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For over four decades, Tzi Ma (pronounced "TIE MA") has blazed new trails for the representation of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) in Hollywood with a groundbreaking career that encompasses virtually every genre across film, television and theater. From big budget blockbusters like the Rush Hour series (1998 - 2007) to award-winning independent films like Tigertail (2020), Ma's unforgettable performances and uncanny versatility have garnered unanimous acclaim from critics and audiences around the world. Recently, Ma has co-starred in The CW's hit action adventure series Kung Fu as Jin Shen, a San Francisco restaurant owner and father of the show's heroine, Nicky Shen (played by Olivia Liang). In 1978, Ma made his screen debut alongside Jack Palance and Andy Warhol in the cult classic Cocaine Cowboys, directed by Ulli Lommel. Throughout the 1980s, Ma continued to perform in regional and off-Broadway productions while appearing as a guest star on hit television programs like The Equalizer, LA Law, MacGyver and Star Trek: The Next Generation. During the 1990s, Ma became a ubiquitous presence at the multiplex with memorable roles in films like Rapid Fire (1992), Chain Reaction (1996), Dante's Peak (1997) and Rush Hour (1998). Since 2000, Ma has successfully balanced a prolific film and television career; appearing in movies like The Quiet American (2002), The Ladykillers (2004), Rush Hour 3 (2007) and Arrival (2016) and playing recurring characters on popular shows like 24, American Dad!, Hell on Wheels, The Man in High Castle and Veep. Currently Tzi can be seen in Interior Chinatown.    Want to watch: YouTube Meisterkhan Pod (Please Subscribe)

This special Catch-Up episode with the Dutch singer Ineke Vandoorn focuses on her album with Jasper van 't Hof, “Dancing on Water”, with lots of music from the album. You'll also get to hear of her inspirational experience learning from Betty Carter.  When Ineke Vandoorn won the prestigous Edison Jazz Award for her album ‘Love is a Golden Glue' the jury wrote:"Ineke Vandoorn distinguishes herself as a singer with her adventurous way of singing. First of all because of her exceptional, striking voice with an extreme range with which she can do anything. Her voice control enables her to cross her limits. Every note is placed at the right spot. Apart from that the singer has a huge amount of guts." I couldn't agree more! It was such a pleasure to have this opportunity to speak with Ineke again. My 2023 episode with her is here, during which she sang live for the podcast: 2023 Interview https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/ineke-vandoorn Like all my episodes, you can watch this on my YouTube channel or listen to the podcast, and I've also linked the transcript to my website, everything linked here: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/ineke-vandoorn-dancing-on-water Ineke's website https://www.inekevandoorn.com/ Dancing on Water album https://baiximrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dancing-on-water Original Merch for sale: https://www.leahroseman.com/beautiful-shirts-and-more Can you buy this independent podcaster a coffee? ⁠https://ko-fi.com/leahroseman⁠ Complete Catalog of Episodes: ⁠https://www.leahroseman.com/about⁠ Newsletter sign-up: ⁠https://mailchi.mp/ebed4a237788/podcast-newsletter⁠ Linktree for social media: ⁠https://linktr.ee/leahroseman⁠ Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (01:54) about the album “Dancing on Water” with Jasper van 't Hof (03:17) Paul Simon song “Quiet” with excerpt (05:59) process of creating the album (07:40) meeting Betty Carter (11:30) Marsch Fur Oelze with excerpt (13:03) Yayapriya with excerpt (16:35) please support this indepedent podcast! (17:18) Quiet American with clips (21:04) challenges of writing lyrics, The Way She Looks with clip (24:30) about Dance on the Water, with complete song (31:27) the satisfying challenge of this project

Any threat to the status quo within the American empire has led to the censorship, jailing and escape of the dissidents brave enough to stand against it. One may think of Edward Snowden’s asylum in Russia or Julian Assange’s refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London as recent examples. However, the history of dissidents fleeing American persecution runs deep. Joining host Robert Scheer on this episode of the Scheer Intelligence podcast to discuss his new book, “Flights: Radicals on the Run,” is author and journalist Joel Whitney. The book exemplifies this missing history of dissent in America through accounts of people such as Angela Davis, Paul Robeson, Graham Greene and Malcolm X. Also included are the accounts of Lorraine Hansberry and her mentor, W.E.B. Du Bois. Whitney refers to De Bois’ time starting an anti-nuclear peace movement and subsequently being persecuted by the U.S. government. “[Du Bois’] reputation took severe damage, so when Hansberry knew him, he could barely afford to buy groceries,” Whitney told Scheer. “Flights” examines the stories of historic struggle of progressive thinkers and political activists who faced the onslaught of Cold War propaganda and McCarthyism, becoming refugees as a result of their political work. The book chronicles a counter-narrative of American history, where the bravest and most outspoken figures criticizing the system are crushed by it and their lives ruined. The book title, according to Whitney, refers to “flights that are political persecution in some form or another. In a way, you could think of it as 50 or 60 years of counter revolution, massive amounts of funding to chase people … across borders, out of print and, in some cases, unfortunately, into an early grave.” In the case of people like Graham Greene and his famous novel, “The Quiet American,” the blacklisting of himself and others for their exposure of American activities during the Vietnam War led to Americans “hav[ing] to wait about a decade or a little bit more to actually understand what carnage, what incredible, cynical violence the anti-communist Americans are overseeing in Vietnam as they're taking it over from the French.”

Hiếm có bộ phim nào mà có nhiều cái nhất và đầu tiên như The Quiet American - Người Mỹ Trầm Lặng, và cũng hội đủ các yêu tố đáng quan tâm như: một câu chuyện Việt Nam, được quay tại Việt Nam và Úc bởi một đạo diễn Úc tên tuổi, được đầu tư bởi Holywood và được đảm nhận bởi các ngôi sao Holywood, được thực hiện bởi nhà quay phim và biên kịch lừng lẫy và có sự xuất hiện của các diễn viên Việt Nam. Sir Michael Caine nói rằng vai nhà báo Fowler trong The Quiet American là một trong những vai ưng ý nhất của ông trong sự nghiệp điện ảnh.

In this episode, William Green chats with Laura Geritz, founder of Rondure Global Advisors, which scours the globe in search of high-quality companies trading at attractive prices in places like India, China, Japan, Thailand, Taiwan, Turkey, Brazil, & Mexico. Here, Laura makes the case for allocating more money to undervalued stocks outside the US. She also discusses her unusual lifestyle, which is built around relentless travel, voracious reading, & abundant time to think. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 08:15 - How Laura Geritz earned the nickname “Money Bags.” 09:41 - How she broke into the investment industry by living in Japan. 12:55 - How she was shaped by the frugal, unflashy culture of rural Kansas. 22:57 - What she learned from her mentor & partner, Robert Gardiner. 30:14 - Why so many talented women quit the investment business. 36:54 - Why she believes many investors are taking too much risk. 38:56 - Why foreign stocks may be overdue for a powerful rebound. 41:20 - How she weighs the risks & rewards of Chinese stocks. 52:26 - How she screens 70,000 stocks to identify great businesses. 1:03:36 - What foreign investors don't understand about Japanese companies. 1:11:51 - How to become a continuous learning machine. 1:25:38 - How Laura handles adversity when her investing style is out of favor. 1:32:06 - Why she maintains a remarkably uncluttered calendar. Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Laura Geritz's investment firm, Rondure Global Advisors. Graham Greene's book The Quiet American. Yasunari Kawabata's book Snow Country. Michael Pollan's book A Place of My Own. Rolf Potts' book Vagabonding. Pico Iyer's book The Half-Known Life. William Green's podcast interview with Pico Iyer | YouTube Video. William Green's book, “Richer, Wiser, Happier” – read the reviews of this book. Follow William Green on X (AKA Twitter). Check out all the books mentioned and discussed in our podcast episodes here. NEW TO THE SHOW? Follow our official social media accounts: X (Twitter) | LinkedIn | | Instagram | Facebook | TikTok. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool. Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services. Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts.  SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: River Linkedin Marketing Solutions NetSuite Fidelity Shopify Toyota TurboTax Babbel American Express Business Gold Card Fundrise Vacasa HELP US OUT! Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! It takes less than 30 seconds, and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we really appreciate it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Phillip Noyce is back to discuss the dynamics between the showrunner and the pilot director with John, Drew, and Stacy. Phillip Noyce is an Australian film and television director known for a whole bunch of classic movies, from Dead Calm to Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, Rabbit-Proof Fence, The Quiet American, Salt, The Giver, and so many more. He directed the TV pilots for series like What/If, Revenge, and The Resident. He can do action, he can do political thrillers, drama, he can do suspense. He can do it all. A true director's director. For more showrunning goodness, visit www.theshowrunnershow.com. Also, follow us on TikTok! https://www.tiktok.com/@theshowrunnershow    

Phillip Noyce joins John, Drew, and Stacy to talk about the role of the pilot director, and how it's different from the role of an episodic director.  Phillip Noyce is an Australian film and television director known for a whole bunch of classic movies, from Dead Calm to Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, Rabbit-Proof Fence, The Quiet American, Salt, The Giver, and so many more. He directed the TV pilots for series like What/If, Revenge, and The Resident. He can do action, he can do political thrillers, drama, he can do suspense. He can do it all. A true director's director. For more showrunning tips and interviews, visit www.theshowrunnershow.com.

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Welcome to Season Four! We have arrived at SXSW Sydney for a wild week of talks, parties, events and conversations. This season is recorded entirely surrounding SXSW Sydney, supported by Soho House! In between our podcast guest conversations, I'm doing a round-up of all the things I'm taking in, and sharing them with you. I hope you enjoy part one of the roundup! Featuring takeaways from the Australian's In Film talk with actor Jason Clarke (Oppenheimer, Mudbound, Winning Time: The Rise of The Lakers Dynasty and Zero Dark Thirty) and legendary director Phillip Noyce (Salt, The Quiet American, Revenge, The Resident) alongside Hollywood trailblazer, actor Charmaine Bingwa (The Good Fight) and Hollywood breakout screenwriter Amy Wang (Crazy Rich Asians 2). Moderated by Bec Smith. Next, I attended the keynote with Amy Webb. Futurist and CEO of the Future Today Institute Amy Webb gave an unparalleled keynote conversation about what's on the edge of tomorrow. She deep-dived into emerging tech trends and gave us a glimpse into what's next on technology's horizon. I adored her talk, and hope my round-up makes sense, some of the things I shared I'm still grasping! This very special season is supported by Soho House, and recorded from their pop-up residency at SXSW Sydney 2023. To learn more about me, your host, follow me on Instagram, or head to my website cineamathom.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a reading of a personal, segmented essay I wrote back in 2012 and was originally published in Relief Magazine in December of that year.Join the 2023 Behold the Lamb, Pre-Advent, Online Retreat happening in November!https://bit.ly/45YGRV1Find CAM here:  https://catholicsagainstmilitarism.comRSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171​Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/CAMpodcastSign up for the 2023 Find more of Ellen's writing here: https://ellenfinnigan.com/writingBehold the Lamb, Pre-Advent, Online Retreat: https://bit.ly/45YGRV1Find CAM here: https://catholicsagainstmilitarism.comRSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171​Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/CAMpodcast

Utviklingsminister Anne Beathe Tvinnereim snakker om en norskstøttet vaksinerevolusjon i Sør-Afrika, effektiv russisk propaganda i Afrika og et kontinent med helt ny selvsikkerhet. Og vi får også Senterpartiet-nestlederen på glid om EU-debatt, partiledelsestrid og den “Du veit ikkje kva du snakkar om”-hendelsen. Ukas av- og påkobling: Al Jazeera på nett, NRK Jazz, romanen The Quiet American av Graham Greene om krig og idealisme.

Based on a book written in 1955 warning us about the dangers of American involvement in other country's affairs. Can you guess where the story is set? Vietnam... Michael Caine plays a British reporter living in Saigon alongside Brendan Fraser who plays an American with large ideas for Vietnam. Jeff and Stuart had a great time discussing all of the subtexts between Caine's neutral and impartial position and Fraser's American exceptionalism.

El primer esfuerzo estratégico de un ejército consiste en convencer a su población de que la guerra que están preparando es justa, tenemos razón, podemos ganar y debemos hacer todo lo posible para lograrlo. La primera operación de guerra es de guerra psicológica. Y esas no sólo se usan contra el enemigo. La mayoría de las veces se usan contra la propia población con la liebstandarte mediática tocando el tambor que llama al frente. Pero no es la única forma... a veces, ni siquiera es la peor. Leales agentes de la campaña propagandística: @hijodelprofe @Baskerville_Gui Fusilable por traidor y por graciosillo insoportable @rosenthal.anmg Bibliografía. https://www.ivoox.com/operacion-gladio-miedo-a-izquierda-audios-mp3_rf_4343568_1.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBZauna5dwk https://www.marxists.org/espanol/marigh/obras/mini.htm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNqmA-if-4g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOpQSUwF45w https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quiet_American_(pel%C3%ADcula_de_2002) https://www.ivoox.com/libertad-nos-trajo-urss-audios-mp3_rf_87146311_1.html https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Lluch https://www.ivoox.com/flautista-hamelin-ampliando-debate-audios-mp3_rf_85621362_1.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KH6FWs99Aw https://www.ivoox.com/ucrania-nuevo-ampliando-debate-audios-mp3_rf_95415874_1.html https://www.casadellibro.com/libro-la-cia-en-espana/9788499425627/4761967 https://www.netflix.com/es/title/80049928 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQs88YnCm-o&list=PLRXZTnf3dSt1gJ4VACEFOdzDtoUEzU7yh https://www.lamarea.com/2022/06/28/la-otan-y-la-operacion-gladio/ https://www.publico.es/ciencias/hacker-espanol-descubre-piratear-aviones.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu_5kaE48eU Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

The 2 Guys continue this week with Frank's top five movies from fifty, forty, thirty, and twenty years ago. For 2002, the list includes Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York, Spike Jonze's Adaptation, Miyazaki's Spirited Away, P.T. Anderson's Punch Drunk Love, and the Graham Greene adaptation, The Quiet American. Finally, if you have your own ideas for the podcast, you can also email us with list suggestions at 2guys5movies@gmail.com, and thank you all for listening and your support.

Intrigue in what was Indochina This episode is also available as a blog entry at https://tashpix.wordpress.com/2020/04/26/the-quiet-american-2002/

0:00 -- Intro.2:10 -- Start of interview.3:00 -- Henry's "origin story". His other book "China's Superbank: Debt, Oil and Influence - How China Development Bank is Rewriting the Rules of Finance") (2012)5:03 -- His current role at Benchmark Mineral Intelligence.6:09 -  The origin of his book Volt Rush: The Winners and Losers in the Race to Go Green (2022).10:09 --  On the new battery age and the origin of lithium-ion batteries for EVs.12:53 -- On Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) and its founder Robin Zeng.18:34 -- On the Chinese lithium industry and its champions Ganfeng Lithium and Tianqi Lithium. "They had a golden period where they could pick up assets globally, but now the West is catching up." Example: Government of Canada orders the divestiture of investments by foreign companies in Canadian critical minerals companies.21:10 -- About Tianqi's $4bn acquisition of SQM's stake in Chile. [Disclosure: I wrote about this case in 2018 here, here and most recently in my latest newsletter, here.] On the future of the Lithium Triangle (Chile, Argentina and Bolivia) for the global lithium supply chain. The unclear future of lithium in Chile, the government has hinted on the creation of a new Chilean national lithium company. "It's a once in a 100-year opportunity, are they just going to sit back and lose out on market share? This opportunity does not come very often."27:09 -- On the new US industrial policy to foster the EV and battery industry (and divest from China). The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, CHIPS & Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act (“the single largest investment in climate and energy in American history”) combined will invest more than $135 billion to build America's EV future, including critical minerals sourcing and processing and battery manufacturing. The impact for the global supply chain, particularly in Latin America, Africa and rest of the world.33:03-- On geopolitics, ESG and sustainability of the global battery supply chain and EVs generally. The problem of greenwashing. Amnesty International's report on Cobalt in Africa (2016) "This is What We Die For" (on human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the global trade in Cobalt). "Chinese consumers are also getting more environmentally conscious."38:02  -- On the challenges of the energy transition from ICE vehicles to EVs. The importance of renewable energy. "Clean energy clusters will become very important."40:09  -- On energy security, cleaner battery producers (example Northvolt from Sweden), the rise of Gigafactories, the shift to EVs from global OEMs (A Reuters analysis of 37 global automakers found that they plan to invest nearly $1.2 trillion in electric vehicles and batteries through 2030) and the future of jobs in this industry. "Vehicle manufacturing employment, which stands at 13.6 million globally, already employs 10% of its workforce in the manufacture of EVs, their components and batteries." (see IEA world energy employment report). "It is a race for the jobs of the future, and that's where the West has lost out. That's what making this industry so critical." "But the West will definitely catch up, I'm very optimistic about the U.S."46:03 -- On whether the U.S. will encourage more mining in the US to bridge this gap. "The mining industry has not done a good job at convincing the public that this is what is needed. People who support clean energy find it hard to support mining. That's the crux of the issue."48:14 -- On Tesla, and whether they will move upstream in the supply chain with more refining or mining. And their China operations and supply chain dependence.53:19 -- The 1-3 books that have greatly influenced his life:The Quiet American, by Graham Greene (1955)Books by Somerset MaughamDeng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China, by Ezra Vogel (2011)Other books he recommends on the battery global supply chain:Bottled Lightning: Superbatteries, Electric Cars, and the New Lithium Economy, by Seth Fletcher (2011)The Powerhouse: America, China, and the Great Battery War, by Seth Levine (2016)The Shadows of Consumption: Consequences for the Global Environment, by Peter Dauvergne (2008)55:28 -- Who were your mentors, and what did you learn from them? Michael Forsythe, now with the NYT. When he was in China working for Bloomberg, working with investigative journalists.56:23 -- Are there any quotes you think of often or live your life by? "Sooner or later...one has to take sides – if one is to remain human." by Graham Greene.57:18 --  The person he most admires: Greta Thunberg.Henry Sanderson is a journalist and author of Volt Rush, the Winners and Losers in the Race to Go Green. He's currently an Executive Editor at Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, the leading provider of data and information on the battery industry. Before that he covered commodities and mining for the Financial Times for seven years in London. He was previously a reporter for Bloomberg News in Beijing, where he co-authored a book about China's financial system and state capitalism, China's Superbank. He grew up in Hong Kong and lived and worked in China for seven years.  __ You can follow Henry on social media at:Twitter: @hjesanderson__ You can follow Evan on social media at:Twitter: @evanepsteinLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/epsteinevan/ Substack: https://evanepstein.substack.com/__Music/Soundtrack (found via Free Music Archive): Seeing The Future by Dexter Britain is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License

Contents: Early life Career Personal life Brendan Fraser Brendan James Fraser ( born December 3, 1968) is an American-Canadian actor. Fraser is known for his leading roles in blockbusters, comedies, and dramatic films. He gained prominence for his role as Rick O'Connell in The Mummy trilogy (1999–2008). Fraser began his career in numerous comedy films such as Encino Man (1992), Airheads (1994), George of the Jungle (1997), Dudley Do-Right (1999), Blast from the Past (1999), Monkeybone (2001), Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) and Furry Vengeance (2010) as well leading roles in the fantasy films Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) and Inkheart (2008). During this time he also acted in several dramatic films such as School Ties (1992), With Honors (1994), The Passion of Darkly Noon (1995), Gods and Monsters (1998), The Quiet American (2002), Crash (2004), Journey to the End of the Night (2006), Extraordinary Measures (2010), No Sudden Move (2021), and The Whale (2022). In addition to film acting, Fraser has had successful roles on television, including in the History miniseries Texas Rising (2015), the Showtime drama series The Affair (2016–2017), the FX anthology series Trust (2018), the Epix series Condor (2018), and the DC Universe / HBO Max action series Doom Patrol (2019–present). SUPPORT AUDIO WIKIPEDIA: Please consider supporting Audio Wikipedia podcast at Ko-fi.com if you enjoy it: https://ko-fi.com/audiowikipedia Become a valuable contributor & member by supporting us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AudioWikipedia BASIC INFORMATION: Title: Brendan Fraser Find out about the author(s) & basic information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Fraser Read the full article on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Fraser [CC] license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0 Photo By cdnmusicdiva - originally posted to Flickr as DSC00006, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=108467588 Follow us on Twitter: @Audiowikipedia1

In the summer of 1958, the occupant of Room 622 in the Strand Palace Hotel was Bernard Smith; a kind and decent man who was quiet and respectable. Running a successful furniture business in New York, he doted on his two sisters, his niece and he would do anything for them, and likewise for him.With his health declining, having discussed his retirement with his sisters, Bernard had sold up, left America and moved to the UK to be nearer his family – it is what families do, they support one another.At 12:15pm on Tuesday 3rd June 1958, Lila Gilman (Bernard's sister) was in Room 622 helping him with a simple task. Last seen entering his room, moments later, he would brutally beat his sister to death.Murder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile Walks with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name and additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer.For LINKS CLICK HERETo subscribe to PATREON. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sound collage created the morning of Saturday, June 25, 2022. Ambient sounds from the BBC Sound Effects library, with some samples from Quiet American field recordings. Episode subtitle is a reference to Vancouver's KISS-FM changing format, firing one of their hosts, and that host protesting by playing Rage Against the Machine's "Killing in the Name" on loop for hours and hours.

Season 2, Episode 21: Regan Fraser reviews his favorite Brendan Fraser Movies with UsBrendan Fraser's brother, Regan came on the Happy Fangirl podcast to review his favorite Brendan Fraser movies with us. Frannie met Regan on Twitter after reading his posts about the Brendan Fraser movies he loves. Regan stipulated no talk about Brendan Fraser's private life. We did not pay to have him as a guest on our podcast. (1:15) Regan introduces himself & talks Hollywood in the 90's (3:08) Regan starts talking about his favorite Brendan movies(05:15) Still Breathing is romance crack & Frannie explains her addiction to scene on YouTube "Still Breathing 9 of 10," 11:15 mark . Frannie asked Steph to re-enact that Still Breathing scene for Regan they rehearsed but Steph said no. She thinks Frannie's acting weird

Season 2, Episode 17: The Quiet American 2002 (Brendan Fraser, Michael Caine, Do Thi Hai Yen) with Guests Chad & Matt from We Used to Talk About this At Work Podcast (This is an out of order episode - our Fight Club episode will be published next week. We had audio issues that need a bit of TLC. )This week we are joined by Chad & Matt from the We Used to Talk About this At Work Podcast.Our podcast is shorter than others because Frannie felt ill at the beginning. Thanks Chad & Matt for bearing with us!(1:15) Chad & us talk about the discrepancy between when topics are discussed in media such as podcasts versus when they occurred(8:04) Matt's $90 sushi (ouch!)(9:15) Pit bull attack prevented Frannie from getting full Amber Heard-Johnny Depp news so Steph fills us in(12:47) the Quiet American movieNext week we talk about the 1999 movie, Fight Club 

Welcome to BookShook! This podcast is all about the second half of February's book, The Quiet American by Graham Greene published in 1955 (from Part 2 chapter IV on page 99 or 50% if you're kindling if you're reading alongside). The idea of the podcast is that we'll read the first half of a book together — one that I and perhaps you have never read) and then I'll share my thoughts in part 1 of the podcast published on the second Friday of the month. And then in part 2 (published on the last Friday of the month), I'll discuss the second half of the book. We'll see together how the novel concludes and decide whether it's a book we'd recommend to a friend - or not. Of course, you don't have to read the book, you can listen to it, or just follow along without doing either since I'll be summarising what happens (but be aware! - there will be spoilers). You can leave a comment or start a conversation at the BookShook YouTube channel (link below) or send an email to bookshook@yahoo.com. The book we'll be reading for March is Bewilderment by Richard Powers (288 pp.) — we'll be reading up to 50% (page 144) (so get that ready if you're going to read alongside me). The first podcast will be on 11th March. Thanks for listening to BookShook! RogerContent Warning: There are some violent scenes in the book. Please check the content before proceeding.This episode will be available until May but all episodes can be listened and discussed at the BookShook YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-UchFXG7hqzGyGQ7l1YIpgFuture Reads:March: Bewilderment by Richard Powers (288 pp.) April: For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway (504 pages)May: The Animals in that Country by Laura Jean McKay (277 pages) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to BookShook! This podcast is all about the second half of February's book, The Quiet American by Graham Greene published in 1955 (from Part 2 chapter IV on page 99 or 50% if you're kindling).  The idea of the podcast is that we'll read the first half of a book together — one that I and perhaps you have never read) and then I'll share my thoughts  in part 1 of the podcast published on the second Friday of the month. And then in part 2 (published on the last Friday of the month), I'll discuss the second half of the book. We'll see together how the novel concludes and decide whether it's a book we'd recommend to a friend - or not. Of course, you don't have to read the book, you can listen to it, or just follow along without doing either since I'll be summarising what happens (but be aware! - there will be spoilers). You can leave a comment or start a conversation at the BookShook YouTube channel (link below) or send an email to bookshook@yahoo.com. The book we'll be reading for March is Bewilderment by Richard Powers (288 pp.) — we'll be reading up to 50% (page 144) (so get that ready if you're going to read alongside me). The first podcast will be on 11th March. Thanks for listening to BookShook! RogerContent Warning: There are some violent scenes in the book. Please check the content before proceeding.This episode will be available until May but all episodes can be listened and discussed at the  BookShook YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-UchFXG7hqzGyGQ7l1YIpgFuture Reads:March: Bewilderment by Richard Powers (288 pp.) April: For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway (504 pages)May: The Animals in that Country by Laura Jean McKay (277 pages)

Over the last five decades, Australian director Phillip Noyce has shown that he really knows how to handle the thriller genre. Noyce first captured international attention with the acclaimed 1989 film Dead Calm. Starring Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman and Billy Zane, the film is a close quarters thriller which still works incredibly well more than 30 years after it was first released. The success of Dead Calm brought Noyce to Hollywood, where he directed Rutger Hauer in the fun action film Blind Fury, a film which helped Noyce land the directing gig on Patriot Games, the Tom Clancy adaptation which saw Harrison Ford replace Alec Baldwin in the role of Jack Ryan. Noyce followed the film up with the Sharon Stone thriller, Sliverbefore once again returning to the world of political intrigue in Clear and Present Danger - finest film in the Jack Ryanseries. Noyce would go on to helm a slew of other key films starring a variety of big stars. These included The Saint with Val Kilmer and Elizabeth Shue, The Bone Collector with Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie, The Quiet American starring Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser and The Giver with Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep. Phillip Noyce's latest film is the tense real-time thriller, The Desperate Hour starring Naomi Watts. It's an expertly handled thriller, tense and well executed with an impressive performance from Watts - who pretty much shoulders the majority of the film's running time on her own. Watts plays a mother attempting to save her son in the wake of a high school shooting and the film unfolds in unexpected ways as the tension gets ratcheted -up towards the finale. Phillip Noyce joined the Movies In Focus podcast to discuss The Desperate Hour and the logistics of making a film which essentially features Naomi Watts and her trusty iPhone. Noyce covers all the questions that you'd have about the film and we even touch on his next directorial effort, Fast Charlie starring Pierce Brosnan.

Welcome to BookShook! This podcast is all about the first half of February's book, The Quiet American by Graham Greene published in 1955 (up to Pt2 Chapter IV on Page 99 if you're reading alongside). The idea of the podcast is that we'll split a book into two equal halves — a book that I and perhaps you have never read. In the first podcast, published on the second Friday of the month, we'll discuss the first half. And then in the second podcast (published on the last Friday of the month - 25th February), we'll look at the second half of the book (in this case from Part 2 chapter IV on page 99 or 50% if you're kindling). We'll see together how the novel concludes and decide whether it's a book we'd recommend to a friend - or not. Of course, you don't have to read the book, you can listen to it, or just follow along without doing either since I'll be summarising what happens (but be aware! - there will be spoilers). You can leave a comment or start a conversation at the BookShook YouTube channel (link below) or send an email to bookshook@yahoo.com. The book we'll be reading for March is Bewilderment by Richard Powers (288 pp.) (so get that ready if you're going to read alongside). Thanks for listening to BookShook! RogerContent Warning: There are some violent scenes in the book. Please check the content before proceeding.This episode will be available until May but all episodes can be listened and discussed at the BookShook YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-UchFXG7hqzGyGQ7l1YIpgFuture Reads:March: Bewilderment by Richard Powers (288 pp.) April: For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway (504 pages)May: The Animals in that Country by Laura Jean McKay (277 pages) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to BookShook! This podcast is all about the first half of February's book, The Quiet American by Graham Greene published in 1955 (up to Pt2 Chapter IV on Page 99 if you're reading alongside).  The idea of the podcast is that we'll split a book into two equal halves — a book that I and perhaps you have never read. In the first podcast, published on the second Friday of the month, we'll discuss the first half. And then in the second podcast (published on the last Friday of the month - 25th February), we'll look at the second half of the book (in this case from Part 2 chapter IV on page 99 or 50% if you're kindling). We'll see together how the novel concludes and decide whether it's a book we'd recommend to a friend - or not. Of course, you don't have to read the book, you can listen to it, or just follow along without doing either since I'll be summarising what happens (but be aware! - there will be spoilers). You can leave a comment or start a conversation at the BookShook YouTube channel (link below) or send an email to bookshook@yahoo.com. The book we'll be reading for March is Bewilderment by Richard Powers (288 pp.) (so get that ready if you're going to read alongside). Thanks for listening to BookShook! RogerContent Warning: There are some violent scenes in the book. Please check the content before proceeding.This episode will be available until May but all episodes can be listened and discussed at the  BookShook YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-UchFXG7hqzGyGQ7l1YIpgFuture Reads:March: Bewilderment by Richard Powers (288 pp.) April: For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway (504 pages)May: The Animals in that Country by Laura Jean McKay (277 pages)

Brendan Fraser creeps his way into the world of Fowler aka Michael Caine. Is he simply the quiet American or does he have evil intentions? There's only one way to find out. Actually there are multiple ways to find out because you can just watch the film, read the book, OR listen to this episode. Join us for a chat about the 2002 film based on the Graham Greene novel. Classic? It may be...

Welcome to BookShook! This podcast is all about the first half of January's book, An Island by Karen Jennings published in 2021 (up to 50% on my kindle - that's half way, or the chapter beginning 'Samuel rose from the couch' if you're reading alongside). The idea of the podcast is that we'll split a book into two equal halves — a book that I and perhaps you have never read. In the first podcast, published on the second Friday of the month, we'll discuss the first half. And then in the second podcast (published on the last Friday of the month - 28th January), we'll look at the second half of the book (in this case from 50% -- the chapter beginning 'Samuel rose from the couch...'). We'll see together how the novel concludes and decide whether it's a book we'd recommend to a friend - or not. Of course, you don't have to read the book, you can listen to it, or just follow along without doing either since I'll be summarising what happens (but be aware! - there will be spoilers). You can leave a comment or start a conversation at the BookShook YouTube channel (link below) or send an email to bookshook@yahoo.com. The book we'll be reading for February is The Quiet American by Graham Greene (so get that ready if you're going to read alongside). Thanks for listening to BookShook! RogerContent Warning: There are some violent scenes in the book. Please check the content before proceeding.This episode will be available until April but all episodes can be listened and discussed at the BookShook YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-UchFXG7hqzGyGQ7l1YIpgFuture Reads:February: The Quiet American by Graham Greene March: Bewilderment by Richard PowersApril: For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to BookShook! This podcast is all about the second half of January's book, An Island by Karen Jennings published in 2021 (from 50% -- the chapter beginning 'Samuel rose from the couch...' if you're reading alongside).  The idea of the podcast is that we'll read the first half of a book together — one that I and perhaps you have never read) and then I'll share my thoughts  in part 1 of the podcast published on the second Friday of the month. And then in part 2 (published on the last Friday of the month), I'll discuss the second half of the book. We'll see together how the novel concludes and decide whether it's a book we'd recommend to a friend - or not. Of course, you don't have to read the book, you can listen to it, or just follow along without doing either since I'll be summarising what happens (but be aware! - there will be spoilers). You can leave a comment or start a conversation at the BookShook YouTube channel (link below) or send an email to bookshook@yahoo.com. The book we'll be reading for February is The Quiet American by Graham Greene — we'll be reading up to Part 2 Chapter IV on page 99 (so get that ready if you're going to read alongside me). The first podcast will be on 11th February. Thanks for listening to BookShook! RogerContent Warning: There are some violent scenes in the book. Please check the content before proceeding.This episode will be available until April but all episodes can be listened and discussed at the  BookShook YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-UchFXG7hqzGyGQ7l1YIpgFuture Reads:February: The Quiet American by Graham Greene March: Bewilderment by Richard PowersApril: For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway

Our second January Novel Dialogue conversation is with Caryl Phillips, professor of English at Yale and world-renowned for novels ranging from The Final Passage to 2018's A View of the Empire at Sunset. He shares his thoughts on transplantation, on performance, on race, even on sports. Joining him here are John and the wonderful comparatist Corina Stan, author of The Art of Distances: Ethical Thinking in 20th century Literature. If you enjoy this conversation, range backwards through the RtB archives for comparable talks with Jennifer Egan, Helen Garner, Orhan Pamuk, Zadie Smith, Samuel Delany and many more. It's a rangy conversation. John begins by raving about Caryl's italics–he in turn praises Faulkner's. Corina and Caryl explore his debt (cf. his The European Tribe) to American writers like Richard Wright and James Baldwin. Meeting Baldwin was scary–back in those days before there were “writers besporting themselves on every university campus.” Caryl praises the joy of being a football fan (Leeds United), reflects on his abiding loyalty to his class and geographic origins and his fondness for the moments of Sunday joy that allow people to endure. John raises Orhan Pamuk's claim (In Novel Dialogue last season) that the novel is innately middle-class; Caryl says that it's true that as a form it has always taken time and money to make–and to read. But “vicars and middle class people fall in love, too; they get betrayed and let down…a gamut of emotion that's as wide as anybody else.” He remains drawn to writers haunted by the past: Eliot, W.G. Sebald, the huge influence of Faulkner trying to stitch the past to the present. Mentioned in the Episode James Baldwin, Blues for Mister Charley, The Fire Next Time Richard Wright, Native Son Johnny Pitts, Afropean Caryl Phillips, Dancing in the Dark J. M. Coetzee, “What We like to Forget” (On Caryl Phillips) Graham Greene (e.g Brighton Rock and The Quiet American) wrote in “The Lost Childhood” (1951) that at age 14 ” I took Miss Marjorie Bowen's The Viper of Milan from the library shelf…From that moment I began to write.” Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter William Faulkner, Absalom, Absalom Read a transcript here Elizabeth Ferry is Professor of Anthropology at Brandeis University. Email: ferry@brandeis.edu. John Plotz is Barbara Mandel Professor of the Humanities at Brandeis University and co-founder of the Brandeis Educational Justice Initiative. Email: plotz@brandeis.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our second January Novel Dialogue conversation is with Caryl Phillips, professor of English at Yale and world-renowned for novels ranging from The Final Passage to 2018's A View of the Empire at Sunset. He shares his thoughts on transplantation, on performance, on race, even on sports. Joining him here are John and the wonderful comparatist Corina Stan, author of The Art of Distances: Ethical Thinking in 20th century Literature. If you enjoy this conversation, range backwards through the RtB archives for comparable talks with Jennifer Egan, Helen Garner, Orhan Pamuk, Zadie Smith, Samuel Delany and many more. It's a rangy conversation. John begins by raving about Caryl's italics–he in turn praises Faulkner's. Corina and Caryl explore his debt (cf. his The European Tribe) to American writers like Richard Wright and James Baldwin. Meeting Baldwin was scary–back in those days before there were “writers besporting themselves on every university campus.” Caryl praises the joy of being a football fan (Leeds United), reflects on his abiding loyalty to his class and geographic origins and his fondness for the moments of Sunday joy that allow people to endure. John raises Orhan Pamuk's claim (In Novel Dialogue last season) that the novel is innately middle-class; Caryl says that it's true that as a form it has always taken time and money to make–and to read. But “vicars and middle class people fall in love, too; they get betrayed and let down…a gamut of emotion that's as wide as anybody else.” He remains drawn to writers haunted by the past: Eliot, W.G. Sebald, the huge influence of Faulkner trying to stitch the past to the present. Mentioned in the Episode James Baldwin, Blues for Mister Charley, The Fire Next Time Richard Wright, Native Son Johnny Pitts, Afropean Caryl Phillips, Dancing in the Dark J. M. Coetzee, “What We like to Forget” (On Caryl Phillips) Graham Greene (e.g Brighton Rock and The Quiet American) wrote in “The Lost Childhood” (1951) that at age 14 ” I took Miss Marjorie Bowen's The Viper of Milan from the library shelf…From that moment I began to write.” Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter William Faulkner, Absalom, Absalom Read a transcript here Elizabeth Ferry is Professor of Anthropology at Brandeis University. Email: ferry@brandeis.edu. John Plotz is Barbara Mandel Professor of the Humanities at Brandeis University and co-founder of the Brandeis Educational Justice Initiative. Email: plotz@brandeis.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our second January Novel Dialogue conversation is with Caryl Phillips, professor of English at Yale and world-renowned for novels ranging from The Final Passage to 2018's A View of the Empire at Sunset. He shares his thoughts on transplantation, on performance, on race, even on sports. Joining him here are John and the wonderful comparatist Corina Stan, author of The Art of Distances: Ethical Thinking in 20th century Literature. If you enjoy this conversation, range backwards through the RtB archives for comparable talks with Jennifer Egan, Helen Garner, Orhan Pamuk, Zadie Smith, Samuel Delany and many more. It's a rangy conversation. John begins by raving about Caryl's italics–he in turn praises Faulkner's. Corina and Caryl explore his debt (cf. his The European Tribe) to American writers like Richard Wright and James Baldwin. Meeting Baldwin was scary–back in those days before there were “writers besporting themselves on every university campus.” Caryl praises the joy of being a football fan (Leeds United), reflects on his abiding loyalty to his class and geographic origins and his fondness for the moments of Sunday joy that allow people to endure. John raises Orhan Pamuk's claim (In Novel Dialogue last season) that the novel is innately middle-class; Caryl says that it's true that as a form it has always taken time and money to make–and to read. But “vicars and middle class people fall in love, too; they get betrayed and let down…a gamut of emotion that's as wide as anybody else.” He remains drawn to writers haunted by the past: Eliot, W.G. Sebald, the huge influence of Faulkner trying to stitch the past to the present. Mentioned in the Episode James Baldwin, Blues for Mister Charley, The Fire Next Time Richard Wright, Native Son Johnny Pitts, Afropean Caryl Phillips, Dancing in the Dark J. M. Coetzee, “What We like to Forget” (On Caryl Phillips) Graham Greene (e.g Brighton Rock and The Quiet American) wrote in “The Lost Childhood” (1951) that at age 14 ” I took Miss Marjorie Bowen's The Viper of Milan from the library shelf…From that moment I began to write.” Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter William Faulkner, Absalom, Absalom Read a transcript here Elizabeth Ferry is Professor of Anthropology at Brandeis University. Email: ferry@brandeis.edu. John Plotz is Barbara Mandel Professor of the Humanities at Brandeis University and co-founder of the Brandeis Educational Justice Initiative. Email: plotz@brandeis.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/historical-fiction

Our second January Novel Dialogue conversation is with Caryl Phillips, professor of English at Yale and world-renowned for novels ranging from The Final Passage to 2018's A View of the Empire at Sunset. He shares his thoughts on transplantation, on performance, on race, even on sports. Joining him here are John and the wonderful comparatist Corina Stan, author of The Art of Distances: Ethical Thinking in 20th century Literature. If you enjoy this conversation, range backwards through the RtB archives for comparable talks with Jennifer Egan, Helen Garner, Orhan Pamuk, Zadie Smith, Samuel Delany and many more. It's a rangy conversation. John begins by raving about Caryl's italics–he in turn praises Faulkner's. Corina and Caryl explore his debt (cf. his The European Tribe) to American writers like Richard Wright and James Baldwin. Meeting Baldwin was scary–back in those days before there were “writers besporting themselves on every university campus.” Caryl praises the joy of being a football fan (Leeds United), reflects on his abiding loyalty to his class and geographic origins and his fondness for the moments of Sunday joy that allow people to endure. John raises Orhan Pamuk's claim (In Novel Dialogue last season) that the novel is innately middle-class; Caryl says that it's true that as a form it has always taken time and money to make–and to read. But “vicars and middle class people fall in love, too; they get betrayed and let down…a gamut of emotion that's as wide as anybody else.” He remains drawn to writers haunted by the past: Eliot, W.G. Sebald, the huge influence of Faulkner trying to stitch the past to the present. Mentioned in the Episode James Baldwin, Blues for Mister Charley, The Fire Next Time Richard Wright, Native Son Johnny Pitts, Afropean Caryl Phillips, Dancing in the Dark J. M. Coetzee, “What We like to Forget” (On Caryl Phillips) Graham Greene (e.g Brighton Rock and The Quiet American) wrote in “The Lost Childhood” (1951) that at age 14 ” I took Miss Marjorie Bowen's The Viper of Milan from the library shelf…From that moment I began to write.” Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter William Faulkner, Absalom, Absalom Read a transcript here Elizabeth Ferry is Professor of Anthropology at Brandeis University. Email: ferry@brandeis.edu. John Plotz is Barbara Mandel Professor of the Humanities at Brandeis University and co-founder of the Brandeis Educational Justice Initiative. Email: plotz@brandeis.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

Our second January Novel Dialogue conversation is with Caryl Phillips, professor of English at Yale and world-renowned for novels ranging from The Final Passage to 2018's A View of the Empire at Sunset. He shares his thoughts on transplantation, on performance, on race, even on sports. Joining him here are John and the wonderful comparatist Corina Stan, author of The Art of Distances: Ethical Thinking in 20th century Literature. If you enjoy this conversation, range backwards through the RtB archives for comparable talks with Jennifer Egan, Helen Garner, Orhan Pamuk, Zadie Smith, Samuel Delany and many more. It's a rangy conversation. John begins by raving about Caryl's italics–he in turn praises Faulkner's. Corina and Caryl explore his debt (cf. his The European Tribe) to American writers like Richard Wright and James Baldwin. Meeting Baldwin was scary–back in those days before there were “writers besporting themselves on every university campus.” Caryl praises the joy of being a football fan (Leeds United), reflects on his abiding loyalty to his class and geographic origins and his fondness for the moments of Sunday joy that allow people to endure. John raises Orhan Pamuk's claim (In Novel Dialogue last season) that the novel is innately middle-class; Caryl says that it's true that as a form it has always taken time and money to make–and to read. But “vicars and middle class people fall in love, too; they get betrayed and let down…a gamut of emotion that's as wide as anybody else.” He remains drawn to writers haunted by the past: Eliot, W.G. Sebald, the huge influence of Faulkner trying to stitch the past to the present. Mentioned in the Episode James Baldwin, Blues for Mister Charley, The Fire Next Time Richard Wright, Native Son Johnny Pitts, Afropean Caryl Phillips, Dancing in the Dark J. M. Coetzee, “What We like to Forget” (On Caryl Phillips) Graham Greene (e.g Brighton Rock and The Quiet American) wrote in “The Lost Childhood” (1951) that at age 14 ” I took Miss Marjorie Bowen's The Viper of Milan from the library shelf…From that moment I began to write.” Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter William Faulkner, Absalom, Absalom Read a transcript here Elizabeth Ferry is Professor of Anthropology at Brandeis University. Email: ferry@brandeis.edu. John Plotz is Barbara Mandel Professor of the Humanities at Brandeis University and co-founder of the Brandeis Educational Justice Initiative. Email: plotz@brandeis.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies

Our second January Novel Dialogue conversation is with Caryl Phillips, professor of English at Yale and world-renowned for novels ranging from The Final Passage to 2018's A View of the Empire at Sunset. He shares his thoughts on transplantation, on performance, on race, even on sports. Joining him here are John and the wonderful comparatist Corina Stan, author of The Art of Distances: Ethical Thinking in 20th century Literature. If you enjoy this conversation, range backwards through the RtB archives for comparable talks with Jennifer Egan, Helen Garner, Orhan Pamuk, Zadie Smith, Samuel Delany and many more. It's a rangy conversation. John begins by raving about Caryl's italics–he in turn praises Faulkner's. Corina and Caryl explore his debt (cf. his The European Tribe) to American writers like Richard Wright and James Baldwin. Meeting Baldwin was scary–back in those days before there were “writers besporting themselves on every university campus.” Caryl praises the joy of being a football fan (Leeds United), reflects on his abiding loyalty to his class and geographic origins and his fondness for the moments of Sunday joy that allow people to endure. John raises Orhan Pamuk's claim (In Novel Dialogue last season) that the novel is innately middle-class; Caryl says that it's true that as a form it has always taken time and money to make–and to read. But “vicars and middle class people fall in love, too; they get betrayed and let down…a gamut of emotion that's as wide as anybody else.” He remains drawn to writers haunted by the past: Eliot, W.G. Sebald, the huge influence of Faulkner trying to stitch the past to the present. Mentioned in the Episode James Baldwin, Blues for Mister Charley, The Fire Next Time Richard Wright, Native Son Johnny Pitts, Afropean Caryl Phillips, Dancing in the Dark J. M. Coetzee, “What We like to Forget” (On Caryl Phillips) Graham Greene (e.g Brighton Rock and The Quiet American) wrote in “The Lost Childhood” (1951) that at age 14 ” I took Miss Marjorie Bowen's The Viper of Milan from the library shelf…From that moment I began to write.” Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter William Faulkner, Absalom, Absalom Read a transcript here Elizabeth Ferry is Professor of Anthropology at Brandeis University. Email: ferry@brandeis.edu. John Plotz is Barbara Mandel Professor of the Humanities at Brandeis University and co-founder of the Brandeis Educational Justice Initiative. Email: plotz@brandeis.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Our second January Novel Dialogue conversation is with Caryl Phillips, professor of English at Yale and world-renowned for novels ranging from The Final Passage to 2018's A View of the Empire at Sunset. He shares his thoughts on transplantation, on performance, on race, even on sports. Joining him here are John and the wonderful comparatist Corina Stan, author of The Art of Distances: Ethical Thinking in 20th century Literature. If you enjoy this conversation, range backwards through the RtB archives for comparable talks with Jennifer Egan, Helen Garner, Orhan Pamuk, Zadie Smith, Samuel Delany and many more. It's a rangy conversation. John begins by raving about Caryl's italics–he in turn praises Faulkner's. Corina and Caryl explore his debt (cf. his The European Tribe) to American writers like Richard Wright and James Baldwin. Meeting Baldwin was scary–back in those days before there were “writers besporting themselves on every university campus.” Caryl praises the joy of being a football fan (Leeds United), reflects on his abiding loyalty to his class and geographic origins and his fondness for the moments of Sunday joy that allow people to endure. John raises Orhan Pamuk's claim (In Novel Dialogue last season) that the novel is innately middle-class; Caryl says that it's true that as a form it has always taken time and money to make–and to read. But “vicars and middle class people fall in love, too; they get betrayed and let down…a gamut of emotion that's as wide as anybody else.” He remains drawn to writers haunted by the past: Eliot, W.G. Sebald, the huge influence of Faulkner trying to stitch the past to the present. Mentioned in the Episode James Baldwin, Blues for Mister Charley, The Fire Next Time Richard Wright, Native Son Johnny Pitts, Afropean Caryl Phillips, Dancing in the Dark J. M. Coetzee, “What We like to Forget” (On Caryl Phillips) Graham Greene (e.g Brighton Rock and The Quiet American) wrote in “The Lost Childhood” (1951) that at age 14 ” I took Miss Marjorie Bowen's The Viper of Milan from the library shelf…From that moment I began to write.” Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter William Faulkner, Absalom, Absalom Read a transcript here Elizabeth Ferry is Professor of Anthropology at Brandeis University. Email: ferry@brandeis.edu. John Plotz is Barbara Mandel Professor of the Humanities at Brandeis University and co-founder of the Brandeis Educational Justice Initiative. Email: plotz@brandeis.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history

Our second January Novel Dialogue conversation is with Caryl Phillips, professor of English at Yale and world-renowned for novels ranging from The Final Passage to 2018's A View of the Empire at Sunset. He shares his thoughts on transplantation, on performance, on race, even on sports. Joining him here are John and the wonderful comparatist Corina Stan, author of The Art of Distances: Ethical Thinking in 20th century Literature. If you enjoy this conversation, range backwards through the RtB archives for comparable talks with Jennifer Egan, Helen Garner, Orhan Pamuk, Zadie Smith, Samuel Delany and many more. It's a rangy conversation. John begins by raving about Caryl's italics–he in turn praises Faulkner's. Corina and Caryl explore his debt (cf. his The European Tribe) to American writers like Richard Wright and James Baldwin. Meeting Baldwin was scary–back in those days before there were “writers besporting themselves on every university campus.” Caryl praises the joy of being a football fan (Leeds United), reflects on his abiding loyalty to his class and geographic origins and his fondness for the moments of Sunday joy that allow people to endure. John raises Orhan Pamuk's claim (In Novel Dialogue last season) that the novel is innately middle-class; Caryl says that it's true that as a form it has always taken time and money to make–and to read. But “vicars and middle class people fall in love, too; they get betrayed and let down…a gamut of emotion that's as wide as anybody else.” He remains drawn to writers haunted by the past: Eliot, W.G. Sebald, the huge influence of Faulkner trying to stitch the past to the present. Mentioned in the Episode James Baldwin, Blues for Mister Charley, The Fire Next Time Richard Wright, Native Son Johnny Pitts, Afropean Caryl Phillips, Dancing in the Dark J. M. Coetzee, “What We like to Forget” (On Caryl Phillips) Graham Greene (e.g Brighton Rock and The Quiet American) wrote in “The Lost Childhood” (1951) that at age 14 ” I took Miss Marjorie Bowen's The Viper of Milan from the library shelf…From that moment I began to write.” Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter William Faulkner, Absalom, Absalom Read a transcript here Elizabeth Ferry is Professor of Anthropology at Brandeis University. Email: ferry@brandeis.edu. John Plotz is Barbara Mandel Professor of the Humanities at Brandeis University and co-founder of the Brandeis Educational Justice Initiative. Email: plotz@brandeis.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

Welcome to BookShook! This podcast is all about the first half of January's book, An Island by Karen Jennings published in 2021 (up to 50% on my kindle - that's half way, or the chapter beginning 'Samuel rose from the couch' if you're reading alongside). The idea of the podcast is that we'll split a book into two equal halves — a book that I and perhaps you have never read. In the first podcast, published on the second Friday of the month, we'll discuss the first half of the book. And then in the second podcast (published on the last Friday of the month - 28th January), we'll look at the second half of the book (in this case from 50% -- the chapter beginning 'Samuel rose from the couch...'). We'll see together how the novel concludes and decide whether it's a book we'd recommend to a friend - or not. Of course, you don't have to read the book, you can listen to it, or just follow along without doing either since I'll be summarising what happens (but be aware! - there will be spoilers). You can leave a comment below or send an email to bookshook@yahoo.com. Just so you're prepared, the book we'll be reading for February is The Quiet American by Graham Greene (so get that ready if you're going to read alongside). You can check out the podcast at bookshook.buzzsprout.com. Thanks for listening to BookShook! RogerContent Warning: There are some violent scenes in the book. Please check the content before proceeding.Future Reads:February: The Quiet American by Graham GreeneMarch: Bewilderment by Richard PowersApril: For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to BookShook! This podcast is all about the first half of January's book, An Island by Karen Jennings published in 2021 (up to 50% on my kindle - that's half way, or the chapter beginning 'Samuel rose from the couch' if you're reading alongside).  The idea of the podcast is that we'll split a book into two equal halves — a book that I and perhaps you have never read. In the first podcast, published on the second Friday of the month, we'll discuss the first half. And then in the second podcast (published on the last Friday of the month - 28th January), we'll look at the second half of the book (in this case from 50% -- the chapter beginning 'Samuel rose from the couch...'). We'll see together how the novel concludes and decide whether it's a book we'd recommend to a friend - or not. Of course, you don't have to read the book, you can listen to it, or just follow along without doing either since I'll be summarising what happens (but be aware! - there will be spoilers). You can leave a comment or start a conversation at the BookShook YouTube channel (link below) or send an email to bookshook@yahoo.com. The book we'll be reading for February is The Quiet American by Graham Greene (so get that ready if you're going to read alongside). Thanks for listening to BookShook! RogerContent Warning: There are some violent scenes in the book. Please check the content before proceeding.This episode will be available until April but all episodes can be listened and discussed at the  BookShook YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-UchFXG7hqzGyGQ7l1YIpgFuture Reads:February: The Quiet American by Graham Greene March: Bewilderment by Richard PowersApril: For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway

Happy Halloween! On today's terrifying adventure, no one can hear us scream as we discuss the 1979 Ridley Scott classic ALIEN (1979)!Films Referenced:A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)TO CATCH A THIEF (1955)NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)BANANAS (1971)PHANTASM (1979)POSSESSION (1981)CANNIBAL FEROX (1981)POLTERGEIST (1982)FLASHDANCE (1983)GHOSTBUSTERS (1984)DUNE (1984)PRETTY IN PINK (1986)ALIENS (1986)HELLRAISER (1987)GHOST (1990)ARMY OF DARKNESS (1992)ALIEN3 (1992)PULP FICTION (1994)CLERKS (1994)ALIEN: RESURRECTION (1997)THE QUIET AMERICAN (2002)ALIEN VS PREDATOR (2004)ALIEN VS PREDATOR: REQUIEM (2007)MARTYRS (2008)I SAW THE DEVIL (2010)PROMETHEUS (2012)JODOROWSKI'S DUNE (2013)HAPPY DEATH DAY (2017)ALIEN: COVENANT (2017)HALLOWEEN KILLS (2021)DUNE (2021)

In 1955, Graham Greene published "The Quiet American", part character confession and part political allegory, set amidst the changing of the colonial guard in Southeast Asia. As the French powers puff their last breaths in Vietnam the American agenda starts making its strident moves and there, observing all from the inside, is cynical British journalist Thomas Fowler. Forced into defending his own private sanctuary and selfishness, Fowler grows embroiled in a conflict with CIA agent Alden Pyle that is as symbolic as it is sympathetic. Josh and Scott talk PIPES and chase the metaphorical dragon over this sophisticated narrative as Season 3 continues.

Today's guests were suggested by one of my patrons, Maja Zweck.  Nicole and Aaron Keim are trained musicians who play ukulele as the duo “The Quiet American”, and luthier Aaron also makes beautiful handcrafted ukuleles at Beansprout Musical Instruments, at their home in Hood River, Oregon.  After I recorded this interview another listener, Paul Gissing, also suggested I talk to Aaron – so chances are you should all enjoy it! Some show-related links below: Jumpin' Jim's Ukulele Songbooks Boulder Acoustic Society Denver Ukefest Heidi Litke Mya-moe ukuleles Dan Sawyer Marmalade Creations Dame Judi Dench's rude embroidery James Hill Songs played on the show: Greasy Coat (Traditional) Cold Frosty Morn (Traditional) Carved into my Heart (Nicole and Aaron Keim) Go to the Ukulele Is The New Black YouTube channel for a playlist to hear these songs as well as other content relating to the episode For more information about Aaron and Nicole, and to buy their books and CDs, go to QuietAmericanMusic.com, and check out Aaron's ukuleles at thebeansprout.com.  And of course there's also a whole lot of content on Aaron's YouTube channel. Ukulele is the New Black is produced by me, Meredith Harper.  I wrote the theme tune and I performed it with Janine Chandler, Jim Croft, Jasmine Fellows, Paul Marsh, Sandra Shaw and Chris Williams.  Seb Carraro does the graphic design. Thanks to my $10 and over Patreon supporters for helping me to make this podcast: Ukulele Legend: Linda Dodwell Ukulele Champions: Debbie Hoad, Maja Zweck & Christopher Boatwright The music played in this episode is licenced under a Podcasts (Featured Music) agreement with APRA AMCOS.

Each weekend we invite, Chris Walsh, Editor of the NT Independent online newspaper, onto the podcast to talk about some of the stories making news in the Territory. This week's stories are: 1. American who sparked lockdown won't say if he is vaccinated 2. NT Parliament shut down with no make-up dates planned 3. ‘We need help': Alice Springs MLA pleads for real action as police lay charges over recent incidents 4. Teen charged for attempted rape in Katherine break-ins over two years, not publicly reported at the time 5. Daly by-election set for September 11, date catches CLP by surprise --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/territorystory/message

My latest movie review The Quiet American from 1958 A thriller set in Vietnam in the fifties starring Michael Redgrave

TIM GLISTER talks to Paul Burke about his new novel RED CORONA and the 8 books that set him on the path to becoming a spy writer.Red Corona: It's 1961 and the white heat of the Space Race is making the Cold War even colder. Richard Knox is a secret agent in big trouble. He's been hung out to dry by a traitor in MI5, and the only way to clear his name could destroy him. Meanwhile in a secret Russian city, brilliant scientist Irina Valera makes a discovery that will change the world, and hand the KGB unimaginable power. Desperate for a way back into MI5, Knox finds an unlikely ally in Abey Bennett, a CIA recruit who's determined to prove herself whatever the cost… As the age of global surveillance dawns, three powers will battle for dominance, and three people will fight to survive…Published by Point BlankCrime Time FM also get the exclusive reveal of the title of the next novel in the Richard Knox series...Books discussed:The Spy Who Came in from the Cold John le CarréFrom Russia with Love Ian FlemingOur Man in Havana and The Quiet American   Graham GreeneThe Ipcress File Len DeightonAscent Jed MercurioTo the Lions Holly WattThe Spy and the Traitor Ben McIntyreRed Corona https://uk.bookshop.org/a/137/9781786077790Produced by Jem&SonMusic: Don't Wait - Southgate and LeighCrime Time https://www.crimetime.co.uk/Paul Burke twitter @paulodaburkaPhoto credit Mark Rusher

Guests: Lucy Laforge, Aaron Keim Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown We’ve reached a milestone I never expected to happen: This is our 100th episode and 10th anniversary show. Somehow, there’s symmetry and meaning there, but I’m not quite sure what it is. Come join Lucy of Lucy and La Mer, Aaron Keim of the Quiet American duo as they join us for a very special two-part show. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ooktown Make a donation: https://donorbox.org/info-ooktown-com-ooktown-podcast-donations Subscribe on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ooktown-the-ukulele-podcast/id436722774 OokTown YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRWKuVjsJKQUHYXaXXfmGtA Links: - Lucy and La Mer: https://www.listentolucy.com/ - Lucy and La Mer on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD_aW6u5zlI&ab_channel=LucyAndLaMer - Aaron Keim - Quiet American: https://www.quietamericanmusic.com/home - Bean Sprout Musical Instruments: https://www.thebeansprout.com/ - Steely Dan - Aja: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-FMrz7OwLo - The Wrecking Crew: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrecking_Crew_(music) - Boulder Acoustic Society: https://www.boulderacousticsociety.net/ - Menucha's Ukulele Band Camp: https://menucha.org/programs/uke-band-camp - Port Townsend Ukulele Festival: https://centrum.org/port-townsend-ukulele-festival-performances/ - Hawaii Ukulele Festival: https://www.ukulelefestivalhawaii.org/en/ - Craig and Sarah: http://craigandsarah.com/ - Daniel Ward: https://danielward.net/home - Kala Koa Ukuleles: http://www.kalakoa.com/ukulele/ - McCabe's in LA: https://www.mccabes.com/ - Crepe by Radiobread: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jb3QEkNieg - Tyde Custom Instruments: https://tydemusic.com/pages/custom - Bean Sprout Ukulele Gallery: https://www.thebeansprout.com/gallery/2020/8/1/alojvz8p79ti2vvy9fsuenwffoktaz - Billie Eilish ukulele: https://shop.fender.com/en-US/ukuleles/concert/billie-eilish-signature-ukulele/0971752106.html - Steven Espaniola: https://www.stevenespaniola.com/ - The ‘Ukulele: A History: https://www.amazon.com/Ukulele-History-Jim-Tranquada/dp/0824836340 - I'll Never Smoke Weed With Willie Again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX-7QejAi8M - Pandemic Pluckers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pandemicpluckers/ - OokTown Podcast Ep. 63: https://www.stitcher.com/show/ooktown-ukulele-podcast/episode/ep-63-my-new-years-resolution-is-1080p-53526459 - Chewbacca door!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMn-9lbwl0w

Catholicism's greatest novelist, Graham Greene, pits a cynical Englishman against an American optimist in a triangle of love and war. Who is the better man? He who believes in and dies for something, or he who wants to die and believes in nothing? 

In this episode I am talking with Australian Production Designer Annie Beauchamp. Her work includes Black Mirror, The Lego Movie, On Becoming a God in Central Florida, Top of the Lake: Season Two, Sleeping Beauty and Art Directing on on films like The Quiet American and Moulin Rouge! to name a few. Living and working in Australia, she also traveled to many locations includingSouth Africa, Brazil, Vietnam and the US in New Orleans and Los Angeles. She is currently nominated for an ADG award for her episode “Striking Vipers” in the Black Mirror series.

In this episode I am talking with Australian Production Designer Annie Beauchamp. Her work includes Black Mirror, The Lego Movie, On Becoming a God in Central Florida, Top of the Lake: Season Two, Sleeping Beauty and Art Directing on on films like The Quiet American and Moulin Rouge! to name a few. Living and working in Australia, she also traveled to many locations includingSouth Africa, Brazil, Vietnam and the US in New Orleans and Los Angeles. She is currently nominated for an ADG award for her episode “Striking Vipers” in the Black Mirror series.

On this episode team fun discusses, "Judy" (2019), "Jojo Rabbit" (2019), "The Quiet American" (2002) and "Parasite" (2019). A lively discussion!

We find out what Kate's book club made of Dr Fischer of Geneva, or The Bomb Party, by Graham Greene. Published in 1980, at the end of Greene's life, this novella explores ideas of love, morality, good and evil, but did it strike any chords with our book club? Listen in to find out. In our regular interview we talked to Phil Chaffee about his intellectually hard-hitting book club, and the conversations that change you. And we finish with some recommendations for your next book club read. Get in touch with us at thebookclubreview@gmail.com, follow us on Instagram @thebookclubreviewpod, on Twitter @bookclubrvwpod, or leave us a comment on iTunes. Get in touch – we'd love to hear from you. Subscribe and never miss an episode. Books mentioned in this episode: Compass by Mathias Enard (trans. Charlotte Mandel), A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, Brighton Rock and The Quiet American by Graham Greene, Babette's Feast by Isak Dinesen, The Earthsea Quartet by Ursula Le Guin, Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi and Lullaby by Leïla Slimani (trans. Sam Taylor). For our next book club we will be reading and discussing Swing Time by Zadie Smith.

Thomas Fowler, British reporter in his 50s, has been in Saigon for a few years, happily living with Phuong, his young Vietnamese mistress. Despite the conflict between the French and the Viet Minhs, life is not so bad. Until the arrival of Pyle. Alden Pyle is an American, very well mannered, quiet, and in love with Phuong. Will this love destroy his friendship with Fowler? But what if Pyle had ulterior motives? Why is he really in Saigon? Could he have been sent on a special mission? What if there was more than the eye could see and more at stake politically than everyone knows? A wonderful story of love in the midst of political intrigues by a world famous British author :)

The New Elizabethans: Graham Greene. To mark the Diamond Jubilee, James Naughtie examines the lives and impact of the men and women who have given the second Elizabethan age its character. Graham Greene was among the foremost novelists of the Second Elizabethan age. He was a master of moral guilt and cold war intrigue with novels such as The Quiet American, Brighton Rock and The End of the Affair. The New Elizabethans have been chosen by a panel of leading historians, chaired by Lord (Tony) Hall, Chief Executive of London's Royal Opera House. The panellists were Dominic Sandbrook, Bamber Gascoigne, Sally Alexander, Jonathan Agar, Maria Misra and Sir Max Hastings. They were asked to choose: "Men and women whose actions during the reign of Elizabeth II have had a significant impact on lives in these islands and/or given the age its character, for better or worse." Producer: James Cook.

After a decade of making independent films with personal and political points Salt director Phillip Noyce (Dead Calm, Patriot Games, Rabit-Proof Fence, Quiet American) has returned to the big screen with a sleeper-spy action film. See if it's spiced up his career.  

I have been interested in doing a mix of field recordings ever since I did the shortwave mix last year. I've been collecting field recordings from various sources & even bought a digital recorder so I could do my own phonography.I haven't really had the time to seriously record anything but I did manage to squeeze a few of my own things into this new mix. There is very little proper music in this mix. It's mostly field recordings that I downloaded from sites like Quiet American and SoundTransit. Some of the recordings are from cd's that I own. Most of the music is music that already has field recordings built into the track. I used two tracks from a great cd by Emanuele Errante called "Migrations". a few other tracks came from Geir Jenssen 's "Field Recordings From Tibet". A couple of other cuts came from "Classifields - Trips 6" on Tripostal. One of the Tripostal tracks is "A Sunday Walk" by Nim is a Tree, which I already used in the Netlabel Mix. It's such a great cut that I had to use it again. I also sneaked some loops into the mix here & there. Some of my favorite field sounds are trains, so you'll hear various train sounds a few times. I also like empty train station reverb, so that fades in & out a couple times. The sounds range from a resonant pipe in a rain storm to foghorns to church bells to chanting to arrival anouncements to piano and an open window. I know that some field recordings may be interesting but really listenable, not musical enough. I think this mix works pretty well & is easy to listen to. Sorry there is no track list. It's nearly impossible to keep track of what's playing & when in this mix. Most of the time there several tracks playing at once. It was a lot of fun putting this together and hope you enjoy the trip.

Phillip Noyce's Catch a Fire follows he real life story of an black South African who is radicalized after being wrongly accused. It follows the director's Rabbit Proof Fence and The Quiet American.  The film is about being awakened to the world around you and moments that change your life forever.