Best Wesley O Podcasts (2025)

On the space station built for keeping an eye on the moon and the sorceress in stasis, we get it. Thanks for listening! For more FFVIII study resources: https://videogameacademia.org/courses/current-semester/final-fantasy-viii/

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319. All of These Things Are Against Me by J Wesley Adcock 53:59

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Sermon by J Wesley Adcock All of These Things Are Against Me www.ihconvention.comBy Interchurch Holiness Convention

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Side Quests: FFVIII - Ep 19: A Squall-like Game 1:14:06

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Laguna's making movie magic with a Ruby Dragon and rescuing Ellone in Esthar, while Squall carries Rinoa piggyback from the White SeeD Ship to that same futuristic city hidden by dragon bones in the salt lake. Thanks for listening! For more FFVIII study resources: https://videogameacademia.org/courses/current-semester/final-fantasy-viii/…

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Challenging traditional art hierarchies and recontextualising photography with New York gallerist Bruce Silverstein 55:16

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In part two of our conversation with New York gallerist Bruce Silverstein, we delve deeper into his evolving gallery vision, his commitment to challenging traditional art hierarchies, and his dedication to championing overlooked artists. Bruce reflects on the inaugural exhibition at his new gallery location, Photographer as Sculptor, Sculptor as Ph…

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318. Our Great High Priest by TM Anderson 51:19

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Sermon by TM Anderson Our Great High Priest Stoneboro Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Campwww.ihconvention.comBy Interchurch Holiness Convention

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317. Gambling with the Devil by VO Agan 56:16

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Sermon by VO Agan Gambling with the Devil www.ihconvention.comBy Interchurch Holiness Convention

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Side Quests FFVIII - Ep 18 Download the Holy Machine 53:37

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Boss rushes and aerial choreography above the melee, with pauses to discuss Squall's ring. Most challenging of all: playing cards with the random rules, stacked onto sames and plusses... Ultimecia/ Artemisia makes her appearance, plotwise, along with Cerberus and Alexander in quick succession, and Rinoa goes into a coma after Seifer departs. Welcom…

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Joanne Leonard: Intimate Documentary, Photo Collage, and The Feminist Art Movement 55:34

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Credited with inventing the "intimate documentary" style of photography, Joanne Leonard was one of the first to pivot away from street style photography adopt a more personal approach that focused on her close relationships and immediate surroundings. In this episode we delve into her unique approach that captured the daily lives of women and chall…

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316. Give Me Also This Power by Marshall Smart 54:23

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Sermon by Marshall Smart Give Me Also This Power God's Bible School Camp 1988www.ihconvention.comBy Interchurch Holiness Convention

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Side Quests FFVIII - Ep 17 A Game Made for Outsiders 46:27

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Back from our momentous side quest to Manchester, we debrief the Multiplatform 2025 Rituals of Play conference and share some takeaways. See https://videogameacademia.org/2025/06/06/rituals-of-play-a-side-quest-to-manchester/ for more. Next time, we'll dive back into FFVIII proper with the Garden Battle and mosey on to the end of Disc 2. Thanks for…

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315. A Pure Heart by RG Humble 49:51

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Sermon by RG Humble A Pure Heart God's Bible School Camp 1999www.ihconvention.comBy Interchurch Holiness Convention

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Side Quests FFVIII - Ep 15 Agnostic Worldbuilding 1:07:24

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Lengthy description of a trio of side quests (Shumi Village, Chocobo Forest, and Tonberry King) leads into reflections on Fujin and Raijin as foils to Squall and the team, busy with their own long conversations at last revealing lost memories on the broken basketball court of Trabia Garden. Leapfrogged in release order by our episode 16 on Game Stu…

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Photo Basel 10th Anniversary Edition with Sven Eisenhut-hug and Elwira Spychalska 47:05

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What does it take to build and sustain Switzerland’s first and only international art fair dedicated to photography? In this episode, Michael Dooney is joined by Sven Eisenhut-Hug (co-founder and director of Photo Basel) and Elwira Spychalska (art historian and artistic director of Photo Basel) to mark the fairs 10th anniversary. Together they disc…

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314. You Can Come Home by Albert Barr 1:02:11

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Sermon by Albert Barr You Can Come Home God's Bible College Camp 1998www.ihconvention.comBy Interchurch Holiness Convention

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Side Quests FFVIII - Ep 16 Chivalric Romance 59:51

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Time to prep for Manchester Game Centre's Multiplatform 2025 Conference: Rituals of Play, where we'll be presenting on FFVII and FFVIII, respectively. Shout-outs to Signum University and the Game Studies Study Buddies, among other scholars and sources. For more FFVIII study resources: https://videogameacademia.org/courses/current-semester/final-fan…

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313. Search Me, O God by Noel Scott 43:59

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Sermon by Noel Scott Search Me, O God Midwest Pilgrim Holiness Camp 1983www.ihconvention.comBy Interchurch Holiness Convention

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Side Quests FFVIII - Ep 14 Travesty of a Concert 1:01:54

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Rinoa rage quits on most runs, but with just the right (wrong) choice of instruments, the romance on the solar panels plays out at more leisure. Perhaps it's fitting that our audio is even rougher than usual? Sorry about that! For more FFVIII study resources: https://videogameacademia.org/courses/current-semester/final-fantasy-viii/ Thanks for list…

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From Conflict Zones to Community Change: Mark Neville on Photography as Activism 45:16

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What happens when photography becomes a tool for social change rather than just documentation? In this episode, Michael Dooney speaks with acclaimed British photographer and artist Mark Neville about his journey from art school to the front-lines of conflict, and how he uses collaborative photography projects to empower communities, challenge socia…

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312. The Barren Fig Tree by H Robb French 1:08:48

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Sermon by H Robb French The Barren Fig Tree Sea Breeze Camp www.ihconvention.comBy Interchurch Holiness Convention

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Side Quests: FFVIII - Ep 13: Eschatological Flavor 1:00:27

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We clamber over Fisherman's Horizon and consider Parallel Lives and horospheres among its disciples of the way of nonviolence (aside from inadvertent miscasts by the shop). For more FFVIII study resources: https://videogameacademia.org/courses/current-semester/final-fantasy-viii/ Thanks for listening…

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311. Limiting God by HC Van Warmer 1:16:27

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Sermon by HC Van Warmer Limiting Godwww.ihconvention.comBy Interchurch Holiness Convention

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Side Quests FFVIII - Ep 12: Garden Factions 59:17

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Balamb Garden as Midgar; as Ithaka overrun with suitors; as Inferno. Encounters with the luciferean capitalist empodded in one of the basements and magic machinery larded with fossil fuels in the layers of several others. Both power a Garden that moves, dodges missiles, comes unmoored and comes dangerously close to wrecking the town before it squal…

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310. Holiness Will Stand The Test of Time by Glen Patterson 59:49

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Sermon by Glen Patterson Holiness Will Stand The Test of Timewww.ihconvention.comBy Interchurch Holiness Convention

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Side Quests FFVIII - Ep 11: Error Ratio All the Way Up 42:02

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Missile Base Mission, feat. Selphie, Rinoa, and Irvine. Is Squall Dead is one thing, but after this part the better question looks like "What about Selphie and whoever else went to the missile base?" For more FFVIII study resources: https://videogameacademia.org/courses/current-semester/final-fantasy-viii/ Thanks for listening!…

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309. The Baptism of the Holy Spirit by John White 38:10

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Sermon by John White The Baptism of the Holy Spirit Midwest Pilgrim Holiness Camp 1983www.ihconvention.comBy Interchurch Holiness Convention

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Side Quests: FFVIII - Ep 10: Prison Risen 59:26

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Desert transformations in the D-District Prison. For more FFVIII study resources: https://videogameacademia.org/courses/current-semester/final-fantasy-viii/ Thanks for listening!

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Leaving Wall Street to open an art gallery in Chelsea, New York - Bruce Silverstein 46:08

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This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show. AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the 2025 edition of its flagship event, The Photography Show. The fair will showcase photography from the earliest processes to cutting-edge contemporary …

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308. The Temptations of the Sanctified by Glenn Griffith 50:13

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Sermon by Glenn Griffith The Temptations of the Sanctified Preached at Sea Breeze Campwww.ihconvention.comBy Interchurch Holiness Convention

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Tim Summers on Video Game Music and the Mythic Quality of MOTHER/EarthBound 1:01:15

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In conversation with Dr Tim Summers of Royal Holloway, University of London, and Ludomusicology, the video game music research group. https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/en/persons/timothy-summers https://www.ludomusicology.org/ His new book is Pixel Soundtracks: Exploring Video Game Music Through Twenty Games You'll hear snippets of audio from Buck R…

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AIPAD On Collecting: How to start collecting fine art photography 55:34

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This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show. AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the 2025 edition of its flagship event, The Photography Show. The fair will showcase photography from the earliest processes to cutting-edge contemporary …

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AIPAD London Calling: The UK photo market, Japanese Photography, and obsessive collecting 45:33

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This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show. AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the 2025 edition of its flagship event, The Photography Show. The fair will showcase photography from the earliest processes to cutting-edge contemporary …

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Side Quests: FFVIII - Ep 9: Quite a Studly Laguna 1:01:13

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We're at the start of Disc 2, beginning again in Winhill and then finding ourselves in the Galbadian Prison with nary a save point in sight. From music-box idylls to techno-crucifixions--what's that, Moomba? Laguna's been watching over Squall just as we've been dreaming of him...? For more FFVIII study resources: https://videogameacademia.org/cours…

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AIPAD Millennials: The next generation of photography galleries 53:30

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This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show. AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the 2025 edition of its flagship event, The Photography Show. The fair will showcase photography from the earliest processes to cutting-edge contemporary …

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307. Job's Bad Day by Albert Barr 51:53

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Sermon by Albert Barr Job's Bad Daywww.ihconvention.comBy Interchurch Holiness Convention

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306. A Matter of Choice by Coy McGinnis 47:32

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Sermon by Coy McGinnis A Matter of Choice God's Bible College Camp 1988www.ihconvention.comBy Interchurch Holiness Convention

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AIPAD Female Leaders: Trailblazing women promoting photography in the art world 1:10:45

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This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show. AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the 2025 edition of its flagship event, The Photography Show. The fair will showcase photography from the earliest processes to cutting-edge contemporary …

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Side Quests: FFVIII - Ep 8: Procession of the Sorceress 1:12:58

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A botched sorceress assassination takes us up to the end of Disc 1, drawing dispel from her and casting reflect with the aid of a Guardian Force drawn from the statues she animates. For more FFVIII study resources: https://videogameacademia.org/courses/current-semester/final-fantasy-viii/ Thanks for listening!…

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AIPAD New York: The photographers, collectors, and dealers who grew the art market for photography 37:06

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This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show. AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the 2025 edition of its flagship event, The Photography Show. The fair will showcase photography from the earliest processes to cutting-edge contemporary …

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305. The Rapture by J Wesley Adcock 49:57

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Sermon by J Wesley Adcock The Rapture Sea Breeze Camp in Hobe Sound, Florida 1988www.ihconvention.comBy Interchurch Holiness Convention

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Project Moon and Rituals of Play 1:05:21

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What happens when gacha mechanics meet mythic storytelling on the latest Project Moon mobile game, Limbus Company? We discuss Professor Kozlowski's proposal for Manchester Games Centre's Multiplatform 2025 conference on the theme "Rituals of Play". More on https://videogameacademia.org/ Thanks for listening!…

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AIPAD History: 30 years of AIPAD presidents take us behind the scenes of the world oldest photography dealer association 1:05:36

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This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show. AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the 2025 edition of its flagship event, The Photography Show. The fair will showcase photography from the earliest processes to cutting-edge contemporary …

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AIPAD Today: Evolution of the world’s oldest photography art fair 46:56

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This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show. AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the 2025 edition of its flagship event, The Photography Show. The fair will showcase photography from the earliest processes to cutting-edge contemporary …

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304. Tragedy of the Forgotten Harvest by Stanley Kendall 1:02:51

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Sermon by Stanley Kendall Tragedy of the Forgotten Harvest Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Ministerial Convention 1988www.ihconvention.comBy Interchurch Holiness Convention

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Side Quests: FFVIII - Ep 7: Labyrinths 1:11:48

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In the Tomb of the Unknown King, turning right and contemplating brotherhood and perspective. For more FFVIII study resources: https://videogameacademia.org/courses/current-semester/final-fantasy-viii/ Thanks for listening!

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Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the analogue photobooth - Rafael Hortala Vallve, AUTOFOTO 45:21

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In 1925, 100 years ago, Anatol Josepho invented the first fully automated, coin-operated photobooth which he named the Photomaton. Stationed on Broadway near Times Square in New York City, over 250,000 Americans used the photobooth in its first year, paying 25 cents and waiting patiently for eight minutes while their photo strips developed. A game-…

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303. Thou Fool by Glenn Griffith 1:02:42

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Sermon by Glenn Griffith Thou Fool 1961www.ihconvention.comBy Interchurch Holiness Convention

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FFVII Archaeology Club 52:42

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Remember that mini game where you can dig up the mop? In this conversation we take a step back and revisit Final Fantasy VII, since Steve has been speedrunning it lately. For more FFVII study resources, see http://videogameacademia.org/courses/past-semesters/final-fantasy-vii/ To be continued, with a closer look at Ben's essay: http://videogameacad…

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