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Adam deals with some questions raised in previous episodes about dusty continents and the ethics surrounding adoption and workplace romances in Doctor Who. Grab a copy of Troy Hunter's new book Gus and the Missing Boy and see Troy and Adam in conversation at Better Read than Dead in Newtown, NSW on July 10th.  Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adam delves some more into the Doctor Who finale 'Empire of Death' starring Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson, and wonders why it involves so much old TV technology. Catch Adam in conversation with Troy Hunter at Better Read than Dead in Newtown, NSW on July 10. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

These novels not only stand the test of time but also resonate deeply with the themes of spring which include: growth, rebirth, and self-discovery.  From the landscapes of Italy and England to the enchanting confines of a garden and the intricate social fabric of a 19th-century English town, these stories also invite readers on a journey through love, freedom, and the quest for personal identity.  So whether you're revisiting these beloved classics or discovering them for the first time, they promise to leave a mark on your heart and mind.MORE SPRING CONTENT:- Listen and learn more about seasonal living for spring here.- Get the latest Spring Reading Guide here.SHOW NOTES & BOOKLIST:Find the episode show notes and a list of all the books mentioned here.MORE RESOURCES:Visit bibliolifestyle.com for more information and resources to help you in your reading journey.JOIN THE COMMUNITY:Join the BiblioLifestyle Community & the Bring Your Own Book (BYOB) Club for a fun, online book club experience!  Come and share books you've read, get inspiration for what to read next, make friends, and encourage each other along the way.  Learn more and join the community: bibliolifestyle.com/community.EPIGRAPH LITERARY FESTIVAL Mark your calendars, register to attend, and join us from April 24th - 26th, 2024, for a fun virtual event! Get reader-approved recommendations, see some authors, and watch your TBR explode! For more information visit: epigraphlitfest.com. See you there!

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A new MP3 sermon from Iglesia Bautista Betania is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Be Rich: Better Read Your Bank Book (Ephesians 1:15-23) Speaker: Warren Wiersbe Broadcaster: Iglesia Bautista Betania Event: Sunday Service Date: 12/10/2023 Length: 38 min.

In this episode, Dr. Will Cole is joined by author and brain expert, Jim Kwik. In his book, Limitless, he shows us how to identify our unique brain type and how we can harness our individual strengths for limitless growth. From the latest breakthroughs in nootropics and nutrition to enhance cognitive performance, the must-have tools to succeed at work, and how to use AI to boost HI (Human Intelligence) this episode is your definitive guide to leveling up your life. For all links mentioned in this episode: www.drwillcole.com/podcastPlease note that this episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct or indirect financial interest in products or services referred to in this episode.Sponsors:Visit CleanSimpleEats.com and use code WILLCOLE at checkout for 20% off your first orderPuori.com/WILLCOLE and use promo code WILLCOLE for 20% off site wideGet 20% off your first 90-day bottle of Just Calm and Just Thrive Probiotic today – Visit JustThriveHealth.com and use promo code: DRWILLGet 25% off @OakEssentials with the code WILLCOLE at oakessentials.com. #oakessentialspartnerVisit drinkAG1.com/willcole to get a FREE 1-year supply of Vitamin D3K2 AND 5 free AG1 Travel Packs with your first purchaseProduced by Dear Media.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

After Indira Naidoo lost her sister to suicide during the pandemic lockdowns, she unexpectedly found herself turning to nature to help her heal. Speaking with Ashley, Indira shares the journey through grief that led to her memoir 'The Space Between the Stars,' including her relationship with an especially consoling Moreton Bay fig. She describes the challenge of writing the book when she struggled even to speak her sister's name, and delves into our innate need to connect with the natural world.    Indira Naidoo is one of Australia's most popular broadcasters and authors. During her multi-decade award-winning journalistic career, she has hosted and reported for some of the country's most distinguished news and current affair programs, including the ABC TV's Late Edition and SBS TV World News, and she is currently the host of ABC TV's Compass and ABC Radio Sydney's Evenings Program. She is an ambassador for Sydney's homeless crisis centre the Wayside Chapel. Get your copy of The Space Between the Stars online or from your local bookshop. The South Coast Writers Festival is happening 18 to 20 August at Wollongong Town Hall. Hear from James, Ashley, Hayley Scrivenor, Shankari Chandran, and more! Authors include Alan Baxter, Alexis Wright, Caroline Baum, Emma Viskic, Helena Fox, Indira Naidoo, Kate Holden, Kate Scott, Loraine Peck, Meredith Jaffe, Mykaela Saunders, Pamela Cook, Sara Ayoub, Sarah Saleh, Tim Ayliffe, Tim Flannery and Will Kostakis. Indira is appearing on the panel 'Ritual, Nature and Grace,' alongside poet Tamryn Bennett, to discuss nature mysticism and medicine, rituals, and how writers express the things that strain beyond words. They'll be speaking with festival director Sarah Nicholson. Upcoming events  South Coast Writers Festival, 18-20 August, Wollongong Town Hall – see Ashley and James in person!  Online: Building Suspense in Writing – Ashley is teaching this online workshop through Writers Victoria, Sunday 27 August, 10am-4pm Bound to Happen launch – Join Ashley in conversation at Better Read than Dead in Newtown for the launch of Jonathon Shannon's debut romcom, Saturday 2 September, 6.30-8pm  Online: Creative Nonfiction – Ashley is teaching her six-week online Writing NSW course starting 30 October Crafting Narrative Drive – an in-person workshop with Ashley at Avid Reader in Brisbane, Sunday 26 November, 10am-1pm Books and authors discussed in this episode: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver; Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe  Ashley's psychological thriller Dark Mode is out now! Learn more about it and get your copy. James' novel Denizen is out now! Learn more about it and get your copy.  Get in touch! ashleykalagianblunt.com jamesmckenziewatson.com Twitter: @AKalagianBlunt + @JamesMcWatson Instagram: @akalagianblunt + @jamesmcwatson

Does anxiety go hand-in-hand with creative ambition Psychologist Sanchana Venkatesh joins Ashley and James to discuss the positives of creativity for mental wellbeing and the common problem of creative anxiety.  An emerging writer herself, she's familiar with the types of anxiety common to creatives. She delves into why we often can't just sit down and have fun with our creativity, provides advice on managing our creativity, and offers reading recommendations for further support.  This episode is full of practical tips for managing creative anxiety (and anxiety in general), for creatives of all types, including those writing about or exploring trauma in their work.  Sanchana Venkatesh is a psychologist and writer of short stories and essays. She has been practising as a psychologist in schools, public mental health, and non-profit settings since 2008, and is currently the sole practitioner and founder of flourish inside out psychology services. Her areas of special interest include anxiety, depression, chronic illnesses, life transitions, tics and Tourette's. Sanchana enjoys working with creatives, single people, gifted individuals, and migrants and people of colour. She was shortlisted for the 2021 Peter Carey Short Story Award, and her writing appears in the 2017 Newcastle Short Story Award Anthology and the 2020 Better Read than Dead Writing Anthology. You can find Sanchana's services at Flourish Inside Out, and find the dropping anchor exercise here. Books and authors discussed in this episode: Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert Mastering Creative Anxiety by Eric Maisel Happy Never After by Jill Stark A Kind of Magic by Anna Spargo-Ryan The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris Emotional Agility by Susan Davis Lost Connections by Johann Hari Homesickness by Janine Mikosza The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien **Nothing in this podcast is intended as medical advice. If you have concerns about your mental health, speak to your GP.**  Ashley's events:  Secret Book Club online with Secret Book Stuff – Tuesday 28 March, 7.30-8.30pm ($11 or free for members) Global Girls Online – Wednesday 29 March, 8pm, join on Facebook Live Readers – Books & Conversations – Thursday 30 March, 8pm, Petersham Bowling Club ($10)  Newcastle Writers Festival – Short & Sweet panel, Sunday 2 April, 1.30 pm (free!)  The Listening Station – Tuesday 16 May, 6.45-8pm, Art Bau Gallery, Brookvale ($30) James' events: Newcastle Writers Festival – I'd Like You to Meet: Lee Kofman chats to James McKenzie Watson, Saturday 1 April, 2-3pm (free!) New Blood: Crime Writers to Watch – Sunday 2 April 1:30pm at Newcastle Writers Festival ($20 – book here) Yarrum Storyfest – 1-2 July, Yarrum Regional Theatre, Yarrum, VIC ($25-$40 book here)  Sydney Writers Festival presents James McKenzie Watson – Wednesday 24 May, 6.30-7.30 pm, Penrith City Library ($5 – book here) Sydney Writers Festival Life in the Landscape – Thursday 25 May, 11 am to 12 pm, Carriageworks ($15-$25 – book here)  Ashley's psychological thriller 'Dark Mode' is out now! Learn more about it and get your copy here. James' novel 'Denizen' is out now! Learn more about it and get your copy here.  Get in touch! ashleykalagianblunt.com jamesmckenziewatson.com Twitter: @AKalagianBlunt + @JamesMcWatson Instagram: @akalagianblunt + @jamesmcwatson

it's the crossover event of the century - we are joined by the fine folks at Better Read than Dead, the only good literature podcast, for a discussion of Michael Mann's The Last of the Mohicans (1992). it's a film that dares to ask the question, "What if the book didn't totally suck ass?"follow the pod on twitter at @youretallpod or email us at youretallpod@gmail.com.follow Better Read than Dead at @betterreadpod, Tristan at @tjschweiger, Megan at @tuslersaurus, and Katie at @katiekrywo.

For our 100th episode (!!!), it's only fitting we tackle a Big One. And George Eliot's Middlemarch (1871-1872) is certainly that – literally (it's SO MANY PAGES). Middlemarch tells the stories of several intersecting characters all trying in various ways to find meaning amid the alienation of industrial modernity, and we discuss epistemology, philosophy, gender, class and bourgeoisification, marriage, capital-H History, politics. This kind of is a novel about everything. Also, failsons abound! It wouldn't be Better Read than Dead without failsons. Don't forget to join us next week for Part Two! We read the Oxford edition, edited by David Carroll with an introduction by Felicia Bonaparte. For more on Eliot's interest in nineteenth-century science and its bearing on Middlemarch's epistemological concerns, we highly recommend Gillian Beer's Darwin's Plots: Evolutionary Narrative in Darwin, George Eliot, and Nineteenth-Century Fiction, which we discuss on the show. And for another good discussion of Middlemarch and its contexts, check out this 2018 In Our Time episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/middlemarch/id73330895?i=1000409248380. Find us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @betterreadpod, and email us nice things at betterreadpodcast@gmail.com. Find Tristan on Twitter @tjschweiger, Katie @katiekrywo, and Megan @tuslersaurus.

Joined by Snappy to talk about: www.patreon.com/apodcastwithmo https://apodcastwithmo.myspreadshop.com Rhyming Parenting What is a Woman Sex Fast Food Religion Video Games Weed Homeless

Ethan and Devin are joined by Megan Tusler (@tuslersaurus) as we watch Walter Hill's The Warriors (1979). We discuss the stagnation and decay of 70s New York, the foreclosed glimpse of revolution, and why when you're forming a gang you should aim for a better theme than "roller skates and overalls."Be sure to check out Megan's amazing literature podcast, Better Read than Dead, which you can follow @betterreadpod.follow the pod on twitter at @youretallpod or email us at youretallpod@gmail.com.

This week, co-host Devin guested on the podcast Better Read than Dead to discuss Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955). If you like literature, leftism, and the figure of the fail son, you simply must check out this great podcast-- they even have an episode on Dune (the novel). Follow them on twitter at @betterreadthandead or give them a listen wherever you get your podcasts.follow the pod on twitter at @youretallpod or email us at youretallpod@gmail.com. follow Devin at @stalecooper and Ethan at @Mathissippi.

We chat about hangovers, what's up with the energy sector (and who's getting the handouts), and the government simply refuses to deliver a vaccine.   Hangovers It was RAHU’s first birthday! Shoutout to the Renewables in Agriculture Conference. Energy sector The International Energy Agency dropped a new report saying that fossil fuels are bad. Climate change-denying former Federal Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann was elected as head of the OECD. The “Green Energy Fund” can now be used to fund fossil fuels. The Australian government is funding a new $600 million gas power plant. The power plant will run at about 2% capacity, about 150 hours per year. Luckily, it looks like it will just be a chance to hand money to donors. Jeff McCloy, owner of the land that is flagged for the plant, is a major liberal party donor. He was the the only “stakeholder” to objected to land protections koalas. Update: Oh also he has known the head of the company responsible for the project for 20 years. The world’s seven largest economies have agreed to stop funding coal projects. The Labor party have found it very difficult to criticise the government. Keith Pitts Keith Pitt, minister for Resources, Water, and Northern Australia has vetoed a wind/batter power station near Cairns. Keith Pitt is a battery denier. The Queensland state government has stepped in and provided funding instead. Delivering a vaccine The government is continuing to fuck up the vaccine rollout. Only 25% of aged care workers and 4% of people in disability care facilities. If you want a vaccine, you can pretty much get one now. Update: Nope. The media is reframing the botched vaccine rollout as instead that people are afraid of getting the vaccine. Shoutout to Health Nerd on Twitter for pointing out that this isn’t really what the data says. Big wins! Deliveroo has lost a case against the Fair Work Commission, now holding up that their workers should be defined as employees instead of contractors. Shoutout to the Transport Workers Union and Diego Franco for winning this case! Solidarity with the staff at Better Read than Dead who have entered into bargaining talks with management, after previously being met with threats of termination. Congrats to the Save the Inks campaign for pushing back on QLD’s restrictions!

Teri Netterville and Denise Arthur are truly horrified at the contents in some of the required high school textbooks now being used in the Loudoun County Public Schools (located in the northern part of Virginia). The subject matter and words are so sexually explicit and inappropriate that they are not allowed on radio, and yet these textbooks are required reading for high school freshmen! The parents are also having problems with this same school board pushing Critical Race Theory into the classrooms! Time to replace the entire School Board!

Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics. NewsreportsGreen Left Radio presenters Jacob & Zane discuss the following newsreports for the program.Telstra fined $50million for unconscionable conduct after illegitimately signing Aboriginal people up to expensive phone contracts.Migrant worker Hassan Jaber successfully fights off ATO attempt to claw back almost $28,000 in jobkeeper payments.On the books: RAFFWU assists workers at Sydney bookstore "Better Read than Dead" as they fight for a union agreement.Interviews and DiscussionsHip Hop artist, activist and journalist Marcel Cartier speaks at a green left forum about the Kurdish struggle for liberation and self determination as part of the green left forum "Kurdish solidarity in the Biden era"You can view a recording of his speech and the forum here. Jacob and Zane speak with Socialist Alliance co-convenor and Green Left journalist Alex Bainbridge about this week's Federal budget. The budget contains some additional funding for childcare but despite being painted as a 'womens budget' it doesn't deliver substantive reform that would pave the way for greater economic independence for women. At its core it is "another budget for billionaire climate criminals"You can listen to the individual interview here.Jacob and Zane speak with Mai Saif from Free Palestine Melbourne about the latest wave of attacks on Palestinians unleashed by the Israeli state.Saif outlines the illegal forced eviction of Palestinian families from Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem by far right settlers enabled by the Israeli army and courts and describes unprovoked attacks on worshippers praying at the Al Aqsa Mosque as part of Ramadan. Saif says Israel / Palestine is "a simple issue - of oppressor and oppressed" and calls out biased media coverage that seeks to obscure the nature of the conflict.Free Palestine Melbourne and others are holding a rally to commemorate Al Nakba on Saturday May 15 at the state library which will join other protests across the globe calling to Stop Israeli Attacks on Gaza.You can listen to the individual interview here. 

Needing tips for a better Bible study? Have questions about reading your Bible? If you do, you're not alone. Did you know that in the US... 60% of Adults cannot name five of the Ten Commandments 82% of Adults believe that “God helps those who help themselves” is a Bible verse. Even among “born again Christians,” eighty-one percent believe that the Bible teaches the primary purpose in life is to take care of one's family. Tune in with Cat, Nicole, and guest Author Dave Jenkins to discuss his new book The Word Explored for tips on how to read and grow in your Bible reading and studies.

This week the guys have their first episode with two guests. Listen while David nerds out about Anime with Manuel. Enjoy!

State vs. State - Member vs. Member - Who will win over the judge and score a point for their state?   Sam Cripps won Episode 5, and set the stage with a mighty challenge "Which stories are better read in a collected edition" It was a tough round, but the team brought their A game. Stories from DC, Marvel and many indie books were discussed, but we could only leave with one winner.   Episode 1: Modern Grails  Episode 2: Iconic Covers Episode 3: Best Antagonist Episode 4: Indie Grail Episode 5: So Bad, it's Good Episode 6: Better Read As Collected Edition After the first five episodes, we have South Australia in the lead on 2 points. Western Australia and New South Wales, and Queensland at one each, with only VIC still looking to get on the scoreboard.   How does it work? Each member have two minutes to pitch their book, after a round robin, each member gets one vote. Our grandmaster flash, and very own Wendigo Ben Gee casts the final judgement and one state walks away with a point tallied up across episodes to find the one state to rule them all! Round six players are: Murray Jackson (WA), Bec Beetson (NSW), Michael Swindells (QLD), Sam Cripps (SA), Neville Howard (VIC) with Mike Speakman as chief heckler and time keeper - join us for  30 minutes of fun  

Join us as we revisit some of our favorite fail-lords of the season and conduct a highly scientific and professional grading meeting! We discuss the dastardly deeds of professors and shrubbery as we take a look back at Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Daughter" (1844) to determine final grades for “Evil STEM 207.” Then we get into Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House (1959) to find out whether "blood dad" or "tall nephew" is at the top of the fail-class in “Spooky Real Estate 305.” We then perform the highest stakes assessment of all as we review the robust mustaches and costume enthusiasts of Sydney Owenson's The Wild Irish Girl (1806) and award grades for “King Shit 433," which is required if you would like to receive your official Better Read than Dead Sexy Harp Playing Certificate. Then we toast our favorite success-sons, recall some top-notch literary ding dongs from past seasons, and close the book on BRtD Season 3! We will be back this spring with brand new episodes including F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby (1925), Tom Wolfe’s The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (1968), and Frank Herbert's Dune (1965)! Find us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @betterreadpod, and email us nice things at betterreadpodcast@gmail.com. Find Tristan on Twitter @tjschweiger, Katie @katiekrywo, and Megan @tuslersaurus.

If you’ve been listening to Better Read for a bit, you’re probably aware that Megan’s favorite genre of novel is "brother hearts sister but in a distressing sex way." In that vein, we present one of the absolute classics of the genre, William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom!, which is 300 pages but feels longer. A lot longer. The novel features an upwardly-downwardly mobile Scots-Irish bigamist and his children, both “legitimate” and “illegitimate,” and the problem of racial panic in the 19th-century US. We talk about race, colonization, incest (of course), property, and style. In lieu of a game we induct some very special novels and films into the Literary Incest Hall of Fame. We read the Vintage edition. We sort of recommend the midcentury books on Faulker like Irving Howe’s William Faulkner: A Critical Study, but suggest first checking out Toni Morrison’s article “The Color Fetish” from the September 14, 2017 issue of The New Yorker. *Note to our listeners -- Katie is off this episode. She’ll be back next week. Find us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @betterreadpod, and email us nice things at betterreadpodcast@gmail.com. Find Tristan on Twitter @tjschweiger, Katie @katiekrywo, and Megan @tuslersaurus.

In keeping with Better Read than Dead’s mission of bringing you literature’s greatest failsons -- and Tristan’s favorite genre of novel, “feckless boob goes on a trip” -- may we present Sydney Owenson’s The Wild Irish Girl and its hero, Horatio M. (We assume he just forgot the rest of his last name.) Horatio is an English aristocrat whose dad exiles him to Ireland in penance for his failsonery, but he soon becomes quite horny for both a harp-playing Irish princess and for Ireland itself, where Horatio learns they do many mind-blowing things -- have picturesque ruins, speak Irish, and grow mustaches. We’re talking gender, the nation, internal colonialism, and more! We read the Oxford edition with notes and introduction by Kathryn Kirkpatrick. For more on Owenson (a nineteenth-century radical!), we recommend Mary Campbell’s biography Lady Morgan: The Life and Times of Sydney Owenson. And for more on the nation, the novel, and imperialism, check out Katie Trumpener’s landmark Bardic Nationalism: The Romantic Novel and the British Empire. Find us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @betterreadpod, and email us nice things at betterreadpodcast@gmail.com. Find Tristan on Twitter @tjschweiger, Katie @katiekrywo, and Megan @tuslersaurus.

Acknowledgement of country News headlines with Cait Kelly The Thursday Breakfast team discusses recent incidents of police violence across the continent and the systemic nature of this carceral violence. They also share the link to the GoFundMe JUSTICE FOR SHERRY TILBEROO and details for an upcoming vigil and march in Meanjin to demand justice for the death in custody of Aunty Sherry Tilberoo. Schereazade speaks to Jessica Stott, the Service Delivery Manager at the Victorian women, non-binary, and gender-diverse referral group WIRE. WIRE provides a free Victoria-wide support, information, and referrals service. Jessica joins us to discuss the intersections of domestic and family violence, COVID-19, and the lockdown period.  We hear a small excerpt from the panel 'Arab-Australian Authors Unite for Lebanon' recorded on Saturday 5th September. To raise funds for the victims of the Beirut explosion, some of so-called Australia’s most celebrated authors, poets, and academics of Lebanese and Arab backgrounds came together for two nights of online discussions about the literature of the Arab diaspora. Hosted by Better Read than Dead bookstore in Newtown Sydney and Sweatshop Writers Collective the panel was moderated by Dr. Jumana Bayeh and featured Ghassan Hage, Amani Haydar, Omar Sakr, Sarah Ayoub, Ruby Hamad, and M M Morsi. 100% of the ticket proceeds were donated to Impact Lebanon, an NGO that provides disaster relief as well as activism resources for the Lebanese diaspora.  Carly sits down with Vanmali Hermans, a Wiradjuri, Irish & Flemish woman living on Ngunnawal and Ngambri land. Mali joins us to speak about the Australian Government's recent announcement of independent assessors to be appointed as part of the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Mali is a disabled organiser and writer, is a board member of Women with Disabilities ACT, and currently works in gender-based violence policy alongside studying a Master of Social Work.  Songs Pookie - TuesdayMo'Ju, Birdz, Trials - Rider in the Rain 2020

For our Season 2 finale, we do a round of roasts and toasts. Hear us dunk more on the readership of The New Yorker, marvel at the dipshit failsonery of Horace Walpole, wonder why the f*ck Hester Prynne was so hot for Arthur Dimmesdale, and much much more! We still disagree sharply about how much one might cry while reading Little Women and not be embarrassed about it (don’t listen to Megan -- there’s no such thing as too much crying in the sentimental novel), but we very much agree that Billy Budd is extremely dope. Ships! Butts! Herman Melville! You’ll also want to listen for details on how to get some awesome Better Read than Dead swag if you leave us a review. And we say happy birthday to us! The pod is a year old! Stay safe, comrades. We’ll be back with you mid-September. Find us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @betterreadpod, and email us nice things at betterreadpodcast@gmail.com. Find Tristan on Twitter @tjschweiger, Katie @katiekrywo, and Megan @tuslersaurus.

We're pack, the science fiction literature podcast equivalent of tubing down a lazy river with a six-pack of beer! This week we talk about Book 4 of The Years of Rice and Salt, "The Alchemist," where Khalid, Bahram, and Iwang discover the secrets of the universe while attempting to placate the venal khan and suss out the political machinations of his treasurer Nadir Divanbegi. For a lot of readers, this is the chapter where the book really starts to click. As Hilary puts it, this is where she figured out the project of the book is really to tell the story of the emergence of modernity without a progress narrative and in the absence of Eurocentrism--because, of course, "Europe" doesn't exist! This book is also where we see how scientific knowledge develops alongside a different set of ideologies, both religious and political. Here, Robinson dramatizes how scientific “discovery” exists within other forms of knowledge and inhabitation of the world. Science is historically contingent and situated among other ways of being in the world, incarnated in the character of Bahram and his Sufi-influenced conception of the world, wiht a heavy emphasis on love. The story about ideas is always a false story - scientific discovery is imbricated with power, specifically imperial power and violent state power. With Khalid, Iwang, and Bahram, as well as the old texts they consult (and frequently discard) discovery is shown to be a communal activity. The speeds of sound and light, poison gas and WMD, ballistics and baseball, love and learning (love as a giving of attention, like in Aurora)--all these and more are discussed in this very man-heavy chapter where patriarchy is very much still the dominant force. Tune in to our friends' podcast Better Read than Dead this coming week when special guest Hilary will lend her expertise on Ursula Le Guin's masterpiece, The Dispossessed!: https://anchor.fm/better-read7 Email us at maroonedonmarspodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter @podcastonmars Leave us a voicemail on the Anchor.fm app Rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you listen to your podcasts! Music by Spirit of Space --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/marooned-on-mars/message

Here at Better Read than Dead we are here to tell you that work sucks and we should seize the means of production! But in the meantime, one job we definitely wouldn’t recommend is haunted house governess. Sure, the pay is good but the benefits package is just a bunch of ghosts and two very unnerving children. Henry James knew that too, which is why he wrote his 1898 novella, The Turn of the Screw. We talk about why James named his characters such mean things (Fanny Assingham, anyone?), the upstairs-downstairs class dynamics when ghosts get thrown into the mix, and we tackle the New Critic’s burning questions: was this governess just making stuff up? Hallucinating? Cloud of gas? Too scared of redheads to think straight? Megan and Tristan also applied to be haunted house governesses and got called back for an interview! They really, for sure, definitely, absolutely want this fantastic position, so tune in to see who walks away with the prize! We read and recommend the Penguin edition, edited by David Bromwich. If you haven’t gotten your fill of thrills and chills yet, check out Brad Leithauser's "Ever Scarier: On 'The Turn of the Screw'" in the New Yorker. Find us on Twitter and Instagram @betterreadpod, and email us nice things at betterreadpodcast@gmail.com. Find Tristan on Twitter @tjschweiger, Katie @katiekrywo, and Megan @tuslersaurus.

As previously noted on the classic Better Read than Dead Christmas Carol show, Katie and Tristan are both fans of Charles Dickens. So needless to say, we had, uh, great expectations about this episode! Before you delete us for that horrible dad pun (thanks, Tristan), may we just point out that the phrase “great expectations” appears about 400 million times in Great Expectations (1861). Which actually makes a lot of sense. This novel is all about contingencies, and the unseen and often unknowable forces that come to bear on our lives, and what all that means for even starting to understand “the individual.” It also works toward a compelling critique of the nineteenth-century carceral state via the transported felon (Abel Magwitch), it has interesting things to say about class, and we could literally spend three episodes just talking through Miss Havisham and Estella and gender politics in this novel. We repeat -- Dickens is good. Fellow pinkos will like him, despite certain unfortunate lib tendencies (give the guy a break, he’s a freakin' Victorian). On the show, we read the Oxford edition edited by Margaret Cardwell with an introduction by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst. For more on capital, empire, and eighteenth- and nineteenth-century penal codes, see E. P. Thompson’s landmark Whigs and Hunters: The Origin of the Black Act and Kirsty Reid’s Gender, Crime, and Empire: Convicts, Settlers, and the State in Early Colonial Australia. *Note to our listeners. Megan is on maternity leave. She’ll be back on the show in a couple weeks. Find us on Twitter and Instagram @betterreadpod, and email us nice things at betterreadpodcast@gmail.com. Find Tristan on Twitter @tjschweiger, Katie @katiekrywo, and Megan @tuslersaurus.

Crabb and Sales have been ‘dialling up’ podcasts that cover everything from the porn industry to excessive rock ’n roll debauchery. They also discuss their summer reading highlights. The Last Days of August Podcast by Jon RonsonThe Butterfly Effect Podcast by Jon RonsonHow to Fail Podcast with Elizabeth Day [S1, Ep1 Phoebe Waller-Bridge and S5, Ep2 Fleabag is Back]Disgraceland Podcast by Jake Brennan [Ep1 Jerry Lee Lewis: The Killer and Getting Away With Murder and Ep7 The Rolling Stones: Sleeping With the First Lady and Trafficking Heroin]Hit Parade Podcast by Slate [Phil Collins: The Invisible Miracle Sledgehammer. Stevie Wonder: Everybody Say YEAH!]Bundyville an NPR podcast Cliven Bundy The Dollop Podcast Ep1Such a Fun Age by Kiley ReidThe Dutch House by Ann PatchettThe Godmother by Hannelore Cayre, Stephanie Smee (Translator)Unreliable Memoirs by Clive JamesBruny by Heather RoseSand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson YunkaportaTalking Words: Tyson Yunkaporta Podcast by Better Read than Dead Dark Emu: Aboriginal Australia and the Birth of Agriculture by Bruce PascoeThe Best Kind of Beautiful by Frances WhitingThis episode is brought to you by DocPlay. Click here for their exclusive offer for Chatters: https://www.docplay.com/chatters

We here at Better Read than Dead do not care for fascists. So when we had the chance to kick off our 2020 season with an historical novel that dunks on fascists and their fascist f*ckery, well, let’s just say you didn’t need to ask us twice. Robert Graves’s I, Claudius (1934) is about a lot of things. The early Roman Empire, gender, political intrigue (including powerful grandmas who poison people -- we didn’t know that was one of our favorite character types, but we do now, and not just because we don’t want to be poisoned, please). Famously, it’s about disability, specifically with regards to its protagonist, Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, who became the Emperor Claudius in 41 C.E. But it’s also a scathing critique of Europe’s rising fascist governments of the 1920s and 1930s. Read your history, folks. Somewhat unexpectedly, Graves’s explorations of the absurdities of despotism had us thinking yet again about Hannah Arendt’s concept of the banality of evil in Eichmann in Jerusalem. And while you’re reading Arendt, everyone (no hyperbole) should read her Origins of Totalitarianism, too. *Note to our listeners. Megan is on maternity leave. She’ll be back to the show in a few weeks. Find us on Twitter and Instagram @betterreadpod, and email us nice things at betterreadpodcast@gmail.com. Find Tristan on Twitter @tjschweiger, Katie @katiekrywo, and Megan @tuslersaurus.

Welp, friends, we made it through all eleventy billion pages of Ulysses and are the better for it. (Better Read than Dead 1, Mayor Pete 0.) And we all agree that the second half of the book is delightful. From Chapter 15 (“Circe”), a 150-page play about… kink? the nation? gender? all of that? to Chapter 17’s catechism, wherein Bloom and Dedalus pee together in true Hegelian mutual recognition, to Chapter 18 (“Penelope”), where we finally get to spend some time in Molly Bloom’s head (best character in the book -- we very much stan). We have more thoughts on form and stream of consciousness, and more thoughts on which character is the drunkest, and we have some great conversation about sexuality in this novel. AND -- we play a fun little round of “which extremely NSFW love letter did James Joyce write?” As before, we suggest you get the Gabler edition, which is both suitably bulky to convey your gravitas (Big Joyce Energy) and is pretty much the standard these days. For more on Joyce, modernism, and psychoanalysis, we highly recommend Maud Ellmann’s The Nets of Modernism: Henry James, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, and Sigmund Freud. Find us on Twitter and Instagram @betterreadpod, and email us nice things at betterreadpodcast@gmail.com. Find Tristan on Twitter @tjschweiger, Katie @katiekrywo, and Megan @tuslersaurus.

There are few things Better Read than Dead enjoys more than owning dipsh*ts/watching dipsh*ts get owned, which is why we were so psyched to read Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” (1820). Irving’s spooky (no, hilarious) short story is about a tall dipsh*t who gets owned by a Headless Horseman. Or a pumpkin? Or, really, just the Dutch version of Gaston. Also, did you know Irving was the OG flat-earther?? He sure was! Chemtrails -- google it, folks. We’re talking genre, colonial histories, Cotton Mather, and more. We read the version of "Sleepy Hollow" in the Oxford edition of The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., edited by Susan Manning. We don’t get into this aspect on the show all that much, but David Anthony’s article “‘Gone Distracted’: ‘Sleepy Hollow,’ Gothic Masculinity, and the Panic of 1819” offers an interesting reading of the connections between Irving’s treatment of gender and the story’s immediate historical context. Find us on Twitter and Instagram @betterreadpod, and email us nice things at betterreadpodcast@gmail.com. Find Tristan on Twitter @tjschweiger, Katie @katiekrywo, and Megan @tuslersaurus.

Most people do NOT know how to read food labels. Calories and sodium are NOT the most important things to look at. In today's episode, I go through each section of the food label to talk about why certain sections don't matter and I share which sections are the most important to pay attention to. If you enjoy this episode and you found it useful, I'd love to hear about it and know your biggest takeaway. Take a screenshot of you listening to the podcast, post it to your IG and tag me @hippiedippiemom. If you're ready to begin clearing your brain fog so that you can have more energy and be the happy mom you've always dreamed of while raising healthy kids - apply to join my 8 week Group Coaching program here. Join the FREE 10 Day Bust Your Brain Fog Challenge here. Join the Happy Healthy Mom FB group here - https://www.facebook.com/groups/HappyandHealthyMoms/ Be the first to know when a new episode is released: https://m.me/HippieDippieMom Next steps are to follow me at: www.hippiedippiemom.com www.facebook.com/hippiedippiemom www.instagram.com/hippiedippiemom www.pinterest.com/hippiedippiemom Please remember the purpose of this podcast is not to heal, treat or cure. Please speak with your healthcare professional before making any changes. Find my terms of use here.

Frankenstein On the inaugural episode of Better Read than Dead, we talk about why three jerky socialist academics wanted to do a books podcast. We also talk about Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818) and answer every leftist’s burning questions about it. What does this novel have to do with political revolution? Why is the 1831 edition so much more anti-science than the 1818 edition? And is this novel (as Katie puts it) “19th-century Human Centipede (only less creative)”? For a terrific discussion of the political currents of the novel, check out Maureen McLane’s Romanticism and the Human Sciences: Poetry, Population, and the Discourse of the Species. On the show, we read Marilyn Butler’s Oxford edition of the 1818 text. Find us on Twitter and Instagram @betterreadpod, and email us nice things at betterreadpodcast@gmail.com. Find Tristan on Twitter @tjschweiger, Katie @katiekrywo, and Megan @tuslersaurus.

Newer testing methods for the PRRS virus are not only simpler and less costly than traditional procedures, they are also helping farms more accurately track the virus through different production segments. The post Simpler, less costly monitoring methods helping pork industry get a better read on PRRS appeared first on Pig Health Today.

Newer testing methods for the PRRS virus are not only simpler and less costly than traditional procedures, they are also helping farms more accurately track the virus through different production segments. The post Simpler, less costly monitoring methods helping pork industry get a better read on PRRS appeared first on Pig Health Today.

Pam interviews historical fiction author, Kelly Rimmer, about researching and writing her just released book "The Things We Cannot Say" which was inspired by real life events from her own Polish heritage. Then Pam and Kel discuss what it means to conduct the kind of intense research required to write fiction steeped in historical fact, where the smallest details can make all of the difference. If you like this episode of the Writes4Women podcast, check out our other episodes at www.writes4women.com OR SUBSCRIBE (free and painless) at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you get your pods. #w4wpodcast #KellyRimmer #writing #historicalfiction #fiction #women #publishing #writinglife #WritingCommunity #Hachette #publishing #ebooks #podcasts SHOWNOTES: Writes4Womenwww.writes4women.comFacebook - @writes4womenTwitter / Instagram - @w4wpodcast Pamela Cookwww.pamelacook.com.auFacebook - @pamelacookauthorTwitter - @PamelaCookAU Kel ButlerFacebook / Twitter - @kelbutler & @listenuppodcasting Kelly Rimmerwww.kellyrimmer.comFacebook - @KellyRimmerAuthorTwitter - @KelRimmerWrites - https://trove.nla.gov.auTrove (National Library Archive) EVENT: High Tea with Kelly Rimmer and Pamela Cook at Better Read than Dead:https://www.hachette.com.au/events/kelly-rimmer-high-tea-at-better-read-than-dead

Before you start this episode you better grab some water because this weeks EP is fire! Josh describes how he learned to climb the ladder without pulling others down to get ahead. So many times I have been told the top is a lonely place, but it doesn't have to be. It all depends how you treated those around you along the way. Also, learn how reading a simple email lead to the level up of up a lifetime. As we wrap up the second series of stories, be thinking about what the next step up the ladder looks like for you. Are you spending time with the right people to help you get where you want to be and what are you willing to do to get to that point? Listen now and let us help you. Always. Stay. Moving.

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 After a very competitive game of rock, paper, scissors, CJ and Ben read "Better Read than Dead" by Victoria Laurie. A psychic romp/love story/drama novel about a psychic detective getting involved with the mob and a dreamy FBI agent. It's real fun. We riff about the show Psych a lot. Goofs include screaming in italics, Taco Bell and it's effects on your tum, weird college majors, and mob lingo.  The world's funniest book podcast-Page 69 is sponsored by Audible. Get a free 30 day trial and a free audio book download at audibletrial.com/page69 Stay in touch with the show! Twitter: https://twitter.com/Page69podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/page69podcast/ Email: page69podcast@gmail.com  

Between Katy's health (or lack of it we should say) and Frannie's...well...life, we haven't been able to put the time into creating the quality (ish) episodes you expect from us. Because we don't want to turn out crap episodes just to get them done, we have decided to take a 2 month hiatus to let Katy get her shit together and Frannie...well, nothing's going to actual change for her.  We'll be back on Monday, May 14th, 2018 to discuss Better Read than Dead, the second book in the Abby Cooper series by Victoria Laurie. We both love this book and have so much to talk about, so make sure to check it out! Follow Chick Lit Murder Mysteries:  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chicklitmm  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chicklitmm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chicklitmm/  Email us at chicklitmurdermysteries@gmail.com Chick Lit Murder Mysteries Music Credit: Candy (c) by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA Candy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution – ShareAlike 4.0 International License, available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Part of sales is knowing how to read your customers well and understanding what they're thinking so you would know how to handle the situation and in order for the sales to progress. Today's guest is Jonathan Furman who has extensive experience in the sales industry. He is the founder and CEO of Furman Transformation, […] The post TSE 603: How Can I Better READ My Customers? appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

February 15, 2016 guests Are women better equipped to be the leaders we need in the 21st Century? YES, says Chris Davidson, author of Hear & Now - How Women Get Heard More at Work and Why it Matters. "Outmoded communication skills are leaving men playing catch-up." Chris will cover: Top 3 things you can do to present your ideas powerfully and gain more influence at work. Do’s & don’ts of a winning interview presentation. How to leave stage fright in the wings and keep your audience wanting more.  www.HearAndNowBook.com Do you, your spouse or children use antidepressants to be happy? You and they are not alone, says Alena Chapman author of You Can’t Escape From A Prison If You Don’t Know You’re In One: What Is Blocking Your Freedom? In 2013, ABC Evening News reported that Americans are the unhappiest people, with antidepressant usage up 400% since 1994, and the NY Times noted that 1 in 10 Americans – and 1 in 4 women age 40s – 50s – are on these meds. Even more alarming, a NY Times [April 17, 2014] blog titled "The Antidepressant Generation" noted that children and adolescents increasingly take antidepressants to help them cope with the pressures of college or finding a job. Alena will share her insights on how to reverse this trend.alenachapmanlife.com