Podcasts about Biography

Sleep Magic - Sleep Hypnosis & Meditations

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2026 36:07

In our last episode of the season, Marlon and Jake take on the worst books by the best authors—or at least, authors they usually love. They discuss why a journalist's instincts can be both a gift and a curse when writing fiction, the importance of a great editor, writers who seem more interested in ideas than people, and novels that try so hard to be current they end up aging badly. Tune in for a conversation about literary misfires and wasted genius. Subscribe to our River-herd digital newsletter and our print newspaper, The Eddy, for sneak peeks of our upcoming books, free giveaways, and exclusive content: https://sites.prh.com/the-eddy-newspaper The Devil and Sonny Liston by Nick Tosches In the Hand of Dante by Nick Tosches The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens I Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe Orlando by Virginia Woolf Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing The Golden Bowl by Henry James My Son's Story by Nadine Gordimer Quicksand by Nella Larsen The Spy Who Loved Me by Ian Fleming The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth Hotel by Arthur Hailey Hollywood Wives by Jackie Collins The Carpetbaggers by Harold Robbins Peyton Place by Grace Metalious Whirlwind by James Clavell Gai-Jin by James Clavell The Breast by Philip Roth Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth Humboldt's Gift by Saul Bellow Mr. Sammler's Planet by Saul Bellow A Small Town in Germany by John le Carré The Little Drummer Girl by John le Carré A Perfect Spy by John le Carré The Continental Op by Dashiell Hammett The Far Pavilions by M. M. Kaye Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee Until August by Gabriel García Márquez Heartburn by Nora Ephron Ancient Evenings by Norman Mailer The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer India: A Wounded Civilization by V. S. Naipaul The Power Broker by Robert Caro Terrorist by John Updike

Remembering Dolly Parton | Bedtime Story Biography for Sleep

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2026 49:29

In tonight's hypnotic bedtime story with Jayni, celebrate the life and legacy of Dolly Parton, from her Tennessee childhood to a remarkable career filled with music and generosity. A soothing reminder to stay true to yourself and share your light with others. As always, tonight's episode begins with a short, calming introduction from Jayni, before we gently ease into the hypnosis and guide you toward deep, restful sleep. If you'd like an extra immersive experience, you can also watch this episode on Spotify, complete with soothing visuals

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The Mechanics of Magick: The Spell of Repetition- Episode 4: The Slogan, the Liturgy, and the Crowd

New Books in Gender Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2026 67:57 Transcription Available

Bibliography**Advertising, Branding, and Consumer Identity**Aaker, *Managing Brand Equity* (1991); Bernays, *Biography of an Idea* (1965); Bernays, *Propaganda* (1928); Ewen, *Captains of Consciousness* (1976); Keller, *Strategic Brand Management* (1998); McCracken, “Culture and Consumption,” *JCR* 13 (1986): 71–84; Schudson, *Advertising, the Uneasy Persuasion* (1984); Tye, *The Father of Spin* (1998); Zajonc, “Attitudinal Effects of Mere Exposure,” *JPSP* 9 (1968): 1–27.**Propaganda, Language, and Ideology**Ellul, *Propaganda* (1965); Klemperer, *The Language of the Third Reich* (2000); Lasswell, *Propaganda Technique in the World War* (1927); Lifton, *Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism* (1989; orig. 1961); Stanley, *How Propaganda Works* (2015).**Framing, Agenda Setting, and Public Attention**Entman, “Framing,” *Journal of Communication* 43 (1993): 51–58; Iyengar, *Is Anyone Responsible?* (1991); Lippmann, *Public Opinion* (1922); McCombs, *Setting the Agenda* (2014); McCombs and Shaw, “The Agenda-Setting Function of Mass Media,” *POQ* 36 (1972): 176–87; Noelle-Neumann, *The Spiral of Silence* (1993).**Dehumanization and Moral Disengagement**Bandura, “Moral Disengagement in the Perpetration of Inhumanities,” *PSPR* 3 (1999): 193–209; Haslam, “Dehumanization,” *PSPR* 10 (2006): 252–64; Haslam and Loughnan, “Dehumanization and Infrahumanization,” *ARP* 65 (2014): 399–423; Kelman, “Violence Without Moral Restraint,” *JSI* 29 (1973): 25–61.**Repetition, Misinformation, and Online Diffusion**Bail, *Breaking the Social Media Prism* (2021); Berger and Milkman, “What Makes Online Content Viral?” *JMR* 49 (2012): 192–205; Brady et al., “Emotion Shapes the Diffusion of Moralized Content,” *PNAS* 114 (2017): 7313–18; Pennycook et al., “Prior Exposure Increases Perceived Accuracy of Fake News,” *JEP:G* 147 (2018): 1865–80; Pennycook et al., “Fighting COVID-19 Misinformation,” *Psychological Science* 31 (2020): 770–80; Vosoughi, Roy, and Aral, “The Spread of True and False News Online,” *Science* 359 (2018): 1146–51.**Availability, Consensus, and Social Silence**Kuran and Sunstein, “Availability Cascades and Risk Regulation,” *Stanford Law Review* 51 (1999): 683–768; Prentice and Miller, “Pluralistic Ignorance and Alcohol Use on Campus,” *JPSP* 64 (1993): 243–56; Sunstein, *On Rumors* (2009).**Liturgy, Civil Religion, and Collective Ritual**Bell, *Ritual Theory, Ritual Practice* (1992); Bellah, “Civil Religion in America,” *Daedalus* 96 (1967): 1–21; Durkheim, *The Elementary Forms of Religious Life* (1995; orig. 1912); Hobson et al., “The Psychology of Rituals,” *PSPR* 22 (2018): 260–84; Rappaport, *Ritual and Religion in the Making of Humanity* (1999); Whitehouse, *Modes of Religiosity* (2004); Xygalatas, *Ritual* (2022).**Crowd Psychology, Synchrony, and Collective Identity**Canetti, *Crowds and Power* (1962); Drury, “Social Identity Processes in Mass Emergency Behaviour,” *ERSP* 29 (2018): 38–81; Drury and Reicher, “Collective Action and Psychological Change,” *BJSP* 39 (2000): 579–604; Le Bon, *The Crowd* (1896); McNeill, *Keeping Together in Time* (1995); Reicher, “The St. Pauls' Riot,” *EJSP* 14 (1984): 1–21; Reicher, Spears, and Postmes, “A Social Identity Model of Deindividuation,” *ERSP* 6 (1995): 161–98; Stott and Reicher, “How Conflict Escalates,” *Sociology* 32 (1998): 353–77; Tajfel and Turner, “An Integrative Theory of Intergroup Conflict” (1979); Turner et al., *Rediscovering the Social Group* (1987); Vickhoff et al., “Music Structure Determines Heart Rate Variability,” *Frontiers in Psychology* 4 (2013): 334; Wiltermuth and Heath, “Synchrony and Cooperation,” *Psychological Science* 20 (2009): 1–5.**Prebunking, Inoculation, and Resistance**Compton, “Inoculation Theory” (2013); Linegar et al., “Prebunking Election Rumors” (preprint, 2024); McGuire, “Inducing Resistance to Persuasion,” *Advances in Experimental Social Psychology* 1 (1964): 191–229; Roozenbeek et al., “Psychological Inoculation Improves Resilience Against Misinformation,” *Science Advances* 8 (2022): eabo6254; Traberg, Roozenbeek, and van der Linden, “Psychological Inoculation Against Misinformation,” *Annals AAPSS* 700 (2022): 136–51.Also want to remind people about the website, if you're into reading we have tons of information by multiple contributors, and we got t-shirts up on the site if you're interested. Fun fact, the art is all based on the eyeball.

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Sara McDougall, "Justice for Jehanne: The Tale of a Medieval Survivor" (Princeton UP, 2026)

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2026 74:08

In the winter of 1472, the city of Dijon, France, became the stage for a remarkable legal drama. On the mayor's orders, an investigator named Jaques Borestel went door-to-door questioning his neighbors about an alleged sexual assault—and about the victim's history and place in the community. At the center of Jaques's inquiry was a woman named Jehanne, who took the unusual step of making a criminal complaint in an age when victims of sexual violence did so at their own peril. Justice for Jehanne: The Tale of a Medieval Survivor (Princeton UP, 2026) follows Jaques's investigation as he uncovers one woman's story of resilience and survival. Applying forensic analysis to witness testimony and Jaques's case files, Sara McDougall finds in Jehanne a woman of many lives and many secrets. An outsider on her own in Dijon, Jehanne had every reason to distrust the local authorities, who regularly extorted money from the city's most vulnerable residents. Separating facts from falsehoods, McDougall challenges preconceptions about the experiences of marginalized women in medieval France, showing how neighbors, clergy, and other residents aided Jehanne throughout her legal struggles—and how justice of a sort was exacted from her attackers.Richly detailed and powerfully told, Justice for Jehanne paints an unforgettable portrait of a woman who mounted an extraordinary response to a crime that was so difficult to prosecute at the time, and of a community that gave her shelter, protection, and acceptance as she endeavored to survive on her own terms. Sara McDougall is professor of history at John Jay College of the City University of New York and is on the faculty in Biography and Memoir, French, History, and Medieval Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center. She is the author of Royal Bastards: The Birth of Illegitimacy, 800–1230 and Bigamy and Christian Identity in Late Medieval Champagne. Her fellowships include the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube Channel: here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Sara McDougall, "Justice for Jehanne: The Tale of a Medieval Survivor" (Princeton UP, 2026)

New Books in History

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2026 72:23

In the winter of 1472, the city of Dijon, France, became the stage for a remarkable legal drama. On the mayor's orders, an investigator named Jaques Borestel went door-to-door questioning his neighbors about an alleged sexual assault—and about the victim's history and place in the community. At the center of Jaques's inquiry was a woman named Jehanne, who took the unusual step of making a criminal complaint in an age when victims of sexual violence did so at their own peril. Justice for Jehanne: The Tale of a Medieval Survivor (Princeton UP, 2026) follows Jaques's investigation as he uncovers one woman's story of resilience and survival. Applying forensic analysis to witness testimony and Jaques's case files, Sara McDougall finds in Jehanne a woman of many lives and many secrets. An outsider on her own in Dijon, Jehanne had every reason to distrust the local authorities, who regularly extorted money from the city's most vulnerable residents. Separating facts from falsehoods, McDougall challenges preconceptions about the experiences of marginalized women in medieval France, showing how neighbors, clergy, and other residents aided Jehanne throughout her legal struggles—and how justice of a sort was exacted from her attackers.Richly detailed and powerfully told, Justice for Jehanne paints an unforgettable portrait of a woman who mounted an extraordinary response to a crime that was so difficult to prosecute at the time, and of a community that gave her shelter, protection, and acceptance as she endeavored to survive on her own terms. Sara McDougall is professor of history at John Jay College of the City University of New York and is on the faculty in Biography and Memoir, French, History, and Medieval Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center. She is the author of Royal Bastards: The Birth of Illegitimacy, 800–1230 and Bigamy and Christian Identity in Late Medieval Champagne. Her fellowships include the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube Channel: hereSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Sara McDougall, "Justice for Jehanne: The Tale of a Medieval Survivor" (Princeton UP, 2026)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2026 72:23

In the winter of 1472, the city of Dijon, France, became the stage for a remarkable legal drama. On the mayor's orders, an investigator named Jaques Borestel went door-to-door questioning his neighbors about an alleged sexual assault—and about the victim's history and place in the community. At the center of Jaques's inquiry was a woman named Jehanne, who took the unusual step of making a criminal complaint in an age when victims of sexual violence did so at their own peril. Justice for Jehanne: The Tale of a Medieval Survivor (Princeton UP, 2026) follows Jaques's investigation as he uncovers one woman's story of resilience and survival. Applying forensic analysis to witness testimony and Jaques's case files, Sara McDougall finds in Jehanne a woman of many lives and many secrets. An outsider on her own in Dijon, Jehanne had every reason to distrust the local authorities, who regularly extorted money from the city's most vulnerable residents. Separating facts from falsehoods, McDougall challenges preconceptions about the experiences of marginalized women in medieval France, showing how neighbors, clergy, and other residents aided Jehanne throughout her legal struggles—and how justice of a sort was exacted from her attackers.Richly detailed and powerfully told, Justice for Jehanne paints an unforgettable portrait of a woman who mounted an extraordinary response to a crime that was so difficult to prosecute at the time, and of a community that gave her shelter, protection, and acceptance as she endeavored to survive on her own terms. Sara McDougall is professor of history at John Jay College of the City University of New York and is on the faculty in Biography and Memoir, French, History, and Medieval Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center. She is the author of Royal Bastards: The Birth of Illegitimacy, 800–1230 and Bigamy and Christian Identity in Late Medieval Champagne. Her fellowships include the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube Channel: hereSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Sara McDougall, "Justice for Jehanne: The Tale of a Medieval Survivor" (Princeton UP, 2026)

New Books in Biography

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2026 72:23

In the winter of 1472, the city of Dijon, France, became the stage for a remarkable legal drama. On the mayor's orders, an investigator named Jaques Borestel went door-to-door questioning his neighbors about an alleged sexual assault—and about the victim's history and place in the community. At the center of Jaques's inquiry was a woman named Jehanne, who took the unusual step of making a criminal complaint in an age when victims of sexual violence did so at their own peril. Justice for Jehanne: The Tale of a Medieval Survivor (Princeton UP, 2026) follows Jaques's investigation as he uncovers one woman's story of resilience and survival. Applying forensic analysis to witness testimony and Jaques's case files, Sara McDougall finds in Jehanne a woman of many lives and many secrets. An outsider on her own in Dijon, Jehanne had every reason to distrust the local authorities, who regularly extorted money from the city's most vulnerable residents. Separating facts from falsehoods, McDougall challenges preconceptions about the experiences of marginalized women in medieval France, showing how neighbors, clergy, and other residents aided Jehanne throughout her legal struggles—and how justice of a sort was exacted from her attackers.Richly detailed and powerfully told, Justice for Jehanne paints an unforgettable portrait of a woman who mounted an extraordinary response to a crime that was so difficult to prosecute at the time, and of a community that gave her shelter, protection, and acceptance as she endeavored to survive on her own terms. Sara McDougall is professor of history at John Jay College of the City University of New York and is on the faculty in Biography and Memoir, French, History, and Medieval Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center. She is the author of Royal Bastards: The Birth of Illegitimacy, 800–1230 and Bigamy and Christian Identity in Late Medieval Champagne. Her fellowships include the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube Channel: hereSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/biography Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Sara McDougall, "Justice for Jehanne: The Tale of a Medieval Survivor" (Princeton UP, 2026)

New Books in French Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2026 72:23

In the winter of 1472, the city of Dijon, France, became the stage for a remarkable legal drama. On the mayor's orders, an investigator named Jaques Borestel went door-to-door questioning his neighbors about an alleged sexual assault—and about the victim's history and place in the community. At the center of Jaques's inquiry was a woman named Jehanne, who took the unusual step of making a criminal complaint in an age when victims of sexual violence did so at their own peril. Justice for Jehanne: The Tale of a Medieval Survivor (Princeton UP, 2026) follows Jaques's investigation as he uncovers one woman's story of resilience and survival. Applying forensic analysis to witness testimony and Jaques's case files, Sara McDougall finds in Jehanne a woman of many lives and many secrets. An outsider on her own in Dijon, Jehanne had every reason to distrust the local authorities, who regularly extorted money from the city's most vulnerable residents. Separating facts from falsehoods, McDougall challenges preconceptions about the experiences of marginalized women in medieval France, showing how neighbors, clergy, and other residents aided Jehanne throughout her legal struggles—and how justice of a sort was exacted from her attackers.Richly detailed and powerfully told, Justice for Jehanne paints an unforgettable portrait of a woman who mounted an extraordinary response to a crime that was so difficult to prosecute at the time, and of a community that gave her shelter, protection, and acceptance as she endeavored to survive on her own terms. Sara McDougall is professor of history at John Jay College of the City University of New York and is on the faculty in Biography and Memoir, French, History, and Medieval Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center. She is the author of Royal Bastards: The Birth of Illegitimacy, 800–1230 and Bigamy and Christian Identity in Late Medieval Champagne. Her fellowships include the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube Channel: hereSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/french-studies Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Full Bio: Malcolm X

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2026 50:07

[REBROADCAST FROM October 19 2020] Investigative journalist Les Payne spent 28 years working on his biography, The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X, but died before the book could be completed. As part of our Full Bio series, we spoke with his daughter Tamara Payne, who was his chief researcher on the project and finished the book. Photo by Lloyd Yearwood/Three Lions/Getty Images: Human rights activist Malcolm X at Harlem Broadcasting Station, WLIB, expressing his views on the radio, with editor George S Schuyler, circa 1960-1965. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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The Biography Of The Pentagram Part 4: Christian Number, The Five Wounds, and Sir Gawain

Reasonable Theology Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2026 58:05 Transcription Available

Links For The Occult Rejectshttps://linktr.ee/theoccultrejectsOccult Research Institutehttps://www.occultresearchinstitute.org/Substackhttps://substack.com/@theoccultrejects?r=7auau0&utm_campaign=profile&utm_medium=profile-pageCash Apphttps://cash.app/$theoccultrejectsVenmo@TheOccultRejectsBuy Me A Coffeebuymeacoffee.com/TheOccultRejectsPatreonhttps://www.patreon.com/TheOccultRejectsBIBLIOGRAPHYPRIMARY AND CLASSICAL SOURCESAugustine of Hippo. Confessions. Translated by Henry Chadwick. Oxford University Press.Augustine of Hippo. On Christian Teaching. Translated by R. P. H. Green. Oxford University Press.Augustine of Hippo. On Free Choice of the Will. Translated by Thomas Williams. Hackett Publishing.Augustine of Hippo. On Music. Translated by Robert Catesby Taliaferro. Catholic University of America Press.Boethius. Fundamentals of Music. Translated by Calvin M. Bower. Yale University Press.Boethius. De institutione arithmetica. Translated by Michael Masi as Boethian Number Theory. Rodopi.The Bible. The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John; the Book of Wisdom; and relevant Passion narratives and numerical traditions.The Gawain Poet. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Edited by J. R. R. Tolkien and E. V. Gordon, revised by Norman Davis. Oxford University Press.CHRISTIAN NUMBER, CREATION, AND THE MEDIEVAL INTELLECTUAL WORLDBrown, Peter. Augustine of Hippo: A Biography. University of California Press, revised edition, 2000.Evans, G. R. Augustine on Evil. Cambridge University Press, 1982.Grant, Edward. God and Reason in the Middle Ages. Cambridge University Press, 2001.Grant, Edward. The Foundations of Modern Science in the Middle Ages. Cambridge University Press, 1996.Lindberg, David C. The Beginnings of Western Science. University of Chicago Press, revised edition, 2007.Marenbon, John. Medieval Philosophy: An Historical and Philosophical Introduction. Routledge, 2007.McInerny, Ralph. Boethius and Aquinas. Catholic University of America Press, 1990.O'Daly, Gerard. Augustine's Philosophy of Mind. University of California Press, 1987.MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN DEVOTION AND THE FIVE WOUNDSBynum, Caroline Walker. Christian Materiality: An Essay on Religion in Late Medieval Europe. Zone Books, 2011.Bynum, Caroline Walker. Holy Feast and Holy Fast: The Religious Significance of Food to Medieval Women. University of California Press, 1987.Bynum, Caroline Walker. Jesus as Mother: Studies in the Spirituality of the High Middle Ages. University of California Press, 1982.Bynum, Caroline Walker. Wonderful Blood: Theology and Practice in Late Medieval Northern Germany and Beyond. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007.Duffy, Eamon. The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400–1580. Yale University Press, second edition, 2005.Lewis, Flora. “The Wound in Christ's Side and the Instruments of the Passion: Gendered Experience and Response.” In Women and the Book: Assessing the Visual Evidence, edited by Jane H. M. Taylor and Lesley Smith. British Library and University of Toronto Press, 1996.Rubin, Miri. Corpus Christi: The Eucharist in Late Medieval Culture. Cambridge University Press, 1991.Southern, R. W. The Making of the Middle Ages. Yale University Press, 1953.SIR GAWAIN AND THE PENTANGLEAndrew, Malcolm, and Ronald Waldron, editors. The Poems of the Pearl Manuscript. University of California Press.Burrow, J. A. A Reading of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1965.Davenport, W. A. The Art of the Gawain-Poet. Athlone Press, 1978.Putter, Ad. An Introduction to the Gawain-Poet. Longman, 1996.Spearing, A. C. The Gawain-Poet: A Critical Study. Cambridge University Press, 1970.Tolkien, J. R. R., and E. V. Gordon, editors. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Revised by Norman Davis. Oxford University Press.Also want to remind people about the website, if you're into reading we have tons of information by multiple contributors, and we got t-shirts up on the site if you're interested. Fun fact, the art is all based on the eyeball.

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Ep. 172 Hester Kaplan

QWERTY

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2026 27:51

Hester Kaplan is the author of two story collections, The Edge of Marriage (University of Georgia Press, and Norton), which received The Flannery O'Connor Prize for Short Fiction; and Unravished (Ig Publishing); the novels The Tell (HarperCollins) and Kinship Theory (Little, Brown). Her work has appeared in Ploughshares, Story, Glimmer Train, Southwest Review, and Indiana Review and others, and has been widely anthologized, including in The Best American Short Stories, Creature Needs, and Providence Noir. The recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships and two fellowships in literature from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, she was named Quarry Farm Fellow by the Center for Mark Twain Studies. Fellow for her new book, Twice Born, Finding My Father in the Margins of Biography, just out from Catapult. Listen in as she and I discuss how to set up a fine piece of memoir. The QWERTY podcast is brought to you by the book, The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life. Read it, and begin your own journey to writing what you know. To learn more, join The Memoir Project free newsletter list and keep up to date on all our free webinars, instructive posts and online classes in how to write memoir, as well as our talented, available memoir editors and memoir coaches, podcast guests and more.

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A23a: Biography of an iceberg

The Documentary Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2026 28:08

Forty years ago, an iceberg broke away from the Antarctic ice shelf. But this was no ordinary iceberg. A colossal chunk of ice which covered an area twice the size of London, it was as deep as the Empire State building is high and it weighed a trillion tonnes. For nearly four decades A23a was the world's largest iceberg. Glaciologist Dr. Catherine Walker tells the story of A23a from its origins, its ice being laid down deep in the Antarctic over millennia, through to its final chapter - shrinking, melting and feeding the ocean from which it came. Catherine talks to glaciologists who study the vast cracks which propagate across the Antarctic ice shelf and to scientists who have seen A23a up close and followed its journey and its impact as it released a trillion tonnes of fresh water and nutrients into the marine environment.

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A New CH Spurgeon Biography

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2026 62:53

If you enjoy the work of CH Spurgeon and you haven't yet subscribed to the Spurgeon Legacy Podcast, give it a search in your player and subscribe. Here's the latest episode of my conversation with Ray Rhodes, Jr, author of Susie (on Spurgeon's wife Susannah), Yours, Till Heaven (on their marriage), and now a major new biography, Spurgeon: The Man Beyond the Pulpit.We talk about why the world needed another Charles Spurgeon biography, how Rhodes researched the man behind the "Prince of Preachers," and some surprising things about Spurgeon's life he uncovered along the way.Get a free trial of Logos at ReasonableTheology.org/Logos Support the showGET THE NEWSLETTEREach edition of the Reasonable Theology newsletter contains my latest article or podcast episode PLUS:A Theological Word or Phrase Explained Quickly and ClearlyA Painting Depicting a Scene from Scripture or Church HistoryAudio of a Hymn or other Musical Selection to EnjoyA Recommended Book or Resource to Expand Your LibrarySUBSCRIBE HERE

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Justin Bieber Biography Flash: Wedding Drama, Family Joy, and SKYLRK Secrets

Justin Bieber - Audio Biography

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2026 2:43

Justin Bieber Biography Flash a weekly Biography. September 2, 2026, and Justin Bieber's last few days have been a mix of polished romance, viral drama, and some quietly big moves in his business universe, all of it biographically significant for a star in his early thirties pivoting into veteran-era fame. Over the weekend, Justin and Hailey Bieber were front and center at Finneas O'Connell and Claudia Sulewski's wedding in Montecito, California, a star-studded event where he traded streetwear for a sharp black suit and dark sunglasses, while Hailey turned heads in a citrus-toned dress. Geo.tv and People-style coverage report that Justin shared a series of glam selfies from the ceremony on Instagram, captioned simply with red heart emojis, reinforcing the public narrative of a united, camera-ready power couple. However, footage and photos from the same wedding triggered a fresh wave of marriage speculation. Outlets like The Blast and other entertainment sites describe an “intense” or “animated” exchange between Justin and Hailey, followed by the two walking away in opposite directions, which some tabloids framed as a potential fight and used to revive long‑running split rumors. A Taiwanese entertainment report from United Daily News likewise notes that while Hailey appeared emotional and gesturing, there has been no statement from the couple, and the imagery alone cannot confirm whether it was a serious argument or just a heated conversation. Other commentators, including anonymous sources cited by gossip insiders, insist they were not fighting and point to Justin's affectionate wedding selfies as a counterweight. That discrepancy is important: the argument narrative is speculative and unconfirmed, while the affectionate posts are verified. Beyond that flare-up, recent weeks show Justin leaning into the family-man chapter of his biography. Entertainment coverage notes that he and Hailey recently celebrated their son Jack Blues's second birthday, with Hailey posting family photos and Justin sharing summer snapshots from a lake getaway, a Dodgers game, and a boat day, all filled with PDA and a relaxed, domestic tone that contrasts sharply with the old teen-idol image. On the business side, lifestyle and culture outlets report that Justin's independent brand SKYLRK has been teasing new Y2K-inspired audio products, including a tiny MP3 player and neon headphones, suggesting a deliberate push into nostalgic tech-fashion that could shape his post‑music legacy. Thanks for listening, and be sure to subscribe so you never miss an update on Justin Bieber, and search the term Biography Flash for more great biographies. Thanks for listening. This has been a Quiet Please production. Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta

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English Teachers, Look Away

Building Abundant Success!!© with Sabrina-Marie

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2026 44:11

Marlon and Jake discuss the books they'd banish from school reading lists—not ban but give a well-earned time out. They consider why the Bible shouldn't make the cut, why mythology deserves to expand beyond the Greeks and Romans, and what kinds of books actually resonate with high school readers. Plus: why being a great book doesn't necessarily make something a great book to teach—and whether length should matter. Subscribe to our River-herd digital newsletter and our print newspaper, The Eddy, for sneak peeks of our upcoming books, free giveaways, and exclusive content: https://sites.prh.com/the-eddy-newspaper Mythology by Edith Hamilton Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck The Pearl by John Steinbeck “Who Am I This Time?” by Kurt Vonnegut King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard Benito Cereno by Herman Melville The Tempest by William Shakespeare The Radiance of the King by Camara Laye The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald “The Library of Babel” by Jorge Luis Borges “The Aleph” by Jorge Luis Borges Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton The Hitchhiker's Guide to Galaxy by Douglas Adams The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare As You Like It by William Shakespeare Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare You Can't Take It with You by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller Animal Farm by George Orwell 1984 by George Orwell The Trial by Franz Kafka Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Look Back in Anger by John Osborne Butley by Simon Gray The Loneliness of a Long-Distance Runner by Alan Sillitoe Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis The Circle by W. Somerset Maugham

Marcel Proust: a brief biography

Hot Literati

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2026 13:37

Join our community and unlock the entire Hot Literati Universe at hotliterati.com#books #frenchliterature #marcelproust

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Episode 2715: Elise Krentzel ~ A Memoir "Under My Skin" a Teen Rock n Roll Billboard Journalist's time with Rock Hall of Fame Inductee KISS Tour n Japan; Glam Metal & More International Ventures

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2026 35:52

Billboard Magazine -. Frm Tokyo Bureau Chief, At the 16, Elise Krentzel became a Journalist & at 19, she was the youngest journalist on the KISS Japan Tour.Rest in Power Ace!!Her Book "Under My Skin Trauma, Drama, and Rock n Roll" is the FIRST in a Trilogy.We're Ready to Really ROCK n Roll!!."Elise Says""It takes courage to step out and write your truth, own it and forgive it. Neglect and abandonment, physical, emotional, and verbal abuse, narcissistic parents and a host of malcontents to add flavor and color to the toxic mix that was my childhood.Yet light always shines through, right? I channeled my talents, hopes and ambition into writing about music and became a rock journalist as a teenager. I toured with Kiss on a press junket at 19 in Japan. That was just the beginning!Please CELEBRATE with me today! My book is now available and I'm dancing around my apartment with a bottle of bubbly. Get your rock ‘n' roll on!"Elise Krentzel's fast paced memoir, Under My Skin has earned #1 new release in these categories: Biographies of Rock Bands, Music Business, Rock, Composers & Musicians, and Jewish life. She shares how she took charge of the tumultuous 1970s by making a name for herself as a rock journalist when still a teenager. As a kid, she was encouraged by her parents to sing, play music, and write, but she wasn't allowed to be “herself.” Alienated, she hid her heart and learned to become a stranger in her own skin as the torment of early childhood taught her to mistrust everyone, especially herself.She's a multiglot: author, ghostwriter, mentor, public speaker, and communications entrepreneur who has lived in five countries for over twenty-five years. Starting in Japan from 1977 to 1984, she owned a talent and booking agency, introduced punk rock, was a DJ and, music journalist. As Tokyo Bureau Chief for Billboard Magazine, Elise introduced the Sony Walkman and Laserdisc technology to a western audience during her stint.© 2026 All Rights Reserved© 2026 Building Abundant Success!!Join Me on ~ iHeart Media @ https://tinyurl.com/iHeartBASSpot Me on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/yxuy23baAmazon ~ https://tinyurl.com/AmzBASAudacy: https://tinyurl.com/BASAud

"Gati aur Sadgati" (Freedom vs Salvation)- Mamma ki Murli (1963)

Brahma Kumaris Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2026 43:39

मम्मा सरस्वती की मुरली : "गति और सद्गति" (Freedom vs Salvation). Recorded around 1963. ☁ Full Playlist (

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Creating a Fully Kosher Distillery in the DC Area: Song Dog Farm Distillery's First Year of Production [The Jewish Drinking Show Episode #193]

Jewish Drinking

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2026 39:59

IntroductionA relatively new distillery that has begun producing spirits in the past year that is entirely kosher-certified and making such interesting spirits that four of them - their Gin, Amaro #4, Elderflower Liqueur, & Orange Liqueur - won silver medals at this summer's inaugural Kosher Spirits Awards is Song Dog Farm Distillery. Having caught the attention of not only judges at the Kosher Spirits Awards, but also The Jewish Drinking Show's host, he decided to invite the owners onto the 193rd episode of the show to discuss their distillery, products, and more.Biographies of GuestsMegan Draheim is the co-owner and co-founder of Song Dog Farm Distillery, along with her husband David Harris. Previously she was a professor of practice at Virginia Tech's Center for Leadership in Global Sustainability. A conservation ecologist by training, she focused on human-wildlife interactions. The name Song Dog comes from a nickname for coyotes, an incredibly adaptable and intelligent animal that Megan studied extensively. She hopes that the distillery will live up to its namesake!Prior to founding Song Dog Spirits in 2015 with his wife Megan, David Harris spent 20 years in D.C.-based non-profit management and advocacy, leading several Jewish political and Israel-related organizations. After a decade of hard work and a pivot necessitated by the pandemic, they opened Song Dog Farm Distillery to the public in 2025. Megan and David both live in Washington, DC, with their daughter and two dogs.Support the showThank you for listening!If you have any questions, suggestions, or more, feel free to reach out at Drew@JewishDrinking.coml'chaim!

Justin Bieber Biography Flash: SKYLRK Tech Dreams Family Moments and a Chart Comeback

Justin Bieber - Audio Biography

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2026 3:29

Justin Bieber Biography Flash a weekly Biography. Justin Bieber has spent the past few days doing what he does best lately: blending low-key family life with some very deliberate lifestyle branding moves that could shape the next chapter of his biography. According to Hypebeast and NSS Magazine, he is aggressively pushing his SKYLRK lifestyle label into consumer tech, teasing a compact Y2K-style MP3 player, glowing wired earbuds, and neon headphones through posts on Instagram. These devices tap nostalgia for early-2000s music gear while positioning Bieber not just as an artist endorsing products, but as a founder attempting to build a tech-forward brand with its own hardware line, a potential long-term pivot in his career identity. Hailey Bieber has been central to this soft launch strategy. The Tab, Hypebeast's Chinese edition, and Glamcheck all report that she has been spotted multiple times wearing unreleased, brightly colored wired SKYLRK earbuds in public and on Instagram, effectively turning marriage and friendship circles into a rolling, high-fashion product preview. Kylie Jenner has also appeared with the neon headphones, signaling Bieber's deliberate use of a tight celebrity network to seed SKYLRK Audio in culture before any formal release details like pricing or dates are announced. On social media, Justin himself has leaned into the tech narrative. Design Scene notes that he publicly floated the idea of creating a SKYLRK phone, posting that he “wanna make a SKYLRK phone” and inviting collaborators via email. For now this remains an early-stage concept with no specs, manufacturing partners, or timeline; it is best described as aspirational and exploratory rather than a confirmed product roadmap. Balancing this business push, Bieber has also been sharing intimate family and vacation moments. Foreign media summarized by outlets like OSEN and Revista Quem highlight yacht and lakeside photos with Hailey, where he appears shirtless, cigar in hand, captioning one post with a heart emoji. Yahoo Entertainment reports he recently posted a “sneaky” photo of his son Jack Blues Bieber, underscoring how fatherhood and his marriage are becoming more visible pillars of his public persona. A Russian outlet, TopNews, also picked up bikini-clad couple shots, reinforcing that his domestic life remains a global tabloid staple. Musically, there is a noteworthy legacy twist: regional radio and entertainment coverage, such as 103.9 Wayne FM, report that his 2012 Nicki Minaj collaboration “Beauty and a Beat” has surged to the top of major global charts again, riding renewed interest following his 2026 Coachella performances. That kind of catalog resurgence not only pads streaming numbers but reinforces Bieber's long-term impact on pop. There are no credible reports in the last 24 hours of major scandals, legal issues, or surprise releases; anything suggesting otherwise should be treated as unconfirmed gossip unless backed by established outlets. Taken together, this week shows Bieber refining a new era: tech entrepreneur, devoted husband and father, and enduring chart presence all at once. Thank you for tuning in to Justin Bieber Biography Flash. Please subscribe so you never miss an update on Justin Bieber, and search the term Biography Flash for more great biographies. Thanks for listening. This has been a Quiet Please production. Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta

522. Erik Spoelstra | An Analytical Biography of a Master Tactician

The Bid Picture - Cybersecurity & Intelligence Analysis

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2026 62:45 Transcription Available

In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde examines the career, analytical philosophy, and remarkable adaptability of Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra, who rose from the organization's video room to become the NBA's longest-tenured active head coach, a two-time NBA champion, six-time NBA Finals coach, and the newly appointed head coach of the USA Men's National Team for the 2027 FIBA World Cup and 2028 Olympic Games. How has Spoelstra continually redesigned his systems around dramatically different rosters, from the LeBron James era to Miami's more recent underdog playoff runs? What role do film study, statistical evidence, matchup data, experimentation, and unconventional defensive schemes play in his decision-making? The episode explores how Spoelstra has used switching, zone defenses, blitzes, drop coverages, and constant tactical variation to keep opponents solving new problems, while building an organizational culture capable of sustaining competitiveness across nearly two decades. What can leaders beyond basketball learn from a coach whose greatest competitive advantage may be his willingness to keep adapting?

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The Life of Ted Kennedy

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2026 49:51

[REBROADCAST FROM January, 2023] For an installment of our Full Bio series, we speak with John A. Farrell, author of the biography, Ted Kennedy: A Life, about the former Massachusetts senator and presidential candidate. Mayor John F. Collins records, Collection #0244.001, City of Boston Archives, Boston via Wikimedia Commons Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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The Biography Of The Pentagram Episode 3- Plato, Euclid, and the Philosophical Pentagram

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2026 57:15 Transcription Available

BIBLIOGRAPHYPRIMARY AND CLASSICAL SOURCESAristotle. Metaphysics. Translated by Hugh Tredennick. Harvard University Press.Aristotle. On the Heavens. Translated by W. K. C. Guthrie. Harvard University Press.Diogenes Laërtius. Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Book VIII. Translated by R. D. Hicks. Harvard University Press.Euclid. The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements. Translated and edited by Thomas L. Heath. Cambridge University Press.Iamblichus. On the Pythagorean Way of Life. Translated by John Dillon and Jackson Hershbell. Society of Biblical Literature.Philolaus. Fragments and Testimonia, collected and discussed in Carl A. Huffman's Philolaus of Croton.Plato. Phaedo. In Plato: Complete Works, edited by John M. Cooper. Hackett Publishing.Plato. Republic. Translated by C. D. C. Reeve. Hackett Publishing.Plato. Theaetetus. Translated by M. J. Levett and revised by Myles Burnyeat. Hackett Publishing.Plato. Timaeus. Translated by Donald J. Zeyl. Hackett Publishing.Plotinus. The Enneads. Translated by A. H. Armstrong. Harvard University Press.Porphyry. Life of Pythagoras. In The Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library, translated by Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie and edited by David R. Fideler. Phanes Press.Proclus. A Commentary on the First Book of Euclid's Elements. Translated by Glenn R. Morrow. Princeton University Press.PYTHAGORAS AND THE PYTHAGOREAN TRADITIONBurkert, Walter. Lore and Science in Ancient Pythagoreanism. Translated by Edwin L. Minar Jr. Harvard University Press, 1972.Huffman, Carl A. A History of Pythagoreanism. Cambridge University Press, 2014.Huffman, Carl A. Archytas of Tarentum: Pythagorean, Philosopher and Mathematician King. Cambridge University Press, 2005.Huffman, Carl A. Philolaus of Croton: Pythagorean and Presocratic. Cambridge University Press, 1993.Kahn, Charles H. Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans: A Brief History. Hackett Publishing, 2001.Riedweg, Christoph. Pythagoras: His Life, Teaching, and Influence. Cornell University Press, 2005.Waterfield, Robin. The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists. Oxford University Press, 2000.Zhmud, Leonid. Pythagoras and the Early Pythagoreans. Oxford University Press, 2012.PLATO, PLATONISM, AND ANCIENT COSMOLOGYAnnas, Julia. An Introduction to Plato's Republic. Oxford University Press, 1981.Cornford, Francis Macdonald. Plato's Cosmology: The Timaeus of Plato. Hackett Publishing, 1997.Dillon, John. The Middle Platonists: 80 B.C. to A.D. 220. Cornell University Press, 1996.Fowler, David. The Mathematics of Plato's Academy: A New Reconstruction. Oxford University Press, 1999.Guthrie, W. K. C. A History of Greek Philosophy, Volumes I–V. Cambridge University Press.Johansen, Thomas Kjeller. Plato's Natural Philosophy: A Study of the Timaeus-Critias. Cambridge University Press, 2004.O'Meara, Dominic J. Pythagoras Revived: Mathematics and Philosophy in Late Antiquity. Oxford University Press, 1989.Sedley, David. Creationism and Its Critics in Antiquity. University of California Press, 2007.Wallis, Richard T. Neoplatonism. Hackett Publishing, 1995.EUCLID, THE PENTAGON, AND GREEK MATHEMATICSHeath, Thomas L. A History of Greek Mathematics. Dover Publications.Heath, Thomas L. The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements. Cambridge University Press.Knorr, Wilbur Richard. The Evolution of the Euclidean Elements. D. Reidel Publishing, 1975.Mueller, Ian. Philosophy of Mathematics and Deductive Structure in Euclid's Elements. MIT Press, 1981.Netz, Reviel. The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics: A Study in Cognitive History. Cambridge University Press, 1999.Pappas, Theoni. The Joy of Mathematics. Wide World Publishing, for accessible visual discussion of pentagonal proportion and recursive geometry.Van der Waerden, B. L. Science Awakening. Noordhoff International Publishing.LATE ANTIQUITY, NEOPLATONISM, AND THEURGYChlup, Radek. Proclus: An Introduction. Cambridge University Press, 2012.Dillon, John. The Middle Platonists. Cornell University Press.Finamore, John F., and Sarah Iles Johnston. The Chaldean Oracles: A New Translation and Commentary. Society of Biblical Literature, 2011.Gregory, John. The Neoplatonists: A Reader. Routledge, 1999.Shaw, Gregory. Theurgy and the Soul: The Neoplatonism of Iamblichus. Angelico Press, revised edition, 2014.Smith, Andrew. Porphyry's Place in the Neoplatonic Tradition. Springer, 1974.Wallis, Richard T. Neoplatonism. Hackett Publishing.Also want to remind people about the website, if you're into reading we have tons of information by multiple contributors, and we got t-shirts up on the site if you're interested. Fun fact, the art is all based on the eyeball.

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The Life and Times of Mike Tyson

Story time with Philip and Mommy!

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2026 19:46

[REBROADCAST FROM July 31, 2025] We continue our week spotlighting memoirs and biographies with a look into the life of boxer and Brooklyn native Mike Tyson. Mark Kriegel discusses his new biography, Baddest Man: The Making of Mike Tyson. Cover art courtesy of Penguin Press Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Jim Henson biography (Little Golden Book)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2026 15:12

We get the life story of a puppet making legend. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Biography - Still Here - 8/23/26 Service

Different Church Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2026 37:26

We invited three people from our seats to take the stage and tell their story (plus Hannah too). This is Biography - Still Here.

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For Once in My Life: Rob Cole on the Biography of Arlinda Willis – The Writing Coach Ep. 233

The Writing Coach

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2026

After thirty years and 140 rejected literary agents, Rob Cole self-published the authorized biography of Arlinda Willis, a story of Jim Crow Alabama, Cleveland's Black entertainment scene, and the medical racism that shaped her final years.

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In Defense of Gratuitous Violence

Two Writers Slinging Yang

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2026 39:11

Marlon and Jake take on violence in fiction: what makes it effective, what makes it gratuitous, and whether “gratuitous violence” is even a useful distinction. Tune in as they discuss the difference between violence on the page and on screen and why extended cruelty can be harder to stomach than violence itself. Subscribe to our River-herd digital newsletter and our print newspaper, The Eddy, for sneak peeks of our upcoming books, free giveaways, and exclusive content: https://sites.prh.com/the-eddy-newspaper. Lord of the Flies by William Golding All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque Cities of the Red Night by William S. Burroughs Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy The Godfather by Mario Puzo The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess 2666 by Roberto Bolaño Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas Hamlet by William Shakespeare King Lear by William Shakespeare Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. Tuchman Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Paul Domowitch: Former Philly Daily News and Inquirer football writer, author of new Sam Mills biography

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2026 54:16

On what went into reporting and writing, "Just Give Me a Chance to Fail: The Life of NFL Hall of Fame Linebacker Sam Mills." On the golden days of bad Texas Rangers baseball. On how one would cover the Philadelphia Eagles when players were accessible.

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Season 6, Episode 2: Joe Zerhusen, the Voice of the Reds at GABP

We Love Our Team

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2026 73:26

Send us Fan MailSummary:The voice behind Cincinnati's Reds—Joe Zerhusen—reveals the stories, moments, and lessons from nearly three decades at GABP that make him one of baseball's most recognizable voices. Imagine walking into Crosley Field as a kid and turning into the iconic voice announcing every batter at Great American Ballpark for the past 24 years. Joe Zerhusen, the beloved Reds public address announcer, shares how his journey from a local Kentucky kid to the voice of a historic franchise was fueled by passion, perseverance, and a love for the game—and music.In this episode, Joe takes us through his early memories as a Reds fan growing up in Park Hills, Kentucky, and how those childhood moments developed into a lifelong career. You'll discover how a chance conversation at a gas station kickstarted his radio journey in the late 70s, and how his unique voice became a Cincinnati staple, from local stations to the Reds' ballpark. Joe discusses the art of introducing players, the fun and challenges of handling memorable moments in live broadcasts, and how he navigated his battle with cancer in 2017—all while keeping the spirit of baseball alive. We break down: The legendary figures and managers who shaped Reds history, from Sparky Anderson to Dusty Baker, and how they influenced Joe's perspective. The quirky, heartwarming, and sometimes hilarious behind-the-scenes moments that make game days unforgettable—like Mr. Red's mishaps and the fire on the power stacks. The subtle craft of engaging fans, making every introduction meaningful, and the importance of consistency and passion in live announcing. The inspiring story of overcoming health challenges and returning to the mic, reminding us why Team Voice is vital to the game. This episode is essential listening for baseball fans and aspiring broadcasters alike—whether you're curious about what makes the perfect game intro, or how a voice can become as iconic as the players themselves. Joe's reflections remind us that behind every pitch and hit is a voice that amplifies the magic of baseball—it's about more than just words; it's about creating moments that fans carry in their hearts forever.Join us for an inspiring, humorous, and heartfelt conversation with one of baseball's most beloved voiceovers. Perfect for Reds fans, sports enthusiasts, or anyone who believes live moments are about connecting stories, voices, and memories that last a lifetime. Key TopicsJoe Zerhusen's early baseball memories and local roots in Park Hills, KentuckyHow he got into radio and transitioned into the Reds' PA announcer roleInfluences from legendary announcers like Paul Summercamp and Harry KalasMemorable moments at GABP, including debuting Ken Griffey Jr. and the 2017 cancer battleHis favorite Reds players, managers, and uniform stylesUnique stories and humorous mishaps during broadcastsFuture plans and reflections on his voice being part of Reds historyTimestamps00:00 - Introduction to Joe Zerhusen, voice of the Reds at GABP 02:08 - Joe's earliest memories at Crosley Field and childhood baseball experiences 05:33 - Favorite Reds players over the years, including Joey Jay, Pete Rose, and Joey Votto 09:34 - Influence of legendary managers and mentors like Sparky Anderson and Dusty Baker 12:23 - How Joe entered the radio industry and transitioned into a public address role 16:12 - Career highlights, including first game at GABP and working at WLQA 22:23 - Impact of Paul Summercamp and influence of announcers like John Facenda and Harry Kalas 26:52 - Joe's cancer diagnosis in 2017, his treatment journey, and return to broadcasting 30:57 - Interactions with Reds players like Joey Votto and special moments on air 32:40 - Memorable introductions, including Ken Griffey Jr. and favorite broadcast highlights 36:10 - Challenges with pronunciations, technical bloopers, and funny moments at the ballpark 41:30 - Historic trade decisions and rivalries that shape baseball passions 45:27 - Reds players or teams Joe despises, especially Wrigley Field visitors and the Cubs 49:06 - Players Joe would invite to a fantasy dinner including Sean Casey and Joe Knoxau 53:11 - Favorite baseball movies: For Love of the Game and others that inspire him 55:47 - Top play-by-play commentators, with praise for Tommy Thrall and Jeff Brantley 56:23 - Joe's walk-up song: Midnight Rider by the Allman Brothers 56:44 - Favorite Reds uniform from 1961, with a focus on sleeveless styles 62:50 - Balancing game observation with announcing duties and in-game focus 66:32 - Who would win a baserunning race: Deion Sanders, Billy Hamilton, or Ellie Daylock? 69:35 - Joe's future at GABP; thoughts on retirement and legacy plans 70:16 - Final words, gratitude, and induction into the "We Love Our Team Hall of Fame"Resources & LinksPaul Summercamp's Reds Announcing Style (Search for related broadcasts)[Ken Griffey Jr. Biography](https://www.mlb.com/player/ken-griffey-jr- строг)Harry Kalas - NFL Films VoiceJohn Facenda NFL FilmsFor Love of the Game (Movie)Connect with Joe ZerhusenTwitterLinkedInGABP Official WebsiteCelebrating decades of Reds baseball and storytelling — thank you, Joe, for sharing your voice and stories! Jack thanks the listeners

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Hans von Spakovsky: Supreme Court Ballroom Injunction, Clarence Thomas Biography, and WNBA Arena Expulsion

The Marc Cox Morning Show

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2026 6:56

Senior Legal Fellow Hans von Spakovsky from Advancing American Freedom breaks down Chief Justice John Roberts' administrative stay regarding White House construction litigation. Von Spakovsky explains legal standing rules and previews Senator Ted Cruz's new book on Justice Clarence Thomas. The segment also addresses foreign policy commentary from Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, network interviews on childhood health options, and Enes Kanter Freedom's expulsion from a Chicago WNBA game. Hashtags:#HansVonSpakovsky #SupremeCourt #ClarenceThomas #EnesKanter #WNBA #TalkRadio

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Old Lhasa: A Biography of a Sacred City

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2026 31:48

Michael Aldrich joins John Ross to discuss Old Lhasa: A Biography, his richly detailed portrait of Tibet's historic capital. It's the third book in his trilogy on Asian cultural centers. He wrote the first two, on Beijing and Ulaanbaatar, while living in those cities, where he worked as a lawyer. There was no opportunity for this with Lhasa, so he had to rely on multiple trips (from his home in Taiwan) and an incredible amount of reading and research. Rather than writing a conventional history, Aldrich set out to present Lhasa as a living character – a city whose temples, alleyways, legends and surviving traditions can still tell their own stories. Books mentioned M.A. Aldrich The Search for a Vanishing Beijing: A Guide to China's Capital Through the Ages (Hong Kong University Press, 2006) Ulaanbaatar beyond Water and Grass: A Guide to the Capital of Mongolia (Hong Kong University Press, 2018) Old Lhasa: A Biography Originally published by Camphor Press in January 2023 and subsequently reissued in 2025 by Speaking Tiger Books with a new epilogue based on Aldrich's 2024 return to Tibet. The episode touches on the amazing story of Ekai Kawaguchi (河口慧海 1866–1945), a Japanese Buddhist monk who spent time in Lhasa in the early 1900s. He is the subject of Scott Berry's A Stranger in Tibet. The Books on Asia Podcast is co-produced with Plum Rain Press. Podcast host Amy Chavez is author of The Widow, the Priest, and the Octopus Hunter: Discovering a Lost Way of Life on a Secluded Japanese Island. and Amy's Guide to Best Behavior in Japan. The Books on Asia website posts book reviews, podcast episodes and episode Show Notes. Subscribe to the BOA podcast from your favorite podcast service. Subscribe to the Books on Asia newsletter to receive news of the latest new book releases, reviews and podcast episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

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Old Lhasa: A Biography of a Sacred City

New Books in East Asian Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2026 32:48

Michael Aldrich joins John Ross to discuss Old Lhasa: A Biography, his richly detailed portrait of Tibet's historic capital. It's the third book in his trilogy on Asian cultural centers. He wrote the first two, on Beijing and Ulaanbaatar, while living in those cities, where he worked as a lawyer. There was no opportunity for this with Lhasa, so he had to rely on multiple trips (from his home in Taiwan) and an incredible amount of reading and research. Rather than writing a conventional history, Aldrich set out to present Lhasa as a living character – a city whose temples, alleyways, legends and surviving traditions can still tell their own stories. Books mentioned M.A. Aldrich The Search for a Vanishing Beijing: A Guide to China's Capital Through the Ages (Hong Kong University Press, 2006) Ulaanbaatar beyond Water and Grass: A Guide to the Capital of Mongolia (Hong Kong University Press, 2018) Old Lhasa: A Biography Originally published by Camphor Press in January 2023 and subsequently reissued in 2025 by Speaking Tiger Books with a new epilogue based on Aldrich's 2024 return to Tibet. The episode touches on the amazing story of Ekai Kawaguchi (河口慧海 1866–1945), a Japanese Buddhist monk who spent time in Lhasa in the early 1900s. He is the subject of Scott Berry's A Stranger in Tibet. The Books on Asia Podcast is co-produced with Plum Rain Press. Podcast host Amy Chavez is author of The Widow, the Priest, and the Octopus Hunter: Discovering a Lost Way of Life on a Secluded Japanese Island. and Amy's Guide to Best Behavior in Japan. The Books on Asia website posts book reviews, podcast episodes and episode Show Notes. Subscribe to the BOA podcast from your favorite podcast service. Subscribe to the Books on Asia newsletter to receive news of the latest new book releases, reviews and podcast episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/east-asian-studies

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The Biography Of The Pentagram Episode 2- The Philosopher's Star

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2026 34:13 Transcription Available

If you enjoy this episode, we're sure you will enjoy more content like this on The Occult Rejects. In fact, we have curated playlists on occult topics like grimoires, esoteric concepts and phenomena, occult history, analyzing true crime and cults with an occult lens, Para politics, and occultism in music. Whether you enjoy consuming your content visually or via audio, we've got you covered - and it will always be provided free of charge. So, if you enjoy what we do and want to support our work of providing accessible, free content on various platforms, please consider making a donation to the links provided below. Thank you and enjoy the episode!Links For The Occult Rejectshttps://linktr.ee/theoccultrejectsOccult Research Institutehttps://www.occultresearchinstitute.org/Substackhttps://substack.com/@theoccultrejects?r=7auau0&utm_campaign=profile&utm_medium=profile-pageCash Apphttps://cash.app/$theoccultrejectsVenmo@TheOccultRejectsBuy Me A Coffeebuymeacoffee.com/TheOccultRejectsPatreonhttps://www.patreon.com/TheOccultRejectsBibliographyAncient SourcesAristotle. Metaphysics.Aristotle. On the Heavens.Diogenes Laërtius. Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Book VIII.Iamblichus. Life of Pythagoras.Iamblichus. On the Pythagorean Way of Life.Nicomachus of Gerasa. Introduction to Arithmetic.Philolaus. Fragments and testimonia.Porphyry. Life of Pythagoras.Proclus. A Commentary on the First Book of Euclid's Elements.Modern ScholarshipBurkert, Walter. Lore and Science in Ancient Pythagoreanism. Harvard University Press, 1972.Fowler, David. The Mathematics of Plato's Academy: A New Reconstruction. Oxford University Press, 1999.Guthrie, W. K. C. A History of Greek Philosophy, Volume 1: The Earlier Presocratics and the Pythagoreans. Cambridge University Press, 1962.Heath, Thomas L. A History of Greek Mathematics. Oxford University Press, 1921.Heath, Thomas L. The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements. Cambridge University Press, 1908.Huffman, Carl A. Philolaus of Croton: Pythagorean and Presocratic. Cambridge University Press, 1993.Huffman, Carl A., ed. A History of Pythagoreanism. Cambridge University Press, 2014.Kahn, Charles H. Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans: A Brief History. Hackett, 2001.Knorr, Wilbur Richard. The Evolution of the Euclidean Elements. D. Reidel, 1975.Netz, Reviel. The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics. Cambridge University Press, 1999.Waterfield, Robin. The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists. Oxford University Press, 2000.Waterfield, Robin. Pythagoras: His Lives and the Legacy of a Rational Universe. Oxford University Press, 2010.Zhmud, Leonid. Pythagoras and the Early Pythagoreans. Oxford University Press, 2012.Useful Context on Music, Number, and Greek ThoughtBarker, Andrew. Greek Musical Writings, Volume II: Harmonic and Acoustic Theory. Cambridge University Press, 1989.Godwin, Joscelyn. The Harmony of the Spheres: A Sourcebook of the Pythagorean Tradition in Music. Inner Traditions, 1993.McClain, Ernest G. The Pythagorean Plato: Prelude to the Song Itself. Nicolas-Hays, 1978.Also want to remind people about the website, if you're into reading we have tons of information by multiple contributors, and we got t-shirts up on the site if you're interested. Fun fact, the art is all based on the eyeball.

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Full Bio: Poet Paul Laurence Dunbar

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2026 50:00

[REBROADCAST FROM August 30, 2022] For our Full Bio series, Gene Jarrett, dean of the faculty and English professor at Princeton, discusses the life and work of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar called, Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Life and Times of a Caged Bird. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The Biography Of The Pentagram Episode 1: Before Philosophy

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2026 42:51 Transcription Available

If you enjoy this episode, we're sure you will enjoy more content like this on The Occult Rejects. In fact, we have curated playlists on occult topics like grimoires, esoteric concepts and phenomena, occult history, analyzing true crime and cults with an occult lens, Para politics, and occultism in music. Whether you enjoy consuming your content visually or via audio, we've got you covered - and it will always be provided free of charge. So, if you enjoy what we do and want to support our work of providing accessible, free content on various platforms, please consider making a donation to the links provided below. Thank you and enjoy the episode!Links For The Occult Rejectshttps://linktr.ee/theoccultrejectsOccult Research Institutehttps://www.occultresearchinstitute.org/Substackhttps://substack.com/@theoccultrejects?r=7auau0&utm_campaign=profile&utm_medium=profile-pageCash Apphttps://cash.app/$theoccultrejectsVenmo@TheOccultRejectsBuy Me A Coffeebuymeacoffee.com/TheOccultRejectsPatreonhttps://www.patreon.com/TheOccultRejectsBibliographyPrimary SourcesMUL.APINEnūma Anu EnlilVenus Tablet of AmmisaduqaThe Descent of InannaPyramid TextsCoffin TextsBook of the DeadAncient Near Eastern HistoryJeremy Black. The Literature of Ancient Sumer.Francesca Rochberg. Before Nature: Cuneiform Knowledge and the History of Science.Wayne Horowitz. Mesopotamian Cosmic Geography.Piotr Michalowski. Selected works on Sumerian literature and early Mesopotamian civilization.EgyptologyJan Assmann. Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt.Erik Hornung. Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt and The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife.Richard H. Wilkinson. The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt.General Archaeology and Ancient ReligionBarry Cunliffe. By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean.Miranda Aldhouse-Green. Selected works on ancient religion and symbolism.Chris Scarre, ed. The Human Past.Colin Renfrew and Paul Bahn. Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice.Also want to remind people about the website, if you're into reading we have tons of information by multiple contributors, and we got t-shirts up on the site if you're interested. Fun fact, the art is all based on the eyeball.

The Most Important Character Isn't a Character

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2026 48:16

Marlon and Jake explore the power of setting in novels—and why the best stories feel like they couldn't have happened anywhere else. They discuss settings that become characters in their own right, fictional worlds they'd love (or absolutely hate) to inhabit, and books that made unexpected places fascinating. Plus: why a modern-day Captain Nemo might just be a tech bro. Amerika by Franz Kafka Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall Moby-Dick by Herman Melville Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe The Long Ships by Frans G. Bengtsson The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson Masters of Atlantis by Charles Portis Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse Gormenghast trilogy by Mervyn Peake Dubliners by James Joyce The Ballad of the Sad Café by Carson McCullers Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss My Life in the Bush of Ghosts by Amos Tutuola The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow A Room with a View by E. M. Forster Macbeth by William Shakespeare Dune by Frank Herbert The Last Man by Mary Shelley Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

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Full Bio: The Misunderstood Life of Mary Todd Lincoln

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2026 51:50

Mary Todd Lincoln has been one of the most despised First Ladies in American history, and the subject of the hit farcical play "Oh, Mary!" where she is portrayed as an aspiring cabaret star, and alcoholic. Biographer Lois Romano seeks to correct the record with her new biography An Inconvenient Widow: The Torment, Trial, and Triumph of Mary Todd Lincoln. Romano discusses the life and legacy of one our most misunderstood First Ladies. Portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln in a long hoop skirt taken by Mathew Brady. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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The Life and Times of Mario Cuomo