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"Ever wonder how your favorite Tudor queens prevented wrinkles? Or whether they'd be cool with using a beef tallow moisturizer? Early modern historian Erin Griffey is here to answer all of our questions about Tudor beauty trends. It's time to find out once and for all if that white face powder seen in all those portraits was actually poisoning everyone…or if that's just a royal myth. Inspired by the looks (and the drama) on Wolf Hall Season 2, now streaming on Prime Video with the PBS Masterpiece add-on. EXCITING NEWS: Even the Royals was nominated for a Webby Award for Best History Podcast! And YOU can vote for us to win. Please go vote here: https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/podcasts/shows/historyBe the first to know about Wondery's newest podcasts, curated recommendations, and more! Sign up now at https://wondery.fm/wonderynewsletterListen to Even The Royals on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. You can listen early and ad-free on Wondery+. Join Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Start your free trial by visiting wondery.com/links/even-the-royals/ now.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In episode 69 we spotlight the PBS Masterpiece series WOLF HALL: THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT with a behind-the-scenes visit to the Folger Shakespeare Library exhibition, “How to Be a Power Player: Tudor Edition” with the curator Dr. Heather Wolfe Curator of Manuscripts for the Folger (in Washington, DC), which holds the world's largest Shakespeare collection. WOLF HALL: THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT traces the final four years of Thomas Cromwell's life, completing his journey from self-made man to the most feared, influential figure of his time as a principal advisory to England's King Henry VIII. The series is based on the final novel by Hilary Mantel in the Thomas Cromwell trilogy. As an added bonus, Heather Wolfe shared documents from the Folger collection for the real-life Thomas Cromwell, Henry the VIII, and Henry's 4th wife, Anne of Cleves,. Go to the podcast website (for Ep. 69) to see images of these artifacts and for more information about the Foger Shakespeare Library's exhibit "How to Be a Power Player: Tudor Edition" on display through July 2025.------TIMESTAMPS0:19 - A Visit to the Folger Shakespeare Library (Washington, DC)0:56 - Folger “How to Be a Power Player: Tudor Style” exhibit2:02 - “Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light” overview and cast3:18-  Heather Wolfe, Curator of Manuscripts at Folger Shakespeare Library3:30 - Roles and Responsibilities of Curator of Manuscripts4:22 - Paleography, the study of handwriting5:14 - Inspiration behind “How To Be A Power Player: Tudor Style” and relevance to 20256:48 - Tudor power players' relationships, skills, and power dynamics7:38 - Tudor "playbooks" from Machiavelli and Castiglione 12:19 - Power dressing, fashion policing, and personal branding in Tudor times15:13 - Hospitality power plays: napkin folding and meat carving22:48 - Break23:32 - Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII, and Anne of Cleves artifacts and letters29:57 - Class status and social mobility in Tudor Times32:36 - Women's power and influence in the Tudor court36:09 - Visitor takeaways from “How to Be A Power Playe: Tudor Edition”r exhibit38:21 - Folger Shakespeare Library resources38:50 - How to watch “Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light” on PBS “Masterpiece”41:04 - DisclaimerSUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite podcast platformLISTEN to past past podcasts and bonus episodesSIGN UP for our mailing listSUPPORT this podcast  SHOP THE PODCAST on our affiliate bookstoreBuy us a Coffee! You can support by buying a coffee ☕ here — buymeacoffee.com/historicaldramasistersThank you for listening!

March has been a busy month for the Boston Sisters. This is an extended trailer for Episode 69. The complete podcast will be available for download Thursday, March 27th where we spotlight  the PBS MASTERPIECE series WOLF HALL: THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT and our visit to the Folger Shakespeare Library in DC for the exhibit "How to Be a Power Player: Tudor Edition."Our guest for Episode 69 is Dr. Heather Wolfe, curator of manuscripts and curator of the exhibition “How to Be a Power Player: Tudor Edition.” The trailer for Ep. 69  also includes a clip from a previous podcast (Episode 60) released in October 2024 with PBS MASTERPIECE executive producer and head of scripted content Susanne Singer who gave a preview of WOLF HALL: THE MIRROR IN THE LIGHT (now broadcasting) and other MASTERPIECE dramas. Subscribe to “Historical Drama with The Boston Sisters” so you won't miss Episode 69 featuring our conversation with Dr. Healthier Wolfe of the Folger Shakespeare Library about Thomas Cromwell and what it takes to be a power player in Tudor times.------SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite podcast platformLISTEN to past past podcasts and bonus episodesSIGN UP for our mailing listSUPPORT this podcast  SHOP THE PODCAST on our affiliate bookstoreBuy us a Coffee! You can support by buying a coffee ☕ here — buymeacoffee.com/historicaldramasistersThank you for listening!

The new season of PBS MASTERPIECE and MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! is here and so is our annual preview podcast with executive producer Susanne Simpson. In the preview Susanne describes her executive producer role as an inheritance similar to the legacy estate of the family patriarch, Lord Grantham, in DOWNTON ABBEY, MASTERPIECE's most popular series to date. In the full podcast Susanne highlights two exciting new historical dramas coming to PBS MASTERPIECE in 2025. Episode 60 launches Tuesday, October 22. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historicaldramasisters/support

Actors and comedians have usually played Donald Trump as larger than life, almost as a cartoon. In the new film “The Apprentice,” Sebastian Stan doesn't play for laughs. He stars as a very young Trump falling under the sway of Roy Cohn (played by Jeremy Strong)— the notorious, amoral lawyer and fixer.  “Cohn took Donald Trump under his wing when Donald was a nobody from the outer boroughs,” the film's writer and executive producer Gabriel Sherman tells David Remnick. He “taught him the dark arts of power brokering … [and] introduced him to New York society.” Sherman, a contributing editor to New York magazine, also chronicled Roger Ailes's rise to power at Fox News in “The Loudest Voice in the Room.” Sherman insists, though, that the film is not anti-Trump—or not exactly. “The movie got cast into this political left-right schema, and it's not that. It's a humanist work of drama,” in which the protégé eventually betrays his mentor. It almost goes without saying that Donald Trump has threatened to sue the producers of the film, and the major Hollywood studios wouldn't touch it.  Sherman talks with Remnick about how the film, which opens October 11th, came to be. Plus, Jill Lepore is a New Yorker staff writer, a professor of history at Harvard University, and the author of the best-seller “These Truths” as well as many other works of history. While her professional life is absorbed in the uniqueness of the American experience, she finds her relaxation across the pond, watching police procedurals from Britain. “There's not a lot of gun action,” she notes, “not the same kind of swagger.” She talks with David Remnick about three favorites: “Annika” and “The Magpie Murders,” on PBS Masterpiece; and “Karen Pirie,” on BritBox. And Remnick can't resist a digression to bring up their shared reverence for “Slow Horses,” a spy series on Apple TV+ that's based on books by Mick Herron, whom Lepore profiled for The New Yorker.

We interview Daisy Goodwin, novelist and screenwriter, about her latest novel, Diva (Head of Zeus March 2024), inspired by the life of the brilliant soprano Maria Callas. The novel opens at a time when Callas is at the height of her extraordinary career but in a stultifying marriage and haunted both by her unhappy childhood and the ever-present fear of losing her voice. When she meets Aristotle Onassis, she believes she has finally met her soulmate. But as the novel makes clear, just like the tragic heroines she embodies on stage, even her fame and brilliance cannot save Callas from heartbreak. We talk to Daisy about the nature of the word 'diva', musical genius and the fragile nature of the human voice. Daisy Goodwin is the author of the New York Times bestselling novels The American Heiress and The Fortune Hunter. She is the screenwriter of the PBS/Masterpiece drama Victoria and lives in London. She is also Tabitha Potts' sister and they have worked together in the past.

Michelle and Rachel are back to cover the premiere of ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL S4 Ep 2-3 on PBS Masterpiece.  For all our ALL CREATURES recaps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2lgN6Hyayk&list=PLXv4sBF3mPUDrKEuhFK4PzoFmED6346Ou Make sure to check out our sponsor for this episode of the podcast MEET ME AT CHRISTMAS by Jenny Hale https://amzn.to/3rQedGS (ad) Get the James Loves Helen shirt https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/50847051-love-me-like-james-loves-helen-all-creatures-great?ref_id=8581&store_id=192534 Check out SOCIETY GIRL by Alys Murray using our affiliate link https://amzn.to/4b8rH2w (ad)  Michelle Benson https://twitter.com/michelleRbenson For more from the Hallmarkies Podcast: Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/hallmarkiespod Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/HallmarkiesPodcast ITunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hallmarkies-podcast/id1296728288 Merchandise: teepublic.com/stores/hallmarkies Send us your feedback at feedback@hallmarkiespodcast.com Or call +1 (801) 855-6407 Follow Rachel's blog at http://rachelsreviews.net Follow Rachel on twitter https://twitter.com/rachel_reviews Follow Rachel's youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@RachelsReviews

Michelle and Rachel are back to cover the premiere of ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL S4 on PBS Masterpiece.  For all our ALL CREATURES recaps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2lgN6Hyayk&list=PLXv4sBF3mPUDrKEuhFK4PzoFmED6346Ou Make sure to check out our sponsor for this episode of the podcast MEET ME AT CHRISTMAS by Jenny Hale https://amzn.to/3rQedGS (ad) Get the James Loves Helen shirt https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/50847051-love-me-like-james-loves-helen-all-creatures-great?ref_id=8581&store_id=192534 Make sure to check out all the books from Baker Book House on amazon https://amzn.to/3F3rFKm or at https://bakerbookhouse.com Michelle Benson https://twitter.com/michelleRbenson For more from the Hallmarkies Podcast: Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/hallmarkiespod Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/HallmarkiesPodcast ITunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hallmarkies-podcast/id1296728288 Merchandise: teepublic.com/stores/hallmarkies Send us your feedback at feedback@hallmarkiespodcast.com Or call +1 (801) 855-6407 Follow Rachel's blog at http://rachelsreviews.net Follow Rachel on twitter https://twitter.com/rachel_reviews Follow Rachel's youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@RachelsReviews

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Nikki Haley's progress and Ron DeSantis's stagnation in Iowa, Donald Trump's testimony in New York, and Dean Phillips's campaign in New Hampshire; the first social-media cases of the term at the Supreme Court; and Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream with author David Leonhardt. And you can be a part of the show: submit your Conundrum at slate.com/conundrum.    Here are some notes and references from this week's show: Brianne Pfannenstiel for the Des Moines Register: “Donald Trump builds on big lead as Nikki Haley pulls even with Ron DeSantis in Iowa Poll”  Jennifer Rubin for The Washington Post: “Nikki Haley has a shot. But a really, really long one.” Jonah E. Bromwich and Ben Protess for The New York Times: “Trump Civil Fraud Trial: Donald Trump Jr. Resumes Testifying in Fraud Case Aimed at His Father” Geoffrey Skelley for 538: The curious case of Dean Phillips's last-minute primary challenge 538: “How popular is Joe Biden?” Jeff Neal for Harvard Law Today: “The Supreme Court takes on (anti)social media” Adam Liptak for The New York Times: “Supreme Court Lifts Limits for Now on Biden Officials' Contacts With Tech Platforms” Amy Howe for SCOTUSblog: “Justices take major Florida and Texas social media cases” Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream by David Leonhardt Emily Bazelon for The New York Times's The Morning newsletter, November 2, 2023 David Leonhardt for The Atlantic: “The Hard Truth About Immigration” Peter Dizikes for MIT News: “Q&A: David Autor on the long afterlife of the “China shock”” History.com: “A. Philip Randolph” Natasha Singer for The New York Times: “This Florida School District Banned Cellphones. Here's What Happened.” and “New Laws on Kids and Social Media Are Stymied by Industry Lawsuits” Cristiano Lima and Naomi Nix for The Washington Post: “41 states sue Meta, claiming Instagram, Facebook are addictive, harm kids”   Here are this week's chatters: Emily: The New Yorker's Poetry Podcast with Kevin Young: “Toi Derricotte Reads Tracy K. Smith” John: The Graham Norton Show: “Dame Judi Dench Masterfully Does A Shakespeare Sonnet”; BBC Radio 4's Cabin Pressure; Endeavour on PBS Masterpiece; John Dickerson for CBS News Prime Time: “Grammy-winning artist Jason Isbell talks about the craft of songwriting and his latest music”; and Ray Bradbury in the Los Angeles Times: “'Ice Cream Suit'--Touchstone for the Past and Present” David: Sarah Zhang for The Atlantic: “Everything I Thought I Knew About Nasal Congestion Is Wrong” Listener chatter from Albert Fox Cahn: N'dea Yancey-Bragg for USA Today: “Advocates say excited delirium provides cover for police violence. They want it banned” and John Dickerson for CBS News 60 Minutes: “How a questionable syndrome, “Excited Delirium,” could be protecting police officers from misconduct charges”   For this week's Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, John, and David talk about classroom cellphone bans. In the latest Gabfest Reads, David talks with Kristi Coulter about her book, Exit Interview: The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career.   Email your chatters, questions, and comments to gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)   Podcast production by Cheyna Roth  Research by Julie Huygen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Nikki Haley's progress and Ron DeSantis's stagnation in Iowa, Donald Trump's testimony in New York, and Dean Phillips's campaign in New Hampshire; the first social-media cases of the term at the Supreme Court; and Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream with author David Leonhardt. And you can be a part of the show: submit your Conundrum at slate.com/conundrum.    Here are some notes and references from this week's show: Brianne Pfannenstiel for the Des Moines Register: “Donald Trump builds on big lead as Nikki Haley pulls even with Ron DeSantis in Iowa Poll”  Jennifer Rubin for The Washington Post: “Nikki Haley has a shot. But a really, really long one.” Jonah E. Bromwich and Ben Protess for The New York Times: “Trump Civil Fraud Trial: Donald Trump Jr. Resumes Testifying in Fraud Case Aimed at His Father” Geoffrey Skelley for 538: The curious case of Dean Phillips's last-minute primary challenge 538: “How popular is Joe Biden?” Jeff Neal for Harvard Law Today: “The Supreme Court takes on (anti)social media” Adam Liptak for The New York Times: “Supreme Court Lifts Limits for Now on Biden Officials' Contacts With Tech Platforms” Amy Howe for SCOTUSblog: “Justices take major Florida and Texas social media cases” Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream by David Leonhardt Emily Bazelon for The New York Times's The Morning newsletter, November 2, 2023 David Leonhardt for The Atlantic: “The Hard Truth About Immigration” Peter Dizikes for MIT News: “Q&A: David Autor on the long afterlife of the “China shock”” History.com: “A. Philip Randolph” Natasha Singer for The New York Times: “This Florida School District Banned Cellphones. Here's What Happened.” and “New Laws on Kids and Social Media Are Stymied by Industry Lawsuits” Cristiano Lima and Naomi Nix for The Washington Post: “41 states sue Meta, claiming Instagram, Facebook are addictive, harm kids”   Here are this week's chatters: Emily: The New Yorker's Poetry Podcast with Kevin Young: “Toi Derricotte Reads Tracy K. Smith” John: The Graham Norton Show: “Dame Judi Dench Masterfully Does A Shakespeare Sonnet”; BBC Radio 4's Cabin Pressure; Endeavour on PBS Masterpiece; John Dickerson for CBS News Prime Time: “Grammy-winning artist Jason Isbell talks about the craft of songwriting and his latest music”; and Ray Bradbury in the Los Angeles Times: “'Ice Cream Suit'--Touchstone for the Past and Present” David: Sarah Zhang for The Atlantic: “Everything I Thought I Knew About Nasal Congestion Is Wrong” Listener chatter from Albert Fox Cahn: N'dea Yancey-Bragg for USA Today: “Advocates say excited delirium provides cover for police violence. They want it banned” and John Dickerson for CBS News 60 Minutes: “How a questionable syndrome, “Excited Delirium,” could be protecting police officers from misconduct charges”   For this week's Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, John, and David talk about classroom cellphone bans. In the latest Gabfest Reads, David talks with Kristi Coulter about her book, Exit Interview: The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career.   Email your chatters, questions, and comments to gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)   Podcast production by Cheyna Roth  Research by Julie Huygen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Nikki Haley's progress and Ron DeSantis's stagnation in Iowa, Donald Trump's testimony in New York, and Dean Phillips's campaign in New Hampshire; the first social-media cases of the term at the Supreme Court; and Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream with author David Leonhardt. And you can be a part of the show: submit your Conundrum at slate.com/conundrum.    Here are some notes and references from this week's show: Brianne Pfannenstiel for the Des Moines Register: “Donald Trump builds on big lead as Nikki Haley pulls even with Ron DeSantis in Iowa Poll”  Jennifer Rubin for The Washington Post: “Nikki Haley has a shot. But a really, really long one.” Jonah E. Bromwich and Ben Protess for The New York Times: “Trump Civil Fraud Trial: Donald Trump Jr. Resumes Testifying in Fraud Case Aimed at His Father” Geoffrey Skelley for 538: The curious case of Dean Phillips's last-minute primary challenge 538: “How popular is Joe Biden?” Jeff Neal for Harvard Law Today: “The Supreme Court takes on (anti)social media” Adam Liptak for The New York Times: “Supreme Court Lifts Limits for Now on Biden Officials' Contacts With Tech Platforms” Amy Howe for SCOTUSblog: “Justices take major Florida and Texas social media cases” Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream by David Leonhardt Emily Bazelon for The New York Times's The Morning newsletter, November 2, 2023 David Leonhardt for The Atlantic: “The Hard Truth About Immigration” Peter Dizikes for MIT News: “Q&A: David Autor on the long afterlife of the “China shock”” History.com: “A. Philip Randolph” Natasha Singer for The New York Times: “This Florida School District Banned Cellphones. Here's What Happened.” and “New Laws on Kids and Social Media Are Stymied by Industry Lawsuits” Cristiano Lima and Naomi Nix for The Washington Post: “41 states sue Meta, claiming Instagram, Facebook are addictive, harm kids”   Here are this week's chatters: Emily: The New Yorker's Poetry Podcast with Kevin Young: “Toi Derricotte Reads Tracy K. Smith” John: The Graham Norton Show: “Dame Judi Dench Masterfully Does A Shakespeare Sonnet”; BBC Radio 4's Cabin Pressure; Endeavour on PBS Masterpiece; John Dickerson for CBS News Prime Time: “Grammy-winning artist Jason Isbell talks about the craft of songwriting and his latest music”; and Ray Bradbury in the Los Angeles Times: “'Ice Cream Suit'--Touchstone for the Past and Present” David: Sarah Zhang for The Atlantic: “Everything I Thought I Knew About Nasal Congestion Is Wrong” Listener chatter from Albert Fox Cahn: N'dea Yancey-Bragg for USA Today: “Advocates say excited delirium provides cover for police violence. They want it banned” and John Dickerson for CBS News 60 Minutes: “How a questionable syndrome, “Excited Delirium,” could be protecting police officers from misconduct charges”   For this week's Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, John, and David talk about classroom cellphone bans. In the latest Gabfest Reads, David talks with Kristi Coulter about her book, Exit Interview: The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career.   Email your chatters, questions, and comments to gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)   Podcast production by Cheyna Roth  Research by Julie Huygen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We welcome back Susanne Simpson, Executive Producer of the PBS drama series MASTERPIECE and MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! for a preview of new and continuing dramas with a special focus on WORLD ON FIRE, now in its second season on PBS MASTERPIECE.   Created by Peter Bowker, WORLD ON FIRE is an adrenalized, emotionally gripping, and resonant World War II drama that follows the intertwining fates of ordinary people in multiple countries as they grapple with the effects of war on their everyday lives. Season 2 picks up in late 1940, taking viewers from the war-torn streets of Britain deep into Nazi Germany, the resistance within occupied France, and the brutal sands of the North African desert—where troops struggle to adapt to a very different kind of combat. 0:08 Historical Drama with The Boston Sisters 1:12 - WORLD ON FIRE Synopsis 5:02 - Susanne Simpson MASTERPIECE season 2023-2024 highlights 6:49 - NOLLY w/Helena Bonham Carter 8:56 - Telling the story of World War 2 through individual lives 15:09 - WORLD ON FIRE production, writer and scholar 18:51 - Producing a global multilingual series 22:58 - Strong and Interesting Women in WORLD ON FIRE 27:12 - Marga's Story and Nazi Germany's Lebensborn Program 35:35 - Watch and Stream WORLD ON FIRE 35:56 - Like, Share, Subscribe this podcast 37:30 - Disclaimer ----- Download the TRANSCRIPT for Episode 41 PLEASE NOTE: TRANSCRIPTS ARE GENERATED USING A COMBINATION OF SPEECH RECOGNITION SOFTWARE AND HUMAN TRANSCRIBERS, AND MAY CONTAIN ERRORS. STAY ENGAGED with HISTORICAL DRAMA WITH THE BOSTON SISTERS LISTEN to past past podcasts starting with the guests featured in this bonus episode SIGN UP for our mailing list SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite podcast platform You can SUPPORT this podcast on Spotify or SHOP THE PODCAST on our affiliate bookstore Thank you for listening! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historicaldramasisters/support

This bonus episode was recorded live at the Global Bird Fair, and is a conversation with the Actor, Director, RSPB Ambassador and Trainspotter-turned-Birder, Samuel West. Samuel talks about his recent experiences shooting the Channel 5/PBS Masterpiece remake of “All Creatures Great and Small” in the Yorkshire Dales; how the rural connection to nature and community helped him and many of its viewers through the pressure of the COVID lockdowns, and how the production team had to wrestle with some unique anachronistic wildlife - Swifts appearing in the June-shot Christmas special, Collared Doves appearing in a drama set in 1940 (despite not reaching Yorkshire until 1958), and extinct Red Kites obsessed with photobombing! Samuel's love of birds began upon a visit to his grandfather in Kenya, has taken him to film “Death in Paradise” in no small part because of the endemic Guadalupian avifauna on set, and helped him with the pressures of running the Sheffield Crucible Theatre. To Sam, nature is key to contentment: “No matter how nice the person is you might be in bed with, it's worth getting up and getting out at first light, some of the time…” As an RSPB Ambassador, he takes particular relish in raising a placard board; speaking out against environmental concerns such as the construction of the Nuclear Plant, Sizewell C; but also believes British Wildlife easily competes with the impressive sights of the African savannah having seen 4,500 waders take to the air in one bound at RSPB Snettisham. Why not become a "Subscription Squirrel" on our Patreon, and help support the production of this podcast? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Episode 39 we talk about the impact of fandom with JULIET CREESE and MONI SENGUPTA from the Sanditon Sisterhood Strategy Group. SANDITON was supposed to be gone for good when ITV in the U.K. canceled the series in its first season and before its U.S. premiere on PBS MASTERPIECE in 2020. But the Sanditon Sisterhood Strategy Group with the fandom were determined not to let this series, inspired by Jane Austen's unfinished novel, come to a sad ending. The Sanditon Sisterhood #SaveSanditon campaign helped restore SANDITON for two additional seasons. The 3rd season brought the story to its conclusion. Did SANDITON fans get the Jane Austen-ending they were hoping for? TIME STAMPS 34:25 Taking Fans Behind the Scenes of SANDITON 45:10 Learning Lessons/Making Friends 48:34 Breach Beach Sand Art Campaign 50:22 Series Endings (Spoiler Alert) 58:04 Working Class Stories in Austen 59:37 Sanditon Sisterhood Charities 1:01:36 Continuing Friendships 1:05:15 Sanditon Sisterhood Social Media 1:07:46 What Jane Austen Novel Would You Be a Character In? 1:11:34 Which 3 items would you put in a Time Capsule? 1:15:55 Watching SANDITON & Pocast Credits 1:16:27 Disclaimer Re transcripts:  PLEASE NOTE: TRANSCRIPTS ARE GENERATED USING A COMBINATION OF SPEECH RECOGNITION SOFTWARE AND HUMAN TRANSCRIBERS, AND MAY CONTAIN ERRORS. STAY ENGAGED with HISTORICAL DRAMA WITH THE BOSTON SISTERS LISTEN to past past podcasts starting with the guests featured in this bonus episode SIGN UP for our mailing list SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite podcast platform You can SUPPORT this podcast on Spotify or SHOP THE PODCAST on our affiliate bookstore Thank you for listening! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historicaldramasisters/support

“If you could travel back in time, where would you go and why?”  This is our 2nd TIME TRAVEL Bonus episode. We picked 5 guest responses to our time travel question from the 2nd season of the podcast. Go back in time with:  NAHIR OTAÑO GRACIA, Medievalist and scholar who joined us for a conversation about the Netflix series VIKINGS VALHALLA; PEARL MACKIE who appears in the PBS MASTERPIECE series's reimagining of British author Henry Fielding's 18th century comic novel, TOM JONES; JULIAN LEDFORD, a french literature and language professor who shared his thoughts on the film CHEVALIER and the real-life composer Joseph Bologne the Chevalier de Saint George; GAYLE WALD, English professor and biographer of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, one of the rock and roll trailblazers of the 20th century depicted in the biopic ELVIS; and JOHN VALADEZ, a Peabody Award-winning filmmaker whose 2007 documentary THE  HEAD OF JOAQUIN MURIETA just happens to be the same title and topic of the 2023 western drama series on Amazon Prime about the legendary Mexican outlaw Joaquin Murieta. Time Stamps 0:08 Intro 0:49 Time Travel Lightning Round 2:34 Nahir Ortaño Gracia/Middle Ages, A Time of Possibility 6:50 Pearl Mackie/Civil Rights Movement, A Time of Power 9:20 Julien Ledford/18th Century Musicologist 11:24 Gayle Wald/To See the Blues Queens On Stage For Real 13:57 John Valadez/Going Into the Great Unknown 19:03 Audience/Tell Us Where You Would Time Travel 19:38 How to Contact 20:46 Disclaimer TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE AT THIS LINK - PLEASE NOTE: TRANSCRIPTS ARE GENERATED USING A COMBINATION OF SPEECH RECOGNITION SOFTWARE AND HUMAN TRANSCRIBERS, AND MAY CONTAIN ERRORS. STAY ENGAGED with HISTORICAL DRAMA WITH THE BOSTON SISTERS LISTEN to past past podcasts starting with the guests featured in this bonus episode SIGN UP for our mailing list SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite podcast platform You can SUPPORT this podcast with a monthly donation on Spotify or SHOP THE PODCAST on our affiliate bookstore Thank you for listening! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historicaldramasisters/support

In episode 35 we're talking with actor PEARL MACKIE (THE DIPLOMAT, DOCTOR WHO) about the PBS MASTERPIECE mini series TOM JONES. Pearl Mackie plays Honour Newton, the worldly-wise trusted lady's maid of Sophia Western (Sophie Wilde) in a 4-part reimagining of Henry Fielding's comic novel, "The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling," published in 1749. We discuss the dynamics of Honour and Sophia's relationship, the challenge of riding a horse while wearing a corset, and living as two Black women from different social standings in mid-18th century England. TRANSCRIPT TIMESTAMPS: 0:08 Historical Drama with The Boston Sisters generic intro; 1:14 Episode Synopsis; 1:41 TOM JONES Synopsis; 2:15 PEARL MACKIE bio/credits; 3:38 Playing Honour Newton, Lady's Maid; 8:42 Corsets and Horses; 12:40 Honour and Sophia in TOM JONES; 13:52 Black Women in Historical Drama; 20:41 Honour Assesses Tom Jones's Character; 24:47 Podcast Break; 25:18 Listening to Actors; 30:47 Black Women Actors and Maid Roles; 41:28 Inclusive Casting in Historical Drama; 45:10 Lighting Round Questions; 45:31 Time Travel (1960S Civil Rights and Medieval Shield Maidens); 45:49 Pearl Mackie's Time Capsule (Spice Girls, Tamagotchi, and Blow-Up Chairs) ; 48:00 Where to Watch TOM JONES; 49:17 Podcast Closing Credits; 50:18 Disclaimer STAY ENGAGED with HISTORICAL DRAMA WITH THE BOSTON SISTERS LISTEN to past past podcasts starting with the guests featured in this bonus episode SIGN UP for our mailing list SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite podcast platform You can SUPPORT this podcast on Anchor or SHOP THE PODCAST on our affiliate bookstore Thank you for listening! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historicaldramasisters/support

The Boston Sisters welcome back SHARON D. JOHNSON, script and story consultant for MASTERPIECE and SANDITON. In part 1 of a 2-part conversation, we focus on the themes of Marriage, Love, and Friendship between new and familiar characters over the past 3 seasons of the series based on Jane Austen's unfinished novel written a few months before her death in 1817. SANDITON is the story of independent-minded women making their way in a world where a woman's social and economic status centers on making a good match in marriage. The series is available on PBS MASTERPIECE. TRANSCRIPT LINK 0:08 - Podcast Opening; 1:27 Sanditon Part 1 Intro; 1:58 SHARON D. JOHNSON Intro; 2:22 SANDITON Season 1 Synopsis; 3:49 SANDITON Season 2 Synopsis; 4:53 SANDITON Season 3 Preview; 7:09 Emotions of Coming to the End of SANDITON; 11:18 Love and Myth Busting in SANDITON 3; 17:47 Charlotte and Ralph Starling; 21:38 Tom and Mary Parker or Displacement, People and Profit in SANDITON; 29:46 Podcast generic BREAK; 30:45 Charlotte and Georgiana's Friendship; 35:11 Edward Denham's Conversion; 42:35 What Would Jane Austen Say About SANDITON?; 47:34 Preview for SANDITON Part 2 with Sharon D. Johnson; 48:21 Where to Watch SANDITON; 48:40 How to Like, Share, Subscribe to the podcast STAY ENGAGED with HISTORICAL DRAMA WITH THE BOSTON SISTERS LISTEN to past past podcasts starting with the guests featured in this bonus episode SIGN UP for our mailing list SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite podcast platform You can SUPPORT this podcast on Anchor or SHOP THE PODCAST on our affiliate bookstore Thank you for listening! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historicaldramasisters/support

Bonus Episode 42: #GriefAND Thanksgiving featuring Patricia Raybon. Patricia is an award-winning Colorado author, essayist, and novelist who writes stories of faith and mystery. Her debut 1920s mystery novel, All That Is Secret: An Annalee Spain Mystery, was a Parade magazine fall 2021 “Mysteries We Love” selection and a PBS Masterpiece's “Best Mystery Books of 2021: As Recommended by Bestselling Authors.” As an African American follower of Christ, she encourages people globally to love God and each other. patriciaraybon.com   Resources:  My First White Friend by Patricia Raybon

We discuss Magpie Murders and PoirotMagpie Murders is available on PBS Masterpiece on amazon Prime or on the PBS Passport App in the USPoirot is available on Britbox in the USDiscussion of Magpie Murders begins at :32Discussion of Poirot begins at 22:40Murder Most English now has a shop where you can purchase merchandise with our logo. You can find it at https://www.cafepress.com/murdermostenglish The music for our podcast is Grand Dark Waltz Trio Allegro by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/7922-grand-dark-waltz-trio-allegroLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseOur artwork is by Ilan Sheady of https://www.unclefrankproductions.comSupport the showSupport the show

We discuss Arthur & George and Sherlock Holmes.Arthur & George is available on the PBS app or on Amazon Prime with the PBS Masterpiece add-on in the US.Sherlock Holmes is available on Britbox in the US.Discussion of  Arthur & George  begins at 5:55Discussion of  Sherlock Holmes  begins at 24:16  The music for our podcast is  Grand Dark Waltz Trio Allegro by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/7922-grand-dark-waltz-trio-allegroLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseOur artwork is by Ilan Sheady of https://www.unclefrankproductions.comSupport the showSupport the show

It's been 80 days or 81 depending on how you circumvented the globe, so we've come to the end of our journey with Phileas and friends. Join us as Courtney breaks down the last two episodes of PBS Masterpiece's Around the World in 80 Days. Come back next week as we start exploring the world of Netflix's The Sandman. Twitter: @concentratedpodInstagram: @concentratedpodFacebook: http://facebook.com/concentratedpodcastVoicemail: 301-531-4393Email: concentratedpodcast@gmail.comBuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/concentratedpodYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTqvXBYCkLcFnVyevMSaBQgConcentrated Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/concentratedFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/concentratedpodcast

We're continuing East on our journey around the world (in 80 days). This week Phileas and crew are stopping in Hong Kong and Japan (maybe) as we break down episodes 5 & 6 of the PBS Masterpiece series Around the World in 80 Days. Join us as Muneerah recaps these episodes before next week's finale and tries to keep Eric from going off the deep end with his Animal Crossing anarchistic views. Twitter: @concentratedpodInstagram: @concentratedpodFacebook: http://facebook.com/concentratedpodcastVoicemail: 301-531-4393Email: concentratedpodcast@gmail.comBuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/concentratedpodYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTqvXBYCkLcFnVyevMSaBQgConcentrated Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/concentratedFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/concentratedpodcast

Our journey around the world takes us to Yemen and India this week as we continue through PBS Masterpiece's adaptation of Around the World in 80 Days. Phileas is being the most entitled white man alive (and that's saying a lot for an 1870's Englishman) and everyone around him is starting to get sick of his wager. Join us as we break it all down.  Twitter: @concentratedpodInstagram: @concentratedpodFacebook: http://facebook.com/concentratedpodcastVoicemail: 301-531-4393Email: concentratedpodcast@gmail.comBuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/concentratedpodYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTqvXBYCkLcFnVyevMSaBQgConcentrated Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/concentratedFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/concentratedpodcast

Shukri reviews the PBS Masterpiece show: Hotel Portofino. He examines Italy in the 1920's, the rise of Fascism, and comparisons between Hotel Portofino and Downton Abbey. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/classxpodcast/message

We're back in front of our TVs, this time to check out the new PBS Masterpiece adaptation of the Jules Verne novel Around the World in 80 Days. Courtney leads the way to kick us off on the new David Tennant series. Join us as we break it all down. Twitter: @concentratedpodInstagram: @concentratedpodFacebook: http://facebook.com/concentratedpodcastVoicemail: 301-531-4393Email: concentratedpodcast@gmail.comBuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/concentratedpodYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTqvXBYCkLcFnVyevMSaBQgConcentrated Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/concentratedFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/concentratedpodcast

Nick Andersen '12 is a podcast producer for GBH Boston, the primary PBS member station in Boston. Nick shares with host Benny Klein '24 of the Scholar Media Team about his work on the PBS MASTERPIECE series. Before joining GBH, the producer worked for WBUR, Boston's NPR news station, and NPR's On Point show.The alumnus is also the senior producer for Ministry of Ideas, a “small show about big ideas.” The Harvard Divinity School series is dedicated to investigating and illuminating the ideas that shape our society.As a Morehead-Cain Scholar, Nick wrote for the Daily Tar Heel, the University of North Carolina's student-run newspaper. He earned degrees in history and journalism. Music creditsThe intro and ending music for this episode is by scholar Scott Hallyburton '22, guitarist of the band South of the Soul.The music featured mid-episode is by scholars Asher Wexler '25 and Emmaus Holder '23, with voice-over by scholar Tucker Stillman '25.How to listenOn your mobile device, you can listen and subscribe to Catalyze on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. For any other podcast app, you can find the show using our RSS feed. Catalyze is hosted and produced by Sarah O'Carroll for the Morehead-Cain Foundation, home of the first merit scholarship program in the United States and located at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. You can let us know what you thought of the episode by finding us on Twitter or Instagram at @moreheadcain or you can email us at communications@moreheadcain.org.

THIS WAS SOO LONG IT NEEDED TO BE TWO PARTS! We talk about new movies coming out in May including Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Magic (starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Elizabeth Olsen), Firestarter (a movie with Zac Efron that I had NO idea was coming out), Downton Abbey: A New Era (I LOVE THESE SERIES!), Men (scary movie starring Jessie Buckley from Romeo + Juliet on PBS Masterpiece), and Top Gun: Maverick (with Tom Cruise, and maybe Lady Gaga). Then we learn what flower is our personality, and probably the worst outcome yet. Listen to part 2 here! (coming soon) Join our film club on Discord! Please recommend movies or shows to watch or just rant about the movie we talked about this week! Follow me on Instagram @fanpoweredpodcast or @messagetol Quizzes Taken: Flowers --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fanpoweredpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fanpoweredpodcast/support

Part 2/2 of our SANDITON “deep dive” features a conversation with SHARON D. JOHNSON, Ph.D. script and story consultant to PBS MASTERPIECE. Dr. Johnson describes how her experiences as cultural historian, screenwriter, and academic with background in depth psychology contributes to bringing authenticity to the presence and stories of Georgiana Lambe (Sanditon) and other people of color in historical drama. The podcast explores: 1. Racial representation and authenticity in historical drama 2. Facing uncomfortable truths in period adaptations 3. The collaborative process of inclusive storytelling AUDIO NOTE: There are some audio blips on the guest speaker's track due to a weak WiFi connection. There's also soft jingling sounds (jewelry). There's still much of our fascinating conversation with Dr. Johnson included in the podcast for the enjoyment of our listeners. TIME STAMPS: :58 Recap of SANDITON Seasons 1 and 2 2:30 Sharon Johnson, Ph.D. bio 3:52 MASTERPIECE -- combining literature, film, depth psychology culture, race 5:34 Diversity and Representation in MASTERPIECE (historical drama) 6:46 Georgiana Lambe (and the Slave Trade) -- Keeping the Story Honest 8:11 Cowrie Shells, Sons of Africa, Abolition (Cultural Authenticity) 12:00 Psychology and Storytelling 12:48 Diversity and Uncomfortable Truths 15:42 Jane Austen, Abolitionism, and Georgiana Lambe 19:35 Sugar Boycott 21:23 Impact and Authenticity (Working with MASTERPIECE executive producer Susanne Simpson) 25:14 Black Women's Hair and Historical Drama 28:00 Music 28:34 Regency England, Race, Womanhood, Wealth and Society 33:50 Sugar Boycott and Sons of Africa 44:03 Lightning Round Part 1/2 of our PBS MASTERPIECE Sanditon “deep dive” features a conversation with actress Crystal Clarke who portrays Georgiana Lambe in the series. More information and podcast link available here. Sign up for The Historical Drama with The Boston Sisters mailing list to stay up-to-date on future podcasts, recommended resources to dive deeper, bonus episodes, and live events (plans are underway). --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historicaldramasisters/support

Join us for a special ENCORE presentation of an I SEE U episode featuring Oscar-nominated actress, Aunjanue Ellis. The veteran actor has been working in the film and television industry for three decades and she's finally receiving recognition from the Academy in the category for Best Supporting Actress for her role as the mother of Venus and Serena Williams in the movie, KING RICHARD – which was also nominated this year for Best Picture. In this provocative episode, Ellis talks candidly with host Eddie Robinson, who both hail from McComb, Mississippi. She shares her unguarded perspective on the hidden biases in journalism; notions of supremacy in PBS Masterpiece; as well as aspects of pay equity and why she believes prosperous Black celebrities who hold producorial roles in film should also be held accountable in paying actors their full worth.

In Episode 11 [part 1 of a 2-part Sanditon deep dive], Michon and Taquiena Boston talk with American actress Crystal Clarke who portrays Georgiana Lambe, a Black heiress from the West Indies, in Sanditon inspired by Jane Austen's unfinished novel. The second season of Sanditon is featured on PBS MASTERPIECE starting March 20, 2022. Season 2 of Sanditon continues Jane Austen's classic quandary of how independent-minded young women can make their way in patriarchal Regency-era England. Episode 11 Timestamps 1:06 Georgiana Lambe's Sanditon (Recap: Seasons 1 and 2) 2:34 Crystal Clarke Introduction 3:31 Becoming Georgiana Lambe 7:07 Being a Black heiress from the West Indies in Regency England 11:16 A Sanditon Hair Story 25:56 The friendship between Georgiana Lambe and Charlotte Heywood 31:51 Lightning Round - 4 questions all guests answer --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historicaldramasisters/support

Hey Watchers! The time is nigh: we are finally talking about Sanditon. This episode has some sound issues, but is still very listenable: apologies for any inconvenience. That said, Lady H gives Lady D the rundown about *that* fandom, and our thoughts about it. We do sprinkle some spoilers, so if you are on the fence about investing in Sanditon, we hope that this episode helps you make a decision. If you plan to watch season 2, new episodes are slated to begin on March 20, 2022. If you subscribe to PBS Masterpiece, you will get episodes early. Food for thought: Slave Mothers and White Fathers: Defining Family and Status in Late Colonial Cuba (umass.edu) Character Deep Dive: Georgiana Lambe - Marvelous Geeks Media Episodes Five and Six – The Jane Austen Review (pludhlab.org) Sanditon | Jane Austen's World (janeaustensworld.com) Why Theo James Not Returning For Sanditon Season 2 Is So Disappointing (screenrant.com) a correction Sanditon's Renewal Is Not A Reward For Racism And Fake Fandom News - Amanda Rae Prescott Sanditon and the Pineapple Emoji Craze: Why This Jane Austen Fan Is Offended, and Why You Should Be Too! (jasna.org) A Duke, the Lady, and a Baby: A Multi-Cultural Historical Regency Romance An Earl, the Girl, and a Toddler: A Remarkable and Groundbreaking Multi-Cultural Regency Romance Novel The Woman of Colour --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/watchwithyou/message

*Please note that many products linked are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!* We are super excited to share this episode with Jeff Zentner with you! Jeff is a YA author with four books in his catalog and two of them best sellers! Those same two made it on to Mindy's Top 21 of 2021 (she read 189 books, so that's a big deal to her). Jeff shares what YA brings to the table that other books often don't. You may be surprised at what you hear and some of it may challenge you. We'd love for you to hear why including YA novels in our homeschooling plans can have long term benefits. 1:00 Jeff Zentner: best selling author of YA novels In the Wild Light and The Serpent King 1:15 Currently Reading Podcast 1:50 Rayne and Delilah's Midnite Matinee 2:00 Homeschooling Moment of the Week: Rachel (puppy birthing needs hay) 3:00 James Herriot Treasury Collection for Children 3:05 PBS Masterpiece on James Herriot 3:34 HSMotW: Mindy (Jubilee pre-writing skills and “writing” stories) 4:20 HMotQ: Jeff (snuggles and reading at home after being away) 5:20 Topic Talk: Including YA in our homeschooling plans 7:25 Writing about living in the South 10:20 How Jeff describes YA to us 11:39 Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Jones 14:00 What does YA have to offer in our homeschooling? 14:13 YA is great for drawing in reluctant readers 15:00 Teens can see themselves reflected in YA books 15:14 YA books are hopeful 17:00 Can YA be for families who are more conservative in their kids' reading selections? 18:28 Julie Berry 18:38 The Lovely War by Julie Berry 18:44 Caroline George 18:50 Caroline George books 19:00 Rayne and Delilah's Midnite Matinee Clean YA books (post by Book Series Recaps) 21:31 The Lunar Chronicles (Cinder is book #1) 21:33 The Selection Series (The Selection is book #1) 21:45 YA can be a gateway to conversations 22:23 YA helps us remember how things actually felt during our teen years 23:55 How Jeff incorporates reading in his family life 25:33 Gary Schmidt books 25:36 Gary Paulsen books 25:40 Jason Reynolds books 25:55 Does Jeff think about topics he wants to address in his books? 27:00 How Jeff feels about and treats teens 29:30 Which of Jeff's characters is most like him? 29:44 Why Jeff doesn't write himself on the page 30:44 Benefits of Easter Eggs in novels 32:06 How Jeff is involved with the narrators for his audiobooks 33:06 Angela's question for Jeff 33:27 Kelly Loy Gilbert 33:29 Jessie Ann Foley 33:45 Picture Us in the Light by Kelly Loy Gilbert 33:51 Sorry for your Loss by Jessie Ann Foley 34:07 Make It Personal: Near Bookends (start reading YA) 35:02 MIP: Far Bookends (read a YA with your kid) 33:57 Bookend Homeschoolers Reading Guides: Summer, Japan, Fat Bear 33: 45 Jeff's novels: In the Wild Light, The Serpent King, Rayne and Delilah's Midnite Adventure, and Goodbye Days Clean YA books and tween books (List created by Book Series Recaps) 36: 47 View from the (Far) Bookend: show value to each season of our kids' lives, including late teenhood (If you have read The Serpent King, we have a fun bonus at the end of the show) Bookend Homeschoolers on IG Mindy at gratefulforgrace on IG Rachel at colemountainhomeschool on IG Jeff Zentner on IG, on Twitter, and his FB author page

Susanne Simpson, Executive Producer of the PBS drama series, MASTERPIECE, shares how this 50-year phenom is changing to bring more diversity to the stories, casts, and creative production of historical dramas, fiction adaptations, and mystery series set in the past with UK partners. Winner of 83 Primetime Emmys® and 18 Peabody Awards, MASTERPIECE has been essential Sunday night viewing for millions of fans since 1971. MASTERPIECE is known for hits such as All Creatures Great and Small, Sherlock, Downton Abbey and Victoria, and beloved classics such as Upstairs Downstairs, Prime Suspect, The Forsyte Saga and Poldark. Watch MASTERPIECE on PBS stations, pbs.org and on the PBS app. Also available on Amazon. MASTERPIECE series website More information --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historicaldramasisters/support

Act One Podcast - Episode 21 - Interview with Actor Max McLean and Director Norman Stone of the new film, THE MOST RELUCTANT CONVERT.THE MOST RELUCTANT CONVERT features award-winning actor Max McLean as the older Lewis and Nicholas Ralph – breakout star of PBS Masterpiece's All Creatures Great and Small – as young Lewis. Beautifully filmed in and around Oxford this engaging biopic follows the creator of The Chronicles of Narnia from the tragic death of his mother when he was just nine years old, through his strained relationship with his father, to the nightmare of the trenches of World War I to Oxford University, where friends like J.R.R. Tolkien challenge his unbelief. Written for the screen and directed by two-time Emmy and BAFTA winner Norman Stone (BBC's Shadowlands), The Most Reluctant Convert brings to life the spiritual evolution of one the 20th century's sharpest minds and keenest wits.Tickets for the film can be purchased online or at participating theater box offices. Fans throughout the U.S., Canada and the UK will be able to enjoy the event in select movie theaters through Trafalgar Releasing. For a complete list of theater locations and to purchase tickets, visit www.CSLewisMovie.com (theaters are subject to change).ABOUT MAX MCLEANMax McLean is an award-winning actor and founder and artistic director of New York City-based Fellowship for Performing Arts. FPA produces theatre and film from a Christian worldview meant to engage diverse audiences. Recent FPA productions in New York City include The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, C.S. Lewis Onstage: The Most Reluctant Convert. Each was either adapted for the stage or written by Max McLean. Other New York productions include Paradise Lost, Shadowlands, A Man for All Seasons and Martin Luther on Trial. Many of these productions have toured at major venues across the country and have been seen by nearly a million people. As an actor, Max created the roles of Screwtape (New York, London, national tour), C.S. Lewis in The Most Reluctant Convert (New York, national tour) and Mark in Mark's Gospel for which he received a Jeff Award – Chicago theatre's highest honor.  Max's work has been cited in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, CNN, The Guardian and The Boston Globe among many others.  His narration of The Listener's Bible published by HarperCollins and Biblica has received four Audie Award nominations from the Audio Publishers Association.ABOUT NORMAN STONENorman Stone is a double BAFTA and EMMY Award winning writer, producer and director known for SHADOWLANDS (1986), THE FINAL FIX (2020) and INTO THE RAINBOW (2017). He is married to Scottish broadcaster, Sally Magnusson. Norman has headed up 1A Productions since 1992. Over the years, 1A has gained a reputation for high quality and inventive productions, as well as garnering many international awards and acclaim. 1A has also worked with many of the finest names in the acting and film-making worlds, creating a slate of films and programming which run from top class television dramas, series and documentaries, to music videos and big screen movies.The Act One Podcast provides insight and inspiration on the business and craft of Hollywood from a Christian perspective.Support the show (https://actoneprogram.com/donate/)

Henry interviews Alexandra Harwood, a BAFTA Cymru Award-winning composer, whose films have screened worldwide. Most recently Alexandra completed scoring the new seven part Drama-Comedy series 'All Creatures Great and Small' for Channel 5 and PBS Masterpiece, starring Samuel West, Dame Diana Rigg, Rachel Shenton and Nicholas Ralph. This conversation was originally broadcast on 3SER's 97.7FM Casey Radio in September, 2021. It was produced by Rob Kelly.

Thomas wants to be the next host of Jeopardy. Chris is (again) buying appliances. Ryan is moving into the Kinney Palace. And we have all watched Primer, the masterpiece from the genius Shane Carruth. (this is not like a PBS Masterpiece garbage. I actually mean it is a masterpiece.)

We're continuing our "Summer of Soul" series with archival interviews with singer Abbey Lincoln and drummer Max Roach. Both were featured in the Questlove documentary about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. Abbey Lincoln started out as a seductive nightclub singer in the 1950s, but after meeting Max Roach, she started performing in a style influenced by modern jazz and the civil rights movement. She evolved into an introspective singer who wrote achingly beautiful songs about love and life. Max Roach was one of the inventors of modern jazz drumming. He helped formulate the language of bebop. In the early 1960s, he recorded some of the first jazz music inspired by the Civil Rights Movement.Also, John Powers reviews the PBS Masterpiece series 'Guilt.'

Most of us use some type of social media, whether it's Facebook, Instagram, or the latest digital platform. So it's likely that we've had the experience of scrolling through our feeds only to be surprised that a friend or follow has posted something that shocked us. Maybe it's a comment about being pro-choice. Maybe it's a post about immigration ethics that we disagree with. Or a shared news article on any given life topic that is warring with our biblical worldview. Whatever the situation, it calls for wisdom and discernment about whether to engage, or to just keep scrolling. In this episode, guest Sarah Gulseth, of KFUO Radio, walks us through some helpful considerations and gives us some guidelines for engaging life issues in a winsome way on social media. Find the Lutheran Ladies' Lounge Podcast at kfuo.org/lutheranladieslounge and The Coffee Hour at kfuo.org/thecoffeehour. Learn about LCMS Life Ministry at lcms.org/life.   Bio: A proud Michigan native and fan of anything with the Mitten State on it, Digital Media Specialist Sarah Gulseth is also a lover of historical war movies and anything with the label PBS Masterpiece. An avid bicyclist and women's biking advocate, she rides her bike to work year-round and has the massive bike clothing and accessory collection to prove it. If it's the weekend, she and her husband Luther are probably out riding bikes, or finding the next awesome coffee shop to frequent, or rehearsing for the next choir concert. You may also find her down a new rabbit hole on Google, researching the latest random fact she found on social media, while eating an unhealthy amount of apples (Macintosh from Michigan, of course) and raw almond butter. 

‘Allo, guv’nors!! This week Erin and Cam got themselves into a spot of bother, didn’t they, when they watched the PBS Masterpiece show: Miss Scarlet and the Duke. Pierced nipples, the importance of allowing your characters to mess up, and proper Victorian Etiquette (you heathens) are all on the dance card. Enjoy! Contact Twitter -- @pilotpilots Email -- pilotingthepilots@gmail.com Next Week: It’s Blockbuster time with the high flying adventures of Falcon and the Winter Soldier!

"People can change and be happy from this moment onward . . . the problem is not one of ability, but of courage." —from the book The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga "As long as one keeps searching, the answers come." American folk singer Joan Baez certainly narrows down succinctly and accurately the practice of finding our way; however, along the way toward the revelation of the answers, we must be courageous enough to feel uncomfortable for portions of the journey as well as capable of homing in on the gems of wisdom and letting go of needing to be agile when trying something new in our lives. The answers come to those who accept moments of clumsiness, frequent stumbles, nights and days of ambiquity and confusion because embracing anything new, trying anything new which speaks to what we are seeking and trying to understanding will require a beginner's mind. Learning to walk required of each of us even though we don't remember (but I truly think it would help if we could) numerous stumbles, falls forward and backward, sometimes temporarily causing pain to our face, knees and bottoms. But we don't remember this because we needed to learn how to walk to participate fully in the life we had no clue awaited us. Keep such an analogy in mind as you choose to continue to search for your answers. I too have to remind myself of the toddler parallel, and as I grow older and hopefully not only in age, but in wisdom, I become more and more grateful for each challenge. One of the most valuable development skills the book argues a parent can teach their child is how to overcome challenges, and that can only happen by letting them navigate through tasks which appear difficult to them, but easy for us - tying shoes for example. While appearing easy to the adult, the child must start with such challenges in order to be confident enough to navigate through more difficult challenges as their life unfolds. Again another axiom comes to mind, "Life doesn't get easier, we just become better equipped to handle well the challenges when presented." However, the caveat is we must keep stepping through the challenges and not settling and unconsciously ignoring them. Life will always present dilemmas, quandaries and moments of difficulty; it is our choice to try to understand how to navigate through such situations. We are the director of our lives, and it is up to us to direct ourselves to the wisdom necessary, learn said wisdom and apply it. Today, I am excited to share with you a handful of insights the book The Courage to Be Disliked taught me (there are soooooo many more - I highly recommend reading the book). On the surface, each is easy to comprehend, but the first time we put the practice into use, it may be difficult. With time and consistent effort however, the practice will become habituated and before we realize it, our lives, our everyday lives and the longview of our lives, will change for the better. Let's take a look at the list. 1.Let go of competing with the world Seeking to be superior in comparison with other people is a denial of our own journey and our true selves. As I will share in #5 below, we each have a unique something to contribute positively to the larger world, but when we consume ourselves with 'proving' ourselves in competition of any sort, we step away from self-growth and discovery of our unique talents and gifts. The only healthy form of competition "comes from one's comparison with one's ideal self". Refrain from 'gaining status or honor', in other words, approval from the outside world. Instead, invest in being yourself. Invest in self-growth and discovery and let go of competition - anything preoccupied with winning and losing as "it will invitably get in the way". 2. The meaning we give the events in our life journey determines its quality "We determine our own lives according to the meaning we give to those past experiences. Your life is not something that someone gives you, but something you choose yourself, and you are the one who decides how you live." The life truth I have seen again and again and more vividly as I grasped its true meaning is if we argue enough for our limitations, we get to keep them and they become our reality. Not because the limitations are truth, but because we made them true by accepting them. 3. Know your tasks and let others tend to theirs Described as Separation of Tasks, knowing what is our individual responsibility and what are the responsibilities of others not only will alleviate and remove much stress and worry, it will also improve our interpersonal relationships. In The Courage to Be Disliked, they use the example of a romantic partnership: "You believe in your partner; that is your task. But how that person acts with regard to your expectations and trust is other people's tasks . . . intervening in other people's tasks and taking on other people's tasks turns one's life into something heavy and full of hardship." In other words, knowing the boundaries of what is your task and what is the task of others will eliminate unnecessary worry and suffering, and it will also make life, as the book describes, far more simple and enjoyable to live. 4. Let go of the outcome The Alderian psychology way is to not cure the symptoms regarding when one exhibits a lack of self-confidence - what happened in the past, not dwelling on what brought you to this point - but rather accept yourself as you are now and find the courage to step forward letting go of the outcome which is what causes the fear. We are fearful because we don't know how it will all work out. 5. Find what you can positively contribute to the greater world and the need to be 'accepted' or 'liked' subsides "If you change your lifestyle—the way of giving meaning to the world and yourself—then both your way of interacting with the world and your behavior will have to change as well. Do not forget this point: One will have to change. You, just as you are, have to choose your lifestyle. It might seem hard, but it is really quite simple." "A way of living in which one is constantly troubled by how one is seen by others is a self-centered lifestyle in which one's sole concern is with the 'I'." The paradoxical truth reveals the freedom we can each attain when we let go of worrying about others liking us and instead focus on how to contribute well to the world. True contentment is found not by applause and approval from the outside world, but when we begin to look within and discover what we can uniquely give to the world which is a positive contribution. A positive contribution can be as simple as being a civil citizen of the world - obliging the city ordinance to shovel your sidewalk when it snows or stopping for pedestrians to cross the road. More grandly, it could be to dedicate your expertise and knowledge to develop a vaccine to curb the rise of a deadly virus. All along the spectrum, each of us hold gifts in which we can contribute positively to the community outside of us which leads us away from being solely concerned with the "I". 6. Reflect on your comments and/or judgments of others to discover your own truth "An adult, who has chosen an unfree way to live [i.e. living for the approval of the outside world], on seeing a young person [or any person for that matter] living freely here and now in this moment, criticizes the young as being hedonistic. Of course, this is a life-lie that comes out so that the adult can accept his own unfree life. An adult who has chosen real freedom himself will not make such comments and will instead cheer on the will to be free." A quick refresher, if we are judging, we are taking on someone else's task, so to begin with, let go of the judging; however, for the sake of this lesson which the book includes to further the need to separate tasks, I find it helpful to remind us when others' words or opinions sting or wound us, what they are sharing has nothing to do with us, and everything to do with their life journey. I recently had a neighbor make a snide and negative comment about my enthusiasm over the growth of my lettuce. Instinctively, it hurt my feelings, but then I realized, their inability to be able to celebrate with someone else in their joy reflected their own pain in their life at the moment in which life wasn't going so well and feels out of their control to solve it. When we tend to our tasks and let go of others, we set ourselves free in more ways than we can initially imagine possible. As we continue to put the practice of separation of tasks into our lives, we eliminate so many instances of pain and hurt we will never have to know, and that is part of living truly free. 7. Don't be afraid of being disliked "I am not telling you to go so far as to live in such a way that you will be disliked, and I am not saying engage in wrongdoing. Please do not misunderstand . . . One just separates tasks. There may be a person who does not think well of you, but that is not your task . . . one moves forward without fearing the possibility of being disliked . . . before being concerned with what others think of me, I want to follow through with my own being. That is to say, I want to live in freedom." While it takes more than a couple of chapters for the separation of tasks to be fully explained in terms the young man understand, ultimately, being able to separate properly leads to the ability to let go of what others think of us, leading us to be free to be our true selves. Again, being free does not mean causing others pain or directly doing something to be disliked - such choices would not be tapping into what you can uniquely give to the world to contribute positively. The hard work, the courageous work, is to fully explore your own inner being, become resistant to those who try to pull you back to following what the masses and crowds are doing and instead continue to unearth the gifts you have always had within you. The world needs you to find those gifts even though you and the world may not know exactly what you will find, but so long as it contributes positively to society, you must keep searching. Some readers may challenge the definition of 'positive' as it is a subjective term, an abstract concept. True, however, I take the perspective that we desire to live in a world that honors humanity, celebrates kindness and wishes to uphold a civil society. When we acknowledge what is possible through understanding of the mind through the social sciences of sociology and psychology as well as neurology, we discover amazing truths about the motivations of human beings. All of this is to say, it takes time and intentional living to learn and apply, explore and observe, and then to be courageous in its application in our individual lives because our only task is to journey within and let others do the same. We must let go of the outside world and take responsibility for what our unique contribution can be in not only our larger life journey but in our everyday lives. Reading and then understanding the contents of The Courage to Be Disliked requires close reading and rereading. Philosophy, literally composed of the words love "phil" and wisdom "soph" means to love wisdom, and a deep understanding of wisdom requires more than concrete surface simplicities. Any philosophical reading requires we go deeper, not only in the reading itself, but into our own mind. Growth is hard and it can be uncomfortable temporarily as we stretch ourselves, but the more we grow, the more we regularly stretch ourselves, our reach, in other words our understanding deepens as well and our ability to apply what we have learned to our lives more likely to stick and change our lives moving forward. ~Learn more about the book which inspired today's episode - The Courage to be Disliked ~Learn more about becoming a TSLL TOP Tier Subscriber for exclusive content and unlimited access. 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Do you load up your schedule on purpose, hoping for little to no space to feel your feelings? Perhaps you feel pressure to make your life busier? You sense your worthiness is measured by your productivity.  In this episode we discuss where we've been and where we are at now in work, overwork, self-love, and slowing down enough to hear ourselves.  In what art's inspiring us now, we swoon over the gazes in PBS Masterpiece's Sanditon, and shout out the Midwest brilliance of FX's Fargo. #artheals picks: cat- Sanditon from PBS Masterpiece Cait- Fargo S4, from FX, available on Hulu also mentioned in this episode: Dismantling Racism Web Workbook by Kenneth Jones & Tema Okun all about love by bell hooks The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay Headspace meditation app connect w/us on IG: team: @weadmittedpod cat: @_c.h.b._ Cait: @caitcameraface Connect with us further at weadmittedpod.com and Support our show on Patreon  

This is an episode that has been months if not years in the making as I am unashamedly a huge nerd when it comes to James Herriot and his books. When I first heard they were remaking the tv show, All Creatures Great and Small I could hardly contain my excitement! Now, I know you can binge watch all of the episodes, but as I know all the stories inside out and backward I have chosen to wait to watch each episode as it's released on PBS Masterpiece each week to enjoy it in all it's glory. In this week's episode I'm giving you a glimpse to what a small animal veterinarian in 2021 thinks when watching this show/reading the books. I pull a great deal of 'behind the scenes' from the Alf Wight's biography James Herriot: A Memoir of My Father written by his son, Jim Wight. I felt a new level of kinship after reading this biography as it uncovered many of the untold struggles Alf went through as a veterinarian, father and human. His life was not as warm and fluffy as his stories and tv make it out to be, but that's what makes it real and if you haven't read his biography I highly recommend you add it to your reading list for 2021. You'll hear what the veterinary profession was like when Alf graduated from Glasgow's vet school and how veterinary life and medicine of his day compare to now. I also talk about the new tv show and review the characters we all know and love. I have nothing but respect for the actors/actresses who are creating this remake of All Creatures Great and Small. While there are subtle nuances and changes to the overall stories they are holding true to their characters and bringing them to life in a way that reminds me why I love this profession so much. I hope you enjoy this episode as I had a great deal of fun creating it for you. Like and Subscribe to make sure you never miss an episode. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thatvet-life/message

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The premiere showing of PBS Masterpiece’s, All Creatures Great and Small, is coming in January 2021. In celebration of Herriot’s best-selling works, his first two memoirs, All Creatures Great and Small and All Things Bright and Beautiful, are being re-released, by St. Martins Griffin publishing house. Have a listen to my accounts of the enormous impact that these two memoirs and James Herriot has had on the animal and literary world. EPISODE NOTES: James Herriot - All Creatures Great and Small & All Things Bright and Beautiful

Russell Redding, Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary, speaking with WVIA's Fiona Powell about agriculture in the Commonwealth & the 105th PA Farm Show online 1/9 -1/16/21 at www.farmshow.pa.gov/ They also spoke about the novel "All Creatures Great & Small" by James Herriot that will return to PBS Masterpiece in a new version premiering January 10 at 9:00 pm on WVIA-TV. The WVIA Page Turners Book Club is currently reading the novel in connection with the TV series, and they will host an open book discussion on Monday, January 11, at 7:00 pm. For Information: www.wvia.org/pageturners/

One of the most popular shows of the year is the Netflix limited series 'The Queen's Gambit,' which has been streamed by more than 62 million households. It's about an orphaned girl who becomes a chess prodigy, then a chess pro in a male-dominated world. We hear from Scott Frank, the co-creator, executive producer and director of the series. He spoke with guest contributor Arun Venugopal.John Powers reviews the new psychological thriller 'Elizabeth Is Missing' starring Glenda Jackson, which airs on PBS Masterpiece. And Clint Smith reads a poem about growing up in the shadows of Confederate statues.

One of the most popular shows of the year is the Netflix limited series 'The Queen's Gambit,' which has been streamed by more than 62 million households. It's about an orphaned girl who becomes a chess prodigy, then a chess pro in a male-dominated world. We hear from Scott Frank, the co-creator, executive producer and director of the series. He spoke with guest contributor Arun Venugopal.John Powers reviews the new psychological thriller 'Elizabeth Is Missing' starring Glenda Jackson, which airs on PBS Masterpiece. And Clint Smith reads a poem about growing up in the shadows of Confederate statues.

Diana Collins, Member Program Coordinator & Facilitator of the WVIA Page Turners Book Club, speaking about the current selection, "All Creatures Great and Small" by James Herriott, in connection with the premiere of the new PBS Masterpiece series, "All Creatures Great and Small", launching on January 10, 2021, on WVIA-TV, streaming online at wvia.org/ There will be a virtual book discussion to be held without charge on January 11 at 7:00 pm, hosted by the Page Turners. www.wvia.org/pageturners

(Podcast miniseries art of Jane Austen courtesy of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin.) Let's jump on a plane and talk to the peeps in charge when something goes haywire, shall we? I love Moni Sengupta's story about heading to Boston to see the premier of Sanditon here in the states. I think Jane would have been proud of her! Here's her bio: Moni is a Washington DC lawyer, wife, and mom of three teenagers. She is a huge Jane Austen fan. She's lived in DC for nearly 30 years and is originally from a suburb of Boston. And, she is a dual US and UK citizen, however, so part of her Jane Austen affinity comes from that! She's on Twitter at: @moshimisen. Listen in to hear what she did to share how to keep the story alive for a #SanditonSeason2! _ CAUTION: there are many spoilers in this miniseries from Season 1 of Sanditon, which was a recent PBS/Masterpiece and ITV/Red Planet miniseries production which happened in early 2019.. If you have not yet seen the miniseries, you may not want to listen to this podcast miniseries until you do so. You may find the series online at the following sites: PBS Masterpiece: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/shows/sanditon/ (you can purchase the passport and binge to your heart's delight). Or, you can stream it through Amazon: https://amzn.to/2VSMymb. Next, after your heart is broken (like ours),

(Podcast miniseries art of Jane Austen courtesy of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin.) Who BETTER to interview for the Jane Austen/Save Sanditon podcast miniseries than someone...in television?!? Yay! Simone Snow is a Hollywood Executive Assistant by day, and a screenwriter by night (and weekends). She majored in Creative Writing at Knox College, and she earned an MFA in Screenwriting at the University of Southern California. She's worked as support staff on television shows, at production companies, and currently at a major Hollywood studio. Her ultimate goal is to write for dramatic television, depicting and promoting diversity for women and people of color to see themselves as heroes and leading characters—not just sidekicks—on screen. With nearly a decade of industry experience under her belt, Simone knows her chosen career path is going to be an uphill battle. However, it's one she's eager to help fight. Simone is over at Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimoneSnow This month, in honor of Women's History Month, our love of Jane (for being so ahead of her time and creating heroines who are strong, smart and bold), we are rolling out a podcast miniseries to celebrate her final work. CAUTION: there are many spoilers in this miniseries from Season 1 of Sanditon, which was a recent PBS/Masterpiece and ITV/Red Planet miniseries production which happened in early 2019.. If you have not yet seen the miniseries, you may not want to listen to this podcast miniseries until you do so. You may find the series online at the following sites: PBS Masterpiece: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/shows/sanditon/ (you can purchase the passport and binge to your heart's delight). Or, you can stream it through Amazon: https://amzn.to/2VSMymb. Next, after your heart is broken (like ours),

(Podcast miniseries art of Jane Austen courtesy of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin.) Karen Canady is a high school English literature and French teacher of 16 years. She has been a fan of Jane Austen since she was in high school. She have read all of her novels and enjoyed many of the screen adaptations. She too is part of the #SanditonSisterhood. Karen also picked up a pen and wrote happy ending to Sanditon as a novella: https://archiveofourown.org/works/23033530/chapters/55082059 __ You may find the series of Sanditon online at the following sites: PBS Masterpiece: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/shows/sanditon/ (you can purchase the passport and binge to your heart's delight). Or, you can stream it through Amazon: https://amzn.to/2VSMymb. Next, after your heart is broken (like ours),

(Podcast miniseries art of Jane Austen courtesy of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin.) It is a truth universally acknowledged that we love Jane Austen! Why not tie that up with Women's History Month AND a newer movement on and through social media to Save Sanditon, Jane's last work, for a season 2 to be produced from the recent adaptation that ended TRAGICALLY on PBS/Masterpiece! This month, in honor of Women's History Month, our love of Jane (for being so ahead of her time and creating heroines who are strong, smart and bold), we are rolling out a podcast miniseries to celebrate her final work. CAUTION: there are many spoilers in this miniseries from Season 1 of Sanditon, which was a recent PBS/Masterpiece and ITV/Red Planet miniseries production which happened in early 2019.. If you have not yet seen the miniseries, you may not want to listen to this podcast miniseries until you do so. You may find the series online at the following sites: PBS Masterpiece: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/shows/sanditon/ (you can purchase the passport and binge to your heart's delight). Or, you can stream it through Amazon: https://amzn.to/2VSMymb. Next, after your heart is broken (like ours),

Why Pluto Matters, According to the Scientist Who Got Us Closest to the Dwarf Planet (0:30)Guest: Alan Stern, Principal Investigator, New Horizons Mission, NASAThe solar system you learned in grade school got a major shakeup in the late 1990s. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are all still there. But Pluto was always the odd planet out. So distant and small and not like the little rocky planets near the sun or gas giants, either. But then, high-powered telescopes revealed in the 1990s that tiny Pluto was just one of a whole class of dwarf planets way out there that far outnumber the planets we all memorized in school. So NASA said, “We gotta go explore that place.” And planetary scientist Alan Stern said, “I'm your man.” 737 Max Crisis Fuels Major Losses for Boeing in 2019 (21:18)Guest: Scott Hamilton, Managing Director of the Leeham CompanyBoeing said today it lost half a billion dollars in 2019 –that's the first annual loss for the company in more than two decades and there's one reason for it: the 737 Max. Should We Be Scared of Facial Recognition Technology? (35:39)Guest: Eric Goldman, Law Professor, Santa Clara UniversityA privacy advocacy group and 40 other organizations wrote a letter to the government this week, calling for a ban on facial recognition technology. The letter was prompted by a recent New York Times expose on a company called Clearview AI. It's all really speculative right now, but the article claims that Clearview is pulling images from social media sites to create a facial recognition program and that more than 600 law enforcement agencies have used it to solve crimes. The Apple Seed (50:39)Guest: Sam Payne, Host, The Apple Seed, BYUradioSam tells the story of how the Grammys came to be and some of the surprise winners of those first awards. Jane Austen's Unfinished Novel Hits The Small Screen (58:44)Guest: Jane Hinckley, Professor of Comparative Arts & Letters, Brigham Young UniversityWhen Jane Austen died of illness at the age of 41, she was working on another novel, but she only finished 11 chapters. It's got an unusual setting for an Austen story and it features her only black character. What did she have in mind for this novel? A writer known for adapting Jane Austen for film and television has taken a stab at finishing it for a series airing now on PBS Masterpiece. It's called Sanditon. Lost and Found: Young Fathers in a New Age (1:20:31)Guest: Paul Florsheim, PhD, "Coauthor of Lost and Found: Young Fathers In the Age of Unwed Parenthood," Professor of Community and Behavioral Health Promotion, University of WisconsinThe rate of teenage pregnancy in America has declined drastically over the last 20 years –which is good news. But over that same period, we've seen a steady rise in unwed parenthood –especially among young parents under the age of 25, and the kids end up being raised by a very young –often very poor-single mother. What about the young fathers? What could help them be more involved in the lives of their children?

Recorded on January 16, 2020 Book Talk starts at 30:07 Our annual 2 Knit Lit Chicks Fall Sweater KAL has finished.  Listen to the end to find out if you won one of our prize packages.  Thanks to everyone who participated!   Western Sky Knits giveaway - winner at the end of the podcast!   Poncho photo Our next KAL will be a Poncho Knit Along!  Start thinking about what you want to knit or crochet now.  We have a Poncho Bundle already!  This KAL will run from February 1 to May 1.   Celia McAdam Cahill has given us three copies of her Zephyr cardigan pattern to give away - and one of them includes the yarn to knit it!  Please post a comment in the thread to be entered to win.   KNITTING Barb has finished Mother Bears 191 and 192 Bankhead Hat #8 8 Knitted Knockers Helix Hat #9 The Great British Baking Shawl by LyricalKnits   Tracie has finished Plaidaptation by Aunt Ninny in Plymouth Select Worsted Merino Superwash and Malabrigos Rios   Barb continues to work on Sunnydale Cowl by Katy H. Carroll (Katinka Designs), using Malabrigo Yarn Arroyo in the Anniversario colorway Trail Hoodie by Marly Bird, using Western Sky Knits Magnolia Sock in the Wisp color way   And has cast on Beech Hill by Leah McGlone, using Berroco Remix in the Strawberry color way Multidirectional Scarf #8 by Karen Baumer, using Caron Cakes   Tracie has cast on The Stripe-on-Stripe Shawl by Fredi Baker in Speakeasy Yarns Shady Lady Gradient in Oasis and Serendipidye Sausalito Silken Sock in Papaya Rachel by Josee Paquin in Fyberspates Vivacious 4-Ply in Slate   And continues to work on: Bellefluer Cardigan in Madelinetosh Silk/Merino in the Mill Pond color way Rikke Hat by Sarah Young Vanilla Socks in West Yorkshire Spinners Signature 4-ply in the Rum Paradise colorway   BOOKS Barb read The Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood - 3 stars The Thinnest Air by Minka Kent - 3 stars The Lie: A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing and Coming Out  by William Dameron- 4 stars We Were Mothers by Katie Sise - 4 stars Sports Fans Aren't All Crazy: Lessons From Forty Years of Sports Madness by Ryan Bezerra - 4 stars   Tracie read Death Sentence: Inside the Story of the John List Murders by Joe Sharkey - 5 stars Mothers & Murderers: A True Story of Love, Lies, Obsession… and Second Chances by Katherine Ellison Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom by Catherine Clinton The Wonder Bread Summer by Jessica Anya Blau Barb recommends the documentary series Cheer on Netflix - read all about it in this Texas Monthly article Tracie recommends the British police detective series Unforgotten on Prime Video (Season 3 available with PBS Masterpiece subscription on Prime Video)

Fiona Powell, Storyteller, Folklorist & VIA's Susquehanna Valley Correspondent, speaking about the celebrated British author Jane Austen on the 244th anniversary of her birth--December 16--in anticipation of the PBS Masterpiece premiere of a series based on Austen's unfinished novel, "Sanditon", on January 12, 2020. And the launch of the new VIA Page Turners book club which has chosen Austen's "Emma" to begin. There will be free preview screenings of "Sanditon" on January 4 at 2:00 at the Campus Theatre in Lewisburg; January 5 at 3:00 at the Dietrich Theater in Tunkhannock and January 11 at 11:30 am at the Pocono Cinema and Cultural Center in E. Stroudsburg. www.wvia.org

In this continuation of the Victoria series on HistoryPop, we explore the history behind the first episode and some of the major characters from PBS Masterpiece's Victoria!

Lian Dolan and Julie Dolan of the Satellite Sisters re-cap Poldark on PBS Masterpiece. On this week's episode, Ross Poldark is less than heroic with his brooding ways, selling off his chickens, drinking too much and nearly making out with Elizabeth. Plus, Demelza tries to help a sick cow, Dr. Ennis tries to help a fake putrid throat, and Mr. Drink fakes his own death. It's a hodgepodge in Cornwall this week.

Lian Dolan and Julie Dolan of the Satellite Sisters re-cap Poldark on PBS Masterpiece. On this week's episode, Ross Poldark is less than heroic with his brooding ways, selling off his chickens, drinking too much and nearly making out with Elizabeth. Plus, Demelza tries to help a sick cow, Dr. Ennis tries to help a fake putrid throat, and Mr. Drink fakes his own death. It's a hodgepodge in Cornwall this week.     

Brendan Dowling stopped by MBSing to weave tales of mystery and intrigue. We covered the books, television, and film he grew up with and continues to enjoy all in the vein of whodunits (The Westing Game, Marple, and Clue, to name a few), and I love the insight into what draws him to the genre and how it feeds into his life as a performer. Some personal highlights include that Brendan knows he's immediately interested in something if it's set at a boarding school, that he developed a love for a PBS Masterpiece series at an age that has to have been decades younger than its target audience, and that he enjoys falling down YouTube rabbit holes of a single song from the musical Hairspray even though he's never seen anything else from the show. Thanks to Field Notes Brand for sponsoring this episode and the Chicago Podcast Cooperative for coordinating sponsorship.  

Lian Doln and Julie Dolan on the Satellite Sisters Tuesday Podcast. This week: Poldark Re-Cap, Killer Robots, Olympics & Parenting Advice on Tipping Cojnselors at Summer Camp, Preparing for the Empty Nest and Being your Kid's Concierge. Plus,vacation tales from Bend, Oregon.    Lian on Vacationing in a Small Town: Slow Service comes with the territory You're Welcome, Boston. Los Angeles is ready to step in for the 2024 Olympic games after Boston Bid falls apart. No problem, Beantown.  Beware the Killer Robots: First Stephen Hawking, then Elon Musk and now Julie Dolan raises concerns about Killer Robots.    From the Satellite Sisters Facebook Page: Tipping Counselors at Summer Camp Advice for surviving the Empty Nest   From a writer on The Simpsons; Adults We Failed to Raise . Are you your kids concierge? How to stop now.  Julie's Pick: Try The Walker on Refinery 29  Pol, Dark and Handsome: Our weekly re-cap of the PBS Masterpiece series Poldark. We were gearing up for the season finale next week, but this week Cornwall turns dark & stormy. 

Lian Dolan and Julie Dolan connect on the Satellite Sisters podcasts for summer fun! Instragram contest, Facebook Follow-ups, Book and TV recommendations, Guest Towel etiquette, Tech gloating, Katy Perry and the Nuns, plus one great spy novel and one great TV show. Plus, the college admissions agony begins. Finally, Pol, Dark & Handsome, our re-cap of Episodes 5 of PBS Masterpiece series Poldark   #satsisterssummerfun on Instagram! Get on it, people. You and your Satellite Sisters celebrating summer fun for a great sexy prize of Sol de Janeiro Foot Fetish Cream. Are you having fun this summer? Let us know and post it on Instagram.  College Admissions begins  Round Two for Lian with son #2 starting the college application process. Lian is monitoting her nagging before it gets too much for all concerned.  Smart Vacation Tips from Julie  The keye is anticipation and unplugging.  Tech Stories: Glaoting over Ashley Madison breach Real Simple Etiquette  Have you stood in a guest bathroom and wondered. "What the heck am I supposed to dry my hands on?"  Facebook Follow-Up:  Katy Perry vs. Nuns Satellite Sisters No Poo Movement continues the VW Commercial with the wild boys Book Recs:  Julie loved Palace of Treason by Jason Matthew Lian wants the Satellite Sisterhood to get behind The Kicks, a new show for tweens about a middle school soccer team. Watch and Review this week to see more epsiodes of the show. here's how:   Here's how to watch, rate & review: 1. Watch the show: http://amzn.to/1BHYqcl It’s free for anyone with an Amazon account in the US, UK and Germany. If you have ever ordered from Amazon, then you have an account. You do not need to be a Prime member to watch this episode of the show. *If you live in the UK, use this link to watch: http://amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00ZVR3D9W/. * For the German version of the show, it's: http://amazon.de/The-Kicks/dp/B00ZVQIWE4/ Please know that Amazon pays attention to where in the show people stop viewing — so please be sure to watch the entire episode. But why would you stop? The show is awesome and Alex Morgan has a cameo towards the end! 2. After watching, Rate & Review the show on The Kicks Amazon page. This is like reviewing any other product on Amazon. Just scroll down the page to the "Customer Reviews" section, and click on the button "Write A Customer Review” to let everyone know what you thought of the pilot. 3. Fill out Amazon's Pilot Survey on our behalf. It’s a short questionnaire with specific questions about our show, yet it is super important when it comes to convincing Amazon to order more episodes - especially if you are an Amazon Prime member or have kids ages 6-14.  The Pilot Survey can be found here: http://www.amazon.com/PilotSeason Big orange button, right at the top of the page, above the show billboards. Then, if you can take just two more minutes… 4. Rate us on IMDb by going to our show’s page at this link:  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4196686/ Click on LOGIN - and when it asks you to “Choose a Provider”, please select Amazon. Then once you’re in, click 1 to 10 stars to assign the show a rating — 10 is the highest. 5. Lastly, please share this information with anyone you think might enjoy the show. Kids 6-14. Their parents, aunts, uncles, and grandparents. Soccer aficionados. Your church congregation. Teachers.            

Lian Dolan and Julie Dolan tackle the world one cup fo coffee at a time. On today's show, we vote on whether we'll buy and read Harper Lee's Go Set A Watchman, based on reviews, the new version fo Atticus and the suspicious discovery of the manuscript in the first place.    Plus: Secrets to a Great Girls' Weekend: More Cheese!  Birthday on Facebook is the Best!  Pluto in the News! Pluto 'phones home' and the world waits to see the pictures fo the farthest thing ever seen from earth. Way to go, Science! Go Set A Watchman Reviews are in. Copies are in the bookstore. The biggest publishing happening since Harry Potter! But is it a good thing that the book surfaced 60 years after it wasn't published int he first place? We discuss.  Book Recommendations from Lian. Two books on the oppostite end of the women's fiction genre. Lian gives the thumbs to The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan and  Dietland by Sarai Walker, a subversive feminist read with a cupcake on teh cover.  Teen Athletes and Heroin Addiction: Read about the surprising connection in Sports Illustrated. Here is the link to the article.  Crime Report: El Chapo and Real Life Gone Girl  Pol, Dark and Handsome: Our weekly re-cap of the PBS Masterpiece series Poldark.This episode had it all! Pygmalion Week! Wifey talent Show! Horrendous medical care! Holiday Shopping! Pilchers! Copper! And Chest hair!   

On Satellite Sisters Weekend show: Liz Dolan, Sheila Dolan & Lian Dolan discuss the events of the week, including the Marriage Equality Decision from SCOTUS and the Funeral in Charleston.    Plus, Liz goes to the Festival fo Creativity in Cannes and reports back on hre dinnre with Boy George and Kris Jenner. Plus, a Monica Lewinsky sighting and Julia-Louis Dreyfus panel. What a week in the South of France like. Plus, the taxi strike in France and other Frenchy things about France. Plus, The Marriage Equality Decision by SCOTUS. Liz watching in Heathrown, Lian watching at home on Twitter and Sheila watching on the  Satellite Sisters Facebook feed.  The Satellite Sisters Stay Noisy Award goes to Taylor Swift this week. Thank fro setting Apple staight, T-Swizzle!  Sheila Makes up with her Dry Cleaner. And gets a giant cyst removed. Just a warning!  Lian reports on Panda Express 's search for the Next Orange Chicken. Hear what they are testing and what 8 year olds say about their new menu item. Read about the process here in the LA Times.  What to Watch on TV This week: The Women's World Cup! Wimbledon! and Poldark on PBS Masterpiece. Julie and Lian re-cap on Tuesday in Pol, Dark and Handsome.    Fourth of July Plans? You got it...      

Julie Dolan and Lian Dolan connect for the Satellite Sisters Tuesday Podcast. On today's show, the sisters take on the new PBS Masterpiece series, Poldark. Looking for something to watch after Outlander and before the new season of Downton Abbey? Check out Poldark on PBS starring Aiden Turner and his linen shirts. Lots of horses, lots of dogs, lots of craggy cliffs and some really, really bad British teeth.    Also on the show:   Presidential Motorcade in Pasadena, thanks to Marc Maron who hosted the President in a nearby garage. Lian gives you the details and talks about her new role as Podcasting Spokesperson Save The Gap Let's start with getting rid of the ugly clothes. Booth Moore of the LA Times with her analysis of what went wrong at the Gap.  Health Tips to Live to 100. Check out The Blue Zone Solution by Dan Beuttner. Stick with green veggies, beans, coffee &Tea and no meat.  Civility in the Workplace- what it pays off No Shampoo Update  Julie jumps on the bandwagon and reveals her surprising results Julie's Surprise Weekend

Jeremy Piven talks about Mr. Selfridge, the PBS Masterpiece series in which he plays a colorful retail magnate in early 1900s London.

Tonight we will have a conversation focused on heading in the right direction.  We will be discussing with our guests whether the nation is heading in the right direction, and how we can tell.  We will also be looking at whether you and I are heading in the right direction to accomplish our goal of becoming a better person enjoying a better life making your world a better place. Join us for an authentic unscripted exchange of viewsyou will find entertaining and informative. Here is a link to the Chateaubriand recipe we will be recommending on the air tonight:http://frenchfood.about.com/od/maindishes/r/chateaubriand.htm The link below is for the PBS Masterpiece series Downton Abbey we will be recommending tonight.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/downtonabbey/

Tonight we will have a conversation focused on heading in the right direction.  We will be discussing with our guests whether the nation is heading in the right direction, and how we can tell.  We will also be looking at whether you and I are heading in the right direction to accomplish our goal of becoming a better person enjoying a better life making your world a better place. Join us for an authentic unscripted exchange of viewsyou will find entertaining and informative. Here is a link to the Chateaubriand recipe we will be recommending on the air tonight:http://frenchfood.about.com/od/maindishes/r/chateaubriand.htm The link below is for the PBS Masterpiece series Downton Abbey we will be recommending tonight.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/downtonabbey/

The first episode of Bullseye! Jesse interviews the cast of Downton Abbey, a costume drama on PBS Masterpiece that is NOT BORING AT ALL. He'll also talk to Chris Lilley, the Australian comedian behind Summer Heights High and the new HBO show Angry Boys. Plus, hear culture picks from the AV Club and the song that changed the Baltimore musician Dan Deacon's life.