Podcast appearances and mentions of solomon northrup

The Poet (delayed) Ep. 42: In My Marrow Available: August 1, 2024 In My Marrow I am drenched in freedom - Soaked to the bone. - Even more, it's in my marrow. I brought it from the womb And will take it to the dust. Place chains on my wrists, yet I am free; Make my walls into iron bars, yet I am free For my mind is unchainable and My heart uncageable. Abdication is my only threat. I'm Socrates free I'm William Wallace free. I'm Solomon Northrup free. I'm Viktor Frankl free. I am Human; I am Free - It's in my marrow. In this episode, I read my poem, “In My Marrow,” and discussed the principle of belonging to ourselves and the importance of knowing who we are what are values are. In doing so, I drew upon the wisdom of Maya Angelou, Brene Brown, Solzhenitsyn, Nietzsche and Jung.I'd love to hear what you have to say about the episode including thoughts on the poetry and the topics that were discussed. You can email me at poetdelayed@gmail.com. My first book of poetry, My Mother Sleeps, is availabe for purchase at The King's English Bookshop (https://www.kingsenglish.com/search/author/%22Edgar%2C%20Scott%20R.%22) and Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/Scott-R.-Edgar/e/B0B2ZR7W41%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share) Holding my book at The King's English Bookshop https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/b/b1c4f464-ff8b-4fd1-8632-8c458a232c1a/olfoSxre.jpeg

National fruitcake toss day. Entertainment from 1977. Martin Luther excommunicated, Alaska became 49th state, Motorola clam shell flip phone went on sale, Bit Coin created. Todays Birthdays - J.R.R. Tolkien, Stephen Stills, Victoria Principle, Mel Gibson, Danica McKellar. Conrad Hilton died.Intro - Pour some sugar on me - Def Leppard http://defleppard.com/Fruitcake toss - Page TurnerTonights the night (gonna be alright) - Rod StewartBroken down in tiny pieces - Billy Crash CraddockRESPECT - Aretha FranklinBirthday - The BeatlesBirthdays - In da club - 50 Cent http://50cent.com/ Southern cross - Crosby, Stills & NashAll I have to do is dream - Andy Gibb and Victoria PrincipleThe Wonder Years TV themeExit - It's not love - Dokken http://dokken.net/https://cooolmedia.com/

It's the end of February 2023 and we've handpicked a few of our favorite history stories from this month. Today, we'll be talking about: The Death of Solomon Perel, who as a young Jewish boy during World War II joined the Hitler Youth to avoid being killed by the Nazis The discovery of encrypted letters written by Mary Queen of Scots while she was in prison A new study that examined Impressionist paintings and found they may have depicted air pollution The discovery of a pendant belonging to the first wife of King Henry VIII As well as a number of monumental historic anniversaries including the 110th birthday of Rosa Parks and the 100th anniversary of the opening of King Tut's Tomb. And we'll also discuss some incredible stories from Black history that we published in February, including Solomon Northrup and the 54th Massachusetts regiment https://allthatsinteresting.com/today-in-history/february-26 credits: https://allthatsinteresting.com/podcast-credits Please fill out our listener survey to give us some feedback: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/airwave History Uncovered is part of the Airwave Media network: www.airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The final film in our mini-season of heist film's is Steve McQueen's 2018 movie WIDOWS. After (ultimately, to be expected) differing reviews, we talk about ways in which this film deals with a number of different manifestations of loss — doing so even through the cinematography — and ultimately shows a certain amount of escape or relief in the endings of some of the characters. Next Time Our next mini-season will be looking at Disney animations and their recent live-action adaptations, and we begin with the 1967 classic THE JUNGLE BOOK (‘I wanna be like yoo-oo-oou…'). Recent Media MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (2003): Peter Weir, Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany GET DUKED! (2019): Ninian Doff, Eddie Izzard, Kate Dickie THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT (2020): Walter Tevis, Scott Frank, Anya Taylor-Joy Recommendations 12 YEARS A SLAVE (2013): Solomon Northrup, Steve McQueen, Chiwetel Ejiofor THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. (2015): Guy Ritchie, Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer GET OUT (2017): Jordan Peele, Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams S.W.A.T. (2003): Clark Johnson, Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE (2018): Drew Goddard, Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo Footnotes This is a good place to start, for facts about the director of this film: www.britannica.com/biography/Steve-McQueen-British-director-screenwriter-and-artist. Rob talks about the 7 stages of grief, and this is a good primer: www.medicinenet.com/loss_grief_and_bereavement/article.htm#:~:text=The%20seven%20emotional%20stages%20of%20grief%20are%20usually,be%20emotional%2C%20physical%2C%20social%2C%20or%20religious%20in%20nature. We don't dwell on the awfulness of the killing of Marcus much, but this is a powerful interactive tool on police killings in the US: interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2020/know-their-names/index.html. Looking for articles about 'moving on' in cinema, as all the women have to do, I came across this list (not quite relevant, but it was interesting enough to include!): www.pajiba.com/guides/15-movies-about-moving-and-moving-on.php. Finally, here's a link to our episode about a film which — as Sam discussed — shares a number of similarities with WIDOWS: www.kaiju.fm/prestige/3-17-21-grams-change-and-grief. Find Us On Podchaser - https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-prestige-417454 Follow Us - https://www.twitter.com/prestigepodcast Follow Sam - https://www.twitter.com/life_academic Follow Rob - https://www.twitter.com/kaijufm Find Our Complete Archive on Kaiju.FM - https://www.kaiju.fm/the-prestige/

Farheen Abbas is the kind of person you want to be friends with the first time you meet her. She is engaging, quick-witted and energetic. She's my first guest who chose to talk about a book from her childhood, and it was amazing how relevant the book still is today. We ventured all over the place in this wide ranging talk - from Manga to how movies depict slavery to reading difficult books as a child. I know you're going to love hearing from her as much as I did. Support the Best Book Ever Podcast on Patreon Follow the Best Book ever Podcast on Instagram or on the Best Book Ever Website Host: Julie Strauss Website/Instagram/Facebook   Guest: Farheen Raza Abbas Instagram/ Podcast /Radio Caravan   Discussed in this episode:   The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom The Next Person You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom Pokemon Classic Chapter Book Collection Sailor Moon 1 by Naoko Takeuchi Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 1 by Akira Toriyama Chobits 20th Anniversary Edition 1 by CLAMP The Crucible by Arthur Miller Hamilton Selma The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown Origin by Dan Brown Juliet, A Novel by Anne Fortier Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare   Discussed in our Patreon Exclusive clip: Flight #116 is Down! By Caroline B. Cooney Lord of the Flies by William Golding The Lost Sisterhood by Anne Fortier Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom Selma The Patriot Harriet Movie Twelve Years a Slave (PS from Julie – this is also an excellent book by Solomon Northrup, and the audio version is especially gripping) Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey Dog Man by Dav Pilkey Who Was? and What Is? Books (Note: this link is for a boxed set of 25 books, but the books are also available individually)

Farheen Abbas is the kind of person you want to be friends with the first time you meet her. She is engaging, quick-witted and energetic. She's my first guest who chose to talk about a book from her childhood, and it was amazing how relevant the book still is today. We ventured all over the place in this wide ranging talk - from Manga to how movies depict slavery to reading difficult books as a child. I know you're going to love hearing from her as much as I did. Support the Best Book Ever Podcast on Patreon Follow the Best Book ever Podcast on Instagram or on the Best Book Ever Website Host: Julie Strauss Website/Instagram/Facebook   Guest: Farheen Raza Abbas Instagram/ Podcast /Radio Caravan   Discussed in this episode:   The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom The Next Person You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom Pokemon Classic Chapter Book Collection Sailor Moon 1 by Naoko Takeuchi Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 1 by Akira Toriyama Chobits 20th Anniversary Edition 1 by CLAMP The Crucible by Arthur Miller Hamilton Selma The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown Origin by Dan Brown Juliet, A Novel by Anne Fortier Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare   Discussed in our Patreon Exclusive clip: Flight #116 is Down! By Caroline B. Cooney Lord of the Flies by William Golding The Lost Sisterhood by Anne Fortier Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom Selma The Patriot Harriet Movie Twelve Years a Slave (PS from Julie – this is also an excellent book by Solomon Northrup, and the audio version is especially gripping) Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey Dog Man by Dav Pilkey Who Was? and What Is? Books (Note: this link is for a boxed set of 25 books, but the books are also available individually)

Coming Home                                                                           Luke 7:36-50                          A Sermon preached by Rev. Malcolm Frazier, Foundry United Methodist Church August 5, 2018 One of our most endearing sentiments is that of “Coming Home.”  It has a universal appeal and touches us in a special way.  Some of our most popular movies are about coming home.  You might recall some of these:  Movies: Argo – Ben Affleck plays a CIA agent who launches a plan to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the US hostage crisis in Iran in 1979. Lion – starring Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman. The story of a 5-year old Indian boy who gets lost in the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home.  He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia.  25 years later he sets out to find his lost family. The Martian – Matt Damon and Jessica Chastian.. Matt plays an astronaut who becomes stranded on Mars after his team assumed he was dead. The Trip to Bountiful – stars the late Geraldine Page as a woman who wants to return to her home during the post-World War II 1940s. When she gets there she finds that the town is deserted. She is moved to tears as she surveys her father’s land and the remains of the family home. Accepting this reality she is at peace – she had gone back home before she died. Lassie Come Home – starring Roddy McDowall, Elizabeth Taylor, and the canine actor, Pal. The movie is set in Depression-era Yorkshire, England.  Lassie’s owners are poor, so they sell their dog to a rich Duke.  His granddaughter knows that the dog is unhappy so arranges for her to escape. Lassie sets off to go home and escapes many dangers before returning to her home. 12 Years A Slave – Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Solomon Northrup, a free African-American man who is 1841 is kidnapped in Saratoga Springs, New York and enslaved again. After some intervention by key people, he is restored to freedom and returns to his family after 12 years. As he walks into his home, he sees his wife with their son and daughter (fully grown) and her husband, who present him with his grandson and namesake, Solomon Northrup Staunton.  Northrup apologizes for his long absence while his family comforts him. Rabbit-Proof Fence – an Australian film set in 1931, about 3 mixed-race Aboriginal young girls who are kidnapped and placed in a camp where they are to be trained to be servants to white families. The three girls escape, one is captured again, and the other two follow a rabbit-proof fence and walk 1500 miles in nine weeks to get back home.  Personal stories of coming home When I came home from college Coming home from England as a first-year student Homecoming in the Black Church Homecoming on Howard’s campus 50-year high school reunion Whenever I came home for the holidays I would drive through my hometown.  Sharon Daloz Parks writes in Big Questions Worthy Dreams that it has been said that home is the most powerful word in the English language.  It is where we start from.  It is what we aspire to.  To be at home is to have a place where we are comfortable; know that we belong, can be who we are; and can honor, protect, and create what we truly love.  To be home within one’s self, place, community, and the cosmos is to feel whole and centered in a way that yields a sense of power and participation.  (To be at home is to be in a special rhythm of life, engaging in patterns of work, play, and diverse relationships.  We have a support system, etc)  Diana Butler Bass in Grounded writes that home happens in numerous geographies and in a number of different dwellings. Home is more than a house. It is a sacred location, a place of aspiration and dreams, of learning and habit, of relationships and heart. People are out of place.  Transient moderns make their homes in new places.  I have been a transient.  When I accepted a position with Global Ministries in New York, I sat in an empty apartment in Maryland the day before and cried and cried and cried.  When the Board moved its headquarters from New York to Atlanta, I moved with it and sat in an empty apartment prior to leaving and cried and cried and cried.  When I was informed that my appointment with the Board was ending, I accepted an appointment in Washington, DC.  The day before I left Atlanta, I sat in an empty apartment and cried and cried and cried.  I cried because I had established a strong relationship in each place and the people had made me feel at home.   TRANSITION  Diana reminds us that home can be a place of horror as well. Too many people have experiences of a home that shelters sickness and addiction, of homes that deteriorate from carelessness and neglect, or homes broken apart through willful violations of the relationships in them, resulting in reports of domestic violence.  I would add reports of incest.  Some social scientists refer to home-centered violence as intimate terrorism.   Those who have no home: The homeless in our midst – mention the ID ministry Those kids kicked out of their homes because they are LGBQT Those who are part of the global migration crisis A recent report from the GBCS share that an estimated 65.3 million people were displaced from their homes by conflict and persecution. Tens of thousands of unaccompanied children are annually apprehended at U. S. borders. For refugees Church World Service reports that the wait in a refugee camp is at least 10 years. Church World Service reports that the vetting process for refugees can take up to two years. Only the most vulnerable are referred, accounting for less than 1% of refugees worldwide being resettled.  TRANSITION  Now let’s look at the Lucan passage that was read this morning. Explore with me how this text informs our theme of Coming Home. While the themes of sin and forgiveness are important, I will focus on how the three main characters relate to each other. This story is set in Galilee early in Jesus’ ministry. Simon the Pharisee – a member of the group of Jewish people who followed a strict code of religious laws. They play the role of Jesus’ opponents, practicing a lifestyle of separation from unbelievers or Jews outside of their own group. The word Pharisee means “separated.” They consider themselves more holy and righteous than ordinary men. In fact, Luke reports in the 30th verse that the Pharisees refused to be baptized by John and rejected God’s purpose for themselves. So why did the Pharisee invite Jesus to his house for dinner? Let’s begin with the fact he could. He had the wealth and thus the power to do so. And he could be selective about who he invited. His attitude is ambivalent – he addresses Jesus as Teacher but did not show hospitality. Why not? Perhaps because he was busy hosting his other guests that he was trying to impress. Simon was perhaps giving Jesus an assessment, trying to determine his credentials. The Pharisee, with his arrogance, represents those who look down on others. (talk about the scene in “Philadelphia” when the librarian looks with disdain on Tom Hanks’ character) The woman – who is referred to as a sinner Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza in an essay from In Memory of Her points out that the story does not say what kind of sinner the woman was. A sinner could be a criminal, a ritually unclean or a morally bad person, a prostitute, or simply the “wife of a notorious sinner.”  (Jesus was always in the company of people like her and others) Look at her actions – she enters the dinner scene uninvited, ignoring the boundaries of class and patriarchy. She washes Jesus’ feet and dries them with her hair. Touching or caressing a man’s feet could have sexual implications, as did letting one’s hair down in public. She created quite a scene. Jesus – so what does he do? Jesus challenges us to confront the Pharisees in our society. He exposes Simon’s lack of hospitality (he did not greet him with a kiss, offer him water to wash his feet, or offer to put oil on his head) In the Middle East the importance of honor and shame is very high. Jesus showed bad table manners by insulting his host and in doing so becomes the host, as evidenced by his encounter with the woman. I would like to suggest that Jesus presents a model for how we should confront people and structures that prevent everyone from being included, feel wanted, affirmed and protected. We say NO to immigration policies that prevent us from welcoming the neighbor. We say NO to the Book of Discipline that would deny T. C. Morrow the privilege of serving as an elder. We say NO to institutions that tolerate the abuse of the elderly, the mentally challenged or other vulnerable We say NO to the racism in our penal system, causing a disproportional number of black and brown persons in mass incarceration. We say NO to sexism in Corporate America and our churches. We say NO to white supremacists, participating in love rallies. We say NO to racial profiling. We say NO to schools that pass kids through who cannot read.  TRANSITION  As I approach my conclusion, let’s look at the importance of the scene being one of a dinner. I frame this again around the work of Diana Butler Bass, who writes in Grounded about John Wesley’s emphasis on holy habits and declares: Home is a training ground for spiritual and ethical habits that we take out into the world, with the door and table being the school for holy habits. It is around tables where we learn what to eat and how, ways to set a table for special meals or guests, how to share customs and traditions, and how to serve others. (share personal story about Cambodia or China) The table is the earthly manifestation of God’s presence, the “heavenly feast,” where all are fed and sustained and no one suffers from the lack of anything. This closely aligns with the Pacific Islanders practices of reciprocity and mutuality. Times of fellowships and meals are inherently spiritual as they promote the body’s growth by making the mundane sacred. Meals are never just a time of eating, it is always a time of sharing the journey. Meal times are times of celebration and feasting. The abundant display of food affirms the bountiful providence of God, a celebration of what God is able to do in the midst of scarcity. (share about my meals with them)  As I reflect on this text, I marvel at how Jesus, by assuming the role as host, transforms this home into a sacred place where all are welcome. All means all. Larry Stookey writes in Eucharist that Jesus’ fellowship is a manifestation of a new creation, which embraces all who are discriminated against in the course of human activity. To this feast, all are invited by God on equal terms. No one approaches the feast by means of merit, but all are invited by grace. There no one can boast or dominate or exclude, for this is Christ’s feast.  Christ is the host and the one who sets the rules (of acceptance, mutuality, and inclusion). Maya Angelou writes that the ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned. Foundry UMC, as I come home to my annual conference, I will partner with you to welcome anyone who wants to join our family – anyone who wants to make Foundry UMC their home.  No one will be excluded.  

Hello History Friends and welcome back to rememberinghistory.com where we are remembering history and we’re making history. I’m glad that you have returned for this fantastic, trailblazing and incredibly amazing series called “6 Fun and Easy Ways to be inspired by history”! And I believe this series really is all those things. Why? Because anything that can help to inspire us in so many different ways (and to such great heights) must be fantastic, trailblazing and incredibly amazing-or at least just incredibly amazing!    What have we learned so far?  In Part I, we discovered that you can be inspired by books about history.  I’m not talking about the 800 or 1,000-page history textbooks from high school and college though some people could be inspired by them. But I am talking about history as great literature.  I mentioned the “non-fiction novel” that was first used by Truman Capote when he wrote In Cold Blood.  Then I also mentioned the Pulitzer prize-winning book, The Devil in the Grove, written by Gilbert King that brought the setting and players of the early civil rights movement to life. Definitely get that book!   I discussed and read excerpts from slave narratives and from Frederick Douglass’s autobiography, which presented history directly from the people involved.  In short, we discovered that books about history can be amazingly inspirational when they are works of real literature that tell stories rather than feed us names, dates and death counts.  As David McCullough said, “No harm is done to history by making it something that someone would want to read.”  I have many inspirational books about history in the bookstore at rememberinghistory.com.  So, I hope that you’ll look there and find something for you. Remember that I have personally read and vetted these sources so you can trust them.  Or you can hold me accountable if you don’t like them.   Today (in Part II), we will examine another way to be inspired by history.    Watch Great Movies    I understand that there are lots of people who just prefer not to read.  Or they have to read all day so they don’t want to spend their evenings and weekends reading too. I get that! And I don’t make any judgments.   There are fantastic movies that bring history to life and are amazingly inspirational too. Just like books, movies walk the line between fiction and nonfiction.  Here are some examples: Amistad (about the transatlantic slave trade and a group of captured Africans who demand to be returned home). Twelve Years a Slave (about the experience of Solomon Northrup who was a free black man, captured and sold into slavery for 12 years), Glory (about a black army troop during the Civil War), Schlinder’s List (about the Jewish holocaust and the rescue of Jews during WWII), Saving Private Ryan (follows a marine troop during World War II), Lincoln (about the passage of the 13th Amendment), Selma (about the civil rights movement, including the marches and protests to demand voting rights) and many other movies immersed audiences in great historical events or the lives and experiences of people from the past.  (By the way, I just want to mention that most of these movies are based on books, nonfiction novels—they are great reads!) These movies could be called big screen equivalents of Capote’s nonfiction novel.  Still, these types of movies are firmly based in fact but they present as stories. In movies, this means that there is some creative license to “fill in details” or make slight changes to the truth, the true story, in order to make the story flow well and connect on the screen.    Other movies are purely works of fiction but are so well researched and presented that they also cross the line into inspirational works of true history. Remember The Color Purple showed life in the 1920s American south for Celie who endured racism, sexism and abuse before she discovered her own power and self-worth. Beloved by Toni Morrison which shows the horrors of slavery and the aftermath—emotional, physical and psychological effects—of that terrible practice. Other movies brought painful stories to life but also inspired us to overcome our own challenges and hardships.  Personally, I will never forget the film, Men of Honor, with Cuba Gooding, Jr. Who could fail to be inspired by that movie?  I could go on and on (you know that I can) about the different movies and how they can be so inspirational but I promised to keep it wiki (remember that’s Hawaiian for quick) so I won’t mention any more of them but I will encourage to follow the link (if you’re reading the blog) or go to the Remembering History Podcast page on Facebook for a great list and discussion of these movies.  And remember that you can purchase them in the Books & Stuff store on the website.   On a slightly different note, leaving the nonfiction novel-type of movie, I want to mention documentaries. No sighs or rolling eyes please!  Documentaries usually delve deeply into a particular person’s life, an historical event or a situation. They are similar to history textbooks except (obviously) they are visual and they tend to give a more full, more realistic and more lively picture.  They will not use creative license to fill in facts. They present the facts so it is a different genre than a movie like Saving Private Ryan, for example. But documentaries are usually wonderfully well written, well researched and well presented.  They are worth your time and attention because they will—they do—inspire.   Let me give some examples about documentaries made about former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. (Yes, he is one of my heroes!)  There was the documentary called With All Deliberate Speed (2004) which actually contains interviews with some of the people involved in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case. Vernon Jordan, Julian Bond are interviewed. And Thurgood Marshall’s son gives an inspiring and emotional interview about the case and his father.  Another documentary called And Justice for All (2005) discusses the Brown case and gives the background about segregation and the fight to desegregate the public school system. Not boring listening with facts and numbers flashing on the screen. Instead there is real footage, interviews, discussions and explanations about the civil rights movement. People are telling their stories. And we hear Thurgood Marshall’s story.  Literature on the small screen! And inspiration can be felt throughout the film. Biography and History Channel have many excellent documentaries and you can find them on the rememberinghistory.com website in the bookstore.   So, movies based on history can be incredibly, amazingly inspirational. Documentaries can be equally inspirational. Don’t be put off by documentaries—they are more than visual textbooks, they are collections of living history. Both movies and documentaries are also educational and informative.  And entertaining too. Remember as David McCullough said that “No harm is done to history by making it something that someone would want to read”, I will take it a step further to say that no harm is done to history by making something that someone would want to watch!   So, Part II of this 6-part series on “Fun and Easy Ways to be inspired by history” is to Watch movies and documentaries. Watch. Learn. Be inspired.   That is all for today, history friends! I hope that you have enjoyed this part of the series and have found a useful way to connect with history. But we’re not done yet. We still have part three and, no, I won’t give any sneak peeks into the third way to be inspired by history. You will just have to listen to the podcast or read the bodacious blog tomorrow.   I look forward to seeing you tomorrow at rememberinghistory.com where we are remembering history and we’re making history. Bye for now.     

Master Cat! Jose Silerio shows how the Debate beat in this year’s Best Picture Oscar® winner does exactly what it should, setting up the Theme Stated and telling the audience what this story is about: how Solomon Northrup will live… and not just merely survive. Listen... The post Save the Cat!® Podcast: The Debate Beat in 12 Years a Slave appeared first on Save the Cat!®.

Master Cat! Jose Silerio shows how the Debate beat in this year’s Best Picture Oscar® winner does exactly what it should, setting up the Theme Stated and telling the audience what this story is about: how Solomon Northrup will live… and not just merely survive. Listen...The post Save the Cat!® Podcast: The Debate Beat in 12 Years a Slave appeared first on Save the Cat!®.

This week on A Taste of the Past, Linda’s guest is culinary historian, storyteller, and Soul Food authority, Tonya Hopkins. Linda and Tonya talk about American master cook Anne Northrup (wife of Solomon Northrup) and the significance she had on American cuisine and in particular, soul food. This program has been sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery. Today’s music provided by Plexophonic. Image from Accessible Archives “People think of ham as cooked and salted, but people made their own ham back then.” [26:00] —Tonya Hopkins on A Taste of the Past

British director Steve McQueen adapts the memoir of Solomon Northrup, a middle class free man from New York kidnapped and sold into slavery in the American south.

Tuesday November 5th show we will discuss 12 years a slave and the bulllying that took place in the Miami Dolphins Locker Room between Richard Incognito and Jonathan Martin. Tune in tomorrow at 5pm Central Standard Time. To call in dial 347-826-9600 press option 1 to talk. 

’12 Years A Slave’ directed by the extremely talented, Steve McQueen, (‘Shame’) is simply put…Brilliant. Written by John Ridley, based on Solomon Northrup’s best selling memoir, published over 160 years ago, this is a true story of one man’s fight for survival and freedom. Eight years before the Civil War, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor) a […]