Los mejores podcasts de Amp Amy King (2024)

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Episode 22 - Social Security Overview 26:51

7d ago26:51

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Summary Amy and Mike talk about the complexities of Social Security Retirement Benefits, focusing on its significance for retirees, the intricacies of claiming benefits, and the impact of taxation. They discuss eligibility requirements, the importance of timing in claiming benefits, and the potential shortfall of the Social Security Trust Fund, emp…

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Episode 021: Listener Questions: Balancing Retirement and Education; Getting Started 24:08

20d ago24:08

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SummaryIn this episode, Mike and Amy address listener questions regarding financial planning for military families, focusing on the balance between retirement savings and education funding. In their answer to the second question, they discuss foundational financial steps, the importance of emergency funds, debt management, and life insurance. The c…

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Episode 020 - Financial Value of the BRS Pension 24:50

1M ago24:50

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Summary In this episode Amy and Mike discus the financial value of the Blended Retirement System (BRS) pension and how to determine how much more one would need to earn in a civilian job to equate to the value of the pension. Takeaways Military members often consider separating at various points during their career Many don’t really know how much m…

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Episode 019 - Listener Question 25:48

2M ago25:48

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Summary In this conversation, Amy and Mike discuss long-term care insurance and how to plan for long-term care. They explain the different types of insurance available, including traditional long-term care insurance and hybrid long-term care insurance. They also discuss the option of self-insurance and the importance of having a plan in place. They…

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Episode 018 - BRS Lump Sum 22:55

2M ago22:55

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Episode 018 - BRS Lump Sum Summary In this conversation, Mike and Amy continue their 3-part series Blended Retirement System focusing on the lump sum payment option at retirement. Takeaways The lump sum payment option in the blended retirement system allows service members to receive a portion of their pension at retirement. The lump sum payment is…

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Episode 017 - Blended Retirement System Continuation Pay 22:26

3M ago22:26

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In this episode Mike and Amy continue their series on the military’s Blended Retirement System focusing on the mid-career Continuation Pay.Takeaways- Continuation pay is a mid-career retention tool in the Blended Retirement System (BRS) that incentivizes service members between their seventh and 12th years of service.- Continuation pay does not imp…

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Episode 016 - Blended Retirement System (BRS) Overview 22:24

3M ago22:24

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Summary The conversation discusses the blended retirement system (BRS) and its components, including the pension, TSP match, and continuation pay. The BRS was implemented in 2018 to modernize military compensation and retirement. The pension part of BRS is similar to the legacy system, requiring 20 years of service and basing the pension on the hig…

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Episode 15: Mistakes to Avoid When Using the GI Bill 19:28

3M ago19:28

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Episode 15 - Using the Post 9/11 GI Bill Benefit In this show Mike and Amy cover: Mistakes to Avoid when splitting Post 9/11 benefits among multiple beneficiaries (1:31) Advantages of transferring benefits to a spouse rather than children (5:15) Student Aid Index Considerations (6:48) Understanding the schools funding model (8:32) Leveraging the ho…

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Episode 14: GI BIll Overview 21:55

4M ago21:55

21:55

GI Bill OverviewIn this show Mike and Amy cover: History of the GI Bill (1:26)Components of Post 9/11 GI Bill (3:21)Post 9/11 GI Bill Tuition Benefit (4:07)Yellow Ribbon Program (5:25)Housing Allowance Benefit (7:31)Length of benefit (10:01)Limitations of the benefit (12:05)Transferring Post 9/11 Benefit (12:37)When beneficiaries must use the benef…

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Episode 013: Traditional Vs Roth Retirement Accounts Part 2: Scenarios 32:57

4M ago32:57

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In this show, Mike and Amy continue discussing Traditional and Roth Retirement Accounts looking at some scenarios when they might be best used: Mike and Amy cover: Roth Vs Traditional Retirement Accounts (01:44)Scenario #1 – Roth vs Traditional – Early military career (03:55)Scenario #2 – Roth vs Traditional – Post Retirement Second Career (04:55)R…

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Episode 012: Traditional Vs Roth Retirement Accounts 26:39

5M ago26:39

26:39

In this show, Mike and Amy discuss the basics of Traditional and Roth Retirement Accounts, how they are different, and when you should consider using each. Mike and Amy cover: The Basics – Traditional Retirement Accounts (03:04)The Basics – Roth Retirement Accounts (04:48)Required Minimum Distributions, Withdrawals, and Penalties (06:16)When To Use…

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Episode 11: 529 Accounts For College Savings 28:50

5M ago28:50

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In this show, Mike and Amy the characteristics of 529s and how they might fit into your education funding goals. Mike and Amy cover: The two types of 529 Accounts (2:59) The pros and cons of each type of 529 (5:08) Types of qualified education expenses (6:30) 529s and scholarships/ penalty free withdrawals (13:08) State level tax benefits of 529s (…

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Episode 10: Survivor Benefit Program 28:13

6M ago28:13

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In this show, Mike and Amy discuss the Survivor Benefit Program. They’ll cover: Purpose of the Survivor Benefit Program (SBP) (3:17) Overview of SBP (5:13) Decision Timeline (12:43) SBP and DIC (14:55) Reserve Component SBP (16:35) CSB Redux SBP (18:06) Thoughts about how to make the decision (19:36) Links: Operation Retirement Readiness: ⁠www.oper…

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Episode 9: Servicemembers Group Life Insurance (SGLI) and Life Insurance 18:26

6M ago18:26

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In this show, Mike and Amy discuss life insurance and Servicemembers Group Life Insurance (SGLI). Mike and Amy cover: SGLI Overview (2:12) How to calculate how much life insurance you might need Rules of thumb: 8-10 times income; 8-10 times expenses (3:57) DIME Method (6:05) Types of Life Insurance Term (7:50) Permanent (10:13) Links: Operation Ret…

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Episode 8: Spending in Retirement 18:02

7M ago18:02

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In this show, Mike and Amy discuss various spending profiles in retirement. A spending profile is a framework for how to think about retirement spending. Mike and Amy cover: Percentage of pre-retirement spending plus inflation (2:02) The Retirement spending smile (3:17) Go Go; Slow Go; No Go Phases of Retirement (8:56) Links: Operation Retirement R…

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Episode 7: Budgeting for Ultimate Retirement 23:38

7M ago23:38

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In this show, Mike and Amy discuss the topic of budgeting for ultimate retirement. Mike and Amy cover: Why budgeting for ultimate retirement is critical (1:22))Spending Buckets: Needs/ Wants (6:09)Retirement income sources and impact on budgeting (10:28)Role of Annuities (12:58)Planning for other than day to day expenses (19:06)Links:Operation Reti…

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Short Story #5 - How much land does a man need? 10:58

8M ago10:58

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It's already time for the last story in this series of short stories. To be fair, this one is not actually all that short, but it definitely is a very inspiring and thought provoking one. It is inspired by Leo Tolstoj's short story 'How much land does a man need'. Probably some of you know it already. It is one of Majd's favorites and therefore we …

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Episode 6: Budgeting for Military Retirement 25:50

8M ago25:50

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Episode 006 Budgeting for Military Retirement In this show, Mike and Amy discuss the dreaded top of budgeting. Mike and Amy cover: Importance of a Transition Budget (1:05)) Planning for new/ additional expenses (3:03) Timing of payments during transition from active duty into retirement (6:35) Changes in paycheck timing after transition (8:11) Spec…

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Short Story #4 - The King and the Happy Servant 3:20

8M ago3:20

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We have another short folkstale about a king. This time the king is contemplating why he is having such a hard time being happy while being rich and he decided to put one of his servants to a test. Some useful vocabulary is: - Servant - الخادم - Assistant - المُساعد - Worries - مهموم - Knocked - ودقّ - Counted - عَدّ - The lost (one) - الضايع - Ble…

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Short Stories # 3 - What people live by 9:27

8M ago9:27

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Today's short story is a bit longer than the others and it is inspired by a story from Leo Tolstoj. Simon and his wife Matrina live a humble live and then a mysterious stranger enters their live, Mikel. Some useful vocabulary for this session is: - Shoemaker - سكافي - Leather - الجلد - Drunk - سكران - Exhaustion - الإرهاق - Ignored him - تجاهلو - G…

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Episode 5: Budgeting Basics 23:13

8M ago23:13

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Episode 005 Budgeting Basics In this show, Mike and Amy discuss the dreaded top of budgeting. Mike and Amy cover: Purpose of Budgeting (2:53) Analyze Current Spending (6:22) Prioritize Spending (7:39) Tools to Track Current Spending (8:51) Identify mandatory, discretionary, and infrequent expenses (11:37) Don’t get wrapped up in someone else’s proc…

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Short Stories #2 - Kafka, the Little Girl and the Doll 4:51

8M ago4:51

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Today's short story is about a transformative encounter between a man and a child who lost her doll. Some of you may already know the story. We are curious how much you understand of it on the first try! Some useful vocabulary for this session is: - Lonely - وحيد - The doll - اللعبة - Look for/ search - دوارة - Postman - ساعي بريد - Truth - الحقيقة…

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Short Stories #1 - The Bored King and the Foxy Merchant 3:30

9M ago3:30

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We are back with some more of what we do best: short stories in Arabic to help you grow your listening skills, vocabulary and grammar! The first story is about a king that tries to cure his boredom by challenging his people to a game. Some vocabulary that will help you is: Kingdom - المملكة Game - لعبة Liar - كذّاب Jail / Prison - السجن Fortune - ث…

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Episode 004: Reducing Debt 27:35

9M ago27:35

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Episode 004 Debt In this show, Mike and Amy discuss the number 3 most popular New Years’ Resolution - paying down debt. Mike and Amy cover: The US consumer debt problem (2:09) Types of Debt (6:53) “Good” vs “Bad” Debt (8:37) Debt to income ratio and importance of having a debt management strategy (12:09) Debt heading into retirement (14:31) Approac…

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Episode 003: Saving More 22:48

9M ago22:48

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In this show, Mike and Amy discuss the number 2 most popular New Years’ Resolution - 2nd only to fitness resolutions - Saving more. Mike and Amy cover: The difference between savings and investments (2:59)Considerations for when to save vs when to invest (5:25)Savings for near term goals/ military retirement/ ultimate retirement (7:43)Emergency Fun…

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Episode 002: 5 Uncommon New Year Financial Resolutions 26:43

10M ago26:43

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Financial New Years’ Resolutions In this show, Mike and Amy continue to discuss New Years’ Resolutions and five of the most UNCOMMON financial resolutions people may not know can help them in the New Year and beyond. We hit the highpoints of the following uncommon but useful financial resolutions: Visualizing Retirement (2:52) Insurance/ Protecting…

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Episode 001 - 5 Common Financial New Year's Resolutions 20:16

10M ago20:16

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Financial New Years’ ResolutionsIn this show, Mike and Amy discuss New Years’ Resolutions and five of the most common financial resolutions people set out to achieve in the New Year. We hit the highpoints of the following common financial resolutions:Save More (3:28)Reduce Debt (5:05)Invest More (7:17)Make a Budget/ Stick to a Budget (9:11)Save for…

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Preview Episode 2:42

10M ago2:42

2:42

Operation Retirement Readiness Preview. Full episodes launch in 2024.

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Success Stories #5 - Silvia 30:02

12M ago30:02

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For the last episode of the Success Stories series, Majd speaks to Silvia. After many years moving around the Middle East, Silvia speaks about her affinity with the language as well as the region. She has fully familiarised herself with the culture and shares her ideas and advices for fellow Arabic learners. At the beginning of the episode a vocabu…

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Success Stories #4 Amanda 35:30

1y ago35:30

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In this series we listen to interviews between Majd and students that have successfully mastered the Levantine Dialect to an advanced level. In this episode we talk to Amanda. She learned different Arabic dialects on her journey and explains to us not only how she learned them, but also how she transitioned between them and how she continues to dev…

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Spider-Man: Across the spider-verse, Indiana Jones and the dial of destiny, Fast X, Asteroid City, Insidious the Red Door 1:59:12

1+ y ago1:59:12

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David and Craig are back in the saddle with a total of five films receiving the Is It Worth It treatment. After a catch up about life, film and current events the episode kicks off with the box office rundown. With plenty to discuss a theme begins to emerge about contemporary film; is profit becoming more important than content? The lads discuss th…

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Week 63 - We're back! 1:13:52

1+ y ago1:13:52

1:13:52

We're back, we're recapping the time we've had off, talking about film, the Oscars and what's to come!Por Is it worth it? The Film Review Podcast

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Episode 8: Greg Townley 30:41

2y ago30:41

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Greg began as a gymnast, which soon turned to Tumbling at the age of 7, when Damien Walters became his coach. It was Damien that got Greg his first job on a film, where he performed his first stunt on Kick-Ass, when he was just 12 years old. Since then Greg’s credits include, The World’s End, Kingsman, Wonder Woman and Spiderman as one of the Spide…

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Episode 7: Sam King (Dent) 19:59

2y ago19:59

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Horses have been in Sam’s family since the early 1940’s and her Father is the well-known Stunt Coordinator, Steve Dent. Sam started her career with a shovel in her hands and is now an established Horse Master. As well as her on set duties, Sam’s job also includes training horses and teaching Actors to ride. All this and more is talked about in this…

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Episode 6: Bobby Holland-Hanton 24:53

2y ago24:53

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Bobby began as a gymnast, which eventually led to a career in Stunts. He is now Chris Hemsworth’s Stunt Double, part of the successful fitness company Centr and has just released a children’s book, all of which are discussed in this podcast episode. David and Bobby also chat about who else Bobby has doubled, stunts that Bobby has performed and upco…

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Success Stories #3 - Shaya 36:35

2y ago36:35

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In this series we listen to interviews between Majd and students that have successfully mastered the Levantine Dialect to an advanced level. In this episode we talk to Shaya. She does not only have an impressive story about why and how she started learning Arabic, she also has the best advice on how to work towards you Arabic speaking goals. In the…

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Episode 5: Josie Forman 13:28

2y ago13:28

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Josie Forman is daughter to Tina and Dave from Episode Two. She is part of the new generation of stunt performers and has been on the British Stunt Register since 2016. Since then Josie has begun to build an impressive list of credits including, Bond, Maleficent, Star Wars, Game Of Thrones and Spider-Man. In this podcast episode Josie tells us abou…

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Episode 4: Damien Walters 45:25

2y ago45:25

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Damien began in gymnastics and tumbling, and it was one of his YouTube videos that landed him his first job as a stunt performer on Hellboy II: The Golden Army. Since then Damien has built up an impressive list of credits including, Kick-Ass, Captain America, Kingsman, Assassin’s Creed and Bond, he is now an established 2nd Unit Director. Damien ha…

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Episode 3: Bruce Cain 35:05

2y ago35:05

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Bruce tells us how he started off as a Royal Marine and how his love for jumping out of aeroplanes eventually led to him to becoming a Stunt Performer. David and Bruce discuss films, stunts, beautiful locations and an incident with a snake! Unfortunately, in 2010 Bruce had an accident on set whilst performing that ended his career in stunts. Since …

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Episode 2: Abbi Collins 30:38

2y ago30:38

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Abbi began her career as a model, but as soon as she heard about the British Stunt Register she began to train and qualified in 1987, since then she has performed on many productions including, Braveheart, Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves, Bridget Jones and Shaun Of The Dead. Abbi is now an established Stunt Coordinator and has coordinated some popular…

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Episode 1: Roy Taylor 53:21

2y ago53:21

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Roy talks to Dave about his journey from wanting to become a stuntman to becoming one and how he managed to finance his training along the way. Roy joined the British Stunt Register in 2005 and since then has built up an impressive credit list including, Bond, Game Of Thrones, Fast And Furious, Kingsman, Harry Potter and Dark Knight to name a few. …

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Success Stories #2 - Gabriele 30:37

2y ago30:37

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In this series we listen to interviews between Majd and students that have successfully mastered the Levantine Dialect to an advanced level. In this episode we talk to Gabriele (or Gabi). He is an Italian Arabic learner and currently lives and works in Lebanon. In the interview we discuss why and how he started learning Arabic. We discuss which obs…

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Success Stories #1 David 34:30

2+ y ago34:30

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In this series we listen to interviews between Majd and students that have successfully mastered the Levantine Dialect to an advanced level. In this episode we talk to David (or Dave). He is an Australian journalist who is working and living in Lebanon. In the interview we discuss why and how he started learning Arabic. We discuss which obstacles o…

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Introduction to Success Stories 4:17

2+ y ago4:17

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In this series we listen to interviews between Majd and students that have mastered to speak Levantine Arabic on an advanced level! The goal of this series is for other Arabic learners to get inspired by these stories and build the confidence that the goal of becoming comfortable and fluent in Arabic is achieveable. We will also learn from all the …

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Road to the Oscars - S3 EP7 - END OF THE ROAD with Awards Ace Erick Weber - CODA makes history and Will Smith Slaps Chris Rock sending shock waves around the world 1:02:50

2+ y ago1:02:50

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On the 7th and final episode of this ‘Road To The Oscars’ series David Long is joined by special guest Erick Weber as they discuss and unpack all the events which took place at the 94th Academy Awards and boy is there plenty to discuss! The show begins with a discussion about the controversial decision to cut eight of the categories from the live b…

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Road to the Oscars - S3 EP6 - Final Predictions - Craig vs David - Craig pays homage to Nicholas Cage and David Prays the Gambling Gods will shine down on him for The Mitchells Vs The Machines 1:45:09

2+ y ago1:45:09

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On Episode 6 of Road to The Oscars join David Long and special guest Craig Fields as they go head to head in a battle for the ages! The speculation is over, the precursors have happened and its time for the lads to lay their cards on the table and boy do they. David battles with heart vs head as Craig dives into the deep end with some outrageous an…

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Road to the Oscars - S3 EP5 - BAFTA • CRITICS CHOICE • Oscars Director Category Discussed with Amy Smith - Rebel Wilson gives Putin the finger and Jane Campion marches on awkwardly 56:31

2+ y ago56:31

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On this episode join David Long and Special guest Rotten Tomato approved critic Amy Smith as they discuss and analyse the 75th BAFTA awards, The Critics Choice Awards and also touch upon the Best Director category for the 94th Academy Awards. The show begins on home turf as David and Amy discuss the BAFTA awards. They talk about the telecast itself…

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Road to the Oscars - S3 EP4 - The Acting Categories with Luke Hearfield - Can Will Smith win his first Oscar with King Richard and Will Ariana DeBose Sweep? 1:05:35

2+ y ago1:05:35

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On this episode join David Long and special guest Luke Hearfield as they discuss and analyse the 4 acting categories in all their glory. The show kicks off with some broad discussion about the four categories in question, specifically looking at who made it in and who didn’t. There was of course snubs, none bigger than that of Lady Gaga who made al…

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Road to the Oscars - S3 EP3 - The Power of the Streaming Services with Andrew Morgan - Netflix goes to war with other streamers in pursuit of Oscars Gold 1:21:10

2+ y ago1:21:10

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On this episode Join David Long and special Guest Andrew Morgan of the Nomcast (The Netflix Original Movie Podcast) as they discuss and analyse the power of the streaming services. Streaming services have become increasingly important in recent years, especially during COVID times but is the academy finally ready to crown a film from a streaming se…

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Road to the Oscars - S3 EP2 - Nomination Reactions with Mike, Mike & Oscar - Lady Gaga has a Bad Romance with the Academy with House of Gucci & Kristen Stewart could still be crowned victorious 1:34:46

2+ y ago1:34:46

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Join David and not one but two special guests; Mike 1 and also Mike from the ‘Mike, Mike And Oscar Podcast’ as they break down all the nominations for the 94th Academy Awards. Every category is discussed and the nomination tallies are analysed. The Best Picture race still looks like a three headed monster but The Power Of The Dog leads the way with…

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