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October 24-30, 1981 Happy Halloween! This week Ken welcomes producer/director behind the excellent documentaries "In Search of Darkness", David Weiner. Ken and David discuss playing Star Trek, TV watching with siblings, the three ages of horror, the video store age, making friends just to watch cable, not getting a VCR until much later in life, being the person in the household who brings in technology, missing four years of television due to attending boarding school, the power of the TV Guide movie section, seeing The Omen, the Exorcist, and Amnityville Horror for the first time on television, Fall Preview love, being able to see photos and images from television, the TV version of a movie, TV series based on movies, Logan's Run, Planet of the Apes, Land of the Lost, Valley of the Dinosaurs, being a 70s kid, Famous Monsters, where you have to grow up to associate King Kong with Thanksgiving, The Crawling Eye, Monster movies, WPIX, Chiller Theater, television images burned into your brain forever, having no identity of your own, being made of exclusievely tv memories, CED Selectadisc, having a Seagram's hook up, having a Kraft food hook up, Ken's sleeping bag collection,  Love Boat, Fantasy Island, The Wonderful World of Disney, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Disney's Haunted Treat, Ken's theory of Knight Rider taking place in the Halloween III universe, going to film school, all the familar locations you drive by in LA, Moby Dick, Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes, pre-empting shows, the baseball world series, variety shows, The Muppets, Star Wars, Private Benjamin, local variations, mail fraud, record clubs, getting to interview John Carpenter, Star Trek II Wrath of Kahn, Looney Tunes Halloween specials, Fat Albert Halloween, It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, The Brady Brides, Tom Baker Doctor Who, The Fall Guy, the first time ever network airing of Halloween on NBC, factual inaccuracies, Jaws, seeing things you are not allowed to see, watching Halloween home alone as a teen and being terrified, how you couldn't easily prove people wrong growing up, Close Encounters of the first and second kind, and making an In Search of Darkness 70s documentary.  Be sure to buy the latest In Search of Darkness doc, covering the second half of the 90s, 90shorrordoc.com 

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.

Moby Dick riprende il tema affrontato nel corso della settimana da Alphaville, che ha dedicato il proprio dossier all'architettura inclusiva. Nel corso della trasmissione verrà dato spazio ai fruitori dei progetti su piccola e larga scala: dall'accessibilità a spazi culturali e a luoghi che caratterizzano la memoria di un territorio, fino al coinvolgimento della cittadinanza nella definizione di un piano direttore o dei bambini nel disegno di parchi giochi o spazi destinati a loro. Nessuno viene dunque escluso nel nuovo modo di avvicinarsi al disegno di uno spazio lasciando ad ascoltatrici e ascoltatori la possibilità di comprendere le grandi opportunità che offre la progettazione architettonica: invece di “progettare per”, si “progetta con”, migliorando o addirittura creando relazioni e visioni che tengono conto sia delle esigenze della specie umana sia delle inedite richieste che provengono anche dalla fauna e dall'ambiente.undefinedCon Elio Schenini, direttore della Pinacoteca Züst, Valentina Cima, architetta e curatrice del museo storico etnografico della Valle di Blenio, Bruno Buzzini, titolare del Dicastero Opere pubbliche e ambiente del Municipio di Locarno e Mattia Lepori, capo dicastero territorio e mobilità, Bellinzona.

If you went to high school in America, you probably read Moby-Dick — or, more likely, you skimmed the CliffsNotes and wondered why this dense, whale-obsessed novel was considered a classic.That was me in 10th grade.But earlier this year, I decided to revisit Moby-Dick in midlife, and it hit me completely differently. What once seemed like a tedious story about a guy chasing a whale revealed itself to be a profound meditation on free will, perception, self-reliance, leadership, and obsession. It's now one of my favorite novels.To help unpack why Moby-Dick endures — and why it might be worth picking up again— I'm joined by Mark Cirino, a professor of American literature. Today on the show, we discuss why Moby-Dick was initially overlooked, the novel's major themes, and the timeless mystery of Captain Ahab's monomaniacal quest.Resources Related to the PodcastMark's previous appearances on the AoM podcast:Episode #786: The Writing Life of Ernest HemingwayEpisode #922: For Whom the Bell TollsOne True PodcastThe Norton Library PodcastMark's Norton Library Edition of A Farewell to ArmsConnect With Mark CirinoMark's faculty pageSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

#conjuringhouse Click here and join the Parajunkie Fam TODAY! We kick off with peak chaos: Pequod the Ghost Guy boards the Moby-Dick bit, Madison & Chris debate whalers vs. pirates, and then we settle in for a Ghostmail packed with goosebump fuel and real talk about paranormal sensitivity.What's insideKatie's stories (CA & TX):Heavy boot footsteps in an empty hallway, a breath on the neck during hide-and-seek (nope!), sleep paralysis lifted by a dog (!), a dorm room TV that turns itself on, and a WWII nurse apparition in a campus museum.How to re-open your sensitivity:We dive into blockages, shadow work, intention vs. action, and why listening to spooky stories can quietly “flip the switch.”Betty's “Haunty House” (Oklahoma):Skirt tugged in the kitchen, a voice at the attic window whispering “Elizabeth,” a porcelain doll launched six feet, a walking shadow that dissolves in light, a Regency-era figure in a thunderstorm, and a heartbreaking epilogue that explains why memory can fog the weirdest years of our lives.AnnouncementsSave The Conjuring House: We're supporting Jason Hawes' effort to keep the house in good stewardship. The auction timing changed; details are evolving. GoFundMe link is right here! Read the description for the latest and consider chipping inHalloween at the Savannah Paranormal Museum — Midnight Methods: Estes Method, automatic writing with Brian & Jen Byers, and hands-on time with lesser-used tools while the veil is thinnest. Limited spots! Click here to learn more.Send us your storyGot a haunting? We want it. Email ghostmail@hauntedcitypodcast.comThis is a judgment-free circle—your experiences matter, your questions are welcome, and the weird is normal.

Fotograaf Stephan Vanfleteren heeft heel veel bekende mensen geportretteerd. Nick Cave, iemand die goed tot zijn recht zou komen in zijn kenmerkende stijl, hoort daar niet bij. De rechterhand van de beroemde zanger fotografeerde hij wél. Hij vertelt er meer over in Bar miroir, leest ook voor uit de klassieker Moby Dick van de Amerikaanse schrijver Herman Melville en vertelt waarom de film Skunk van Koen Mortier aan zijn ribben bleef plakken. In onze cultuurpodcast Bar Miroir brengen bekende gasten elke week drie dingen mee die hen raken, inspireren of een impact hebben op hun denken of leven. Je kan de podcast ook bekijken op het Youtubekanaal van De Standaard. CREDITS Gast Stephan Vanfleteren | Presentatie Lise Bonduelle | Redactie Fien Dillen, Lise Bonduelle | Eindredactie Fien Dillen | Audioproductie Pieter Santens | Muziek Azertyklavierwerke | Chef podcast Alexander LippeveldSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I dette afsnit har Karen-Lise Mynster inviteret Mikkel Arndt ind i sofaen. Det er bl.a. blevet til en samtale der handler om Moby Dick, ikke at være bange for at gå på scenen og den nye generation af skuespillere. Rigtig god lyttelyst.

Fotograaf Stephan Vanfleteren heeft heel veel bekende mensen geportretteerd. Nick Cave, iemand die goed tot zijn recht zou komen in zijn kenmerkende stijl, hoort daar niet bij. De rechterhand van de beroemde zanger fotografeerde hij wél. Hij vertelt er meer over in Bar miroir, leest ook voor uit de klassieker Moby Dick van de Amerikaanse schrijver Herman Melville en vertelt waarom de film Skunk van Koen Mortier aan zijn ribben bleef plakken. In onze cultuurpodcast Bar Miroir brengen bekende gasten elke week drie dingen mee die hen raken, inspireren of een impact hebben op hun denken of leven. Je kan de podcast ook bekijken op het Youtubekanaal van De Standaard. CREDITS Gast Stephan Vanfleteren | Presentatie Lise Bonduelle | Redactie Fien Dillen, Lise Bonduelle | Eindredactie Fien Dillen | Audioproductie Pieter Santens | Muziek Azertyklavierwerke | Chef podcast Alexander LippeveldSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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

Prima che la paleontologia diventasse una scienza, i fossili erano misteri imprigionati nella roccia, enigmi che evocavano draghi, giganti e mostri marini. L'umanità ha impiegato secoli per capire che quelle forme incastonate nella pietra erano i resti di antiche creature vissute milioni di anni fa.Tra errori, intuizioni e scoperte, il nostro sarà un viaggio nella storia della paleontologia e della paleoantropologia, due discipline sorelle che, da prospettive diverse, ci raccontano le origini della vita e dell'essere umano. Un percorso che parte dai tempi in cui i fossili venivano scambiati per “ossa di draghi” o “lingue di pietra”, fino alle più recenti ricerche scientifiche che, grazie a tecniche digitali e genetiche d'avanguardia, permettono di ricostruire con straordinaria precisione l'evoluzione delle specie e dei nostri antenati.Moby Dick mette in dialogo due sguardi complementari: quello del divulgatore e narratore, che restituisce la meraviglia e gli abbagli della storia, e quello dello scienziato, che ci mostra come la ricerca moderna indaghi il passato per comprendere il presente.Ospiti della puntata, Stefano Benazzi, professore ordinario di antropologia fisica all'Università di Bologna, specializzato in osteoarcheologia e paleoantropologia. Dirige inoltre il Bones Lab, laboratorio dedicato allo studio dei resti umani attraverso tecniche digitali e morfometriche. E Diego Sala, giornalista e divulgatore scientifico, autore del libro Ossa di drago, lingue di pietra e altri abbagli (Codice Edizioni, 2025). Attualmente lavora al Museo delle Scienze di Trento, dove progetta e realizza eventi dedicati ai temi dell'evoluzione e della biodiversità.

Production Designer Kathrin Eder takes us inside the making of The Man in My Basement (Walter Mosley). We cover transforming Wales into 1994 Sag Harbor, building a house exterior in a swamp, staging interiors at Dragon Studios, and how a stained-glass front door became the set's emotional center. Plus: a real-home-turned-quilt shop, Arts & Crafts details, UK prop-house treasure hunts, and subtle Moby-Dick/whaling references that root the story in place. Perfect for fans of production design, set decoration, and grounded period world-building.

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

«Il principale briciolo di saggezza... è che non puoi mantenere una repubblica ed un impero simultaneamente». Oggi più che mai queste parole di Gore Vidal ci interrogano sul potere trasformativo della narrativa contro le derive di una politica spesso distante dai cittadini. Gore Vidal, di cui ricorre questa settimana il centesimo anniversario dalla nascita, ha usato la scrittura per smascherare ipocrisie e contraddizioni del potere, ponendo interrogativi ancora attuali sul ruolo degli intellettuali. Partendo dalla sua figura Moby Dick riflette questa settimana su quanto e come la letteratura può influenzare il dibattito pubblico. Si tratti di smascherare ipocrisie, di restituire il senso delle grandi battaglie per i diritti civili oppure di dare voce a chi resta costantemente estraneo al dibattito politico ufficiale, perché come ci ricorda un'altra grande voce della letteratura angloamericana Tony Morrison, «l'arte migliore è politica e si deve riuscire a renderla al contempo indubbiamente politica e irrevocabilmente bella». Ne parliamo con Mario Maffi saggista e traduttore che a lungo ha insegnato letteratura angloamericana e con Oliviero Bergamini storico e giornalista a lungo corrispondente RAI dagli Stati Uniti.

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Live from the Hollywood Theatre in Vancouver, B.C., NOM DE BROOM: Taryn brings the case against their sister, Lauren. Taryn and Lauren are both practitioners of the king of Canadian sports, which is, obviously: CURLING! Taryn owns a controversial curling broom, and they have named it in honor of Beyoncé. But Lauren hates this broom. She will not even say its name, say its name. Who's right? Who's wrong?PLUS in Swift Justice we hear cases on: a family book club where just one person has read the book, proper nail clipping technique, and proper sandwich cutting technique. Make sure to stay tuned to the end for Friends of the Court Deb Perelman and Kenji López-Alt to weight in on their sandwich cut preferences!Please consider donating to Al Otro Lado. Al Otro Lado provides legal assistance and humanitarian aid to refugees, deportees, and other migrants trapped at the US-MX border. Donate at alotrolado.org/letsdosomething.We are on TikTok and YouTube! Follow us on both @judgejohnhodgmanpod! Follow us on Instagram @judgejohnhodgman!Thanks to reddit user u/banjo_solo for naming this week's case! To suggest a title for a future episode, keep an eye on the Maximum Fun subreddit at reddit.com/r/maximumfun! Judge John Hodgman is member-supported! Join at $5 a month at maximumfun.org/join!

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

Intro - Phil celebrates his completion of Moby Dick. Content (8:54) - Discussion of the character list and context of Return to the Whorl, by Gene Wolfe. This Month's Read-Along - Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto. Check out more at alzabosoup.com.

Este viernes la Biblioteca de Hoy por Hoy se convirtió en Bibliobús en Cádiz con Antonio Martínez Asensio a los mandos y tuvimos como estrella invitada a Paqui Ayllón,  lectora voluntaria  y presidenta de Hypatia, una asociación de Amigos de la Biblioteca de la Universidad de Cádiz, y autora  de  "La lectora ciega" (Esfera de los libros) . Paquí nos contó cómo perdió la vista hace 11 años y como recondujo su vida hacia la lectura en alto para personas que lo necesita. Pasó de enfermera que curaba a la gente con jeringuillas, pastilleros y  jarabes, a curar con su voz y las palabras.  Lee a enfermos de hemodiálisis del Hospital de Jerez y a mayores e inmigrantes en Cádiz ¿Pero como lee una invidente a los demás? Ella no utiliza el sistema braille, "son muchas lecturas y sería inviable", por eso utiliza una aplicación que le lee en neutro los libros y ella a la vez los interpreta sobre la marcha. La prueba la hizo en directo en  Hoy por Hoy que se hizo en el Palacio de Congresos de Cádiz frente al público y junto a Antonio Martínez Asensio y Àngels Barceló. Fue impresionante y emocionó a todos leyendo el poema "El Bosco"  de Rafael Alberti . El tema central de nuestra Biblioteca/Bibliobús de hoy fue la lectura en alto y su importancia y para ellos partimos del libro 'La voz de los libros" de  Maribel Riaza (Aguilar) Antes del momento Paqui Ayllón, nuestro bibliotecario Antonio Martínez Asensio nos trajo cuatro libros imprescindibles sobre el mar: 'Veinte mil leguas de viaje submarino' de Julio Verne" (Alianza), 'Moby Dick' de Herman Melville (Alianza) , 'Gran Sol' de Ignacio Aldecoa (Alfagura)  y 'Las Reinas del mar' de Mauricio Weisenthal (Acantilado). 

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

The Spleen makes some questionable investments after his wildly successful crowdfunding campaign, Spencer sells out to Big Pop-Tart and may have caused a Marvel movie to flop, and other hard hitting topics like at what point Spencer's bed becomes "made". We also pitch a modern reboot of Moby Dick, which goes great with all the weird Fanta that Kevin found. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.

It's been a year since his last episode, so what's artist Dmitry Samarov been up to? Plenty! We talk about his new project of redesigning and illustrating public domain books, why he started off with the White Whale itself, and why Babbitt! was next in line, what the common themes are among the six books he's illustrated since this project began, and how it all ties into his reaction to the 2024 election. We get into what it's like working with publishers after controlling his own books for years, how he discovered James Hogg's The Suicide's Grave on SOME OTHER PODCAST (okay, it was Beyond The Zero), how he's exploring visual interpretation and different tools with each book, and how this project has him reading and rereading differently than he used to. We also talk about how he looks back at his art in the wake of his self-monograph, how he got into a relationship with someone after a long time solo (after a showing of why Cronenberg's not-good The Shrouds), what other books he's considering illustrating, his new series of 'zines about bookselling, the joy of Moby Dick's tangents, and more. Follow Dmitry at his site and through his weekly newsletter, and buy some books from his Ebay shop • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Stripe, Patreon, or Paypal, and subscribe to our e-newsletter

¿Acaso Herman Melvile se inspiró en una historia real cuando escribió "Mobby Dick".?¿Existen los monstruos marinos y son terribles?¿Es posible esto?Conviértete en un seguidor de este podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/relatos-del-lado-oscuro--5421502/support.

Vernon Reid discussed his new solo album, recorded partly at Super Giraffe Sound  and featuring collaborations with Greg Tate's band Burnt Sugar, DJ Logic, and others. The album includes licensed audio snippets and spoken word recordings, including a subway performer. Reid highlighted the eclectic nature of the album, crediting co-producer Ivan Julian and mix engineer Scotty Hard. He also reflected on themes of accountability over revenge, personal regrets, and the impact of losing friends like Greg Tate and Ronnie Drayton. Upcoming plans include a potential headlining tour and new material for Living Colour, with a focus on maintaining a balance between solo projects and the band.00:00 - Intro00:20 - Recording New Album & Guests02:30 - Good Afternoon Everyone & NY Life05:30 - Seattle History & Living Colour Live 07:35 - Making the New Solo Record 09:30 - Dying to Live Cover Song 11:25 - Moby Dick & Revenge 15:25 - New Song "The Haunting" & Regret 22:10 - Meaning of this New Album & Dedications 23:53 - Life is Fundamentally Unfair & Betrayal 26:05 - Success, Fame, Happiness & Early Death 30:10 - Beautiful Bastard, Solo & Story 33:30 - Ending Promotions 34:29 - Outro Living Colour website:https://livingcolour.com/Chuck Shute link tree:https://linktr.ee/chuck_shuteSupport the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

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

For just over a decade, from 1956 to 1967, a collection of dilapidated former sail-making warehouses clustered at the lower tip of Manhattan became the quiet epicenter of the art world. Coenties Slip, a dead-end street near the water, was home to a circle of wildly talented and varied artists that included Robert Indiana, Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, James Rosenquist, Delphine Seyrig, Lenore Tawney, and Jack Youngerman. As friends and inspirations to one another, they created a unique community for unbridled creative expression and experimentation, and the works they made at the Slip would go on to change the course of American art. Now, for the first time, in The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever (Harper, 2023) Dr. Prudence Peiffer pays homage to these artists and the unsung impact their work had on the direction of late twentieth-century art and film. This remarkable biography, as transformative as the artists it illuminates, questions the very concept of a “group” or “movement,” as it spotlights the Slip's eclectic mix of gender and sexual orientation, abstraction and Pop, experimental film, painting, and sculpture, assemblage and textile works. Brought together not by the tenets of composition or technique, nor by philosophy or politics, the artists cultivated a scene at the Slip defined by a singular spirit of community and place. They drew lasting inspiration from one another, but perhaps even more from where they called home, and the need to preserve the solitude its geography fostered. Despite Coenties Slip's obscurity, the entire history of Manhattan was inscribed into its cobblestones—one of the first streets and central markets of the new colony, built by enslaved people, with revolutionary meetings at the tavern just down Pearl Street; named by Herman Melville in Moby Dick and site of the boom and bust of the city's maritime industry; and, in the artists's own time, a development battleground for Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses. The Slip's history is entwined with that of the artists and their art—eclectic and varied work that was made from the wreckage of the city's many former lives. An ambitious and singular account of a time, a place, and a group of extraordinary people, The Slip investigates the importance of community, and makes an argument for how we are shaped by it, and how it in turns shapes our work. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

“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.

Join our community of readers:  / lifeonbooks  Join the Life on Books mailing list to stay up to date on all of our latest book giveaways, projects, and more!https://linktw.in/BRYAnVhWant to read one book from every country? Check out our resource online:https://linktw.in/ZeoltyWant to know my all time favorite books? Click the link below!https://bookshop.org/shop/lifeonbooksFollow me on Instagram:  / alifeonbooks  Follow Andy on Instagram  / metafictional.meathead  Books mentioned in this episode (purchasing through these links helps support the show)The Combinations by Louis Armandhttps://amzn.to/3H3TPcKhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781739...Gesell Dome by Guillermo Saccomannohttps://amzn.to/40xgAMThttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781940...Moby Dick by Herman Melvillehttps://amzn.to/3J4afCshttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780142...Gifted by Suzumi Suzukihttps://amzn.to/45CcOVrHow To Quiet a Vampire by Borislav Pekichttps://amzn.to/4mlW0YEAnniversaries by Uwe Johnsonhttps://amzn.to/4lA6vWXhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681...The Kukotsky Enigma by Ludmila Ulitskayahttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780810...https://nupress.northwestern.edu/9780...In the Heart of the Heart of the Country by William Gasshttps://amzn.to/47LppqIOmensetter's Luck by William H. Gasshttps://amzn.to/3Jj8zoShttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780141...Oblivion by David Foster Wallacehttps://amzn.to/3JG5fV3Train Dreams by Denis Johnsonhttps://amzn.to/3JtAgeKhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781250...At Night he Lifts Weights by Kang Young-sookhttps://amzn.to/4g01BBBThe Taker and Other Stories by Rubem Fonsecahttps://amzn.to/4muEjGkRainbow Stories by William T. Vollmannhttps://amzn.to/3JULuZSThe Trees Grew Because I Bled There by Eric LaRoccahttps://amzn.to/4fSxD2aThe Complete Stories of Clarice Lispectorhttps://amzn.to/4fZAIh6Minor Detail by Adania Shiblihttps://amzn.to/4mlqycYhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811...No Longer Human by Osamu Dazaihttps://amzn.to/4lPq5ySOn the Edge of Reason by Miroslav Krlezahttps://amzn.to/3VlUb1TFicciones by Jorge Luis Borges https://amzn.to/3UOhbqcMiddle C by William Gass

Steven Spielberg at 26 created a horror masterpiece that still haunts every beachgoer. Today, film critic Stephen Romei on why you should rush to see Jaws in cinemas this weekend. Find out more about The Front podcast here. You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app. The weekend edition of The Front is co-produced by Claire Harvey and Jasper Leak. The host is Claire Harvey. Audio production and editing by Jasper Leak who also composed our theme. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 the final episode of our whale series, we learn about fecal plumes, shipping noise, and why Moby-Dick is still worth reading. (Part 3 of "Everything You Never Knew About Whaling.") SOURCES:Michele Baggio, professor of economics at the University of Connecticut.Mary K. Bercaw-Edwards, professor of maritime English at the University of Connecticut and lead foreman at the Mystic Seaport Museum.Hester Blum, professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis.Eric Hilt, professor of economics at Wellesley College.Kate O'Connell, senior policy consultant for the marine life program at the Animal Welfare Institute.Maria Petrillo, director of interpretation at the Mystic Seaport Museum.Joe Roman, fellow and writer-in-residence at the Gund Institute for Environment, University of Vermont. RESOURCES:Eat, Poop, Die: How Animals Make Our World, by Joe Roman (2023).“Racial Diversity and Team Performance: Evidence from the American Offshore Whaling Industry,” by Michele Baggio and Metin M. Cosgel (S.S.R.N., 2023).“Why 23 Dead Whales Have Washed Up on the East Coast Since December,” by Tracey Tully and Winston Choi-Schagrin (The New York Times, 2023).“Suspected Russia-Trained Spy Whale Reappears Off Sweden's Coast,” by A.F.P. in Stockholm (The Guardian, 2023).“International Trade, Noise Pollution, and Killer Whales,” by M. Scott Taylor and Fruzsina Mayer (N.B.E.R. Working Paper, 2023).“World-First Map Exposes Growing Dangers Along Whale Superhighways,” by the World Wildlife Fund (2022).“Lifting Baselines to Address the Consequences of Conservation Success,” by Joe Roman, Meagan M. Dunphy-Daly, David W. Johnston, and Andrew J. Read (Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2015).“Wages, Risk, and Profits in the Whaling Industry,” by Elmo P. Hohman (The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1926).Moby-Dick, by Herman Melville (1851). EXTRAS:“Why Do People Still Hunt Whales? (Update)” by Freakonomics Radio (2025).“How Much Does Discrimination Hurt the Economy?” by Freakonomics Radio (2021).

Hello everyone!!Joined by good friend Jon, of Horror Vanguard, as we talk about one of the books of all time, Moby Dick, or The Whale, by Herman Melville!Come along as we discover why this book is everything, how it fits into the larger body of American Literature, and how the threats and consequences of individualism are ever-present. Oh, and of course: how this is a phenomenally gay book indeed.Enjoy!Check out Horror Vanguard:https://soundcloud.com/user-317910500https://www.patreon.com/c/horrorvanguard/postsIf you can and are interested in early episodes and the Here Be Extras, check our Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/leftpage Also! If you're not there already, feel free to join our Discord, as we have been more talkative than usual, and plan to do so more and more!https://discord.gg/J2wgG3yrPNIntro Credits: Ultralounge, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Credits: Leve Palestina, Spartacus Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join our community of readers!  / lifeonbooks  Join the Life on Books mailing list to stay up to date on all of our latest book giveaways, projects, and more!https://linktw.in/BRYAnVhWant to read one book from every country? Check out our resource online:https://linktw.in/ZeoltyWant to know my all time favorite books? Click the link below!https://bookshop.org/shop/lifeonbooksFollow me on Instagram:  / alifeonbooks  Follow Andy on Instagram  / metafictional.meathead  Books mentioned in this episode:The Combinations by Louis Armandhttps://amzn.to/3H3TPcKhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781739...Gesell Dome by Guillermo Saccomannohttps://amzn.to/40xgAMThttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781940...Middle C by William Gasshttps://amzn.to/41end6Xhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780804...Omensetter's Luck by William H. Gasshttps://amzn.to/3Jj8zoShttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780141...Train Dreams by Denis Johnsonhttps://amzn.to/3JtAgeKhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781250...The Instructions by Adam Levinhttps://amzn.to/4lOnvcshttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781952...Minor Detail by Adania Shiblihttps://amzn.to/4mlqycYhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811...Anniversaries by Uwe Johnsonhttps://amzn.to/4lA6vWXhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681...Refusing Heaven by Jack Gilberthttps://amzn.to/4733uLphttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780375...How To Quiet a Vampire by Borislav Pekichttps://amzn.to/4mlW0YEThe Kukotsky Enigma by Ludmila Ulitskayahttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780810...https://nupress.northwestern.edu/9780...Tom's Crossing Mark Z. Danielewskihttps://amzn.to/4lIopaihttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781524...House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewskihttps://amzn.to/4fSKfXohttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780375...Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryhttps://amzn.to/4mRJwYDhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781439...Moby Dick by Herman Melvillehttps://amzn.to/3J4afCs

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

For just over a decade, from 1956 to 1967, a collection of dilapidated former sail-making warehouses clustered at the lower tip of Manhattan became the quiet epicenter of the art world. Coenties Slip, a dead-end street near the water, was home to a circle of wildly talented and varied artists that included Robert Indiana, Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, James Rosenquist, Delphine Seyrig, Lenore Tawney, and Jack Youngerman. As friends and inspirations to one another, they created a unique community for unbridled creative expression and experimentation, and the works they made at the Slip would go on to change the course of American art. Now, for the first time, in The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever (Harper, 2023) Dr. Prudence Peiffer pays homage to these artists and the unsung impact their work had on the direction of late twentieth-century art and film. This remarkable biography, as transformative as the artists it illuminates, questions the very concept of a “group” or “movement,” as it spotlights the Slip's eclectic mix of gender and sexual orientation, abstraction and Pop, experimental film, painting, and sculpture, assemblage and textile works. Brought together not by the tenets of composition or technique, nor by philosophy or politics, the artists cultivated a scene at the Slip defined by a singular spirit of community and place. They drew lasting inspiration from one another, but perhaps even more from where they called home, and the need to preserve the solitude its geography fostered. Despite Coenties Slip's obscurity, the entire history of Manhattan was inscribed into its cobblestones—one of the first streets and central markets of the new colony, built by enslaved people, with revolutionary meetings at the tavern just down Pearl Street; named by Herman Melville in Moby Dick and site of the boom and bust of the city's maritime industry; and, in the artists's own time, a development battleground for Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses. The Slip's history is entwined with that of the artists and their art—eclectic and varied work that was made from the wreckage of the city's many former lives. An ambitious and singular account of a time, a place, and a group of extraordinary people, The Slip investigates the importance of community, and makes an argument for how we are shaped by it, and how it in turns shapes our work. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

For just over a decade, from 1956 to 1967, a collection of dilapidated former sail-making warehouses clustered at the lower tip of Manhattan became the quiet epicenter of the art world. Coenties Slip, a dead-end street near the water, was home to a circle of wildly talented and varied artists that included Robert Indiana, Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, James Rosenquist, Delphine Seyrig, Lenore Tawney, and Jack Youngerman. As friends and inspirations to one another, they created a unique community for unbridled creative expression and experimentation, and the works they made at the Slip would go on to change the course of American art. Now, for the first time, in The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever (Harper, 2023) Dr. Prudence Peiffer pays homage to these artists and the unsung impact their work had on the direction of late twentieth-century art and film. This remarkable biography, as transformative as the artists it illuminates, questions the very concept of a “group” or “movement,” as it spotlights the Slip's eclectic mix of gender and sexual orientation, abstraction and Pop, experimental film, painting, and sculpture, assemblage and textile works. Brought together not by the tenets of composition or technique, nor by philosophy or politics, the artists cultivated a scene at the Slip defined by a singular spirit of community and place. They drew lasting inspiration from one another, but perhaps even more from where they called home, and the need to preserve the solitude its geography fostered. Despite Coenties Slip's obscurity, the entire history of Manhattan was inscribed into its cobblestones—one of the first streets and central markets of the new colony, built by enslaved people, with revolutionary meetings at the tavern just down Pearl Street; named by Herman Melville in Moby Dick and site of the boom and bust of the city's maritime industry; and, in the artists's own time, a development battleground for Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses. The Slip's history is entwined with that of the artists and their art—eclectic and varied work that was made from the wreckage of the city's many former lives. An ambitious and singular account of a time, a place, and a group of extraordinary people, The Slip investigates the importance of community, and makes an argument for how we are shaped by it, and how it in turns shapes our work. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/film

For just over a decade, from 1956 to 1967, a collection of dilapidated former sail-making warehouses clustered at the lower tip of Manhattan became the quiet epicenter of the art world. Coenties Slip, a dead-end street near the water, was home to a circle of wildly talented and varied artists that included Robert Indiana, Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, James Rosenquist, Delphine Seyrig, Lenore Tawney, and Jack Youngerman. As friends and inspirations to one another, they created a unique community for unbridled creative expression and experimentation, and the works they made at the Slip would go on to change the course of American art. Now, for the first time, in The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever (Harper, 2023) Dr. Prudence Peiffer pays homage to these artists and the unsung impact their work had on the direction of late twentieth-century art and film. This remarkable biography, as transformative as the artists it illuminates, questions the very concept of a “group” or “movement,” as it spotlights the Slip's eclectic mix of gender and sexual orientation, abstraction and Pop, experimental film, painting, and sculpture, assemblage and textile works. Brought together not by the tenets of composition or technique, nor by philosophy or politics, the artists cultivated a scene at the Slip defined by a singular spirit of community and place. They drew lasting inspiration from one another, but perhaps even more from where they called home, and the need to preserve the solitude its geography fostered. Despite Coenties Slip's obscurity, the entire history of Manhattan was inscribed into its cobblestones—one of the first streets and central markets of the new colony, built by enslaved people, with revolutionary meetings at the tavern just down Pearl Street; named by Herman Melville in Moby Dick and site of the boom and bust of the city's maritime industry; and, in the artists's own time, a development battleground for Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses. The Slip's history is entwined with that of the artists and their art—eclectic and varied work that was made from the wreckage of the city's many former lives. An ambitious and singular account of a time, a place, and a group of extraordinary people, The Slip investigates the importance of community, and makes an argument for how we are shaped by it, and how it in turns shapes our work. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

What's up party people - we've got two little doggies in the mix today who are fresh off the ol' road from HISTORICON2025. Paulie Mordhiem (@wyrdstoned) and the delectable Dark Tyler (@tylerisalrightatpainting) join us to talk about the in's, out's and inbetween's of Historicon 2025 out in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. You'll hear about the games they played, the vibe of the con, and a little about the sweet sweet BOOTY (s/o uncle atom). On top of all the tactical tabletop tastiness - Tyler talks about developing his new game Vortex of Hell, Paulie talks Turnip with Terry, Terry rants about painting minis fast and being messy (what else is new) and Steve gives you an update of all things Flames of Orion and the kickstarter! Gage is off this week on his union-mandated vacation. We miss him.Big shout out to all those Scumbags that decided to join our Patreon, you are the reason we can keep on keeping on - thank you!"Watch where you're putting that tape measurer, buddy", and Bash the Planet!We have sick merch! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hive Scum Big Cartel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out Knucklebones Miniatures' (@knucklebones_miniatures) New Hive Scum Flagellants! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Knucklebones Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the In Rust We Trust discord here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠IRWT Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠If you'd like to support us further, take a look at our Patreon! We'd love to have you: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hive Scum Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy all of the Under the Dice Merch here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Under the Dice⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠We are on IG/Blogger:Hive Scum: @hivescumpodcastSteve: @sovthofheavenGage: @noclearcoatTerry: ⁠w0rmh0l3 Blog⁠

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.

On this week's episode, Nathan and Riley – the former of whom has spent the past several days near a beach and the latter of whom just returned from a boating excursion – are joined by Chris “Peg Leg” Person to discuss boats, boating, and a flotilla of related matters. First we talk about Riley's recent voyage, which involved reading Moby Dick as quickly as possible while on a boat. Why? Riley enjoys punishing himself, I guess. Then Riley regales us with tales of the time he lived on a boat during his youth, up to and including his convoluted waste disposal process. After that, we move on to a boat-related news item at the opposite end of the wealth spectrum: Gabe Newell, billionaire co-founder of Valve, recently purchased a yacht company. Why are rich people so obsessed with big boats? Listen to find out. Lastly, we list the best boats in video games, including the GOAT boat. Credits- Hosts: Nathan Grayson, Chris Person, & Riley MacLeod- Podcast Production & Ads: Multitude- Subscribe to Aftermath!About The ShowAftermath Hours is the flagship podcast of Aftermath, a worker-owned, subscription-based website covering video games, the internet, and everything that comes after from journalists who previously worked at Kotaku, Vice, and The Washington Post. Each week, games journalism veterans Luke Plunkett, Nathan Grayson, Chris Person, Riley MacLeod, and Gita Jackson – though not always all at once, because that's too many people for a podcast – break down video game news, Remember Some Games, and learn about Chris' frankly incredible number of special interests. Sometimes we even bring on guests from both inside and outside the video game industry! I don't know what else to tell you; it's a great time. Simply by reading this description, you're already wasting time that you could be spending listening to the show. Head to aftermath.site for more info. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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.

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

“In a famous episode, he says his name is Nobody, which in a way is obviously a lie,” says writer, scholar, and translator Daniel Mendelsohn in this episode of The World in Time. “But in another way is sort of true because he has become a nobody, right? And another way to describe the sort of narrative arc of The Odyssey is: he has to go from being a nobody and reclaim his identity and be a somebody again. So, the question of the nature of identity—you know, he's been changed by twenty years of aging, by trauma, by terrible suffering, and yet when he gets home, he has to ‘prove,' quote-unquote, that he is the same person who left. And that, I think, raises one of the most fascinating questions of the epic—and this speaks to something we know about from our own lives—which is: is there a part of you that remains the same despite the changes that we undergo in life? And that's the sort of paradox, I think, that's at the center of the poem. Everybody changes in twenty years, and yet you feel the same in many ways. The Odyssey delves into these very profound questions.” This week's episode of The World in Time is the first in a series of episodes about The Sea (Summer 2013). Donovan Hohn speaks with Daniel Mendelsohn about his new translation of The Odyssey, traveling back to antiquity in search of the origins of the Homeric epic. Then, in archival audio from 2013, editorial board member Aidan Flax-Clark interviews Lewis H. Lapham about his childhood reading of Moby-Dick, about Lapham's greenhorn voyages, and about a doomed shipwreck hunt in the early 1960s that Lapham wrote about for The Saturday Evening Post.

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