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Saints and Feasts of the Catholic Calendar Volume IV provides historically rich and spiritually vivid portraits of the greatest men and women who have ever lived in concise reflections that elevate the mind and challenge the serious Christian. Volume IV covers all of the saints and feasts on the church's official liturgical calendar in October, November, and December.

When Military Intelligence team Army Ranger Sergeant Steve Wolf crosses paths with a Private Military Company known as the Vipers, he subsequently finds himself blamed for the deaths of some Iraqi civilians after a botched raid in Baghdad.

Saints and Feasts of the Catholic Calendar Volume II profiles all of the saints and feasts on the Church's liturgical calendar in April, May, and June, and includes reflections for Lent and Easter. Each reflection is rich in historical and spiritual detail, inspiring the listener to emulate the greatest men and women who have ever lived.

Welcome, This Is A Music Quiz! This is a brand-new panel show podcast all about music, featuring team captains Michael Legge and Bethany Black with host Matt Hoss. Each week there is a new theme and guest comedians. It is a comedy show for people who love comedy, with an actual music quiz for music fans too!

Volume I of Saints and Feasts of the Catholic Calendar profiles the saints on the calendar of the Catholic Church from January through March, and includes reflections on the feast days of Lent and Holy Week as well. Each reflection provides a historically and spiritually rich snapshot of the great men and women whom the Church offers to her faithful for emulation and inspiration.

"Catholic Saints & Feasts" offers a dramatic reflection on each saint and feast day of the General Calendar of the Catholic Church. The reflections are taken from the four volume book series: "Saints & Feasts of the Catholic Calendar," written by Fr. Michael Black.These reflections profile the theological bone breakers, the verbal flame throwers, the ocean crossers, the heart-melters, and the sweet-chanting virgin-martyrs who populate the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church.

Aunt Emilia calls Kamar to reveal shocking news as he is battling his murky past. He has to face the atrociousness of the days gone by to find solace in his present ones. When We Were Boys, Book II starts with Young Kamar being separated from his mentally ill guardian, supposedly for his own good. But even after that, Kamar has yet to know what “good” seems like. He has yet to know what a real and loving family feels like — because all he knew was a dysfunctional and nightmarish one. The one that just might shove you in front of a moving vehicle then leave you for dead.

Join us on our epic journey through the film career of Michael Caine, reviewing every movie spanning seven decades, from the Oscar winning performances to the dumpster fire movies that would have incinerated a lesser actor. Journalist Michael Foley is joined by Steven Black, the creator and thumbs behind the hugely popular Mallow News satirical Twitter feed to pore over every Caine performance and explore films that range from eternal classics to incomprehensible duds, all in our tireless and yes, inexplicable, quest to figure out what makes the Mark of Caine. Get bonus content on Patreon ...

In this in-depth interview show, Black takes listeners into the minds of some of today’s most fascinating celebrities and newsmakers to discuss the process of how they became, well, amazing. Brought to you by PRX.

The Department of Institutional Memory talks Black Rock Ranger

Join your hosts Stephanie and Michael as they explore the spookiest and most disturbing cases of true crime, unexplained deaths, macabre history, serial killers, conspiracies, weird mysteries and the occult. Stories of morbid fascination and the human condition. Let us take you on a journey into darkness, and maybe have a laugh or two.

Suburban husband and wife team, Michael and Rebecca Black, chat about marriage, family, and anything else that comes to mind after they put their kids to bed at night.

Years ago, police detective Kevin McClain was captured and tortured when he was an airborne ranger in Somalia. Now, years later, the mutilation murder of a homeless man brings back a flood of unpleasant memories. At the same time, FBI agent Felicia Knight is busy tracking down a terrorist cell purportedly set to strike in our nation’s capital on the eve of the presidential election. What neither McClain nor Knight realizes is the two cases are secretly connected by a sinister plot more diabolical and far-reaching than either of them can imagine.

Veteran of sketch, television, and film, comedian Michael Ian Black has mastered a delivery that's equal parts dapper and deadpan, whether he's discussing the pro-choice debate or the Tilt-A-Whirl. Taped at John Jay College in New York City, Black's special includes his wry take on the human experience, from parenting and gender roles to guilty pleasures of all shapes and sizes.

Pulp Heroes Reborn Airship 27 Productions is thrilled to present volume five of Mystery Men (& Women ), their showcase anthology for debuting new pulp heroes created by today’s best action-adventure writers.

In the years after the Civil War, the greatest lawman to operate in the untamed wilderness frontiers was US Deputy Marshal Bass Reeves. Here, in this second volume of an ongoing series, the Deputy Marshal finds himself teaming up with a spitfire of a she-devil known as Quickshot Katy, chasing down desperate train robbers, protecting an army gold shipment and defending a vicious killer against an entire town demanding blood.

Detective Roger Colby thought he ended serial killer Morgan Laird's murderous spree 28 years ago when Laird was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison. But Colby soon finds out that nothing is certain in today's ever-changing society. The wheelchair-bound criminal has been released from prison and granted parole. But is it coincidence that a new series of homicides has suddenly begun, identically mirroring Laird's brutal series of murders from the past?

It started as a simple missing person case. Maria Castro came to private detective Ron Shade because her friend, Juanita, was desperate to find her fiancé. It all seemed pretty standard...until the missing fiancé was found floating in a canal. From there the search for something resembling the truth led Shade deeper and deeper into the darkness, in a world of murder, conspiracy, and cover-ups. But Shade won't be satisfied with the truth. He's looking for justice.

Things couldn’t be worse for Sergeant Frank Leal. He’s assigned a homicide at a seedy motel that suddenly develops into a "heater". Leal’s regular partner‚ Olivia Hart‚ is reassigned to the SWAT team. He’s also saddled with a college intern tweeting his every move‚ and Hart’s replacement is a rubber-gun-squad candidate who has conversations with a hand-puppet named Oscar. Hart’s secretly assigned to an internal affairs investigation to determine which members of the SWAT team are stealing the money during drug raids.

Something's happening in the underworld of Cook County. Tensions are rising between two rival drug lords, and the streets are their battleground. Sergeant Frank Leal and his former partner, Olivia “Ollie” Hart, get involved when one of their informants turns up dead with his ear cut off. When one drug lord decides it’s time to eliminate the competition completely, the takeover becomes very hostile indeed. As blood flows in the gutter and retaliation rules the day, Leal and Hart have to stop two criminal armies....