Podcasts about Melville

20.11.1820: Ein Pottwal rammt ein Walfangschiff - der Gejagte schlägt zurück. Melville macht daraus Moby Dick. Eine Geschichte von Gier, Kannibalismus und Überleben. Von Stephan Beuting.

Addie from Melville got to talk to Santa Claus this morning. She's now entered in for the Nintendo Switch from McMunn and Yates in Yorkton.

Episode Summary: In this episode we welcome our guest Chris Melville who is a business mentor and a mindset coach with over 30 years' experience. We discuss changes she sees in her clients when they start to love themselves get curious about accepting their inner child.   Key Takeaways: Curiosity comes first Radical self love   Timestamps: •       [00:10] – Introducing the guest Chris Melville •       [00:54] – What is Chris passionate about •       [03:32] – What changes do you see in your clients •       [05:44] – Healing the inner child •       [08:40] – Can people hear that inner voice •       [12:00] – Non Judgement •       [15:30] – When do people get curious •       [17:51] – Where does your work fit in •       [19:44] - RTT   https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinamelville/   Follow Mindy and The Thoughtful Leader at  https://MindyGK.com https://Giving1Percent.com

#Melville #Christmas

Chelsea in Melville talks to ole Saint Nick!

Terriers PXP voice Benny Walchuk chats with Head Coach & GM Emery Olauson to talk extended break and preview weekend home and home with Melville

Eight year old Josh from Melville shares his list with Santa

#Curling #Melville

Larry Peterson from The Melville Curling Club joins Danny Ismond on the GX94 Morning Show to talk about the 2026 Men's and Women's Saskatchewan Provincial Curling Championships in Melville.

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Welcome to Connected Leadership Bytes. This week Andy Lopata looks back into the archive for a conversation from October 2020. This episode features Andy Woodfield and Dr. Heather Melville OBE and explores the practical, unfiltered realities of building truly diverse and inclusive teams. Andy Woodfield shares the story behind his mission to build one of PwC's most diverse leadership teams in just six months. He reveals it wasn't just for optics; it was driven by the core belief that you need diverse voices to spot both risks and hidden opportunities. The discussion moves past the buzzwords to confront the hard part: inclusion. Andy Woodfield shares his stark learning that "diversity leads to chaos" unless leaders actively work to harness it—it's not a natural evolution. Dr. Melville provides powerful insights from her stellar career, explaining how she successfully overcame pushback by tying Diversity & Inclusion directly to the business case and client acquisition. Why you should listen 1. Why does Andy Woodfield warn that diversity, on its own, naturally leads to chaos, not inclusion? 2. What are the "micro-frictions" that systemically resist change, even when a leader has a clear vision? 3. How did Dr. Melville successfully reframe D&I work at RBS from an internal "nice-to-have" into a powerful client acquisition strategy? 4. Why does true diversity require leaders to be "prepared to be fired" for doing the right thing? Actionable Insights Stop Delegating Discovery: Dr. Melville points out that leaders who just delegate D&I to HR or use the same headhunters will get the same results. To find diverse talent, leaders must do the research and networking themselves and look in different places. Protect the Uniqueness: When onboarding a new senior hire (especially one from a diverse background), actively and repeatedly remind them why they were hired. As Andy Woodfield notes, their desire to "fit in" is high. Your job is to reinforce that their unique perspective is the value, not something to be minimised. Find the Business Case: To overcome pushback, tie D&I directly to business outcomes. Dr. Melville successfully argued that unsupported female employees were leaving to become entrepreneurs—and then taking their business to competitor banks. D&I wasn't just an internal metric; it was a client retention and acquisition strategy. SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE Connect with Andy Lopata:⁠ Website⁠ |⁠ Instagram⁠ |⁠ LinkedIn⁠ |⁠ X/Twitter⁠ |⁠ YouTube⁠ Connect with Heather Melville:⁠ Website⁠ |⁠LinkedIn⁠ | Connect with Andy Woodfield:⁠ Website⁠ ⁠The Financial Times Guide to Mentoring⁠ ⁠Episode 142 Featuring Andy Woodfield and Heather Melville⁠  

Noirvember 2025 roars to life with Walter Hill's sleek, existential chase film The Driver (1978). Ryan O'Neal plays the nameless getaway specialist who moves through Los Angeles like a ghost, pursued by Bruce Dern's manic lawman hell-bent on taking him down. It's a lean, hypnotic duel between predator and prey where style is substance and silence is power. Mike rides shotgun with Beth Accomando and Walter Chaw to unpack Hill's minimalist approach, his homage to Melville's Le Samouraï, and the cold precision that makes The Driver a high-octane hymn to professionalism and control.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth 

Noirvember 2025 roars to life with Walter Hill's sleek, existential chase film The Driver (1978). Ryan O'Neal plays the nameless getaway specialist who moves through Los Angeles like a ghost, pursued by Bruce Dern's manic lawman hell-bent on taking him down. It's a lean, hypnotic duel between predator and prey where style is substance and silence is power. Mike rides shotgun with Beth Accomando and Walter Chaw to unpack Hill's minimalist approach, his homage to Melville's Le Samouraï, and the cold precision that makes The Driver a high-octane hymn to professionalism and control.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth 

Jen Stein joins Danny Ismond on the GX94 Morning Show to discuss a new program offered to Melville residents.

Are Perth’s underperforming suburbs finally ready for a comeback? Today, I'm diving into which regions and suburbs of Perth have outperformed over the last 10 years and exploring some of the reasons why. I then turn things on their head and look at the regions and suburbs which have underperformed compared to their 10 and 20 year growth rates… are these primed for a comeback or are they lemons to be written off? Let’s go inside. Resource Links: Get your Strategic Portfolio Plan and our help with Buying Your Next Perth Property (https://www.investorsedge.com.au/invest-in-perth-property/) Get email updates about suburb intelligence reports and exclusive invites to our webinars, events, and workshops. Join (investorsedge.com.au/join) Join the Perth Property Investment Facebook Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/perthpropertyinvestors) Join Jarrad Mahon’s Property Investor Update (https://www.investorsedge.com.au/join) For more info on our award-winning and highly rated Property Management services that give you guaranteed peace of mind (https://www.investorsedge.com.au/perth-property-management-specialists/) For more info on how our Property Sales services can ensure you get the best selling price while handling all the stress for you (https://www.investorsedge.com.au/selling-your-perth-property/) Episode Highlights: Intro [00:00] Performance of Perth Submarkets Over the Last 10 Years [03:55] Mandurah's Resurgence and Volatility [05:58] Cottesloe and Claremont's Consistent Performance [07:46] Rockingham's Potential and Gosnells' Growth [09:15] Melville's Consistent Growth and Other Top Performers [10:32] Bottom Performers and Gentrification Opportunities [12:07] Top Performing Suburbs: Quality Overrides Quantity [15:26] Worst Performing Suburbs and Potential for Recovery [19:36] Opportunities in Undervalued Suburbs [21:25] Thank you for tuning in! If you liked this episode, please don’t forget to subscribe, tune in, and share this podcast. Connect with Perth Property Insider: Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@InvestorsedgeAu Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/investorsedge See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jason Lund, upper school humanities teacher and senior thesis coordinator at Treasure Valley Classical Academy in Fruitland, Idaho, joins host Scot Bertram to discuss the least interesting parts of great books, how Homer's list of ships in The Iliad relates to the poem's themes, and the importance of the extracts in Melville's Moby Dick. Learn more: https://k12.hillsdale.edu/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Les thèmes sont censément les clés de voûte de la littérature, mais il existe pourtant des pans entiers de la fiction où ils ne sont pas spécialement centraux. Quelle place dans l'écriture à proprement parler : faut-il les décider à l'avance, ou bien les laisser se présenter si c'est le cas ? Lionel pense que qu'il est inévitable d'en avoir, ne serait-ce qu'à travers les préoccupations personnelles des personnages. Dès lors, autant les conscientiser pour s'en emparer au lieu d'en devenir esclave, voire risquer les biais inconscients. Il met en avant l'importance de l'inconscient dans leur émergence. Pour Mélanie, les thèmes incarnent le liant dans son travail de fiction ; ne pas les avoir cernés suffisamment entraîne souvent des blocages dans son processus. Estelle expose trois niveaux de lecture des thèmes : à la création, à la réception publique et à l'exégèse. Elle met en avant un équilibre à trouver entre l'importance de l'inconscient, l'incapacité fondamentale de tout contrôler dans la création, et la conscience nécessaire qu'il faut avoir de son travail et des courants sous-jacents dans l'œuvre des autres, surtout quand vient s'insérer le recul historique. Références citées - Bring her back, film de Danny et Michael Philippou - Au cœur des ténèbres (Heart of Darkness), roman de Joseph Conrad - Amok, roman de Stefan Zweig - Moby Dick, roman d'Herman Melville - Dracula, film de Luc Besson, inspiré du roman de Bram Stoker - Adrien Party - Pour saluer Melville, essai de jean Giono

00:00 Intro 00:36 Start of book talk 29:51 Chapter audio 51:44 Post-chapter booktalk CHAPTER 36: The Quarter-Deck Link to the shownotes: Happy listening! Intro music: Upon a Nameless Tide by Aaron Ordover Outro: Adrift in Blue Hours by Aldrin Adolfo

A Melville woman spoke to the House of Commons Agriculture Committee yesterday.

00:00 Intro 00:32 Start of book talk 36:26 Chapter audio 53:46 Post-chapter booktalk CHAPTER 35: The Mast-Head Link to the shownotes: Happy listening! Intro music: Upon a Nameless Tide by Aaron Ordover Outro: Adrift in Blue Hours by Aldrin Adolfo

Jen Stein from the City of Melville joins Reader to recap local events held in honour of the National Day for Truth and Recoinciliation, as well to chat about some fun upcoming events in the Rail City!

Jen Stein from the City of Melville joins Reader to recap local events held in honour of the National Day for Truth and Recoinciliation, as well to chat about some fun upcoming events in the Rail City!

00:00 Intro 00:33 Start of book talk 21:56 Chapter audio 36:36 Post-chapter booktalk CHAPTER 34: The Cabin-Table Link to the shownotes: Happy listening! Intro music: Upon a Nameless Tide by Aaron Ordover Outro: Adrift in Blue Hours by Aldrin Adolfo

Ray White speaks with Dawn Robertson from Jozi My Jozi about the walking tours breathing new life into Johannesburg’s streets. Far more than just traffic and skyscrapers, Joburg is a city of stories, culture, and hidden gems — and #JoziMyJoziWalks is helping residents and visitors alike rediscover it. From Hillbrow to Soweto, Alexandra to Melville, these tours are led by locals who share personal insights and community pride. For just R67.50, participants get a taste of authentic Joburg through food, history, and art — all on foot. 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa is broadcast on 702, a Johannesburg based talk radio station. Bongani makes sense of the news, interviews the key newsmakers of the day, and holds those in power to account on your behalf. The team bring you all you need to know to start your day Thank you for listening to a podcast from 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 06:00 and 09:00 (SA Time) to Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa broadcast on 702: https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/36edSLV or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/zEcM35T Subscribe to the 702 Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/v5mfetc Follow us on social media: 702 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/Radio702 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

00:00 Intro 00:35 Start of book talk 20:06 Chapter audio 27"02 Post-chapter booktalk CHAPTER 33: The Specksnyder Link to the shownotes: Happy listening! Intro music: Upon a Nameless Tide by Aaron Ordover Outro: Adrift in Blue Hours by Aldrin Adolfo

00:00 Intro 00:35 Start of book talk 30:17 Chapter audio 54:28 Post-chapter booktalk CHAPTER 32: Cetology Link to the shownotes: Happy listening! Intro music: Upon a Nameless Tide by Aaron Ordover Outro: Adrift in Blue Hours by Aldrin Adolfo

Seen, is a new photography exhibition featuring 22 powerful portraits that bring into focus the lives of blind and partially sighted people.  The exhibition is a collaboration between the RNIB and photographer Joshua Bratt. Over the last two years, Joshua has travelled the country, meeting people with sight loss and capturing their stories through his lens. These portraits reveal the extraordinary lives of blind and partially sighted people: individuals thriving in their careers, pursuing their passions and overcoming barriers. RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey was there for the launch of the exhibition on Thursday 11 September 2025 and caught up with Online baker and cookbook author Penny Melville-Brown to find out more about the experience of being photographed by Joshua in her kitchen and how she hopes the exhibition will help to change people's perceptions of sight loss and what blind and partially sighted people are capable of doing with maybe just a bit of help and assistance. If you're in London this weekend, free tickets are still available for Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th September. Book here: Seen Photography Exhibition Tickets, Multiple Dates | Eventbrite Can't visit in person? Check out the portraits and the audio description online: https://www.rnib.org.uk/campaign-with-us/join-us-this-september-for-the-launch-of-seen/welcome-to-seen/ Image shows a creatively angled photo showing off the exhibition space before the doors opened. Well lit, with white walls and ceiling, the photos hang along the wall with additional spotlights above. Tall bar stools and tables are set up in the middle of the space, waiting for visitors to come in and enjoy the space.

This week on the Long Island Tea Podcast, Sharon and Stacy are recapping another busy week repping Discover Long Island and dropping some exciting updates — including record-breaking tourism numbers that prove Long Island is shining brighter than ever. We're celebrating three years of growth, nearly $8 billion in visitor spending in 2024, and a massive economic boost that's helping keep our region thriving year-round. This week's Show Us Your Long Islander spotlight shines on Jack Kennedy, a 17-year-old tennis phenom from Huntington who's now the #1 junior player in the U.S. and competing in the U.S. Open Juniors — just miles from where he first picked up a racquet. Plus — big wins for Fire Island's shoreline, Suffolk's working waterfronts, a new raw bar for LIRR riders, and yes… an actual gator in a Long Island pond. (Only on Long Island, right?)Don't miss this episode — it's full of pride, power moves, and positivity for our region.#ShowUsYourLongIslander At just 17, Jack Kennedy from Huntington is the #1 U.S. junior tennis player — and he's now competing in the U.S. Open Juniors, just miles from the Melville courts where he grew up playing."I've been watching this tournament since I was five. Playing here now feels like a dream come true," says Jack, who's also the top college recruit in the nation and has committed to the University of Virginia for 2026.With big goals to go pro and a love for the game that started right here on Long Island, Jack's journey is one to watch.Show us YOUR Long Islander by sending us a DM, give us a call and leave a voicemail at 877-386-6654 x 400 or email us at spillthetea@discoverlongisland.com#LongIslandLifeWe're celebrating three straight years of record-breaking tourism on Long Island — and we're just getting started. In 2024 alone, visitors spent an incredible $7.9 billion across our region, a 3.8% jump from last year, generating $945 million in state and local taxes and supporting over 78,000 local jobs. At Discover Long Island, we're proud to lead the charge in putting our destination on the map with smart, data-driven marketing and unforgettable experiences. From world-class events like the upcoming 2025 Ryder Cup to year-round promotions that support our downtowns and small businesses, we're making sure Long Island shines in every season. Suffolk County saw the biggest gains, with a 7% increase in visitor spending — and thanks to tourism, local households saved nearly $1,000 in taxes. We're proud to keep Long Island front and center as one of the top travel spots in the country. Let's keep the momentum going!#ThisWeekendOnLongIslandFriday, September 12thEnergy Medicine with Nicholas Pratley at Shou Sugi Ban HouseSaturday, September 13th Deco in Style: 100 Years at Long Island MuseumPatty Larkin & Lucy Kalansky Songbird Sessions at Long Island Game FarmSunday, September 14thLong Island Explorium's Maker FaireArts on Terry (AOT) 2025For more events to check out and detailed info please visit discoverlongisland.com or download our mobile app!CONNECT WITH US:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/longislandteapodcast/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DiscoverLongIslandNYTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@longislandteapodcastX (Twitter): https://x.com/liteapodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/longislandteapodcast/Shop Long Island Apparel:shop.discoverlongisland.comBe sure to leave us a 5-star rating and review wherever you're listening, and screenshot your review for $5 off our Merch (Please email us to confirm) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of the Eastern Echo Podcast's new show "Winging It," we interview Ava Melville, the writer and director for Eagle Filmmaker Associations' new film: Rolled.

If you've ever wondered why smart, self-aware women stay in bad relationships—or why it's so hard to move on—you're going to want to listen to this one. Heather Melville (Counselor Endotype) is a toxic relationship recovery coach with the receipts: she left an abusive 8-year relationship, walked away from a successful engineering career, and now helps other women rebuild lives they actually love. In this episode, we dig into why healing after toxicity isn't about “finding the next one”—it's about reconnecting to yourself, learning to trust your intuition, and forgiving yourself for what you didn't know then. We also talk about the not-so-funny problem of being a coach with a soft brand voice that doesn't match your bold, hilarious truth. Heather now lives full-time in a converted shuttle bus with her fiancé, running workshops from the road and building a business that aligns with her real voice—one that's smart, sarcastic, and deeply committed to helping women stop fixing everyone else and finally choose themselves. Her background in engineering and lighting design makes her story even more compelling: this is a coach who rebuilt every part of her life—from the ground up. ➤ Learn more or work with Heather: https://healthyrelationships.info ➤ Follow her workshops on Eventbrite under “Healthy Relationships” ➤ Take the Endotype Quiz at https://endotype.com ➤ Book a Connection and Direction call: https://ravingcoaches.com/c&d

Melville's classic is always right at the top of BEST EVER novels lists. We really dig into what is so appealing about this masterpiece: its weird structure, its likeable, unique narrator, an open-mindedness that seems pretty radical for 1851 (including some serious homoeroticism)--and, of course, the appeal of Queequeg, everyone's favorite harpooner.

00:00 Intro 00:34 Start of book talk 27:36 Chapter audio 38:45 Post-chapter booktalk CHAPTER 32: Cetology Link to the shownotes: Happy listening! Intro music: Upon a Nameless Tide by Aaron Ordover Outro: Adrift in Blue Hours by Aldrin Adolfo

“In this part of the essay, Emerson is talking about walking a lot, you know, sort of walking through nature, taking a stroll,” says James Marcus in this week's episode of The World in Time. “He has this rather sublime experience, and he describes it in this way: ‘Standing on the bare ground, my head bathed by the blithe air and uplifted into infinite space, all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eyeball. I am nothing. I see all. The currents of the universal being circulate through me. I am a part or particle of God.' Now, I mean, that is lofty stuff, and it can edge over into silliness. In a way, if you picture it, it starts to be silly and that is why Christopher Cranch's cartoon is hilarious, because a literalization of it is kind of ridiculous, in a way. Part of the thing I love about Emerson is that he wasn't afraid to seem silly in his eagerness to render the experience. What he's talking about—if you get away from the actual image of an eyeball with a top hat on—is a kind of ecstatic merger with the universe, where the walls drop, the boundaries drop, the currents of the universe move through you. If you look at it that way, he's talking about a classic ecstatic experience.” This week on the podcast, Donovan Hohn speaks with writer and biographer James Marcus about his book Glad to the Brink of Fear: A Portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Emerson's sense of self was, Marcus says, “kaleidoscopic,” and so is this episode, presenting not one Emerson but many: Emerson the public intellectual who cherished the privacy of his study, Emerson the lapsed minister who left the church but continued to preach on the lyceum circuit, Emerson the initially reluctant but eventually ardent abolitionist, Emerson the Swedenborgian mystic, Emerson the loner who deeply loved his friends Margaret Fuller and Henry Thoreau, Emerson the son estranged from his father, Emerson the father undone by grief for his dead son, and, finally, Emerson the volunteer firefighter. Marcus and Hohn also go searching for Emersonian influences in “The Mast-Head” chapter of Moby Dick. But they spend most of the conversation with the essayist from Concord, that artisan of indelible sentences, whom Melville once compared to a great philosophical whale who could dive “five miles or more,” sounding the depths.

⁠BUY THE ALBUM HERE! ⁠Alright, this week we're drinking the blood from Oedipus's eyes with returning guest and friend of the show, the great Russell Sbriglia to talk about his new album ⁠Critique of Pure Desire⁠ which, according to Ryan Engley, sounds like if King Crimson were throwing an Eyes Wide Shut party. The album is a psychedelic mix of philosophy, psychoanalysis, literature, and film through Slavoj Žižek, Lacan, Hegel, Hitchcock, Melville, Antigone, Hamlet, Poe, Blade Runner, Chopin, La Jetée…and even features guest vocals from Žižek himself.We're talking the critique of pure desire, the strange logic of retroactivity, failed interpellations, hysterics, the split within the law, and future histories…Russ is Associate Professor of English at Seton Hall, co-editor with Slavoj of Subject Lessons, editor of Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Literature but Were Afraid to Ask Žižek, and the band Misconstruity.Big thanks to Russ — and if you're quick, the first two listeners to email zizekandsoon@gmail.com will get a copy of the album.And yes, Tim is still away…last I heard he reckoned that he's being followed by a chorus of old men who keep lamenting his decisions and spoiling the plot of his life…however I want to take this chance to say that Tim's first book has just been published with Palgrave: A Lacanian-Hegelian Perspective on Peace and Conflict Studies. It's now out in the world and you should all check it out. Congrats, Tim. Extra fish-head soup for you!⁠GET TIM'S BOOK HERE!⁠See you in Paris, Ž&…

00:00 Intro 00:31 Start of book talk 19:40 Chapter audio 25:27 Post-chapter booktalk 40:33 Interview with Ehren Ziegler CHAPTER 31: Queen Mab Link to the shownotes: Happy listening! Intro music: Upon a Nameless Tide by Aaron Ordover Outro: Adrift in Blue Hours by Aldrin Adolfo

In this episode of the Pro Mindset ® Podcast, host Craig Domann sits down with Gordon D. Melville—certified catalyst strategist, mindset mentor, and founder of Juice Inc.—for an energizing and insightful conversation on the power of presence and emotional mastery. Gordon opens up about his bold adventures as a skydiver and how jumping from 14,000 feet has become more than a thrill—it's a mindset reset. He shares how learning to stay fully present helped him drop the emotional weight of the past and reconnect with purpose, clarity, andpeace.Together, Craig and Gordon explore how intentional presence and emotional intelligence can sharpen your leadership, transform your relationships, and help you thrive—even in chaos.Episode Takeaways:

00:00 Intro 00:43 Start of book talk 22:12 Chapter audio 33:14 Post-chapter booktalk CHAPTER 29: Enter Ahab; to Him, Stubb CHAPTER 30: The Pipe Link to the shownotes: Happy listening! Intro music: Upon a Nameless Tide by Aaron Ordover Outro: Adrift in Blue Hours by Aldrin Adolfo

00:00 Intro 00:37 Start of book talk 55:05 Chapter audio CHAPTER 26: Knights and Squires CHAPTER 27: Knights and Squires CHAPTER 28: Ahab Link to the shownotes: Happy listening! Intro music: Upon a Nameless Tide by Aaron Ordover Outro: Adrift in Blue Hours by Aldrin Adolfo

“Well, I mean for starters it still is the greatest first sentence ever,” says Francine Prose in this week's episode of The World in Time. “I mean, three words. A three-word first sentence. I think if you were to ask a kind of range of readers, ‘Can you think of a first sentence?' You know, you probably get ‘It was the best of times, and the worst of times' or ‘the worst of times, and the best of times,' and people would get it backwards. But then you get ‘Call me Ishmael.' Because it establishes this kind of—you know, so much of the book is about authority. About authority, and the lack of authority, and what authority is, and who has it, and what you do with it. And that sentence is just pure authority. Pure narrative authority. ‘Call me Ishmael.' Bingo. It's like, ‘Okay, well, we're going to call you Ishmael.'” This week on the podcast, the Quarterly's editor-at-large Francine Prose returns for an in-depth conversation with Donovan Hohn about Moby Dick's first chapter, “Loomings.” They consider the meanings of the verb to loom, whether Ishmael is likeable or funny, whether the American sermon influenced Melville's oratorical prose, why the antebellum religious press condemned the novel, and what the best medicine might be for “the universal thump.” Earlier episodes in this series: Episode 7 with Daniel Mendelsohn and Episode 8 with Wyatt Mason.

00:00 Intro 00:44 Start of book talk 24:43 Chapter audio 41:50 Post-chapter booktalk CHAPTER 23: The Lee Shore CHAPTER 24: The Advocate CHAPTER 25: Postscript Link to the shownotes: Happy listening! Intro music: Upon a Nameless Tide by Aaron Ordover Outro: Adrift in Blue Hours by Aldrin Adolfo

This episode includes includes mentions of sexual assault. Listen with care.New England Serial Killer Series | On the South Coast of Massachusetts sits New Bedford, a city shaped by the sea. Called the “whaling capital of the world,” New Bedford rose to prominence in the 19th century as a global hub for whale oil, fueling lamps and industry across continents. It inspired the Melville classic, Moby Dick. Its deep harbor and access to railways helped it eclipse Nantucket by the 1840s, transforming the city into one of the wealthiest in America. But beneath the grandeur of its maritime legacy lay a working-class community shaped by immigration, labor, and resilience—a backdrop that would later frame some of the region's darkest chapters.In 1983, New Bedford was thrust into the national spotlight when 21-year-old Cheryl Araujo was gang-raped inside Big Dan's Tavern. The attack, witnessed by onlookers who failed to intervene, ignited outrage and debate over victim-blaming, media ethics, and systemic misogyny. The televised trial and community backlash—especially within the city's Portuguese-American population—exposed deep cultural rifts and left her ostracized until her tragic death in a car accident three years later. Her story inspired the film The Accused and remains a painful reminder of how justice and empathy can falter.Just four years later, New Bedford faced another reckoning. Between 1988 and 1989, eleven women—many struggling with addiction and poverty—vanished or were found murdered along highways surrounding the city. The New Bedford Highway Murders, still unsolved, revealed a chilling pattern of vulnerability and neglect. Many suspects, no arrests. A serial killer goes free.Journalist Maureen Boyle, who covered the case from its earliest days, chronicled the victims' lives and the community's grief in her book Shallow Graves: The Hunt For The New Bedford Highway Serial Killer. The killer has not been caught, but the women and their stories have not been forgotten.Trial By MediaShallow Graves: The Hunt For the New Bedford Highway Serial KillerMore at CrimeoftheTruestKind.comSupport the show: patreon.com/crimeofthetruestkind Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It starts with a hot flash. That moment—unexpected, uninvited, and disorienting—becomes the spark that ignites Clementine Crane's quiet rebellion. In this moving and laugh-out-loud episode of A Fresh Story: Book Talk, Olivia sits down with novelist and writing teacher Kristin Bair to discuss her forthcoming novel Clementine Crane Prefers Not To, a fierce and funny feminist tale of a woman who wakes up, drenched in sweat, and realizes she's been sleepwalking through a life of over-functioning, over-giving, and never asking herself what she wants. What follows is Clementine's unraveling—and remaking—of her life, one “I prefer not to” at a time.Kristin brings her sharp wit and deeply lived insight to a conversation about writing, rage, midlife, and the radical awakening that can occur in the most mundane moments of motherhood. Inspired by both her own perimenopausal experience and the literary ghosts of Melville and Ibsen, Clementine Crane Prefers Not To is part love letter to women who are done saying yes to everything—and part battle cry for those still trying to find the language for their no. Clementine is a mother, a wife, a library worker, and a woman who has spent decades appeasing the world around her. But in the quiet heat of hormonal upheaval, something cracks open, and she begins to reclaim the person she's long buried beneath obligation.For anyone moving through a major life transition—whether it's divorce, menopause, career change, or simply waking up to the ache of self-neglect—this novel is an anthem of autonomy. Kristin shares her writing journey with warmth and vulnerability, reminding us that transformation rarely looks glamorous, but it often begins with the smallest refusal. Clementine's story is not just fiction—it's a mirror, a permission slip, and a hopeful blueprint for choosing yourself, over and over again.Buy Clementine Crane Prefers Not To by Kristin Bair: https://amzn.to/3INQ6kg

00:00 Intro 00:43 Start of book talk 30:36 Chapter audio 55:37 Post-chapter booktalk CHAPTER 20: All Astir CHAPTER 21: Going Aboard CHAPTER 22: Merry Christmas Link to the shownotes: Happy listening! Intro music: Upon a Nameless Tide by Aaron Ordover Outro: Adrift in Blue Hours by Aldrin Adolfo

“There's something I find strangely moving about the ‘Extracts' section of Moby Dick—before we even get into the text—by virtue of the attention that has been paid to the whale,” writer Wyatt Mason says in this episode of The World in Time. “It's astonishing as you're reading through. It's proof of two kinds of life. It's proof of the life of the creature itself. But it's also proof of the life of the mind and the attention that we pay—meaning, we readers and we writers pay—through time to this creature, which is very different from the elephant because most of us never see one in our lifetimes. If we're fortunate, we might, but for the most part, no. So they reside or they live in texts.” With this episode, the second in an intermittent series on the literature, history, and science of the sea, The World in Time launches onto the waters of Moby Dick. The episode begins with excerpts from a pair of conversations Lewis Lapham recorded during his final years as host. First, Lapham speaks with Richard J. King about his 2019 book, Ahab's Rolling Sea: A Natural History of Moby-Dick. In the second excerpted interview, recorded in 2022, Lapham talks with Aaron Sachs about Up From the Depths: Herman Melville, Lewis Mumford, and Rediscovery in Dark Times. The episode concludes with a new conversation. Wyatt Mason and Donovan Hohn talk about the first time they read Moby Dick, about teaching Melville's novel to incarcerated students enrolled in the Bard Prison Initiative, and then, like a pair of sub-sub-librarians, they swim through two curious documents, “Etymologies” and “Extracts,” that precede the famous first sentence of Melville's tragic Leviathan American novel.

00:00 Intro 00:40 Start of book talk 15:03 Chapter audio 47:13 Post-chapter booktalk CHAPTER 17: The Ramadan CHAPTER 18: His Mark CHAPTER 17: The Prophet Link to the shownotes: Happy listening! Intro music: Upon a Nameless Tide by Aaron Ordover Outro: Adrift in Blue Hours by Aldrin Adolfo

00:00 Intro 00:35 Start of book talk 20:48 Chapter audio 57:14 Post-chapter booktalk CHAPTER 16: The Ship Link to the shownotes: Happy listening! Intro music: Upon a Nameless Tide by Aaron Ordover Outro: Adrift in Blue Hours by Aldrin Adolfo

00:00 Intro 00:39 Start of book talk 12:06 Chapter audio 36:28 Post-chapter booktalk CHAPTER 13: Wheelbarrow CHAPER 14: Nantucket CHAPTER 15: Chowder Link to the shownotes: Happy listening! Intro music: Upon a Nameless Tide by Aaron Ordover Outro: Adrift in Blue Hours by Aldrin Adolfo