Podcast appearances and mentions of Mark Forsyth

In this episode, we get excited about three books: Gifts from the Kitchen by Kristine Kidd and A Christmas Cornucopia: The Hidden Stories Behind Our Yuletide Traditions by Mark Forsyth. Then Dave recommends entertaining, accessible graphic novels for newbies. Links Buy: Gifts from the Kitchen by Kristine Kidd Internet Archive: Gifts from the Kitchen by Kristine Kidd A Christmas Cornucopia: The Hidden Stories Behind Our Yuletide Traditions by Mark Forsyth Polar Vortex: A Family Memoir by Denise Dorrance Hidden Systems: Water, Electricity, the Internet, and the Secrets Behind the Systems We Use Every Day by Dan Nott The Way Things Work by David Macaulay How It All Ends by Emma Hunsinger Transcript of this episode. The Library of Lost Time is a Strong Sense of Place Production! https://strongsenseofplace.com Join our FREE Substack to get our (awesome) newsletter and join in chats with other people who love books and travel. Do you enjoy our show? Do you want to make friends with other (lovely) listeners? Please support our work on Patreon. Every little bit helps us keep the show going and makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside - https://www.patreon.com/strongsenseofplace As always, you can find us at: Our site Instagram Substack Patreon Parts of the Strong Sense of Place podcast are produced in udio! Some effects are provided by soundly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Esta semana, na estante do Governo Sombra, há uma “Breve História da Bebedeira”, de Mark Forsyth; uma novela gráfica que vai dar um filme, intitulada “Aqui” e assinada por Robert McGuire; o último volume - “Um Novo Nome” - da Septalogia do Nobel John Fosse; e uma provocatória recolha de factos e de conhecimentos científicos: o tipo de livro, segundo o autor, David Marçal, em que está a receita para “Como Perder Amigos Rapidamente”.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Get a copy of your GrowBIG Playbook today! In this episode of Real Relationships Real Revenue, I'm excited to be joined by David Perell, who's here to share his expertise on how to write really well. David is a master in the art of writing, and together we'll dive into his top tips on the essential components of good writing, how to overcome writer's block, and practical activities you can do to become a stronger writer. After all, better writing leads to bigger wins!   Topics We Cover in This Episode:    What it truly takes to improve your writing The many benefits of becoming a better writer The two phases of writing and how they can enhance your work The one key principle to keep in mind if you want to achieve your goals Books and exercises that will help sharpen your writing skills The step-by-step process for creating great content The core element every writer needs to craft compelling pieces The secret to producing well-rounded, impactful writing   I hope you enjoyed this episode with David! He has so many valuable tips for becoming a better writer and I hope this conversation helps you get started improving your writing today.    If you want to get in touch with David, make sure to follow him on LinkedIn and X. You can also check out the podcast episode he did on storytelling and the episode he did on copy editing.    Resources Mentioned: Order your copy of Give to Grow Get the Supplemental materials for Give to Grow Get a copy of your GrowBIG Playbook today!   Check out David's podcast episode with Shaan Puri on storytelling Listen to David's podcast episode with Harry Dry on copy editing Follow David on  LinkedIn Follow David on  X Listen to Mark Forsyth (author of Elements of Eloquence) Interview

Get a copy of your GrowBIG Playbook today! In this episode of Real Relationships Real Revenue, I'm excited to be joined by David Perell, who's here to share his expertise on how to write really well. David is a master in the art of writing, and together we'll dive into his top tips on the essential components of good writing, how to overcome writer's block, and practical activities you can do to become a stronger writer. After all, better writing leads to bigger wins!   Topics We Cover in This Episode:    What it truly takes to improve your writing The many benefits of becoming a better writer The two phases of writing and how they can enhance your work The one key principle to keep in mind if you want to achieve your goals Books and exercises that will help sharpen your writing skills The step-by-step process for creating great content The core element every writer needs to craft compelling pieces The secret to producing well-rounded, impactful writing   I hope you enjoyed this episode with David! He has so many valuable tips for becoming a better writer and I hope this conversation helps you get started improving your writing today.    If you want to get in touch with David, make sure to follow him on LinkedIn and X. You can also check out the podcast episode he did on storytelling and the episode he did on copy editing.    Resources Mentioned: Order your copy of Give to Grow Get the Supplemental materials for Give to Grow Get a copy of your GrowBIG Playbook today!   Check out David's podcast episode with Shaan Puri on storytelling Listen to David's podcast episode with Harry Dry on copy editing Follow David on  LinkedIn Follow David on  X Listen to Mark Forsyth (author of Elements of Eloquence) Interview

Get a copy of your GrowBIG Playbook today! In this episode of Real Relationships Real Revenue, I'm excited to be joined by David Perell, who's here to share his expertise on how to write really well. David is a master in the art of writing, and together we'll dive into his top tips on the essential components of good writing, how to overcome writer's block, and practical activities you can do to become a stronger writer. After all, better writing leads to bigger wins!   Topics We Cover in This Episode:    What it truly takes to improve your writing The many benefits of becoming a better writer The two phases of writing and how they can enhance your work The one key principle to keep in mind if you want to achieve your goals Books and exercises that will help sharpen your writing skills The step-by-step process for creating great content The core element every writer needs to craft compelling pieces The secret to producing well-rounded, impactful writing   I hope you enjoyed this episode with David! He has so many valuable tips for becoming a better writer and I hope this conversation helps you get started improving your writing today.    If you want to get in touch with David, make sure to follow him on LinkedIn and X. You can also check out the podcast episode he did on storytelling and the episode he did on copy editing.    Resources Mentioned: Order your copy of Give to Grow Get the Supplemental materials for Give to Grow Get a copy of your GrowBIG Playbook today!   Check out David's podcast episode with Shaan Puri on storytelling Listen to David's podcast episode with Harry Dry on copy editing Follow David on  LinkedIn Follow David on  X Listen to Mark Forsyth (author of Elements of Eloquence) Interview

Marshall and Stan discuss the importance of cinematic perspective in storytelling, emphasizing how camera placement, movement, lighting, and color can influence the audience's emotions and perceptions. By manipulating these elements, artists can create dynamic and engaging narratives. They also touched on the contrast between continuity and dialectic approaches in film editing, using examples from classic and modern films to illustrate how these techniques enhance storytelling. Learn to Draw - www.proko.com Marshall Vandruff - www.marshallart.com Stan Prokopenko - instagram.com/stanprokopenko Show Links (some contain affiliate links): The Perspective Course - http://proko.com/perspective  Marvel's The Art of Storytelling - http://proko.com/marvel  Cody Shank - https://codyshank.com  Sergei Eisenstein - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Eisenstein  Vsevolod Pudovkin - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vsevolod_Pudovkin  The Kuleshov Effect - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuleshov_effect  Storytelling - Draftsmen S3E32 - https://www.proko.com/course-lesson/storytelling-draftsmen-s3e32/  Storytelling Lessons from The Simpsons - https://www.proko.com/simpsons  Books: Tongue Twisters by Alvin Schwartz - https://amzn.to/46xEeup The Elements of Eloquence by Mark Forsyth - https://amzn.to/4fs9sr3  Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens - https://amzn.to/4ceFCDh  The Pickwick Papers, AKA The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens - https://amzn.to/3WsCxcU  A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - https://amzn.to/4fxI8HO Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austin - https://amzn.to/3A7yDic  Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin - https://amzn.to/4ceFNyr  Where's Waldo by Martin Handford - https://amzn.to/3AaBA1z  Understanding Movies by Louis Giannetti - https://amzn.to/4ca5hx6  Thank You For Arguing by Jay Heinrichs - https://amzn.to/4dweyk9  Movies: Ben-Hur (1925) - https://amzn.to/3YAbeAq  The Bear (2022 - Present) - https://www.hulu.com/series/05eb6a8e-90ed-4947-8c0b-e6536cbddd5f  Peaky Blinders (2013-2022) - https://www.netflix.com/title/80002479  Toy Story (1995) - https://amzn.to/4clhAGS  M*A*S*H (1970) - https://amzn.to/3X3u2H7  The Wizard of Oz (1939) - https://amzn.to/46CgdT1  Battleship Potemkin (1925) - https://amzn.to/4ci88Ed Back to the Future (1985) - https://amzn.to/4cgTD3m  Memento (2000) - https://amzn.to/46xFfCJ Betrayal (1983) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu2iT8fj3VI  Cast Away (2000) - https://amzn.to/46B5loi  Network (1976) - https://amzn.to/3LSlFHV  The Social Network (2010) - https://amzn.to/3SFdtyj  Double Indemnity (1944) - https://amzn.to/3WuiPh4  The Hangover (2009) - https://amzn.to/3Aaxwyd  The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (1966) - https://amzn.to/3SFuWXv Midnight Run (1988) - https://amzn.to/4dhMl0U One Hour Photo (2002) - https://amzn.to/4dw3XFY  Dr. Strangelove (1964) - https://amzn.to/4dbPXBq  Ordinary People (1980) - https://amzn.to/3SExoO9  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What do Katy Perry, Charles Dickens, and the Bible all have in common? They're responsible for some of the most famous lines in history. And in this episode, you'll find out why.  Mark, an author and mad scientist of language, reveals the secret sauce to memorable writing: rhetorical devices. Chiasmus. Anaphora. Antithesis. Synecdoche.  Writing today (i.e. texting and Tweeting) is concise and hyper-minimal — which is fine, if you're writing the instruction manual for a new dishwasher. But the most memorable works of writing lean into the beauty of words. It's not about using overly purple prose. It's about using rhetorical formulas to create unforgettable lines, to shape ideas that stick in your reader's brain.  If you want to write something that sticks in your reader's brain — a book, a poem, a speech — then this episode is for you. SPEAKER LINKS:  Twitter: https://x.com/inkyfool Blog: https://blog.inkyfool.com/ Books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B005Z05REO WRITE OF PASSAGE:  Want to learn more about the next class Write of Passage? Click here: https://writeofpassage.com/ PODCAST LINKS:  Website: https://writeofpassage.com/how-i-write YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DavidPerellChannel/videos Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-i-write/id1700171470 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2DjMSboniFAeGA8v9NpoPv Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next time you want to get everyone's attention for a speech at a party, try this: stand up on a table, pound your mead-chalice on a hard surface (you've got a mead-chalice, right?) and shout HWÆT! No one will have any idea what you're saying, but they'll have no choice but to listen. That's the power of Old English. We've hit bedrock in our excavation of the history of English, which brings us to Beowulf and what Seamus Heaney calls "the coffered riches of grammer and declensions." Check out our sponsor, the Ancient Language Institute (now offering Old English instruction!): https://ancientlanguage.com/youngheretics/ Pre-order my new book, Light of the Mind, Light of the World: https://a.co/d/2QccOfM Subscribe to my new joint Substack with Andrew Klavan (no relation): https://thenewjerusalem.substack.com Mark Forsyth's books on curiosities of the English language: https://a.co/d/fxudMAn https://a.co/d/3A5XpbQ Live reading of Beowulf from Hillsdale: https://youtu.be/CH-_GwoO4xI?si=tQCTnID9A7gi5s5_  

Words are never just words. They carry context and controversy; they can signal identity or sow discord. This week, TED speakers explore the history and politics of our ever-evolving language. Guests include linguists Anne Curzan and John McWhorter, social psychologist Dannagal Young and writer Mark Forsyth. TED Radio Hour+ subscribers now get access to bonus episodes, with more ideas from TED speakers and a behind the scenes look with our producers. A Plus subscription also lets you listen to regular episodes (like this one!) without sponsors. Sign-up at: plus.npr.org/tedLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Otro libro premiado que entra en la Biblioteca de Antonio Martínez Asensio de Hoy por Hoy. Se trata de "Los alemanes" de Sergio del Molino, premio Alfaguara 2024. El escritor aragonés ha escrito esta novela inspirada en la historia de los alemanes del Camerún, una colonia germana que termina en Zaragoza en 1916 tras perder la I Guerra Mundial y proceden de las pérdidas de poder alemán África.  Y en Zaragoza crean su propia patria,  su propio mundo que no es territorial, sino sentimental.  Sergio Del Molino ya había contado esta historia en un ensayo y ahora ha creado su propia familia alemana para jugar con el aquel pasado y con un presente marcado por lo que hicieron abuelos y padres. Además de "Los alemanes", su autor , Sergio del Molino nos ha donado para la Biblioteca de Hoy por Hoy Poesías Completas de Antonio Machado (Austral)  y "La leyenda del santo bebedor" de Joseph Roth (Anagrama). Antonio Martínez Asensio nos ha dejado tres libros relacionados con la actualidad de la semana "Bel Ami" de Guy de Maupasant (Alianza), "Mientras haya bares" de Juan Tallón (Círculo de Tiza)  y  "Limpia" de Alia Trabuco Zerán (Lumen). Las novedades de Pepe Rubio fueron "La hija de Gardel" de Lea Vélez (Contraluz) y "Ensayo general" de Milena Busquets (Anagrama). El libro perdido en la redacción que ha recupera Pacual Donate ha sido "Una borrachera cósmica" de Mark Forsyth (Ariel). También se ha citado "Lo raro es vivir" de Carmen Martín Gaite (Anagrama) , libro que pasa a formar parte del programa "un libro , una hora" de Antonio Martínez Asensio. Y finalmente los oyentes nos han donado "El perro de terracota" de Andrea Camilleri (Salamandra) , "Todo esto te daré" de Dolores Redondo (Planeta) y "El americano impasible" de Graham Green (Alianza) 

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Writing a tweet is a microcosm of writing a book. If you think deeply and carefully about every word in a tweet, and what the tweet as a whole communicates, you can extend those skills to all your writing. In this article, I'll break down how to think about every word in a tweet, nearly tripling its performance. Step 1: The first-impression tweet The tweet we'll work on came to me like most tweets, a thought that popped into my head. It was this: Ironically, strong opinions are the ones that are easily argued against. I could have just tweeted that. But I've made a habit of instead writing down my first-impression tweets in a scratch file, and later working on them before publishing. Here's what my thought process looks like. As a tweet, this phrase is a little wordy, and weak. It starts somewhat nonsensically with an adverb: “Ironically.” What action is being performed ironically? Step 2: Improving word economy There are also some extra words that could be cut out. Do we have to refer to “strong opinions” again, by using the word “ones”? The word “that” is often not necessary, and it doesn't seem necessary here. If we cut out all those extra words, we end up with: Strong opinions are easily argued against. Step 3: Adding back in meaning That's shorter, more elegant, and economic. But now it's weaker. It's a simple statement of fact, without presenting what's remarkable about that fact, or how anyone should feel about it. At least when it said, “ironically,” it pointed out the irony that strong opinions are those that are easily argued against. Also, since I've removed the second reference to “strong opinions” by removing the word “ones,” the statement no longer pits “strong opinions” against other types of opinions. Before, I was implying the existence of opinions that weren't strong, and describing what was different about opinions that were. Our shortened statement is also in the passive voice, which makes it weaker. “Strong opinions are easily argued against,” by whom? Who is doing the arguing? It would be more direct to say: It's easier to argue against strong opinions. But still, this statement doesn't pit strong opinions against other types of opinions. Fixing that, we could instead say: Of all opinions, strong ones are easiest to argue against. Finally, I think we at least have an improvement over the original, “Ironically, strong opinions are the ones that are easily argued against.” It's more direct, and pits strong opinions against opinions at-large. It also has the important quality, in tweet format, of delivering the most surprising – or ironic – thing about the statement at the end. There's a bit of misdirection in this statement. We've addressed all opinions, homed in on the strong ones, which primes you to expect them to be lauded in some way. Instead, the statement points out the irony that what makes an opinion “strong” is that it's easy to argue against. Step 4: Tweaking for the audience But this tweet is still not ready. The most glaring problem is, nowhere in the tweet is the term, “strong opinions,” and, as a tweet, that's where its potential lies. “Strong opinions” is a term in the parlance of some sections of Twitter. This term became popular after Marc Andreessen appeared on Tim Ferriss's podcast, where he advocated for, “strong opinions, weakly held.” By trying to be economical with words in our tweet, we've broken apart this term. In our latest iteration, “Of all opinions, strong ones are easiest to argue against,” it's simply referred to as “strong ones.” Depending upon how prevalent the term “strong opinions” is in the minds of our audience members, we could stick with that more subtle hint. Sometimes that's more effective. In my experience, on Twitter, you have to bash people over the head with what you're saying to cut through the noise. So we could instead say: Of all opinions, strong opinions are easiest to argue against. We've replaced “strong ones” with “strong opinions.” It's less economical, but includes the term “strong opinions,” pits them against opinions at-large, and delivers the counterintuitive element at the end, like the punchline of a joke. Step 5: What are we trying to say? This is probably as economically as we can write this, meeting that criteria. But it's still not ready. Now it's not clear from this observation how the author wants us to feel about strong opinions. It's, ironically, not a strong opinion. Is the upshot that you shouldn't hold strong opinions? Is it that when you hold strong opinions, you have to be comfortable with the fact they are easy to argue against? What makes an opinion “strong,” anyway? Is it the force with with which you express the opinion? If so, the statement, “strong opinions, weakly held” would mean you express the opinion with force, but are quick to change it if presented with contrary evidence. Or maybe it means that you should take decisive action on your opinions, and if that action presents you with contrary evidence, you should change your opinion and act accordingly? Now we're starting to get to what I, as an author, really think – which is like an excavation to discover, Where did this idea come from in the first place? My personal opinion is that to hold a strong opinion, you have to be faking. There are few things any of us are qualified to have opinions about. Having a strong opinion is a very “hedgehog” way of being, and hedgehogs are scientifically proven to be wrong. Yet if you express your honest opinion – which is to be more like a “fox” than a hedgehog – you're essentially expressing no opinion at all. Instead, you're exploring thoughts around a potential opinion. Given the mechanics of media today, few who see what you have to say when expressing your fox-like opinion will interact with it. And because few will interact with it, fewer will see it. So in a way, to be fox-like in media is doing oneself a disservice. Your message doesn't get seen, and since nobody can disagree with your non-opinion, you learn less. It's beneficial to masquerade as a hedgehog on social media, but be a fox in your private intellectual life. What's our angle? It's at this point in revising a tweet, where I often step back and write plainly the sub-text of what I'm trying to say. One angle is, In your pursuit of learning, you have to pretend to have strong opinions, because strong opinions are the easiest to argue against – which helps you collect information. Another angle is that When you express a strong opinion, be ready to be disagreed with, because strong opinions are by definition the easiest to argue against. So now I have two potential angles: “You should pretend to have an opinion.” “When you express your opinion, be ready for criticism.” Since this is a tweet, the sub-text of the tweet is very important. Because of the social mechanics of Twitter, people will not like or retweet something that makes them look bad. The “You should pretend to have an opinion” angle is weak, because to retweet something that espouses being inauthentic is to admit to being inauthentic, and that's socially repugnant – even if our angle has merit. Also important, it's not socially-repugnant enough to get people to argue, which would be another way of driving engagement. The “When you express your opinion, be ready for criticism,” angle is somewhat stronger. It would be a small flex to like or retweet this, because it would show that you're a person resilient enough to expose yourself to criticism, a quality which has social clout in some circles. Moving forward with that best angle, in the clearest way possible, we could say: When you share strong opinions, you will be criticized. Because strong opinions by definition are the easiest opinions to disagree with. Besides the fact it's much longer, there's something weak about this tweet. I think it's that it makes strong opinions not look good. Why have them if they're so easy to disagree with? As someone with a fox cognitive style, to me it doesn't feel right. So ultimately it seems, I believe a third angle: “Strong opinions aren't good.” If we put that simply, we're back to “Of all opinions, strong opinions are the easiest to argue against.” That still doesn't express clearly how I feel about strong opinions. It's just a statement of fact. Step 6: Applying rhetoric Maybe we can make this more economical, while also expressing more clearly my feelings about strong opinions, if we use a rhetorical form. Rhetorical forms are time-tested structures in language that add meaning beyond the simple content of the words. “Antithesis” is a good rhetorical form for tweets. Mark Forsyth in The Elements of Eloquence describes antithesis as “X is Y, and not X is not Y.” We won't use that exact formula, which would essentially be “Strong opinions are easy to argue against, and weak opinions are hard to argue against.” Instead, let's pit the word “strong” against its antithesis, “weak” – which is part of why the phrase “strong opinions, weakly held” is so memetic. As it happens, the idea of a “weak argument” is a commonly-used metaphor, so we can add extra power to our phrase by tapping into that existing idiom. With those elements in mind, we end up with: Strong opinions are weak arguments. That's about as good as we can do. We've reduced the phrase from eleven words to only five. It's now clearer what I think of strong opinions, and it presents the irony I wanted to point out in the first place. Was all this work worth it? So, how did this tweet do? I published it, making sure to record a prediction that I was 70% sure it would get fewer than 1,500 impressions (in 48 hours). It actually got 1,081. One month later, I published the unedited tweet I presented at the beginning of this article. I was 70% sure it would get fewer than 1,000 impressions. It got 384. The data suggest that through all that excruciating detail – more than 1,500 words about writing only five – I nearly tripled the performance of this tweet. The tweet still didn't go viral, which isn't the point of thinking of language in this level of detail. The real point of this exercise is that if you make a habit of thinking carefully about language, you internalize much of this process, which makes all your writing better. Image: Flower Myth, by Paul Klee About Your Host, David Kadavy David Kadavy is author of Mind Management, Not Time Management, The Heart to Start and Design for Hackers. Through the Love Your Work podcast, his Love Mondays newsletter, and self-publishing coaching David helps you make it as a creative. Follow David on: Twitter Instagram Facebook YouTube Subscribe to Love Your Work Apple Podcasts Overcast Spotify Stitcher YouTube RSS Email Support the show on Patreon Put your money where your mind is. Patreon lets you support independent creators like me. Support now on Patreon »       Show notes: https://kadavy.net/blog/posts/how-to-write-a-tweet/

A surprising and hilarious history of the language of food. Perfect for readers of Susie Dent and Mark Forsyth, and fans of QI. All food has a story, reaching as far back into history as language itself. As languages followed and reflected the tides of civilizations, food language came to represent some of the highs and lows of how humans communicate: from the highbrow 'Chateauneuf du Pape: (the Pope's new castle)' to the 'nun's farts' of Jamaica (also known as 'beignets'). Chock full of food puns, linguistic did-you-knows and delectable trivia, Romaine Wasn't Built in A Day is your go-to gift for your trivia nerds, your history buffs, your crossword fiends, and your Scrabble diehards. This is the surprising and hilarious history of food, told through the lens of the fascinating evolution of language.

Wir verfolgen die Spuren der Koexistenz von Mensch und Alkohol, von genetischen Anpassungen, über Gärungsrückstände in antiken Tempeln, bis hin zum Komasaufen im Podcast-Studio. Davon inspiriert stellen wir uns die wirklich wichtigen Fragen: Wo bin ich? Warum bin ich nackt? Könnte ich mit dem spontanen Anlegen eines Biertagesbuchs meinen Zustand und dessen Folge noch rechtfertigen? Stabile Seitenlage Podcast - Eine Schnapsidee im Dauerrausch

‘Cities are the result of farmers working too hard. In fact, History is the result of farmers working too hard.' Mark Forsyth, A Short History of Drunkenness Paul and Mikey keep digging and serve up a whole new bunch of treats from episodes 7 and 8. More stories, more insights, and of course… more maps!!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Prekladateľka Tereza Indrová rozpráva o knihe The Etymologicon, ktorú napísal Mark Forsyth, číta z knihy Uchom ihly od Jána Púčeka a z knihy Vianočka udatný, medveď mňau, drak čau a originál princezná Fujara Lopúchová, ktorú napísal Juraj Raýman.

There are some invisible structures in language, and using them can be the difference between your message being forgotten or living through the ages. These are The Elements of Eloquence, which is the title of Mark Forsyth's book. I first picked this up a couple years ago, and have read it several times since then. I think it's one of the best writing books, and has dramatically improved my writing. Here is my summary of The Elements of Eloquence: Secrets of the Perfect Turn of Phrase. How powerful could this stuff be? Can hidden patterns in language really be the difference between being remembered and forgotten? The technical term for the study of these patterns is “rhetoric,” and yes, it can make a big difference. Misremembered phrases While it's hard to find data on what has been forgotten – see 99.9% of everything ever said or written – there are examples of things that have been misremembered. You've heard the expression, “blood, sweat, and tears.” That comes from a Winston Churchill speech. He actually said he had “nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.” Remember when, in The Wizard of Oz, the Wicked Witch of the West said, “Fly, my pretties, fly!”? Well, it never happened. She actually merely exclaimed “Fly!” four times in a row. The line remembered as “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned”, was actually "Heav'n has no rage, like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury, like a woman scorned." I'll get into some theories about why these phrases were misremembered in a bit. Non-sensical expressions You can also see evidence of the power of rhetoric in expressions that have spread through culture. Sometimes they don't make literal sense, but have appealing patterns. It “takes two to tango,” but why not “it takes two to waltz”? People go “whole hog,” but why not “whole pig”? Why “cool as a cucumber”? Why “dead as a doornail”? Alliteration You may have noticed these phrases all have alliteration, which is the simplest of rhetorical forms. You're probably already familiar with it. All you have to do to use alliteration is start a couple words in a phrase with the same letter. I've noticed some evidence of the power of alliteration looking at expressions across English and Spanish. For example, if you directly translated “the tables have turned,” which is said often, nobody would know what you were talking about. But they would understand if you directly translated “the things have changed,” which nobody says. In Spanish, that's “las cosas han cambiado.” See? Alliteration. Tricolon So, why was Winston Churchill's quote misremembered as “blood, sweat, and tears.” Forsyth thinks it was probably because the tricolon is more appealing than the tetracolon. A tricolon is when three things are listed, a tetracolon, four. Famous tricolons include, “Eat, drink, and be merry,” and “It's a bird! It's a plane! It's superman.” Barack Obama's short victory speech in 2008 had twenty-one tricolons. Forsyth points out that tricolons seem to be more memorable if the first two things are short and closely-related, and the final thing is longer and a little more abstract. Like, “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Isocolon Tricolon is three things, tetracolon is four, so is isocolon just one? In a way. An isocolon is not one thing, but one structure, repeated two times. For example, “Roses are red. Violets are blue.” Epizeuxis When you do repeat one thing, that's called epizeuxis. So, when the Wicked Witch of the West said, “Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly!,” that was epizeuxis, but it didn't turn out to be memorable. Diacope People think the Wicked Witch of the West said “Fly, my pretties, fly!” That structure is called a diacope, which is essentially a verbal sandwich. It's one word or phrase, then another word or phrase, then that same word or phrase once again. So “Burn, baby burn,” from the song “Disco Inferno” was diacope, and so was one of the most famous lines in film, “Bond. James Bond.” Why do people think the Wicked Witch of the West said, “Fly, my pretties, fly!”? Probably not only because diacope is a more memorable form than epizeuxis, but also because there's other diacope in the film, such as “Run, Toto. Run!” Zeugma So, why did the phrase “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned,” live on? I notice there's some alliteration in the phrase (“Hell hath...”), but Forsyth doesn't attribute any rhetorical structures to the phrase. However – besides the sweeping generalization about women that can't help but tickle the tribal human mind – the actual, original phrase came in the form of zeugma. Zeugma is using one verb to apply action to multiple clauses. So if you write “Tom likes whisky, Dick vodka, Harry crack cocaine,” you're using the verb “likes” one time for all three clauses, instead of repeating it. So the original phrase was from a seventeenth-century play called The Mourning Bride, and, once again, went “Heav'n has no rage, like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury, like a woman scorned.” The having is attributed to both heaven and hell, which makes it a zeugma. Ironically, Forsyth points out, there's a few phrases using zeugma that aren't remembered as such. So zeugma is memorable, but it's not. My personal theory is zeugmas take more attention to process. They make you stop and read it again. That extra attention helps us remember, but our memories are simplistic. This is something I get to see firsthand when people tell me they've read one of my books. You'd be amazed the different variations the human mind puts on simple titles such as The Heart to Start or Mind Management, Not Time Management. Chiasmus We've established that alliteration is pretty powerful for creating memorable phrases, and we've talked about why some short phrases are misremembered. But what about longer pieces of prose? The most powerful rhetorical form for a full sentence has to be the chiasmus. The word chiasmus comes from the Greek letter, “chi,” which is shaped like an X. So, chiasmus is when language crosses over. For example, when the three musketeers said, “One for all, and all for one,” that was chiasmus. The structure is ABBA, which happens to also be the name of a band that didn't do too poorly. Politicians use chiasmus a lot. Hillary Clinton said, in her bid for president, “The true test is not the speeches a president delivers, it's whether the president delivers on the speeches.” Forsyth points out that JFK's inauguration speech was “chiasmus crazy.” Having watched it on YouTube, I have to agree, there's enough chiasmus to make you dizzy. But at least one of those phrases lived on: “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” One chiasmus I've noticed – on a more granular level – is in the title of The Four Hour Work Week. It's a chiasmus of assonance – assonance being the repetition of vowel sounds. It goes, E-O-O-O-E: The Four Hour Work Week. Mix that in with a little alliteration (“Work Week”), and a promise you can't ignore (working four hours a week), and you've got a book title with a chance to be a hit. Anadiplosis, Epistrophe, Anaphora A few more rhetorical forms that have to do with the order of words within clauses: anadiplosis, epistrophe, and anaphora. Anadiplosis is repeating the last word or phrase of a clause as the first word or phrase of the next. Yoda used anadiplosis when he said, “Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” Malcolm X used anadiplosis of phrases when he said, “Once you change your philosophy, you change your thought pattern. Once you change your thought pattern, you change your attitude.” That's also anaphora, which is starting each sentence or clause with the same words. Anaphora was also used in the Bible: “A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted,” which just sounds wrong if you're more used to the adaptation of this in the song, “Turn! Turn! Turn!”, by The Byrds. Now, if you end each clause, sentence, or paragraph with the same word or phrase, that's something different. That's called epistrophe. Dean Martin used epistrophe, singing, “When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, That's amore. When the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine, That's amore.” Honorable mention There's of course much more to The Elements of Eloquence. The terms for these rhetorical forms are intimidating and hard to remember, but Mark Forsyth weaves together his descriptions with incredible, well, eloquence. Some other forms that deserve honorable mention: Syllepsis: using a word one time, but in two different ways. “Make love not war,” is a subtle syllepsis. Polyptoton: using a word twice, as both a noun and an adjective. “Please please me” was a polyptoton. Hendiadys: using an adjective as a noun, such as if you were to say, “I'm going to the noise and the city.” Merism: referring to the parts, rather than the whole, such as when you say, “ladies and gentlemen.” Metonymy: using a thing or place to represent something that thing or place is connected to, such as if you were to say, “Downing street was left red-faced last night at news that the White House was planning to attack the British Crown with the support of Wall Street.” There's your Elements of Eloquence summary There's my summary of The Elements of Eloquence. There's a lot more in the book about bringing eloquence to longer passages of text, such as through rhythmical structures like iambic pentameter. Will using these structures automatically make your writing great? No, in fact if you practice these structures, your writing will probably be a little strange at first. But you're probably already using some of these concepts, and with some knowledge and practice, you can use them more adeptly. The Elements of Eloquence is a fantastic writing book. I read it over and over. I highly recommend it. About Your Host, David Kadavy David Kadavy is author of Mind Management, Not Time Management, The Heart to Start and Design for Hackers. Through the Love Your Work podcast, his Love Mondays newsletter, and self-publishing coaching David helps you make it as a creative. Follow David on: Twitter Instagram Facebook YouTube Subscribe to Love Your Work Apple Podcasts Overcast Spotify Stitcher YouTube RSS Email Support the show on Patreon Put your money where your mind is. Patreon lets you support independent creators like me. Support now on Patreon »     Show notes: http://kadavy.net/blog/posts/elements-of-eloquence-summary/

Eine nette kleine Geschichte über ein Thema, das schon fast so alt ist wie die Menschheit: Die Trunkenheit. Von Elke Heidenreich.

A pharmacologist and a philosopher walk into a bar. This is not the start of a joke—it's the start of our 2021 finale and our first ever theme episode. The idea with these theme episodes is that we have not one but two guests, from different fields, coming together to discuss a topic of mutual interest. Our theme for this first one—in the spirit of the holiday season—is intoxication and our guests are Dr. Oné Pagán and Dr. Edward Slingerland. Oné is a Professor of Biology at West Chester University and our pharmacologist in residence for this episode. He just published Drunk flies and stoned dolphins: A trip through the world of animal intoxication. Ted is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia and our resident philosopher. He is the author of the recent book Drunk: How we sipped, danced, and stumbled our way into civilization. We range over a lot of ground in this conversation. We talk about alcohol as a kind of pharmacological “hand grenade”—whereas other substances are more like “scalpels”. We touch on catnip, cannabis, psychedelic fungi, and poison toads. We discuss Asian flushing genes and what they might suggest about the functions of alcohol. We talk about self-medication in the animal kingdom and in Neanderthals. We size up the "drunken monkey”, "stoned ape”, and "beer before bread" hypotheses. And though we mostly keep things light and festive here, we also do delve into the dark side of intoxication—which may have gotten that much darker with the advent of distilled liquor. Whether you're a tippler or a teetotaler, I'm guessing you'll find this to be a heady conversation. Did you really think I was going to make it to the end of this intro without a single intoxication-related pun? You know me better. Alright friends—be well, be merry, and be safe this holiday season. We'll be back in mid-January after a not so long winter's nap. Now on to my conversation with Dr. Oné Pagán and Ted Slingerland. Cheers!   Notes and links 4:00 – The “write drunk, edit sober” idea is sometimes (mis)attributed to Ernest Hemingway. 8:00 – Dr. Pagán wrote an earlier book about his favored model organism, the planaria (or flatworms). You may recall we discussed planaria in our recent episode with Dr. Michael Levin. 10:10 – Dr. Slingerland wrote an earlier book about the Chinese ideal of wu-wei. See this brief discussion of his ideas in The Marginalian. 13:00 – The idea of alcohol as pharmacological “hand grenade” is a metaphor due to Steven Braun. 19:30 – An article in Science about “why cats are crazy for catnip.” 21:20 – A recent article in The Conversation about Asian flushing genes. 26:00 – Thomas Hunt Morgan, who won the Nobel Prize in 1933, pioneered the use of drosophila as an animal model. 28:20 – An article on the inebriometer (with an accompanying illustration). 33:00 – The biologist Robert Dudley introduced the “drunken monkey” hypothesis. A recent synopsis by Dudley. 38:00 – Not to be confused with the “stoned ape” hypothesis, which was introduced by Terrence McKenna. A recent popular article on the hypothesis.   41:00 – The idea of psychedelics as introducing “mutagens” into culture comes from How to Change Your Mind, by Michael Pollan. 44:00 – A recent popular article on the “beer before bread” hypothesis. The idea was originally proposed in 1953. 48:50 – Pharmaceutical practices of non-human animals are called “zoopharmacognosy.” A 2014 summary of findings about animal self-medication. 53:00 – The original report in Science on the “flower burial” in Shanidar cave. 56:20 – The Laussel Venus appears to be drinking (alcohol?) from a horn. 59:20 – An article describing the tragic case of Tusko the elephant. 1:03:50 – One example of practices that moderate alcohol's dangerous effect is the Greek symposium. 1:08:00 – A brief history of distillation, which is a relatively recent invention. 1:11:00 – Planaria are widely used as an animal model for understanding nicotine, among other intoxicating substances.   Dr. Slingerland recommends the following books: Buzz, by Steven Braun Drink, by Iain Gately A Short History of Drunkenness, by Mark Forsyth   Dr. Pagán recommends the following book: Intoxication, by Ronald Siegel   You can find Dr. Slingerland on Twitter (@slingerland20) and follow him at his website; you can find Dr. Pagán on Twitter (@Baldscientist), follow him at his website, and listen to his podcast.   Many Minds is a project of the Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute (DISI) (https://disi.org), which is made possible by a generous grant from the Templeton World Charity Foundation to UCLA. It is hosted and produced by Kensy Cooperrider, with help from assistant producer Cecilia Padilla. Creative support is provided by DISI Directors Erica Cartmill and Jacob Foster. Our artwork is by Ben Oldroyd (https://www.mayhilldesigns.co.uk/). Our transcripts are created by Sarah Dopierala (https://sarahdopierala.wordpress.com/). You can subscribe to Many Minds on Apple, Stitcher, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Play, or wherever you like to listen to podcasts. We welcome your comments, questions, and suggestions. Feel free to email us at: manymindspodcast@gmail.com. For updates about the show, visit our website (https://disi.org/manyminds/), or follow us on Twitter: @ManyMindsPod.

What do you do when you've emptied your brain onto paper and you're wading around in 50,000 words and you have to make them GOOD words? Walk away, that's what. Then come back and get to work. BUT WHERE DO YOU START? In this episode, Joe and I talk about developmental or structural editing: what it is, why we do it, and how to get started. This is your tiny crash course in taking your weird word mush and making it magnificent.   Key Takeaways: [5:15] Project Dingle update!  [7:50] Never written a book before? Here's how a professional can help.  [11:15] What is developmental editing?  [18:45] A proof reader is different from a developmental editor.  [20:25] Want to work with Vicky? She has an opening in September and October! [20:50] Let's talk about why beta readers are so important.  [24:25] Tip: Revisit your outline and see how it's changed. [26:55] Got any questions? Let Vicky know!    Mentioned in This Episode: Website Creative Book Coaching Book a free chat with Vicky! 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 A Wizard of Earthsea Novel by Ursula K. Le Guin The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton The Elements of Eloquence by Mark Forsyth

Almost every culture on earth has drink, and where there's drink there's drunkenness. But in every age and in every place drunkenness is a little bit different. It can be religious, it can be sexual, it can be the duty of kings or the relief of peasants. It can be an offering to the ancestors, or a way of marking the end of a day's work. It can send you to sleep, or send you into battle. A Short History of Drunkenness traces humankind's love affair with booze from our primate ancestors through to Prohibition, answering every possible question along the way: What did people drink? How much? Who did the drinking? Of the many possible reasons, why? On the way, learn about the Neolithic Shamans, who drank to communicate with the spirit world (no pun intended), marvel at how Greeks got giddy and Romans got rat-arsed, and find out how bars in the Wild West were never quite like in the movies. This is a history of the world at its inebriated best --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pbliving/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pbliving/support

Hungry Books is presented by: Rocio Carvajal Food history writer, cook and author. Episode 9 Throughout history and across cultures alcohol has been our faithful companion. We have bestowed upon it meanings and functions in our lives and cultures, and wether we consume it or not we are not indifferent to its existence and the power it has in our societies. A Short History of Drunkenness: How, Why, Where, and When Humankind Has Gotten Merry from the Stone Age to the Present by Mark Forsyth is a little, sharp, relentless funny and enlightening read that takes us into a wild historical journey and into different cultures, places and times where alcohol shaped the fait of humans in such a profound way, that it still echoes our to this very day.

Since we’ve all been staying home a lot more, many of us have been spending more time in our slippers!  According to Mark Forsyth's: A Day’s Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language, pantoffle is another word for a bedroom slipper. The word slipper dates all the way back to the mid 1400’s and there’s really nothing more comfortable to wear around the house. Most people have a pair of slippers they put on after waking up in the morning.  An expergefactor is anything that causes one to wake up.  An expergefactor could be a barking dog, or, of course, an alarm clock.  What’s another word for the snooze button on an alarm clock?  A rawley! Now that you’re out of bed and your toes are snugly pantoffled, You might look down and notice the indentation on the bed where you’ve been sleeping all night.  This little dip in the mattress is called a staddle!

There are few people in the world who know as much about where words come from as Mark Forsyth. His first book, The Etymologicon, was a journey through the origins of many common words and their connections, and he has since written various other books about words, language, and writing. In this interview Mark tells fascinating and entertaining stories about where words come from, how to remember them, and how to use those words to be a better communicator.

Vraví sa: povedz mi, čo čítaš, a ja ti poviem, kto si. Britský esejista Mark Forsyth, náruživý čitateľ a vášnivý návštevník miest, kde sa predávajú knihy, to úslovie posúva o kúsok ďalej: Poviem ti, ako som našiel tie najbáječnejšie literárne poklady, a ty ma budeš nasledovať, nájdeš ich tiež a potom ti už nebudem musieť hovoriť, kto si, lebo to sám budeš vedieť. Pár strán, britský humor a ohromná poklona nielen knižkám, ale aj dobrým kníhkupectvám. Takým, kde nájdeme poklady. A práve takým sa budú naši hostia venovať aj v diskusii. Ich filozofii, názorom, hodnotám, výberom kníh ale aj tomu, ako a čím v tomto období žijú. *Kniha vychádza v rámci osláv 30 rokov kníhkupectva Artforum. HOSTIA: Vladimír Michal • zakladateľ Artfora a vydavateľstva Artforum Richard Molnár • majiteľ a kníhkupec z pezinského Artfora Klára Bernátová • zakladateľka Artforum knižného klubu Monika Kompaníková • spisovateľka a moderátorka Knihu Marka Forsytha - Neznáme neznáme nájdete na našom webe: https://www.artforum.sk/katalog/145320/nezname-nezname  

Most politicians choose their words carefully, to shape the reality they hope to create. But does it work? Etymologist Mark Forsyth shares a few entertaining word-origin stories from British and American history (for instance, did you ever wonder how George Washington became "president"?) and draws a surprising conclusion.

En este episodio hablamos del alcohol en diferentes periodos de la historia y en diferentes civilizaciones en Una breve historia de la borrachera por Mark Forsyth. También hablamos de libros situados en y escritos sobre Latinoamérica y la serie de 33 and a 1/3.

Mieze und Ralf starten in eine neue Staffel voller spannender Hörbücher & Hör-Inspiration. Denn auch Corona kann ihre Hörbuch-Liebe nicht stören! Den Beginn macht eine Stimme, die man aus Fernsehshows kennt und nun auch als Hörbuch-Sprecher – es ist Jürgen von der Lippe. Der liest aus dieser äußerst amüsanten und feucht-fröhlichen Kulturgeschichte des Alkohols und des Betrunkenseins vor. Jürgen von der Lippe benutzt seine Stimme wie ein Instrument und verleiht diesem gut recherchiertem, aber mit Witz geschriebenem Sachbuch damit die Extra-Note. Dann kommen die beiden zu einer Wiederentdeckung aus der Weimarer Republik – "Gilgi - eine von uns", gelesen von Camilla Renschke, die für ihre hervorragende Sprechleistung mit dem Hörbuch-Preis 2020 ausgezeichnet wurde. Ihre Stimme fügt dieser Dokumentation etwas Leichtes hinzu, zugleich bleibt sie aber sehr gedankenvoll. Gilgi ist eine Angestellte der 30er Jahre, die eigenständig leben möchte, ohne die Abhängigkeit von einem Mann oder einer eigenen Familie. Kein glattgebügeltes Portrait, sondern ein Zeitgeist-Phänomen dieser Ära und gleichzeitig sehr menschlich. Weiter geht es mit einem Hörbuch mit anderem Tempo und zum Entschleunigen: Wir lauschen den Ermittlungen des "Maigret". Es gilt den Mord der Dorfhexe aufzuklären. Beschuldigt wird der Neue, den die Dorfgemeinschaft natürlich im Gefängnis sehen möchte. Aber Maigret ist von dessen Unschuld überzeugt. Zum Schluss gibt es noch einen besonderen Neuheiten-Tipp bei Apple Books: "Whisper Network" ist ein Roman, der sich mit Sexismus im Beruf und Sexismus als Machtspiel befasst. Ein Krimi und eine gesellschaftskritische Betrachtung zugleich, gelesen von Anna Carlsson. Carlsson zeigt hier eindrucksvoll, wie viele verschiedene Rollen gute Sprecher einnehmen können. Eine fantastische Stimme und ein absoluter Hörbuch-Tipp! Alle Hörbücher gibt es hier zu hören: https://apple.co/UpHoeren Viel Spaß beim Reinhören!

Gather around the fire and listen as Alex tells you the tale of Celeste and her two daughters, whose fates will change the way you see words forever. Learn about the colourful past of the English language, and get the key to unlocking a mysterious ability that it bestows upon its speakers. So, get a hot cup of cocoa, and enjoy. Music by Epidemicsounds.com References: 1. Eberhard, David, M., Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.) (2020). Ethnologue: Languages of the World. Twenty Third Edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com 2. Mark Forsyth, (2011). The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language. Icon Books: First Edition edition. 3. James Clackson (2007). Indo-European Linguistics, An Introduction. Cambridge University Press 4. P. H. Matthews (2003). Linguistics, A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press 5. Stephen R. Anderson (2012). Languages, A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press 6. Ti Alkire & Carol Rosen (2010). Romance Languages, A Historical Introduction. Cambridge University Press 7. Anderson, Poul (1989). Uncleftish Beholding. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. Vol. 109 no. 13. Davis Publications. pp. 132 - 135 Music by Epidemicsound.com

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This week, the Drunk Guys drunkenly discuss the history of drunkenness with the aptly titled A Short History of Drunkenness, by Mark Forsyth.  As they imbibe knowledge of the past, they also imbibe KCBC's Drop the Hammer, Interboro Spirits and Ales' More Juice than Zeus, an Olde English 800, and

Mark Forshyth talks about his new book, 'A Short History of Drunkenness.'

In this episode, we interview author and etymologist Mark Forsyth on why and how people have been getting drunk from the very beginning of human history. Some of the things we discuss include: Why Hitler is partially responsible for spam email One important reason why you shouldn’t challenge a Malaysian Tree Shrew to a drinking competition Why the “drunken monkey hypothesis” explains a lot about how and why people drink the way they do. The difference between wet and dry cultures One old-fashioned workaround for observant muslims to sneak in a quick drink by screaming loudly and suddenly. How to feed your dead ancestors with drunken vomit And much, much more.

We Like Drinking Episode 181 Show Notes Thank you for joining us for the award winning We Like Drinking show episode 181.  In this episode we’ll be discussing CO2 shortages affecting the world cup and we’re going to school to learn about a short history in drunkeness, So crack open your beer, uncork that wine, and let’s get drinking. Cheers my podcast drinking friends, and welcome to happy hour 181! The ONLY Award Winning and Topical Beer and Wine Education Podcast Focusing on FUN! Take a moment to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts aka iTunes. Panel Introductions And What We’re Drinking Tonight we’re joined by our usual panel members, first we have our wine blogger, Jeff Solomon, our commercial brewer, John Ruyak, and finally, I’m your host, Jeff Eckles. Our guest tonight is a blogger, journalist, TED talks alumni, and best selling author. His books, “The Etymologicon”, “The Horologican”, and “The Elements of Eloquence” display his unique insight and incredible research skills in dissecting and explaining the origins and usage of words throughout the English language. His latest book “A Short History Of Drunkeness” offers us exactly what the title says. Taking a peek into how alcohol has been used, and abused, at different points throughout our human history provides a cringeworthy and hilarious stagger back in time. Please help us welcome, Mark Forsyth. G, H, PCR Bouclier Booze News Eckles - More bad news for drinking this summer - https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/c02-shortage-beer-supplies-intl/index.html Last call Time to clean house and lock the doors, so you know the drill; follows, reviews, and Patreon That's a lot of information to absorb, hence it’s time for Wait, Who Subscribed You can also find the show notes for this episode with all the links to the stories or mentions we had at http://welikedrinking.com/podcast It's that time, so now I'll say, OK panel, let’s take one last trip around the table and get some final thoughts before we shut off the lights. John Solomon Mark Eckles Thanks again for joining us at the We Like Drinking Podcast….where you’ll never drink alone.

On this episode of Big Blend Radio's Happy Hour Show, international best-selling author Mark Forsyth, discusses his new book, “A SHORT HISTORY OF DRUNKENNESS: How, Why, Where, and When Humankind Has Gotten Merry from the Stone Age to the Present.” More: http://blendradioandtv.com/listing/mark-forsyth-a-short-history-of-drunkenness/ Other Happy Hour highlights include:- How to make a Hangar Martini with mixologist Heather Witherington from the historic Yuma Landing Bar & Grill, the site where the first airplane landed in Arizona! - The Craven Raven Cocktail Contest - how to enter and the list of prizes! See: http://blendradioandtv.com/listing/craven-raven-cocktail-contest/- Music by the Craven Raven Band in Florida, and Johnny Mastro & Mama’s Boys in New Orleans! Thank you to our show sponsor, the Springfield Tourism Commission, who invites you to come visit Central Kentucky “The Land of Bourbon, Horses & History!” www.VisitSpringfieldKY.com

Mark Forsyth: "Purjutamise lühiajalugu" on ülevaade inimkonna suhetest alkoholiga läbi ajaloo, alates muinasajast kuni 20. sajandini. Mida on inimesed eri aegadel joonud, miks nad seda on teinud ja kuidas? Kirjastus Tänapäev. Loeb Rando Tammik.

After ten years, Dropbox is going public. Om Malik and Chris Albrecht discuss the file-sharing company's impending exit, the troubles it's had adding premium features to what is basically a commodity service, and what's in store as the company must fight off giants like Google and Microsoft. Also: Om is reading The Grid, by Gretchen Bakke, PhD And Chris is reading The Elements of Eloquence, by Mark Forsyth

This week Tim Lovejoy talks to author Mark Forsyth about his book 'A Short History of Drunkenness'. They discuss how alcohol has been a part of our lives even before we were humans, drunk monkeys falling out of trees and prohibition. If you would like to contact us then our email address is dearlovejoypodcast@gmail.com or you can tweet Tim @timlovejoy You can find Mark on Twitter here – @Inkyfool And his book is available here – goo.gl/UA5Njg

Hoje vamos continuar o que faltou dizer na primeira parte das indicações de melhores do ano de 2017: Nesse programa #39 retomamos as listas feitas por funcionários da editora, com suas indicações de leituras, filmes, séries, álbuns, e muito mais. Vamos lá? Quezia Cleto, editorial Melhores pratos: Frittata, a omelete espanhola com batatas; Pão no vapor com barriga de porco; Sanduíche de lagosta. Livros: “O gene”, de Siddhartha Mukherjee; “Americanah”, de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; “Uma breve história da bebedeira”, de Mark Forsyth (que será lançado em 2018 pelo selo da Paralela). Melhores livros infantis: “Barrigão no chão”, Coleção Hora do bebê; “Bárbaro”, de Renato Moriconi; “Quem soltou o pum?”, Blandina Franco. Julia Bussius, editorial Melhores leituras para fazer junto com crianças: “Coisa de menina”, de Pri Ferrari; “Nós agora somos quatro”, Lilli L'Arronge; “Muito cansado e bem acordado”, de Susanne Straßer. Podcasts: Where should we begin?, da autora de “Sexo no cativeiro”; The Longest Shortest Time; Dear Sugars, da autora de “Livre”. Séries: “Big little lies”; “Handmaid’s tale”; “Girls”. Livros que deseja ler em 2018: “Manual da faxineira”, de Lucia Berlin; “Noite da espera”, de Milton Hatoum; “Guerra e paz”, de Liev Tolstói. Luara França, editorial Releituras de clássicos: “Anna Kariênina”, de Liév Tolstói; “Sempre vivemos no castelo”, de Shirley Jackson; “Frankenstein”, de Mary Shelley. Filmes: “Eu, Daniel Blake”; “Moana: Um Mar de Aventuras”; “Star Wars: Episódio VIII - Os Últimos Jedi”. Álbuns: “I see you”, de The XX; “Turn out the lights”, de Julien Baker; “Out in the Storm”, de Waxahatchee; “Ctrl”, de Sza. Marina Pastore, e-books Podcasts: - No such thing as a fish; - Scienceish; - My dad wrote a porno. Começos de livros: - “Middlesex”, de Jeffrey Eugenides; - “As intermitências da morte”, de José Saramago; “Enclausurado”, de Ian McEwan; Enrico Weg Sera, divulgação Séries: “Big little lies”; “American Crime Story The People vs. O. J. Simpson”; “The good fight”. Shows: Dua lipa, na Audio Club; Daughter, no Memorial da América Latina; Carne doce, no Memorial da América Latina. Livros: “First love, last rites”, livro de contos de Ian McEwan; “Elsewhere, Perhaps”, de Amós Oz; “A noite da espera”, de Milton Hatoum. Fabio Uehara, novos negócios Podcasts "On taking pictures"; "99% invisibles"; "Projeto humanos". Livros “Manual da faxineira”, de Lucia Berlin; "A noite da espera”, de Milton Hatoum; "Nossas noites", de Kent Haruf. Documentários “Empire of the Tsars”; “Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things”; “The mask you live in”. Indicação de show: Sigur Rós Indicação de exposição: Os americanos, de Robert Frank Laura Bing, produtora do podcast Exposições “Nada levarei quando morrer”, de Miguel Rio Branco, no MASP; “The Clock”, de Christian Marclay, no Instituto Moreira Salles; “Guerrilla Girls”, no MASP. Documentários “The mask you live in”; “The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz”; “Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond – Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton”. Indicação de podcast: Conversations with people who hate me Helen Garcia Claro, marketing Livros "Como se estivéssemos em palimpsesto de putas", de Elvira Vigna "Antes de nascer do mundo", de Mia Couto "O homem sem doença", de Arnon Grunberg Protagonistas de séries Kimmy Schmidt, de “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” Nola, de “Ela quer tudo” Olivia Pope, de “Scandal” Músicas mais ouvidas Qualquer uma de Simone e Simaria “Massarandupió”, de Chico Buarque “Tu”, de Tulipa Ruiz E já temos nosso compromisso para o final de janeiro, certo? O Clube Rádio Companhia, dessa vez com o livro Anna Kariênina, de Liev Tolstói. É só escrever lá no evento do clube de leitura no Facebook, que nós leremos os comentários durante a gravação do podcast, lembrando que as melhores participações ganham livros da Companhia das Letras!

With James Forsyth, Yanis Varoufakis, Mark Forsyth, Sam Leith, Harry Mount and Sophia Money-Coutts. Presented by Lara Prendergast.

Mark Forsyth, author of A Short History of Drunkenness, draws on fascinating examples from across the globe to explore humanity’s longstanding relationship with alcohol See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Arabella Weir, star of Two Doors Down, talks to Aasmah Mir and Suzy Klein about what neighbours mean to her, festive celebrations and how she got into comedy. Mark Forsyth explains why he decided to explore the stories behind Christmas traditions- including why we have decorated trees in our house and the real Good King Wenceslas. Writer and musician Rhodri Marsden shared a picture of where he'd be staying when he went home for Christmas and found he wasn't alone in experiencing unusual festive sleeping arrangements. Bruno Tonioli talks to JP Devlin about his festive plans, dealing with tragedy, and what dancing means to him. Comedian Bill Bailey shares his Inheritance Tracks: Magic Moments by Perry Como and Once in a Lifetime by Talking Heads. Joe Wicks, known as The Body Coach, has gone from being a personal trainer to a best-selling author and fitness entrepreneur. He talks about what success means to him, becoming an optimist, and offers his festive health tips. Mark Forsyth's A Christmas Cornucopia is out now. Bruno Tonioli's An Italian Romance album is out now. Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to British Birds is out now. Joe Wicks The Body Coach Workout DVD is out on Boxing Day. Producer: Claire Bartleet Editor: Karen Dalziel.

Have you ever wondered why there's no word for that universal affliction of early morning worry & wakefulness? Or how to describe the act of eking every last drop of washing up liquid out of the bottle? Mark Forsyth, author of The Etymologicon, takes Michael Rosen and linguist Dr Laura Wright on a lexical expedition into what he calls the 'sewer system' of the English language- where words lie lost, forgotten or banished- until now. Producer Kirsty McQuire.

This week Will, Jimmy, Hannah and Roboin get stuck in on Dare Devil 2, Superman Vs Batman, 'The Etymologicon' by Mark Forsyth and Walker Stalker a self proclaimed Zombie, Horror & Sci-Fi Fan Convention. We also lost a mic half way through the show so sorry if there is a drop in quality.

It is Christmas time! Derek and Swoopy chat a small amount about Christmasfor a few seconds, then Derek interviews, Mark Forsyth, 'The Inky Fool',about his latest book 'Etymologicon'. Find out about the secret origins ofwords and phrases, such as 'shag', or the seemingly innocent 'feisty'.Mark brings the social science behind how words and languages evolve, andwants others to come and discover why we use the words we use.

Mark Forsyth reads from The Etymologicon, his book on the strange connections between words, which was a Christmas bestseller. Afterwards, he talks to Damian about the origins of swear words. A wee bit more sweary than usual! Not for the easily offended. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices