown Christmas Special’s” first year as primarily a streaming entity, though Apple TV+ is allowing it to air on PBS on Dec. 13.

The Christmas Chronicles (2018)

Netflix

If a Christmas movie is only as good as its Santa (surely someone out there abides by this rule), then Netflix’s The Christmas Chronicles is one heck of a Christmas movie. This family film produced by Chris Columbus features Kurt Russell ascending to his final form as Hot Santa Claus. 

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New on Netflix: November 2020 Releases

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The Best Christmas Movies Available on Netflix

By Alec Bojalad

The plot follows two children who are struggling to believe in the magic of Christmas after the death of their firefighter father. But the spirit of the season seizes them when they encounter the ultimate stand-in father figure: Kurt Russell Santa. The Christmas Chronicles is your classic, by-the-book family holiday yarn with a fun actor at the center and elevated production quality. Its sequel is also available to stream on Netflix. 

Doctor Who Christmas Specials

HBO Max

If the British know one thing, it’s tea. If they know two things, it’s tea and Christmas specials. Many big-time U.K. television shows have their own excellent holiday specials. Decades-old sci-fi institution Doctor Who, however, takes the cake when it comes to Christmas excellence.

HBO Max has 12 seasons worth of Doctor Who Christmas specials dating all the way back to the modern continuation’s first Doctor, Christopher Eccleston. Each episode is an hour-long treat of Doctor Who and Christmas goodies and should the joy of watching them ever peter out, there are plenty of bonus materials to watch as well.

Frozen (2013)

Disney+

Frozen, an animated movie you might have heard of, technically takes place during summer. But it sure doesn’t feel that way after Queen Elsa freezes the fjord and belts songs about the snowmen she and her sister want to build. Indeed, there is hardly a more festive film for the holidays than this celebration of self-love and familial love. Rather than being the story of a princess falling for a prince, Frozen is about the love between two sisters, Elsa (Idina Menzel) and Anna (Kristen Bell), and how that bond can transcend fear, isolation, and lifelong trauma like losing your parents at an early age.

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By David Crow

Fairly sophisticated stuff for an animated movie, Frozen became a bona fide classic in large part due to its songbook by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, with “Let It Go” standing out as an anthem for self-empowerment and the realization of identity. And if you overlook the fact you heard that song probably five thousand times, it still has that same resonance, which is why children are drawn to its message, as well as Elsa’ irresistible ice powers brought to dazzling life. When you factor in Anna’s own awkward charm, the power the two radiate together is warming in any season.

Home Alone (1990)

Disney+

Another holiday classic from Fox, Home Alone remains a millennial touchstone for this time of year, and a gift that keeps on giving. Yes, everyone remembers the end where Macaulay Culkin tortures two bumbling goons (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern) as if they’re Elmer Fudd, but the movie has a lot more going for it than just slapstick sociopathy. Indeed, when Kevin McCallister isn’t being a sadist, this film has an earnest appeal about celebrating the fantasy of a kid living by himself at home.

When his parents leave Kevin McAllister home alone for Christmas—it was an accident!—he has a luxury house to himself that he lounges about as if it were a giant playground with free ice cream, pizza, and R-rated movie viewing parties. Things go a little pear-shaped though when crooks try to rob the joint, but he handles that in glib fashion, all while sweetly pining for his mother. In fact, as you get older, Catherine O’Hara’s trials and tribulations to get back home to her baby boy in time for Christmas are as amusing as Kevin’s hijinks. (John Candy! Polka music!! Polka Christmas music!?!) But probably the reason this is a real classic has a lot to do with John Williams’ eternally heartwarming score.

Into the Dark: Pooka! (2018)

Hulu

The concept of Hulu horror anthology series Into the Dark is a simple one. Starting in October, every month would see the release of a new horror movie, usually revolving around a theme or holiday within that month. So naturally December 2018’s entry, Pooka!, brings its chills to Christmas. Directed by Nacho Vigalondo from a script by Gerald Olson, Pooka! introduces one of the cutest creepiest critter since Gremlins.

Struggling actor Wilson Clowes (Nyasha Hatendi) takes on a job operating a giant fur suit of a toy company’s upcoming holiday season to, Pookah. Pookah has two modes, naughty or nice. Soon Wilson comes to find that the suit is starting to effect his overall mood and the naughty mode may last outside the confines of the suit.

It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

Amazon

Now if you could only watch one Christmas movie every holiday season, it’s gotta be this one, right? It’s a Wonderful Life has been a winter staple ever since…shortly after its 1946 release. The film infamously took a little while for audiences to catch on they they were in the presence of a classic. And now it lives on Amazon for the time being as the go-to spot for holiday cheer.

If you haven’t watched this movie in a while, it can be surprising just how tenuously tied the whole thing is to Christmas. Though the story of George Bailey begins on Christmas Eve 1945, the movie takes audiences throughout the entirety of his life, Christmas Carol-style. But of course, in the end the angels have gotten their wings and Christmas is in full thrall. Certainly, It’s a Wonderful Life will be all over the traditional TV calendar, but it’s nice to know that it’s on streaming as well for those who just can’t wait.

Klaus (2019)

Netflix

Since the hallowed days of Rankin/Bass stop-motion animated Christmas specials, there hasn’t been much movement or innovation in the realm of animated Christmas movies. Klaus, written and directed by Sergio Pablos, seeks to change all that in Klaus.

This crisply animated feature serves as an alternative history version of the story of Santa Claus. Jesper (Jason Schwartzman) proves himself to be the worst student as a postal academy and is sent to the North Pole where his lack of letter-delivering abilities won’t do anyone any harm. There he discovers Klaus (J.K. Simmons), a mysterious carpenter who lives alone and likes to make handmade toys. Sounds pretty familiar. 

Klaus is both a technical marvel and an effective little Christmas story.

Last Christmas (2019)

HBO Max

Shortly after taking in the cheerful trailer for Emma Thompson and Paul Feig’s 2019 holiday hit Last Christmas, the Internet stood up as one and agreed on an important point: there’s a twist in here, isn’t there? And of course, the Internet was right…as it so often is.

Last Christmas features a very prominent and important twist in its plot that you’ll have to watch the movie (or read Wikipedia) to figure out. But twist or no, this is a perfectly enjoyable entry into the modern Christmas canon. Emilia Clarke takes some time off from torching King’s Landing to star as Kate, an aspiring young singer going through hard times around Christmas. That all changes when she meets the alluring and devastatingly handsome Tom (Henry Golding). What follows is a minor Christmas miracle.

The Santa Clause (1994)

Disney+

Tim Allen really was on top of the world in the 1990s, wasn’t he? The star of ABC’s popular Home Improvement sitcom, and just a year away from becoming a Pixar legend in Toy Story, Allen could get any family entertainment greenlit. Thus enters Disney’s The Santa Clause, a movie that posits “what if Tim Allen became Santa?” That’s pretty much what happens when Allen’s schmo-y Scott Calvin inadvertently is responsible for the death of the previous Santa who slips off his roof.

The consequence of Scott’s mistake is he puts on the red and white outfit to finish Santa’s sleigh ride that night, much to the delight of his son Charlie (Eric Lloyd). Little does he know that by donning the suit, he has entered into a “Santa Clause” which means he becomes the big guy—literally so as he gains 100 pounds of weight and a white beard overnight. It’s still amusing now, but our favorite bit will always be David Krumholtz as the no-nonsense North Pole elf from Brooklyn.

Surviving Christmas (2004)

Amazon

One enduring hallmark of the Christmas movie genre is how bad many of its entries are. Of course, there are some well-executed classics that command one’s attention and respect, but for the most part they all blend together into a pleasant cheerful mush that can be on in the background while one decorates their tree.

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But even by the dismal standards of Christmas movies, 2004’s Surviving Christmas is particularly dismal. This Ben Affleck/James Gandolfini starring vehicle very much earns its 7% Rotten Tomatoes score. In a way, however, that makes it a must-watch holiday classic. Affleck stars as a rich advertising executive looking to reconnect with his past. What better way to do so than to pay the current occupants of his childhood home to spend Christmas with them? Much James Gandolfini grumpiness ensues.

A Very Brady Christmas (1988)

Hulu

A Very Brady Christmas was a 1988 made-for-TV movie that brought together the entire original cast of The Brady Bunch save for Susan Olsen (Cindy Brady). Olsen was on her honeymoon at the time and I cant’ figure out if that’s a great reason or a weird reason to miss a once-in-a-generation TV event.

A Very Brady Christmas centers on a very simple and very relatable concept: getting the whole family back together for Christmas. This is a hard enough logistical challenge for a “normal” family, and a damn near impossible one for a family with six kids. Will the Bradys be able to pull it off? Watch and find out!

Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus (1991)

HBO Max

“Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus” is one of the most enduring sentences in Christmas history. It comes from an 1897 newspaper editorial in which The Sun (of New York) editor Francis Pharcellus Church responds affirmatively to young Virginia O’Hanlan’s question about the existence of Santa Claus.

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This 1991 TV movie of the same name dramatizes the already-quite dramatic story. Charles Bronson, of all people, stars as Church, who is dealing with the death of his wife and the trauma he endured as a war correspondent during the Civil War. It turns out that one little girls credulous belief in the impossible is all that many adults need to get back into the spirit of the season.

And here’s the complete list, just in case you don’t like our choices!

5 Star Christmas (2018)

Netflix

12 Days of Christmas Eve (2004)

Peacock

12 Dog Days Till Christmas (2014)

Hulu

12 Pups Of Christmas (2019)

Hulu

Alien Xmas (2020)

Netflix

Alone for Christmas (2013)

Peacock

American Rodeo: A Cowboy Christmas (2016)

Amazon

Angela’s Christmas (2017)

Netflix

Angela’s Christmas Wish (2020)

Netflix

Angels in the Snow (2015)

Hulu

Anna and the Apocalypse (2018)

Hulu

Back to Christmas (2004)

Hulu

Barbie: A Christmas Carol (2008)

Hulu

Barbie: A Perfect Christmas (2011)

Hulu, Peacock

Beyond Christmas (1940)

Amazon

Black Christmas (2019)

HBO Max, Peacock

Black Mirror: White Christmas (2014)

Netflix

A Bell for Christmas (2014)

Peacock

Bob’s Broken Sleigh (2015)

Netflix

BoJack Horseman Christmas Special (2014)

Netflix

A Bride for Christmas (2012)

Amazon

Chico Bon Bon and the Very Berry Holiday (2020)

Netflix

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: A Mid-Winter’s Tale (2018)

Netflix

Christmas, Again (2014)

Amazon

Christmas with the Andersons (2016)

Hulu

Christmas Belle (2013)

Hulu

Christmas Break-In (2019)

Netflix

The Christmas Calendar (2017)

Hulu

A Christmas Carol (1938)

HBO Max

A Christmas Carol (2019)

Hulu

The Christmas Chronicles (2018)

Netflix

The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020)

Netflix

Christmas in Compton (2012)

Hulu

Christmas Crush (2019)

Hulu

Christmas Cruise (2017)

Peacock

The Christmas Dragon (2014)

Amazon

Christmas in the Heartland (2013)

Peacock

Christmas on Holly Lane (2019)

Amazon, Hulu

Christmas Inheritance (2017)

Netflix

A Christmas Kiss II (2015)

Hulu

The Christmas Lodge (2014)

Amazon

Christmas Matchmakers (2019)

Peacock

A Christmas Movie Christmas (2019)

Hulu

Christmas Mystery (2014)

Peacock

Christmas Perfection (2018)

Hulu

Christmas with a Prince (2018)

Amazon

A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding (2018)

Netflix

A Christmas Princess (2019)

Peacock

The Christmas Ride (2019)

Amazon

A Christmas in Royal Fashion (2018)

Peacock

A Christmas Solo (2019)

Hulu

A Christmas Snow (2011)

Amazon

A Christmas Tree Miracle (2015)

Amazon

Christmas Twister (2012)

Peacock

Christmas in Vermont (2016)

Hulu

Christmas in Wonderland (2007)

Amazon

A Cinderella Christmas (2016)

Hulu

Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas (2009)

Hulu

Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker (2020)

Netflix

Dash & Lily (2020)

Netflix

Dear Santa (2011)

Amazon

Deck the Halls (2006)

Hulu

Disney Channel’s Epic Holiday (2020)

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Disney Channel Holiday House Party (2020)

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Disney Holiday Magic Quest (2020)

Disney+ – Arriving Dec. 11

Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square (2020)

Netflix

A Doggone Christmas (2016)

Amazon

A Dogwalker’s Christmas Tale (2015)

Hulu

The Dog Who Saved Christmas (2009)

Hulu

The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation (2010)

Peacock

Dragons: Rescue Riders: Huttsgalor Holiday (2020)

Netflix

Dreamworks Happy Holidays from Madagascar (2005)

Netflix

Dreamworks Holiday Classics (2011)

Netflix

Dreamworks Home For the Holidays (2017)

Netflix

Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas (2014)

HBO Max

Elf-Man (2012)

Amazon

 Elf Pets: Santa’s Reindeer Rescue (2020)

Netflix

Every Other Holiday (2018)

Hulu

Eve’s Christmas (2004)

Hulu

Free Rein: The Twelve Neighs of Christmas (2018)

Netflix

A Flintstone Christmas (1977)

HBO Max

A Flintstone Family Christmas (1993)

HBO Max

Get Santa (2014)

HBO Max

Girlfriends of Christmas Past (2016)

Hulu

A Go! Go! Cory Carson Christmas (2020)

Netflix

The Heart of Christmas (2011)

Hulu

High School Musical: The Musical: The Holiday Special (2020)

Disney + – Arriving Dec. 11

His and Her Christmas (2005)

Hulu

Holidate (2020)

Netflix

The Holiday Calendar (2018)

Netflix

Holiday Home Makeover with Mr. Christmas (2020)

Netflix

The Holiday Movies That Made Us (2020)

Netflix

Holiday Road Trip (2013)

Peacock

Holiday Rush (2019)

Netflix

Holiday in the Wild (2019)

Netflix

Holly’s Holiday (2013)

Hulu

Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (2012)

HBO Max

Home For Christmas (2019)

Netflix

How to Ruin Christmas (2020)

Netflix

Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas (2011)

Hulu

Into the Dark: Pooka! (2018)

Hulu

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020)

Netflix

Klaus (2019)

Netflix

The Knight Before Christmas (2019)

Netflix

Last Holiday (2006)

Peacock

Let it Snow (2019)

Netflix

Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)

Hulu

The March Sisters at Christmas (2012)

Hulu

Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special (2020)

Apple TV+ – Arriving Dec. 4

Married by Christmas (2016)

Hulu

Merry Happy Whatever (2019)

Netflix

Miracle on Christmas (2020)

Amazon

Mighty Express: A Mighty Christmas (2020)

Netflix

My Dad is Scrooge (2014)

Hulu

My Little Pony: A Very Minty Christmas (2005)

Hulu

My Santa (2013)

Hulu

Nailed It! Holiday! (2018)

Netflix

A Nanny for Christmas (2010)

Hulu

Naughty and Nice (2014)

Hulu

A Nasty Piece of Work (2019)

Hulu

Neo Yokio: Pink Christmas (2018)

Netflix

New Year, New You (2019)

Hulu

A New York Christmas Wedding (2020)

Netflix

A Norman Rockwell Christmas Story (1996)

Amazon

Nothing Like the Holidays (2008)

HBO Max

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)

Disney+ – Arriving Dec. 4

The Oath (2018)

Hulu

Once Upon a Time for Christmas (2017)

Hulu

Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas (2016)

HBO Max

Operation Christmas Drop (2020)

Netflix

Pee-wee’s Playhouse: Christmas Special (1988)

Netflix

Power Rangers: Megaforce: The Robo Knight Before Christmas (2013)

Netflix

Power Rangers Super Samurai: Stuck on Christmas (2012)

Netflix

Prince of Peoria: A Christmas Moose Miracle (2018)

Netflix

A Prince for Christmas (2015)

Peacock

A Princess for Christmas (2012)

Amazon

The Princess Switch: Switched Again (2020)

Netflix

A Puppy for Christmas (2016)

Hulu, Peacock

Rare Exports (2010)

Amazon, Hulu

A Royal Christmas Ball (2017)

Peacock

Santa Buddies (2009)

HBO Max

Santa Pac’s Merry Berry Day (2016)

Netflix

Santa Girl (2019)

Netflix

Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays (2012)

HBO Max

The Search for Santa Paws (2010)

HBO Max

Second Chance Christmas (2017)

Hulu

The Secret of the Nutcracker (2007)

Hulu

The Smurfs Christmas (1982)

HBO Max

So This is Christmas (2012)

Hulu

The Spirit of Christmas (2015)

Hulu

A StoryBots Christmas (2017)

Netflix

Sugar Rush Christmas (2019)

Netflix

Super Monsters: Santa’s Super Monster Helpers (2020)

Netflix

Super Monsters Save Christmas (2019)

Netflix

Super Monsters and the Wish Star (2018)

Netflix

Surviving Family (2014)

Amazon

The Swan Christmas Princess (2012)

Hulu

This Christmas (2007)

Hulu

The Town Santa Forgot (1993)

HBO Max

True: Winter Wishes (2019)

Netflix

The Truth About Christmas (2018)

Hulu

A Very Country Christmas (2020)

Amazon

A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas (2011)

HBO Max

A Very Murray Christmas (2015)

Netflix

A Wedding for Christmas (2017)

Peacock

Wonderoos: Holiday Holiday! (2020)

Netflix

Yogi Bear’s All-Star Comedy Christmas (1982)

HBO Max

Yogi’s First Christmas (1980)

HBO Max

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2:57 a.m. ET

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"I analyze this very differently than most," Rubio said. "Many argue that you can't cut taxes because it will drive up the deficit. But we have to do two things. We have to generate economic growth which generates revenue, while reducing spending. That will mean instituting structural changes to Social Security and Medicare for the future." He suggested reducing benefits and raising the retirement age for future retirees, so people can prepare for the changes. "Tax reform is the economic component of this equation," Rubio said. "When more people are working, there are more taxpayers and more revenue, but that alone won't be enough. You are still going to have a debt problem in the absence of spending cuts."

The broadly unpopular tax bill — rushed through with almost no debate or expert testimony and zero Democratic input — would have wide-ranging and uncertain effects on all Americans. As AARP noted, the legislation already includes $25 million in automatic Medicare cuts for next year alone, along with $111 million in other cuts to federal programs, and it would either raise taxes or keep them the same for 6.3 million Americans 65 or older in 2019 and 10.8 million by 2027. President Trump, who is pushing the legislation hard, promised during the campaign he would not change Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security. You can watch Rubio's invertivew at Politico. Peter Weber

5:29 a.m. ET

For months before The Washington Postblew her cover story on Monday, Jaime Phillips, using a variety of aliases, had been networking with reporters in Washington, D.C., and New York City, trying to strike up friendships and sometimes surreptitiously videotaping conversations, The Washington Post detailed on Wednesday. Phillips appears to work for Project Veritas, which uses selectively edited secret video to target media organizations and liberal groups. The Post busted her trying to pass of a fake story about an affair with GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore, with the evident aim of discrediting the women who have accused Moore of sexual misconduct.

After announcing in a GoFundMe campaign that she was leaving Georgia to help take down the "liberal MSM" in New York, Phillips deleted her conservative social media history (her Twitter handle for a while was "Jaime❤PresidentTrump"), the Post says, and began populating her accounts with posts in favor of gun control and critical of President Trump, photos of John F. Kennedy, and quotes about love making America great. In July, she began showing up at farewell parties for Washington Post staffers and meet-ups with journalists or progressive activists, while renting a room from a Democratic operative. The Postshared text messages showing her five-week attempt to befriend a reporter, including sympathy tweets over a family tragedy.

Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe declined to comment on Phillips' mingling with journalists, telling the Post, "I can't give up the identity of my sources, no more than you can disclose the identity of your anonymous sources." It's not clear what "sources" he was talking about. You can read about Phillips' undercover activities at The Washington Post, and get a taste of her social media makeover in the video below. Peter Weber

4:35 a.m. ET

Stephen Colbert returned to the air Wednesday after a weeklong break, and he'd noticed the changing media landscape. "I am one of the few men still allowed on television," he joked on The Late Show, pointing to NBC's firing of morning anchor Matt Lauer. "According to the chairman of NBC News, Lauer was fired due to 'inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace,'" he said, "not to be confused with appropriate sexual behavior in the workplace, because that does not exist." Colbert went through some of the salacious details of Lauer's alleged misconduct, including a tidbit from a colleague involving a sex toy and a note. "It's bad enough he gave her a sex toy, but he also gave her instructions?" he asked. "He found a way to mansplain sexual harassment."

President Trump, of course, weighed in on Twitter, saying the heads of NBC should be fired, too, "for putting out so much Fake News." Colbert couldn't take it. "Listen up, you don't get to comment," he said. "That is the pot calling the kettle at 3 a.m. and asking what she's wearing. Plus, remember the whole Billy Bush/bus thing?"

In fact, Trump is casting doubt now that it really is him bragging about grabbing women's genitalia on the Access Hollywood bus, so Colbert played the tape. "You know, when you listen to it again, it can't be him, because anybody who said that wouldn't get elected president of the United States," he said. The fact that Trump admitted he said it and apologized only made Colbert more suspicious.

Colbert also hit some happier news, the engagement of Britain's Prince Harry to American actress Meghan Markel. But he found a Trump angle there, too: "England, a word of warning. We had a cool, biracial leader for a while, too. And I can tell you, you need to savor it. Because the next princess is gonna suck." Watch below. Peter Weber

1:44 a.m. ET

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Director Ridley Scott says that once he heard the accusations of sexual misconduct made against Kevin Spacey, he knew he would have to replace the actor in his new movie,All the Money in the World.

It meant having to get Christopher Plummer on board to replace Spacey and co-stars Michelle Williams and Mark Wahlberg to agree to re-shoot their scenes, but it worked out, Scott told Entertainment Weekly, and he still plans on hitting the original release date of Dec. 22. "There's no time for pondering," he said. "Sometimes you've got to lay down the law. You have to!" Williams agreed with Scott's decision to replace Spacey with Plummer, saying the move sends "a message to predators — you can't get away with this anymore. Something will be done."

The scenes were redone during Thanksgiving week, reportedly at a cost of $10 million (the original budget is believed to have been around $40 million). The movie is based on the 1973 kidnapping of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty's grandson, with first Spacey, and now Plummer, playing Getty. Scott said he wasn't worried about getting all of the scenes shot again in such a short amount of time and never even dreamt of postponing the release until 2018, because he moves "like lightning." What was most important to him was not letting "one person's action affect the good work of all these other people. It's that simple." Catherine Garcia

1:23 a.m. ET

Jimmy Fallon kicked off Wednesday's Tonight Show with a pointed jab at the elephant in the room, the firing that morning of his own network's morning news star, Matt Lauer, over sexual misconduct. Well, technically Fallon began with a setup about how NBC had just rung in the holiday seasons by lighting the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Plaza. "Also getting lit tonight? The HR rep over at NBC," he deadpanned. "If you're wondering where in the world is Matt Lauer, he's probably at a bar with Charlie Rose." Rose, of course, was the top male at Lauer's CBS rival morning show before he was fired over sexual misconduct.

Fallon has a reputation for pulling punches, but the other late-night Jimmy, Jimmy Kimmel, was a little more expansive with the Lauer jokes. "This morning my wife looked at her phone and said, 'Oh my god, Matt Lauer' — which, of course, I assumed he was dead. I guess this is better, I don't know," he said. "What happens now? I mean, does he have to do an emotional interview with himself?" He also wondered if maybe fellow Today anchor Kathie Lee Gifford should stop slapping Hoda Kobt's butt on "spanky Tuesdays" — which, he proved, is a real thing.

"Of course, President Trump weighed in on this, as presidents do," Kimmel said drily. "And I'll tell you, if anyone knows about inappropriate behavior in the workplace at NBC, it's Donald J. Trump. I mean, is he aware that he's him?" Of course, Lauer wasn't Wednesday's only big media termination. Kimmel's joke about Garrison Keillor fondling an NPR tote bag fell flat, but he persisted: "Can you imagine being fired from Minnesota Public Radio? It's like having your library card revoked." Peter Weber

12:20 a.m. ET

On Wednesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that President Trump has asked Conway, his counselor, to become the opioids czar. She will "coordinate and lead the effort from the White House" to solve the problem of opioid overdoses, which killed tens of thousands of Americans in 2016, Sessions said. He also said that state and local police departments will receive $12 million in grants and the Drug Enforcement Agency will open a field office in Louisville, Kentucky, to target opioid use in Appalachia.

Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) was in charge of a commission that handed in its final report this month with more than 60 recommendations on how to stop the opioid crisis. Conway attended many of the panel's meetings, BuzzFeed News reports, and she has also worked with other members of the administration to put together Trump's response to the epidemic. Catherine Garcia

12:18 a.m. ET

Right now, White House budget director Mick Mulvaney is the victor in the "boss fight" at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, after winning the first round of a legal fight with rival CFPB acting director Leandra English, Trevor Noah said on Wednesday's Daily Show. President Trump appointed Mulvaney to the job despite — or more likely because — Mulvaney says the CFBP, which has refunded billions of dollars to consumers from shady financial institutions, is too hard on banks, among more pointed criticism.

"They took money from banks and gave it back to the people?" Noah asked in mock outrage. "That's not how money works. Everyone knows it's: money goes into the banks, and then things happen, and then yachts." Still, "according to the Trump administration, the real victims are the banks themselves," he added, showcasing their argument, then laughing at it. "Financial institutions devastated? Trampling on capitalism? Have you seen capitalism lately? If you scroll through capitalism's Instagram feed, life is looking pretty good."

Look, by all measures, "Wall Street is already living large while so much of America is still struggling," Noah said. "And castrating the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will only make it worse. This is one of those times when I wish that there was a political hero, someone who would stand up and say, 'I'm not going to let Wall Street get away with murder!'" He played that clip, and if you think it was Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren, well, watch below. Peter Weber

November 29, 2017

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During an interview with a now-shuttered golf magazine, President Trump told a reporter there is "nothing in the world like first-rate pussy," the former journalist, Michael Corcoran, told The Daily Beast.

Trump made the comment after he spotted a "young socialite" eating dinner at his Florida club Mar-a-Lago, Corcoran said. Corcoran was assigned to write a profile on Trump for News Corp.'s Maximum Golf magazine in 2000, and he followed Trump around for a few days. He said he used the quote in the ending of his profile, but the magazine's editor-in-chief removed the obscenity and replaced it with "talent." Corcoran's editor, Joe Bagmann, backed up this account, telling The Daily Beast he was "asked to change the last word of the story from 'pussy.' When I refused, my top editor changed the quote."

Trump seems to have a fondness for the word, having been caught on tape bragging to former Access Hollywood host Billy Bush about groping women, being able to "grab 'em by the pussy" because he was famous, among other recorded uses. The White House did not respond to The Daily Beast's request for comment. Catherine Garcia

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Things To Do In London This Weekend: 31 December 2016-2 January 2017

All Weekend Ice skating at Somerset House in 2012. Photo: London Shots ICE SKATING: What better way to shake off a fuzzy head than by going ice skating? Twinkly lights, elegant gliding — it'll have you feeling right as rain quick-sharp. London's seasonal ice rinks are mostly open into the new year. GO FOR A WANDER: Take your pick from our series of weekend walks — wherever in London you are, and however energetic you're feeling, there's something for you. CYCLE ROUTES: If you want to get a bit further than a walk, why not try one of these cycle routes? Saturday 31 December KEATS CITY WALK: Follow in the footsteps of poet John Keats and his days as a radical medical student on this guided walk in the City of London. You'll see his birthplace and places where he lived and studied. Starts at Moorgate tube station. £10-£12, book in advance, 11am-1.30pm FAMILY CONCERT: Head to St Martin in the Fields in Trafalgar Square for a family concert featuring two timeless children’s classics: Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf and excerpts from Saint-Saëns’s Carnival of the Animals, with The Flight of the Bumblebee and some Christmas carols thrown in for good measure. £10, book in advance, 11.30am The Glenn Miller Orchestra is at Barbican Centre 1940s CONCERT: The Glenn Miller Orchestra performs a selection of wartime hits at Barbican Centre, joined by jazz vocalists Catherine Sykes and Mark Porter. £16.50-£32.50, book in advance, 2.30pm TWILIGHT CLIMB: Why not watch the sun set on 2016 with a twilight climb Up At The O2? Walk over the famous dome and admire the London skyline at dusk. £35, book in advance, 4pm-6.30pm CHRISTMAS AT KEW: Spend the evening exploring the Christmas Trail at Kew. The gardens are illuminated with an impressive light display, including laser beams and a tunnel of lights. There's a traditional funfair to keep the kids happy, and food and drink stalls. Adult £18/child £10, book in advance, 5pm-10pm COMEDY: Charlie Baker, Jo Caulfield, Markus Birdman, Larry Dean and Phil Nichol take to the stage for The Comedy Store's New Year's Eve stand-up show near Piccadilly Circus. Choose from show (£26-£31) or show and after party (£47-£52), book in advance, from 6pm When Harry Met Sally is on at Prince Charles Cinema WHEN HARRY MET SALLY: Head to Leicester Square's Prince Charles Cinema for a screening of When Harry Met Sally, starring Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan. Each ticket includes sparkling wine and a party popper. £11, book in advance, 6.30pm MORE COMEDY: Markus Birdman, Alistair Barrie and Luke Toulson are on the bill at Amused Moose's comedy night. The show is followed by a New Year's Eve party at the venue, The Water Rats on Gray's Inn Road. £20-£29.50, book in advance, 8pm VINTAGE PARTY: The Vintage New Year's Eve Party is back at the Southbank Centre, consisting of seven pop-up vintage nightclubs with music from the 1920s-90s, plus dining options, a hair and beauty salon, and a private terrace over the Thames, from which you can watch the fireworks. From £79, book in advance, 7pm See in the new year at a Viennese Gala. VIENNESE GALA: Barbican Centre hosts a Viennese New Year's Eve Gala, complete with dancers in traditional 19th century Viennese costumes, and music from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, among others. £19.50-£45, book in advance, 7.30pm DINNER DANCE: Waltz the night away at the lighthouse at Trinity Buoy Wharf with Disappearing Dining Club. Tuck into canapés and a supper club-style three course meal, or buy an after-dinner ticket and turn up for the dancing. £100 f0r dinner and dance, £35 to join the party after dinner, book in advance, 7pm-4am DANCE WITH DIPPY: Have a last tango with Dippy, Natural History Museum's diplodocus, before he's removed from the museum in January to go on tour. For the first time, the museum holds a New Year's Eve Ball — choose from a ball ticket, or pay extra for a three-course meal. From £130, book in advance, 8pm-1am SOHO THEATRE: See in the New Year with a cabaret show at Soho Theatre, hosted by the always-excellent Bourgeois & Maurice, or simply spend the evening in the theatre's bar. £50 for the show/ £10 for bar only, book in advance, 9pm-3am Sunday 1 January NEW YEAR'S DAY PARADE: The actual dinosaurs from the film Jurassic World star in this year's New Year's Day Parade, alongside a number of boroughs, bands, schools and car rallies. The parade begins on Piccadilly, before making its way down to Whitehall. Free, just turn up, from noon The 2016 New Year's Day Parade. Photo: Sarah SEVEN NOSES OF SOHO: Discovering London tour guide Peter Berthoud leads a guided walk in search of the seven noses of Soho. Learn about the noses and the myths surrounding them, as well as other fascinating facts about the area, £25, book in advance, 1pm-4.30pm CEILIDH: Dance 2017 in with the Ceilidh Liberation Front at the Southbank Centre. Bring your dancing shoes and start the year with a swing in your step. Free, just turn up, 1pm-5pm NEW YEAR'S DAY GALA: Barbican Centre hosts a New Year's Day Gala, with music from the London Concert Orchestra, and some traditional British anthems. £19.50-£45, book in advance , 2.30pm COMEDY: Laugh off your hangover with some of the best improv comedians at The Comedy Store's New Year's Day show near Piccadilly Circus, featuring the Comedy Store Players. £17, book in advance, 7.30pm Monday 2 January ADVENTURES IN MOOMINLAND: Have some family fun in the new year with Southbank Centre's Moominland. An exhibition dedicated to Tove Jansson's lovable characters, it's fun for all. £13.50-£16.50, book ahead, from 10am ROYAL OBSERVATORY: Fly to the moon and back at the Royal Observatory planetarium with The Sky Tonight. Explore the night sky, from the Moon, to constellations and planets on this space adventure. £7.50/£5.50, book ahead, 12.30-1pm/2.45pm-3.15pm THE SOUND OF MUSICALS: For all you musical theatre fans out there, this one's for you. The Sound of Musicals is an evening of Broadway and West End classics from Les Misérables, Wicked, Hairspray and more at the Barbican Centre. Various prices, book ahead, from 2.30pm The Godfather and The Godfather Part II will be screening at Prince Charles Cinema on 2 January. Photo: Paramount Pictures THE GODFATHER: The Prince Charles Cinema is showing a double feature screening of Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather and The Godfather Part II. Just don't start arguing about which is the best (we'll ignore Part III). £12.50/£10, book ahead, 3.50pm-10.50pm WATERLOO ART: Head over to the mezzanine at Waterloo for Landscape Photographer of the Year and enjoy a collection of stunning photography taken across the UK. Free, just turn up, until 5 February Funzing Fun things to do with our friends and sponsor Funzing. Fun things to do with our friends and sponsor Funzing. Funzing Sessions || Travel First Class for Free Anyone can travel the world in style for next to nothing. 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