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The movie of the week is Deliverance (1972), and the team discusses all things hillbilly. From wiki: “Deliverance is a 1972 American thriller film directed and produced by John Boorman from a screenplay by James Dickey, who adapted it from his own 1970 novel. It follows four businessmen from Atlanta who venture into the remote northern Georgia wilderness to see the Cahulawassee River before it is dammed, only to find themselves in danger from the area's inhabitants and nature. It stars Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, and Ronny Cox, with the latter two making their feature film debuts.”Also discussed: the winners of our giveaway have been picked, The Royal Tenenbaums, Vanessa 5000, Across 110th Street, Bound, Timestalker, and Appalachia. NEXT WEEK: The White Reindeer (1952) Bloodhaus:https://www.bloodhauspod.com/https://twitter.com/BloodhausPodhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodhauspod/ Drusilla Adeline:https://www.sisterhydedesign.com/https://letterboxd.com/sisterhyde/ Joshua Conkelhttps://www.joshuaconkel.com/https://bsky.app/profile/joshuaconkel.bsky.socialhttps://www.instagram.com/joshua_conkel/https://letterboxd.com/JoshuaConkel/
David Thetford and Gary Ashby are joined by James Dickey where they talk about things such as AI, the elite eight, match up vs Florida and more. Dickey also talked about some memories he had as a coach and about the tournament now. Huge discussion about NIL talk and how it has changed since Dickey was a coach. Next we had Lance Hughes talking about Texas Tech Basketball and the March Madness Tournament. Lace talks about the lack of Cinderella teams in the tournament and his team that he thought would make the sweet sixteen. Then Krista Gerlich came to the studio talking about the WBIT travel troubles and their deep march run.
David Thetford and Gary Ashby are joined by Stan Bonewitz, Lance Hughes, and James Dickey to talk about the teams of the past under Coach Dickey, where the Red Raider Basketball program is now, and how the past teams would compare to the Texas Tech teams of today.
In this episode of the American Experiment Podcast we have two outstanding guests to talk about everything in the Minnesota House (yes, it got EVEN CRAZIER this past week). First, Representative Walter Hudson talks about the Democrats wanting to just not show up for work (and still get paid...), and later James Dickey talks about his case against Governor Walz and the State of Minnesota for BREAKING THE LAW trying to fill a seat before it is even vacant.
James Dickey with the Upper Midwest Law Center is joined by Ryan Wilson to discuss significant legal battles from 2024 relating to many unconstitutional laws passed by the DFL "trifecta" in Minnesota during the 2023 and 2024 legislative sessions.
Jon Justice discusses ethnic studies with Attorney James Dickey.
CHRIS MCGINLEY chats to Paul aboutOnce These Hills It's 1898. Up on Black Boar Mountain in eastern Kentucky, life is quiet for the small settlement of farmers who work the land around their cabins. But when ten-year old Lydia King unearths an ancient, preservedbody on the seep bog, a curse is let loose. At least that's what some people believe.They might be right.Down in the valley, the Railroad uses convict labor to lay track, hell bent on timbering all of the hillside. Problem is, a trio of violent prisoners feel the work ain't exactly to their liking. Behind their ring leader Burr Hollis, a predatory, sadistic man whose name inspires fear amongst the hardest of criminals, they take to the hills and leave a wake of their own hell up on Black Boar, as wide and deep as any timber cut.In the years following, Lydia falls in love and marries a mountain boy, someone as skilled and at home in the woods as she. She discovers an intimate part of herself, and experiences both a physical and spiritualawakening that allows her to put the trauma behind her . . . or so she thinks.When Burr Hollis returns for a reckoning with her, she'll need all of her huntress skills just to stay alive. But she won't have much of a chance, unless she can reverse the curse of the bog bodyCOAL BLACKONCE THESE HILLS Mentions & recommendations Carter G Woodson, James Dickey, Charles Brockden Brown - Edgar Huntly, Wilma Dykeman, Harriet Arnow, Janice Holt Giles - Hannah Fowler, Willa Cather, Wesley Browne, Sheila Kay Adams - My Old True Love. 10th Anniversary Newcastle Noir 4th-7th December 2024 Produced by Junkyard DogCrime TimeCrime Time FM is the official podcast ofGwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023CrimeFest 2023CWA Daggers 2023& Newcastle Noir 20232024 Slaughterfest, National Crime Reading Month, CWA Daggers
The queens play a round of Step Your Poetry Up before poet-voicing porn dialogue. Please Support Breaking Form!Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Pretty Please.....Buy our books: Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series. James's ROMANTIC COMEDY is available from Four Way Books.SHOW NOTES:Here are links to some of the poems we mention:Amy Lowell, "Patterns"Robinson Jeffers, "Credo"H.D., "Sea Rose"Sara Teasdale, "Moonlight"An essay on Hart Crane's "The River"Robert Duncan, "My Mother Would Be a Falconress"Theodore Roethke, "In a Dark Time"Robert Creeley, "The Rain"James Dickey, "The Sheep Child"Galway Kinnell, "The Bear"Stanley Kunitz, "Father and Son"We make reference to the poet C. Dale Young--visit him online here.
Questions are still swirling surrounding last week's election results in Minnesota.The Upper Midwest Law Center has been working to safeguard election integrity in the state for years. Senior trial counsel James Dickey joined Liz Collin Reports to discuss the ballot reporting issues in Sherburne and Scott counties, concerns about transparency in Minnesota elections, a Hennepin County election judge lawsuit, and what a Trump presidency could mean to election changes in Minnesota next year.Support the show
David Thetford and Gary Ashby are joined by Wes Kittley, Omo Osaghae, Cory Carr, and James Dickey to talk about Coach Kittley, Omo, and Cory being inducted into the Texas Tech Hall of Honor.
What is going on for teachers in the land of 10,000 lakes? Host Joseph Backholm is joined by senior attorney at the Upper Midwest Law Center, James Dickey, for a conversation unpacking what teachers are going through in Minnesota. Recently, the Professional Educator Licensing Standards Board in Minnesota declared that teachers must affirm the gender of their students - and if they don't, they "can teach at a private school" (direct quote from the state). James and his law firm are standing in the gap for teachers as the state takes a very controversial position requiring all public school teachers to conform to their standards or not be licensed to teach in Minnesota. Give this episode a listen to learn more about how Minnesota and Governor Walz are infringing upon Minnesotans' personal freedoms.
What is going on for teachers in the land of 10,000 lakes? Host Joseph Backholm is joined by senior attorney at the Upper Midwest Law Center, James Dickey, for a conversation unpacking what teachers are going through in Minnesota. Recently, the Professional Educator Licensing Standards Board in Minnesota declared that teachers must affirm the gender of their students - and if they don't, they "can teach at a private school" (direct quote from the state). James and his law firm are standing in the gap for teachers as the state takes a very controversial position requiring all public school teachers to conform to their standards or not be licensed to teach in Minnesota. Give this episode a listen to learn more about how Minnesota and Governor Walz are infringing upon Minnesotans' freedoms.
What is going on for teachers in the land of 10,000 lakes? Host Joseph Backholm is joined by senior attorney at the Upper Midwest Law Center, James Dickey, for a conversation unpacking what teachers are going through in Minnesota. Recently, the Professional Educator Licensing Standards Board in Minnesota declared that teachers must affirm the gender of their students - and if they don't, they "can teach at a private school" (direct quote from the state). James and his law firm are standing in the gap for teachers as the state takes a very controversial position requiring all public school teachers to conform to their standards or not be licensed to teach in Minnesota. Give this episode a listen to learn more about how Minnesota and Governor Walz are infringing upon Minnesotans' personal freedoms.
This week, the boys head up the Cahulawassee River to discuss ‘Deliverance': Films of 1972. Our random year generator spun a year we've previously crossed to discuss ‘The Godfather' and ‘A Clockwork Orange,' and the three of us had never seen it before! Maybe it's people's reaction when you say, “I'm going to watch ‘Deliverance,' want to come over?” While we're a joke-flinging, arrow-shooting, beer-drinking podcast, we promise to give a thoughtful and insightful reflection of ‘Deliverance' that other podcasts can't deliver! Dave also opens with a mini-review of 'Twisters' in IMAX! Grab a beer and push play. Our phone number is 646-484-9298. It accepts texts or voice messages. 0:00 Intro; 9:16 ‘Twisters' mini-review; 19:52 Films of 1972; 31:38 'Deliverance'; 01:08:44 What You Been Watching?; 48:23: Spoilers; 01:19:01 Next Week's Episode Teaser Additional Cast/Crew/Mentions: Ned Beatty, John Voigt, Burt Reynolds, John Boorman, James Dickey, Ronny Cox, Vilmos Zsigmond. Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say Edited & Produced by Dave Green. Beer Sponsor: Carlos Barrozo Music Sponsor: Dasein Dasein on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/77H3GPgYigeKNlZKGx11KZ Dasein on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/dasein/1637517407 Additional Tags: Michigan kicking GM's ass, Michael Moore, Syrian Aramaic, Matilda, The Sopranos, Star Wars, Acolyte, Uncle Buck, Godzilla Minus One, Auckland, New Zealand, Wilhelm Yell, Wilhelm Scream, Prince Charles, King Charles, John Wayne, Charleton Heston, Preparation H, Hemmoroids, Harr yDean Stanton, CVS, Duane Reade, Walgreens, Road Rash, The Lion King, Pivot, Ross, Friends, Couch, NASA, Killers of the Flower Moon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert DeNiro, Martin Scorcese, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemmons, David Ellison, David Zazlav, Al Jolson, Oscars, Academy Awards, BFI, BAFTA, BAFTAS, British Cinema. England, Vienna, Leopoldstadt, The Golden Globes, Past Lives, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, The Holiday, The Crown: Season 6 part 2, Napoleon, Ferrari, Beer, Scotch, Travis Scott, U2, Apple, Apple Podcasts, 101 Dalmatians, The Parent Trap, Switzerland, West Side Story, Wikipedia, Adelaide, Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Melbourne, Indonesia, Java, Jakarta, Bali, Guinea, The British, England, The SEC, Ronald Reagan, Stock Buybacks, Marvel, MCU, DCEU, Film, Movies, Southeast Asia, The Phillippines, Vietnam, America, The US, Academy Awards, WGA Strike, SAG-AFTRA, SAG Strike, Peter Weir.
Long-time supporter Kent and has picked another classic this week in Deliverance from 1972. And is also the last installment of our 3 week Burt Reynolds season! Check out a whole bunch of cool stuff Kent does on his facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/kentgustavsonphd. Deliverance, directed by John Boorman, was both ambitious and challenging, marked by its decision to shoot on location in the remote wilderness of northern Georgia. This choice lent the film an authentic and gritty atmosphere but also presented numerous logistical and safety challenges. The actors, including Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, and Ronny Cox, performed many of their own stunts, including navigating the treacherous Chattooga River in canoes, which heightened the realism but also exposed them to significant risks. Burt Reynolds was injured while performing a canoe stunt when he was swept downriver and hit by rocks. The production team had to contend with the natural elements, which often made filming difficult and unpredictable, yet these same challenges contributed to the film's visceral and immersive quality. The production's commitment to authenticity extended beyond the physical challenges. Boorman chose to cast relatively unknown actors at the time to enhance the believability of the characters. The decision to film the infamous "Dueling Banjos" scene and other intense moments in natural settings without relying heavily on special effects or studio sets helped cement the film's raw and unsettling tone. Additionally, the script, adapted by James Dickey from his own novel, required delicate handling of its controversial themes, including graphic violence and sexual assault. Despite the difficulties faced during production, Deliverance emerged as a critical and commercial success, praised for its unflinching portrayal of survival and its exploration of human nature under duress. The film's stark realism, powerful performances, and haunting musical score have left a lasting impact on audiences and cinema history. If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, so become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: Four Atlanta businessmen, Ed, Lewis, Bobby, and Drew, embark on a weekend canoe trip down a remote Georgia river before it is dammed. Seeking adventure, their journey turns into a nightmare when they encounter hostile locals. After Bobby is brutally assaulted, the men are forced into a desperate fight for survival. Navigating the dangerous river and evading the vengeful mountain men, they must confront their own fears and primal instincts. The harrowing experience leaves them forever changed, highlighting the thin veneer of civilization and the raw brutality of human nature. thevhsstrikesback@gmail.com https://linktr.ee/vhsstrikesback --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thevhsstrikesback/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thevhsstrikesback/support
A Safe Place to Have Bad Feelings with Tim Mueller Episode 3 On this episode, Tim Mueller and I discuss his passion for collecting books, comics, and other physical media; the magic and abundance of a used bookstore; and how the darkest kinds of books can develop the most empathy. Also, Tim recommends a host of underlooked books that you probably haven't heard of (I sure hadn't!). Books mentioned in this episode: What Betsy's reading: Ghosts in the Schoolyard by Eve L. Ewing Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra Victim by Andrew Boryga Books Highlighted by Tim: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Docile by K.M. Szpara The Forever War by Joe Haldeman Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman The Cook by Harry Kressing Strange Angel by George Pendle The Mirage by Zay N. Smith and Pamela Zekman (out of print) The Monster Show by David J. Skal Other Books Mentioned in the Episode: All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page. Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson Books by Stephen King: It Gerald's Game On Writing The Stand The Dark Tower Series Carrie Salem's Lot The Shining The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix Portnoy's Complaint by Phillip Roth Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror edited by Jordan Peele Man in the High Castle by Phillip K. Dick High Rise by J.G. Ballard Paperbacks from Hell by Grady Hendrix Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin Deliverance by James Dickey
Jon discusses distracted driving in the state and new laws implemented that do not have fines to match, then we welcome in James Dickey from the Upper Midwest Law Center for an extensive and informative conversation.
Pauline was a married mother of 3, her husband, Bufford was a police officer in McNairy County Tennessee near the Tennessee Kentucky line along I40., eventually becoming sheriff. Pauline was married before, having a son named Michael and a daughter Dian Vance. After growing up in Virginia and living in Chicago, Pauline met Bufford at a wrestling match. Bufford started off in wrestling. Buford Pusser was born in Finger, McNairy County, Tennessee, on December 12, 1937, his father was the police chief of Adamsville, Tennessee. Buford Pusser was a high-school football and basketball player and was 6 feet 6 inches tall. He joined the United States Marine Corps when he graduated from high school. His service ended and he was given a medical discharge for asthma.In 1957, he moved to Chicago, where he was a local wrestler known as "Buford The Bull". He married Pauline Mullins on December 5, 1959. Pusser returned home in 1962. He was Adamsville's police chief and constable from 1962 to 1964. After the sheriff James Dickey was killed in an auto accident, Pusser was elected sheriff, becoming the youngest sheriff in Tennessee's history. Pusser promptly began trying to eliminate crime and mob/mafia groups like the Dixie Mafia and the State Line Mob.Pusser was ineligible for re-election in 1970 due to the term limit then in effect. He was defeated in his bid for sheriff in 1972. Pusser blamed the loss to incumbent Sheriff Clifford Coleman in part on the controversy surrounding the making of the semibiographical movie Walking Tall. “Walking Tall” was a movie based on Bufford in the 1970's then a remake happened in 2004 featuring Dwayne the rock Johnson and Johnny Knoxville. The early morning of Aug. 12, 1967, the couple was heading to a disturbance call near the Tennessee-Mississippi line when a vehicle pulled up alongside theirs and began firing into the car with a military rifle, according to The Historical Marker Database and McNairy County Historical Society. According to Pusser, his phone rang before dawn on the morning of August 12, 1967, informing him of a disturbance on New Hope Road in McNairy County; Pusser responded and his wife Pauline rode along. Ride along were allowed then, but usually happened in daylight hours on a slow Sunday. Some believe he got a call around 2 am and where the shooting happened was only 20 minutes away from his house and the call came in of the shooting around 4 am. Shortly after they passed the New Hope Methodist Church, a fast-moving car came alongside theirs and the occupants opened fire, killing Pauline and leaving Pusser for dead. Doctors said he was struck on the left side of his jaw by at least two, or possibly three, rounds from a .30-caliber carbine. He spent 18 days in the hospital before returning home, and needed several more surgeries. Pusser died on August 21, 1974, of injuries sustained in a one-car automobile accident four miles west of Adamsville. Earlier that day, he had contracted with Bing Crosby Productions in Memphis to portray himself in the sequel to Walking Tall. That evening, returning home alone from the McNairy County Fair in his specially modified Corvette, Pusser struck an embankment at high speed that ejected him from the vehicle. The car caught fire and burned.56 years after Pauline's death, in February of 2024 they exhumed her body. No water was coming out of the casket so TBI is looking at the body for any other injuries. They weren't in a wreck, so the only wounds on her body should be the shot to her head. No reports have been made public at this time, but we will keep you up to date. Follow us on socials @ExpiredPodcast@ExpiredPodcastChatt@ExpiredPodcast423Support the show
On the latest episode of Minnesota Law Report, Upper Midwest Law Center senior counsel James Dickey and True North Legal president Renee Carlson discussed the current attacks on religious liberty in the state of Minnesota.
John Hinderaker, President of Center of the American Experiment, interviews James Dickey of the Upper Midwest Law Center and Kendall Qualls of TakeCharge, both of whom were targeted by an arson attack along with American Experiment in January.
SHOW NOTES... We've been talking a lot about Education of late, and the insurmountable problem of getting kids interested in reading if they aren't already. Two clear thoughts have emerged. One, I think the tired but all-too-accurate metaphor that American society is an Allegory of High School (jocks, cheerleaders, druggies and criminals in the making, nerds, and disaffected sub-groups, etc.) is becoming more concrete and congruent with each passing year. The only new element I see is the School Shooting. Telling. But as I was thinking about reading in this context, I realized I don't recall learning to read myself very well. I vividly remember the discomfort of learning to handwrite (print and cursive). The pencils always seemed too big for my hands. What I do recall about early reading is that it meant Independence. I didn't have to rely on my grandmother or older sister. For me, reading was an expression of masculine self-determination—stepping out from the females who both dominated and positively directed my young life. How many people today would see reading as an expression of masculinity? How odd. Only a short while ago, our most important poets were men like James Dickey, James Wright, and W.S. Merwin. Those days seem long ago. The second thought to reveal itself from this stream was The Bicycle. I used to ride my green Schwinn 3-speed to a bookstore in a strip mall to purchase the next Hardy Boy book I hadn't read. One rainy day, I realized I'd eventually run out of Hardy Boys…so I feverishly began creating my own deeply imitative series The Benton Boys. My real, private passion about writing came out of Fan Fiction. I openly borrowed characters. I just didn't want to run out of story. I paid for the Green Bike myself…with the money I earned cleaning toilets and vacuuming floors for an industrial dry cleaner, starting at age 9. The job gave me more than $ and work ethic pride. It was a place to be after school in the strange days following my violent rape in 4th grade. The Green Bike was what I needed. The rape would never have happened if I'd had a bike. I made a major correction of reality. The Hardy Boys entered in…and then the Benton Boys. Reading + Green Bike = Independence.
They have brought 4 different criminal cases against Trump. The Georgia case is collapsing in scandal. Now, it's looking more and more likely that Jack Smith won't be able to put Trump on trial before the November election. Will he pull it off? Kane of Citizen Free Press discusses that, the explosive growth of his website, and his gut feeling on whether Joe Biden will be on the ballot next fall. Plus, James Dickey discusses a disturbing arson attack on conservatives in Minnesota. For more exclusive content, become a member at members.charliekirk.com!Support the show: http://www.charliekirk.com/supportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
I am suing Keith Ellison and the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice. Why am I doing this? What is the update? What may be the outcome?I'm joined by Upper Midwest Law Center's James Dickey as we discuss the precedent for free speech and professionals.
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1079, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Elemental Latin 1: Aurum. gold. 2: Ferrum. iron. 3: Plumbum. lead. 4: Argentum. silver. 5: Kalium. potassium. Round 2. Category: The Real Adams Family 1: Let's drink a beer to the memory of this man who died in Boston Oct. 2, 1803, aged 81. Sam Adams. 2: In 1900 Brooks Adams predicted that in 50 years these countries would be the world's 2 main powers. the United States and Russia. 3: On becoming president, he said he was "less possessed of your confidence... than any of my predecessors". John Quincy Adams. 4: Henry Adams lived in this city, and there's a memorial to his wife Clover in Rock Creek Cemetery there. Washington, D.C.. 5: In 1848 Charles Francis Adams was on the ticket of this 2-word party formed to oppose the extension of slavery. the Free Soil Party. Round 3. Category: Beantown Tv 1: We learned of 3 people who'd never been in Cliff Clavin's kitchen when he played "Jeopardy!" on this sitcom. Cheers. 2: Julie Bowen, Candice Bergen and Rene Auberjonois get lawyered up on this David E. Kelley drama. Boston Legal. 3: Bruce Greenwood, Ed Begley Jr. and Denzel Washington played doctors at St. Eligius on this drama. St. Elsewhere. 4: In the '70s he played Banacek, a suave Beacon Hill P.I.; in the '80s he led "The A-Team" and blew up a lot of stuff. (George) Peppard. 5: Sharon Leal, Jeri Ryan and Chi McBride educated us on this David E. Kelly drama. Boston Public. Round 4. Category: Consciousness Of Stream Writing 1: Mark Twain's memoir "Life on" it tells tales of one of America's great rivers. the Mississippi. 2: Jonathan Schneer's history of this river includes an account of the 1215 negotiation of the Magna Carta on its banks. the Thames. 3: Whistle a happy tune and name this Pierre Boulle World War II P.O.W. novel that was made into an Oscar-winning film. Bridge on the River Kwai. 4: Alan Moorehead published histories of these 2 main branches of the world's longest river. the Blue Nile and the White Nile. 5: 4 men on a canoe trip in this James Dickey novel fight to survive the wild Cahulawassee River and scary locals. Deliverance. Round 5. Category: Call Me Cat. With Cat in quotation marks 1: Something very appealing to people is likened to this "feline" herb of the mint family. catnip. 2: 19th c. consumers liked buying from folks they knew, so Mr. Montgomery Ward might send a personal note if you ordered from this. the catalog. 3: This No. 1 hit has haunted fathers since 1974 as they watch time pass all too quickly as their sons grow up. "Cat's In The Cradle". 4: Someone full of big talk without being able to back it up is said to be "all hat, no" this. cattle. 5: You're sitting in this idiomatic "seat" when you have a position of great advantage. the catbird seat. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used
Gretchen Cherington joins Let's Talk Memoir for a conversation about complicated family legacies and processing sexual abuse, confronting the public view of a loved one we're writing about, protecting manuscripts before we have book contracts, corralling information and organizing heaps of material, reading broadly, building relationships and being above board with sources, and her true crime, investigative, family memoir The Butcher, the Embezzler, and the Fall Guy. -Visit the Let's Talk Memoir Merch store: https://www.zazzle.com/store/letstalkmemoir -Take the Let's Talk Memoir survey: https://forms.gle/mctvsv9MGvzDRn8D6 Help shape upcoming Let's Talk Memoir content - a brief survey: https://forms.gle/ueQVu8YyaHNKui2Z9 Also in this episode: -discovering an organizing principle -knowing what material to cut -reading like a memoirist Books mentioned in this episode: Searching for Mercy Street by Linda Gray Sexton Home Before Dark by Susan Cheever Small Fry by Lisa Jobs Another Bullshit Night in Suck City by Nick Flynn Just Kids by Patti Smith Heavy by Kiese Laymon Sigh, Gone by Phuc Tran Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal by Jeanette Winterson Are You My Mother by Alison Bechdel Queen of Snails: A Graphic Memoir by Maureen Burdock Gretchen Cherington grew up the daughter of Pulitzer Prize–winning and U.S. poet laureate, Richard Eberhart. Her childhood homes were filled with literary greats from Robert Frost to Anne Sexton to James Dickey, a life she captured in her award-winning memoir, Poetic License. But like the paternal grandfather she never knew, Cherington chose a career in business where she coached hundreds of powerful men on how to change their companies and themselves. Her second book, The Butcher, the Embezzler, and the Fall Guy – a true crime, investigative, family memoir – is an exploration of the first twenty years of the meatpacking giant, Hormel Foods, as she pieces together her grandfather's role—if he had one?—in a national embezzlement scandal that nearly brought the company to its knees in 1921. Cherington served as adjunct faculty in executive programs at Harvard, Dartmouth, and Columbia and on twenty boards of directors including a multibillion-dollar B-corporation bank. Cherington's essays have appeared widely, in Huffington Post, Covey Club, Lit Hub, The Millions, Yankee, Electric Lit, Hippocampus, Quartz, and others. Her essay “Maine Roustabout” was nominated for a 2012 Pushcart Prize. Gretchen splits her time between Portland, Maine, and an eighty-year old cottage on Penobscot Bay. Connect with Gretchen: Website: www.gretchencherington.com X: https://twitter.com/ge_cherington Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gretchencheringtonauthor/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gretchencheringtonauthor/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gretchen-cherington-612b3b7/ Get Gretchen's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Butcher-Embezzler-Fall-Guy-Industry/dp/1647420830/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3QYT2DHA753BP&keywords=the+butcher%2C+the+embezzler%2C+and+the+fall+guy&qid=1673298988&sprefix=The+Butcher%2C+the+Embezz%2Caps%2C81&sr=8-1 Huffington Post: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/richard-eberhart-father-me-too_n_64068645e4b0c78bb74484e6 — Ronit's writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Rumpus, The New York Times, The Iowa Review, Hippocampus, The Washington Post, Writer's Digest, American Literary Review, and elsewhere. Her memoir WHEN SHE COMES BACK about the loss of her mother to the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and their eventual reconciliation was named Finalist in the 2021 Housatonic Awards Awards, the 2021 Indie Excellence Awards, and was a 2021 Book Riot Best True Crime Book. Her short story collection HOME IS A MADE-UP PLACE won Hidden River Arts' 2020 Eludia Award and the 2023 Page Turner Awards for Short Stories. She earned an MFA in Nonfiction Writing at Pacific University, is Creative Nonfiction Editor at The Citron Review, and lives in Seattle with her family where she teaches memoir workshops and is working on her next book. More about Ronit: https://ronitplank.com Sign up for monthly podcast and writing updates: https://bit.ly/33nyTKd Follow Ronit: https://www.instagram.com/ronitplank/ https://twitter.com/RonitPlank https://www.facebook.com/RonitPlank Background photo credit: Photo by Patrick Tomasso on Unsplash Headshot photo credit: Sarah Anne Photography Theme music: Isaac Joel, Dead Moll's Fingers
“The thing about the systematic reduction of a woman down to her parts is that she doesn't always know it's happening while it's going on. Just one day she wakes up and realizes that all she was,was a face,a line of cleavage,two legs,a couple of hands,the swivel of her pelvis,the swell of her breast.We were just the disembodied parts in the display cases. One day we wake up to find out that the diamonds were never chocolate at all; they were brown the whole time. And our bodies, which are finally ours again, can move on all we want, though they forever remain a library of our lives — of the hurt and the shame, and of what we either allowed or didn't allow other people to get away with.”– Taffy Brodesser-Akner, The New York Times, April 23, 2019“The number of ‘likes' a photo receives is correlated with sexualization on Instagram. This partially confirmed Simone de Beauvoir's concept of self-objectification, where young women generally see themselves as objects for viewers to judge through ‘likes.'”– Amber L. Horan,“Picture This! Objectification Versus Empowerment in Women's Photos on Social Media”“In a society where media is the most persuasive force shaping cultural norms, the collective message we receive is that a woman's value and power lies in her youth, beauty, and sexuality, and not in her capacity, inner-self, or passions.”– Sonia SuarezLike most men, I've long been fascinated with women. But what, exactly, defines “woman”? Definitions are so conflicted that I believe anyone who attempts to define “woman” is certain to be criticized. But when has that ever been an impediment to a curious mind? Today's examination of the mystery and magic of women begins with a handful of quotes that show us “the perfect woman” that can exist only in the mind of a man. Psychologist Carl Jung calls her the anima. I call her, “The Imaginary Woman.”“What do we know about the goddesses, those elusive female figures, stronger than human males, more dangerous than male deities, who represent not real women but the dreams of real men?”– Alice Bach, Women in the Hebrew Bible, p. 17“I think the idealization of women is indigenous to men. There are various ways of idealizing women, especially sexually, based in almost every case on their inaccessibility. When a woman functions as an unobtainable love object, she takes on a mythical quality.”– James Dickey, Self Interviews, p. 153Miguel de Cervantes gave us a perfect example of the imaginary woman 418 years ago. Don Quixote sees a village girl in the distance – Aldonza Lorenzo by name – and says,“Her name is Dulcinea, her kingdom, Toboso, which is in La Mancha, her condition must be that of princess, at the very least, for she is my queen and lady, and her beauty is supernatural, for in it one finds the reality of all the impossible.”In the book, Don Quixote never meets Dulcinea. He sees her only from a distance. Like Helen of Troy – the face that launched 1,000 ships – Dulcinea is the anima, that perfect woman who can exist only in the imagination of a man. Everything Quixote accomplishes and endures is in her name and for her honor.“The girls in body-form slacks wander the High Street with locked hands while small transistor radios sit on their shoulders and whine love songs in their ears. The younger boys, bleeding with sap, sit on the stools of Tanger's Drugstore ingesting future pimples through straws. They watch the girls with level goat-eyes and make disparaging remarks to one another while their insides whimper with longing.”– John Steinbeck“Freda was a dazzle, a virtual watercolor of a woman...
John Orley Allen Tate (November 19, 1899 – February 9, 1979) was a poet, critic, biographer, and novelist. Born and raised in Kentucky, he earned his BA from Vanderbilt University, where he was the only undergraduate to be admitted to the Fugitives, an informal group of Southern intellectuals that included John Crowe Ransom, Donald Davidson, Merrill Moore, and Robert Penn Warren. Tate is now remembered for his association with the Fugitives and Southern Agrarians, writers who critiqued modern industrial life by invoking romanticized versions of Southern history and culture. Tate's best-known poems, including “Ode to the Confederate Dead,” confronted the relationship between an idealized past and a present he believed was deficient in both faith and tradition. Despite his commitment to developing a distinctly Southern literature, Tate's many works frequently made use of classical referents and allusions; his early writing was profoundly influenced by French symbolism and the poetry and criticism of T.S. Eliot. During the 1940s and 1950s, Tate was an important figure in American letters as editor of the Sewanee Review and for his contributions to other midcentury journals such as the Kenyon Review. As a teacher, he influenced poets including Robert Lowell, John Berryman, and Theodore Roethke, and he was friends with Hart Crane, writing the introduction to Crane's White Buildings (1926). From 1951 until his retirement in 1968, Tate was a professor of English at the University of Minnesota.In the decades that he was most active, Tate's “influence was prodigious, his circle of acquaintances immense,” noted Jones in the Dictionary of Literary Biography. James Dickey could write that Tate was more than a “Southern writer.” Dickey went on, “[Tate's] situation has certain perhaps profound implications for every man in every place and every time. And they are more than implications; they are the basic questions, the possible solutions to the question of existence. How does each of us wish to live his only life?”Allen Tate won numerous honors and awards during his lifetime, including the Bollingen Prize and a National Medal for Literature. He was the consultant in poetry at the Library of Congress and president of the National Institute of Arts and Letters.-bio via Poetry Foundation Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
Walter stays for one more segment before we talk about a wild story from the New York Post about a woman who quit her job as a lawyer to become a psychic for animals. James Dickey from the Upper Midwest Law Center closes out the show with the latest in litigation as we take your calls and play your talkbacks all morning long.
My Finding Freedom Forum is where I ask the question of my guests, "where are we losing freedom in America, what can we do as Americans, and what is my guest doing to protect freedom?" In the order they will be appearing is James Dickey with the Upper Mid West Law Center, Linda Rantz, who talks about returning to hand counting, Walter Daugherity .... known as Dr. D, Nicholas St Jon with the Washoe Patriots, And former Arizona State Representative Liz Harris.
Today's poem is by Theodore Huebner Roethke (/ˈrɛtki/ RET-kee;[1] May 25, 1908 – August 1, 1963), an American poet. He is regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential poets of his generation, having won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1954 for his book The Waking, and the annual National Book Award for Poetry on two occasions: in 1959 for Words for the Wind,[2] and posthumously in 1965 for The Far Field.[3][4] His work was characterized by its introspection, rhythm and natural imagery.Roethke was praised by former U.S. Poet Laureate and author James Dickey as "in my opinion the greatest poet this country has yet produced."[5] He was also a respected poetry teacher, and taught at the University of Washington for fifteen years. His students from that period won two Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry and two others were nominated for the award. "He was probably the best poetry-writing teacher ever," said poet Richard Hugo, who studied under Roethke.— bio via Wikipedia Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
James Dickey discusses the recent petition filed in the Minnesota Supreme Court seeking to keep former President Donald Trump off of Minnesota's 2024 primary and general election ballots, and also UMLC's new case against the “Don't Say Felon” speech code created by the legislature to shut down certain political speech in the days leading up to Minnesota elections.
Jon runs through a story on the original Brady Bunch house then words get in the way before James Dickey from the Upper Midwest Law Center joins to close the hour. They discuss the latest on Trump's 2024 ballot eligibility in the state of Minnesota and much more.
In this episode of Minnesota Law Weekly, James Dickey of the Upper Midwest Law Center discusses a common theme in some of their cases: the government can't use its investigatory power to punish citizens for speaking on politics.
Season 6 of the #crw podcast begins with the annual #wvufootball season prediction roundtable. Joined by special guests @Couz206 & @PaulMountaineer, the guys go through the 2023 #wvu schedule game-by-game to come up with their final record predictions for the upcoming season! 1:30 - Intro 2:52 - Mountaineer News Segment Begins 3:00 - Big 12 Conference Welcomes 4 New Members in 2024 3:58 - James Dickey joins the WVU Men's Basketball Staff 4:24 - Omar Silverio's Waiver Request Denied by the NCAA 4:58 - Transfer Akok Akok Commits to WVU Men's Basketball 5:49 - Nate Gabriel Joins the 2024 WVU Football Recruiting Class 7:13 - Sharing Some Record Predictions from Mountaineer Nation 8:58 - Season Prediction Roundtable Segment Begins --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/countryroadswebcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/countryroadswebcast/support
Título de culto que llega a Luces en el Horizonte, no es recomendable que los menores escuchen este audio. Deliverance, la obra de John Boorman basada en la novela de James Dickey: su argumento, declaraciones, curiosidades, anécdotas... Un film inolvidable que dejó huella. (Reposición de este audio) Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals
Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's dammed and turned into a lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a canoeing trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country. Directed by John Boorman Written by James Dickey & John Boorman @thedeadlightspod
James Dickey discusses a new Minnesota law that restores the right for felons to vote. In this episode, James says the legislature failed to follow all steps and constraints set by the Constitution.
Jon spends the first part of the hour discussing the movie "Sound Of Freedom" and the criticism that has come from the left plus from the Upper Midwest Law Center James Dickey joins to discuss a variety of topics.
Are aesthetics a kind of philosophy? What is the most important photo of all time? Kris's birthday celebration, shoutout to Jay Springett, starting the day off right, The Miracle Morning, Gus encounters a passed-out junkie, Pat Murphy's Points of Departure, (JDO incorrectly states that Tea with the Black Dragon won the 1984 PKD award; it was actually The Anubis Gates; TWTBD was the runner-up), Thomas Merton, Gary Snyder's The Real Work, calamities that lead to epiphany, (the book JDO is trying to remember is Honest to God by John Robinson), Ralph Eugene Meatyard, every photograph is a self-portrait, D.H. Lawrence's paintings, the Slim Jims' Music for Tall Men Only, inclusive vs. inviting, forced limitation, “deny the veil, enjoy the view,” the Devouring Television, media creating reality, worshipping a Felix the Cat doll, the introduction of widescreen, the irreality of VHS, the return of the Third Man, what is contained in a photograph?, the most important photo of all time, repetition of imagery, the first-world sinister hug, shot-up jukeboxes in quicksand, MK Ultra Imaginative Challenge, the whim of nature, getting down in the baked beans and cream corn, pornographic thought experiment, James Dickey, the magic of guilt, and a Ben Affleck and Matt Damon dream.
James Dickey and guest Renee Carlson discuss gender policy changes and the lack of protection for children in Minnesota legislation.Read Renee's commentary: https://alphanews.org/minnesota-democrats-abandon-the-most-vulnerable/
Laura Alcoba nació en el año 1968 y vivió hasta los 10 años en Buenos Aires, cuando viajó con su madre a París, huyendo de la Dictadura. Su padre no viajó con ellas: estaba preso. En Francia estudió Letras y trabajó como editora y traductora. Su primera novela, La casa de los conejos, que cuenta la historia de una niña que vive con su madre en una casa de La Plata donde se imprime en clandestinidad el periódico Evita Montonera al comienzo de la dictadura, inició con gran impacto y celebración por parte de la crítica el ciclo autobiográfico al que le seguirían El azul de las abejas (donde narra la correspondencia con su padre, que sigue detenido) y La danza de la araña. Su último libro es A través del bosque, que reconstruye la historia de un doble infanticidio ocurrido en la conserjería de una escuela en diciembre de 1984. Treinta años después de ocurrido, Laura Alcoba vuelve a esa mañana en la que Griselda, una argentina exiliada en Francia, en uno de esos actos inconcebibles para los cuales cuesta poner un nombre, ahogó a sus dos hijos menores en la bañera luego de decirle a Claudio, su marido, que no soportaba el dolor de cabeza con el que se había despertado. Flavia, la hija mayor de la pareja, tenía seis años y sobrevivió: en el momento del episodio estaba en la escuela. Alcoba, quien conoció de chiquita a la familia porque estaban vinculados a su padre pero que había olvidado la terrible historia, habló con Flavia, con Griselda y también con personas muy cercanas a la familia, que la ayudaron a rearmar el rompecabezas de tanto horror. No hay morbo en la narración de Alcoba sino la búsqueda de la palabra justa y el equilibrio necesario para comprender lo incomprensible, para contar sin juzgar y para construir con suma belleza un relato inquietante y perturbador. En la sección En voz alta, Claudia Melnik leyó el poema “En qué sentido” de Horacio Horacio Zabaljáuregui Claudia Melnik es psicóloga, poeta, narradora e investigadora. Nació en Córdoba. Vivió en Francia y en Estados Unidos y actualmente reside en Buenos Aires. Ha publicado “Furia de Asia”, “Viajeras del beleño” y “El Miedo” en Último Reino”. En breve se publicará el Álbum de la literatura argentina y el libro Imborrables que lleva varios textos suyos, junto a otros autores como Matilde Sánchez, Luis Chitarroni, Ariel Schettini, Betina González,. Este Álbum fue editado por Club Burton y coordinado por Luis Gusmán y Salvador Gargiulo. Su último libro es la novela “La princesa vampira”. Y en Te regalo un libro, el periodista Rodo Reich nos regaló “La violencia está en nosotros” de James Dickey, un libro del año 1970. Rodo Reich es periodista especializado en gastronomía y bebidas, con más de 20 años de experiencia. Colaborador de los diarios La Nación y Página12 (suplemento Radar), en la revista 7 Caníbales y columnista radial en los programas Tarde Para Nada y La inmensa minoría, por Radio con vos. En Bienvenidos, Hinde habló de “Contar un secreto”, de Pablo De Santis y “Traidores, Escribir ficción con material autobiográfico”, de Natalia Zito ambos publicados por Tilde y de “In vitro” de Esabel Zapata editado por Editorial Excursiones Y en Libros que sí recomendó. “No callar”, de Javier Cercas. Crónicas, ensayos y artículos 2000-2022, publicado por Tusquets y “Borges babilónico”, de Jorge Schwartz editado por Fondo de Cultura Económica.
Today's poem is by Theodore Huebner Roethke (/ˈrɛtki/ RET-kee;[1] May 25, 1908 – August 1, 1963), an American poet. He is regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential poets of his generation, having won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1954 for his book The Waking, and the annual National Book Award for Poetry on two occasions: in 1959 for Words for the Wind,[2] and posthumously in 1965 for The Far Field.[3][4] His work was characterized by its introspection, rhythm and natural imagery.Roethke was praised by former U.S. Poet Laureate and author James Dickey as "in my opinion the greatest poet this country has yet produced."[5] He was also a respected poetry teacher, and taught at the University of Washington for fifteen years. His students from that period won two Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry and two others were nominated for the award. "He was probably the best poetry-writing teacher ever," said poet Richard Hugo, who studied under Roethke.—Bio via Wikipedia This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
James Dickey states that voters should have confidence that your absentee ballot will count if you follow the rules on the mail-in ballot. He also discusses unconstitutional, left-wing policies that have been passed in St. Paul and are changing the future of Minnesota.
James Dickey discusses portions of House File 3, the omnibus election policy bill, specifically the so-called “deceptive practices” part of the bill.Minnesota Law Weekly | Ep. 20 Subscribe: https://umlc.buzzsprout.com/
Deliverance (1972) Deliverance is a 1972 American survival thriller film produced and directed by John Boorman, and starring Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, and Ronny Cox, with the latter two making their feature film debuts. The screenplay was adapted by James Dickey from his 1970 novel of the same name. The film was a critical and box office success, earning three Academy Award nominations and five Golden Globe Award nominations. Widely acclaimed as a landmark picture, the film is noted for a music scene near the beginning, with one of the city men playing "Dueling Banjos" on guitar with a banjo-picking country boy, and for its notorious, violent, brutal sodomy rape scene. In 2008, Deliverance was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Race With The Devil (1973) Race with the Devil is a 1975 American action horror film directed by Jack Starrett, written by Wes Bishop and Lee Frost, and starring Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swit, and Lara Parker. This was the second of three films Fonda and Oates would star in together (The Hired Hand, 1971) was their first, and 92 in the Shade (1975) was their third). Race with the Devil is a hybrid of the horror, action, and car chase genres. Opening Credits; Introduction (1.04); Background History (20.15); Deliverance (1972) Film Trailer (21.45); The Original (24.37); Let's Rate (57.29); Introducing the Double Feature (1:02.27); Race With The Devil (1973) Film Trailer (1:03.30); The Attraction (1:05.30); How Many Stars (1:51.31); End Credits (1:58.50); Closing Credits (2:00.23) Opening Credits– Epidemic Sound – copyright 2021. All rights reserved Closing Credits: Take Me Home, Country Roads by Olivia Newton John. Taken from the album Let Me Be There. Copyright 1973 Festival Records Original Music copyrighted 2020 Dan Hughes Music and the Literary License Podcast. All rights reserved. Used by Kind Permission. All songs available through Amazon Music.
John J. Miller is joined by Cat Baab-Muguira to discuss James Dickey's 'Deliverance.'
Renee Carlson of True North Legal joins James Dickey from the Upper Midwest Law Center to discuss the legal fallout from this year's legislative session.
John Hinderaker, president of the Center of the American Experiment, joins James Dickey of the Upper Midwest Law Center on this week's episode of Minnesota Law Weekly.
Educators and parents across Minnesota are concerned about new teacher licensure requirements that would require educators to affirm their students' gender identities and "disrupt oppressive systems." Catrin Wigfall with the Center of the American Experiment joined Upper Midwest Law Center attorney James Dickey on his podcast Minnesota Law Weekly to discuss the ramifications of the requirements.
James Dickey of the Upper Midwest Law Center explains why he believes a Minnesota bill to restore voting rights to felons is unconstitutional and will likely be overturned.