<!-- Latest Episode -->
<div class="latest-episode"><div class="heading"><strong class="title">LATEST EPISODE</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<em class="subtitle">(New Episode Every Friday)</em></div>
<?php $lastest_ep = new WP_Query('category_name=episodes&showposts=1');
while ($lastest_ep->have_posts()) : $lastest_ep->the_post(); ?>
<div>
  <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><p class="smalltitle">
  <?php the_post_thumbnail('medium'); ?>Episode <?php $currentID = get_the_ID(); ?><?php $currentNumber = Get_Post_Number($currentID); ?><?php echo $currentNumber; ?>:<br />
    <span class="lighter"><?php the_title(); ?></span></p></a>
<p><?php the_excerpt('<em class="lighter">(read more)</em>'); ?></p>
</div>
</div>
<?php
endwhile;
wp_reset_query();
wp_reset_postdata();
?>
<!-- End Latest Episode -->


<!-- Past Episodes -->
<div class="past-episodes">

<?php $prev_ep = new WP_Query('category_name=episodes&showposts=2&offset=1');
while ($prev_ep->have_posts()) : $prev_ep->the_post(); ?>
<div class="flt-l">
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><p class="smalltitle"><?php the_post_thumbnail('thumbnail'); ?>Episode <?php $currentID = get_the_ID(); ?><?php $currentNumber = Get_Post_Number($currentID); ?><?php echo $currentNumber; ?>:<br />
    <span class="lighter"><?php the_title(); ?></span></p></a>
  <p><?php the_excerpt('<em class="lighter">(read more)</em>'); ?></p>
</div>
<?php
endwhile;
wp_reset_query();
wp_reset_postdata();
?>

<br class="clear" />
<div class="archive">Click Here for the <a href="#">Episode Archive</a></div>
</div>
<!-- End Past Episodes -->


<!-- Begin Site Updates -->
<?php $updates = new WP_Query('category_name=blog,sitenews&showposts=5');
while ($updates->have_posts()) : $updates->the_post(); ?>
  <p class="post-subject"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
  <blockquote>
    <p><?php the_content(' '); ?></p>
  </blockquote>
  <p align="right" class="post-timestamp">This is a <?php the_category(' '); ?>, posted on <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?></a> by <?php the_author_posts_link() ?><br />
    <img src="images/blog-separator.png" width="620" height="7" alt="separator" /></p>
<?php
endwhile;
wp_reset_query();
wp_reset_postdata();
?>

<!-- End Site Updates -->