Best Cognito Podcasts (2025)

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THE BOILED ONE – The Cognito-Hazardous Entity That Hijacked Reality 42:49

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27d ago42:49

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In the summer of 2003, a hijacked children's television broadcast introduced 530 viewers to PHEN-228—a cognito-hazardous entity whose very appearance creates permanent, unforgettable memories that eventually lead to psychological paralysis. Discover more TERRIFYING podcasts at http://eeriecast.com/ Follow Carman Carrion! https://www.instagram.com/c…

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THE MONSTER MARKETPLACE - HOW ANCIENT TERRORS BECOME MODERN TRENDS 17:28

2d ago17:28

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In this bone-chilling bonus episode of Freaky Folklore, we explore the sinister psychology behind our shifting monster obsessions—from the domestication of vampires into romantic heroes to our current hunger for creatures like the Wendigo that resist all attempts at sanitization—revealing how our entertainment choices serve as an early warning syst…

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Tom van der Poel, CEO of XPP, on personalised payments 15:03

4d ago15:03

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In this special edition of @PaytechTalk, recorded live at Money20/20 Amsterdam, host @Jan Jaap Omvlee (@Banking & Finance) sits down with @Tom van der Poel, CEO of @XPP, to explore the future of personalised payments. From defining what “personalisation” really means today to discussing real-time data, omnichannel integration, and privacy ethics, T…

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#729: AWS News: Aurora Storage Upgrades, DynamoDB Multi-Region Strong Consistency, and More 41:32

5d ago41:32

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There are over 60 new updates that your hosts Simon, Jillian and Shruthi take you through this week!By Amazon Web Services

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Myling – The Monster Born of Discarded Children (Special Episode) 38:01

6d ago38:01

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In Scandinavian folklore, a myling is the vengeful ghost of an unbaptized,abandoned child who haunts the forests, attaches itself to travelers, and grows increasingly heavy as it demands to be carried to consecrated ground for proper burial. Discover more TERRIFYING podcasts at http://eeriecast.com/ Follow Carman Carrion! https://www.instagram.com/…

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Episode 408: Halo 7 & Halo CE Remake Campaign? | Ghost Of Yotei | Xbox Tokyo Game Show | Nintendo Switch Voucher- ILP# 408 4:45:23

6d ago4:45:23

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#236 | Goodbye Xbox, Hello Microsoft Gaming! 4:58:32

7d ago4:58:32

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A conversation involving such dramatic shifts in the brand requires as much nuance as we can gather! Summoned to the realm of the Dukes are none other than Last Stand Media's own Gene Park and Rick Hoeg to help us sift through the fallout of last week's Xbox layoffs. Any single one of these stories could be our lead for the week, but let's get it s…

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WHEN REALITY GETS FREAKY - Three Listener Stories 19:56

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Three ordinary people share their terrifying encounters with the unexplained—a nurse's roadside sighting of an impossibly tall figure in a Nebraska cornfield,a trucker's repeated encounters with ghostly children on an Ohio highway, and a college graduate's basement confrontation with something that knows her name—proving that modern folklore is sti…

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Jennifer Riggins: The Human Side of Tech - AI Should Enhance, Not Replace, Developer Creativity 22:54

11d ago22:54

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In this episode of Cogcast, Larissa Padden sits down with Jennifer Riggins, a tech journalist who's spent 16 years bridging the gap between developers and business value. With her unique perspective as a non-technical writer covering developer experience and the culture of tech, Jennifer offers insights on AI's real purpose in the workplace, the im…

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#728: The Duck Talks Back - Using GENAI in Your Work 23:15

12d ago23:15

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Simon shares some tips, tricks, and experiences in how Builders can use GENAI in their work to get things done faster, and with better outcomes.Links:Amazon Q Developer CLI: https://github.com/aws/amazon-q-developer-cliPromptz: https://www.promptz.dev/AWS MCP Servers: https://github.com/awslabs/mcpBy Amazon Web Services

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SELKIE – When the Sea Reclaims Its Own 45:05

13d ago45:05

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Along the mist-shrouded coastlines of Scotland and Ireland, where ancient cliffs meet churning seas and the boundary between land and ocean dissolves in salt spray and seafoam, fishermen tell tales of creatures more beautiful and terrible than any siren's song—beings that emerge from the depths wearing sealskin like armor, their eyes holding the co…

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Episode 407: Xbox Layoffs | Perfect Dark Cancelled | Helldivers 2 Xbox | Microsoft's Huge AI Investment - ILP# 407 6:14:44

13d ago6:14:44

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CHILDREN'S GAMES WITH SINISTER ORIGINS 17:32

16d ago17:32

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In this chilling bonus episode of Freaky Folklore, host Carman Carrion uncovers the dark histories lurking beneath innocent playground activities—from the plague-born tragedy of Ring Around the Rosie and the medieval execution ritual of London Bridge to the ancient divination practices hidden in Red Light Green Light and the haunting death omens of…

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#235 | Xbox Is A Disaster... - Multiple Games Canceled & The Initiative CLOSED! 2:03:59

16d ago2:03:59

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To be apathetic to something is to experience a lack of feeling or emotion in response to an event. For the Dukes, it's the word of the show. Xbox has been mismanaged for an entire generation and it has come at the cost of losing world class talents alongside studios. It was just in 2024 that we lost Tango Gameworks, Arkane Austin, Roundhouse Studi…

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#727: AWS News: AWS Shield Network Security Director, Amazon GuardDuty for EKS, and more 34:48

19d ago34:48

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Simon and Jillian take you through all the big security announcements from AWS re:Inforce plus a host of cool new features and price reductions!By Amazon Web Services

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WEREHYENA – Deadly Laughter in the African Night 37:13

20d ago37:13

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Across the moonlit savannas and highland forests of Africa, where shadows dance between acacia trees and ancient stone outcropping, a sound pierces the darkness that chills even the bravest hunter's blood: the maniacal laughter that signals the approach of something far more terrifying than any natural predator—creatures that walk as men by day but…

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Episode 406: Xbox Layoffs? | Death Stranding 2 | Xbox Meta Quest 3S | Square & Turn Based RPGs - ILP# 406 4:42:58

20d ago4:42:58

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#234 | It's Happening AGAIN - More Xbox Layoffs Inbound... 4:05:56

21d ago4:05:56

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It was supposed to be a slow news week, so naturally we talked for almost four hours on the latest in gaming. Heading up our show is a recurrent subject: layoffs at Xbox. Despite Phil's claims about a sustainable business, the cuts keep coming. Of course, that leaves us in a bit of a pickle. What parts of Xbox business are faltering? We're about a …

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THE CLOWN DOLL - WHEN WATCHERS BECOME THE WATCHED 23:01

22d ago23:01

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A teenage babysitter's evening of routine childcare transforms into psychological terror when she realizes that the life-sized clown decoration watching her from the corner isn't a decoration at all---and it's been studying her every move. Discover more TERRIFYING podcasts at http://eeriecast.com/ Follow Carman Carrion! https://www.instagram.com/ca…

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Leslie White: Nerding Out on Digital Marketing 32:07

24d ago32:07

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In this episode of Cogcast, special guest host Hannah Porritt interviews Leslie White, senior director, marketing and global head of digital channel performance and strategy at Aon. Sharing lessons learned from her self-proclaimed roots as a nerd and her beginnings “reverse engineering websites, Leslie shares invaluable lessons from experience – wi…

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#726: Single region, zero excuses: Mastering AWS resilience 45:33

26d ago45:33

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Dive into single-region resilience with AWS experts John Formento and Tarik Makota as they debunk common misconceptions and share practical strategies for building robust applications. Learn why multi-AZ isn't enough on its own, discover key AWS services for resilience, and get actionable tips for identifying and mitigating failure modes.Learn More…

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Episode 405: Xbox & AMD Console Partnership | FF 16 Xbox Sales? | PlayStation Handheld Leak | Donkey Kong Bananza - ILP# 405 5:14:31

27d ago5:14:31

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#233 | ONE MORE CONSOLE! - Xbox Reveals Next Gen Details... 3:28:34

28d ago3:28:34

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The green team is sticking with making hardware. Consoles, handhelds, maybe even more. They're in! In a push to put their games in more places than ever alongside a massive decline in Series console sales, the understanding was Xbox has no place in the hardware business and may as well bow out. With today's news, it appears to be quite the opposite…

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SHAPESHIFTERS IN FOLKLORE: BEYOND WEREWOLVES 23:28

30d ago23:28

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In this bonus episode of Freaky Folklore, host Carman Carrion ventures beyond the familiar werewolf to explore the diverse world of shapeshifting entities—from the seductive Selkies of Celtic seas and vengeful Werehyenas of Africa to the trickster Kitsune of Japan and terrifying Wendigo of the North American wilderness—revealing how transformation …

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#725: AWS News: FSx for Lustre introduces cost-saving storage tiers, MCP servers enhance AI development tools, and more 39:59

1M ago39:59

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Explore FSx for Lustre's new intelligent storage tiering that delivers cost savings and unlimited scalability for file storage in the cloud. Plus, discover how the new Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers are revolutionizing AI-assisted development across ECS, EKS, and serverless platforms with real-time contextual responses and automated resource …

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LILITH - The First Woman's Revenge 39:13

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Throughout the shadow-haunted nights of human history, onefigure has embodied our deepest fears about feminine power, maternal bonds, and the price of defying divine authority. She appears in nurseries when the moon is dark, singing lullabies in languages older than civilization, offering desperate mothers choices that will haunt them forever—becau…

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Episode 404: Xbox Showcase Aftermath | ROG Xbox Ally X | Switch 2 Fastest Record Sales | The Alters - ILP# 404 5:21:51

1M ago5:21:51

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#232 | The $80 Xbox Games Have ARRIVED... 3:32:29

1M ago3:32:29

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The fallout of any Xbox showcase is always our favorite episodes to record as a duo! It gets us all involved and allows to pick with greater detail at whatever is on the community's mind as consuming so many trailers. Well, there's mostly one thing on Xbox fan's minds at the moment and it's if Outer Worlds 2 should be the second ever $80 game. Ther…

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BEHIND GLASS AND BEYOND REASON 17:53

1M ago17:53

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In this bonus episode of Freaky Folklore, host Carman Carrion explores the most dangerous artifacts hidden in plain sight within museum collectionsworldwide—from the deadly Busby Stoop Chair and the malevolent Dybbuk Box to the notorious Unlucky Mummy and the cursed Black Orlov Diamond—revealing how some objects refuse to be merely passive witnesse…

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#231 | A Slow Year? - Our Reactions To The Xbox Games Showcase 2025 3:23:47

1M ago3:23:47

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Xbox has been the gold standard for showcases these last two years. Whether it be their summer showcases or Developer Direct, they just seem to have a death grip on the rhythm needed to put on a good show along with well timed announcements. Well, no one stays hot forever, so it was inevitable that Xbox would come down to earth at some point. The q…

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#724: Accelerated computing: From fraud detection to AI innovation 41:25

1M ago41:25

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Join host Shruthi to discover how organizations use GPU-accelerated computing on AWS. Container Specialist Re Alvarez Parmar shows how Rivian optimizes GPU usage for autonomous vehicles with Amazon EKS. AWS Financial Services expert Sudhir Kalidindi explains real-time fraud detection processing 100B+ events annually. Learn architectural patterns an…

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PISHTACO – The Fat-Stealing Phantoms of the Andes 40:48

1M ago40:48

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Throughout the mist-shrouded mountains of Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador, pale strangers posing as doctors, researchers, or helpful travelers stalk remote Andean trails with curved surgical blades, harvesting human fat with terrifying precision. Discover more TERRIFYING podcasts at http://eeriecast.com/ Follow Carman Carrion! https://www.instagram.com/…

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PRICOLICI - THE FINAL HUNT 27:26

1M ago27:26

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The conclusion of Ana and Mircea's terrifying encounter with the vengefulwolf-spirit that had haunted his family for thirty years—where breaking cycles of violence requires facing the truth about the past and choosing mercy over endless revenge. Discover more TERRIFYING podcasts at http://eeriecast.com/ Follow Carman Carrion! https://www.instagram.…

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#723: AWS News: Claude 4 Opus comes to Bedrock, AWS Transform accelerates modernization, and more 39:45

2M ago39:45

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Claude 4 Opus and Sonnet, the most powerful models from Anthropic for coding and advanced reasoning, are now available on Amazon Bedrock. Plus, AWS Transform can now accelerate your Mainframe, .NET and VMWare workload modernization. Learn about these updates and more with your hosts Shruthi and Jillian. 00:00 - Intro, 00:21 - Amazon Bedrock, 03:40 …

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PRICOLICI - The Vengeful Wolf-Men of Romanian Folklore 45:44

2M ago45:44

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The Pricolici are vengeful wolf-spirits from Romanian folklore—the undead souls of evil men who return from death as supernatural predators, retaining their human intelligence and memories to systematically hunt down those who wronged them in life. Discover more TERRIFYING podcasts at http://eeriecast.com/ Follow Carman Carrion! https://www.instagr…

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Episode 403: Xbox Showcase Prediction Series | Xbox Handheld Sidelined | Xbox Game Pass "Dangerous" ? - ILP# 403 5:53:42

2M ago5:53:42

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#230 | Our Xbox Games Showcase 2025 Predictions... 5:21:53

2M ago5:21:53

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The Xbox Games Showcase 2025 is soon upon us and you know the tradition! It's Defining Duke. It's Xbox Two. It's showcase season! Compared to prior years, the pressure on Xbox feels a little lessened. The games are in full swing and mostly delivering, Project Latitude is far less controversial, and many are just hoping the company maintains the sta…

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THE LICKED HAND - COMFORT TURNED NIGHTMARE 19:00

2M ago19:00

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A teenage girl home alone relies on her dog's comforting licks throughout a terrifying stormy night, only to discover in the morning that her beloved pet has been dead all along—and something else entirely has been hiding under her bed. Discover more TERRIFYING podcasts at http://eeriecast.com/ Follow Carman Carrion! https://www.instagram.com/carma…

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#722: The Frugal Architect w/Werner Vogels: How Warner Bros. Discovery keeps streaming seamless 48:45

2M ago48:45

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With only nine months to launch Max, Tom Leaman, VP of Site Reliability Engineering at Warner Bros. Discovery had to move fast to keep millions of viewers streaming smoothly. Learn about their innovative approach to measuring efficiency, managing global operations, and building resilient systems at massive scale with your hosts Simon Elisha and Dr.…

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JAMES TEDFORD - The Bus Passenger Who Disappeared into Thin Air 36:01

2M ago36:01

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The Bennington Triangle - In southwestern Vermont, a cluster of mysterious disappearances has haunted the region for decades. Most baffling of them all: the case of James Tedford, who vanished from a moving bus while surrounded by witnesses, leaving behind only an open timetable on his empty seat and many unanswered questions. Discover more TERRIFY…

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Episode 402: Xbox Dominates Sales | Hellblade 2 PS5 | Borderlands 4 $80 "Real Fans" |Carrie Patel Leaves Obsidian - ILP# 402 4:08:03

2M ago4:08:03

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#229 | Xbox Is Dominating On PlayStation - Were They Actually RIGHT? 3:35:17

2M ago3:35:17

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Much has been said about Xbox's multiplatform shift, but Xbox finally has games AND they're selling. It's truly a momentous occasion! The Dukes bend the knee as they assess a strong month for Xbox bringing four of the five best selling games to other platforms. What does this mean for the Switch 2 ports and Xbox's brand identity? Naturally, we unpa…

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PROTECTIVE FOLKLORE- Warding off the Wicked 23:17

2M ago23:17

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This bonus episode of Freaky Folklore explores humanity's ancient and modern protective rituals against supernatural threats—from iron horseshoes and salt circles to digital sigils and modern urban legends—revealing how our methods of warding off evil have evolved while our fundamental fears remain unchanged. Discover more TERRIFYING podcasts at ht…

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Masha Angelova: How to Land and Shine in Broadcast Media 27:33

2M ago27:33

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In this episode of Cogcast, host Larissa Padden interviews Masha Angelova, Editorial Producer at the US Chamber of Commerce and creator of their show, The Call. Drawing from her extensive experience as a booking producer at CNN and Yahoo Finance, Masha shares invaluable insights into what gets PR pitches noticed, what makes for successful broadcast…

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Episode 401: Bungie Plagiarizes Marathon Art | Jade Raymond Leaves Haven | COD Warzone Mobile Ends |Switch 2 Leak - ILP# 401 4:36:10

2M ago4:36:10

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#721: AWS News: Amazon Nova Premier takes on complex tasks and model distillation, and more 28:42

2M ago28:42

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Nova Premier is our most advanced AI model yet, featuring a million-token context window and enhanced capabilities at nearly half the cost of competitors. Dive into this update and more with hosts Simon and Jillian.00:00 - Intro 00:31 - Amazon Nova Premier 02:56 - Analytics 04:46 - Artificial Intelligence 11:02 - Business Applications 11:38 - Cloud…

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WAHEELA - The Ghost Wolves of Headless Valley 41:40

2M ago41:40

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Waheela - Deep in the remote wilderness of Canada's Northwest Territories lurks the Waheela, massive wolf-like predators with supernatural abilities that stalk the infamous Nahanni Valley, decapitating their victims and vanishing without a trace, earning the region its grim nickname "Headless Valley" and leaving even experienced wilderness guides t…

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#228 | DOOM: The Dark Ages Is HERE - Did It Deliver?! 4:16:28

2M ago4:16:28

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The Dukes get ready to rip and tear through another set of video games news and releases! Joining us is honorary Duke, Gene Park, to talk about the latest game out of iD Software in DOOM: The Dark Ages. It's the third entry in iD's modern reboot of the franchise and, as always, they've taken a new approach to things. DOOM: The Dark Ages places a sh…

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5 TERRIFYING FOLKLORIC DOLLS THAT COME TO LIFE 15:55

2M ago15:55

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This podcast episode titled "5 Terrifying Folkloric Dolls That Come to Life"explores five haunting stories of allegedly sentient dolls from around theworld, including Robert the Doll from Florida, the hair-growing Okiku Doll from Japan, Mexico's disturbing Island of the Dolls, Sicily's identity-stealing Pupa dolls, and the Caribbean's deliberately …

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Episode 400: Episode 400 Of Iron Lords Podcast | Gears Reloaded PS5 | Doom The Dark Ages | Destiny 2 Renegades - ILP# 400 5:27:48

2M ago5:27:48

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