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For millions of people, travel by air is a confounding, uncomfortable, and even fearful experience. Patrick Smith, airline pilot and author of the web's popular "Ask the Pilot" feature, separates fact from fallacy and tells you everything you need to know....

Attorney Patrick L. Smith was born in Lakeland, Florida. He graduated from Lake Region High School and went on to receive degrees in Political Science and Economics from Stetson University. He received his J.D. from the University of North Carolina School of Law. Patrick Smith is currently an attorney practicing in the fields of estate planning, corporations, and charitable giving. Patrick Smith resides in Clermont , Florida with his wife, Kristi, and his son, William.

Michael Patrick Smith grew up in a ramshackle farmhouse where his father beat the walls and threw dinner plates. As a restless young man left unmoored by the crashing economy, Smith cut a path to North Dakota to rent a mattress on a flophouse floor. Sleeping boot to beard with the other rough-edged men looking to earn a cent drilling for oil, Smith wanted the work to burn him clean - of his violent upbringing, his demons, his disjointed, doomed relationships. He did not expect, among these quick-fisted, foul-mouthed hands, to find a community.

Viet Nam may be the only war we ever fought, or perhaps that was ever fought, in which the heroism of the American soldier was accompanied by humanitarianism unmatched in the annals of warfare. And the humanitarianism took place during the heat of the battle. The GI fixed as he fought, he cured and educated and built in the middle of the battle. He truly cared for, and about, those people. What other Army has ever done that? Humanitarianism was America's great victory in Viet Nam.

The best-selling Extinction Cycle series by Nicholas Sansbury Smith first introduced listeners to a world ravaged by an engineered virus that turned men into monsters. Humanity's only hope was not a cure, but another bioweapon. When deployed it killed 90 percent of the infected, but the remaining 10 percent transformed into even more terrifying creatures called Variants. Here's a collection of Extinction Cycle short stories that explore the human spirit and the fight for survival in the face of overwhelming odds from some of the leading voices in the post-apocalyptic genre. 

B is for Beasts, the second audiobook in an epic series of 26 horror anthologies. Within these sections you will find a collection of 13 stories from some of the finest independent writers on the scene today. From oversized bugs to Kaiju, vicious woodland creatures to giant spiders, B is for Beasts contains a range of terrifying stories in which the humans are always the prey.

A real podcast about real ghosts that's real funny.

Award-winning Florida novelist Patrick Smith's first novel, The River Is Home, revolves around a Mississippi family's struggle to cope with changes in their rural environment. Poor in material possessions, Skeeter's kinfolk are rich in their appreciation of their beautiful natural surroundings. The river on which they live—with its food supply, steamboats, and floods—figures strongly in their lives as the source of life, change, and death. Though their life is a simple one, it's filled with friendship, loyalty, love, and compassion.

Welcome to "The Krypton Report" podcast, where we geek out about all things Superman, Supergirl, and the incredible world of Krypton! Hosted by Tyler, James, and Junia, we're here to chat about everything from classic comic book stories to the latest news in the DC universe.Whether you're a die-hard fan or just love a good superhero story, we've got you covered. Join us for some fun, casual conversations about the Man of Steel and his amazing friends. Tune in, grab your cape, and let's fly into the world of "The Krypton Report"!

Human cloning. Technology evolves faster than we do. The law shields us from our worst temptations. But the opportunity is there, dangling just out of reach - perfection and ascension or delusion and destruction. The choice is ours. In this collection of clone-themed stories, 10 of today’s top speculative fiction writers explore our morality and built-in societal restraints and reflect upon our state of grace. Similar is not necessarily the same.

A young woman is brutally murdered on an island near Stockholm. Suspicion falls first on a family of Iraqi refugees. But then the victim's story begins to unfold. Lena Sundman was rude, dysfunctional, and young. Everything Dan Byrne disliked. Hiding out on the island after the sudden death of his wife, Dan finds himself drawn to the troubled girl, starting from the moment he rescues her from a gathering snowstorm.

We are an upstart sports-opinion podcast that focuses mostly on football but love to talk about most other sports.The Leadoff- Events that have happened in the past week that we and if anyone brings up a subject for discussion, will be talked about here. Just any sport is fair game and we both weigh in on how we feel about it.Med's Weekly 6-Pack- Med thinks about 6 questions regarding one subject and honest answers and insight to the best of our amateur ability. Seth will weigh in the most, followed by a little extra input from Med for content proposes.Seth's Second Thoughts- Seth brings to ...

Muss ich dankbar sein? Warum bin ich unglücklich? Ist das, was mir passiert reiner Zufall? - "Predigtbruch" beschäftigt sich mit Fragen zu Lebensthemen wie Glück, Sinn und Hoffnung. Pfarrer Patrick Smith betrachtet schwierige Fragen und leichtfüßige Ausblicke mit Eloquenz, Empathie - und anderen Alliterationen.

Shots from the Sidelines is a sports opinion podcast in which we will discuss a variety of issues that is connected to sports. Current topics, Biopics, sports betting and even sports movies. We will try to keep it fresh, and I will have a group of rotating co-host when I am not talking to you myself. So please, sit back and listen to our take on the sporting world and you may hear a point of view you haven't heard before. We are fans just like you after all. For the fan, by the fan