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Send us a textIn today's episode, I interview Madison Hatfield, the director and star of the short film "I Could Dom," a laugh a minute sex comedy about a young woman trying to figure out what exactly she wants in a relationship.Listen to hear about how the film was a bit of self discovery for Madison when it came to her people-pleasing personality, the importance of getting her male lead just right, and how important it is to help other artists whenever possible as we are all on our own journeys.Books mentioned in this episode include:A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life by George SaundersTenth of December: Stories by George SaundersLincoln in the Bardo: A Novel by George SaundersThe Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden (first book in the Winternight Trilogy)Films and TV shows mentioned in this episode include:"I Could Dom" directed by Madison HatfieldSingin' in the Rain directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley DonenAmelie directed by Jean-Pierre JeunetWhen Harry Met Sally directed by Rob ReinerMy Cousin Vinny directed by Jonathan LynnMoonstruck directed by Norman JewisonTwisters directed by Lee Isaac ChungTwister directed by Jan de Bont"Bob's Funeral" directed by Jack Dunphy"Holiday House" directed by Alex Heller"Debaters" directed by Alex Heller"Make Me a Pizza" directed by Talia Shea LevinOther media mentioned:"Kiss From a Rose" by SealWhat Am I Making Podcast-Episode #85 w/guest Beth LisogorskyFollow Madison on Instagram @madhat31 and the film @icoulddom. And if you're in the Atlanta area, check out Banshee where the opening and closing scenes of the film were shot.

George Saunders is one of literary fiction's most acclaimed living writers. Along with his many collections of short stories, he also published the Booker Prize-winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo. In this episode, from Schwartz Media's podcast Read This, Michael chats with him about his life and career, and George reveals the three words that made him a writer. (This episode was first published in September 2023) Reading list: CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, George Saunders,1996 Pastoralia, George Saunders, 2000 In Persuasion Nation, George Saunders, 2006 Tenth of December: Stories, George Saunders, 2013 Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders, 2017 A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life, George Saunders, 2021 Liberation Day: Stories, George Saunders, 2022 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce, 1916 To Have and Have Not, Ernest Hemingway, 1937 The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway, 1952 The Little Disturbances of Man, Grace Paley, 1959 Ordinary Gods and Monsters, Chris Womersley, 2023 You can find these books and all the others we mentioned at your favourite independent book store. Or if you want to listen to them as audiobooks, you can head to the Read This reading room on Apple Books. Socials: Stay in touch with Read This on Instagram and Twitter Guest: George Saunders

This week on the pod the ladies review some sensitive topics (and a guy who falls over his cat). We're talking "How to get Fired Guide" by Harvard, MIT, and UPENN Presidents George Santos on Cameo and his brush with Jimmy Kimmel Zara's questionable ad campaign The Chipotle Assault and its unusual punishment Follow us @mae_planert @laurasogar @risquebusinessnews

George Saunders is one of literary fiction's most acclaimed living writers. Along with his many collections of short stories, he also published the Booker Prize-winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo. This week, Michael chats with him about his life and career, and George reveals the three words that made him a writer.Reading list:CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, George Saunders,1996Pastoralia, George Saunders, 2000In Persuasion Nation, George Saunders, 2006Tenth of December: Stories, George Saunders, 2013Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders, 2017A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life, George Saunders, 2021Liberation Day: Stories, George Saunders, 2022A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce, 1916To Have and Have Not, Ernest Hemingway, 1937The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway, 1952The Little Disturbances of Man, Grace Paley, 1959Ordinary Gods and Monsters, Chris Womersley, 2023You can find these books and all the others we mentioned at your favourite independent book store. Or if you want to listen to them as audiobooks, you can head to the Read This reading room on Apple Books.Socials: Stay in touch with Read This on Instagram and TwitterGuest: George SaundersSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

George Saunders is one of literary fiction's most acclaimed living writers. Along with his many collections of short stories, he also published the Booker Prize-winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo. This week, Michael chats with him about his life and career, and George reveals the three words that made him a writer. Reading list: CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, George Saunders,1996 Pastoralia, George Saunders, 2000 In Persuasion Nation, George Saunders, 2006 Tenth of December: Stories, George Saunders, 2013 Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders, 2017 A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life, George Saunders, 2021 Liberation Day: Stories, George Saunders, 2022 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce, 1916 To Have and Have Not, Ernest Hemingway, 1937 The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway, 1952 The Little Disturbances of Man, Grace Paley, 1959 Ordinary Gods and Monsters, Chris Womersley, 2023 You can find these books and all the others we mentioned at your favourite independent book store. Or if you want to listen to them as audiobooks, you can head to the Read This reading room on Apple Books. Socials: Stay in touch with Read This on Instagram and Twitter Guest: George Saunders

In this episode librarians Andy and Sam talk about author visits and readings, and discuss some of their recent reads. In this episode we talked about: My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius by Nick Hornby Liberation Day: Stories by George Saunders The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley We also mentioned: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman High Fidelity by Nick Hornby Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders Tenth of December: Stories by George Saunders The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley The Guest List by Lucy Foley Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

A couple of days after I interviewed George Saunders for the first episode of this podcast, I caught up on some of his recent posts on Story Club, his writing-focused Substack. In “A Lost Speech, Found,” he wrote about rediscovering the script for a graduation speech he had given many years ago. The speech would earn him a reputation as “The Kindness Guy.”  “If the question ‘How should I live' can be answered: ‘Live so as to minimize your regrets,'” he had said in that speech, “then I have to tell you: What you actually regret, when you're older, is very simple: You regret the times you could have been kind, and weren't.”Saunders, one of the world's greatest short story writers and winner of the 2017 Booker Prize for his first novel, Lincoln in the Bardo, was certainly kind to me. We sat together at a lunch table under a tree in a Santa Monica park for an hour and half. George patiently answered my questions about how to live a good life as a writer when so many social and economic forces make it so complicated. We talked about modes of thinking and how to negotiate with one's ego, and how he writes to tame his “monkey brain.” We talked about the trope of the starving artist, and what it takes to make a living as a modern-day writer. And we talked about the corrosive effects of social media, which in so many cases encourages and rewards the opposite of kindness. I can't think of a better first guest for this podcast than The Kindness Guy. After the interview, George texted me to say, “Feel free to edit out any stupidity.” I couldn't find any.Show notes*Story Club with George Saunders*Liberation Day: Stories, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, Tenth of December: Stories, and Lincoln in the Bardo*Reporting on Trump rallies*[5:15] Reading comments and reviews*[8:07] Artistic pride and ambition*[11:25] The social media self *[16:13] Becoming a short story writer*[21:00] Life at 60*[27:55] Online personas and the act of writing*[37:57] The craft of story*[46:48] Story Club on Substack*[50:10] Juggling writing and life*[55:04] On Liberation Day*[1:00:39] Trying to be happyThe Active Voice is a new podcast hosted by Hamish McKenzie, featuring weekly conversations with writers about how the internet is affecting the way they live and write. It is edited and produced by Hanne Winarsky, with content production by Hannah Ray and production support by Bailey Richardson. All artwork is by Joro Chen, and music is by Phelps & Munro. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit read.substack.com

George Saunders's short story, “Escape from Spiderhead," was a tragicomic success worthy of The New Yorker, but did it successfully make the leap to film? In episode 232, Luke & James discuss director Joseph Kasinskis's big month, George Saunders's literary lineage, why we all have a little Chris Hemsworth in our brains, and finally cast their vote on which was better: the book or the movie! Ink to Film Become a Patron for hours of exclusive content & more: www.patreon.com/inktofilm Buy the entire collection Tenth of December: Stories or any of the other source novels at Ink to Film's bookshop: www.bookshop.org/shop/inktofilm Ink to Film's Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok (@inktofilm) Home Base: inktofilm.com Luke Elliott Website: www.lukeelliottauthor.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/luminousluke James Bailey Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jame_Bail References “Escape from Spiderhead” by George Saunders

First Draft Episode #316: Kerry Winfrey Kerry Winfrey, author of romantic comedies Waiting For Tom Hanks, Not Like the Movies, and her newest, Very Sincerely Yours. She is also the author of YA novels Love and Other Alien Experiences and Things Jolie Needs to Do Before She Bites It. Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode: Superfudge by Judy Blume The Kenyon Review Young Writers Workshop George Saunders, author of Tenth of December: Stories, Lincoln in the Bardo, and A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life, and many more short stories and collections. Lorrie Moore, author of Birds of America, Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?, and many more short stories and collections. Marla Frazee is the two-time Caldecott Honor-winning author and illustrator of The Boss Baby, A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever, All the World, and many more. She joins us to talk about the Farmer series: The Farmer and the Clown, The Farmer and the Monkey, and The Farmer and the Circus, out now. Kerry's writing for HelloGiggles Year of Romantic Comedies Kerry's review of You've Got Mail for Year of RomComs John Green, #1 New York Times bestselling author of many young adult novels, including The Fault in Our Stars and Printz-winning Looking For Alaska, joins to discuss his new essay collection, The Anthropocene Reviewed. He is also one half of the vlogbrothers on YouTube and co-creator of educational series Crash Course. Listen to his First Draft interview here. Harvey (movie) Playing House (TV show) features one of Kerry's favorite romantic leading men performances from Keegan Michael-Key. She wrote about his performance here. I spoke with Lennon Parham and Jessica St. Clair, comedians, actors, and screenwriters behind Playing House, in this interview. Angela Velez, author of the forthcoming Lulu and Milagro's Search for Clarity. Jasmine Guillory, New York Times bestselling author of romance novels The Wedding Date, The Wedding Party, While We Were Dating, Party of Two, and The Proposal. Hear her First Draft interview here. Trainwreck (movie) Christian Robinson, illustrator of Caldecott Honor, a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, and the Newbery Medal-winning and #1 New York Times bestseller Last Stop on Market Street, written by Matt de la Peña (listen to his First Draft interview here), and the #1 New York Times bestseller The Bench, written by Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex. His solo projects include Another and You Matter. Carson Ellis, author and illustrator of Caldecott Honor book Du Iz Tak?, as well as Home, In the Half Room, and many more. Hear her First Draft interview here. Mac Barnett, two-time Caldecott Honor-winning author of Extra Yarn and Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, both illustrated by Jon Klassen (listen to his First Draft interviews here and here) and dozens more children's books, including the Kid Spy series (illustrated by Mike Lowery), CIrcle (also illustrated by Jon Klassen), and the Jack books (illustrated by Greg Pizzoli). Twister (movie)

In 2013, Booklovers read George Saunders' short story collection Tenth of December, which was considered one of the best books of the year by a number of outlets, including the New York Times, and was widely heralded as a masterwork of the format. Saunders is considered one of our greatest living American writers, and his talent as a writer and creative thinker seems to know no limits. So when Booklovers met to discuss Tenth of December, we were shocked at what we heard: The group hated it. So in 2021, Jess decided to return to the short story collection that caused such strife in the group (they don't usually hate anything!) and analyze it with Joseph and Carmanita to see how Tenth of December has aged, if it's still controversial, and what Saunders may have about the world we're living in today. As it turns out, George Saunders is out here working in 3013, trying his hardest to catch us all up to his sense of humanity, of kindness, and of self-awareness, all conveyed through a light toe-dip into the world of speculative fiction, especially science fiction and horror. The ten stories in the collection range in length and scope, from “Puppy”, a vignette about two mothers coming together over the sale of a puppy, to “Home”, a Stoker Award nominee about a veteran who can't figure out where he fits now that he's back in America.

This week, the boys are screaming through winter and waxing intellectually over some of the wildest stories ever ripped from headlines. It's Sexy December Stories, ya'll! 

We announce our next book club book! Tenth of December: Stories by George Saunders. Then it’s all about movies, from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga to The Old Guard to Palm Springs. Also Greyhound. And a little bit about The King of Staten Island… we’re all over the place.

Chapter One, Verse Eleven (1:11)My guest today is my good friend, Dr. Justin Klassen who teaches theology at Bellarmine University in Louisville. On this episode we talk about a variety of topics including Charles Taylor, Thomas Merton, and Kierkegaard. Thanks for tuning in!+ Books we mentioned in the episode:• Carlos Colorado and Justin Klassen, eds., Aspiring to Fullness in a Secular Age: Essays on Religion and Theology in the Work of Charles Taylor – https://amzn.to/2VobdPS • Charles Taylor, A Secular Age – https://amzn.to/2XvX2Fz • Charles Taylor, The Language Animal: The Full Shape of the Human Linguistic Capacity – https://amzn.to/2GyvA4k • Søren Kierkegaard, The Concept of Anxiety – https://amzn.to/2GAaCSI • Søren Kierkegaard, Works of Love – https://amzn.to/2IvOrPK • Søren Kierkegaard, Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing – https://amzn.to/2UPagR1 • George Saunders, The Tenth of December: Stories – https://amzn.to/2DrDIlo • George Saunders, Lincoln in the Bardo: A Novel – https://amzn.to/2Dq0UAw- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Credits:Produced by Jonathan Pennington and Scott SlucherAudio Engineering and Music: Mandy PenningtonFollow CCT on social media:+ Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/carscoffeetheology/+ Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/cars_coffee_theology/?hl=en+ Twitterhttps://twitter.com/CarsTheologyFollow Mandy Pennington here:+ Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mandy.pennington.music/+ Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/mandypenningtonmusic/+ Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/6v16YnjTPOryfyUjccyDDc?si=dUK4RCynSp2L0hx2AjQZ_w+ YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTbQYQno1u5wn-Y80n17szgCheck out Scott Slucher's legit hiking vlog, Slucherville:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAeRwgydVIlCFvrMIma5K9A

First Draft Episode #187: Will Hines Will Hines, improviser and actor, host of the podcast, “Screw It: We’re Just Going to Talk About the Beatles,” and author of How to be the Greatest Improviser on Earth joins me to talk about using his Tumblr to test audience engagement; the delicate nature of writing about a community you are a part of; his thorough approach to making the self-publication process as professional as possible; and his next (fictional) book about improv, co-written with fellow improviser Billy Merritt, Pirate Robot Ninja.   Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode Josh Simpson, an improviser and teacher at the Upright Citizens Brigade training school in Los Angeles, and co-host of The Meat, an improv podcast Jimmy Breslin, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and journalist, who wrote The Good Rat, The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight, and The World According to Breslin, and more The Upright Citizen’s Brigade, the improv group and school founded by Amy Poehler, Matt Besser, Matt Walsh, and Ian Roberts. Will’s Tumblr, Improv Nonsense, which gained traction and has been featured on Vulture and elsewhere   Truth in Comedy by Charna Halpern, Del Close, and Kim “Howard” Johnson, considered one of the premiere books about long-form improvised comedy Upright Citizens Brigade Comedy Improvisation Manual, the UCB training manual Improvise: Scene From the Inside Out by Mick Napier     Bird by Bird: Some Instructions of Writing and Life by Anne Lamott, a writing advice book that Will read as a young computer programmer Andrew Sullivan, a conservative author, editor, and blogger who featured Will’s post, “Improv as religion,” on his site, garnering lots of attention     The Life Changing Art of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron Repetition exercises as a part of the Meisner Technique study of acting     Tenth of December: Stories by George Saunders “A Lack of Order in the Floating Object Room,” by George Saunders, a silly and slightly sci-fi short story that typifies his early writing and is the kind of humor writing that inspires Will John Hodgman, author of Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches In writing, Will is concerned about what he calls “The Kevin Smith Problem,” where every character sounds the same (a la Clerks, Mallrats, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back) Jason Mantzoukas, an actor, writer, and seasoned improviser who Will saw constantly improving his craft Offset printing, a style of printing on the page that is “the way to make your book look beautiful,” according to Will, but it is more expensive, and requires a minimum print run Artist Maëlle Doliveux, who drew the cover of Will’s book Chip Kidd, a well-known book designer of Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton; Dry by Augusten Borroughs; and Naked by David Sedaris (he also has a hugely popular Ted Talk!). Daniel Clowes, a cartoonist, graphic novelist, illustrator, and screenwriter. His work is collected in the solo Eightball project. The Pirates, Robots, Ninjas theory, coined by Billy Merritt, a fellow UCB alum and teacher     The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho; and   “Carry On, Jeeves,” by P.G. Wodehouse; and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams are some of the funny books Will recommends Without Feathers by Woody Allen, a collection of his writing which Will read and enjoyed as a masterclass on comedy before we knew all that awful stuff about Woody Allen Out of Sheer Rage: Wrestling with D.H. Lawrence by Geoff Dyre, a meta novel about a man who wants to write about D.H. Lawrence but finds himself wanting to focus on anything else Steve Martin, who blurbed Geoff Dyre’s book and has written his own, Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life (nonfiction) and Shopgirl: A Novella (fiction) Subscribe To First Draft with Sarah Enni Every Tuesday, I speak to storytellers like Veronica Roth, author of Divergent; Michael Dante  DiMartino, co-creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender; John August, screenwriter of Big Fish, Charlie’s Angels, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; or Rhett Miller, musician and frontman for The Old 97s. Together, we take deep dives on their careers and creative works. Don’t miss an episode! Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. It’s free!   Rate, Review, and Recommend How do you like the show? Please take a moment to rate and review First Draft with Sarah Enni in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your honest and positive review helps others discover the show -- so thank you! Is there someone you think would love this podcast as much as you do? Please share this episode on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or via carrier pigeon (maybe try a text or e-mail, come to think of it). Just click the Share button at the bottom of this post! Thanks again!

Today's episode will feature the following songs and stories: A Christmas Carol, Stave One, "Marley's Ghost." "The Cat of Norrhult" "The Skeleton in Holar Church" "Papa Panov's Special Christmas" Omar and Lori Hansen: "The Friendly Beasts," "Matilda," "The Cherry Tree Carol."

As part of our ongoing series of live readers theater presentations of terrific literary works, this episode of The Apple Seed includes the hilarious and delightful fable "Christmas Every Day," by William Dean Howells. You'll also enjoy the strange and wonderful "The Girl Who Trod on a Loaf," by Hans Christian Andersen, and "The Rich Woman and the Poor Woman," one of the "Christmas Tales from Flanders." The episode also features winter music from BYU Professor of jazz piano Kurt Reeder.

Ann Patchett is the co-owner of Parnassus Books in Nashville and the author of seven novels. In 2012, Time Magazine named her as one of their 100 Most Influential People in the World. The Bel Canto author recently joined "Just the Right Book" from her home in Nashville to talk about being a bookseller and about her most personal novel to date, Commonwealth. “My father was dying as I was writing this novel,” Ann tells Roxanne. “I knew he’d hate this book, but I knew I was writing it because he was never going to read it.” The specific actions of the characters are not the same, but the emotions are. “As my mother would say, ‘None of it happened, and all of it is true.’”   Be sure to like us on Facebook and join our mailing list to hear more news about “Just the Right Book Podcast.” Books in this episode: Commonwealth by Ann Patchett This is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett Bel Canto by Ann Patchett Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders Tenth of December: Stories by George Saunders The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode of the Apple Seed, hear a performance of the Second Shepherd's Play, one of the Wakefield cycle of Mystery plays performed in the middle ages.

A studio audience joins Sam Payne & company in Studio 6 for wintery readings that will be sure to warm you on a December night.

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Choosing the Better Part: Jesus at the Home of Mary and Martha* for Sunday, 21 July 2013; book review: *Tenth of December: Stories* by George Saunders (2013); film review: *42* (2013); poem review: *The Gifts of the Three* (Celtic prayer).