Podcast appearances and mentions of Isaac Marion

Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show.IN THIS EPISODE: The story was written as a serial, published one chapter at a time from October 1921 to June 1922 in the amateur publication Home Brew. And because it was written during this time, you will hear language not considered politically correct today – particularly that of words used to describe people of color. But as I have done in the past, I am leaving it all intact to preserve the author's words in their original form, and so we never forget our sometimes horrible history.SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…BOOK: “Re-Animator: Tales of Herbert West” by H.P. Lovecraft: https://amzn.to/3Oc1V2sBOOK: “Warm Bodies” by Isaac Marion: https://amzn.to/44UWEneWeird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. = = = = =(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2024, Weird Darkness.= = = = =Originally aired: August 03, 2023CUSTOM LANDING PAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/reanimator

Based on Isaac Marion's novel of the same name, Warm Bodies is a romance-comedy-action mashup that tells the story of Romeo and Juliet set in a zombie apocalypse. Listen as Sharee and Audrey break down the movie's themes in this belated Valentine's Day episode.

Check out the other podcasts I host at https://weirddarkness.com/links. PLEASE SHARE THIS EPISODE in your social media so others who loves strange and macabre stories can listen too!IN THIS EPISODE: The story was written as a serial, published one chapter at a time from October 1921 to June 1922 in the amateur publication Home Brew. And because it was written during this time, you will hear language not considered politically correct today – particularly that of words used to describe people of color. But as I have done in the past, I am leaving it all intact to preserve the author's words in their original form, and so we never forget our sometimes horrible history. SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…BOOK: “Re-Animator: Tales of Herbert West” by H.P. Lovecraft: https://amzn.to/3Oc1V2s BOOK: “Warm Bodies” by Isaac Marion: https://amzn.to/44UWEne Visit our Sponsors & Friends: https://weirddarkness.com/sponsors Join the Weird Darkness Syndicate: https://weirddarkness.com//syndicate Advertise in the Weird Darkness podcast or syndicated radio show: https://weirddarkness.com/advertise= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. Background music provided by Alibi Music Library, EpidemicSound and/or StoryBlocks with paid license. Music from Shadows Symphony (https://tinyurl.com/yyrv987t), Midnight Syndicate (http://amzn.to/2BYCoXZ) Kevin MacLeod (https://tinyurl.com/y2v7fgbu), Tony Longworth (https://tinyurl.com/y2nhnbt7), and Nicolas Gasparini (https://tinyurl.com/lnqpfs8) is used with permission of the artists.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =OTHER PODCASTS I HOST…Paranormality Magazine: (COMING SOON!) https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/paranormalitymagMicro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/microterrorsRetro Radio – Old Time Radio In The Dark: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/retroradioChurch of the Undead: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/churchoftheundead= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2023, Weird Darkness.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =TRANSCRIPT: https://weirddarkness.com/archives/16476This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3655291/advertisement

On this episode of the Dance Cry Dance Break, we open with “Wrong World,” a new original story by New York Times bestselling author of the Warm Bodies series Isaac Marion followed by refuge, the debut album available only on the Dance Cry Dance Break from Seattle duo Quand il Pleut.Wrong World by Isaac MarionBeth sits alone in a cafe she's never seen before, sipping pale yellow coffee that tastes like cherry juice, watching impossibly fat rain hammer the pink pavement, diligently straining to learn about this world she's fallen into. Her laptop sits in front of her, but the internet is still too overwhelming. It was overwhelming even where she came from, but here, without any context to shape its flood of information, it might as well be pure noise. She prefers to learn slowly by looking and listening, a few revelations at a time.“Did you hear about Maxico?”“Yeah but I don't get it. Why would Maxico attack Colomdia? Weren't they allies in the Pedro Bank war?”“All about that lithium, baby.”Beth finds eavesdropping to be the most manageable method. A drip feed of information slow enough to seep in without drowning her. The best way to learn a language is immersion. She struggled with Spanish for years until she spent a few months in Mexico—which is apparently now “Maxico,” which has apparently always been “Maxico” and she somehow had it wrong her whole life. So she immerses herself in what used to be her own language, her own country and culture, now altered in so many ways she might as well start from scratch here in the Unified States of Anerica.“Sorry, do you have cow's milk by any chance? I'm allergic to dandelion.”“He says he's more of a cat person, doesn't really like raccoons, is that a red flag?”“Should we do Greenland for winter break? Soak up some darkness?”She scribbles lists in her journal of things she doesn't understand, things to research further when she's a little less overwhelmed. But some questions resist research. The social norms and unwritten laws.“Of course they're closing the beach, Beth, four people drowned this year.”“What do you mean ‘why are we freaking out'? Malaysia put trade sanctions on Brunei, it's called ‘global conflict,' Beth.”“You're going on a walk without a sunscreen rubdown? That's ten minutes closer to cancer.”Sometimes the facts are familiar and it's only the context that's shifted, the mutual understanding of normality which has suddenly ceased to be mutual. Other times it's the facts themselves, a sudden onslaught of unbelievable statistics and rattling confrontations.“You kissed someone without a mouth screen? That's a one in four chance of syphilis, Beth.”“Beth, you should never stop for gas alone, the average gas station has a hundred kidnappings per year.”“You really don't have asteroid insurance? We get two hundred house strikes a month in this state.”That can't be right, she finds herself saying again and again. She's never heard of that. She could have sworn.But she's never completely sure. Did everything really change, or was she always wrong? Had she been misspelling “Anerica” all her life? Undervaluing all the dangers around her? Was she simply that uninformed?“Did you see what Mackie tweeted about AOP?”“Oh my God, so messed up, right? That one's going straight to the Pound.”Beth doesn't recognize most of the names she overhears. Politicians? Pop stars? Both? A quick google would slot them into the puzzle, but it's a puzzle with no edges, ever-expanding—fill in one section and another one spills off the table.“Is the Pound even still a thing?”“It is as long as Tertia's on the Desiccant train.”“Ha! Fair enough.”Sometimes the references are so thick, Beth can't follow a single word. Is it just her age? Did she fall into a foreign universe the moment she turned forty? She sneaks a glance at the two women chattering incomprehensibly at the nearby table. Their eyes are shrewd, their conversation sharp, their rejoinders instantaneous, everything about them snaps—and they're in their mid-fifties.No, this is not just aging. This is not the natural withering of her cultural umbilicus as she drifts out from the heartbeat of humanity. Something happened. This is not the same world. She looks out the window for her daily confirmation: those surreal clouds branching across the sky in complex fractal patterns, dumping hurricane torrents of rain that no one but her finds notable.“Seems pretty typical for Febrewary,” the barista replies when she remarks on it—that unexpected voicing of the silent “r,” and the usual confused squint. “The street pumps are keeping up with it, but I hope you brought your body bubble!”Beth did not bring a body bubble. But she spots dozens of people who did–calm and dry inside clear plastic umbrellas that extend all the way to their feet– as she sprints across the parking lot, screaming through her teeth while the rain blasts into her like buckshot. She gets in her car—right hand drive in the USA—and drives home, her heart pounding as she hurtles down the “wrong” side of the road while the rain covers the windshield like gel and blurs the world into abstraction.“Beth, this copy for the luggage…what is ‘that's how we roll'? Did you mean ‘that's the way the wheel spins'? What is ‘vive revolution'? Is that even Anglo?”Her eyes glisten in the lunar glow of her laptop as she skims confused emails from co-workers and friends. It won't be long before she loses her job. Even something as sterile as copywriting requires basic cultural literacy, and her editor is almost done with her. Everyone else might be too.“Beth, how do you not know this?”“Beth, that's really not okay.”“Beth, what are you even talking about?”For a while—three months? Six? How long has she been here now?—her friends tried to bridge the gap. They tried to be patient and understand what was happening to her, but she had no explanation to offer them. And after enough awkward moments, accidental offenses, and baffling displays of ignorance, they have begun to pull back from her. Or she's pulled back from them. Or the space between them has simply grown with the expansion of the universe, everything further away without ever moving at all.She shuts her laptop and sits in the dark. She doesn't turn the lights on in her apartment anymore because she doesn't like to look at the wrongness. The hardwood floors are now vinyl, the walls a cold green she knows she would never have chosen, her bookshelf full of books she's never read and can't imagine buying, her family photos replaced with generic landscapes. Her home feels fake, like a set built by her captors in an attempt to keep her calm. But of course she has nothing so comforting as captors. No one to beg or scream at. Her prison is unlocked and unguarded, and that's why she can't escape.How? When? Why?She has spent many sleepless nights scraping at these questions, searching every crevice for a single grain of explanation for her presence on this offset Earth. But the event left no clues. There was no flash of light, no stepping through a portal onto bubblegum streets under fractal skies. Nothing disappeared or rearranged before her eyes. The sidewalks were normal, and then there were some pink ones, repaved in her absence, and then a few more, and the internet insisted this had been standard since 2015, a cost-effective polymer that will replace everything by 2030, and then a storm brought the strange clouds, and everyone said oh look, fractalnimbus clouds, a rare phenomenon, but known.She couldn't pin it down. She couldn't point and scream, “There! You all saw that!” Everything happened behind her, or just outside her periphery, or while she slept or blinked. Her arrival was a gradual noticing, a mental list of wrongness that accumulated week after week until she had no choice but to acknowledge it. And by then it was too late to trace.She is beginning to accept that this will never make sense. She is an electron around an atom in a molecule of a dust speck on a gear in the engine of the cosmos, and she has no reason to expect explanations as she spins through its infinite machinery. Things will simply happen.There is only one question she might answer. She asks it again as she falls into bed without ever turning on the lights: What will she do?Will she settle here? Will she attempt to make a home in this damp, dark country? Will she keep listening and learning and smiling and nodding until she can pass herself off as a native? Laugh at jokes she doesn't understand, accept assumptions she doesn't find self-evident, find some non-cultural job on the fringes—pouring pink pavement, perhaps—make just enough money to survive the new horrors, and quietly disappear into a world that isn't hers?At 5:00 AM, as the horizon is just starting to glow, she climbs out of bed and starts packing. A change of clothes. A little food. A sleeping bag and a tent. She packs as if for a weekend campout, but when she shuts the door behind her with wet and burning eyes, she understands that she won't be coming back.She spends her first night curled in her car. Her second in her tent in a forest of blue-barked trees. Her third in a motel on the coast of the “Nevada Sea.” Her fourth on a desert plateau buffeted by icy winds under a moon that's much smaller than she remembers.She has decided she will not be an immigrant. She will be an explorer. She won't spend her life straining to belong, begging for a corner of comfort on this hostile foreign continent. She will roam it with the wonder and horror it deserves. She will discover it. And when her supplies run out, when she's sold her car and computer and peeled herself down to the skin, she will continue on foot and naked until she finally starves or freezes, and that will be an answer to her questions.She will accept that answer. Not gladly—she had lovelier plans for her life in the sweet, simple world she came from, and she allows herself fair bitterness for her unfathomable cosmic kidnapping—but she will accept it. She will cling to the cold thrill of discovery for as long as she possibly can. And if this world proves uninhabitable, she will discover that too. She will note it all down in her journals, and she will leave it for the explorers who find her. Maybe they will understand.   The album on today's show was written, produced, and performed by Natalie Bayne and Matt Badger, mixed by Natalie Bayne, mastered by Rachel Field at Resonant Mastering. String arrangement and additional production by John Sinclair and Phillip Thorpe-Evans, live drum recording by Nic Danielson.The Dance Cry Dance Break is written and produced by Natalie Bayne and recorded and edited by Moe Provencher. Our stories are edited by Timaree Marston.Theme music is Red Lines, by Dance Cry Dance Records artist Tiny Tiny. Dance Cry Dance is an arts collective in Seattle, WA. Paid subscriptions support our artists and writers.  This is a public episode. 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This episode is also available as a blog post: https://darsword.wordpress.com/2023/03/21/review-the-burning-world-by-isaac-marion/

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://darsword.wordpress.com/2023/03/01/review-warm-bodies-by-isaac-marion/

Perhaps you've seen it on Tumblr, Reddit, or Know Your Meme: a photo of one of Bloodworks' old donation buses, zoomed in a few times, with a darkly funny caption. It came out in 2016 but still resurfaces today. We talked with meme creator Isaac Marion (who, by the way, is also a best-selling author) to get the story. The meme: https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1068182-stock-photographyMore about Isaac: https://isaacmarion.com/

SKIP TO 9 MINUTES TO AVOID DISCUSSIONS OF BODILY FLUIDS Emi & Serra reveal just how little alcohol they consume in the third episode of their series on Isaac Marion's Warm Bodies. Follow us on Twitter @litmasterspod, Emi is @EmOfManyNames, Serra is @sarahswilton!

Serra & Emi deep dive on zombies' hobbies and being unable to visualize things in their second episode on Isaac Marion's Warm Bodies! Follow us on Twitter @litmasterspod, Emi is @EmOfManyNames and Serra is @sarahswilton!

Serra & Emi discuss life, death, and butt hair in this first installment of their series on Isaac Marion's Warm Bodies. Follow us on Twitter @litmasterspod, Emi is @EmOfManyNames, Serra is @sarahswilton!

Next week, Friday, May 27, 2022—exclusively for subscribers of The Break—the world premiere of refuge, the new album from Seattle art-rock duo quand il pleut. This special release includes a story by Isaac Marion, author of the New York Times bestselling Warm Bodies series and the upcoming novel, The Overnoise, plus a bonus conversation between artists and writer, Subscribe below to hear the full album next week! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit break.dancecrydance.com/subscribe

Its close to Valentine's Day and for this week's episode of Adam Analyzes, I decided to watch the 2013 Jonathan Levine directed, Warm Bodies. Based on the New York Times best-selling novel by Isaac Marion, this zombie flick just so happens to be a romantic comedy. Warm Bodies also sadly is a PG-13 film , which means that while its horror, its nearly completely free of blood and gore. Have a listen and find out if this is one you should watch on Valentine's Day with your favorite Valentine! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/adamanalyzes/support

This week on Every Rom Com we’re finishing our Horror Rom Com series with the zombie rom com “Warm Bodies”, starring Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer. We’ll discuss what we found unbelievable, what we found relatable, the scenes that made us laugh, and the scenes that warmed our hearts. Then later in the episode we decide whether we’d date a zombie and play a few hysterical rounds of “F Marry Kill: Monster Edition.” Join us for a final round of Halloween fun as we “exhume” this 2013 horror rom com classic! 0:00-6:25 Introduction, What Are Your Favorite Zombie Movies? 6:25-12:24 Trailer, Basic Info, Interesting Facts 12:24-22:55 Cast & Crew In-Depth For more on author Isaac Marion visit www.isaacmarion.com 22:55-28:25 General Opinion, “In Love With a Zombie” Movies 28:25-40:51 Opening Scenes 40:51-48:23 R Meets Julie 48:23-1:02:21 Return to the Airport, Escape Attempt, What’s R’s Name? 1:02:21-1:17:58 Killing Time at the Airport, It’s a Montage!, Shelter From the Storm, Julie’s Second Crappy Escape Attempt, Boneys: Books to Movie Comparison, The Turning Point 1:17:58 SPOILERS BEGIN 1:17:58-1:29:39 R & Julie Escape Together, At the Abandoned House, R’s Dream, Meanwhile Back at the Airport 1:29:39-1:46:02 Julie Leaves R, R Meets M and the Zombies on the Road, R Comes to Julie, R’s Makeover 1:46:02-2:00:09 The Final Showdown, The Resolution 2:00:09-2:15:04 Would You Be Capable of Falling in Love With a Zombie Like R?, Fuck Marry Kill: Monster Edition 2:15:04-2:19:19 Favorite Scenes 2:19:19-2:26:49 Double Feature Recommendations

It's Spooky Szn, and to pay homage to the time of Samhain, we are covering Warm Bodies, a novel by Isaac Marion and a 2013 movie starring Nicholas Hoult. This book definitely hit the ladies right in the feels: beautifully written, great pacing, and extremely eloquent. The zombie apocalypse has never sounded so good. The accompanying film proved to be a fairly decent adaptation of the source material with two thumbs up all around from the ladies. You can find Warm Bodies (the novel) here and the film is currently screening online with a HBO Max subscription. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chicklitbookclubpodcast/support

This week, Vicky and Joe abandon the planned podcast and talk about something else instead: the stories we tell ourselves. Why we think and believe what we do, why we make snap judgements that we're not proud of, how to stay up to date with what's going on in the world, and how we try to be better people than we were yesterday. There's a little bit of talk-therapy going on, and a special appearance by Whiskey the little grey cat. Enjoy!   Key Takeaways: [3:00] Vicky and Joe talk about their impression of Nassim Necolas Taleb, the author of the book Antifragile.      [5:15] Vicky sees her parents getting older and having difficulty moving, which makes her strive to get a healthy body. [7:00] Small businesses individually are fragile, because most of them fail. However, the whole small business community is very antifragile because they learn from each other's mistakes. [9:15] Joe talks about her parents being left behind by technology and wonders how difficult it would be for him and his wife Vicky after 40 years.  [13:00] Vicky shares the reason why she didn't have a scale in her house. [14:15] We need to examine how we react to things and the judgments we make. [15:00] Why is diversity training not useful in many cases? [16:00] Vicky is frustrated with how people do not seem to be kind enough to others. [17:30] Misunderstanding feminism prevents us from showing what we really feel. It's hurting not just one person, but everybody. [19:00] Vicky's perception of how much a person should weigh is due to how she was raised by her mother. [21:15] It is so hard for people to change their minds in terms of religion or vaccination, because they don't base it on facts but on beliefs. [23:50] You'll never achieve your goal by putting limits on yourself to do things subconsciously, and not do the things that need you to get there.  [27:40] Always try to be a better human being and be kind.   Mentioned in This Episode: Website Creative Book Coaching Join Vicky's Power Hour Join Vicky's Masterclass Buy Vicky's Book That's What She Said: Tales of Business Success from Women Just like You by Vicky Fraser Banish the Blank Page of Doom Fast Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, and Overcast Email Vicky: vicky@vickyfraser.com Ambercouch.co.uk Warm Bodies A Novel by Isaac Marion  Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

This is quite a fun BLEND of two topics, remote work and traveling.    In this episode, Jill and Nick interview each other, exploring two different traveling experiences.  Nick shares his reflections and wisdom about how to marry travel and remote work together so there's less chaos and more ease.  And Jill shares her revelations of having alone time and a getaway with a friend and what both of those experiences have taught her.    We are pumped to hang with y'all today!    

In the first Worth Reading Wednesday episode, Nicole and Tori talk all about what's new at the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library System, what they've been reading, and books that have caught their eye over the 2020 COVID-19 quarantine. Listed below are the books, series, and other things mentioned in this episode: Goodreads.com; The Library of the Unwritten by AJ Hackwith; The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson; Lizzie Borden TV Show: The Lizzie Borden Chronicles; Lizzie Borden Chant; The Coast to Coast Murders by James Patterson and JD Barker; Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven by Janet Evanovich; The Sentinel by Lee Child; Shakeup by Stuart Woods; A Time for Mercy by John Grisham; Camino Winds by John Grisham; Dark Song by Christine Feehan; The Return by Nicholas Sparks; The Bridal Suite by Rochelle Alers; Danielle Steel; The Westmoreland Series by Brenda Jackson; The Baxter Family Series by Karen Kingsbury; Love Story by Karen Kingsbury; Truly Madly Deeply by Karen Kingsbury; The Midnight Library by Matt Haig; The Lunar Chronicles Series by Marissa Meyer; Cinder by Marissa Meyer; Friendly City Books; Her Right Foot by Dave Eggers; Clean Getaway by Nic Stone; Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood by Lisa Damour; Manga Classics Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen; The Mothers by Brit Bennett; The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett; Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion; Thriftbooks.com; Friends and Lovers by Eric Jerome Dickey; Discord.com

Isaac Marion is the author of "The Warm Bodies Series" with the most recent and final being "The Living".  We talk about writing, scary stories, facing the darkness, homeschooling, and the future of art after the pandemic.  

"...wanting change is step one, but step two is taking it."In this episode, Amanda and Claire discuss Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion, narrated by Kevin Kenerly, featuring music by Lyss Emerson.

Wow. You are going to love this. Jay and Sarah bring on a very special guest, and we talk about losing your religion, having a best selling book turned into a hit Hollywood movie, unwittingly picking a fight with The Internet, moving to a remote island cabin in the woods in order to turn off distraction and focus on his work and the fans of it. Seattle-based author Isaac Marion is an extremely interesting guy. Do you remember the hit movie Warm Bodies? In this episode, we continue our exploration of religion and spirituality with a very special guest, Seattle author, musician, and acquaintance of (the)John Malkovitch, after he was cast to play a pivotal character in a Hollywood movie based on the author's Warm Bodies Series. From the beginning, Isaac Marion came from a deeply religious upbringing - his father a Christian pastor, Isaac speaks frankly and openly about how he came to question his fundamentalist Christian upbringing. Isaac generously gives listeners an unvarnished view into his experience, right up to and beyond the pivotal moment in his adult life that saw him step away from his faith entirely. We also discuss Isaac's run-in (or better, head-on collision) with cancel culture, when a somewhat jokey, extremely creative writing endeavor involving a fictional conversation with President Trump catches the attention of the blindly-screaming, rage-eating, shambling denizens of angriest places on the Internet, unifying them with an urgent, ugly, singular purpose: Cancel. Issac. Marion. As it turns out, living a life of charming authenticity is honestly just the way Isaac chooses to live. From his Patreon to his YouTube, his social media presence to his newsletters, and back to his Patreon and Discord server, (we gladly became a supporter at Isaac Marion's Patreon -- we can confirm, it's worth every penny of the five dollars a month we're pitching in to support an artist practicing his craft.) Isaac's is really just that guy. Here's Isaac on the Web: Isaac Marion Community Links: His blog: https://isaacmarion.com/blog His Patreon Community: https://www.patreon.com/isaacmarion About Isaac Marion: Isaac Marion is an American writer. He is best known as the best-selling author of the "zombie romance" novel Warm Bodies and its series. Isaac Marion Official site for Isaac Marion, author of the Warm Bodies series—now concluded with THE LIVING. Isaac Marion on Social Media: On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWxZu7bUjxhdm_5s9PQnfNA On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/isaacmarionauthor/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/isaacinspace On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/isaacmarion/ Warm Bodies Community Links: The Warm Bodies Fan Wiki: https://warm-bodies.fandom.com/f Warm Bodies Twitter: https://twitter.com/WarmBodies His work was also published alongside other essays in the anthology "Empty the Pews" where authors Chrissy Stroop and Lauren O'Neal gathered 21 pieces from people once deeply engaged with religion, now recounting their individual experience leaving Christianity altogether: https://emptythepews.epiphanypublishing.us/ Of Note: David Bazan of Pedro the Lion fame, released a solo album in 2009 called Curse Your Branches that spoke deeply to Isaac and the place he was within his own faith: https://davidbazan.bandcamp.com/album/curse-your-branches https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bazan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_the_Lion There are various takes on his books, including seeing aspects of religious fundamentalism where none was meant. Bonus Content: What is R's real name? While Jay and Sarah tried to crack the code on R's real name, Isaac didn't budge. Outside of ensuring listeners that it wasn't Romeo. Word is, that in a private Patreon chat his fans claim to know R's name, but he insists he won't confirm it even if they are right -- no matter how easy it should be to piece it all together. Hrmm... There was SO much going on this episode that we're deciding to do the unprecedented! We're giving you a sampling of the questions we put together in prep for the podcast. Some of them made it, some of them changed a little, and some of them didn't. That's showbiz, friends! SUPER BONUS MATERIAL! Hosts: Sarah, Jay Guest: Isaac Topic: Cancel culture, Fundamentalism, and Meaning. Background Story: Isaac is an author who has notably written the Warm Bodies series which is best known as full-length movie that came out in 2013. Recently, Isaac has self-published the fourth entry into the Warm Bodies series and co-wrote a piece for the book “Empty the Pews” titled “A better Dream”. In 2017, Isaac found himself under fire for a series of tweets made where he created a fictional dialogue where Trump chastised Isaac for being an author. Background Highlights: Author Warm Bodies is cast as a re-telling of Romeo & Juliet, if Romeo was a zombie named R. It's important to note the details here surrounding Romeo being undead and Juliet being living. There's a cool juxtaposition here of Romeo, a formerly emotionless dead being, and General Grigio, a living being who experiences emotions but is unable to communicate them. “A better Dream” regards the Christian eschatological framework and the nihilistic “dream” that Christians have of the world ending and a new, better, world beginning. It's important to explore the link between Warm Bodies & A Better Dream here. Themes to Highlight: Christian fundamentalism v. Progressive fundamentalism Cancel Culture The impact of dogmatism on groups Dogmatism theme in Warm Bodies Dogmatism in communities Background Questions: What was your life like growing up? Christianity was a large part of your life, you mentioned Dave Bazan as part of the group (whom I-- Jay-- saw in concert just recently). If you could give a brief synopsis, how did that frame your worldview and life? What was the culture shock like moving to Seattle and “making the world your home” like you mention in your Empty the Pews book? Focus Questions What led to the story of Warm Bodies? What gave you the idea of juxtaposing the newly-feeling dead and the emotionless existence of the living? General Grigio doesn't drink, is that a reference to fundamentalist culture? Were you thinking of Fundamentalist nonexpressivism when you crafted that character? There are many in the Christian tradition who think that Warm Bodies is actually encouraging people to turn to Christianity… what would you say to that? E.g., R and Julie falling into a pool of water is a “baptism”. The turning from the dead to the living because of “love”, etc. Do you feel like this idea of ‘nonexpressivism' is something that we see in our everyday lives? Talk to us a little bit about the “Great Cancelling” of 2017 as we call it where you created a fake dialog between you and Trump, and your tweets ended up going viral as a result. What was it like being on the side of that? Why do you think you got such backlash? What led to you making the fake tweets? What did you learn through the process? When you think about the type of pushback that you got from the progressive community and you think about the type of experiences that you got from your religious upbringing, are there similarities? Progressive exclusion culture for not meeting the “rules” of the community, etc. How's this shaped your worldview overall? Where are you finding meaning in the world now? Tweets: Subscribe! Give us your stars! Review us kindly! We love you. Intro: Artist: GoMordecai Title: All We Got License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Adaptation: Reduced length to fit intro, adjusted audio levels Promoted by: https://www.tribeofnoise.com/viewMusic.php?fileID=57805 Outro Artist: Omonoko Title: Empty Streets License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Adaptation: Adjusted audio levels Promoted by: https://www.tribeofnoise.com/viewMusic.php?fileID=57805

Welcome everyone to another episode of Nerds Amalgamated, we would like to take a moment and congratulate all those who are graduating university, school, or just having an excellent week. “The pursuit of knowledge is never ending. The day you stop seeking knowledge is the day you stop growing. Brandon Travis Ciaccio.” So, no we have set a serious mood let’s look at the first topic, which is that video games are an excellent way to combat loneliness. Also, that video games are helpful for men to combat issues such as social isolation and stress for men in today’s society. That’s right, read that correctly, video games are beneficial to men’s health and should be encouraged. What to know more to help develop those arguments for the girlfriend or boss, listen in and find out what we are talking about.Next up Buck has decided to bring us a mystery to try and solve. Now who doesn’t love a good puzzle? If like Buck you love sitting down with a crossword, a Sudoku or reading a good detective novel then you will love this. We have a mystery that is 500 hundred years old, has some of the most baffling elements and to top it off has stumped many professional investigators over the years. We are talking about a mass murder that struck fear in the hearts of the population of England. This is a mystery that is guaranteed to get you remembered in history if you solve it. Want to know what Buck has unveiled for us to ponder, listen in and find out.Now Ben Affleck is not someone who we get excited about, in fact he makes Buck yawn at the mere mention of his name. In fact I just yawned at the thought, crikey why are we talking about him? Well, it appears that he has a movie in the works that is looking kind of good, it is a topic that we hope he does justice to. Now we know that Hollywood has failed to deliver anything great for some time now, but this story has potential. We aren’t going to hold our breathe, and not just because of Benny boy of the sleep inducing performance. The reality is that the story is one that needs to be told with a sensitivity and care that is hard to deliver. This is something the likes of Spielberg should be directing. Want to know what it is we are talking about? You know what to do.As usual we have the regular shout outs, birthdays, remembrances, and special events. We hope you enjoy this episode and if you want to give us feedback we are always happy to hear from you. Take care of yourselves, look out for each other and stay hydrated.Video Games cure Loneliness - https://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/a29578572/men-friendships-video-games-loneliness/?fbclid=IwAR1AI07WCrmV-A7MVbqBGI5-H26VfKTj2k6fS6o3EZM6JkC0Rk_dJX9ye0ISweating disease origins - https://www.insidescience.org/news/medical-historians-still-struggle-identify-origin-disease-swept-across-england-500-years-agoBen Affleck’s new project - https://deadline.com/2019/11/ben-affleck-direct-congo-plunder-tale-king-leopolds-ghost-belgian-king-leopold-ii-1202791265/Games currently playingBuck– Spyro - https://store.steampowered.com/app/996580/Spyro_Reignited_Trilogy/Rating – 4.5/5Professor- Underrails - https://www.underrail.com/Rating – 5/5DJ – Age Of Empires Bundle - https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/11831/Age_of_Empires_Definitive_Edition_Bundle/Rating – 4/5Other topics discussedThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls_V:_SkyrimLAN Party (a gathering of people with computers or compatible game consoles, where a local area network (LAN) connection is established between the devices using a router or switch, primarily for the purpose of playing multiplayer video games together.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAN_partyLAN party go to gamesProfessorWarcraft III: Reign of Chaos - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warcraft_III:_Reign_of_ChaosHalo: Combat Evolved - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo:_Combat_EvolvedBuckUnreal Tournament - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreal_TournamentCall of Duty - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty_(video_game)DJStarcraft: Brood War - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarCraft:_Brood_WarDunbar’s Number (a suggested cognitive limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships—relationships in which an individual knows who each person is and how each person relates to every other person.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar%27s_numberMacho Man Randy Savage as a Skyrim dragon- https://www.pcgamer.com/au/the-life-and-times-of-skyrims-best-dragon-macho-man-randy-savage/Tommy Wiseau Horse in Skyrim- https://bigmemes.funnyjunk.com/comments/Quotoh+hi+markquot+_78273e9f011bfc08a3d9222b3b39e3a5.jpgArthur, Prince of Wales (Prince of Wales, Earl of Chester and Duke of Cornwall.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur,_Prince_of_Wales28 Days Later (2002 British post-apocalyptic horror film directed by Danny Boyle.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28_Days_Later28 Weeks Later (2007 horror film directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo. A sequel to the 2002 film 28 Days Later.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28_Weeks_LaterIgnaz Semmelweis (Hungarian physician and scientist, now known as an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_SemmelweisReligious restrictions on the consumption of pork- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_restrictions_on_the_consumption_of_porkElvis Lives (TNC Podcast)- https://thatsnotcanon.com/elvislivesShaun of the Dead (2004 horror comedy film directed by Edgar Wright, who co-wrote it with Simon Pegg.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_of_the_DeadWarm Bodies (2013 American paranormal romantic zombie comedy film written and directed by Jonathan Levine and based on Isaac Marion's novel of the same name.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warm_Bodies_(film)Disease Burden (impact of a health problem as measured by financial cost, mortality, morbidity, or other indicators.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease_burdenAnthrax Outbreaks (2016 Anthrax outbreak in Serbia)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_anthrax_outbreaksArgo (2012 American historical drama film directed by Ben Affleck.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argo_(2012_film)Blood Diamond (2006 political war thriller film co-produced and directed by Edward Zwick, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly, and Djimon Hounsou.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_DiamondLions For Lambs (2007 American war drama film directed by Robert Redford about the connection between a platoon of United States soldiers in Afghanistan, a U.S. senator, a reporter, and a California college professor.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lions_for_LambsThe Gunman (2015 action thriller film directed by Pierre Morel and written by Don Macpherson, Pete Travis and Sean Penn, based on the novel The Prone Gunman (French title: La position du tireur couché) by Jean-Patrick Manchette.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gunman_(2015_film)Musicals Taught Me Everything I Know (TNC Podcast)- https://thatsnotcanon.com/mtmeikDiablo (action role-playing hack and slash video game developed by Blizzard North and released by Blizzard Entertainment.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_(video_game)Cobra Car (formerly known as Shelby Cobra, simply titled COBRA in the original game) is a cheat unit in Age of Empires II.)- https://ageofempires.fandom.com/wiki/Cobra_CarAge of Empires 1 Intro Cinematic- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7LZLx_5pu0Connor McGregor vs Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aaehn1aY8IgJohn Titor (name used on several bulletin boards during 2000 and 2001 by a poster claiming to be an American military time traveler from 2036.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_TitorMax Headroom (a fictional artificial intelligence (AI) character, known for his wit and stuttering, distorted, electronically sampled voice.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom_(character)Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986 American science fiction film directed by Leonard Nimoy and based on the television series Star Trek.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_IV:_The_Voyage_HomeStar Wars (retroactively titled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope is a 1977 American epic space-opera film written and directed by George Lucas.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_(film)Shoutouts26 Nov 1970 – In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 1.5 inches (38.1 mm) of rain fall in a minute, the heaviest rainfall ever recorded. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basse-Terre26 Nov 1983 - World's greatest robbery; 26 million pounds (sterling) worth of gold bullion, diamonds and cash stolen from Brink's-Mat warehouse at Heathrow Airport, England. The bullion was the property of Johnson Matthey Bankers Ltd, which collapsed the following year after making large loans to frauds and insolvent firms. Two men were convicted, and most of the gold has never been recovered. Insurers Lloyd's of London paid out for the losses. Several deaths have been linked to the case, and there are links to the Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary in April 2015. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brink%27s-Mat_robbery26 Nov 2003 – The Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England. Known as G-BOAF (216) or its call sign Concorde Alpha Foxtrot (the name comes from its official UK registration) the Concorde departed from Heathrow at 11:30 GMT, it made a last, brief, supersonic flight, carrying 100 BA staff, over the Bay of Biscay. It then flew a "lap of honour" above Bristol, passing over Portishead, Clevedon,Weston-super-Mare, Bristol Airport and Clifton Suspension Bridge, before landing at Filton, soon after 13:00 GMT. It was met by Prince Andrew, who formally accepted its handover. It had flown a total of 18,257 hours. Until 2010, the aircraft was open for public viewing at the Airbus facility; since 2017 it has been the main exhibit at Filton's Aerospace Bristol museum. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concorde_aircraft_histories#British_production_aircraftRemembrances26 Nov 1994 – Nimrod Workman, American singer, coal miner and trade unionist. His musical repertoire included traditional English and Scottish ballads, Appalachian folk songs and original compositions. Workman was a recipient of a 1986 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. He died at the age of 99 in Knoxville, Tennessee. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimrod_Workman26 Nov 2005 – Stanley Melvin Berenstain, American author and illustrator, co-created the Berenstain Bears. Inspired by their children's enthusiasm for Dr. Seuss books, the Berenstains decided to attempt a series with animal protagonists themselves, settling on bears not because of their surname as was commonly believed, but because they found them easy to draw. They published their first book featuring the Berenstain Bears, The Big Honey Hunt, in 1962. At the time, their inspiration, Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss), was working as an editor in the children's division of Random House Publishing and eagerly approved the concept. He edited several books in the Berenstain Bears series and created a lasting franchise including many more books, television series, toys, and stage productions. He died from cancer at the age of 82 in Solebury Township, Pennsylvania. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_and_Jan_Berenstain26 Nov 2012 – Joseph Edward Murray, American plastic surgeon who performed the first successful human kidney transplant on identical twins Richard and Ronald Herrick on December 23, 1954. Murray shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1990 with E. Donnall Thomas for their discoveries concerning "organ and cell transplantation in the treatment of human disease." Murray became an international leader in the study of transplantation biology, the use of immunosuppressive agents, and studies on the mechanisms of rejection. He died from a stroke at the age of 93 in Boston,Massachusetts. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_MurrayFamous Birthdays26 Nov 1898 - Karl Waldemar Ziegler, Germanchemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1963, with Giulio Natta, for work on polymers. The Nobel Committee recognized his "excellent work on organometallic compounds [which]...led to new polymerization reactions and ... paved the way for new and highly useful industrial processes". He is also known for his work involving free-radicals, many-membered rings, and organometallic compounds, as well as the development of Ziegler–Natta catalyst. One of many awards Ziegler received was the Werner von Siemens Ring in 1960 jointly with Otto Bayer and Walter Reppe, for expanding the scientific knowledge of and the technical development of new synthetic materials. He was born in Helsa near Kassel,German Empire - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Ziegler26 Nov 1920 - István Sárközy, Hungarian composer, he was a founder-member of the Association of Hungarian Musicians and in 1954 he was appointed artistic adviser to the National Philharmonic Concert Bureau and the Hungarian Recording Company. In 1957 he was made general editor of Editio Musica and in 1959 he was appointed to teach theory at the Liszt Academy of Music, subsequently teaching composition there. Sárközy’s first work of lasting value was the Concerto grosso of 1943, though during that decade his attention was directed mainly to songs and folksong arrangements. In the early 1950s music for the stage dominated his creative activity, the crowning work of this period was the chamber cantata Júlia énekek (‘Julia Songs’, 1956), after which he composed little, until, in 1963 the Sinfonia concertante for clarinet and strings initiated a succession of major works. In 1975 Sárközy received the title Merited Artist of the Hungarian People’s Republic. After Confessioni (1979) for piano and orchestra he devoted himself exclusively to teaching. He was born in Pesterzsébet - https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-000002459126 Nov 1922 – Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz, American cartoonist and creator of the comic strip Peanuts (which featured the characters Charlie Brown and Snoopy, among others). He is widely regarded as one of the most influential cartoonists of all time, cited by cartoonists including Jim Davis, Bill Watterson, Matt Groening, Dav Pilkey, and Stephan Pastis. At its height, Peanuts was published daily in 2,600 papers in 75 countries, in 21 languages. Over nearly 50 years, Schulz drew 17,897 published Peanuts strips. The strips, plus merchandise and product endorsements, produced revenues of more than $1 billion per year, with Schulz earning an estimated $30 million to $40 million annually. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_M._Schulz26 Nov 1988 - Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, Icelandic professional strongman and actor. He is the first person to have won the Arnold Strongman Classic, Europe's Strongest Man and World's Strongest Man in the same calendar year. He played Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane in the HBO series Game of Thrones for five seasons. He also is a former professional basketball player. Hafþór won the Strongest Man in Iceland event in 2010, and won Iceland's Strongest Man in 2011. He won Europe's Strongest Man in 2014, a feat he repeated in 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2019. He won silver at the 2017 Arnold Strongman Classic, improving to gold in 2018 and 2019. He competed in his first World's Strongest Man in 2011, placing sixth. He won three bronze and three silver medals in his next six attempts before being crowned champion in 2018. He was born in Reykjavík - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haf%C3%BE%C3%B3r_J%C3%BAl%C3%ADus_Bj%C3%B6rnssonEvents of interest26 Nov 1865 - "Alice in Wonderland" by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll was published in America. The was published as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by "Lewis Carroll" with illustrations by John Tenniel. The first print run of 2,000 was held back because Tenniel objected to the print quality. The entire print run sold out quickly. Alice was a publishing sensation, beloved by children and adults alike. Among its first avid readers were Queen Victoria and the young Oscar Wilde. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland#Publication_history26 Nov 1977 – An unidentified hijacker named Vrillon, claiming to be the representative of the "Ashtar Galactic Command", takes over Britain's Southern Television for six minutes, starting at 5:12 pm. It was the first major broadcast interruption through the Hannington transmitter of the Independent Broadcasting Authority in the United Kingdom. The mystery has never been solved. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Television_broadcast_interruption26 Nov 1986 – Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home premiered. Since Star Trek had traditionally performed poorly internationally, the producers created a special trailer for foreign markets that de-emphasized the Star Trek part of the title, as well as retelling the events of The Wrath of Khan and The Search for Spock. Winter recalled that the marketing did not seem to make a difference. In its first week, The Voyage Home ended Crocodile Dundee's 8-week reign of the American box office. The Star Trek film made $39.6 million in its first five days of release, exceeding The Search for Spock's opening by $14 million. Ultimately, the film grossed a global total of $133,000,000 against its $21 million cost ($1 million under budget). Despite grossing $6,000,000 less than Star Trek: The Motion Picture,The Voyage Home was the most profitable of the series, grossing $133,000,000 against a $21,000,000 budget. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_IV:_The_Voyage_Home#ReleaseIntroArtist – Goblins from MarsSong Title – Super Mario - Overworld Theme (GFM Trap Remix)Song Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJFollow us onFacebook- Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/- Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/440485136816406/Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamatedSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6Nux69rftdBeeEXwD8GXrSiTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/top-shelf-nerds/id1347661094RSS - http://www.thatsnotcanonproductions.com/topshelfnerdspodcast?format=rssInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/General EnquiriesEmail - Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.com

Happy Halloween dear listeners! For you this hallows eve we have a mashup of classically spooky literature, "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley and the YA zombie romance , "Warm bodies" by Isaac Marion. Hayley's Husband Marshall joins us and it's a great time. We hope you enjoy and have a great Halloween holiday. For our next episode we are planning on doing two Rainbow Rowell books , so stay tuned! Bonus: Count how many times Mariah says , "it's so weird." We would genuinely like to know.

After finding success with his first novel—including a Hollywood movie deal before the book was even released—Warm Bodies series author Isaac Marion is faced with the challenge of where to go next, all the while fighting to break free of industry stereotypes.

After finding success with his first novel—including a Hollywood movie deal before the book was even released—Warm Bodies series author Isaac Marion is faced with the challenge of where to go next, all the while fighting to break free of industry stereotypes.

Isaac Marion grew up in small towns around the Pacific Northwest, pursuing careers in writing, painting, and music until one of these finally sparked with the publication of his debut novel in 2010. WARM BODIES become a New York Times Bestseller, inspired a major film, and was translated into 25 languages. He spent the next eight years writing the rest of the story over the course of four books, now concluded with THE LIVING. He lives and writes on Orcas Island and plays music in Seattle with the band, Thing Quartet. Learn more at www.isaacmarion.com or find him on social media. To find out more about Laura and her work please visit her website at www.laurapowers.net. You can also find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers, and on instagram at laurapowers44. Looking to take your podcast or business to the next level? Check out Laura’s marketing course on www.powershour.biz as well as www.healingpowers.net.

Isaac Marion grew up in small towns around the Pacific Northwest, pursuing careers in writing, painting, and music until one of these finally sparked with the publication of his debut novel in 2010. WARM BODIES become a New York Times Bestseller, inspired a major film, and was translated into 25 languages. He spent the next eight years writing the rest of the story over the course of four books, now concluded with THE LIVING. He lives and writes on Orcas Island and plays music in Seattle with the band, Thing Quartet. Learn more at www.isaacmarion.com or find him on social media. To find out more about Laura and her work please visit her website at www.laurapowers.net. You can also find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers, and on instagram at laurapowers44. Looking to take your podcast or business to the next level? Check out Laura’s marketing course on www.powershour.biz as well as www.healingpowers.net.

Isaac Marion grew up in small towns around the Pacific Northwest, pursuing careers in writing, painting, and music until one of these finally sparked with the publication of his debut novel in 2010. WARM BODIES become a New York Times Bestseller, inspired a major film, and was translated into 25 languages. He spent the next eight years writing the rest of the story over the course of four books, now concluded with THE LIVING. He lives and writes on Orcas Island and plays music in Seattle with the band, Thing Quartet. Learn more at www.isaacmarion.com or find him on social media. To find out more about Laura and her work please visit her website at www.laurapowers.net. You can also find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers, and on instagram at laurapowers44. Looking to take your podcast or business to the next level? Check out Laura’s marketing course on www.powershour.biz as well as www.healingpowers.net.

Warm Bodies is an overlooked gem, so we are going to discuss it! Come eat brains with us on iTunes, Spotify, and SoundCloud. Our Mini Nuggets this week are Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare, It’s Alright by Mother Mother, Ghost of Ohio by Andy Black, the anime Isekai Izakaya Nobu, and the theme song of the new show Moominvalley called I’m Far Away by MØ. We do not own the rights to Warm Bodies. Warm Bodies is written by Isaac Marion and was published by Atria Books. The music used in this episode was Art of Silence by Uniq, Wake Up In the Dark by Co.Ag, Cicada 3301 by Co.Ag, and Midnight City by M83. The Time Stamps: 0:56 Mini Nuggets 7:46 Warm Bodies Thanks to SoundEffectsFactory, iWav, Sound Effects Guy for the sound effects used in this episode. And thanks to Home for the use of their music If I’m Wrong. Our social media handles on Instagram are @renateravenclaw and @l8enji. Follow us on Twitter @nerdynuggets, on Instagram @nerdynuggetspodcast, and on Facebook @nerdynuggetspodcast. Send us any questions you may have to nerdnuggetspodcast@gmail.com.

So how do you follow-up a bestselling zombie book? Author Isaac Marion lets rip.

Isaac Marion is the author of the "Warm Bodies" series, which views the zombie apocalypse from the unique perspective of one of the Dead (who is trying very hard not to be). The bestselling first novel has been translated into 25 languages and was adapted as the hit 2013 film "Warm Bodies". The series includes prequel novella "The New Hunger" and sequel novel "The Burning World", and completes with his latest book, "The Living".

It’s time for a Zombie Rom Com! Brenna and Joe tackle Isaac Marion’s 2010 book Warm Bodies and Jonathan Levine’s 2013 film adaptation of the same name to discover which one has an obsession with penises and which one can’t help but conform to typical action finale shoot-outs. Also: We add 2 new squares to our YA BINGO cards. And in our news update, Brenna is excited for Netflix's adaptation of Anne Fletcher’s Dumplin’ (out Dec 8), while Joe doubles up on actress Teresa Palmer’s filmography with a screening of her new UK TV series, A Discovery of Witches. If you wanna connect with us, use the hashtag #HKHSPod on Twitter: Brenna: @brennacgray Joe: @bstolemyremote Or shoot us an email at hkhspod@gmail.com. See on you on the page and on the screen!

This week, the gals read Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion, which is about a zombie romance that blossoms into something bigger than the zombie craving for brains.

"I thought this would be any interesting way to explore that feeling without it just being me talking about being sad all the time. It would be a slightly more fun way of exploring a very dark topic.”— Isaac Marion

Episode Summary: Romance enthusiasts Carly Beveridge and Michelle Halber share their love for the characters, stories, and increasing diversity of romance books, movies, and TV series.   Recording Date: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 Hosts: Julie Dina and David Payne Guests: Carly Beveridge, children’s librarian at Silver Spring library, and Michelle Halber, also a children's librarian at Silver Spring library.  Featured MCPL Resource: Celebrate Black History Month with MCPL's many inspiring and informative events, books, and other resources.  What Our Guests Are Reading: Carley Beveridge: Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth and Alex & Eliza by Melissa De La Cruz.  Michelle Halber: They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera and Endurance by Scott Kelly.  Authors Mentioned During this Episode:  Kristen Ashley Jane Austen - Books and movies  Beverly Jenkins Susanna Kearsley Sherrilyn Kenyon Lisa Kleypas Courtney Milan Julia Quinn Lynsay Sands Kerrelyn Sparks  J.R. Ward Books, Movies, and TV Shows Mentioned During this Episode: The Best Man by Kristan Higgins Bridget Jones Diary - The book by Helen Fielding, was made into a movie.  Downton Abbey An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole The Outlander - First book in a series by Diana Gabaldon. The book series has been made into a TV series.  Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - The book, by Steve Hockensmith, was made into a movie.   Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - The book is the first of a series. Two movies were made based on the book series.  Stardust - The book, by Neil Gaiman, was made into a movie.   Waiting to Exhale - The book, by Terry McMillan, was made into a movie. Warm Bodies - The novel, by Isaac Marion, was, yep, made into a movie.  Other Items of Interest:  cloudLibrary - Collection of fiction and non-fiction ebooks available for MCPL customers to borrow.  The Harry Potter Rule - If a series has more than 7 books in it, guest Michelle Halber is not interested. Fabio - Ubiquitous model for romance novel covers during the 1980s and 1990s.  Overdrive - Collection of fiction and non-fiction e-books, as well as online audiobooks, available for MCPL customers to borrow.  Passionflix - Online collection of movies based on popular romance novels. Alas, not an MCPL resource.  Read the transcript

Producers David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman join me by phone to discuss their film Wonder and their work as producers in film and television. David Hoberman David Hoberman (Producer) is the founder and co-owner of Mandeville Films and Television. He is one of the leading producers in the entertainment industry today. His Disney-based company, Mandeville Films, is among the most profitable and respected production labels in the entertainment industry. Other notable films include the critically hailed Academy Award©-nominated feature THE FIGHTER, starring Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Melissa Leo and Amy Adams, and directed by David O. Russell. Produced for $25 million, the film went on to gross almost $130 million worldwide and earned a host of awards, including an Academy Award© nomination for Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor and Actress Awards for Bale and Leo. Hoberman founded Mandeville Films in 1995 and signed a five-year first look pact with the Walt Disney Studios. In 1999, Hoberman signed a first-look deal for Mandeville at the Walt Disney Studios with Lieberman. Two years later, Lieberman became a co-partner in the company. Hoberman created the award-winning “Monk,” a one-hour series for USA Network. Executive-produced by Mandeville and spearheaded by Hoberman, “Monk” aired for eight seasons. Prior to forming Mandeville Films, Hoberman served as president of the Motion Picture Group of the Walt Disney Studios, where he was responsible for overseeing development and production for all feature films for Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone and Hollywood Pictures. During Hoberman’s tenure, Disney was often the top studio in domestic box-office grosses. In 1990, PRETTY WOMAN, supervised by Hoberman, was the top- grossing film of the year, and its soundtrack was the top-selling soundtrack of the year. Hoberman was also behind major blockbusters at the studio, including FATHER OF THE BRIDE, WHAT ABOUT BOB, DEAD POETS SOCIETY, ED WOOD, DANGEROUS MINDS, RUTHLESS PEOPLE, BEACHES, THREE MEN AND A BABY and HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS. While an executive at Disney, Hoberman championed the first-ever full-length stop-motion animation feature, Tim Burton’s THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS. Hoberman started his career working in the mailroom at ABC and quickly ascended in the entertainment business, working for Norman Lear’s Tandem/T.A.T. in television and film. He worked as a talent agent at ICM before joining Disney in 1985. Today, Hoberman is an associate professor at UCLA’s Graduate School in the Producers Program. He sat on the board of the Starlight Starbright Foundation for more than 10 years, is a member of the Board of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America and sat on the Board of the Los Angeles Free Clinic for six years. Hoberman is also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He is a member of the Board of Suffolk University in Boston and on the Board of Overseers at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Todd Lieberman Todd Lieberman (Producer) is a co-owner of Mandeville Films and Television. He is one of the leading producers in the entertainment industry today. His Disney-based company, Mandeville Films, is among the most profitable and respected production labels in the entertainment industry. In 2001, Lieberman was named one of the “35 under 35” people to watch in the business by The Hollywood Reporter, which also ranked Lieberman and Hoberman among the 30 most powerful producers in Hollywood. He holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. Lieberman is a member of the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences and a judge for the Academy’s Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting. He is also a member of the Television Academy and a Producer’s Guild mentor, as well as an active member of the Los Angeles chapter of the Young Presidents’ Organization. About Mandeville Films Since its founding in 1995, Mandeville Films has produced feature films that have grossed more than $2.5 billion in domestic box-office receipts and their slate includes a wide variety of genres, anchored by character-driven stories with universal, often uplifting themes. Todd and David’s  most recent movie is Disney’s live-action retelling of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, starring Emma Watson as Belle and Dan Stevens as The Beast. The critically- hailed film, directed by Bill Condon, has broken boxoffice records worldwide and has become the highest grossing PG-rated film in North America of all time. It also stars Emma Thompson, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad, Luke Evans, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ian McKellan, Ewan McGregor, Audra MacDonald. Upcoming movies include STRONGER, the inspirational story of Boston marathon survivor Jeff Bauman, directed by David Gordon Green, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Maslany, Miranda Richardson and Clancy Brown, to be released September 22, 2017 by Roadside Attractions. STRONGER makes its world premiere at the 2017 Toronto Film Festival. Following that is WONDER, based on R.J. Palacio’s best-selling YA novel, directed by Stephen Chbosky, starring Julia Roberts, Jason Tremblay and Daveed Diggs, to be released November 17, 2017 by Lionsgate. Both films were developed in house at Mandeville. Mandeville is currently in production on EXTINCTION, a sci-fi thriller starring Michael Pena and Lizzy Caplan, directed by Ben Young, to be released by Universal Pictures. Mandeville is also in pre-production THE AERONAUTS for Amazon Studios, written by Jack Thorne, based on the true story of balloon pilot Amelia Wren and scientist James Glaisher and their extraordinary and harrowing journey to discover the secrets of the skies. Mandeville also produced THE MUPPETS, starring Jason Segel, Amy Adams and Walter, the newest Muppet. Directed by James Bobin, written by Segel and Nick Stoller, THE MUPPETS was one of the best-reviewed films of 2011 and earned the Academy Award© for Best Song. Mandeville also produced the next MUPPET installment, MUPPETS MOST WANTED. Lieberman also produced WARM BODIES, the genre-bending “zombie romance” based on Isaac Marion’s novel, starring Nicholas Hoult, John Malkovich and Teresa Palmer, written and directed by Jonathan Levine, for Summit/Lionsgate. Mandeville executive produced INSURGENT and ALLEGIANT, part of the DIVERGENT movie series. Mandeville has a first look deal with Disney, which has been the company’s home for over 20 years. Under the Disney banner, Mandeville produced a string of hits, including the romantic comedy THE PROPOSAL, starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds. THE PROPOSAL became the highest grossing romantic comedy of 2009, earning over $317 million worldwide. It was the People’s Choice award winner for Best Comedy of the year and Mandeville crossed the billion dollar mark in terms of box office revenue with THE PROPOSAL.   *The views, opinions, statements, advice (legal or otherwise) and/or other information expressed or otherwise shared by the podcast participants are attributable solely to the podcast participants and do not reflect the opinions, viewpoints or policies of, or any endorsement by, the Producers Guild of America.  

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It’s a live episode of the JV Club from chilly Portland, Oregon with rapper DaRealWordSound, “Warm Bodies” author Isaac Marion, and anime voiceover star Cristina Vee! Tolerate the slightly poor recording quality to hear adorable tales of teenagerhood from these sublime guests!

The Lone Reader; one librarian talks about the books he reads. Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion Music: Igra (The Game) Tomo Sombolac    time: 0:02:11 size: 2.00 mb

Our hiatus for the NFL playoffs over, we return to the airwaves for our first show of 2013 to discuss zombies with Isaac Marion, author of "Warm Bodies," now a major motion picture.

Brother D takes a short movie-watching-and-reviewing break in Episode 186 of Mail Order Zombie, but that leaves room for a book review from Silent Death when he visits Dust by Joan Frances Turner.  Need-a-Nickname Scott dips his toes into the news with the Zombie Beat, Don Coscarelli tells us a bit about John Dies at the End and we go back to Crypticon Seattle for the panel "Zombies Can’t Run & Vampires Don’t Sparkle: The Psychology of Why We Argue Over What Fictional Things Can Or Can’t Do" with Eloise J. Knapp, Chris Saint, Steve Holetz, and Michael Montoure (with Brother D moderating).  Miss Bren does her best to keep everyone on track during the Feedback Discussion, and the band H2Awesome! swings by with the song "Carl, Stay in the House."INTRO (00:00)ZOMBIE BEAT (03:35)DON COSCARELLI (10:23)DUST (12:52)FEEDBACK (17:48)CARL, DON'T GO IN THE HOUSE (52:05)PANEL (54:13)Mail Order Zombie Facebook Group - http://tinyurl.com/facebookmozMail Order Zombie Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/mailorderzombieEmail us at MailOrderZombie@gmail.com or call us at 206-202-2505!ComiCONN Comic Book and SciFi Convention - http://comiconn.com/Eloise J. Knapp - http://www.eloisejknapp.com/Michael Montoure - http://www.bloodletters.com/Chris Saint - http://twistedgeeks.wordpress.com/Steve Holetz - http://bonehand.com/BoneBat.htmlJohn Dies at the End - http://johndies.com/I Am Alone - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/abstractforces/i-am-aloneJoan Frances Turner (author of Dust) - http://www.joanfrancesturner.com/H2Awesome! - http://www.h2awesomemusic.comH2Awesome! on Bandcamp - http://h2awesomemusic.bandcamp.comKisses & Chaos interview with Isaac Marion - http://kissesandchaos.com/2012/07/05/the-same-7-with-author-isaac-marion/The Walking Dead invades theme parks for Halloween- http://www.insidethemagic.net/2012/07/the-walking-dead-to-invade-halloween-horror-nights-2012-in-new-haunted-house-unleashing-zombies-on-universal-orlando-and-hollywood/World War Z new audio book- http://www.facebook.com/WorldWarZ(Various production music produced by Kevin MacLeod.)

No MRG de Livros de hoje, Diogo Braga, Roberto Duque Estrada e Affonso Solano simpatizam com o zumbi de Sangue Quente!E no Abre o Livro: A originalidade que incomoda Repensando antigos conceitos George Romero vs George LucasComentado no MRG: Gostou? Então compre o livro AQUI! Entrevista com Isaac Marion sobre a adaptação de Sangue Quente para os Cinemas!

No MRG de Livros de hoje, Diogo Braga, Roberto Duque Estrada e Affonso Solano simpatizam com o zumbi de Sangue Quente!E no Abre o Livro: A originalidade que incomoda Repensando antigos conceitos George Romero vs George LucasComentado no MRG: Gostou? Então compre o livro AQUI! Entrevista com Isaac Marion sobre a adaptação de Sangue Quente para os Cinemas!

May 14, 2011. With Tim off covering the Celtics, Matt Moniz and Chris Balzano host the show. They welcome authors F.J. Lennon ("Soul Trapper") and Isaac Marion ("Warm Bodies"), talking about everything from iPhone apps to zombies.