Podcasts about Sycorax

The Orlando siblings audition smallfolk and question Sycorax.   DiCaprio Devereaux loses many spell slots while handing out chocolate. Doc Hop turns off her body camera. Rex Maximus solves a door puzzle and punches everyone.   STARRING - Austin Yorski: https://bsky.app/profile/austinyorski.bsky.social Laura Kate Dale: https://bsky.app/profile/laurakbuzz.bsky.social Quinn Larios: https://bsky.app/profile/rollot.bsky.social   SUPPORT - Patreon.com/AustinYorski Patreon.com/LauraKBuzz Patreon.com/WeeklyMangaRecap   AUDIO - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHrF-ZfdwIk Kirby Super Star OC ReMix by TSori & Others: "Until the Next Dance" [Meta Knight: Ending]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeEvMkYAU1o Katherine Cordova - YouTube Dragon Warrior VII OC ReMix by Bluelighter...: "Deeper in the Heart" [Days of Sadness] (#3762) EarthBound OC ReMix by The Vodoú Queen: "Get Down with Your Bad Self, Mr. Saturn!" [Hi Ho] (#4798) Mother 3 OC ReMix by Sebastien Skaf: "Your Warmth" [Theme of Love] (#4850) OC ReMix #499: Little Nemo 'Nemo for Strings' [Dream 1: Mushroom Forest] by Gux Zelda: Breath of the Wild OC ReMix by RebeccaETripp...: "Bard in the Rain" [Kass] (#4813)   COMMUNITY - Discord: https://discord.gg/YMU3qUH Wiki: https://dicefunk.ludo.au/

In the final of three special episodes Georgina talks to two more of the authors short-listed for the much coveted 2025 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, Nydia Hetherington for Sycorax and Samantha Sotto Yambao for Water Moon (Samantha Sotto Yambao image (c) Charm Cataag) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Cymbeline siblings challenge the Orlando siblings to a prank competition.   DiCaprio Devereaux recovers items for Andronicus, Enobarbus, and herself. Doc Hop recovers items for Orlando and Sycorax. Rex Maximus recovers items for Viola and himself.   STARRING - Austin Yorski: https://bsky.app/profile/austinyorski.bsky.social Laura Kate Dale: https://bsky.app/profile/laurakbuzz.bsky.social Quinn Larios: https://bsky.app/profile/rollot.bsky.social   SUPPORT - Patreon.com/AustinYorski Patreon.com/LauraKBuzz Patreon.com/WeeklyMangaRecap   AUDIO - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHrF-ZfdwIk Kirby Super Star OC ReMix by TSori & Others: "Until the Next Dance" [Meta Knight: Ending]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeEvMkYAU1o Katherine Cordova - YouTube Dragon Warrior VII OC ReMix by Bluelighter...: "Deeper in the Heart" [Days of Sadness] (#3762) EarthBound OC ReMix by The Vodoú Queen: "Get Down with Your Bad Self, Mr. Saturn!" [Hi Ho] (#4798) Mother 3 OC ReMix by Sebastien Skaf: "Your Warmth" [Theme of Love] (#4850) OC ReMix #499: Little Nemo 'Nemo for Strings' [Dream 1: Mushroom Forest] by Gux Zelda: Breath of the Wild OC ReMix by RebeccaETripp...: "Bard in the Rain" [Kass] (#4813)   COMMUNITY - Discord: https://discord.gg/YMU3qUH Wiki: https://dicefunk.ludo.au/

Ding dong! Desdemona is dead... for now. The siblings celebrate a year without the diamond dragon.   DiCaprio Devereaux makes a peace offering to Rosaline, the enemy of smallfolk. Doc Hop returns home to her mother Sycorax, while declining to have her arm fixed. Rex Maximus visits the increasingly charmed Viola at her alpine lake.   STARRING - Austin Yorski: https://bsky.app/profile/austinyorski.bsky.social Laura Kate Dale: https://bsky.app/profile/laurakbuzz.bsky.social Quinn Larios: https://bsky.app/profile/rollot.bsky.social   SUPPORT - Patreon.com/AustinYorski Patreon.com/LauraKBuzz Patreon.com/WeeklyMangaRecap   AUDIO - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHrF-ZfdwIk Kirby Super Star OC ReMix by TSori & Others: "Until the Next Dance" [Meta Knight: Ending]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeEvMkYAU1o Katherine Cordova - YouTube Dragon Warrior VII OC ReMix by Bluelighter...: "Deeper in the Heart" [Days of Sadness] (#3762) Zelda: Breath of the Wild OC ReMix by RebeccaETripp...: "Bard in the Rain" [Kass] (#4813)   DISCORD - https://discord.gg/YMU3qUH

Charlie and Nydia Hetherington (Sycorax) discuss the witch Shakespeare's Prospero hates so much and Nydia's reimagining slash prequel to The Tempest. This involves conversation about chronic illness, attitudes to women in regards to the occult, and on a seemingly unrelated subject, the tendency of pirates to leave problematic people on isolated islands. A transcript is available on my site General references: W H Auden: The Sea And The Mirror Books mentioned by name or extensively: Libby Colman: Trixie - The Childhood Of Sycorax, Witch Of Algiers Margaret Atwood: Hag-Seed Marina Warner: Indigo Nydia Hetherington: A Girl Made Of Air Nydia Hetherington: Sycorax Tad Williams: Caliban's Hour William Shakespeare: The Tempest Release details: recorded 4th December 2024; published 14th April 2025 Where to find Nydia online: Website || Instagram Where to find Charlie online: Website || Instagram || TikTok Discussions 01:20 The initial inspirations - theatre and Nydia's chronic condition 10:23 Research and inspirations in regards to other adaptations 12:58 More on Nydia's dedication to Shakespearean writing 13:58 Disability and women being witches put together 20:01 The good women in the book, Yemma and Zari 24:11 Including Barbarossa the pirate and the way pirates left criminals isolated 28:26 Afalkey the Beautiful and charming men 30:05 The role the Crow plays 32:48 What Nydia is writing at the moment 34:30 Nydia's William Blake novel she mentioned earlier

Author : Sheree Renée Thomas Narrator : Premee Mohamed Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Tree of the Forest Seven Bells Turns the World Round Midnight” originally appeared in Sleeping Under the Tree of Life and was reprinted in Sycorax's Daughters Hounds of Tindalos Strange Things Happen at the 1-2 Point Sarah […]

This week in Read On, author Nydia Hetherington tells us how living with a chronic yet hidden illness inspired her to write the untold story of Shakespeare's witch, Sycorax and also her debut novel, A Girl Made of Air. She also tells us how many spoons it took to narrate the audio version herself.  

The carbuncle search moves to the lair of Sycorax, steel dragon mother of our favorite doctor.   DiCaprio Devereaux claims an amphora. Doc Hop thrifts a toothbrush. Rex Maximus frees a prisoner.   STARRING - Austin Yorski: https://bsky.app/profile/austinyorski.bsky.social Laura Kate Dale: https://bsky.app/profile/laurakbuzz.bsky.social Quinn Larios: https://bsky.app/profile/rollot.bsky.social   SUPPORT - Patreon.com/AustinYorski Patreon.com/LauraKBuzz Patreon.com/WeeklyMangaRecap   AUDIO - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHrF-ZfdwIk Kirby Super Star OC ReMix by TSori & Others: "Until the Next Dance" [Meta Knight: Ending]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeEvMkYAU1o Katherine Cordova - YouTube   DISCORD - https://discord.gg/YMU3qUH

They say urban legends aren't real and are only cautionary tales to keep unruly children at bay, but there are elements underlying these stories that are far more terrifying than any monster or ghoul. The biggest horror? We, as Black people, have learned to fear ourselves. In 2022, Jay sat down with Dr. Kinitra Brooks to guide this conversation. Beyond being a horror scholar, she is a horror fan. She's authored two books: Searching for Sycorax: Black Women's Hauntings of Contemporary Horror and Sycorax's Daughters, and is working on her next work about Conjure Women. She is also the Audrey and John Leslie Endowed Chair in Literary Studies in the Department of English at Michigan State University. __________________________ Black History Year (BHY) is produced by PushBlack, the nation's largest non-profit Black media company. PushBlack exists to amplify the stories of Black history you didn't learn in school and explore pathways to liberation with people leading the way. You make PushBlack happen with your contributions at BlackHistoryYear.com — most people donate $10 a month, but every dollar makes a difference. If this episode moved you, share it with your people! Thanks for supporting the work. Hosting BHY is Jay (2020-2023) and Darren Wallace (2024). Our producers are Cydney Smith and Len Webb. BHY's executive producers are Julian Walker and Lilly Workneh. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the far future, humanity has a remedy for everything. Whatever the problem, Pharma Corps has the answer and a designer disease tailored to every human's blood type. Zanzibar Hashtag has no need to be sad, scared, stressed, or depressed ever again.That is until vicious aliens arrive on her space station intent on opening its Vault. What will it mean for the human race if the Sycorax take control of what's inside?And when the Seventh Doctor arrives on the scene, can he convince Zanzibar to care about her life long enough to help him? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the far future, humanity has a remedy for everything. Whatever the problem, Pharma Corps has the answer and a designer disease tailored to every human's blood type. Zanzibar Hashtag has no need to be sad, scared, stressed, or depressed ever again.That is until vicious aliens arrive on her space station intent on opening its Vault. What will it mean for the human race if the Sycorax take control of what's inside?And when the Seventh Doctor arrives on the scene, can he convince Zanzibar to care about her life long enough to help him? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The complete audiobook is available for purchase at Audible.com: voicesoftoday.net/caliban Caliban Upon Setebos or Natural Theology in the Island. By Robert Browning Narrated by Denis Daly Caliban is a major character in The Tempest by Shakespeare. He is a deformed monster, the offspring of Sycrorax, a witch. Prospero, a magician who presides over the island where Caliban dwells, has made him a servant. This galls Caliban's spirit, as he believes himself to be the rightful ruler of the island. Setebos is the deity who was worshipped by Sycorax, and is mentioned by Caliban in two scenes. In Act 1 Scene 2 Caliban ruefully compares the power of Prospero and Setebos. In Act 5 Scene 1 Caliban appeals to Setebos for help when driven into Prospero's cell in company with the traitorous drunks Trinculo and Stephano. The meaning of this dramatic monologue has long been contested by critical scholars. One popular interpretation is that it is a bitter commentary on the inapplicability of theology in resolving political conflicts. Another is that barbaric people appeal to barbaric gods and more civilized people appeal to more elevated and more powerful deities.

CHRISTMAS is a time of giving, and over the years, Character Options have given us a host of figures based on the Doctor Who festive specials. We've had Doctors, Sycorax, Kylie, Daleks, Bannakaffalatta, Rassilon and even a Dalek! We also talk about some of the figures that never were - and should have been! Kenny and Dave discuss figures, before Character Options's Al Dewar pops in for a special chat ahead of the festivities!

During his voyage around the world in 1577-1580, Sir Francis Drake captained a ship named the Golden Hinde. On this ship lived a woman named Maria, whose plight we only know about because of a record kept by an anonymous sailor who mentions her in one line of a manuscript currently housed at the British Museum in London. The line is short, but the history it references is immense. The line reads ““Drake tooke… a proper negro wench called Maria, which was afterward gotten with child between the captaine and his men pirates, and sett on a small iland to take her adventure.” Some historians believe that Shakespeare was inspired by this report to write the character Sycorax in his play The Tempest, since Sycorax is also an African woman, abandoned by sailors on an island while heavily pregnant. Here today to share with us the history of Maria, her story, and how much we can learn about whether her plight overlaps that of Shakespeare's play, is our. Guest, and author of On Wilder Seas, the book that imagines what Maria's story might have been based on the history we can know about her.   Get bonus episodes on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hablamos del colonialismo, del feminismo y del poder del mito y las historias para transmitir ideologías. Venta a naufragar en la isla de Caliban y Sycorax.

It's a Race against time the sands of time are closing in and the Doctor finds himself back on earth but being ruled by Sycorax in the Year 2055 what happened ? how did they gain control? And who's watching from the shadows ? Starring Craig Richardson as The Doctor Xavier⛓ as The Trickster Ethan Horton As The Valeyard Lewis St Louis as The Sycorax Music by Soundsmyth Productions Story Written by Lewis St Louis Edited by Star CRIAB-LEETE --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pp15/message

Troy and Crispy bring you their most exciting interview to date, as they chat to Jon Davey - a man who has played monsters in 50 episodes of the revival era of Doctor Who! From Daleks and Cybermen to Hath and Sycorax, Jon tells all about his time on Doctor Who, his favourite costumes, cool behind the scenes stories... and even shares his thoughts on the incoming Ncuti Gatwa's 15th Doctor! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/redcrispypro/message

In this episode of "History in Reverse" we compare the 1956 movie "Forbidden Planet" to the play "The Tempest". "Forbidden Planet" was one of the early big budget science fiction movies. In fact it was nominated for its special effects. "Forbidden Planet" was loosely based on "The Tempest", so that's why we decided to compare the two. We want to mention that Prospero did not kill Sycorax (the mother of Caliban). She was already dead when Prospero and Miranda arrived on the island. As always you can write us at history.in.reverse.podcast@gmail.com and let us know what you think.

Back to discuss the historical Faust, "Faustian science," Sylvia Federici, Sycorax and Prospero in Shakespeare's The Tempest, Martin Heidegger's anti-Semitism, The Devil's Miner, and the future of the podcast.

Prospero orchestrates a meeting between his daughter, Miranda, and King Alonso's son, Ferdinand, who is wandering the island in mourning for his father, who he presumes is dead. He is mesmerized by Ariel's music and falls in love with Miranda the moment he sees her. Prospero confronts Ferdinand and saddles him with chores while he and Miranda visit Caliban, Sycorax's son, who Prospero enslaved after he attempted to rape Miranda. Later, Ferdinand declares his love to Miranda and vows to marry her and bring her back to Naples as his Queen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Catedrática, escritora y estudiosa de la obra de poetas latinoamericanas, Maria Auxiliadora Balladares es una voz necesasria en un proyecto como Hablemos, escritoras. Nacida en Guayaquil, Ecuador, a quien le ha escrito un libro, tiene una obra sensible, cercana de la naturaleza y la relación del hombre con ella, así como sobre violencia y una mirada al mundo que no sea narcisa. Estudió Literatura en la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, es doctora un Literatura hispanoamericana en la Universidad de Pittsburgh y editora de la revista Sycorax, donde también participan las escritoras Gabriela Ponce Padilla y Daniela Alcívar Bellolio. Su trabajo crítico reflexiona sobre temas como el debilitamiento de la metáfora en la obra poética entre muchos otros temas. Algunos de sus libros son: Guayaquil (Prefectura de Pichincha, 2019), caballo y arveja (Severo Editorial, 2021), Acantile duerme piloto (Funes editora, 2022) que pronto tendremos en Shop Escritoras. "La teoría debe estar ahí para dar belleza y profundida, no obligar decir al texto poético decir lo que dice la teoría". Vengan a una conversación que los va enriquecer enormemente. Mil gracias a Giulliana Zambrano, colaboradora de nuestro proyecto, por hacer esto posible. Vengan a www.hablemosescritoras.org a ver más de su obra.

Twelve years after having been deposed in a coup, Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, uses magical powers with the help of his spirit servant, Ariel, to shipwreck his enemies who are en route home from the wedding of the King of Naples' (Alonso's) daughter to the Prince of Tunis. Prospero's daughter, Miranda, frets over the fate of the voyagers, but Prospero reassures her that they are unharmed before telling her the truth about their history: His sister, Antonia, conspired with Alonso to overthrow Prospero, putting him out to sea with Miranda in a rickety ship in the hope that they'd drown. Fortunately, a noble citizen named Gonzala secreted some clothing, food and water onto the ship, along with Prospero's most prized books, by which he practiced magic. After Miranda falls asleep, Prospero beckons Ariel, who he commands to help him with more tasks now that the storm has ended. Ariel resists, but Prospero reminds the spirit that he freed it from slavery to the evil witch, Sycorax, who ruled the island until Prospero took over. After he threatens to re-enslave Ariel, the spirit relents and agrees to do Prospero's bidding. Once Ariel is gone, Prospero wakes Miranda to show her a wondrous sight… The Play On Podcast series, “THE TEMPEST”, was written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE and translated into modern English verse by KENNETH CAVANDER. Each episode was directed by ANDY WOLK. PROSPERO: JAY O. SANDERS MIRANDA: KIM WUAN ARIEL and JUNO: KUHOO VERMA CALIBAN: GREGG MOZGALA FERDINAND: GREG CUELLAR ALONSO: KEVIN KILNER ANTONIA: JORDAN BAKER SEBASTIAN: ANTHONY COCHRANE GONZALA: MARYANN PLUNKETT STEPHANO: BRENT JENNINGS TRINCULO: BARZIN AKHAVAN BOATSWAIN, CERES and Others: PACO TOLSON IRIS: NANCY RODRIGUEZ Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA, and ADA KARAMANYAN. Voice and Text Coach: JULIE FOH Episode scripts were adapted and produced by CATHERINE EATON Original Music by LAWRENCE SHRAGGE. Music Editor: MILES BERGSMA. Sound Design and Mix by LINDSAY JONES. Sound engineering by SADAHARU YAGI. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES). Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND. The Managing Director of Business Operations and Partnerships at Next Chapter Podcasts is SALLYCADE HOLMES. The Play On Podcast Series “THE TEMPEST” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION. Visit ncpodcasts.com for more about the Play On Podcast Series. Visit playonshakespeare.org for more about Play On Shakespeare. Hear more about the Play On Shakespeare Podcast series by subscribing to Play On Premium at ncpodcasts.com, where you'll find interviews with the artists, producers and engineers who brought it all to life. And remember: “We are such stuff as Dreams are made on”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Merry Christmas, again! For the second week in a row, we've got a very special holiday episode. This time, it's the series 2 Christmas special, "The Christmas Invasion"! It's the first Tenth Doctor episode, and he's got a lot to learn about himself, once he's done snoozing. Meanwhile, Earth is being attacked by mostly-irrelevant Santabots and mainly the Sycorax. How will Harriet Jones get us out of this one? She's the prime minister, by the way! Sam | Jordan Twitter | Cohost | Tumblr | Patreon | Discord | YouTube

A representative of the Abyss comes to the Queen City offering back the valuables they stole in exchange for the supernatural's help in dealing with Sycorax. The offer is not well recieved.

ATELIER VISIT WITH HARRIET SCOTT CHESSMAN: Recently we listened back through all of our ATELIER VISIT installments and, wow, it's a series just too damn good to leave scattered and languishing in the depths of our episode archives. So, for your pleasure, dear listener, we're gathering all these episodes together and running them back to back. These aren't interviews -- they're more intimate and creative than that -- and they're all unique in form and focus. Each is an atmospheric journey into the brilliant imaginative mind, process, and working environment of an artist sure to inspire you. You're welcome! HARRIET SCOTT CHESSMAN has published two novels with Atelier26 Books: The Beauty of Ordinary Things and Someone Not Really Her Mother. Her latest novel is The Lost Sketchbook of Edgar Degas. She wrote the libretto for the opera My Lai, a commission by Kronos Performing Arts Association with music composed by Jonathan Berger. On April 23, 2022 a concert version was performed at Carnegie Hall. Her new opera, Sycorax, created in collaboration with Austrian composer Georg Friedrich Haas, was performed at Buehnen Bern Theater in Bern, Switzerland, in 2022. Mentioned in this episode: A room of one's own; woodland vistas; spareness and light; Ikea desks; poetry; haiku; breath; writing librettos; opera; My Lai; The Tempest; justice; the writer's connection to -- and contribution to -- the world. Music: "Ballerina" by Yehezkel Raz; "Ever I Wander" by Jameson Nathan Jones; "Afternoon Mist" by Yehezkel Raz (All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/in-the-atelier/support

If you're a regular listener, you know that I've been absent for quite a while—with good reason! Today's episode gives you a sneak peek in where I've been, I discuss "The Woman King", and much, much more.Not set photos, but a trailer for Sycorax: https://youtu.be/dmOZqCGq1wMAnd a link with photos AND a bunch more information: https://buehnenbern.ch/spielplan/programm/sycorax/***A special, direct thank you to Amy W, Victoria B, Susanna E G, James R P, Kathleen A, Marshall F, Elizabeth S, Jackie B, Haddayr C-W, Scott J K, Abigail P, Marty W, Meg B, JP R, aeric meredith-goujon, Sinclair Sexsmith, KillerB1973, Sara L E, The Adipositivity Project, Kathleen M, Andrea, DK Leather, Stephanie S, Michelle D, and Michael O'B.You are helping make this show possible. Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/all-that-and-mo. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sally takes a swim in the river after a few days' absence from the boat, reflecting on how her natural surroundings fuel her writing. Her thoughts turn to her mother, who loved music; and she plays a song by Nina Simone, which Sally has often used as a teaching aid in her creative writing classes. It's an elegiac song, and Sally ponders how songs can help us unpick the difficult narratives of our own lives. At the end of the episode, Sally gets bad news about Philip, an old friend and student. She reaches for a passage from Shakespeare's The Tempest, an enraptured speech about music and the beauty of nature, and dedicates it to Philip in the final hours of his life. Further Reading The passage which Sally reads at the opening and ending of the episode is a rhapsodic speech by Caliban in Act 3, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's The Tempest. Caliban is the original owner of the island, having had it bequeathed to him by his mother Sycorax; but Prospero, the Duke of Milan and a magus, has taken over the isle, and enslaved Caliban. Despite his servitude and the brutality of his treatment, Caliban shows he is poetically attuned to the enchantments of the island. Many of the phrases and images in this speech link us to Prospero's famous reflections in Act 4 Scene 1, on the beauty and the transience of life and the inevitability of death: “our revels now are ended.” Sally's mother is a central character in her critically praised memoir (although Sally prefers the term “anti-memoir”) Girl With Dove, published by William Collins. You can find out more about her writing on Sally's website: https://sallybayley.com/ Nina Simone was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist, who recorded more than 40 albums between 1958 and 1974. The song Stars, which Sally analyses, was written and released by Janis Ian in 1974. Nina Simone covered it on the album Let It Be Me in 1987 and sang it live at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1976. The melancholy of the live performance reflects Simone's mourning for the passage of time, the fate of the anti-racism aspirations of the 1960s civil rights movement, and her own decline in popularity and stardom. The song can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/track/1OXBfwBYtj2AAKi6jom1qT#login This episode is dedicated to Professor Philip J. Stewart, who passed away shortly after it was recorded. Philip was a remarkable polymath who worked across the arts and sciences; with characteristic modesty, he described himself as a “Jack of all trades and master of none”. He studied Arabic and in the 1960s had a brief career as an Arabist, translating a novel by Nobel Prize winning author Naguib Mahfouz. He then took a second degree in forestry and worked in forest conservation and erosion control in Algeria, before teaching ecology in Oxford and writing widely on topics from chemistry and astronomy to music. When he retired, he dedicated himself to literature, writing a book about ten poets who lived or wrote on Boars Hill where he lived – poets such as Robert Graves, Matthew Arnold and John Masefield - called Oxford's Parnassus (Bothie Books, 2021). Since this episode was recorded, Sally has heard from Philip's daughter that she did indeed read Caliban's speech to him before he passed away The producer of the podcast is Andrew Smith: https://www.fleetingyearfilms.com The extra voice in this episode is Emma Fielding and the beautiful piano tracks used in the episode are written and performed by Paul Clarke We are currently raising funds to pay to keep the podcast going. If you would like to support us, please visit - https://gofund.me/d5bef397 Thanks to everyone who has supported us so far. Special thanks go to Violet Henderson, Kris Dyer, and Lady Ronia.  

Joan Kane (director, writer, performer, educator) recently performed her script of Almost 13 in the Edinburgh Festival Fringereceiving a five-star review. She also got favourable reviews for her direction of Safe and what do you mean in New York and Edinburgh.  She is the founding Artistic Director of Ego Actus Theatre Company. Off Broadway, she directed Sycorax at HERE, Play Nice! at 59e59 theatres, and I Know What Boys Want at Theatre Row. She directed Six Characters in Search of an Author in Oslo, Norway and Kafka's Belinda in Prague. Joan was awarded Best Director in the United Solo Festival where she has directed six pieces. She was named to the Indie Theatre Hall of Fame by nytheatre.com.  She has also directed plays and readings at the Lark, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Urban Stages, Workshop Theatre, Nylon Fusion, Abingdon Theatre, Oberon Theatre, the Samuel French Short Play Festival, T. Schreiber Studio, and many others. Joan is an alumni of the LaMama directing and playwriting symposiums in Umbria, Italy. She is a member of the Playwright/Director unit at Actor's Studio, the League of Professional Theatre Women, the Dramatists Guild, and the Society of Stage Directors & Choreographers Some key points from our interview:·        How she believes that being broken is ok ·        How in the summer of 1969 she witnessed a gang member being murdered and she was then raped by the murderer to silence her·        How she became a selected mute after these traumas, as she was too scared to speak out·        How a friend encouraged her to go for therapy at high school as she was having obtrusive dreams·        How she was encouraged at a writing retreat in Italy to share her story·        How it took her many years to write her story down due to shame and denial·        How writing has been her escape from trauma and her therapy too·        How she's passionate about storytelling and wrote “Almost 13” which are her memories of a young girl's violent summer in Brooklyn and plays all 10 characters herself ·        How she believes we can all have horrible things happen to us, but we can survive them too Review of Almost 13  - “Joan Kane sets an example to others to face up to their stories and to be prepared to share them in order to disseminate, perhaps dissipate and gain some healing through the process”Hosted by Madeleine Black, the show will share stories of all the amazing people Madeleine has met on her own journey as an author/speaker and these stories will heal, motivate, inspire and bring hope when they share their wisdom and knowledge with her.She really believes in the power that comes when we share our stories, that in fact we are not story tellers but story healers. Tune in to discover what helped them to stay unbroken and together we will discover that none of us are broken beyond repair.You can find out more about Madeleine, her story and her memoir, Unbroken,  from her website: https://madeleineblack.co.uk/You can listen to the full extended series of incredible stories on https://www.buzzsprout.com/1386718   Short of time but want to tune in?Watch Short Vlog Versions on our You Tube Channel HERE

L. Marie Wood is an award-winning dark fiction author, screenwriter, and poet with novels in the psychological horror, mystery, and dark romance genres. She won the Golden Stake Award for her novel The Promise Keeper. She is a MICO Award nominated screenwriter and has won Best Horror, Best Action, Best Afrofuturism/Horror/Sci-Fi, and Best Short Screenplay awards in both national and international film festivals. Wood's short fiction has been published in groundbreaking works, including the Bram Stoker Award Finalist anthology, Sycorax's Daughters and Slay: Stories of the Vampire Noire. Her academic writing has been published by Nightmare Magazine and the cross-curricular text, Conjuring Worlds: An Afrofuturist Textbook. She is the founder of the Speculative Fiction Academy, an English and Creative Writing professor, a horror scholar, and a frequent speaker in the genre convention space. Learn more about L. Marie Wood at www.lmariewood.com SOREN LIT Podcast Producer and Founding Editor: Melodie J. Rodgers, MFA Website: sorenlit.com Email: sorenlit4women@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melodie-rodgers/message

#Premios #CondorDePlata #MariaLuisaBemberg #Entrevista #VanessaRagone #Cine #CC25DeMayo #Premio Todos los ganadores de la 70 edición de los Premios Cóndor de Plata El CC25 de Mayo fue sede de la 70 edición de los Premios Cóndor de Plata que distinguieron lo mejor de la producción nacional del año 2021 estrenada en cines o a través de las diversas plataformas digitales disponibles en el país. Durante la ceremonia también se entregaron por primera vez tres nuevos galardones. El premio Leonardo Favio que fue a parar en manos del notable director argentino Adolfo Aristarain, 12 veces ganador del Cóndor de Plata; el premio María Luisa Bemberg a la destacada productora Vanessa Ragone, y el premio Salvador Sammaritano, al crítico, docente e investigador Fernando Martín Peña. Por último, se anunció que el próximo 14 de noviembre en el CCK tendrá lugar la 1 entrega de los Premios Cóndor de Plata a las series estrenadas en plataformas digitales y televisión entre el 1 de enero de 2021 y el 15 de octubre de 2022. Las nominaciones serán anunciadas a finales de octubre. Ganadores Película de Ficción: El perro que no calla de Ana Katz Película Documental: Esquirlas de Natalia Garayalde y Una casa sin cortinas de Julían Troksberg Ópera Prima: Karnawal de Juan Pablo Félix Película en Coproducción con Argentina: Akelarre de Pablo Agüero (España, Francia y Argentina) Película Iberoamericana: El agente topo de Maite Alberdi (Chile) Corto de ficción: Sycorax de Matías Piñeiro y Lois Patiño Corto documental: Terminal norte de Lucrecia Martel Dirección: Ana Katz por El perro que no calla Actriz Protagónica: Érica Rivas por El prófugo Actor Protagónico: Leonardo Sbaraglia por Errante corazón Actriz de Reparto: Mónica Lairana por Karnawal Actor de Reparto: Alfredo Castro por Karnawal y Carlos Portaluppi por El perro que no calla Revelación Femenina: Nina Vera Suárez Bléfari por Implosión Revelación Masculina: Daniel Katz por El perro que no calla Guion Original: Gonzalo Delgado y Ana Katz por El perro que no calla Guion Adaptado: Natalia Meta y Leonel D'Agostino por El prófugo, basado en el libro “El mal menor” de C.E. Feiling Dirección de Fotografía: Bárbara Álvarez por El prófugo Montaje: Martin Sappia y Julieta Secco por Esquirlas Diseño de sonido: Guido Berenblum por El prófugo Música Original: Luciano Azzigotti por El prófugo Canción Original: “Volveré” de Diego Bravo y Osvaldo Laport para Bandido Diseño de Vestuario: Regina Calvo y Gabriela Varela Laciar por Karnawal Dirección de Arte: Ailí Chen por El prófugo y Federico Mayol por El apego Maquillaje y Peluquería: Néstor Burgos por El apego Premio María Luisa Bemberg: Vanessa Ragone Premio Leonardo Favio: Adolfo Aristarain Premio Salvador Sammaritano: Fernando Martín Peña Premio al Mérito Periodístico: Guillermo Courau, Catalina Dlugi, Javier Luzi, María Fernanda Mugica y Juan Pablo Russo. Premio del público BA Audiovisual: Implosión, de Javier van de Couter Si quieren invitarme un cafecito: https://cafecito.app/cineconmcfly ☕ Seguí todas las novedades del mundo del cine y los últimos estrenos videocomentados en: En Twitter: http://twitter.com/pablomcfly En Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cineconmcfly En Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/pablomcfly

On this episode it’s time to start the 10th doctor era as the crew talks about The Christmas Invasion with a doctor lite episode to start, the human aspect of regeneration, the Sycorax reminding Kevin of other scifi, slapstick humor that works, Tennant comes out swinging, the genius of regeneration, a politic moment that rocks. … Continue reading Going Through Who 15.3: The Christmas Invasion →

Am 17. September wurde in Bern die neue Oper "Sycorax" des Komponisten Georg Friedrich Haas uraufgeführt. Inhaltlich orientiert sich das Stück an Shakespeares "Sturm", Was aber bringt das Libretto von Harriet Scott Chessman Neues? Und wie hat Haas die Oper musikalisch gestaltet? Jörn Florian Fuchs war bei der Premiere in der Schweiz dabei.

I have the magnificent Mollena Lee Williams Haas as my guest. We speak about the opera Sycorax and its characters. About women in opera, people of color in opera, and generally about how to make stories that translate to as many people as possible. About opera as a way to make people see what life is. Also, about Georg Friedrich Haas, and about our previous collaboration in Mollena's and GF's joint piece Hyena.  The music is an excerpt of Hyena, the live recording of the première at Wien Modern, with Mollena speaking, Klangforum Wien playing and me conducting. The recording can be found here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oa4uCKbj4g&list=RD5oa4uCKbj4g&start_radio=1 By the way, contrary to what I'm announcing in the talk, we heard a bit of the BEGINNING of Hyena, not the ending.  Mollena's own podcast can be found here:  https://allthatandmo.com  

Discovering the building stones of Sycorax, the new opera by Georg Friedrich Haas. We hear some Haas, some Grisey, some Vivier, some Tibetan throat singers, and a wonderful Jubilate.    G.F. Haas - Limited Approximations - SWR Sinfonieorchester and Sylvain Cambreling  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoqvGLdjUhE&t=1540s Gérard Grisey - Partiels - Asko Ensemble and Stefan Asbury https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v7onrjN6RE&t=30s Claude Vivier - Lonely Child - AskoSchoenberg and Reinbert de Leeuw  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP23EnBQjw8 G.F. Haas - String Quartet no 9 - Jack Quartet  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk_2bg3utv8&t=409s W.A. Mozart - Exsultate, Jubilate - Julia Lezhneva and Helsinki Baroque Orchestra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLan_H8w8S4 W.A. Mozart - Ach, ich fühl's by - Christiane Oelze, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg96zrTe_jY              

The Treasure Hunt, a personal account by conductor Bas Wiegers about how a musical score functions as a treasure map and leads to a concert. Also an upbeat to the next episode, where I will tell you more about Sycorax, a new opera by Georg Friedrich Haas, opening at the Bern opera house in September 2022.    Mirela Ivicevic - Black Moon Lilith - RSB Berlin, Bas Wiegers  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unJRA38yvX8 Georg Friedrich Haas - in vain - Klangforum Wien, Sylvain Cambreling  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUfLkc_Smvg W.A. Mozart - Symphony no 40 - Concentus Musicus, Nicolaus Harnoncourt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5iVnSBOz6w          

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Today's Historic Story: The True Story of Candyman They say urban legends aren't real. That they're only cautionary tales to keep unruly children at bay, but there are elements underlying these stories that are far more terrifying than any monster or ghoul. The biggest horror? How we as Black people have learned to fear ourselves. We sit down with Dr. Kinitra Brooks to guide this conversation. Beyiond being a horror scholar, she is a horror fan. She's authored two books: Searching for Sycorax: Black Women's Hauntings of Contemporary Horror and Sycorax's Daughters, and is working on her next work about Conjure Women. She is also the Audrey and John Leslie Endowed Chair in Literary Studies in the Department of English at Michigan State University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

El Festival Cinelatino cerró sus puertas en la ciudad de Toulouse luego de proyectar caso 90 películas latinoamericanas inéditas o recientes. Conversamos con tres de los cineastas presentes en 2022. También en nuestro programa lo más reciente del cantante canadiense francófono Corneille, quien sacó al mercado su nuevo álbum, “Encre rose” (Tinta rosa). El Festival Cinelatino de Toulouse pudo celebrar su edición 34 sin restricciones y sobre todo, en presencia de numerosos cineastas latinoamericanos que pudieron viajar hasta esa ciudad del suroeste francés, que cada año ofrece una vasta selección de películas recientes de América Latina. Entre ellas estuvo la primera película del colombiano Joan Gómez Endara, con su, “El árbol rojo”, una historia con raíces en la costa Caribe de Colombia. La cinta relata la historia de, un hombre de mediana edad que un día tiene un encuentro inesperado con su media hermana cuya existencia desconocía. Tras la muerte del padre común, Eliécer debe llevar a Esperanza a la capital para que la cuide su madre, quien la abandonó cuando era un bebé. Comienza un viaje lleno de dificultades, peligros y música, desde la región Caribe hasta Bogotá, en compañía de Toño, quien sueña con aprender a boxear en la capital. Estas tres almas solas se reúnen en esta película entrañable, que muestra también la vulnerabilidad de la población colombiana durante el conflicto armado en Colombia, y la violencia que caracterizó esos años. El Festival de cine latinoamericano de Toulouse también seleccionó este año una cinta de ciencia ficción cubana. “Corazón azul” de Miguel Coyula, la propuesta más atípica de la competencia, relata un experimento genético para engendrar el "hombre nuevo socialista", que termina creando seres humanos inquietantes en una Cuba vacía, gris y donde nunca sale el sol. Esa es la historia de esta película "Corazón Azul". Se trata del tercer largometraje de Miguel Coyula, cineasta de la escena undergroung cubana, quien filma sin ningún apoyo ni autorización. Corazón Azul le llevó 10 años de trabajo. Otro director de cine poco convencional es el argentino Matías Piñeiro, autor de siete largometrajes que se han paseado por festivales pero que muy poco cinéfilos conocen. Su obra completa fue proyectada en la sección “Otra mirada” de Cinelatino, desde “El hombre robado”, “La princesa de Francia”, hasta su último largometraje, “Sycorax”. Los especialistas dicen que Matías Piñeiro es un ovni, un objeto no identificado del cine. En todo caso, el argentino reivindica la herencia de la Nouvelle vague y la idea de un cine de ruptura. “Encre rose” de Corneille Cerramos nuestro programa con el último trabajo del cantante de origen ruandés Corneille, quien regresó con un nuevo disco bajo el título “Encre rose”.

An Argentine woman translates "A Midsummer Night's Dream" while incessantly taping travel postcards to a wall. An actress in Buenos Aires seduces her colleague while rehearsing a scene for "Twelfth Night." A theater troupe flirts its way through rehearsals of "As You Like It" in an Argentine forest. If you're noticing a pattern here, you're not mistaken. These scenes all come from the films of Argentine filmmaker Matías Piñeiro. Born in Buenos Aires and now living in New York, Piñeiro has developed a cycle of six beautifully-filmed movies he calls “The Shakespeare Reads,” all of which are based around the female roles in Shakespeare's comedies. Piñeiro talks with Barbara Bogaev about his unique approach to his work and his craft. Matías Piñeiro is a screenwriter, director, and filmmaker. The six films in his “The Shakespeare Reads” series are "Rosalinda," "Viola," "The Princess of France," "Hermia & Helena," "Isabella," and the short film "Sycorax." Stream all of these films on MUBI, or buy them on Blu-ray and DVD from the Cinema Guild. Piñeiro teaches filmmaking at Brooklyn's Pratt Institute and coordinates the filmmaking department at the Elías Querejeta Film School in San Sebastián, Spain. From the Shakespeare Unlimited podcast. Published Tuesday, March 15. © Folger Shakespeare Library. All rights reserved. This podcast episode, “To Play a Pleasant Comedy,” was produced by Richard Paul. Garland Scott is the associate producer. It was edited by Gail Kern Paster. Ben Lauer is the web producer. Leonor Fernandez edits our transcripts. We had technical help from Andrew Feliciano and Evan Marquart at Voice Trax West in Studio City, California, and Josh Wilcox at Brooklyn Podcasting Studio in Brooklyn, New York.

Today I'm interviewing Anya Leigh Josephs, the author of the Young Adult Fantasy novel, Queen of All, which debuted in June of 2021. Anya Leigh Josephs was born in Boston, MA, raised in Chapel Hill, NC, and now makes her home in New York City. She has a BA from Columbia University and an MA from UCLA, both in English. When she's not writing, she teaches foster youth pursuing college degrees. She can also often be found playing Dungeons and Dragons, going to the theatre, reading door stopper fantasy novels, or worshipping her cat, Sycorax. Today, we're talking about stories that hit too close to home, what role your creative process should play in your life and how therapy, medication, and other mental health services made it possible for us to get through the publication process. Anya is currently [pursuing a degree in social work so you know this episode is full of gems related to creativity and mental health. She also has an incredibly inspiring personal story of courage, perseverance, and grace that I know is going to really resonate with so many of you who have been working on a single project for years and feeling unsure about the fate of it. So without further ado, take some time to settle in, and then enjoy my conversation with Anya Leigh Josephs. Connect with Anya online: Anya's Website Twitter Instagram Buy her books!

Written by Gabriel Brown. A spiritual sequel to the Christmas Invasion. Dave Ford is a rather overworked employee at UNIT forced to endure a rather messy day at the office. Little did he know that his day would go horribly wrong when one last Sycorax comes to punish and enslave... Starring Nathaniel Wayne, Al Levin, Hannah Price, Joel Cornah, Gabriel Brown, Addison Keen, Katie Rose and Dominic G. Martin Doctor Who: Remnants is a non-profit anthology fanmade audio series based on the hit BBC series Doctor Who, featuring dark standalone tales of the citizens of the galaxy coming face to face with sinister monsters and aliens from the Doctor's rogues' gallery. It's time for the Remnants to be unleashed! FOLLOW ON TWITTER | INSTAGRAM

We interview L. Marie Wood, author of Family Dinner. We discuss pantsing vs plotting, screenwriting, and more. L. Marie Wood is an award-winning psychological horror author and screenwriter. She won the Golden Stake Award for her novel The Promise Keeper. Her screenplays have won Best Horror, Best Short Screenplay, and Best Afrofuturism/Horror/Sci-Fi awards at several film festivals. Wood's short fiction has been published widely, most recently in Slay: Stories of the Vampire Noire and the Bram Stoker Award Finalist anthology, Sycorax's Daughters. Learn more about her at www.lmariewood.com or join the discussion on Twitter (@LMarieWood1). Buy her books: Telecommuting The Realm The Promise Keeper ***** All episodes are brought to you by the NIGHTLIGHT Legion. Join us on Patreon for as little as $1 per month to help us produce more stories for you to enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We interview Errick Nunnally, author of “You Call This An Apocalypse?” and Nicole Givens Kurtz, author of “Siren's Song”. Errick Nunnally was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, and served one tour in the Marine Corps before deciding art school was a safer pursuit. He enjoys art, comics, and genre novels. A graphic designer, he has trained in Krav Maga and Muay Thai kickboxing. He has appeared in several anthologies and is best described as “dark pulp.” His work can be found in FIYAH MAGAZINE, GALAXY'S EDGE, LAMPLIGHT, THE FINAL SUMMONS, PROTECTORS 2, NIGHTLIGHT PODCAST, and the novels, LIGHTNING WEARS A RED CAPE, BLOOD FOR THE SUN, and ALL THE DEAD MEN. Visit erricknunnally.us to learn more about his work. Interested readers can purchase a copy of Lightning Wears A Red Cape directly from the author. bookshop.org/shop/erricknunnally amazon.com/author/erricknunnally erricknunnally.us @erricknunnally Nicole Givens Kurtz is an author, editor, and educator. She's the recipient of the Horror Writers Association's Diversity Grant (2020). She's been named as one of Book Riot's Best Black Indie SFF Writers. She's also the editor of the groundbreaking anthology, SLAY: Stories of the Vampire Noire. Her novels have been a finalist in the Dream Realm Awards, Fresh Voices, and EPPIE Awards for science fiction. She's written for White Wolf, Bram Stoker Finalist in Horror Anthology, Sycorax's Daughters, and Serial Box's The Vela: Salvation series. Nicole has over 40 short stories published as well as 11 novels and three active speculative mystery series. She's a member of Horror Writers Association, Sisters in Crime, and Science Fiction Writers of America. You can support her work via Patreon and find more about her at http://www.nicolegivenskurtz.net. Social Media: Twitter- nicolegkurtz Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/NicoleGKurtz Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/NicoleGKurtz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“A nova mulher e a moral sexual” reflete o aprendizado político e as conquistas da revolução soviética na construção das novas relações de classe e gênero. Faz uma análise da situação da mulher na sociedade burguesa, que é restrita por um código moral em que a propriedade privada era – e ainda é – prioridade, a ela tudo se sujeitando. Alexandra Kollontai apresenta a necessidade da reorientação no comportamento do homem e da mulher, participantes da nova estrutura social que a revolução engendrou: um amor-companheiro, com direitos e responsabilidades iguais, com respeito à individualidade, com apoio mútuo. Essa é a parte 2 do episódio 010, com a participação de Cecilia Farias, doutoranda em linguística, integrante do coletivo de tradução anticapitalista Sycorax e colega podcaster no Punho e no Babel Podcast.

"A nova mulher e a moral sexual", de Alexandra Kollontai, faz, em 1918 uma crítica aguda às relações de dependência econômica e de subordinação das mulheres sobre as quais se constrói o casamento e a família tradicionais. Nele, a autora ressalta a importância da autonomia econômica, da construção da individualidade independente das mulheres, do seu desenvolvimento profissional e intelectual, da ruptura com os valores de feminilidade assentados na submissão. Uma ruptura que exige a transformação de mulheres e de homens, e que exige um investimento político concreto na mudança das condições de vida das mulheres para que as necessidades econômicas ou a maternidade não sejam empecilhos à sua libertação. Essa é a parte 1 do episódio 010, com a participação de Cecilia Farias, doutoranda em linguística, integrante do coletivo de tradução anticapitalista Sycorax e colega podcaster no Punho e no Babel Podcast.

Nothing good can come of two girls playing with conjure magic. This week's episode comes to us from Linda D. Addison, who tells us what it means to have power in your blood without respecting it.Linda D. Addison is an award-winning author of four collections, including How To Recognize A Demon Has Become Your Friend, and the first African-American recipient of the HWA Bram Stoker Award®. Her story, “The Power” was originally published in the 2004 anthology Dark Dreams. Addison is a co-editor of Sycorax's Daughters (Cedar Grove Publishing), an anthology of horror fiction/poetry by African-American women. You can catch her work in the anthologies Dark Voices (Lycan Valley Press), Cosmic Underground (Cedar Grove Publishing), Scary Out There (Simon Schuster), and The Beauty of Death (Independent Legions Publishing). Her site: www.lindaaddisonpoet.com. This week's episode is brought to you in part by our patrons. You can become a member of the NIGHTLIGHT Legion for as little as $1 and get access to perks such as behind-the-scenes updates, bonus stories, and extended interviews with our authors. All patrons also get ad-free episodes. If you prefer to make a one-time donation to help us pay Black writers, go to PayPal.Me/NightlightPodcast. This week's episode is also brought to you by Audible. Try Audible today by going to nightlightpod.com/audible to get 30 days and 2 books free! This week, I recommend FRESH INK, an anthology of stories that features an author aired on NIGHTLIGHT: Lamar Giles, who wrote Wilson's Pawn and Lawn, one of our most popular episodes so far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Author : Crystal Connor Narrator : Stephanie Malia Morris Host : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “The Monster” was originally printed in Strange Tales of Horror in 2011, and then reprinted in Crystal's collection And They All Lived Happily Ever After! as well as the anthology Sycorax's Daughters (where we […]

This episode was decided by listeners who responded to a poll I put up last week on Twitter asking if I should do a regular show for Episode 30 or if I should do a special episode with 30 random facts. If you're not already, follow @storybehindpod on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram so you can contribute to the show. What you decided was episode 30 should be 30 random facts, so without further ado, here we go! I'm your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind 30 Random Things. Many things we eat and drink contain grass. Not the kinds that necessarily grow in our yards, but varieties like wheat grass and barley grass are found in beer, whiskey and bread. A way to distinguish a monkey from an ape is their tails. Apes don't have tails, but monkeys do. Yams commonly found in your grocery store are probably sweet potatoes. True yams grow in Africa and Asia and are relatively tough to find. They are related to the lily family, while sweet potatoes are related to the morning glory family. But grocery stores distinguish sweet potatoes as being a firm sweet potato with a light flesh and a yam as being a soft sweet potato with a more orange or copper color. The moons and natural satellites of Uranis were named for characters in works by William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope, like Ophelia, Juliet, Belinda and Umbriel. The tradition was started by astronomer William Lassell, who discovered the first two in 1851. Cordelia from King Lear Ophelia from Hamlet Bianca from Taming of the Shrew Cressida from Troilus and Cressida Desdemona from Othello Juliet from Romeo and Juliet Portia from Merchant of Venice Rosalind from As You Like It Belinda, Umbriel  from Rape of Lock Puck, Titania and Oberon from A Midsummer Night's Dream Miranda, Ariel, Caliban, Sycorax, Prospero, Setebos, Stephano and Trinculo from The Tempest Hades, from Greek mythology, is not the basis for Satan in Christianity. Hades isn't necessarily a bad guy -- his job is simply to guard the Underworld, which is where all souls were believed to have gone when they died. There are parts of the Underworld where evil souls are tortured, much like Christianity's description of Hell, but souls considered good are rewarded in the Underworld. Erasers work by attracting the graphite from pencils off the paper and onto the rubber. Before our modern-day erasers, people would often use balled up bread to fix their mistakes on paper. Raisins were discovered accidentally when a San Fransisco grocer began selling grapes that had been dried out due to the heat wave 1873. He called them a “Peruvian Delicacy.” Eclair is the French word for Lightning. It's unclear why the cream-filled pastry is named that. One theory is that the name refers to the flaky outside and creamy inside being “light,” and a second theory is that it's eaten in a flash. Shirley Temple has fought soda companies twice for trying to market the ginger ale and grenadine drink named in her honor. Both times, she won. In 1988 when a California company tried to market Shirley T. Sparkling Soda, she was quoted by the New York Times as saying, “I will fight it like a tigress. All a celebrity has is their name.” If you've ever wondered where the phrase “Steal one's thunder” comes from, it's from John Dennis, an English dramatist from the 1700s, who invented a device for one of his plays that made a thunder sound. When his play flopped, the theater used the device for another play, causing Dennis to say, “That is my thunder, by God; the villains will play my thunder, but not my play.” “Steal my Sunshine,” the poppy ‘90s favorite by the brother-sister band Len isn't actually as positive as the title implies. It's been said the lyrics either refer to drugs or depression and how someone can make you feel worse by stealing your sunshine. The word “sychophant,” which basically means a self-serving suck up, has two possible origins. Both are pretty great. The first is that it comes from the Greek words “suko,” which means Fig, and “phantes,” which means people who reveal something. Back then, those who exported figs were doing so illegally, and anyone who told on them to authorities was called a Fig Revealer, or Suko-Phant. But the Oxford English Dictionary acknowledges this origin story to be unsubstantiated. The second origin comes from the Greek “sykophantes”, the Latin “sycophanta” and the Middle French version, “sycophante” in the 1530s, which also has to do with figs. In ancient Greece, it was a vulgar gesture to stick ones thumb between two fingers, which was thought to resemble a fig. It doesn't sound too bad until you find out that a fig was symbolic of a certain lady part. This gesture was commonly used as a taunt in Greek sporting events. Antarctica is the world's largest desert. Hard to believe, right? But a desert is actually defined not by sand or heat, but by the amount of precipitation it receives, and Antarctica only gets an average of 2 inches of snow per year. New words are added to English language at a rate of one new word every two hours. Coca-Cola bottles were designed when the company sponsored a competition to design distinctive bottles. At the time, all beverages were put in similar bottles, making it difficult to making it difficult to distinguish one drink from the other when kept cool in a bucket of ice water. The designer of the bottles originally wanted to draw inspiration from the coca leaf or kola nut, but the local library didn't have pictures of either. But he came up with the now iconic design of the Coca-Cola bottle after finding a picture of a cacao pod. “Enormity” is often thought to mean enormous, but it actually means extreme evil. It can be used, however, to mean a gigantic amount of evil. Remember the movie in which Sinbad played a genie called “Shazam?” Or reading the childhood books, “The Berenstein Bears” or even Curious George's tail? Yeah … those actually never happened. At least, according to what people are calling The Mandela Effect, a phenomenon where many swear they remember something one way, but it's actually different. By the way, there's no record of the movie Shazam, the books we read as kids were actually the BerenstAin Bears, and Curious George does not have a tail, which suggests he's an ape rather than a “little monkey,” as he's called in books. Eyes that are two different colors on a person is called Heterochromia. Some people mistakenly think David Bowie had this, but one of his pupils was permanently dilated his friend's fingernail sliced his eye when they got into a fight as teenagers. Mozart was so good at playing music at a young age, when he performed in London, people suspected him of being a drawf posing as a 9-year-old child. Austrian actress Hedy Lamarr wanted to help the war effort during World War II and, with the help of composer George Antheil, developed wireless communications technology we still use today in everyday objects such as cell phones. In “The Big Lebowski,” the word Dude is used 161 times and “man” is used 147. No one really knows why sometimes we get the sensation of falling when we're about to fall asleep. It's called a hypnic jerk and one theory is it's a leftover response from when humans used to sleep on branches in trees. V for Victory was popularized by Winston Churchill during World War II. But it was first proposed as a symbol for resistance to tyranny by Victor de Laveleye who was exiled to England after the Nazi invasion of Belgium in 1940. In case you ever wanted to kiss a baby iguana on the mouth, you might want to be aware that they often eat the poop of adult iguanas to get bacteria necessary for digesting their food. George Orwell's “1984,” written in 1949, shot to the top of Amazon Best-Sellers last week, which for those of you listening in the future was the second to last week of January 2017 following a number of references to the book on Twitter after Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway's statement that White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer used "alternative facts" when describing Inauguration Day. If you see a representation of a pirate wearing an eye patch, it's most likely not because he lost his eye -- a theory, which was deemed Plausible by “Mythbusters,” is that wearing an eye patch kept that eye's pupil dilated so seeing in the dark was easier when the patch was removed. Having this skill was handy when pirates had to go below deck quickly. Lincoln's famous beard was grown because 11-year-old Grace Bedell of Westfield, New York, wrote him a letter suggesting growing a beard to hide his gaunt face before the upcoming presidential election. On the way to his inauguration, he made a special stop in Westfield to meet Bedell and, shaking her hand, said,“You see? I let these whiskers grow for you.” As much as fans love him, Darth Vader only appears on screen for a total of 12 minutes in the original Star Wars. Not that I recommend you try it, but Romans used to effectively whiten their teeth with urine. There are two theories most probable about the origin of pink lemonade. Neither of them involve adding strawberry or raspberry to the mixture, as is common today and both involve the circus. One is that red cinnamon candies were accidentally dropped in a vat of lemonade in 1912 and, because there wasn't enough time to make a new batch, the lemonade was sold and became a hit. The second is that a lemonade salesman at the circus in 1857 ran out of water to make lemonade and grabbed a tub of water that was previously used to wash a performer's pink tights. The role of Shirley Temple was played by Laura McClellan from The Productive Woman podcast, John Dennis was played by Danny Savage from the podcast Idiom Savant, and Stargate Pioneer from Better Podcasting played Abraham Lincoln. Starting Thursday, The Story Behind will be doing more consecutive theme episodes starting with Forrest Gump February. Each episode will be the story behind a different pop culture or historical reference from the Tom Hanks movie. Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast app so you don't miss an episode. Follow The Story Behind: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Check out #PodernFamily on Twitter to find other great indie podcasts like this one. If you enjoy podcasts about history, literature, archeology, and the arts, check out the hashtag #HumanitiesPodcasts on Twitter to find more podcasts like this one. Click here to support this podcast on Patreon. 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A brand new boxset of four adventures, featuring monsters from the new series of Doctor Who! 1.1 Fallen Angels by Phil Mulryne 2015: When sightseers Joel and Gabby Finch encounter a strange man in Edwardian cricketing garb in the Sistine Chapel, their honeymoon suddenly takes a terrifying turn. 1511: Michelangelo is commissioned to create some very special sculptures by a mysterious sect. But as he carves, angels seem to emerge fully-formed from the rock. Almost as if they are alive… From Michelangelo's workshop to the catacombs of Rome, the Fifth Doctor must keep his wits about him and his eyes wide open as he confronts the Weeping Angels. 1.2 Judoon in Chains by Simon Barnard and Paul Morris The Sixth Doctor is no stranger to courtroom drama, but faces a very different challenge when he prepares to defend a most unusual Judoon. After an environmental clearance mission goes wrong, Captain Kybo of the Nineteenth Judoon Interplantary Force is stranded in Victorian England, bound in chains, an exhibit in a circus show. But he has allies: Eliza Jenkins – known to audiences as ‘Thomasina Thumb' – and the larger-than-life ‘clown' in the colourful coat. Uncovering a trail of injustice and corruption, the Doctor and Kybo soon find themselves on trial for their lives… 1.3 Harvest of the Sycorax by James Goss In the far future, humanity has a remedy for everything. Whatever the problem, Pharma Corps has the answer and a designer disease tailored to every human's blood-type. Zanzibar Hashtag has no need to be sad, scared, stressed, or depressed ever again. That is, until vicious aliens arrive on her space station intent on opening its Vault. What will it mean for the human race if the Sycorax take control of what's inside? And when the Seventh Doctor arrives on the scene, can he convince Zanzibar to care about her life long enough to help him? 1.4 The Sontaran Ordeal by Andrew Smith An instant of the Time War brings centuries of conflict to the planet Drakkis, and the Eighth Doctor is there to witness the terrible results. A Sontaran fleet, desperate to join the epic conflict, follows in its wake to take advantage of the fallout. But when Commander Jask is beamed down to the ravaged surface, there is more to his arrival than first appears. Soon, an unlikely champion joins forces with the Time Lord to fight for the future of her world, and together they must face the Sontaran Ordeal… Written By: Phil Mulryne, Simon Barnard, Paul Morris, James Goss, Andrew Smith Directed By: Barnaby Edwards Cast Fallen Angels Peter Davison (The Doctor) Sacha Dhawan (Joel Finch), Diane Morgan (Gabby Finch), Matthew Kelly (Michelangelo), Joe Jameson (Piero), Dan Starkey (Priest). Other parts played by members of the cast. Judoon in Chains Colin Baker (The Doctor), Nicholas Briggs (Captain Kybo), Kiruna Stamell (Eliza Jenkins), Trevor Cooper (Jonathan Jaggers Esq), Tony Millan (Justice Burrows/Jonty), Sabina Franklyn (Herculania) Nicholas Pegg (Business Owner). Other parts played by members of the cast. Harvest of the Sycorax Sylvester McCoy (The Doctor), Nisha Nayar (Zanzibar), Jonathan Firth (Cadwallader), Rebecca Callard (Shadrak), Giles Watling (The Sycorax Chief) The Sontaran Ordeal Paul McGann (The Doctor), Josette Simon (Sarana Teel), Dan Starkey (Jask), Christopher Ryan (General Stenk/Flitch), Sean Connolly (Tag Menkin/Ensign Stipe). Producer David Richardson Script Editor Matt Fitton

#WIN #DoctorWho Numbered Christmas Blu Ray Box Set from @tindogpodcast   You can WIN one of the Blu Ray sets of Doctor Who Christmas Specials with Art cards and bonus features by answering one simple questionAnswers to tin-dog@hotmail.co.ukQ:Who or What is the Hybrid?There you go.Mark/title your emailsCHRISTMASBOXAnswers in by 15th DecemberRegards and good luckTin Dog Podcast   This SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION BOXSET contains all 10 Christmas specials plus a set of 5 graphically illustrated Christmas cards, exclusive bonus feature & accompanying booklet. In these action-packed episodes, the Doctor must save the world from an array of monsters including Killer Santas, The Sycorax, Rachnoss, The Wooden King & Queen and The Dream Crabs. Tenth Doctor David Tennant in THE CHRISTMAS INVASION / THE RUNAWAY BRIDE VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED / THE NEXT DOCTOR THE END OF TIME (PARTS ONE & TWO) Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith in A CHRISTMAS CAROL THE DOCTOR, THE WIDOW AND THE WARDROBE THE SNOWMEN / THE TIME OF THE DOCTOR Twelfth Doctor Peter Capaldi in LAST CHRISTMAS BONUS FEATURE: TEN CHRISTMASES In this exclusive new feature, Rufus Hound journeys through Christmas past to show many of the greatest moments and monsters. Also includes personal reflections from Peter Capaldi and Steven Moffat