Ryan Hurst
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Paradise City volume 6
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English
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Lily and Jade make their demands known to Adam. Elias and Vivian have to face their moment of truth with Faith. Svengali gets alone time with Johnny in the studio and has a surprise for the rest of the members.
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Paradise City volume 8
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English
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The Relentless play their final show with Lily in the band. Johnny dances with his demons at the hotel. Gretchen has an encounter at her game that will change everything. Simon finally gets to meet his idol.
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Paradise City volume 1
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English
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A highly controversial rock band with ties to the occult returns from a hiatus to find out the singer has a haunting secret arriving on his doorstep.
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Paradise City volume 2
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English
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The arrival of Vivian and her baby to Hollywood turns Johnnyís life upside down while his bandmates, manager and record label all scramble to keep the train on the tracks. Simon gets his first taste of the big time with a phone call from Maya.
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Paradise City volume 5
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English
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Johnny and Lily go to The Rainbow and have the meeting that will define their future together. Leo and Vic take charge of the band as a trip to New Orleans becomes imminent. Simon searches for a new venue in a different side of town.
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Paradise City volume 4
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English
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All cards are on the table for Johnny with Adam, Elias, Vivian and Lizzie getting together in person. Meanwhile, Lilyís fate in The Relentless hangs in the balance.
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Paradise City volume 7
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English
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The Relentless discuss Johnnyís secret for the first time as a group and not everyone sees eye to eye. Maya has to do soul searching in regards to her career and loyalty. Simon finds out something Natalie has been doing in regards to his father.
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The true story of two brothers, Adam and Ross, who became millionaires while still in their 20's. They were among the first to market electronic terminals for credit card transactions. Confident and bold, they ignored warnings by the government to 'respond' to numerous complaints regarding their practices.
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America's Secret Slang volume 1
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English
Description
Politics is full of odd phrases like "pork barrel projects," "slush funds," and "lame ducks" -- all of which had practical origins and morphed to mean what they do today. The same can be said about the language and culture of guns and booze.
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America's Secret Slang volume 5
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English
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In this episode we look at how entertainment from circuses and vaudeville to plays and movies, influenced the common words and phrases we say every day. How did bad actors give us the word "explode," rude actors give us the phrase "to upstage" someone.
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America's Secret Slang volume 4
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English
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Expressions from "riffraff" to "betting your bottom dollar", "passing the buck," "acid test" and even "heard it through the grapevine" all come from America's frontier days. But have you ever wondered why these phrases were first used?
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America's Secret Slang volume 6
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English
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Americans have always loved to eat and expressions relating to food--from New York's "big apple" to "wake up and smell the coffee" --pepper our everyday speech. But where did they all come from?
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America's Secret Slang volume 8
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English
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In this episode, we look at the ways that American English has been transformed by American presidents, by the language of sex and romance, by good and bad manners. We'll also explore how easy it is to insult people of different groups.
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America's Secret Slang volume 3
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English
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The American South has given us words like "y'all" and "rednecks" as well as dozens of colorful phrases like "fly off the handle," "having an axe to grind," and "barking up the wrong tree." But what are the origins of these expressions?
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America's Secret Slang volume 5
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English
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Ever wonder why American cowboys say "'git along little doggies" when they're talking about herding cattle? Or why a losing wrestler "cries uncle?" And why do we say "ouch" when we stub a toe? The answers to all these questions can be traced.
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America's Secret Slang volume 2
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English
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Every day we use words and phrases that come from deep within our history. Their origins reveal a lot about us and where we came from, but most of us have no idea what these terms originally meant. In this episode we look at how forms of transportation.
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America's Secret Slang volume 6
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English
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In this episode, we look at words from the worlds of the military, police, aviation, and baseball. Ever wonder why a "last ditch effort" rarely involves digging an actual ditch? Or why a temporary worker is hired as a "freelancer"?
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America's Secret Slang volume 7
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English
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In this episode, we look at the ways that American English has been transformed by the Vikings, the Cold War, computers, music, gambling, and the different meaning we give to the colors of the rainbow. Why is a "red letter day" good?
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America's Secret Slang volume 2
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English
Description
Have you ever wondered why someone who can't get it together is called a "basket case"? Or where the term "Yankee" came from? And why do we say someone "bought the farm" when they die? The answers to these questions all have one thing in common: war.
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America's Secret Slang volume 1
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English
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In this episode, we look at the ways that American English has been transformed by animals, food, sports--and death. Ever wonder why we say "that's a horse of a different color" or "that's for the birds"?