Podcast appearances and mentions of Don Quixote

The UN climate change report was released on Monday and we opened the lines to get listener's reactions to impending climate disasters. NBC Sports Boston anchor/reporter Trenni Casey continues to cover March Madness and the slippery slope of placing online bets. Justin Silverman, executive director of the New England First Amendment Coalition, discusses various transparency issues in the state, including Healey's pledge to be the most transparent governor, and a Supreme Judicial Court ruling in favor of the right to be rude at public meetings. Arlo Guthrie, folk singer-songwriter, joins via zoom ahead of an event at the Shubert Center April 1. GBH's Executive Arts Editor Jared Bowen discusses Don Quixote at the Boston Ballet, and the Gardner celebrates the 33 year anniversary of their heist by closing down over the weekend because of a climate protest. CNN chief national correspondent John King joins via zoom for a politics segment. We closed the show with the discussion of the city's proposal of the ban of nips. We wanted to know if our listeners are pro nip or pro ban on the little bottles.

We continue the story of Don Quixote. Today he encounters some monks and sleeps with goatherds.

In episode #120 of The XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar catches up with Nik Kershaw to talk about his upcoming ‘No Glitz, Just Hitz' UK tour.  The No Glitz, Just Hitz tour will see Nik Kershaw perform ‘up close and in your face', alongside his band. Fans will get to see Nik perform a variety of his much-loved hits, including ‘Wouldn't It Be Good', ‘The Riddle', ‘I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me', ‘Dancing Girls', ‘Wide Boy', ‘Human Racing', ‘Don Quixote' and many others. In this interview, Nik talks about the tour, his 80s imperial phase, Live Aid, songwriting and much more. Check out the article on XS Noize - https://bityl.co/HQtz Please also subscribe and follow XS Noize on the social media links below: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/xsnoizemusic Twitter - https://twitter.com/xsnoizemusic Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/xsnoizemusic/

We are embarking on some of the stories of Don Quixote de la Mancha. This week is how he came to be Don Quixote and his first foray into the world.

The latest inflation numbers. Train derailment and Mayor Pete. Ford battery plant and China. Lael Brainard goes to the White House. Crypto regulation fallout. Chips Act and stock buybacks. Never ending war drums. Turbines falling down, Don Quixote?? I am a Valentine's Day Scrooge!

1. Abecedarian: (Definition) relating to or denoting a beginner or someone who is learning the basics of a subject; (Etymology) derived from the Latin abecedarius (lit. ABC-teacher). 2. Circumlocution: (Definition) the use of many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive; (Etymology) derived from the Latin circum (around) and loqui (speak). 3. Esoteric: (Definition) intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest; (Etymology) derived from the Greek esoterikos (inner). 4. Obfuscate: (Definition) make (something) obscure, unclear, or unintelligible; (Etymology) derived from the Latin obfuscare (darken). 5. Pedagogue: (Definition) a teacher, especially of young children; (Etymology) derived from the Greek paidagogos (boy-leader). 6. Quixotic: (Definition) extremely idealistic; unrealistic and impractical; (Etymology) derived from the Spanish quijote (Don Quixote). 7. Sesquipedalian: (Definition) using or containing a lot of long words; (Etymology) derived from the Latin sesquipedalis (one and a half feet long). 8. Utopian: (Definition) relating to or resembling a utopian society; (Etymology) derived from Thomas More's 1516 book Utopia. 9. Verbose: (Definition) using or expressed in more words than are needed; (Etymology) derived from the Latin verbosus (full of words). 10. Xenodochial: (Definition) friendly towards strangers; (Etymology) derived from the Greek xenos (stranger) and dochos (reception). --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/liam-connerly/support

1. Quixotic (adjective): extremely idealistic; unrealistic and impractical. Etymology: derived from Don Quixote, the main character of the Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. 2. Meander (verb): to move aimlessly without a particular direction or purpose. Etymology: derived from the Meander river in Asia Minor which had a winding, looping course. 3. Brouhaha (noun): a loud and confused noise, especially of people talking or shouting. Etymology: derived from the French phrase bru-haha meaning “uproar.” 4. Serendipity (noun): the occurrence of something fortunate or unexpected. Etymology: derived from the Persian fairy tale, The Three Princes of Serendip, in which the three princes always make unexpected discoveries. 5. Ubiquitous (adjective): present or appearing everywhere. Etymology: derived from the Latin word ubique which means “everywhere.” 6. Macabre (adjective): gruesome or horrifying in nature. Etymology: derived from the medieval French phrase makaber meaning “death dance.” 7. Quandary (noun): a state of perplexity or uncertainty. Etymology: derived from the Latin word quando which means “when”. 8. Zenith (noun): the point in the sky that is directly above an observer. Etymology: derived from the Arabic phrase samt ar-raḥ which means “path of the noon sun.” 9. Quirk (noun): an unusual or odd behavior. Etymology: derived from the Middle English word querk which means “crooked.” 10. Maverick (noun): a person who takes an independent or unconventional stance. Etymology: derived from the name of a 19th-century cattle rancher, Samuel Maverick, who refused to brand his cattle. 2. Fandango (Noun): a lively Spanish or Latin-American dance for two people. Etymology: Spanish, from fandango ‘a free dance'. 3. Quagmire (Noun): a difficult or precarious situation; a bog or marsh. Etymology: Late 16th century: probably from Old English quaker ‘trembling', + mire ‘marsh'. 4. Flabbergasted (Adjective): utterly astonished or bewildered. Etymology: Late 19th century: alteration of obsolete flag ‘astound' + obsolete baste ‘beat'. 5. Quandary (Noun): a state of perplexity or doubt. Etymology: Late 16th century: from Latin quandārium ‘at which time', from quandō ‘when'. 6. Bamboozle (Verb): deceive or get the better of (someone) by trickery or cunning. Etymology: Early 18th century: probably of imitative origin. 7. Cockamamie (Adjective): absurd; ridiculous. Etymology: Mid 20th century: of unknown origin. 8. Sillybilly (Noun): a foolish or silly person. Etymology: Early 20th century: of unknown origin. 9. Wabbit (Noun): an exhausted or worn-out person. Etymology: Early 20th century: alteration of rabbit, perhaps influenced by wabble ‘stagger'. 10. Balderdash (Noun): senseless, foolish, or exaggerated talk. Etymology: Mid 17th century: perhaps from bawd ‘trivial nonsense' + dash. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/liam-connerly/support

Chris Donaldson talks about his journey traveling the world in a motorbike when he was in his twenties, and now in his 60's he is traveling the world again on the same motorbike he traveled in his 20s. Now he faces Parkinson's Disease with aches and pains being an older man, but his passion to see the world riding his motorbike keeps him motivated. Biography:When I left Belfast in 1979 my original plan was to ride to Australia, on my Moto Guzzi Le Mans. I never made it down under and ended up in Argentina nearly 2 years later.I travelled through the Middle East, rode across the Sahara Desert and down to Cape Town, where I hitched a ride on a yacht race back to Europe. I then went to the USA and rode from Canada south through Central America and South America to Buenos Aires.I have recently published my book 'Going the Wrong Way,' which is an Amazon best-seller. I decided to finally complete the journey this year, 44 years after my return from South America and take the very same Moto Guzzi to Australia.I started traveling with an old friend Liam Lavery and made the journey in stages, as we both have wives, children, and jobs. If all goes well, we will continue to America and complete the round the world journey.Liam was riding a new Moto Guzzi V85, and it was interesting to see how the new bike (and younger rider!) compared with my trusty old 1977 Moto Guzzi Le Mans and myself.We would be totally unsupported in our journey across the world. We travelled down Europe to Athens, before shipping to Israel and be refused entry to Jordan. Returning to Athens Liam decided he had had enough and came home. I continued alone on the next leg through Turkey and Iran to Dubai.From Dubai I crossed Iran again to Pakistan then on to and India, and Nepal where I left the bike to fly it to Australia, as Myanmar is still closed.Along with the usual political and geographical challenges, I had Covid 19 against me. Adventure before Dementia There were other interesting aspects to the journey.When I left in 1979 I was 21 years old, so the trip turned into a ‘coming of age' story. Now at 64, I will have more in Common with Don Quixote, and a coming of OLD age story!I have also been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and have various other aches and pains associated with old age!We also connected new with old in other ways. My 1977 Guzzi had to keep up with Liam's 2021 bike, and I had to compare myself to my  innocent but pretty dumb 21 year old self!Other things are just the same. Iran and the west are still falling out. Israel is still at war and the same old arguments still go on in Northern Ireland, albeit without the guns and bombsI am 64 years old and have worked in many areas.Retail furniture, property development, health and Fitness, and recently mobile apps in Dubai for 8 years.I am now a published author with my book, Going the Wrong Way regularly on Amazons best sellers' lists. Going the Wrong Way, has been for sale through Amazon and has over 900, five star reviews. This is Dr. Lino Martinez the host for A Little Less Fear Podcast. For more information, please use the information below. Thanks so much for your support!Author | A Little Less FearWriters Work | Write Your Way to the Life You WantA Little LESS FEAR Podcast (@alittlelessfearpodcast) • Instagram photos and videosLino Marinez (@alittlelessfear) TikTok | Watch Lino Marinez's Newest TikTok Videos

Topics discussed: The two Kino's Journey movies; the Land of Foxes, the Normal Country*, and the Boring Country of Thematically Significant Travelers and Their Nuanced Relationship with Travel as an Institution; the many advantages of a small orange; developing a script for the poker episode of Kino's Journey; the superpower of Google Maps; Beast Wars; Riku's unlimited superpowers; the Land of Airports; devising a country with the express purpose of trapping Kino; Kino at 40 a.k.a. Batou; the worst images of Batou we all have ever seen; Kino's distaste for the bean and adventures in rural Virginia; Connor disagrees with Niamh and kb about the appeal of blood orgies; the Country of Blood; other travel literature like Don Quixote, Otherside Picnic, and Lone Wolf & Cub; yelling at your Gundam son to cut his bangs; spicy cream of ranch soup; and finding the perfect level to fill your creationism mug. You can write into future Question Buckets at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and don't forget to follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Niamh's mediamh pile: @mediamh_pile Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Unjust Depths: unjustdepths.com Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warnings for this Discussion Food Violence and death Blood, lots of blood, blood orgies Find out more at https://ghost-divers.pinecast.co

Smart in his speeches, clownish in his actions, Don Quixote is a modern character.  To access transcripts for this and other episodes, visit https://store.lrcpodcast.ca Find out how to rapidly make progress in spoken Russian How to listen Give it a try with our free Sample transcripts Learn Russian Conversation on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ7pE0ufROXRDlQSlVWiLqQ Ready to leave the classroom and try modern Russian? Learn Russian Conversation is the best place to practice your Russian! If you want to start speaking Russian fluently, you can do it here. Listen to Russian conversations regularly, improve your understanding of spoken Russian, and start speaking Russian today at our Russian Conversation Club.

In this episode, Madeline chats with Argentinian Jesuit astronomer Fr. José Funes, SJ. During their conversation, they discuss the inspiration of NASA astronauts landing on the Moon, studying astronomy in his undergrad, his PhD work in Padua, his time as director of the Vatican Observatory, the phenomenal skies of Argentina, how he ended up as a Jesuit, an encounter with the man who would become Pope Francis, his work with the star formation legend Ron Kennicutt, what his Jesuit formation was like, the equal importance of the humanities, what a typical day is like for him, sports and their analogy to faith, his favorite ways to pray, and so much more!During the course of their conversation, they make many references that you can explore more. Some of the references include the National Statuary Hall,  NGC 5128/Centaurus A, The Odyssey and The Iliad by Homer, The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, the short stories of Jorge Luis Borges, episode 19 of the Father and Dad podcast, and the Footprints in the Sand poem.Feel free to like, subscribe, and share the episode! Follow us on Instagram! @sbltfpodcastDon't forget to go out there, and be a light to this world!

Beside a career in medicine that spans decades, tours in Iraq, speaking 6 languages, playing piano, working on cars, he can be found coaching tennis at the local high school. When asked how he would like to be introduced he said:  “No need to give any big intro and the only ax I have to grind is that sugar is a slow acting addictive poison.” He is a self described “night errant” in terms getting the word out about reversing diabetes and obesity. A reference from the book: Don Quixote, by Cervantes in 1605. Paul is the the only person I know who has read it in its original language of Spanish, or even read it all.  No small accomplishment in any languages….. it's a 1,000 pages. He speaks with the humility of a country doctor who has himself dropped well over 100 lbs through his Ketogenic diet of Zero Carb. Listen in on his perspective of going Keto.   —————————COME SAY HI!!!  ——————————Facebook Group about Keto: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ketonaturopath/ ---------------OUR NEW MEMBERSHIP GROUP -----------------                                 FOR EVERYTHING KETO                                                                                          Labs, Research and cooking, Implementationwww.ketonaturopathmembers.comWeekly Live Zoom Q&A Sessions and private FB groupBLOG: https://ketonaturopath.com/Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ketonaturopathYouTube channelwww.youtube.com/ketonaturopathPodcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/482971/episodesOur Youtube Podcastshttps://studio.youtube.com/channel/UC6LBX8_RDaXtzF_Z02jvl0QJudi's NEW cooking channelKeto Naturopath Kitchenhttps://www.youtube.com/c/KetoNaturopathKitchen                      ———————————  OUR COURSE ——————————PSMF 30 day course:                 https://www.thebiointegrationcode.com/courses/PSMFChallenge————————  WHERE WE GET OUR WINE (an affiliate link) ——————————Dry farm wines        www.dryfarmwines.com/ketonaturopath—————WHERE WE GET OUR Uric ACID FORA 6 METER ————————https://www.fora-shop.com/              (that measures  Glucose, Ketones, and Cholesterol together with Uric Acid)                      Get a 10% discount with this Discount Code: Ketonaturopath10How we use the Fora 6 Meterhttps://youtu.be/0V5B_SXR6qM     --------  WHERE WE GET OUR GENOME SNP ANALYSIS DONE———  ------                                                                       Strategene                                                                     

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit virginiasolesmith.substack.comBeing able to feed yourself without the observation of someone around you just really changes things. You're listening to Burnt Toast. This is the podcast where we talk about diet culture, fat phobia, parenting and health. I'm Virginia Sole-Smith, I also write the Burnt Toast newsletter. Today we are revisiting a newsletter essay, one that I actually published just last month. It's called “Do I Wear Spanx to Family Court?” I'm going to read the piece, and then my good friend Lyz Lenz is coming on to discuss divorce and diet culture with us. If you don't know Lyz, she writes the excellent substack newsletter . She's also the author of God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America, and Belabored: A Vindication of the Rights of Pregnant Women. And she has a third book coming out in 2024 called This American Ex Wife. Lyz is a really amazing political journalist, memoirist, all around phenomenally talented writer and my local divorce expert, so I'm really excited to have her on the episode. We are also working on a very special New Year, Same You episode for January (by we I mean me and Corinne and Tommy!). And we want to know what is your anti-diet, fat positive New Year's resolution! Obviously January is the super toxic time. It is the diet industry's Super Bowl. So we want to know what you resolve to do in 2023 to divest from diet culture, and help dismantle anti-fat bias. So this could be like super simple, like you are not going to redownload Noom. Or it could be some bigger goal for changes you want to make in your family, advocacy you want to do in your community. Whatever it is, we want you to send us a note or even better record a short voice memo on your phone and email that to virginiasolesmith.assistant@gmail.com. This episode is our December paywall episode. That means to hear the whole conversation or read the whole transcript, you will need to go paid. It's just $5 a month or $50 for the year. You will get the first week free, and you will get my full conversation with Lyz including our Butters which are both excellent entertainment ideas for your kids, if you are looking down the long specter of winter break and wondering how you're gonna fill some time. Plus you're just gonna get all of Lyz's brilliance. We talk about the revenge body, we talk about family court, we talk about co parenting, there's so much good stuff here. Okay, here's the essay. It ran on November 1. VirginiaSo Lyz, you have written so brilliantly about divorce. You are the smartest person I know about divorce. I text you whenever I want to know about divorce.LyzWhich isn't that often, for her husband who's listening.VirginiaYou are extremely knowledgeable about this topic and your next book, This American Ex Wife, is about divorce. So you are here as my divorce expert and I'm curious: Do you see diet culture playing a role in American divorces? LyzOh, absolutely. Something initially with divorce that hits on diet culture is the “revenge body.” Anybody who's gotten divorced will tell you about the stress and the weight loss associated with it—or not! Sometimes it's weight gain. But there is the expectation of having that “post-breakup revenge body.” I've seen TikToks that are kind of making jokes like, you want to sit on the couch and relax, but you remember you have to be the hot one in the breakup. VirginiaI never thought about this. LyzYou know, like the “getting back out there” body. I know for a lot of men, divorce involves some free time, which, that time used to be managed by someone and now they don't know what to do. So there is an aspect to the culture of the Divorced Dad in the gym. I follow quite a few TikTok accounts of divorce influencers which are out there…VirginiaWow, divorce influencers.LyzSo the divorced dad going to the gym, the mom trying to get hot and get back out there. It hit me so personally when I got divorced because I was so stressed out, and my response to stress is to not eat. I lost a lot of weight, and it was not healthy. And I remember people being like, “Oh, you look so good,” and me being like, “I'm so stressed out, I'm not sleeping or eating. You should be asking me if I'm okay.” I would get so angry about it, too, because then also people—as you know—people treat you differently. All of a sudden the men would see me differently because it was a very unhealthy amount of weight [to lose].VirginiaIt sounds like a a parallel with postpartum “get your body back” pressure.LyzYes. VirginiaSo for a lot of women you'll have just done that in recent years and now you have to do the “revenge body.” And why are we not allowed to just let our bodies be during times of stress and trauma?LyzRight, right. And I think, too, it's so hard when you layer on that the idea that exists in the divorce world that you now have to find someone else. I hate that. I hate that whole idea. That's what most divorce books are. It's like, okay, well, you did it, now how do you find love again? So that comes with that added pressure of being good looking which then translates to diet culture. Thinness, muscles.VirginiaI'm just remembering a piece of yours where you were like, “actually all women want is to live alone in the woods with our wolves.” No, we don't want to get remarried. That's not the goal but that is immediately the expectation. Why do you want to get right back into the thing you just got out of?LyzWell, I think there's that pressure of singleness, right? There's that stigma of singleness. But you're right, most women post-divorce don't remarry. It's the men who remarry. It's somewhere around 70% of women initiate divorces and I think it's less than 40%—I need to fact check myself on that. But it is a lower number who then get remarried. It's an overwhelming number of men who then try to remarry because, like, “I don't know how to find mustard in the grocery store without a woman.” But no, you're right. I mean, every married woman I know wants to just live alone in the woods with a wolf, so.VirginiaAnd part of that freedom would be not needing to be hot while you do it, just being able to be. LyzYes, not being a hot witch. VirginiaJust want to be a witch.LyzWhy do we have to have weird witch beauty standards? There's this great moment I think about a lot in the book Don Quixote where he's traveling along and he meets all these shepherds. And they're like, “There's this one b***h, she's awful. She broke all of our hearts. She's so beautiful. We hate her. She's evil.” And then they're talking about her and she just walks up to them and goes, “I'm not evil. I don't like any of you. Stop talking to me. I didn't try to seduce you. I just existed and you thought I was in love with you.” And then she's basically like, “I don't want to be in your narrative.” And then she goes back into the woods and she never shows up in the book ever again. VirginiaShe's our queen. LyzI think about her all the time. VirginiaThat's icon behavior for sure. So, what else besides revenge body comes up? Anything about divorce and diet culture.LyzThen there's that whole aspect of divesting yourself of the body ideas that come from the relationship. I think there are so many ways that happens. You might have married a person looking a very specific way but, as we all know, time and life and children take a toll. And then the other person is like, “Well, you don't look how you used to” and you're like, “Well, I never will.”VirginiaThat's life. That's time passing.LyzAnd marriage is so physical. It's a bodily connection, right? So having divorce enables you—especially if you're in a bad marriage. I mean, obviously people can have good marriages. My bias is that I think marriage is inherently unequal and bad. You can have good relationships within a bad system, but it's still a bad system. So I'm gonna get that out there. But so when you do divorce, part of that rebuilding of identity and rebuilding of sense of self comes with, like, who am I now? Like, what is my body now? And now I don't have to manage that other person's toxic body / diet stuff. I don't have to manage the expectations of another person on my body and on my sense of self. I don't have to have somebody judging what I'm eating. And then you can also make your own food. That was something that blew my mind that I didn't expect. Like, I am not cooking for this other person who wants boneless, skinless chicken breasts every single f*****g night. VirginiaThe saddest of proteins, trulyLyzHe would have lived on boneless, skinless chicken breast and microwaved frozen vegetables. I'm like, “let's roast a chicken from Ina Garten. Let's make vegan stew!” and none of that would fly. So, yeah, being able to feed yourself without the observation of someone around you just really changes things. And since we have 50/50 custody—and it's always different with children around—but I get to sit and be like, “what is it that I actually want to eat? And when do I want to eat? And how do I want to eat?” It just makes me so much more thoughtful and grateful about what I'm consuming in my body.VirginiaOne woman I interviewed described it as a “food rumspringa” because she was free from his expectations. For her it was embracing stuff like Annie's Mac and Cheese—like I don't have to cook, I can just enjoy eating a box of mac and cheese for dinner and watching Gilmore Girls and be so happy. What was your favorite thing you ate when you realized this liberation? LyzFor a while I got really into cooking complicated recipes from the New York Times. That kind of stopped. I did the opposite of everybody in 2020, in the shutdown year. Everybody got into cooking and I was like, “I'm done, peace out. I will now be ordering food exclusively.” So another one was eating out because my ex does not like to go out to eat and and it was very stressful around, like, if you go out to eat and then what you order. You know, should you get a glass of wine or god forbid order dessert? That's, like, so extra and why are you doing that? So just going out to eat by myself and an ordering whatever I wanted and dessert was a game changer. VirginiaI love that.LyzAnd then I'd make complicated recipes just for myself because I'm like, “oh, he didn't like curry so now I will make curry.”VirginiaNow you can have all the curry! Revenge curry seems way better than revenge body, I'm just gonna put that out there. 

Don Quixote was written by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes. He wrote it in two parts. Part one was published in 1605, and part two ten years later, in 1615. The story is centered around a middle aged guy named Alonso Quijano who is obsessed with stories of brave medieval knights—so obsessed that he decides to create a new persona for himself and live in a fictitious world of his own creation as Don Quixote. Don Quixote goes on all sorts of misguided adventures; fighting a windmill, jousting with a flock of sheep, and usually losing these battles in humiliating fashion. Timothy Hampton is a professor of comparative literature and French at the University of California at Berkeley. He is the author of Fictions of Embassy: Literature and Diplomacy in Early Modern Europe See more information on our website, WritLarge.fm. Follow us on Twitter @WritLargePod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don Quixote was written by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes. He wrote it in two parts. Part one was published in 1605, and part two ten years later, in 1615. The story is centered around a middle aged guy named Alonso Quijano who is obsessed with stories of brave medieval knights—so obsessed that he decides to create a new persona for himself and live in a fictitious world of his own creation as Don Quixote. Don Quixote goes on all sorts of misguided adventures; fighting a windmill, jousting with a flock of sheep, and usually losing these battles in humiliating fashion. Timothy Hampton is a professor of comparative literature and French at the University of California at Berkeley. He is the author of Fictions of Embassy: Literature and Diplomacy in Early Modern Europe See more information on our website, WritLarge.fm. Follow us on Twitter @WritLargePod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don Quixote was written by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes. He wrote it in two parts. Part one was published in 1605, and part two ten years later, in 1615. The story is centered around a middle aged guy named Alonso Quijano who is obsessed with stories of brave medieval knights—so obsessed that he decides to create a new persona for himself and live in a fictitious world of his own creation as Don Quixote. Don Quixote goes on all sorts of misguided adventures; fighting a windmill, jousting with a flock of sheep, and usually losing these battles in humiliating fashion. Timothy Hampton is a professor of comparative literature and French at the University of California at Berkeley. He is the author of Fictions of Embassy: Literature and Diplomacy in Early Modern Europe See more information on our website, WritLarge.fm. Follow us on Twitter @WritLargePod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies

Don Quixote was written by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes. He wrote it in two parts. Part one was published in 1605, and part two ten years later, in 1615. The story is centered around a middle aged guy named Alonso Quijano who is obsessed with stories of brave medieval knights—so obsessed that he decides to create a new persona for himself and live in a fictitious world of his own creation as Don Quixote. Don Quixote goes on all sorts of misguided adventures; fighting a windmill, jousting with a flock of sheep, and usually losing these battles in humiliating fashion. Timothy Hampton is a professor of comparative literature and French at the University of California at Berkeley. He is the author of Fictions of Embassy: Literature and Diplomacy in Early Modern Europe See more information on our website, WritLarge.fm. Follow us on Twitter @WritLargePod. 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

Don Quixote was written by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes. He wrote it in two parts. Part one was published in 1605, and part two ten years later, in 1615. The story is centered around a middle aged guy named Alonso Quijano who is obsessed with stories of brave medieval knights—so obsessed that he decides to create a new persona for himself and live in a fictitious world of his own creation as Don Quixote. Don Quixote goes on all sorts of misguided adventures; fighting a windmill, jousting with a flock of sheep, and usually losing these battles in humiliating fashion. Timothy Hampton is a professor of comparative literature and French at the University of California at Berkeley. He is the author of Fictions of Embassy: Literature and Diplomacy in Early Modern Europe See more information on our website, WritLarge.fm. Follow us on Twitter @WritLargePod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

New ventures bring new opportunities for those with talent.  An artist travels to see his work on display, while a singer attempts to transform a different skill into a fortune. December 1931, Spanish painter Josep Maria Sert travels with his wife Princess Roussie Mdivani Sert to see the Waldorf-Astoria in New York to see the Sert Room, named after his Don Quixote murals.  Meanwhile, Cobina Wright opens the Sutton Club in her home for supper and dining with entertainment.  She hopes the new venture will help restore the lost Wright fortune. Other people and subjects include: Princess Louise Van Alen Mdivani, Prince Alexis Mdivani, Daisy Van Allen, William “Bill” May Wright, Joe Kennedy, Coco Chanel, Misia Sert, Princess Nina Mdivani Huberich, Charles Huberich, Arturo Toscanini, Medrano and Donna dance team, Adele Astaire, Fred Astaire, Lucrezia Bori, Fannie Brice, Conde Nast, Bernard Baruch, Birdie Fair Vanderbilt, George Gershwin, Mrs. Randolph Hearst, Robert Goelet, Charles Clinton Spaulding, J. Paul Getty, Howard Hughes, Mae West, Alexander Pantages, James Roosevelt, James Cagney, Glenn Miller, Babe Ruth, John Dillinger, Marriott & Hilton hotels, Ocean's Spray, Lil Debbie snack cakes, JR Simplot, Gallo Wines, Waldorf-Astoria, Sutton Club, those who built fortunes during the Great Depression, grit and resilience --Extra Notes / Call to Action: The Gilded Age: A Fashion Coloring Book by Discovery Lair.  There are 50 hand drawn illustrations mostly inspired from the 1890s and features several outfits and activities ranging from debutantes, operas, outdoors, and play.  Available on Amazon in the Books section, the link will be available in the transcript and the News | Events section at asthemoneyburns.com. https://www.amazon.com/Gilded-Age-Fashion-Coloring-Book/dp/B0BMY6R4DT/ref=sr_1_1?crid=LPSCDBBXTHRW&keywords=the+gilded+age+a+fashion+coloring+book&qid=1670213163&s=books&sprefix=the+gilded+age+a+fashion+coloring+book%2Cstripbooks%2C190&sr=1-1 Share, like, subscribe                                                                                                                                       --Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 1 Music: There's One Little Girl Who Loves Me by Jack Hylton, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20sSection 2 Music: Let's All Go To Mary's House by The Savoy Orpheans, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20sSection 3 Music: Says My Heart / You Leave Me Breathless by Carroll Gibbons, Album EleganceEnd Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands --https://asthemoneyburns.com/TW / IG – @asthemoneyburns Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/ 

This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve once again alter the format, this time to embark on what is sure to be a multivolume series as we welcome special guest and friend, Richard aka Dick Dawg, discussing his journey through life which one could describe as Joe Dirt meets Don Quixote. Cut from a type of cloth not found anywhere in nature, Richard takes us from his inception, recounting events and stories throughout his life, in attempts to better understand the man, the myth, the legend. Join us while we hoist a few rocky mountain smoothies and see where this long and winding road will take us. Let's wax this nomadic porpoise. Linktree #dickdawg #nomads #eastbay #waxit Huge thanks again to our good friend Dick Dawg for joining us! Follow us on Twitter & instagram and leave us a rating/review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen, let us know how we're doing and thank you!

Hi, Welcome to the What I've Learnt podcastI am Luke, one of the producers for the show. As a producer I love our  work and helping Deborah and our team share so many wonderful stories.From food to fashion and art to music we've got you covered.In this episode, we are doing something special. As the end of the year is fastly approaching, we thought that we would highlight and showcase some of our favourite performers's from earlier in the year...Featured with in this episode are:Lisa Hunt is a Byron Bay based Soul singer and has performed with the likes of Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, James Brown, Joe Cocker, Miles Davis, Macy Gray, Tina Turner, Bryan May, and the cranberries Dolores O'Riordan.Lisa Bolte: She danced with The Australian Ballet Company, 1986-2002, 2005-2007 and was promoted to Principal Artist by the revered Artistic Director, Maina Gielgud in 1993. Highlights with The Australian Ballet have included performing principal roles from the entire classical repertoire including Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Romeo & Juliet, LaSylphide, Raymonda, Don Quixote, Manon, Anna Karenina, Etudes, Copellia, The Merry Widow, Onegin and Theme and Variations.Kim Krejus & Sigrid Thornton:  Kim Krejus is the Director of 16th Street Actors studio has brought some of the world's most renowned acting coaches and directors, here including Leonardo Di Caprio's acting coach, Larry Moss, Bradley Cooper's acting coach, Elizabeth Kemp and lan Rickson who directed Hugh Jackman on Broadway.Sigrid Thornton, stellar much loved actor, now starring in her new role in the Chekhov classic The Seagull at the STC. Known for work in television shows like Seachange (1998 - 2019) and Wentworth (2016 - 2018), as well as film apperences in the films Snapshot (1979) and The Man From Snowy River (1982) and many more works.Deborah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/what.ive.learnt/Mind, Film and Publishing: https://www.mindfilmandpublishing.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/what-ive-learnt/id153556330Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TQjCspxcrSi4yw2YugxBkBuzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1365850

Time to tie up some loose ends! Inspired by his 30 second bit as "Efficient Man" in Glass Onion, we decided to check out some of Ethan's other cameo appearances over the years. The full list is as follows: Floundering (1994), White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf (1994), Quiz Show (1994), 'Spin the Bottle, a Juliana Hatfield Trio music video (1994), The Velocity of Gary (1999) which we couldn't actually find and might come back to, One Last Thing... (2005), New York, I Love You (2008), Total Recall (2012), and of course, Glass Onion (2022). A busy man! Some are more substantial than others, some are literally him saying two sentences about Don Quixote. Tune in for our rankings, and keep Hawke-ing the skies!

Del Talmud a Don Quixote de La Mancha: el bastón de Rabba.

John Hu arrived to France in 1722, accompanied by a Jesuit priest and tasked with cataloging and translating a library. He had a knack for behaving oddly, earning him the nickname “Don Quixote” in at least one town. But in the end, who gets to decide who's sane?Click here to read the article by James Carter.Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, Mike Messner and his guest, musician John McLachlan, examine this song from the 1972 Don Quixote album. You'll also hear from fellow podcasts Sinister Story Hour, A Date With Death, How Good It Is, and Mostly Folk Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mind Strength Balance focuses on issues of thought, growth, and identity, and is owned by Lincoln Stoller, PhD, CHt, CCPCPr. Lincoln has experience in science, business, project management, teaching, biofeedback training, and hypnotherapy. PhD: Quantum Many-body Theory, U. of Texas, Austin CHt: Hypnotherapist, Int'l Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy Assn. CCPCPr: Clinical Counsellor, Canadian College of Professional Counsellors and Psychotherapists He has expanded our knowledge in quantum physics, astronomy, aeronautics, statistics, computation, education, psychology, education, counselling, and neuroscience. His passions include mountaineering, diving, piloting, writing, building community, making toys, composing music, and creating relationships. Connect with Lincoln here: https://www.mindstrengthbalance.com/contact/ Introduction to this episode. 0:00 Lincoln's Introduction. 0:43 Where do you see the evidence of evolution coming from? 2:31 What is mind expansion? What does it look like? 8:08 How do you get from a diagnosis to fun? 14:05 Shamanic wisdom is not a medicine. 23:43 The shaman is like a Cheshire cat. 29:26 How do you keep from going off the rails when working with other people? 35:30 The shamanic model is not there yet. 40:48 What happens when you go into trance of guided meditation? 46:18 How does one obtain true peace? 51:20 Intro Guy 0:00 Your journey has been an interesting one up to hear you've questioned so much more than those around you. You've even questioned yourself as to how you could have grown into these thoughts. Am I crazy? When did I begin to think differently? Why do people in general you're so limited thought process Rest assured, you are not alone. The world is slowly waking up to what you already know inside yet can't quite verbalize. Welcome to the spiritual dough podcast, the show that answers the question you never even knew to ask, but knew the answers to questions about you this world the people in it? Most importantly, how do I proceed now moving forward? We don't even have all the answers but we sure do love living in the question. Time for another hit of spiritual dub with your host Brandon Handley. Let's get right into today's episode. Brandon Handley 0:43 Hey there spiritual dope. I'm on here today with Lincoln Stoller. He is a mind strength, balanced, focused personality who is he's got his PhD ch T. You got a bunch of initials all you know what they all stand for. But he's got experience in science, business project management, teaching biofeedback training, and hypnotherapy. Scott, his PhD in quantum many body theory out of the University of Texas in Austin. If can hypnotherapists international medical and dental hypnotherapy Association and also clinical counselor or the Canadian college of professional counselors and psychotherapist Lincoln, thanks for being on today. I know that you reached out to me just to kind of pop on and have a conversation, I guess around the psychedelic realm. Right? Yeah, appreciate it. Yeah. And look, I mean, it's actually kind of funny. I, one of my, one of my clients was out of the University of Texas in Austin, once upon a time. So small world, small world. So I usually like to start this off with the whole idea that, you know, you and I were just basically conduits for universal energy, right? It is flowing through us at all times. And like we kind of, we were just expressing life energy one way or another. And when we have this conversation, you and I, you and I are talking to each other. We think we know what we're talking about to each other. But the person listening is listening, they're hearing something totally different, right? And there's a message that can only be delivered through you today to that person and listening. What is that message that's coming through today like Lincoln Stoller 2:31 that we're part of an evolving system that's bigger than we are? In your little intro there. I would say I'm also talking or always feel like I'm talking to the culture, a kind of really amorphous being that's made up of all our little minds. And I don't know what it's hearing. I'd like to think it's hearing better, but I'm not sure it is. Brandon Handley 3:00 Not fair enough. I love it when talking to the culture. That's a mind shift right there. Right, just kind of right off the bat. And I really, I appreciate that. And in terms of like, evolving, and, and whatnot, where do you where do you think you'll see evidence for that? Because that's something that's been rattling around in my mind recently, is that every culture, every society thinks at the pinnacle of it. So where do you believe you see the evidence of evolution? Lincoln Stoller 3:37 Well, I think evolution is easier to redefine than define. So I would redefine it as a feedback process where a system tries to optimize itself, I think the best example is a fungus, you know, a fungus or a mold, I think, unfortunately, cultures, humans and otherwise, reach somewhat blindly toward opportunity. And then they get burned. And hopefully, they learned they usually don't, that's the sad part. And as individuals, I think we do much better a total individual focused guy, you know, really like to the point of anarchy, basically, I think individuals contribute the main force of culture. And then, of course, we're immersed in it, you know, it's the soup where we're boiled in. I think, you know, just as I assume, in fact, most of the listeners would agree with me that we're kind of on the edges of culture, or the boundaries if you want to be more, you know, self satisfied about it. The forward boundary, put it that way, and make us all happy. And we might be leading culture, although I'm not even sure leading and trailing is fair. But the psychedelics the, you know, the old Terence McKenna, I don't know he wasn't here. his idea, the, you know, the stoned monkey idea. And also there's the 100th Monkey idea, which I think could both be debunked fairly, literally, but taken figuratively, you know, the more of us who expand our minds, the more the culture will expand. It's whatever it is mind, consciousness, awareness. So I, I think, and this is my whole story about, you know, becoming enlightened and becoming able, it's an uphill battle, because you're gaining, you know, breadth and depth in the context that lacks that. It could be a personal context or cultural, legal, social, you know, all that stuff. So right now, we're expanding, and the listeners are expanding to. I mean, as you said, it was a mind shift. And that's what I'd say, is the most useful mind shift. Whatever problems you're having as an individual, are not entirely yours. And whatever advances you make are not entirely yours, either. They're shared. Brandon Handley 6:13 Just so you know, kind of like this. I love the edges of the culture, but as a culture as what was what was young saying? Lincoln Stoller 6:24 A lot of stuff, what do you Brandon Handley 6:28 call? What he's the, you know, the collective conscious? Yeah, right. Is that? Is that kind of what you're talking to? Lincoln Stoller 6:39 I don't know. I think, you know, Jung was almost 100 years ago, I think we've, I think we have to do better than that. But I think it's collective unconscious, collective conscious. I don't know who speaks for it. I think, you know, sort of like these pseudo pods reach out. You know, I'm teaching my son who's 11 Something about history. And I keep coming back. And we all keep coming back to German fascism. And how insane that was, but it keeps happening. You know, he wasn't the last he wasn't the first. And before he became our enemy, he was our friend. And, you know, he came from a culture that is our culture. And it was less than 100 years ago, and it's scary. So here, we now take psychedelics. And you know, to put it in the most dire framework, we still have a world filled with Hitler's and Stalin's, but now they're called Putin and whatever. And now put those guys on psychedelics. And holy shit. I come a little concerned. Brandon Handley 7:50 I mean, right. It's, I think putting people who have let power kind of already go to their their heads and put them on psychedelics. It's be definitely be an interesting trip, to say the least. But um, let's talk real quick, though to like, I mean, as you're talking about, like edges of culture, leading culture or or trailing it, right? It also just, engines have thrown the words expansion in there, too. It just always makes me think of like the edges of the universe, right. And we're kind of writing we are creating, that we are the edge of the universe, right? We are that edge of the culture that's continually growing and expanding. And to that end is, is that the mind when you talk about mind expansion? I'm just kind of curious even what you mean by mind expansion, right? Like, yeah, I could say What's that look like to you? Lincoln Stoller 8:52 I think it is, has to be seen broadly, that there's a mind body that, you know, a good aspect of who we are stored in our body, in terms of how we think what we think how we react, what we are alert to it stored in our memory, again, in terms of how we react and associate the things. If you put it all together, that makes a mind. I'm not entirely reductionist, though I think I sound that way. But I'm trying to break things into pieces that are that I can swallow. And I fully recognize that some of these pieces don't fully disconnect. So like mind and body, you can't really tell them apart. They're constantly talking to each other and influencing each other. And one of the most effective ways to look at us and mind in general. I mean, there are many, but one that I keep coming back to his intellect versus a motion. Where intellect can be reasonable and rational, deductive inferential kinds of the stuff. And emotion is very different. It's almost always holistic and vague and so forth. And our culture doesn't still doesn't give a lot of respect to emotions. You know, they say, yeah, you can be emotional, a great actor, great presence charismatic, but you've got to translate it into, you know, intellect, logic reason. And that just doesn't work, especially in the realm of psychedelics, and in the realm of dreams and trance. You know, sometimes you can get it, but not always. Brandon Handley 10:44 Yeah, even even in the spiritual space, right? And things spiritual, right? Trying to translate that feeling, the sense of knowing into something that somebody will accept, right, is very challenging. I like the idea of, you know, the intellect versus the emotion. And the other piece where you say, you know, there's some of these things don't connect the body mind. And it makes me think of build disconnect is what makes me think of how other cultures outside of Western cultures, they don't have separate words for body in mind, they don't have separate words for heart and mind. Right? It's when you get to the Western Western culture that we separate that so we've made some type of separation forcibly, through by accident, by our choice of how we speak. Right, right. So trying to reintegrate that is a challenge. How are you seeing that? You know, what are you doing for your clients, I guess, to to help them get connected to or recognize that they are connected? And that it's okay. Lincoln Stoller 11:56 Well, it's a little complicated, because different clients have different barriers, I would say, you know, forgive me for, again, being somewhat reductive, but there are different answers to the question. So, you know, some of the kinds of clients I would characterize, are the confused people who know, they're confused. The conflicted people who don't know whose problem this is, and are trying to figure it out. And then, you know, there are the people who so monetize their problem. And it manifests as a physical ailment. And they're very interesting. And they're also difficult, because unless you're a doctor, which I'm not, I'm dealing with the mind, and I'm trying to get back at the body back to the body. So what I do with people, I mean, I think the first thing you do is to establish some trust, doesn't have to be deep trust doesn't have to be you know, whatever, just whatever it is, there's a level of trust, you work it to some viable point. Maybe it's intellectual, maybe it's emotional, cultural, whatever. And then I basically try to get them out of their heads. Because this whole intellectual approach, pretty much you know, people have reached, we're good at it. We're good at being intellectuals. That's the western model. And if progress has stalled, it's probably not because of lack of intellectualism. It's probably because too much intellectualism, too much, you know, not enough spiritual, emotional, experiential stuff. So I try to get people out of their heads. And you do that by either reminding them of what's important that they're suppressing, or confusing them to the point where they stop trying to, you know, intellectualize anything. Brandon Handley 14:04 That's like a colon. Lincoln Stoller 14:07 Yeah, but more directly as a trance. I mean, that's what hypnotherapy is about. You take them into a realm where the CO on becomes real. You know, so you do try to get away from even language. So not just poetry, closer to music, or rhythm, or emotion, emotion or body feeling. So getting them into that. That's where I find progress. At least for people who are looking for progress. Some people are looking for fun, which is fine. But even if you're looking for fun, I think progress can be fun. You know, I'm not even defining fun is not so easy, either. Brandon Handley 14:50 Right? Right, right. I think that in when you mentioned that there's not enough spiritual, emotional and experiential. Sometimes. I think fun and play are a couple of things that are right are certainly missing and allow for a reconnection to the body get into that flow state. And and when we let loose, right, and quite literally let loose your brain releases releases that tension and whatever else is kind of stored up in there. Yeah, right, you're in a totally different space. Yeah, I can, I can see that for sure. Lincoln Stoller 15:24 So imagine, you get a client, and they have a problem. And they're focused on the problem, or they have a diagnosis, and they're broken the diagnosis. So how do you get from a diagnosis to fun? You know, and I think that's a serious question, because learning doesn't go very far. If it's not fun, right? I mean, if you have to learn and it hurts every time, should you know that's not a great learning environment. So how do you get somebody who has cancer? To get to fun? And you say, that's impossible. That's ridiculous. But it's not exactly if you sort of redefined fun as empowerment, progress, control, hope, you know, things that uplift you. I mean, maybe they don't make you laugh. But, you know, a really empowered person could laugh, even in the worst circumstances. Personal maybe that's kind of hopeful. But Brandon Handley 16:21 the the possibility does exist? I think so. Right? Absolutely. Absolutely. Well, let's talk about like, you know, how did you, you know, how did you get into the psychedelic space of this, this whole thing, right, like, I know that you've got a wide varied past, covers a lot of different ground. But one of the things we're gonna chat about today is, again, the kind of the self psychedelics and this both spiritual and mental health aspects. Lincoln Stoller 16:48 Well, I didn't come as a healer. I came into it as an adventurer, I'd say I came into everything I did as an adventurer. And the thing that differentiates an adventurer is that we are reckless. Because we were looking for adventure. We're not looking for answers. We're not looking for accolades. We're really fed by adventure. So I started as a mountaineer, which is very adventurous. And then I got into physics, which is pretty adventurous, especially if you do it as in a rebellious way, like I did have everybody throw you out of their class, because you asked too many questions. You know, and that that's very sobering. At first you think, oh, you know, they think they think I'm a jerk, do they think I'm wrong, that I can't follow the program. And it takes a long time to realize the benefit of not fitting in, in a field where there's progress to be made. Maybe in some fields, like, I don't want to, these are fields, I don't know anything about dentistry, but welding X, I do know something about welding, you know, structural engineering, maybe those are fields where you don't want to be an explorer, or at least, you don't want to be held accountable for your mistakes. But in most things, you do have to be held accountable for your mistakes, and you have to be able to make mistakes. You know, a good Explorer is careful, but curious. So my initial explorations and psychedelics were as many in the underground are, you know, you I did not do it recklessly as a teenager, I didn't even start doing it in earnest until I was probably close to 40. And I did it through the ceremonial things, you know, mostly Ayahuasca ceremonies and the derivatives of those indigenous things. And some of the spiritual stuff that came out of acelin Like, sensory deprivation and the pasta meditation and stuff like that. So those were explorations. Brandon Handley 19:12 And yeah, you know, so you you didn't, you didn't you didn't come across it to you know, initially for like, spiritual awakening or any of this other stuff. It's just kind of like, Hey, here's this give it a shot. Well, you know, what do you think kind of thing? Oh, well, little. Lincoln Stoller 19:36 No, no, not quite like that. It was more like I want to find out what's over there. It was more curiosity than Brandon Handley 19:43 that. Yeah. What was leading that what were you looking for? Well, that's Lincoln Stoller 19:47 what I didn't know. But like all these people were talking about enlightenment and spiritual cosmic consciousness. And I'm saying, Well, I don't know what that is. I I live in a circumscribed you know, Western world where were the questions are, you know, in the back of the textbook? And now you're telling me that it's, you know, all around me? Well, you know, first thing you you hit you hit on religion, which says, you know, get down on your knees because God is looking at you all the time. And I'm saying, Well, I don't see him or her, or them. And let's go find them. You know, why not? You know, it's like going into the wilderness, all the animals flee. So what if, you know, the Divine is doing that too. They see you coming? And they say, Oh, God, here's another, another, you know, environmentally rapacious, moron. And, and you smile, but the truth is that higher states of consciousness do flee from stupid people, since, you know, they don't they don't get tangled up with your problems. It's like, if you're not ready for it, there aren't any time to waste. Right? You know, they're not going to make the argument that you should behave better, or you should listen more carefully to your heart. You got to be there, and then you'll hear it. Yeah. So this was my attitude. Brandon Handley 21:09 Your attitude was toward the psychedelics. Yeah. To hear us Economics here at Z, you know, and what does it take? Lincoln Stoller 21:17 Mountaineering was helpful, because you get in situations where you really feel like you got to be on top of a situation that's dangerous or out of control, and you got to listen really carefully. And maybe you'll hear something, it's, it's an interesting thing that you will hear, you're not going to hear a voice speaking to the wisdom of the universe, you're going to hear the crackling of the snow, or the blowing of the wind. And that's one source of wisdom. I don't know if it's in the wind, or it's in your acute hearing, more or both. But that was part of it. So for example, you know, I climbed El Cap by a difficult group when I was 17, which was quite young. And, you know, quite an experience you have on the wall for seven days, six days, and you start to become accustomed to a vertical world, and things start to become rote. And, and the sense of twirling around at the end of a rope, like a spider, you know, 4000 feet above the ground, starts to become sort of normal, it's still, it's still, you know, gets your endorphins going, but you got a job to do, and you do it. And then you get off, and you get back into the normal horizontal world. And it's like a, it's like, a crushing load. You know, now you're in society, and you can feel people looking at you. And thinking, you know, they don't know what you've done. They just look at you like a regular person. And you can feel the weight of normality. And it was, in that particular case, somebody gave me up a capsule of mescaline and said, Here, go to a tour around the tourist bus in the valley, Yosemite Valley. And I did and I remember telling somebody, I just claimed that and they said, No, you didn't, you know, they couldn't conceive of it. And I What can I do? But laugh, you know? Yeah, so this was sort of an I say this not to stand out as odd. But I think when you make movements to open your consciousness, you're out of the world, you generally don't have anyone to talk to. And it's probably best that way. Because if you'd like sit down at the feet of some master and say, Tell me what the answer, it's like, you're gonna get some more verbal stuff. That's Brandon Handley 23:43 sure. Well, I mean, I think I think that a lot of the Masters, you know, that we would reference right, you know, any Zen Buddhist, or any of these people, they would all tell you that they have nothing to teach you. Right? That you've already to whatever it is, you're looking at you are you know you in Hinduism, like you are that right? So, you know, they Lincoln Stoller 24:06 they do one thing I don't like, which is they tell you to listen to them. Brandon Handley 24:14 Sure. And suffice to say like, you know, the gist of it is if you go looking for a guru, you'll find right yeah. And you find one then you do then you listen to them, right that's your path. That doesn't have to be your path and they the they'll tell you that just as much right you don't go out as a guru seaching students so much the students come seeking you right. So I think that there's a there's a little bit of a little bit of a thing there and again, I think for the most part most spiritual masters are gonna say you don't need really anything other than what you've already got. Right? And so you know, you're seeking it. it, I guess, in a way, by leveraging some of the psychedelics is that kind of one understand, like, again, you're looking for this thing. Lincoln Stoller 25:08 Right? That's how I started. That's how I started. Okay, then now we're changing sort of the focus in professions and culture and so forth. Can people are coming in? Brandon Handley 25:20 Yeah. How are you seeing it? I guess in your in your professional space? How where's it showing up? I understand it, you know, traditionally, doctors like they shouldn't be taking, you know, what it is that they're prescribing, which kind of puts them at a disadvantage. Where are you at in this space? What are you seeing? And I think we talked a little bit about the beginning that you feel like we're in a rocky state. Yeah. I'd love to hear more about that. Yeah, let's get into it. Lincoln Stoller 25:53 Well, you know, for a coincidence of language, some of these psychedelics were translated as medicinal medicina. But you know, what a medicina is in a shamanic culture is not what a medicine is in ours, in spite of the similarity of the words, so some of these, I'm thinking of the ones that are making the news these days. But if we got ketamine, MDMA, somewhat psilocybin, not so much LSD or by Wasco, are presented as medicines or potentially medicines. And then we've got pharmaceutical companies scrambling for patents and derivatives and, and it's getting a little unseemly, you know, it's starting to sound like money starting to smell like money. And then you're looking at professional practice. And, you know, Western medicine has this paradigm of how the practitioner helps the client. And that's not at all like what the shaman does. The shaman has a different role in the shamanic society than a doctor does in ours. And not a religious role, either kind of, you know, half spiritual or half spirit. It's like I say, a shaman is the kind of guy you would not want your daughter married to. I don't think there's any exception to that rule. So we're not really incorporating shamanic wisdom, which is deep and I think shamanic wisdom is the appropriate wisdom to use to understand psychedelics and Oregon, we're not doing that in the medical incorporation. But we are doing like Brandon Handley 27:50 Lincoln, say that again. So I mean, what does that look like? You know, you believe that we should be doing in the way that a shaman may so expand on how a shaman, may I assist a psychedelic experience? Lincoln Stoller 28:04 Oh, dear. Well, there's many threads to this. And I'll take yours just because you asked me to. It would not be the first one I would go on. I would tend to go on what the medicines are doing, what the medicine what the medicinal people are doing. But the shamanic approach. I think it's a recognition of the value of chaos and destruction in the kind of Hindu sense. disintegration, reintegration, transformation, Transcendence. The shaman in the cultures I'm familiar with, is not particularly welcome, in most cases, because they're not really allied to any material personal agenda. They live in a semi spiritual world, semi numinous. And they do strange things, sometimes good, not necessarily good to each other or to people and they have a strange sense of humor. So they're kind of instruments of chaos. I would say, you know, pretty generally shamans are instruments of chaos. And some of them they, some of them come from an herbal tradition that has healing background or healing agenda. You know, they can do both or something like that. And, you know, if you get involved with a shaman, it's like getting involved with a Cheshire Cat, you know, they can just disappear and be left with nothing but a smile. And you don't know where they are. Because there's basically saying in my understanding that the world is not as we see that there's more to it. And the leading influences are in our material world. So if you're not in the shamanic world, or the transcendence sphere ritual, you know, world of spirits, you can't really make sense others out of the shamans agenda, it's not entirely there or here, somewhere in between, they're sort of a doorman. Not entirely responsible for you, they open the door, you know, they wave their feathers blow their smoke and give you the thing to drink. And then they dance around and sing, and it's, you know, up to you, it's up to the spirits to help you not to them, you know, you have to make contacts, you have to be worthy of your own transcendence. Or, you know, I like that in terms of a model that was like, kind of a mountaineering model, you go out there and either learn, or you get your self slapped down. Right. And those are real lessons, but they're dangerous. And they're hard to appreciate. Because they don't obviously make you money, fame. And, you know, get you adulation. And if they do, you know, watch out, because those are, those are your things, not, you know, their things. So that's the kind of the shamanic model, in my view is transcendent. It's not entirely you can't really fit it into a spiritual box, or religious box, or political box or cultural box, it's out of the material world. And so if you're a spiritual person, it can make sense. Okay. Brandon Handley 31:31 So, I guess if I had to, kind of self self transcendence with like, an assist, right? Yeah. Yeah. I really, I like how you mentioned, you know, they, they're there to kind of help open up the door, they're not responsible for you, basically, after you walk through, right? Like, you're like, hey, I think I've talked some other people that have had done the Ayahuasca journeys, or something that I've ever done, but it's like, you kind of you take the ayahuasca and you kind of hold on to the rails, right? It's like, alright, well, this is the x, here it comes. Right, and it's gonna, it's gonna show you some things that you may or may not be prepared for. But I'd like Lincoln Stoller 32:11 to compare it to, in my own experience, parachute jumping, which I only did at once, but I think once was enough, I mean, I'd love to do it more. But I don't think I'd need nearly as exciting the second time. So the first time you do parachute jumping, you know, you go out the door. And all you have is your belief in how the thing is supposed to work, you know, at some experience and what you're supposed to perform, you know, that assume that assume the position and execute these actions, and then control your, your experience. And that's sort of like what it's supposed to have happen in a psychedelic experience, you go out the door, and you pull the ripcord and, you know, the world will unfold below you. But it can be that you go out the door and the parachute doesn't open in the psychedelic experience. Right, you know, and then what are you going to do? You know, I had one experience mountaineering where things went sideways. And I found myself, you know, hurtling down the side of a mountain, out of control. In a direction I wasn't supposed to be going. And I was spinning around in the air bouncing. And I think it'll probably turn to, you know, be written on my gravestone that the greatest thing I did in my life was I just opened my eyes and enjoyed the experience. Yeah, and I didn't get freaked out. And obviously, I survived. Brandon Handley 33:48 Right. Right. And that's, I think that's a I think that's, that's that's a great approach. But and I think that we hear a bunch of people express that in different ways, too, right. Some people expressed the I just kind of opened my eyes and experienced it. But then literally, that's all that happened, right then did nothing. So what does that look like for you kind of opening your eyes and experiencing life? Lincoln Stoller 34:17 Well, you know. Part of the answer is it depends what your environment is. So if you're in today, Brandon Handley 34:27 like how did you leave Lincoln? Like, what do you do to experience like, kind of open yourself up and experience life today? What did what did today look like for you? Lincoln Stoller 34:35 Well, what I've been doing in the last month has been writing a book so I'd go sort of into the space of communication and expression, which is creative and somewhat disciplined because um, you know, it's got to get into a finished format. And bad ice. I'm with my 11 year old son. So that's interesting. In view of the world that I'm talking about things I don't know, you, we talked about history and other sorts of things that adults assume that adults know and kids don't have, and it wasn't, you know, psychedelic or particularly unexplored. I do have to watch myself because I do tend to go off the rails, I like to be off the rails. Sure, but if you're with other people, they often don't appreciate it. So as a counselor, I have to be careful because other people need to go off the rails, but it's frightening for most people. And part of my job is to help them take off into the rails or out the door, and to apply my, you know, discretion as a guide in their world, to make them feel safer, safe, safer, and exploring their world. So I tend to be I compare myself to the story of Don Quixote. And, you know, his faithful servant, Pancho Sanchez. And I'm Pancho Sanchez, and their donkey Odie, and I'm trying to get them to tilt at windmills. Santa, I'm trying to, you know, get them to see the world like, like Vincent van Gogh, but not cut their hair off? Like he did. Brandon Handley 36:48 Right? Write that down thing, you know, there's certain links I don't think you have to go to, in order to achieve achieve that. So, you know, how's this showing up? I guess, in your practice, right? Are you? Are you working with others? Through psychedelics? Are you? Is it about primarily to assist yourself in the psychedelic realm? Because the other thing that you'd mentioned, too, is like you, I don't know that you said, you hit it hard, harder, at least once you're in your 40s. But like, where? Where's it showing up now for you? And how are you leveraging it in your practice? psychedelics? Lincoln Stoller 37:26 Well, the psychedelics are problematic because they're illegal, and they're unknown by authorities. The reason I think we're heading for trouble, is because there's a standard sort of management, dictum of wisdom, which is that you have to have authority with responsibility, you know, if you have the authority to do something, you've got to be responsible for what you decide. And the unsaid third component is you have to be competent. Because if you're, you know, incompetent, nothing's gonna work out well, even if you do have authority and responsibility. But we do not see those things coming together those three things. So we see government, which has the authority, they're not taking the responsibility of doing therapy. And they're certainly not competent, because they're not therapists. And we have the therapists who are presenting themselves as authorities. And they do not have competence, because no one's knows what this territory means. And they're trying to put the responsibility on the practitioner, you know, the authorities, which is to say, the Medical Teaching, the institutional training, put the responsibility on the therapist, they're trying to teach the therapists how to, well, what does it mean to be responsible? I guess it means, but it means two things, it means your client doesn't hurt themselves. And it means your client doesn't get traumatized, which is to say doesn't feel that they were hurt. But roughly, of course, you'd also like to say that your client makes progress. But that's always kind of a bugaboo in therapy, because progress, it's not yours to define. You can like test them. But that's not really I don't think that's fair. If somebody feels they made progress they did. If they didn't, then they didn't. You can say on some metric, they changed, but I don't really buy that that's kind of legalistic. So, so we don't have these things coming together. And in the everyday we have a new institution offering certification on psychedelic therapy. And it just horrifies me because it's still illegal. And you still can't learn from doing it. Unless you do in the underground, but you're not supposed to do it in the underground. If you're certified, you're supposed to always stay above ground. We can do it in another country. Free, which seems to be the only real way that most of us have done it. As therapists, we go to Costa Rica or something. Or, you know, wherever we go, or we don't talk, we, you know, whatever. But we do it at home. Right? Right. So, you know, that's the rockiness of it in order to gain responsibility and, and competence and knowledge. Somebody's got to start learning what they're doing. Most of the programs that teach therapists and certify them in psychedelic therapy, do not involve ever taking the psychedelic, and how you could gain competence without being there is like being a shaman without ever connecting with the spirits. It's like Brandon Handley 40:48 Lincoln, do you think do you feel like I mean, is that model broken? It sounds Lincoln Stoller 40:53 like it's not there yet. It's not even a model. It's just a proposal. What? Again, Brandon Handley 40:59 are Yeah, the proposal, right authority, government, and, you know, authority, responsibility and competency. Whereas if we go and we take a look at the shamanic model, we say, All right, well, who's got authority and responsibility, and he's competent, but for I think it's the outcomes that I think deviate a little bit here. Right, like you're saying, you know, there's these other things we are, you know, I think you didn't mention on this podcast, but I heard another one of your podcasts, and we talked about having a, a port psychedelic experience, and I've had, I've had plenty of them. But that's also, you know, that set and setting, to I wouldn't say I was traumatized, or theoretically hurt, but I could definitely see somebody looking back at like, if this had been in a clinical situation, I'd be like, well, that person did this to me. Right. Right. Right, without taking responsibility for myself. Now, if we take a look at it, this kind of Shamanic model, like I'm response, this is my mind, right? This is what's happening with me, and I'm responsible, you know, owning that responsibility is, I think, a huge part of it. And, and I would say though, even though I had a poor experience, I felt like those were some of my most progressive experiences, right? Like, I mean, those were the things were, man just like coming out of it just unbelievable, right? Lincoln Stoller 42:23 Well, this this is, this is a, that's a new paradigm. I think that's a new paradigm that the fact that you could feel terrible, and, and feel injured, and at the same time, think this was the best experience of your life. You know, some people who have had cancer say that? Who's, you know, well, here's an example, that's quite pointed, and quite simple. A client can accuse a therapist of anything, anything at all, they can accuse them in public, it can they can publish it in detail, the therapist cannot say anything at all in defense, because it violates client privilege. So that alone should give a therapist some pause, because some people, you know, part of the psychedelic experience, like you said, involves some unpredictable behavior and experience. And how do you fit that in a insurance policy? You know, because you got to think of that. Brandon Handley 43:27 Yeah, it's, it's gonna be really interesting, I think, to see how, you know, it's been it's been interesting right now to see psychedelics and the progress that they've made what they're trying to do with it. But it's going to be very interesting to see how it evolves due to the fact that it's this it's uncontrollable, right? Like, it's, it's basically something you drop it into the mind map mind expansion, you don't know, you have no idea what the outcomes gonna be, you really don't? Lincoln Stoller 43:57 Well, here's I want to jump in and say, here's my idea. I think people should approach psychedelics through mind expansion and find out exactly what is going to happen when they take off the brakes, or they break through the barrier. But you know, sure. So it's like, you know, parachute jumping, first, you jump off a platform onto a mattress, and then you get the feeling, right, you get the feeling or you imagine it right, and you don't freak out. Quite, or if you're gonna freak out, you do it on the mattress. So, you know, there are other ways of trance and if you're serious about doing something like psychedelics, I think this is what I would say. I would say if you're serious about having a positive experience or a healing experience, then I would hold you to exploring altered states of consciousness. Without psychedelics, to see just what you find there, what it looks like how, you know, whether you really like it, or what you know, and whether I can help you or control you, or whatever. And if you don't want to do that, then I'm, I think I wouldn't work with you. Brandon Handley 45:18 Now that makes sense. And that makes sense, right? I think that, again, especially with psychedelics, if somebody's not willing to put in some of that pre work before the actual adventure, right, that's like, you know, keep going back to your, you know, before you do the parachute, and you got to do the parachute practice stuff, right? You got to do the stuff that makes you feel comfortable to pull the cord and know that you're gonna go up there. What is, you know, you mentioned, like altered states of consciousness. What are what are some non psychedelic ways to enter into that state that you found? Lincoln Stoller 45:54 Let's say the simplest is like meditation. You know, how good are you at meditation? You? It's could be very easy. But let's talk about it, you know, that, you know, could you actually sit for an hour? You know? And would you have the patience for that? You know, and what came up. And another is hypnotherapy, right? Go into trance of guided meditation. What happens some people, there's quite a variety of of results, some people can be, go into a light trance, some people go into heavy trance, I had a client who came to me. And given the circumstances, I was offering past life regression. And they thought this was ridiculous, and a fraud. And they were gonna play it, and just show me how stupid it was. So we did the kind of protocol and they brought in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. And then they got quite upset because they stopped behaving correctly. And other animals started appearing in their mind that were not part of their Disney narrative. And they didn't behave as the animals. And and I was saying, yeah, exactly, that's all it is. It's just what comes in, you can start any way you want with any prejudice you want. But at some point, you're trying to get beyond it into the area where you don't know how the characters are supposed to behave, and they start behaving on their own. So that's a trance experience. And I've had other people who, you know, they approach what seems to be rape, you know, and then, you know, my, my role is to say, I don't think we're going to go there. But I think, you know, we're just gonna, we're just gonna teleport right beyond that experience. Because I don't know these people, on the other hand, that I've had clients who felt that they had childhood, sexual sexual abuse. And then the question is, well, just how much do we need to explore? And my answer is only as much as you feel comfortable with. So these are things you can do and let's see, you could do well, there's not a lot of in between stuff besides hypnotherapy, which I like, you know, there's exercise diet fasting meditation. Sure. Brandon Handley 48:32 I think that works. So Right. I think that works like and I mean, I just asked him for a couple of ideas there, right? If somebody was like, alright, well, maybe I'm interested, what are some others altered states that I could get into before leveraging or or going all in, right. So I Lincoln Stoller 48:49 also there's, there's lower doses not to write well, Brandon Handley 48:53 you don't start off with a tense drip of acid. Right. Like, I just think that that's probably a bad idea. Right? Lincoln Stoller 48:57 I think so. And setting setting right, you are Brandon Handley 49:02 super important, right? Yeah. Setting setting. Where are you in your headspace? Right. Like, are you really ready is today Good? Did you have if you had a shitty day, I'd say hey, maybe maybe maybe not today. Okay. Lincoln Stoller 49:14 And do you have a container that you trust? And you know, you have a sitter? Or do you, you know, that kind of stuff? And are you being pressured? Or are you really feeling that you're doing this of your own? recognizance, Brandon Handley 49:29 right? You know, how would you describe if you could, you know, the first kind of go round, right? What would somebody how would you explain that somebody's psychedelic experience? Lincoln Stoller 49:44 I think I'd Well, it depends whether you're asking me whether I just have to state it as a story or whether I can engage them because my my inclination would be to talk about dreaming and to try to get them to Recall dreaming experiences, and to get them to be engaged in participating in their dreaming experiences. So I think that, that's actually a difficult thing to do, it's certainly easier to take a pill to become involved in your dreaming means you have to have some control of your sleep. And then you have to learn how your intentions affect your dreams. And then ultimately, to some extent, you may become lucid in a dream. And then I think you have something to talk about, like, the experience, the psychedelic experience can be like a dream experience. But more or less, it can be more or less controlled. But it's the same sort of feeling that this is real, and I am real, but this doesn't make sense. Right? And often, I don't remember either where, who I was, where I was, or what's going on. And, you know, if a monster comes up in that situation, you can be really stressed out. You know, at the same time, if something like an angel comes up, you can be really inspired. Right, but that would be how I talked about it, like, start. Brandon Handley 51:20 I like it, I like it, right? So a little bit a little bit, kind of like, you know, if you can think about lucid dreaming, and being in a dream state, similar similar phases, I would say. And I guess I'm using the word phase and like, you know, kind of material and bodily fees, mind states, okay. Well, hey, we're at a spot Lincoln, where I usually like to ask a couple different questions. If you're good for it. Yeah. Because basically, Look, man, I look at this podcast a little bit like spiritual speed dating, right? You know, you're gonna be on here, somebody else is tuned in and they're like, well, it is called spiritual dove. They're looking for their next hit. They're looking for the next person to follow, be with and learn from for a little bit. And what can it could be you man, could be you. Lincoln Stoller 52:08 Well, like I'm saying, I'm talking to the culture, part of part of me is just sorry for the culture. That's it? Well, let Brandon Handley 52:15 me ask you a couple of questions here. And I'm gonna call you spiritual basketball. Number one. How does one obtain true peace? Lincoln Stoller 52:27 Damn. I think by not looking for it. I don't think it's, it's like, how do you get rich? You know? What do you go out trying to make money? No, you know, you, peace is redefined. Like rich, like wealth is redefined. So I think you look for your power, and you look for your opportunity. And you have a commitment to yourself. And in that combination, you find peace. And if you combine those things, and you don't find peace, then I think you've got a problem of the combination. Not a lack of opportunity, a Brandon Handley 53:07 little bit like baking a cake, you gotta get the ingredients, right, and the mixtures gotta go on, right? And it's kind of gotta gotta go in a certain order. You also said that this is you brought it up earlier to like, if you go chasing it, it becomes elusive. Lincoln Stoller 53:22 It does. But you know, another thing I harp on is, you got to make mistakes. And they've got to be okay. And maybe even as we said before, fun. Yeah, I mean, some of my greatest, most fun experiences have been wind surfing, when I've wiped out, right wipe outs can be really fun. You know, losing control can be hysterical. And, you know, people are adventure seekers, I think people who are taking psychedelics unless they're, they think they've been promised something, which is probably a bad idea. Have to have a sense of adventure and willingness to yours. It's very mythological. Like, if, if you read, like, I'm reading to my son, he's 11. So here, I've got this thing, some of these fantasy books that have monsters and angels and good and bad guys. And you imagine yourself that it's not a fantasy, that's really the dream you're gonna have, you know, demons, guides. Immortality, hell. If you can navigate that, it's probably going to feel real, something like that. It's going to feel real. I forgot what your question was, but that was my answer. Brandon Handley 54:48 And so that's it was a What was the question? How does one obtain true peace, right? So let's see. What is uh, you know, she's, you probably deal with A number of depressed people, I don't know, why are so many people depressed? Well, I Lincoln Stoller 55:06 don't know, I'm the right one to answer. Of course, I'm not the right one to answer any of these things. But I would guess that it's confusion and struggle and change. I would say the culture is undergoing change. And we as agents of it, are lacking in what we're being directed to do what we're being rewarded for doing. change agents. I mean, they say don't shoot the messenger, we always shoot the messenger. And were the messengers. That's the, that's kind of depressing. So I mean, get over it, you know, Brandon Handley 55:44 you signed up to get shot. Well, Lincoln, really appreciate you being on here today. You've got such a vast, vast wealth of knowledge and experiences. I know we've barely touched on it, where can people come and find out a little bit more about what you have to offer? Lincoln Stoller 56:01 Go to my website at mind, strength balanced.com. All you know, no separations all run together mind strength balanced.com. And sign up for the, you know, the blog. And it's free, it's monthly. And if you want it weekly, you pay a small amount, and you get weekly. And then their books and there's new books coming out. And they're linked on the website. And I I'll talk to anybody for half an hour for nothing. B call the number and give them direction. Brandon Handley 56:32 Nice. Bill, fantastic. I think that's a that's a great, great way to be, you know, offering that time you know, it's the peep. Some people aren't willing to offer that kind of time at all. I know that I've reached out to some people and I've had to pay for the time just to have a conversation right just to see if the conversation was worth having. But hey, everybody, everybody dictates how they want to live their own life. And you're you're doing it to be of service. So Lincoln, thank you again for for your time here today, reaching out and Lincoln Stoller 57:02 you're welcome, Brandon. It's been great. Thanks a lot for the opportunity. Intro Guy 57:08 Really hope you enjoyed this episode of the spiritual dove podcast. Stay connected with us directly through spiritual dove.co. 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For the second installment of Faculty Spotlight, hosts Mark DeLucas and Lauren K. Wolfe sit down with faculty Paige Sweet—writer, writing consultant, literary theorist, and practicing psychoanalyst—for a wide-ranging conversation about the many eclectic aspects of her work, including the unconventional classroom and how it transforms pedagogical practice; what constitutes literary “theft” (from Kathy Acker's Don Quixote to everyone's Emily Dickinson); the self in autotheory and what it means to theorize “from the skin”; the risky business of writing; how politics enter the psychoanalytic clinic; and thinking with queer-of-color performance theorist José Muñoz. If you enjoyed the podcast, keep an eye out for Paige's upcoming BISR course on Autofiction in February.

After a poor night out following a few too many glasses of Prosecco, hosts Dan and Joshua find themselves stuck in the drunk tank only to be released upon recounting the strange affairs of the Man of La Mancha (but specifically Brian Stokes Mitchell's take, because Goulet slurred his words too much.) Hop on your pantomime horse and embrace delusion as our hosts trudge through the blazing hot Spanish deserts and encounter such giant topics as Dave Malloy's Don Quixote, the three-name Mary conspiracy, and Joshua's whole-out extravaganza. Tune in to next week's episode when we discuss Mother Courage and her Children (no we're not fucking kidding); specifically, the pro-shot of the original production's performance from 1957 (no we're not fucking kidding)! Contact us: unccpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @unccpodcast Instagram: @unccpodcast

In the novel Don Quixote, author Miguel de Cervantes writes, By a small sample, we may judge of the whole piece. That, of course, is an early reference to statistics. They're often useful, but sometimes just plain scary. We'll discuss some scary statistics about identity theft today on MoneyWise. The financial information review site Fortunly recently compiled a list of identity theft statistics that should have us all concerned and ready to take steps to guard ourselves against this growing type of fraud. Now, since these stats were drawn from many different sources, some would appear to contradict others, but taken as a whole, they're really eye-opening. ALARMING IDENTITY THEFT NUMBERS To start with, there's a new victim of identity theft every 14 seconds in the U.S. And this would include adults and children. Put another way, about 50-million people become victims of this fraud every year. Identity theft costs Americans well over $50-billion a year. This includes IT professionals who've lost their jobs due to data breaches and consumers who are scammed through direct interaction with thieves, like in phishing emails and telephone fraud. The elderly are more likely to become victims of identity theft, and each year, the Federal Trade Commission receives well over 2 million related complaints a year. Now, this next statistic is really scary: 33% of Americans report they've been the victim of identity theft at least once in their lives. And the U.S. seems to be a world leader in this regard, with numbers higher than other nations like France and Germany. Not surprisingly, credit card fraud is the most likely way you'll be hit by identity theft. is the most common kind of identity theft, with the FTC getting nearly 20,000 complaints a year. Do you spend a lot of time on social media? Users of Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and Instagram are 30% to almost 50% more likely to become victims of identity theft than folks who are not active on social media. Thieves have discovered those apps are a goldmine for collecting personal information on individuals to steal their identity. Most often, thieves use stolen identities to apply for government documents and benefits like with Social Security and filing fraudulent tax returns to get your refund. The next most common use of stolen identities is credit card fraud, followed by banking and utility fraud. Now, could where you live make you more likely to experience identity theft? Apparently so, according to the FTC, which has received nearly 150,000 complaints from California alone. Next in line is Illinois, then Texas, Florida and Georgia in order, rounding out the top five worst states for identity theft. Your age is another determining factor. Millennials, roughly age 20 to 40 years of age, make up more than a third of victims. Folks 60 to 69 make up a far lower percentage of victims, but their losses tend to be much higher when they're scammed. The fastest growing demographic for identity theft seems to be children, with over 1.3 million million of them becoming victims each year. Half of those are aged six or younger, and victims are getting younger all the time. The annual price tag for families suffering child identity theft is well over $500 million. So who's stealing children's identities? Well, it's interesting that only 7% of adults know the person who commits this fraud, but in the case of children, that figure is a whopping 60%. That means children are far more likely to have a family member, or a family acquaintance steal their identity. Here's another scary statistic: Up to 10% of the annual U.S. health budget is lost to identity theft that's about two million cases a year. Medical identity theft is when someone steals or uses your personal information, like your Social Security or Medicare number, to submit fraudulent claims to Medicare and other health insurers without your authorization. And one more statistic: Gift card fraud now amounts to losses around $150 million a year and is trending upward. That's not necessarily identity theft. It's when you're scammed into paying a bill or taxes that you don't owe by using a gift card. So what steps can you take to protect yourself? First, if you're asked to pay for something over the phone or in an email that you didn't initiate, hang up or hit delete. Second, get a copy of all three of your credit reports from Experian, TransUnion and Equifax at AnnualCreditReport.com. Look for accounts or loans that you don't recognize. If you find any, you can dispute them online. Finally, freeze your credit at all three bureaus. You have to do it individually, but it's well worth the effort to protect yourself from identity theft. On today's program, Rob also answers listener questions: ● Is there a way to give charitably out of a 401k and receive a charitable tax deduction? ● What are the limits on the amount you're allowed to contribute to a Roth IRA? ● Does paying off your mortgage affect your credit score? ● What financial steps do you need to take after a spouse passes away? Remember, you can call in to ask your questions most days at (800) 525-7000 or email them to Questions@MoneyWise.org. Also, visit our website at MoneyWise.org where you can connect with a MoneyWise Coach, join the MoneyWise Community, and even download the free MoneyWise app. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1085/29

In the novel Don Quixote, author Miguel de Cervantes writes, By a small sample, we may judge of the whole piece. That, of course, is an early reference to statistics. They're often useful, but sometimes just plain scary. We'll discuss some scary statistics about identity theft today on MoneyWise. The financial information review site Fortunly recently compiled a list of identity theft statistics that should have us all concerned and ready to take steps to guard ourselves against this growing type of fraud. Now, since these stats were drawn from many different sources, some would appear to contradict others, but taken as a whole, they're really eye-opening. ALARMING IDENTITY THEFT NUMBERS To start with, there's a new victim of identity theft every 14 seconds in the U.S. And this would include adults and children. Put another way, about 50-million people become victims of this fraud every year. Identity theft costs Americans well over $50-billion a year. This includes IT professionals who've lost their jobs due to data breaches and consumers who are scammed through direct interaction with thieves, like in phishing emails and telephone fraud. The elderly are more likely to become victims of identity theft, and each year, the Federal Trade Commission receives well over 2 million related complaints a year. Now, this next statistic is really scary: 33% of Americans report they've been the victim of identity theft at least once in their lives. And the U.S. seems to be a world leader in this regard, with numbers higher than other nations like France and Germany. Not surprisingly, credit card fraud is the most likely way you'll be hit by identity theft. is the most common kind of identity theft, with the FTC getting nearly 20,000 complaints a year. Do you spend a lot of time on social media? Users of Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and Instagram are 30% to almost 50% more likely to become victims of identity theft than folks who are not active on social media. Thieves have discovered those apps are a goldmine for collecting personal information on individuals to steal their identity. Most often, thieves use stolen identities to apply for government documents and benefits like with Social Security and filing fraudulent tax returns to get your refund. The next most common use of stolen identities is credit card fraud, followed by banking and utility fraud. Now, could where you live make you more likely to experience identity theft? Apparently so, according to the FTC, which has received nearly 150,000 complaints from California alone. Next in line is Illinois, then Texas, Florida and Georgia in order, rounding out the top five worst states for identity theft. Your age is another determining factor. Millennials, roughly age 20 to 40 years of age, make up more than a third of victims. Folks 60 to 69 make up a far lower percentage of victims, but their losses tend to be much higher when they're scammed. The fastest growing demographic for identity theft seems to be children, with over 1.3 million million of them becoming victims each year. Half of those are aged six or younger, and victims are getting younger all the time. The annual price tag for families suffering child identity theft is well over $500 million. So who's stealing children's identities? Well, it's interesting that only 7% of adults know the person who commits this fraud, but in the case of children, that figure is a whopping 60%. That means children are far more likely to have a family member, or a family acquaintance steal their identity. Here's another scary statistic: Up to 10% of the annual U.S. health budget is lost to identity theft that's about two million cases a year. Medical identity theft is when someone steals or uses your personal information, like your Social Security or Medicare number, to submit fraudulent claims to Medicare and other health insurers without your authorization. And one more statistic: Gift card fraud now amounts to losses around $150 million a year and is trending upward. That's not necessarily identity theft. It's when you're scammed into paying a bill or taxes that you don't owe by using a gift card. So what steps can you take to protect yourself? First, if you're asked to pay for something over the phone or in an email that you didn't initiate, hang up or hit delete. Second, get a copy of all three of your credit reports from Experian, TransUnion and Equifax at AnnualCreditReport.com. Look for accounts or loans that you don't recognize. If you find any, you can dispute them online. Finally, freeze your credit at all three bureaus. You have to do it individually, but it's well worth the effort to protect yourself from identity theft. On today's program, Rob also answers listener questions: ● Is there a way to give charitably out of a 401k and receive a charitable tax deduction? ● What are the limits on the amount you're allowed to contribute to a Roth IRA? ● Does paying off your mortgage affect your credit score? ● What financial steps do you need to take after a spouse passes away? Remember, you can call in to ask your questions most days at (800) 525-7000 or email them to Questions@MoneyWise.org. Also, visit our website at MoneyWise.org where you can connect with a MoneyWise Coach, join the MoneyWise Community, and even download the free MoneyWise app. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1085/29

Are you a Black creative working in theatre? This episode might just be the one you need to hear! This week we are joined by Dani Moseley (Brothers with no Game, Dreaming Whilst Black) and Nicole Sawyerr (East Enders, Boom, Don Quixote) about their experiences as Black actresses in the theatre. They share more about themselves and their aspirations for their careers beyond the theatre whilst discussing how to take up space in places that deny you a seat at the table. If you have an idea for a Dope Black Women podcast episode,if there's a guest you would love to hear on our platform,or would like to take over the podcast, contact Info@DopeBlackWomen.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi, Welcome to the What I've Learnt podcastI am Luke, one of the producers for the show. As a producer I live my work and helping Deborah and our team share so many wonderful stories.From food to fashion and art to music we've got you covered.In this episode, we are highlighting some of our favorite moments from this past October...Featured with in this episode are:Peter & Suparna Cooper:  Peter Cooper from Cooper Investors is one of Australia's most highly regarded investors and has in excess of 30 years market experience and is highly regarded for his passion, integrity and purpose.Suparna Cooper is a force of nature dedicated to wellness at every level facilitating Silent Retreats both in Byron Bay and India and is spearheading the new Be Well community in Melbourne - a hub of wellness warriors determined to give back and honour self care.Natassia Nicoloa: Conserving Beauty, Australia's first water-responsible beauty brand, in 2021. Inspired by her belief that waterless formulas could offer more – both for us and the planet – Natassia set out to create a range of pure, potent beauty products that were completely free from water, to boost efficacy, protect our planet and positively impact the community. Lisa Bolte: She danced with The Australian Ballet Company, 1986-2002, 2005-2007 and was promoted to Principal Artist by the revered Artistic Director, Maina Gielgud in 1993. Highlights with The Australian Ballet have included performing principal roles from the entire classical repertoire including Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Romeo & Juliet, LaSylphide, Raymonda, Don Quixote, Manon, Anna Karenina, Etudes, Copellia, The Merry Widow, Onegin and Theme and Variations.So, sit back, relax and enjoyDeborah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/what.ive.learnt/Mind, Film and Publishing: https://www.mindfilmandpublishing.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/what-ive-learnt/id153556330Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TQjCspxcrSi4yw2YugxBkDeborah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/what.ive.learnt/Mind, Film and Publishing: https://www.mindfilmandpublishing.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/what-ive-learnt/id153556330Spotify: ...

Lisa BolteWho hasn't swooned watching ballets Swan Lake and recently I saw Romeo and Juliet so breathtaking .. now featuring on at The Australian Ballet at The Vic Arts Centre.Lisa Bolte is one of those rare talented people who's life as a Principal Ballet dancer has taken her across the globe.Mesmerising audiences with her stunning and elegant performances she is truly a national treasure.She danced with The Australian Ballet Company, 1986-2002, 2005-2007 and was promoted to Principal Artist by the revered Artistic Director, Maina Gielgud in 1993.Highlights with The Australian Ballet have included performing principal roles from the entire classical repertoire including Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Romeo & Juliet, LaSylphide, Raymonda, Don Quixote, Manon, Anna Karenina, Etudes, Copellia, The Merry Widow, Onegin and Theme and Variations.As a guest artist Lisa performed with Nureyev's Farewell Australian Tour (1991); with The National Ballet of Canada in Swan Lake and The Merry Widow (1994); with The Maryinsky Ballet as Giselle and as Kitri in Don Quixote (1996); with The Royal Danish Ballet as Odette/Odile, Swan Lake (1998); with Queensland Ballet, pas de deux from Edge of Night and Raymonda (2007).In 1998 Lisa was awarded the ‘Mo' award for Best Female Dancer after her performances in Romeo and Juliet. Scholarship winner of the Erik Bruhn Award 1987; the Lissa Black Award 1994; Nominated  for The Dancing Times' ‘Young Dancer of the Year' following The Australian Ballet's performances of The Sleeping Beauty at Covent Garden in London 1988.Assistant to Maina Gielgud, in staging and coaching Giselle for The Boston Ballet.Working in Philanthropy as Patron Manager at The Australian Ballet 2011-2016, the role included leading tours for Renaissance Tours to Tasmania, New York and Houston.Currently she is Southern Chapter Chair of The Australian Ballet Foundation Board.In the years since her retirement as a Principal Artist, Lisa has enjoyed opportunities performing as a Guest Artist with The Australian Ballet, including as the Mother is Maina Gielgud's Giselle, and as the Queen in both Stephen Baynes' Swan Lake and David McAllister's The Sleeping Beauty. She now shares her knowledge learnt through years of being coached by wonderful Artists herself, mentoring full-time ballet students in Melbourne.Deborah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/what.ive.learnt/Mind, Film and Publishing: https://www.mindfilmandpublishing.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/what-ive-learnt/id153556330Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TQjCspxcrSi4yw2YugxBkDeborah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/what.ive.learnt/Mind, Film and Publishing: https://www.mindfilmandpublishing.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/what-ive-learnt/id153556330Spotify: ...

The Fringe is not just a recruiting vehicle for Live at the Apollo, there's more to comedy, more to the fringe, than that. You can have theatrical performances that bring the art of clowning and farce to the stage alongside pathos and examination of the human condition. In 2014, Little Soldier Productions brought its first production to the Fringe, the aforementioned Don Quixote show, which took massive liberties with the story, twisted reality and fantasy, and ignored any semblance of structure… in other words did a Don Quixote to the classic Don Quixote structure. And it paid off. At the Fringe, it was awarded The Stage's Award for Acting Excellence, and since then it has seen over 130 performances in 5 different countries. Little Soldier has gone on online talks, presentations, workshops, and five more shows, including “Nothing Happens (Twice)” which graced the stage at London's Soho Theatre this summer. Once the podcast team stumbled over the show, we couldn't wait to get everyone from the show into the studio and on to the podcast. In 2014 we were broadcasting live on community radio as well as publishing the podcast, which meant rather more energy in the room from myself and co-host Dan Lentell from the Edinburgh49 website. So let's go back to the Zoo Southside, to the cellar of the Zoo, in 2014, and find a tiny windmill from Little Soldier's “The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha”.

On episode 200 (!!!) Cristina Fernandez makes her first appearance on the show to talk about "Daylight" off of Phone Power. We discuss Don Quixote, hear a duo performance of the song, and get a percussion question answered by Flans.

Can the Church Save Marriage? Matrimony rates are in decline, even among conservative Christians. Here's what that means for the future. Guest- Mark Regnerus is a professor of sociology at the University of Texas at Austin and co-founder of the Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture. His new book, The Future of Christian Marriage (Oxford University Press), releases on September 1. Christianity & the Arts ... GUEST Tim Hartman, native Pittsburgher, & has been professionally acting, singing, writing, cartooning & storytelling since '82 ... Tho known primarily for his work on the stage, (Broadway in 'A Tale of 2 Cities' & the Tony-nominated 'Finian's Rainbow) Tim's favorite job is telling stories to children & family audiences for the Children's Museum of Pgh, where it is estimated he has performed for over 2 million children over a 40-yr period ... Other favorite roles include CS Lewis in the Pgh premier of ‘Shadowlands,' Don Quixote in ‘The Man of La Mancha,' & Daddy Warbucks in ‘Annie' ...  Film roles include ‘Silence of the Lambs,' ‘The Mothman Prophecies,' ‘The Mysteries of Pittsburgh,' & ‘The Fault in our Stars' w/ Laura Dern & Willem DeFoe ...Tim is also an award-winning cartoonist, w/ work in magazines, books & newspapers across America.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I dislike myself intensely when I am fighting. As we experience classic RP Games, we're being infiltrated by a spy, realizing it's not just a drill, rejecting breakfast and surrender, failing an execution, contriving subterfuge, applying a ruse, invading a castle, resting on a guy, busting our boys out of jail, auto-joining man servants, calling upon the city states of Jowston, forcing Kasim into non-violence, utilizing a narcissist, citing Don Quixote's influence, and telling Mathiu his ideas are impossible. I don't mind, but do you really trust me? 00:00 Gun Circle | 02:33 Intro | 05:09 The Mathiu Trust Initiative | 09:10 Maneuvers Site | 10:25 Griffith's Folly | 15:50 Mathiu's Feint | 18:32 The Chewbacca Plan | 21:12 Moravia Castle | 29:31 Kasim Hazil | 40:58 Vincent de Boule | 46:49 Maximillian | 51:54 Mathiu's Boat Plan | 54:46 Real Net | 01:00:29 Outro Get more Retrograde Amnesia: Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroam. Join the community and get bonus episodes, miniseries, and access to the RealNet. For a complete list of our bonus material, check out content.retrogradeamnesia.com.  Twitter: @retroamnesiapod E-Mail: podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com

Paul Roquet is an MIT associate professor in media studies and Japan studies; his earlier work includes Ambient Media. It was his recent mind-bending The Immersive Enclosure that prompted John and Elizabeth to invite him to discuss the history of "head-mounted media" and the perceptual implications of virtual reality. Paul Elizabeth and John discuss the appeal of leaving actuality aside and how the desire to shut off immediate surroundings shapes VR's rollout in Japan. The discussion covers perceptual scale-change as part of VR's appeal--is that true of earlier artwork as well? They explore moral panic in Japan and America, recap the history of early VR headset adapters on trains and compare various Japanese words for "virtual" and their antonyms. Paul wonders if the ephemerality of the views glimpsed in a rock garden served as guiding paradigm for how VR is experienced. Mentioned in the episode Yoshikazu Nango, "A new form of 'solitary space'...." (2021) Haruki Murakami's detailed fictional worlds of the 1980's onwards: real-feeling yet not actual history. Walter Scott's Waverley novels: can we also understand the novel as an immersive machine that leaves readers half in their actual world? Lewis Carrol's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865), with its interplay between enclosure and expansion, and its shrinking/expanding motif) Ian Bogost on e-readers C S Lewis's wardrobe as portal in The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950) Lukacs focuses on the dizzying and transformative scale in Naturalism in "Narrate or Describe?" (1936) Wearable heart monitors as feedback machines for watching scary movies. The pre-history of Pokemon Go is various games played by early users of VR headsets on trains. Sword Art Online is a breakout popular example of Japanese stories of players trapped inside a game-world Thomas Boellstroff, Coming of Age in Second Life We Met in Virtual Reality Neil Stephenson's Snow Crash (1992) coined the concept of the metaverse. Recallable Books Madeline L'Engle The Wind in the Door (1973). Cervantes, Don Quixote (1606/1615) Futari Okajima Klein Bottle (1989) Collections such as Immersed in Technology, Future Visions, Virtual Realities and their Discontents; also, other early VR criticism of the 1990s including early feminist critique, scattered across journals in the early to mid 1990s . Paul feels someone should put together those germane articles into a new collection. Read the transcript here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

Paul Roquet is an MIT associate professor in media studies and Japan studies; his earlier work includes Ambient Media. It was his recent mind-bending The Immersive Enclosure that prompted John and Elizabeth to invite him to discuss the history of "head-mounted media" and the perceptual implications of virtual reality. Paul Elizabeth and John discuss the appeal of leaving actuality aside and how the desire to shut off immediate surroundings shapes VR's rollout in Japan. The discussion covers perceptual scale-change as part of VR's appeal--is that true of earlier artwork as well? They explore moral panic in Japan and America, recap the history of early VR headset adapters on trains and compare various Japanese words for "virtual" and their antonyms. Paul wonders if the ephemerality of the views glimpsed in a rock garden served as guiding paradigm for how VR is experienced. Mentioned in the episode Yoshikazu Nango, "A new form of 'solitary space'...." (2021) Haruki Murakami's detailed fictional worlds of the 1980's onwards: real-feeling yet not actual history. Walter Scott's Waverley novels: can we also understand the novel as an immersive machine that leaves readers half in their actual world? Lewis Carrol's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865), with its interplay between enclosure and expansion, and its shrinking/expanding motif) Ian Bogost on e-readers C S Lewis's wardrobe as portal in The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950) Lukacs focuses on the dizzying and transformative scale in Naturalism in "Narrate or Describe?" (1936) Wearable heart monitors as feedback machines for watching scary movies. The pre-history of Pokemon Go is various games played by early users of VR headsets on trains. Sword Art Online is a breakout popular example of Japanese stories of players trapped inside a game-world Thomas Boellstroff, Coming of Age in Second Life We Met in Virtual Reality Neil Stephenson's Snow Crash (1992) coined the concept of the metaverse. Recallable Books Madeline L'Engle The Wind in the Door (1973). Cervantes, Don Quixote (1606/1615) Futari Okajima Klein Bottle (1989) Collections such as Immersed in Technology, Future Visions, Virtual Realities and their Discontents; also, other early VR criticism of the 1990s including early feminist critique, scattered across journals in the early to mid 1990s . Paul feels someone should put together those germane articles into a new collection. Read the transcript here. 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

Paul Roquet is an MIT associate professor in media studies and Japan studies; his earlier work includes Ambient Media. It was his recent mind-bending The Immersive Enclosure that prompted John and Elizabeth to invite him to discuss the history of "head-mounted media" and the perceptual implications of virtual reality. Paul Elizabeth and John discuss the appeal of leaving actuality aside and how the desire to shut off immediate surroundings shapes VR's rollout in Japan. The discussion covers perceptual scale-change as part of VR's appeal--is that true of earlier artwork as well? They explore moral panic in Japan and America, recap the history of early VR headset adapters on trains and compare various Japanese words for "virtual" and their antonyms. Paul wonders if the ephemerality of the views glimpsed in a rock garden served as guiding paradigm for how VR is experienced. Mentioned in the episode Yoshikazu Nango, "A new form of 'solitary space'...." (2021) Haruki Murakami's detailed fictional worlds of the 1980's onwards: real-feeling yet not actual history. Walter Scott's Waverley novels: can we also understand the novel as an immersive machine that leaves readers half in their actual world? Lewis Carrol's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865), with its interplay between enclosure and expansion, and its shrinking/expanding motif) Ian Bogost on e-readers C S Lewis's wardrobe as portal in The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950) Lukacs focuses on the dizzying and transformative scale in Naturalism in "Narrate or Describe?" (1936) Wearable heart monitors as feedback machines for watching scary movies. The pre-history of Pokemon Go is various games played by early users of VR headsets on trains. Sword Art Online is a breakout popular example of Japanese stories of players trapped inside a game-world Thomas Boellstroff, Coming of Age in Second Life We Met in Virtual Reality Neil Stephenson's Snow Crash (1992) coined the concept of the metaverse. Recallable Books Madeline L'Engle The Wind in the Door (1973). Cervantes, Don Quixote (1606/1615) Futari Okajima Klein Bottle (1989) Collections such as Immersed in Technology, Future Visions, Virtual Realities and their Discontents; also, other early VR criticism of the 1990s including early feminist critique, scattered across journals in the early to mid 1990s . Paul feels someone should put together those germane articles into a new collection. Read the transcript 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

Paul Roquet is an MIT associate professor in media studies and Japan studies; his earlier work includes Ambient Media. It was his recent mind-bending The Immersive Enclosure that prompted John and Elizabeth to invite him to discuss the history of "head-mounted media" and the perceptual implications of virtual reality. Paul Elizabeth and John discuss the appeal of leaving actuality aside and how the desire to shut off immediate surroundings shapes VR's rollout in Japan. The discussion covers perceptual scale-change as part of VR's appeal--is that true of earlier artwork as well? They explore moral panic in Japan and America, recap the history of early VR headset adapters on trains and compare various Japanese words for "virtual" and their antonyms. Paul wonders if the ephemerality of the views glimpsed in a rock garden served as guiding paradigm for how VR is experienced. Mentioned in the episode Yoshikazu Nango, "A new form of 'solitary space'...." (2021) Haruki Murakami's detailed fictional worlds of the 1980's onwards: real-feeling yet not actual history. Walter Scott's Waverley novels: can we also understand the novel as an immersive machine that leaves readers half in their actual world? Lewis Carrol's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865), with its interplay between enclosure and expansion, and its shrinking/expanding motif) Ian Bogost on e-readers C S Lewis's wardrobe as portal in The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950) Lukacs focuses on the dizzying and transformative scale in Naturalism in "Narrate or Describe?" (1936) Wearable heart monitors as feedback machines for watching scary movies. The pre-history of Pokemon Go is various games played by early users of VR headsets on trains. Sword Art Online is a breakout popular example of Japanese stories of players trapped inside a game-world Thomas Boellstroff, Coming of Age in Second Life We Met in Virtual Reality Neil Stephenson's Snow Crash (1992) coined the concept of the metaverse. Recallable Books Madeline L'Engle The Wind in the Door (1973). Cervantes, Don Quixote (1606/1615) Futari Okajima Klein Bottle (1989) Collections such as Immersed in Technology, Future Visions, Virtual Realities and their Discontents; also, other early VR criticism of the 1990s including early feminist critique, scattered across journals in the early to mid 1990s . Paul feels someone should put together those germane articles into a new collection. Read the transcript here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paul Roquet is an MIT associate professor in media studies and Japan studies; his earlier work includes Ambient Media. It was his recent mind-bending The Immersive Enclosure that prompted John and Elizabeth to invite him to discuss the history of "head-mounted media" and the perceptual implications of virtual reality. Paul Elizabeth and John discuss the appeal of leaving actuality aside and how the desire to shut off immediate surroundings shapes VR's rollout in Japan. The discussion covers perceptual scale-change as part of VR's appeal--is that true of earlier artwork as well? They explore moral panic in Japan and America, recap the history of early VR headset adapters on trains and compare various Japanese words for "virtual" and their antonyms. Paul wonders if the ephemerality of the views glimpsed in a rock garden served as guiding paradigm for how VR is experienced. Mentioned in the episode Yoshikazu Nango, "A new form of 'solitary space'...." (2021) Haruki Murakami's detailed fictional worlds of the 1980's onwards: real-feeling yet not actual history. Walter Scott's Waverley novels: can we also understand the novel as an immersive machine that leaves readers half in their actual world? Lewis Carrol's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865), with its interplay between enclosure and expansion, and its shrinking/expanding motif) Ian Bogost on e-readers C S Lewis's wardrobe as portal in The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950) Lukacs focuses on the dizzying and transformative scale in Naturalism in "Narrate or Describe?" (1936) Wearable heart monitors as feedback machines for watching scary movies. The pre-history of Pokemon Go is various games played by early users of VR headsets on trains. Sword Art Online is a breakout popular example of Japanese stories of players trapped inside a game-world Thomas Boellstroff, Coming of Age in Second Life We Met in Virtual Reality Neil Stephenson's Snow Crash (1992) coined the concept of the metaverse. Recallable Books Madeline L'Engle The Wind in the Door (1973). Cervantes, Don Quixote (1606/1615) Futari Okajima Klein Bottle (1989) Collections such as Immersed in Technology, Future Visions, Virtual Realities and their Discontents; also, other early VR criticism of the 1990s including early feminist critique, scattered across journals in the early to mid 1990s . Paul feels someone should put together those germane articles into a new collection. Read the transcript here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-fiction

As the author of what is generally considered the first and perhaps greatest novel of the modern era, Miguel de Cervantes and his masterpiece Don Quixote belongs on every shelf. But as two scholars point out in their new book, What Would Cervantes Do? Navigating Post-Truth with Spanish Baroque Literature the lessons to be learned from Cervantes go beyond issues of plot and character. In this episode, Jacke talks to Professor David Castillo and Professor William Egginton about using the example of Cervantes to better understand the role that the humanities can play in dissecting and combatting the forces of disinformation. Additional listening suggestions: 329 Miguel de Cervantes Jorge Luis Borges 314 Gabriel García Márquez (with Patricia Engel) Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/shop. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at www.thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this episode in our Patreon-exclusive series on Franz Kafka's The Trial, we're joined by Martin Kessler to discuss unfinished masterpieces, over-finished masterpieces, post-humous puzzles, re-edits, rejiggerings, and all manner of ways in which the “completeness” of a masterpiece can remain unresolved. Naturally, Kafka's work leads the way in the discussion, but quickly turns to artworks ranging from the various film versions of Don Quixote to Bizet's Carmen to Blade Runner, The Confessions of Felix Krull, Zulawski's On the Silver Globe, German's It's Hard to be a God, Billy Budd and The Good Soldier Schweik. Support our Patreon:
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“I already had a kind of Don Quixote set up in mind. And so I was like, Wouldn't it be funny if Arthur was the sort of Sancho Panza in this? I'll just barely touch on it and see where it goes. And I thought he needs someone totally full of himself to shake him up…” Readers fell in love with Arthur Less — and Andrew Sean Greer took home a Pulitzer Prize for Less, the novel that introduced us to Arthur. Andrew joins us on the show to talk about his new novel, the not-really-a-sequel, Less Is Lost, turning tragedy into comedy, rewrites, what scares him as a writer, his literary influences, the writing advice that he still relies on and much more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. And we finish this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Becky.   Featured Books (Episode): Less (winner of the Pulitzer Prize) by Andrew Sean Greer The Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer  The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells by Andrew Sean Greer Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer Chéri by Colette Don Quixote by Cervantes A Boy's Own Life by Edmund White Travels with My Aunt by Graham Greene Moby Dick by Herman Melville   Featured Books (TBR Topoff): A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood Bucky F*cking Dent by David Duchovny   Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).   A full transcript of this episode is available here.

Discover the new take on Don Quixote and War of the Worlds. What would have happened if aliens invaded medieval Spain? Well, now Humanity has an unlikely defender in Don Quixote in this action-packed tale of Aliens vs. Knights. This is the premise behind writer Tom Pinchuk's exciting new comic Class of the Classics Tom has worked on Cartoon Network's Ben 10 and Mattel's Max Steel while also crafting mature audience comics for Heavy Metal Magazine, among others. Tom has also written for television, comics, and everything in between. Pick up your own copy of Clash of the Classics by clicking HERE, I highly encourage you to order a copy of this outstanding comic, and support its creators! You can follow Tom on Twitter, Facebook and read his newsletter The Chuk Chronicles --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/under-the-lens/support

Today on Boston Public Radio we're on tape, bringing you some of our favorite conversations from recent years: We begin today's on-tape show by revisiting the state auditor candidates' debate on Greater Boston, with Democratic candidates – State senator Diana DiZoglio and transportation advocate, Chris Dempsey. Mona Haydar and Sebastian Robins talk about their PBS series, “The Great Muslim American Road Trip.” ESPN's Howard Bryant discusses the life and legacy of Celtics great Bill Russell. We replay a 2018 conversation with author Salman Rushdie on his modern day Don Quixote, “Quichotte.” Boston Globe reporter Billy Baker shares his experiences making new friends as an adult in his memoir, “We Need to Hang Out: A Memoir of Making Friends." Behavioral economist Michael Norton shares his latest research on friendship and human behavior.

Louise and Virginia conclude their dive into Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes in this Book Club episode. They discuss Part 2 of Don Quixote, published over 10 years after Part 1, after an imposter had published a fake sequel. Virginia and Louise discuss several characters, the infamous cave scene and much more .

Louise and Virginia dive into Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes in this Book Club episode. They discuss Part 1 of Don Quixote, first published in Spain in 1605 and regarded as the first modern novel. The conversation covers madness, quests, Shakespeare, naval battles, fools, heroes and the role of the sidekick.