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To celebrate one hundred episodes of Padawan Library, Tim and Levi meet up at their old college campus and share some potentially very uninteresting memories. Then they take the bulk of the episode to celebrate the non-Star Wars work of one Judy Blundell (AKA Jude Watson) with her National Book Award winning novel What I Saw and How I Lied!

On today’s show, Chong and Dan give thanks for a challenging but fulfilling year. We then get into a juicy topic to finish the year: the relationship between religion and politics. Why is it “complicated”? And what are the dangers when Christians idolise politics? Using the Jericho March held in Washington DC on 12 December 2020 as a case study, we explore four kinds of faulty faith:Our personal experience and feeling are paramount (An individualistic faith)God’s purposes are for us (An optimistic faith)We are pure, they are evil (A Manichean faith)We can and must create a better world (A utopian faith)Connect with usInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/ingoodfaithfmTwitter - https://twitter.com/ingoodfaithfmEmail - ingoodfaithmail@gmail.comShow notesGiving thanks for this year (02:17)What is the relationship between religion and politics? (8:48)Spectrum between no distinction and hard distinctionBut practically - it’s complicated!Background to the case study (16:57)What I Saw at the Jericho MarchWhat happened at the Jericho March (20:45)“The Jericho March was a worrying example of how Christianity can be twisted and drafted into the service of a political ideology” (Source: National Review)Christianity as Ideology: The Cautionary Tale of the Jericho MarchProblem 1: An individualistic faith (28:25)Jericho Marchers were told to trust their own hearts, that what they want is what God wantsLessons for us - Practice discernment; the heart is deceitful above all things (Jeremiah 17:9)Problem 2: An optimistic faith (39:10)“Many of those people declared Trump to be ‘God’s anointed’… they believe that Trump had a special purpose and a special calling” (Source: The Dispatch)Lessons for us - God’s purposes are not necessarily man’s purposes; Christians are called to hope in what’s to come, not to be optimistic about the presentThe Dangerous Idolatry of Christian TrumpismProblem 3: A Manichean faith (46:41)Jericho Marchers were told that they are “children of light”, standing against the agents of darknessLessons for us - The line between good and evil doesn’t run between Trump and Never-Trump, but through every human heart; the Bible teaches that we are no better than our enemies (Romans 3:22-23) and we are to love our enemies (Matthew 5:43-45)Problem 4: A utopian faith (55:14)“[A speaker] likened the crowd to soldiers preparing for war to restore Eden. ‘We are here to save Earth and its inhabitants,’ he said.” (Source: The American Conservative)Lessons for us - Every political movement that has sought to “improve” society by seizing power and dictating thought/behaviour has led to disaster; at his trial, Jesus said that “my kingdom is not of this world” (John 18:36)Conclusion (1:04:38)God takes the long view; as Christians, live (and sacrifice) for His kingdom, not for any kingdom on earth

Peggy Noonan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and former presidential speechwriter (for Ronald Reagan), presented this address one year ago at the University of Notre Dame near South Bend, Ind. She addressed the question, "How does conservatism find its best expression now, in the 21st century?" Peggy Noonan's books include What I Saw at the Revolution: A Political Life in the Reagan Era (Random House 1990) and Patriotic Grace: What It Is and Why We Need It Now (Harper, 2008.) She has written a regular column for The Wall Street Journal since 2000. Her commencement address has been abridged slightly for this podcast. If you have a comment or question about the Notable Speeches podcast, email feedback@notablespeeches.com.

This is a complete recording of the audiobook version of An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce, read by John Van Stan. The only difference is that I cleaned up the recording (removed the narratorial introductions, reduced silences, etc.). You can get an ebook version for free (or whatever price you're comfortable with) here: https://librecron.com/product/an-occurrence-at-owl-creek-bridge-by-ambrose-bierce/ If you’re inducted into the annals of history for one masterpiece, you’ve cemented your legacy. If you’re inducted into the annals of history for two masterpieces, you’re something else entirely. Besides writing The Devil’s Dictionary, considered a masterpiece of writing, Ambrose Bierce wrote the short story An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. The story is still one of the most anthologized short stories in American literature. Set during the American Civil War, Bierce’s story concerns the execution of a Confederate sympathizer. It’s known for its main characters stream of consciousness, as well as its twist ending. Bierce himself fought during the war, enlisting in the Union Army. His experiences during the war impacted him greatly. Some of those impacts made their way into his writing, as is the case with What I Saw of Shiloh. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge is often anthologized in horror & mystery anthologies. It’s a case of art imitating real life; in 1913, Bierce traveled to Chihuahua, Mexico. It’s unknown whether he wanted to participate in the Mexican Revolution, or just report on it; he was a journalist by trade (and in his day, known more for his journalism than his stories). And that was the last anyone saw of Ambrose Bierce. The Library of America edition of Bierce’s works are a great introduction. The short story, along with others from different writers, can be enjoyed in The Treasury of the Fantastic. You can also watch a short film adaptation of the story here. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/librecron/support

“What I Saw in Other Dimensions-Eliminate Negative Substances That Drag Us Down,” by a Falun Dafa practitioner outside of China. An experience sharing article from the Minghui website.

O episódio #12 do Vida de Jornalista faz uma ponte aérea Rio-Nova York para conversar com Sergio Peçanha, jornalista e designer brasileiro que trabalha há 10 anos no New York Times. Ele explica como é a rotina em uma das redações mais importantes do mundo, conta que o jornal já trata a versão digital como prioridade em relação ao papel e detalha os bastidores de duas reportagens especiais sobre a guerra na Síria e na Líbia. ||||| What I Saw in Syriahttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/06/10/world/middleeast/syria-road-trip.html ||||| Chasing the Ghosts of Bengazihttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/03/world/middleeast/Chasing-the-Ghosts-of-Benghazi-libya-war-consulate.html ||||| Siga o podcast no Twitter @vida_jornalista e deixe seu comentário, sua sugestão de convidado ou tema. Os episódios estão no Spotify, no YouTube ou em qualquer aplicativo de podcasts no celular. Inscreva-se para saber sobre os próximos papos. ||||| Apresentação e edição: Rodrigo Alves ||||| Logomarca: Mauricio Henriques (mauricio@mrhdesigner.com)

Kaytee and Meredith return this week to chat about books with you! How do you feel about the backlist? We’re going there. You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: using books as a coping strategy and books that you’ve been meaning to read for more than decade… We dive in to discussing 3 books each. These mostly take a trip down backlist lane, because only one is brand new and the rest are back in the catalog. Next we get into every listener’s most-asked question: a brief overview of how in the /world/ Kaytee reads SO much while homeschooling all those children. We finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to put into every reader’s hands. We’ve got a book that will make your life better and a series that you have to push through the first book to get to the way better second and third books. Time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  .  .  .  .  .  8:35 - Inspector Thanet Series by Dorothy Simpson 9:32 - Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward 12:01 - Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff 13:00 - All the Pretty Girls by J.T. Ellison 13:14 - Setting Free the Kites by Alex George 13:18 - All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda 16:47 - The Uninvited Guests by Said Jones 19:51 - Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides 20:25 - Middlemarch by George Eliot 20:46 - The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides 23:08 - The Two-Family House by Lynda Cohen Loigman 24:05 - Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff 27:34 - All Things Good and Wonderful, nope, just kidding, it’s All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood 29:22 - Florida by Lauren Groff 29:36 - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell 30:42 - What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell 36:52 - Happier at Home by Gretchen Rubin 36:55 - The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin 37:00 - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 39:33 - Do Audiobooks Count?? For further reading: To Your Brain, Listening to a Book is Pretty Much the Same As Reading It 41:32 - Kindle Paperwhite love 44:47 - Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin 45:36 - The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin 48:39 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 49:04 - A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas 49:08 - A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

Guests Journalist Jorge Ramos; Poet Edyka Chilomé, and a discussion about Macondo. Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante and the Nuestra Palabra Crew talk to Univision Anchorman and author Jorge Ramos about his new book “The Challenge of a Latino Immigrant in the Trump Era”. Poet Edyka Chilomé flows from the book “She Speaks Poetry”, and Edyka and Tony talk about their recent experiences at Macondo, the writers workshop found by Sandra Cisneros. Click her to donate to Nuestra Palabra. Donate today and we’ll list you among our summer muses on our website through Hispanic Heritage Month and we’ll give you a shout out on the air: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=9CPLMM88TF5BS Bios: Jorge Ramos has been called “Star newscaster of Hispanic TV” and “Hispanic TV’s No. 1 correspondent and key to a huge voting bloc” by The Wall Street Journal. Time magazine put him on one of the covers for its “100 most influential people in the world” (2015 issue) and on the list of “the 25 most influential Hispanics in the United States”. “Ramos carries near biblical authority, at least in the eyes of his nearly 2 million nightly viewers”, Forbes magazine reported. He is the author of thirteen books and bestsellers: “Stranger: The Challenge of a Latino Immigrant in the Trump Era”, “Take a Stand; Lessons from Rebels”, “Behind the Mask”, “What I Saw”, “The Other Face of America”, “Hunting the Lion”, his autobiography “No Borders: a Journalist’s Search for Home”, “The Latino Wave”, “Dying to Cross”, “The Gift of Time; Letters from a Father”, “A Country for All; An Immigrant Manifesto”, “Los Presidenciables” (only in Spanish) and the children’s book “I’m Just Like My Dad/I’m Just Like My Mom”. Ramos has been the anchorman for Noticiero Univision since 1986. Edyka Chilomé is a literary arts activist and cultural worker who uses the mediums of writing, poetry, speaking, community organizing, and performance. A queer child of Salvadorian and Mexican immigrant activists, she was raised in social justice movements grounded in the tradition of spiritual activism. She holds a B.A. in social and political philosophy from Loyola University Chicago and an M.A. in Multicultural Women's Studies from Texas Women's University where her research focused on the decolonial power of spiritual [art]ivism. Currently based in Dallas Tx, Edyka has been asked to share her poetry and speak on social justice issues on multiple media platforms and in spaces around the country and Latin America including Tedx, NPR, The Huffington Post, GLAAD, The Tucson Poetry Festival, Prindle Institute for Ethics, The Dallas Museum of Art, Duke University, The Black Academy of Arts and Letters, and The Texas Democratic Convention. She has produced and published numerous articles, essays, plays, and poems including a collection of poetry that explores queer indigenous mestizaje in the diaspora entitled “She Speaks | Poetry”, praised by the founder of Democracy Now en Español as "...a must read for those yearning to discover new ways to open up to deep personal and global transformation." In 2017 Edyka was named top 25 most influential artists in the DFW by Artist Uprising Magazine. NP Radio airs live Tuesdays 6pm-7pm cst 90.1 FM KPFT Houston, TX. Livestream www.KPFT.org. More podcasts at www.NuestraPalabra.org. The Nuestra Palabra Radio Show is archived at the University of Houston Digital Archives. Our hard copy archives are kept at the Houston Public Library’s Special Collections Hispanic Archives. Tony Diaz Sundays, Mondays, & Tuesdays & The Other Side Sun 7am "What's Your Point" Fox 26 Houston Mon Noon "The Cultural Accelerator" at www.TonyDiaz.net Tues 6pm NP Lit Radio 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston www.NuestraPalabra.org 24/7 The Other Side TV www.TheOtherSideTV.com

    2-Minute Tip: Restrict Your Practice Time   Two of the biggest sins of public speakers are going overtime and rambling. Both disrespect the audience, When you go 5 minutes over, you're not just taking 5 minutes. You're taking 5 minutes from everyone in the room. If there are 20 people in the room, you've actually taken 100 minutes in total.   To address both these issues, restrict your rehearsal time. That doesn't mean rehearse less. It means that if you have 45 minutes for a talk, practice as though you have only 38-40 minutes. In all likelihood, the audience will take up that extra time reacting to you and asking questions.   If you ramble when you tell a story, time how long that story takes. If it's three minutes, set a practice goal to get it down to 2:45. Practice until you get there, and then set a new goal of 2:30. When you get there, go for 2:15. Then 2:00. It may take you a lot of practice to get there, but by the time you do, you'll have shaved not just a minute, but 1/3 of the rambling story. You likely cut the fluff and now have a tighter, more compelling narrative to share.     Post Tip Discussion   I'm a big fan of process.  When you have a process, you set yourself up for success. A process also helps with the anxiety around public speaking. Because it gives you an element that you can control. A process can save time in prep because once you have a process in place you don't have to start from scratch each time. That time you save can be better spent on practicing and refining your content. A process is also teachable making it easier to work with other folks when necessary.   In this episode I talk about my content development process. I talk about multiple ways I generate ideas, how I develop them on paper, and then refine them in OneNote, and how that impacts the editing process.   I also reference several earlier episodes:   Episode 024 — Take More Pictures and the Story of my Hiatus Episode 020 — Practice without Slides and Deal with Writer’s Block Episode 047 — Keep Tissues Handy and Lessons from Star Wars: The Force Awakens Episode 029 — Use a Lavalier and Learn from Star Trek: Discovery Episode 012 — Repeat the Question and What I Saw on a Cruise   For standard episodes, I:   Generate ideas/topics. I try to build a big list. I sometimes start with the theme. I let it run as a background process in my brain. I pick a topic and start outlining it on paper. I type it up in OneNote. I edit and revise in OneNote. I record. I edit the audio and cut more.   For book commentary, I:   Read the book and take picture of key passages as I go. My phone uploads them to OneDrive I add those pictures to OneNote. I let OneNote convert them to text. I pick the 10-12 best/most interesting ones. I script or outline commentary on those. I assemble the rest of the episode and record. I edit the audio and cut more.     Special Announcement   I am launching a new podcast on February 16, 2018, at 8:00 AM Pacific called Strokecast. In it I, a Generation X stroke survivor, explore rehab, recovery, the frontiers of neuroscience, and one-handed banana peeling. Look for it at Strokecast.com on February 16.   Call To Action   Tell us about your process for building a talk in the comments below. Next time you practice, try restricting your time. Beginning February 16, 2018, check out Strokecast.com Don't get best...get better.  

Dr. Jelani Cobb is a New Yorker staff writer and the author of three books, including The Substance of Hope: Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress. He teaches journalism at Columbia University. “Ralph Wiley — the sports writer, late Ralph Wiley — told me something when I was 25 or so, and he was so right. He said I should never fall in love with anything I’ve written. … The second thing he told me was, ‘You won’t get there overnight, and believe me, you don’t want to.’ I’m embarrassed to say that I didn’t get it when he told me that. I was like — why would I not want to get there overnight? Now I’m like: Thank God I didn’t get there overnight. Because there’s so much writing I would have to explain.” Thanks to MailChimp, Quip, and Audible for sponsoring this week's episode. @jelani9 Cobb on Longform [00:00] Stoner [01:30] Cobb’s Archive at The New Yorker [03:30] "The Life and Death of Jamaica High School" (New Yorker • Aug 2015) [07:45] Cobb’s Archive at Washington City Paper [09:40] Longform Podcast #7: Ta-Nehisi Coates [09:40] Longform Podcast #97: Ta-Nehisi Coates [09:40] Longform Podcast #168: Ta-Nehisi Coates [10:00] Joel Dias-Porter’s Archive at The Poetry Foundation [10:05] Kenneth Carroll’s Archive at The Poetry Foundation [10:10] Elvis Presley Is Alive and Well and Living in Harlem (Brian Gilmore • Third World Press • 1983) [11:30] Marion Barry archive at Washington City Paper [21:05] The Progressive [21:10] The Crisis [23:20] "My Daughter Once Removed" (Chicken Soup for the Soul • 2008) [23:40] The Devil & Dave Chappelle & Other Essays (Basic Books • 2007) [27:31] "Policing the Police" (Frontline • June 2016) [41:00] "The Ambivalent Legacy of Brown v. Board" (New Yorker • May 2014) [41:30] "The Matter of Black Lives" (New Yorker • Mar 2016) [41:30] "What I Saw in Ferguson" (New Yorker • Aug 2014) [44:40] The Substance of Hope: Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress (Walker Books • 2010) [48:50] Trump’s speech in Arizona (CNN • Aug 2017) [57:00] Birth of a Nation (Epoch Producing Co • 1915) [53:50] "Podcast #168: Jelani Cobb, The Half-Life of Freedom" (NYPL Podcast • June 2017)  

It's episode 07 of Season 9. On this week's show we have four tales about nearby nightmares, dubious doubles, and woodland web sites. "Too Close to Home"‡ written by H.F. Fae and performed by Jessica McEvoy. (Story starts around 00:03:40) "The Forest of a Thousand Legs"† written by Rex Lovezinski and performed by Jesse Cornett & Eden & Erika Sanderson. (Story starts around 00:22:00) "What I Saw on Granny's Farm"‡ written by Sam Raffield and performed by Mike DelGaudio & Erika Sanderson. (Story starts around 01:12:20) "Carnival Cove"† written by C.M. Scandreth and performed by Erika Sanderson & Penny Scott-Andrews & Andy Cresswell. (Story starts around 01:30:00) Click here to learn more about the voice actors on The NoSleep Podcast   Click here to learn more about "Booth Junkie" - Mike DelGaudio's voice acting YouTube channel   Click here to learn more about H.F. Fae   Click here to learn more about C.M. Scandreth   Click here to learn more about Penny Scott-Andrews   Click here to learn more about Andy Cresswell   Executive Producer & Host: David Cummings Musical score composed by: Brandon Boone Audio adaptations produced by: Phil Michalski† & Jeff Clement‡ "The Forest of a Thousand Legs" illustration courtesy of Jörn Heidrath Audio program ©2017 - Creative Reason Media Inc. - All Rights Reserved - No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of Creative Reason Media Inc. The copyrights for each story are held by the respective authors.

It's episode 07 of Season 9. On this week's show we have four tales about nearby nightmares, dubious doubles, and woodland web sites. "Too Close to Home"‡ written by H.F. Fae and performed by Jessica McEvoy. (Story starts around 00:03:40) "The Forest of a Thousand Legs"† written by Rex Lovezinski and performed by Jesse Cornett & Eden & Erika Sanderson. (Story starts around 00:22:00) "What I Saw on Granny's Farm"‡ written by Sam Raffield and performed by Mike DelGaudio & Erika Sanderson. (Story starts around 01:12:20) "Carnival Cove"† written by C.M. Scandreth and performed by Erika Sanderson & Penny Scott-Andrews & Andy Cresswell. (Story starts around 01:30:00) Please visit www.thenosleeppodcast.com for full show notes and links to learn more about our authors, voice actors, and producers. Executive Producer & Host: David Cummings Musical score composed by: Brandon Boone Audio adaptations produced by: Phil Michalski† & Jeff Clement‡ "The Forest of a Thousand Legs" illustration courtesy of Jörn Heidrath Audio program ©2017 - Creative Reason Media Inc. - All Rights Reserved - No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of Creative Reason Media Inc. The copyrights for each story are held by the respective authors.

DescriptionProduct DescriptionThe author of the explosive Atlantic cover story “What ISIS Really Wants” has written the definitive, electrifying account of the strategy, psychology, and theology driving the Islamic State. Tens of thousands of men and women have left comfortable, privileged lives to join the Islamic State and kill for it. To them, its violence is beautiful and holy, and the caliphate a fulfillment of prophecy and the only place on earth where they can live and die as Muslims. The Way of the Strangers is an intimate journey into the minds of the Islamic State's true believers. From the streets of Cairo to the mosques of London, Graeme Wood interviews supporters, recruiters, and sympathizers of the group. We meet an Egyptian tailor who once made bespoke suits for Paul Newman and now wants to live, finally, under Shariah; a Japanese convert who believes that the eradication of borders—one of the Islamic State's proudest achievements—is a religious imperative; and a charming, garrulous Australian preacher who translates the group's sermons and threats into English and is accused of recruiting for the organization. We also learn about a prodigy of Islamic rhetoric, now stripped of the citizenship of the nation of his birth and determined to see it drenched in blood. Wood speaks with non–Islamic State Muslim scholars and jihadists, and explores the group's idiosyncratic, coherent approach to Islam. The Islamic State is bent on murder and apocalypse, but its followers find meaning and fellowship in its utopian dream. Its first caliph, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, has declared that he is the sole legitimate authority for Muslims worldwide. The theology, law, and emotional appeal of the Islamic State are key to understanding it—and predicting what its followers will do next. Through character study and analysis, Wood provides a clear-eyed look at a movement that has inspired so many people to abandon or uproot their families. Many seek death—and they will be the terror threat of the next decade, as they strike back against the countries fighting their caliphate. Just as Lawrence Wright's The Looming Tower informed our understanding of Al Qaida, Graeme Wood's The Way of the Strangers will shape how we see a new generation of terrorists. Praise for The Way of the Strangers “Readers are taken on a global journey to meet the frothing fans of ISIS. . . . Wood wants to know these people, to get in their skin, to understand how they see the world. Unlike most journalists writing about Islam today, there is no partisan axe to grind here, no hidden agenda to subtly advance.” —New Republic “The best way to defeat the Islamic State is to understand it. And to do that, the best place to start is [ The Way of the Strangers]. . . . A series of gripping, fascinating portraits. . . . Wood has the talented journalist's skill for interview and observation. He's an astute psychologist and a good writer to boot. . . . It's a great read. But more importantly, Wood's book reveals truths about ISIS that are hiding in plain sight—but that our leaders make themselves willfully ignorant of. They ought to read his book, too.” —The Week “[Graeme Wood] shows, convincingly, that the stifling and abhorrent practices of the Islamic State are rooted in Islam itself—not mainstream Islam, but in scriptures and practices that have persisted for centuries. . . . The Islamic State, such as it is, is a dangerous place, and Wood's book amounts to a tour around its far edges.” —Dexter Filkins, The New York Times Book Review ReviewPraise for The Way of the Strangers “Readers are taken on a global journey to meet the frothing fans of ISIS. . . . [Graeme] Wood wants to know these people, to get in their skin, to understand how they see the world. Unlike most journalists writing about Islam today, there is no partisan axe to grind here, no hidden agenda to subtly advance. . . . To these troubled men, Islam is not an opiate of the masses; it is a euphoric, reality-bending, and ultimately self-annihilating psychedelic.” —New Republic “[Graeme Wood] shows, convincingly, that the stifling and abhorrent practices of the Islamic State are rooted in Islam itself—not mainstream Islam, but in scriptures and practices that have persisted for centuries. . . . The Islamic State, such as it is, is a dangerous place, and Wood's book amounts to a tour around its far edges.” —Dexter Filkins, The New York Times Book Review “Worthy of Joseph Conrad . . . In a field where there has admittedly been little competition, [Wood's] book ranks as the funniest yet written on Islamic State. As in many a British sitcom, the comedy mostly emerges from the disequilibrium between the scale of his characters' pretensions and ambitions and the banality of their day-to-day lives. . . . Gripping, sobering and revelatory.” —New Statesman (UK) “The best way to defeat the Islamic State is to understand it. And to do that, the best place to start is [ The Way of the Strangers]. . . . A series of gripping, fascinating portraits. . . . Wood has the talented journalist's skill for interview and observation. He's an astute psychologist and a good writer to boot. . . . It's a great read. But more importantly, Wood's book reveals truths about ISIS that are hiding in plain sight—but that our leaders make themselves willfully ignorant of. They ought to read his book, too.” —The Week “Indispensable and gripping . . . From Mosul to Melbourne, from Cairo to Tokyo, from London to Oslo, from Connecticut to California, Graeme Wood's quest to understand the Islamic State is a round-the-world journey to the end of the night. As individuals, the men he encounters are misfits, even losers. But their millenarian Islamist ideology makes them the most dangerous people on the planet.” —Niall Ferguson, senior fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, author of The War of the World “Over the course of its short life, the Islamic State has inspired millions, thousands of whom have rallied to its cause in search of a glorious death. But why? Are its devotees nothing more than sadists and two-bit mafiosi for whom religion is a fig leaf and who will fade away in the face of military defeat? In this essential book, Graeme Wood draws on more than a decade of reporting to demolish these and other comforting deceptions. The Islamic State's devotees are true believers indeed, and their nightmarish vision will haunt our world for decades to come, regardless of what happens on the battlefield.” —Reihan Salam, executive editor, National Review “Graeme Wood is America's foremost interpreter of ISIS as a world-historical phenomenon. In The Way of the Strangers, he has given us the definitive work to date on the origins, plans, and meaning of the world's most dangerous terrorist organization. Wood is a fearless, relentlessly curious, and magnetically interesting writer who takes us on an intellectual and theological journey to the darkest places on the planet, yet he manages to do this without despairing for our collective future. This book is a triumph of journalism.” —Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief, The Atlantic Praise for Graeme Wood's “What ISIS Really Wants” “An intelligent and detailed account of the ideology that animates the Islamic State.” —Fareed Zakaria, CNN, author of The Post-American World “One of the most important essays this year.” —David Brooks, The New York Times, author of The Road to Character “Fascinating, terrifying, occasionally blackly humorous.” —Steven Pinker, Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, author of The Better Angels of Our Nature “Mr. Wood's piece is bracing because it is fearless. . . . It is going to change the debate.” —Peggy Noonan, The Wall Street Journal, author of What I Saw at the Revolution “A rare, genuine must-read . . . I felt challenged, even provoked, through it all.” —Shadi Hamid, the Brookings Institution, author of Islamic ExceptionalismAbout the AuthorGraeme Wood is a national correspondent for The Atlantic. He has written for The New Republic, The New Yorker, Bloomberg Businessweek, The American Scholar, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and many other publications. He was the 2014–2015 Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and he teaches in the political science department at Yale University.

In this edition of the Bedrosian Book Club Podcast, we’re taking a look to the past. We read Peggy Noonan's 1990 memoir, What I Saw at the Revolution. This is a political memoir for those who don't usually read political memoirs. This book is a testimony to the power of language in politics. Noonan was a speechwriter for President Reagan, in both of his terms. This is a portrait of life in Washington, D.C. as well as both the Reagan and Bush administrations. She has a critical eye for the mechanisms of political speech writing. She describes the pull between the policy wonks, the writers, and the politicians. Join us for a conversation on the power of language in politics and for a look at how our Federal government works. For links to some of the things we talk about in this podcast: https://bedrosian.usc.edu/blog/podcast/what-i-saw-at-the-revolution/ Sponsored by the USC Bedrosian Center http://bedrosian.usc.edu/  Recorded at the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy http://priceschool.usc.ed

"Zodiac Girls (Pony Version)" by Black Moth Super Rainbow from Drippers;"Sirrocco" by The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble from Here Be Dragons; "What I Saw" by Roj from The Transactional Dharma of Roj; "Tombahead" by Baikonour from Your Ear Knows the Future; "MMW II Part 3" by Zs from Music of the Modern White; The title track from Zones Without People by Oneohtrix Point Never; "La Frite Equatorial" by Francois De Roubaix from the compilation Dirty French Psychedelics; "Voll Im Harras" by Fnessnej from Stay Fresh; "Greed, Mutation and Betrayal" by Klimek from Movies is Magic; "Those Final Seconds" by Social Junk from Born Into It; "The Swamp Waltz" by Rebotini from Music Components; The title track from Maihama by Tonstartssbandht

"Zodiac Girls (Pony Version)" by Black Moth Super Rainbow from Drippers;"Sirrocco" by The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble from Here Be Dragons; "What I Saw" by Roj from The Transactional Dharma of Roj; "Tombahead" by Baikonour from Your Ear Knows the Future; "MMW II Part 3" by Zs from Music of the Modern White; The title track from Zones Without People by Oneohtrix Point Never; "La Frite Equatorial" by Francois De Roubaix from the compilation Dirty French Psychedelics; "Voll Im Harras" by Fnessnej from Stay Fresh; "Greed, Mutation and Betrayal" by Klimek from Movies is Magic; "Those Final Seconds" by Social Junk from Born Into It; "The Swamp Waltz" by Rebotini from Music Components; The title track from Maihama by Tonstartssbandht

This issue of Audition features commentary by MARS HILL AUDIO host Ken Myers about recent on-line essays by political theorist Patrick Deneen. The four essays discussed were posted on Deneen's blog, What I Saw in America, and they each offered perspective on our current economic crisis gleaned from classical political philosophy. The essays were titled: "Abstraction," "Political Philosophy in the Details," "Whack a Mole," and "Democracy in America." Also referenced in Myers's comments is the 1976 book by sociologist Daniel Bell, The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism. Patrick Deneen, associate professor of government at Georgetown University, was also a guest on Volume 91 of the MARS HILL AUDIO Journal; a portion of that interview may be heard here. In this interview, Deneen and Myers discuss the thought of Wendell Berry, whom Deneen describes as a "Kentucky Aristotelian."Ken Myers also comments on an article from the May 2008 issue of Harper's by Wendell Berry. Berry's article, "Faustian Economics: Hell Hath No Limits," identifies the destructive (yet perennially attractive) Gnostic tendency to assume that limits are bad and always in need of breaking, a tendency implicated in many forms of cultural disorder.Finally, Myers previews a new audiobook published by MARS HILL AUDIO, called The Passionate Intellect: Incarnational Humanism and the Future of University Education, by Norman Klassen and Jens Zimmermann.[NOTE: To save this podcast as an MP3 file, right-click or (for Mac users) Control-click on the link below and select the saving option your browser offers.]