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Father Daughter Book Club

Father Daughter Book Club

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We started the Father Daughter Book Club because we love reading together, and we hope to inspire other parents and children to read more together also. We are Chris (the father) and Kahlea (the daughter) Peoples. Please enjoy our podcast!
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All Things Relatable

Candace Dunaway

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Candace is the host of the ALL THINGS RELATABLE Podcast. Because Candace believes that growth and evolution are never complete and that there's always another layer to peel back, she’s all about finding gratitude in every single day and enjoying the journey - even when things suck. Candace understands the magic in storytelling; sharing stories from her own life to those of her diverse guest list from around the world, her mission will always be to Enlighten, Ignite and Inspire. Her podcast h ...
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Wicked Words - A True Crime Talk Show with Kate Winkler Dawson

Exactly Right Media – the original true crime comedy network

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Welcome to Tenfold More Wicked Presents: Wicked Words, Kate Winkler Dawson's true crime talk show. On each new episode of Wicked Words, Kate interviews journalists, podcasters and authors about their fascinating behind-the-scenes stories from their investigations in the world of true crime, many of which have never been shared before. Kate interviews Patricia Cornwell, the prolific true crime author about her book Portrait Of A Killer: Jack The Ripper – Case Closed, she heads to Texas with v ...
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If you love getting lost in the world of audiobooks, you must listen to Meena Mason’s entertaining stories. Dive into the Western romantic mystery, Because of a Woman, where betrayal, love, and revenge turn lives upside down or embark on the epic fantasy adventure, The Thief’s Tale and unravel Kessa Decora’s mesmerizing past. Intrigue, passion, and adventure await. Give your ears a treat. Subscribe to Meena Mason’s Podcasts today! New episodes of The Thief’s Tale weekly.
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Join award-winning, indie author, Dianne Burckhardt, as she chats with fellow authors and industry insiders around the world about their work, inspirations, greatest challenges, and triumphs. Writing is often the easy part, and the real work begins once the author writes, "The End." Dianne and her guests shed light on what it takes to be a successful author in today's markets whether as an indie author or traditionally published. Dianne's guests share their insights on their personal journey ...
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Peculiar Book Club Podcast

Peculiar Book Club Podcast

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PECULIAR BOOK CLUB: ESTEEMED HOME OF THE QUIRKY, QUIZZICAL, CURIOUS, AND BIZARRE * Finally, a book club for the Peculiars! Join host Dr. Brandy Schillace for book club dates with your favorite authors of strange history, medical marvels, and weird science. In true book-club style, you will meet the author and participate in the discussion–so come with questions! Join us, too, for the PopCult Quizzer with host Davey Berris, where science fact meets science fiction. If you can't join us LIVE o ...
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The podcast where we explore how old tales are made new! Whether it's the fairytales we heard as children, the classic literature we read in high school, or the most ancient of mythologies, it seems creators can't help but keep putting their own spin on old stories, and we're going to tackle every flavor we can get our nerdy hands on.
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The UK's longest running satirical website, gives a comedy round up of the news. With topical gags, lively debate and regular guests. Launched by John O’Farrell in 2006 with the noble aims of eradicating global poverty, creating a lasting peace in the Middle East and providing a daily dose of humour to bored people at work. And in many respects we have already achieved so much more. Our book: https://tinyurl.com/ure669ss
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I am Sayee Abhijit Khalate from Global Indian International School, Smart Campus Singapore. I am 7 year old and love to make own podcast with diffrent subjects like stories, learning, talk on some historic peoples, scientist etc.I love to read book and make podcast on that book for you all.
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Strange and Beautiful Book Club

Strange and Beautiful Network

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Long time partners, Rachel and Matt, bring their unique blend of wit and weirdness to the worlds of sci-fi, horror, and fantasy. From quirky movie reviews to lively book discussions, they keep you entertained and informed with their mature humor and infectious enthusiasm. Join them as they chase their little nerd hearts through the genres they love.
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A Gentle Thief

Amanda Dickson

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A Gentle Thief is a fictional podcast, written and performed by Amanda Dickson, inspired by real events involving the death of a young girl and her parents' desperate and relentless attempt to have her death certificate changed from suicide to homicide. Get the full story here: https://www.amazon.com/Gentle-Thief-Amanda-Dickson-ebook/dp/B005IE7X2G Attorney Sophie Brownlie is given the case her first week with the law firm of Day Openshaw. She becomes passionate in her attempt to help the fam ...
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Become a Paid Subscriber: "https://anchor.fm/nneka3/subscribe" I'm here to review your books and give the listeners the tea. For my members i have live interviews with wonderful and amazing people talking about their life's and what have done in life and what type of work that they are doing and what they have to go through in life to help people. If you want to hear those interviews, then become a member. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nneka3/support
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Hey there! It's, Sarah and Zahra. We are glad you can join us. We love them fluffy and fuzzy cats, even when they try to suffocate us by smothering us with fluff. Here we talk about all things cat. A few conversations start by a simple spark, for example, our first episode is about Clue Cat from The Thief of Always, a unfathomable and compelling book by author Clive Barker.
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Take Me To Your Reader

Pavement Pounders Podcast

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The Pavement Pounders discuss adapted science fiction, generally well-known films derived from written works. They read the book, watch the movie, watch remakes, reboots, re-adaptations, and give it all a good mulling over.
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Knights of the Hardcover

Brandon Kasl, Chris Lauer, and Zach Micek

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Huzzah!!! Dragons, Magic, and the Knights of the Hardcover: Brandon (BJ), Zach, and Chris summarize and dissect their favorite fantasy books with a sharp edged blade. Grab your maps, fill up your horn with ale, and take the heroes journey with us to the lands unknown.
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Hearthside Odysseys is a captivating podcast where professional actor and voice-over artist Mark Vevers brings short stories to life. Each episode is a journey into a new tale, expertly narrated to immerse listeners in diverse worlds and adventures. Whether it’s classic literature, contemporary gems, or undiscovered treasures, Hearthside Odysseys promises a warm and engaging storytelling experience that will enchant and entertain. Join us by the hearth and let the odysseys begin.
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Welcome Nerd Goggles Podcast, where I talk about what's on my bookshelf from the past, present and future. And some other stuff that pops in my head. Visit the blog for show links at nerdgogglespodcast.blogspot.com
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Discuss, overanalyze, and generally fangirl about each Percy Jackson book *AND TELEVISION EPISODE* whilst applying a critical fandom studies lens and seeking to answer the question, is Percabeth the greatest love story ever told? Warning: This Podcast contains ⚠️Spoilers⚠️ for the Riordanverse through Trials of Apollo!
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Description: Somewhere down in Texas, I write humorous mysteries, featuring an amateur sleuth. Some say they’re like book versions of the Hallmark mystery movies. Being a Hallmark fan, I take the description as a compliment. When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, I thought about different ways I could show gratitude to my readers. Write a new book in my series? Two books? Write a giveaway novella or a post a weekly serial story? (I did write the 4th book in my series.) But I needed the idea to be d ...
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Alabama Aloud with Don Noble

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The work of Alabama authors deserves to be read out loud - and now it is! Join host Don Noble as he reads the diverse and extensive work of Alabama’s finest authors. (All works appear with permission of the authors and publishers.)
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Mythmakers

Oxford Centre for Fantasy

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Welcome to Season 6 of Mythmakers! Mythmakers is the podcast for fantasy fans and creatives brought to you by the Oxford Centre for Fantasy. We will be exploring fantasy old and new, look at what went into writing your favourite series, learn tips from the experts, and discuss new books, TV shows and films. Mythmakers is brought to you from the city of Oxford - home to many of the world's greatest fantasy writers, from J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle-earth, to C.S. Lewis, creator of Narnia, and th ...
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SoA Sounds

The Society of Authors

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SoA Sounds is the podcast channel of the Society of Authors, the UK trade union for all types of writers, illustrators and literary translators. www.societyofauthors.org
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After being censored on every other platform, a laymen’s political podcast by conservative working men has become a bastion of free speech. Our show gives you, the listener, the ability to join in on our weekly discussions of the current political news cycle. This is Blue Collar Black Listed, where common sense will never take a backseat to woke stupidity. You can also shoot us an email with any questions, suggestions or topics you’d like discussed at: info@commonmanscommonsense.com New epis ...
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Dope Therapy Podcast

1025 Enterprises LLC

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What happens when hosts from Detroit, Chicago, Philly in Atlanta come together. Dope hosts: Veronica Harrell, K. Press, Big Mike, Stephanie Dawn, and celebrity guests. We talk about entertainment, social issues, and introduce new artists. It's therapeutic for your mentality. Ready to book an appointment?
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Booklaban

PumaPodcast

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A show for people who love to read and talk about books.Connect with us social media:- facebook.com/groups/809039425847952- twitter.com/booklabanph- instagram.com/booklabanph Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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12.21.12

Killian McRae

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The only way to save the future is to decode the past. The only way to decode the past is to save the future. Archaeologist Sheppard Smyth has staked his career and the honorable memory of his wife and partner on proving his widely panned theory: Cleopatra VII, the last sovereign pharaoh of Egypt, was not a victim of suicide as history suggests, but of a well-concealed murder. When a statue of the doomed Queen is unearthed in a pre-Columbian excavation site in Mexico, Shep rushes to investig ...
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Welcome to Monster Donut! A chronological deep dive into the Percy Jackson series and all of its following spin-offs. Hosted by Phoebe, who professionally analyzes creative work as a dramaturg & story consultant, & Emily, a writer & classicist with a degree in Greek & Latin. Every two weeks, Phoebe & Emily (along with some occasional special guests) will analyze every book, short story, and odd narrative blog post in the order in which they occur within the PJO/HOO/TOA timeline. While they c ...
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Is your village menaced by magical beasts? Trapped on the wrong side of your own castle's defenses? Just have a trap-filled or potentially-cursed ruin you need cleaned out? Call the Freelance Hunters! On the isolated, magic-filled island of Elanterra, they're fighting the good fight, if you've got the coin for it! If the guards won't touch it, and the guilds want an arm and a leg, they can help! Join Joachim, a warrior looking for the ultimate fight, Bingo, an ex-thief just trying to keep hi ...
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Bourbon Pursuit

Bourbon Pursuit

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The Official Podcast of Bourbon! The best in news, reviews and interviews with people making the bourbon whiskey industry happen. Join hosts Kenny Coleman, Ryan Cecil, and Fred Minnick as they talk with prominent guests and provide insight on American whiskey 3 times a week. Catch all new episodes every Thursday with special Whiskey Quickie reviews on Tuesday and get caught up on bourbon news with This Week in Bourbon on Friday.
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Disc Coverers

Iris Jay, Grace Lovelace, Balina Mahigan, and Juniper Theory

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Reading, reviewing and objectively ranking all 41 novels in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, chronologically. Updates monthly.
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Rewind Reading

Maple Reetz & Alena Lewis

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We are two home-schooled kids who thought it would be cool to have a weekly book podcast! We will read a few chapters, and then create an episode where we discuss what we just read. We encourage you to read along with us and then listen to our weekly podcast discussion to dive deeper into the events. -Alena & Maple
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Attolian Archives

Noelle & Caitlin

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A chapter-by-chapter Queen's Thief reread podcast with commentary, news, and occasional screaming. We promise to leave no literary stone unturned, no theory unconsidered, no hand joke unmade. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/attolian-archives-pod/support
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This week, a surprise apology for rain, an update on our annual OS reviews and what we plan to do with our free time once they’re finished, and a TV pick. Links and Show Notes Italy apologizes for the weather 3BMeteo chiede scusa: “Abbiamo sbagliato troppo. Tanti errori, previsioni talora inaffidabili. Miglioreremo”. I commenti: “Poverini, qualcuno…
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It's This Week in Bourbon for September 6th 2024. The Kentucky Castle will transform into a new $92.5 million distillery, Bardstown Bourbon Co. has two new releases, and the first innovation coming from Booker’s Bourbon since 2019 – Booker’s Bourbon ‘The Reserves’ Show Notes: 5th Annual Whisk(e)y Festival “Premier Drams” at Jack Rose The Kentucky C…
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Joined by returning special guest, Lilly Caines, we discuss some extremely tender moments between Carter and #BirdSadie, as well as some extremely FABULOUS moments with miss Aunt Kitty at the D.C. airport. We lost the very end of Lilly's audio while recording, so make sure to find her @lilcaines on Instagram and @sugarcaines on Tiktok! SUBSCRIBE TO…
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I've been around bourbon as a more than a light bystander for more than a decade. We talk on the show all the time about how we got to know bourbon at a good time but today we get our reality check. I put a message out on a local facebook group in Louisville asking for anyone who has gotten into bourbon in less than a year to send me a message abou…
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Welcome back to Mythmakers for our sixth season! Megan Whalen Turner began her career in 1996 and is still going strong as her series The Queen's Thief becomes available in the UK and the Commonwealth for the first time. US readers have been enjoying the series for years and she won the Newbury Award and Mythopoeia Award in recognition of her achie…
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A recent report from UKIE (The Association for UK Interactive Entertainment) has found that the UK video games market continues to grow reaching a value of £7.82bn in 2023. But what does the video games industry look like for writers? What skills are needed and what creative opportunities are on offer? How are writers contracted and how are they pa…
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Join the conversation, text us now. Trigger Warnings: discussions of nudist lifestyle, sex/sexuality, and losing a child to su!c!de. Bleeped words: Se*ual, su!c!de. (We may be overly cautious but we prefer to err on the side of caution in some episodes to make sure podcast distribution sites do not automatically drop an interview due to certain key…
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Episode 41: Beyoncé Shares, Phantom Goals & Poo-seum Comedy news from NewsBiscuit Featuring Guests: Sketchly & Dan Sweryt Host: Wrenfoe. August-Sept 2024 http://www.newsbiscuit.com/ We are also listed on Sticher, Pocket Casts, Deezer, Listen Notes, Podcast Addict & Castbox, YouTube, Spotify, Apple iPlayer Podcast, Amazon Music & Anchor…
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Who struck Kessa Decora over the head? When consciousness finally returns, what new predicament will the fugitive find herself in this time? And will it widen the rift forming between her and Aquestria? Chapter 5 of the audiobook version of Meena Mason's, The Thief's Tale. Chapter 5 Excerpt: The merry chirping of birds, usually a cheerful sound to …
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On this Whiskey Quickie by Bourbon Pursuit, we review Dancing Goat Distillery Release 005: Tommy's Malted Bangdog Blended Bourbon. This 8 year old whiskey is 109.8 proof and $60 MSRP. Let us know what you think. Cheers! DISCLAIMER: The whiskey in this review was provided to us at no cost courtesy of the spirit producer. We were not compensated by t…
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In Batman and The Joker: Contested Sexuality in Popular Culture (Routledge, 2020), Chris Richardson presents a cultural analysis of the ways gender, identity, and sexuality are negotiated in the rivalry of Batman and The Joker. Richardson's queer reading of the text provides new understandings of Batman and The Joker and the transformations of the …
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Send us a text It's officially back to school season, and without a strike to stop us, we can finally discuss the absolute high school rom com classic, 10 Things I Hate About You. Join Jas, Sam, Callie, and River in discussing how Petruchio wishes he was Patrick Verona, how much we long for the return of the mid budget movie, especially rom coms, a…
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A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965), and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966) are collectively known as “The Man with No Name” trilogy and are often thought of as one long movie about the hero’s adventures, much like we think of the original three installments of Indiana Jones. Quentin Tarantino has called the third film th…
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I love a good murder story set in the South and this is an intense one. It centers on a vicious murder in a crumbling Kentucky mansion and a killer who managed to cover it up for months. Author David Domine writes about it in his book: A Dark Room in Glitter Ball City: Murder, Secrets, and Scandal in Old Louisville. Support this podcast by shopping…
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Send us a text Good news, Shami's back, and is torturing Dracula with disco music. Bad news, this is a fairly short segment again where Arthur finally admits something's wrong with his fiancee. So instead we end up talking a lot about vampiric animals, where the hell Quincey's been, and how we promise we're not sponsored by Are You Afraid of the Da…
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We had a fun time recording live at WorldCon with a few select friends in the audience, talking about games and video games adapted into movies. And with a bonus quiz from listener and fellow podcaster Andy Parry. We discuss (briefly) Battleship, Doom, and Clue, and also mention a number of other game to movie adaptations. Thanks to Lori, Kevin, Da…
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This week, John researches a local dive bar, as you do, before recommending gadgets that aren’t computers or videogame consoles and chatting about Loot, Season 2. Links and Show Notes Too Dive-y It doesn’t get much divier than . Favorite Gadgets That Aren’t Computers or Videogame Consoles John’s Picks LG C2 55" OLED TV Breville Precision Brewer Dri…
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It's This Week in Bourbon for August 30th 2024. Whiskey Thief is opening a new spot in NuLu, Alaska Senate Bill 9 goes into effect which allows direct to consumer shipping, Heaven Hill Distillery announced today the release of the 18th edition of the Parker’s Heritage Collection. Show Notes: Mash Maker’s Experience at Casey Jones Distillery Whiskey…
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In the past two years if you've found yourself scrolling on TikTok or YouTube Shorts, then I'm almost certain you've seen a video by the man that goes by Brewzle. TJ Gamble is the man that goes by Brewzle and he's been a media powerhouse. He's grown his following from just a few thousand subscribers to over a million across all his social channels.…
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Alcoholic aliens plus a little David Bowie. Support the network and gain access to over fifty bonus episodes by becoming a patron on ⁠Patreon⁠. Want more science fiction in your life? Check out ⁠The Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast⁠. Love Neil Gaiman? Join us on ⁠Hanging Out With the Dream King: A Neil Gaiman Podcast⁠. Lovecraft? Poe? Check out ⁠Elder S…
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Joined by returning guest and true friend of the pod, Samantha Oh, we journey through Paris, visit the Louvre, portal all the way to Washington DC, and get to know a lot more about the mysterious past of our favorite Aunt Bast. This episode contains a LOT of referenced media, here are links to some of the pieces mentioned or discussed: Didi, a film…
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Join the conversation, text us now. *Trigger Warnings: Talk of domestic violence and drugs.* Hello Happy People, Today Dianne shares her chat with chef, culinary instructor, and cookbook author, Kausar Ahmed. Kausar has built more than just an impressive culinary career for herself. This Pakistani-born chef has explored many avenues within the food…
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On this Whiskey Quickie by Bourbon Pursuit, we review BBC Collaborative Series Amrut Barrel Finished Whiskey. This 8-14 year old whiskey is 110 proof and $160 MSRP. Let us know what you think. Cheers! DISCLAIMER: The whiskey in this review was provided to us at no cost courtesy of the spirit producer. We were not compensated by the spirit producer …
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Accounting for the unique characteristics of Taiwan’s cinema from 2008 to 2020, Mapping Taiwanese Cinema, 2008-2020: Environments, Poetics, Practice (Edinburgh UP, 2024) examines how filmmakers have depicted and imagined the island’s diverse environments. Drawing on cinema, cartography, and cultural studies, Christopher Brown argues that by refocus…
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Howard Hawks’s To Have and Have Not (1944) is more Hollywood than Hemingway–something for which we should all be grateful. The film is a wonderful example–perhaps the best–of onscreen chemistry and remains wildly entertaining even aside from the onscreen courtship of Bogart and Bacall. Join us as we talk about banter as a tool of seduction, the way…
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We’re now digging into a real Texas story. We’re talking about a brazen jewel thief in the 1960s who burgled some of the wealthiest homes in Dallas. But he was an odd thief. Sometimes he took just one diamond earring, probably because he knew it would ruin the set. He would put down a towel so he wouldn’t sully an expensive chair by stepping on it.…
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Send us a text Lightning Thief Month comes to an end with arguably the adaptation that finally did this story justice, the Disney+ series Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Here Jas, River, Leif, and for the very first time Edric, will discuss all the ways this brilliant series is both loyal to its source material, and manages to update it in a way t…
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Send us a text This week it would seem that our attempts to thwart Dracula have put a target on our beloved Shami's back, so she sadly could not join Jas, Ellie, and Callie this week. To distract ourselves and MAYBE find a solution, we explore how Renfield is a desperate wannabe member of the Evil Polycule, Mina and Jonathan being relationship goal…
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This week, John and Federico discuss peanut butter, the limits of testing gadgets in public, and Federico’s latest Spotify experiment before turning to a movie and two music recommendations. This episode is sponsored by: FastMinder – The popular app designed for tracking intermittent fasting, created by Funn Media, the developers behind other succe…
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Suave and movie-star handsome, Arthur Barry charmed New York celebrities as he planned and executed some of the most brazen and lucrative heists of the 1920s. Think Cary Grant’s character was clever and slick in the Hitchcock classic To Catch a Thief ? This gentleman thief was smarter, smoother. It sounds like fiction. But it isn’t. Barry was real-…
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It's This Week in Bourbon for August 23rd 2024. American whiskey is gaining market share in the US with the on-premise, New York signs into law direct to consumer shipping for spirits, and Old Forester announces birthday bourbon Show Notes: UK gets $101.8 revenue boost this thanks to Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour. CGA’s On Premise Measurement data h…
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On this roundtable we talk about upcoming fall releases and which ones have always been consistently reliable while others seem to miss. Show Notes: Above the Char with Fred Minnick (@fredminnick) asks if Kenny is a steak, what would it be? What are the fall releases that always hit? Support this podcast on Patreon…
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Season 5 of Mythmakers has been one of many adventures, and as the season comes to a close, we’re going to look back at 5 highlights from our most enjoyed episodes. Join us as we dive back into the rising popularity of the Romantasy genre, before revisiting the presence of Fantasy at the Oscars. Appropriately, we’ll then steer the conversation towa…
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Join the conversation, text us now. Trigger Warning: bleeped words, m*urder and k!lled. Hello Happy People, Today Dianne gets to share her chat with bestselling author, Sheila Lowe. She has made a very successful career for herself involving the written word, but not how you might think. Long before she published her first book, Sheila was a respec…
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On this Whiskey Quickie by Bourbon Pursuit, we review Little Book Chapter 8 “Path Not Taken”. This 4-18 year old whiskey is 118.2 proof and $160 MSRP. Let us know what you think. Cheers! DISCLAIMER: The whiskey in this review was provided to us at no cost courtesy of the spirit producer. We were not compensated by the spirit producer for this revie…
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What did going to the movies sound like back in the “silent film” era? The answer takes us on a strange journey through Vaudeville, roaming Chautauqua lectures, penny arcades, nickelodeons, and grand movie palaces. As our guest In today’s episode, pioneering scholar of film sound, Rick Altman, tells us, the silent era has a lot to teach us about wh…
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Fede Alvarez’s "Alien: Romulus" hit cinemas on August 16th. It’s set between the events of Alien and Aliens, two science fiction classics. We review the movie and ask whether it continues the thematic work done in its lauded predecessors, touching on capitalism, AI, body horror, subversion of sexual and reproductive systems, colonialism, class, and…
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Everyone loves a good heist movie that depends on the combination of cold, logical planning and some element going sideways–and Thief is one of the best. Its 1981 release date is seen in every frame and the soundtrack by Tangerine Dream makes for great nostalgic viewing. But the film has real power as a character study of a highly skilled man tryin…
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This next story needs a trigger warning: it’s about the grooming and the sexual assault of children. But it was an important case in Australia and author Hedley Thomas tells it well. He details the murder case of Chris Dawson in his book The Teacher’s Pet. It was based on Henley’s record-breaking podcast that eventually attracted the attention of t…
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Send us a text In the penultimate episode of Lightning Thief Month, we discuss the musical adaptation, and it's honestly a little surprising that it exists, and Jas questions whether or not this adaptation is much better than the despised film adaptation in spite of taking just as many liberties, and River and Meredith help explain why the fanbase …
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The UK’s copyright laws protect writers by handing them exclusive rights in relation their original creative work. But how can writers best protect themselves and what does a writer need to do before using the work of others? In the event of an apparent infringement, how can a creator ensure they have a clear and unambiguous claim and what steps ca…
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Send us a text It's just Jas and Callie today, and the good news is Jonathan's alive! The bad news is Mina and Lucy have no idea of the danger they're in. About the only comfort we have is how gay they're still being, and plotting all the ways we're going to beat up Dracula. The following podcast is for entertainment purposes only. The views and op…
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In Normporn: Queer Viewers and the TV That Soothes Us (NYU Press, 2023), Karen Tongson presents an irreverent look at the love-hate relationship between queer viewers and mainstream family TV shows like Gilmore Girls and This Is Us. After personal loss, political upheaval, and the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us craved a return to …
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Send us a text Fourteen years ago, Jasmine's family had a movie night, and discovered the director of two films Jasmine had a great fondness for at the time had done a similar film about the children of Greek gods, and had a pretty decent time, blissfully unaware of the fandom outrage. Now, Jasmine, River, Leif, and Callie discuss whether or not th…
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