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Books Up Close: The PodcastEp. 19. Victoria Adukwei Bulley, 'The Ultra-Black Fish'In this episode I talk to Victoria Adukwei Bulley's poem 'The Ultra-Black Fish' from her collection Quiet (2022). You can also read the poem at Granta.Victoria Adukwei Bulley is a poet, writer and artist whose work has appeared widely in publications including the London Review of Books, LitHub, and The Atlantic. She is the winner of an Eric Gregory Award, and her critically acclaimed debut poetry book, QUIET, won the Folio Prize for Poetry, the John Pollard Poetry Prize, and was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize. QUIET is published by Faber & Faber in the UK...
2025-11-1449 min
New Books in LiteratureMarcy Dermansky, "Hot Air" (Knopf, 2025)Marcy Dermansky is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Hurricane Girl, Very Nice, The Red Car, Bad Marie, and Twins. She has received fellowships from McDowell and the Edward F Albee Foundation. She lives with her daughter in Montclair, NJ. Today we are discussing Hot Air (Knopf, 2025)
Recommended Books:
Emily Adrian, Seduction Theory
Jessica Francis King, Fonseca
Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro Against World Literature, is published with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voice...
2025-10-3135 min
Burned By BooksMarcy Dermansky, "Hot Air" (Knopf, 2025)Marcy Dermansky is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Hurricane Girl, Very Nice, The Red Car, Bad Marie, and Twins. She has received fellowships from McDowell and the Edward F Albee Foundation. She lives with her daughter in Montclair, NJ. Today we are discussing Hot Air (Knopf, 2025)
Recommended Books:
Emily Adrian, Seduction Theory
Jessica Francis King, Fonseca
Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro Against World Literature, is published with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voice...
2025-10-3135 min
Nikonomics - The Economics of Small Business242 - I Replaced My Research Team with This AI (Here's How) with Elizabeth KnopfJoin me, Nik ( https://x.com/CoFoundersNik ), as I sit down with AI expert Elizabeth Knopf (https://x.com/leveragedupside) for a deep dive into Anthropic's Claude 4.5 Sonnet, the latest AI breakthrough for entrepreneurs and business automation in 2025.Watch as Elizabeth demonstrates game-changing features that transform Claude AI from static outputs into dynamic web applications through API integration and parallel tool execution. We explore extended AI thinking capabilities (up to 30 hours of processing), which delivers higher quality outputs for complex business tasks without constant iteration errors or AI hallucinations.The highlight? Claude generates a 22-page competitive analysis and content stra...
2025-10-1028 min
The History of China#303 - Qing 38: The Macartney ExpeditionFrom London’s harbors to Canton’s bustling hongs and the Qianlong Emperor’s Dragon Throne, Lord George Macartney’s 1792-94 mission to Great Qing unveils profound cultural divides, shaping centuries of Sino-Western relations. This series explores a pivotal diplomatic clash that redefined global history.
Time Period Covered:
1792-1794 CE
Major Historical Figures:
Qing Empire:
The Qianlong Emperor (Aisin-Gioro Hongli) [r. 1735–1796]
Chief Minister Heshen (1750–1799)
Wang Wenxiong, mid-level imperial bureaucrat
British Empire:
Lord George Macar...
2025-08-2445 min
Die CHRIS WORLD Show18.06.2025 - Faulheit, Fehler und das letzte lange Wochenende bis OktoberDer Zug hatte mal wieder verspätung, ich redete nochmal mit dem einen Kollegen und unser Roboter ist zu Faul oder zu Dumm einen Knopf zu drücken. Unser Assi muss eien Unfall mit dem Motorrad gehabt haben, es gab wieder ein Fehler im System und dann endlich ins letzte lange Wochenede bis Oktober.
2025-06-2604 minNew Books in LiteratureAndrew Porter, "The Imagined Life: A Novel" (Knopf, 2025)Steven Mills has reached a crossroads. His wife and son have left, and they may not return. Which leaves him determined to find out what happened to his own father, a brilliant, charismatic professor who disappeared in 1984 when Steve was twelve, on a wave of ignominy.As Steve drives up the coast of California, seeking out his father’s friends, family members, and former colleagues, the novel offers us tantalizing glimpses into Steve’s childhood—his parents’ legendary pool parties, the black-and-white films on the backyard projector, secrets shared with his closest friend. Each conversation in the present reveals...
2025-05-2240 minBurned By BooksAndrew Porter, "The Imagined Life: A Novel" (Knopf, 2025)Steven Mills has reached a crossroads. His wife and son have left, and they may not return. Which leaves him determined to find out what happened to his own father, a brilliant, charismatic professor who disappeared in 1984 when Steve was twelve, on a wave of ignominy.As Steve drives up the coast of California, seeking out his father’s friends, family members, and former colleagues, the novel offers us tantalizing glimpses into Steve’s childhood—his parents’ legendary pool parties, the black-and-white films on the backyard projector, secrets shared with his closest friend. Each conversation in the present reveals...
2025-05-2140 minBooks Up Close: The PodcastEp. 4. Richie Hofmann, 'Breed Me'In this episode, we read Richie Hofmann's poem 'Breed Me', first published in Poetry. You can buy Richie's other books from a local independent bookshop, or via Bookshop.org.Richie Hofmann’s new book of poems, The Bronze Arms, is forthcoming from Alfred A. Knopf. He is also the author of A Hundred Lovers and Second Empire, and his poems appear in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and Poetry.Follow Richie on most social platforms @richiehof. Find the transcript, the poem we discuss, and more about the episode on Substack. Follow the pod...
2025-03-2847 minNew Books in LiteratureAdam Ross, "Playworld: A Novel" (Knopf, 2025)“In the fall of 1980, when I was fourteen, a friend of my parents named Naomi Shah fell in love with me. She was thirty-six, a mother of two, and married to a wealthy man. Like so many things that happened to me that year, it didn’t seem strange at the time.”Griffin Hurt is in over his head. Between his role as Peter Proton on the hit TV show The Nuclear Family and the pressure of high school at New York's elite Boyd Prep—along with the increasingly compromising demands of his wrestling coach—he's teetering on the edge...
2025-02-061h 12Burned By BooksAdam Ross, "Playworld: A Novel" (Knopf, 2025)“In the fall of 1980, when I was fourteen, a friend of my parents named Naomi Shah fell in love with me. She was thirty-six, a mother of two, and married to a wealthy man. Like so many things that happened to me that year, it didn’t seem strange at the time.”Griffin Hurt is in over his head. Between his role as Peter Proton on the hit TV show The Nuclear Family and the pressure of high school at New York's elite Boyd Prep—along with the increasingly compromising demands of his wrestling coach—he's teetering on the edge...
2025-02-061h 09
WCCO OutdoorsLooking Future and Past Going Into 2025It's a new year, which means new headlines for Rob Drieslein to mull over. After doing that, he welcomes the first guests of 2025:
Outdoors News contributor Glen Schmitt describes whether ice fishing conditions should improve with the colder weather settling in.
Friends of the Boundary Waters executive director Chris Knopf explains the impact former President Jimmy Carter had on the environment and outdoors sporting.
2025-01-0636 min
Deine Freunde fürs Leben#005 Neues Jahr, neue Chancen: Wie wir Träume verwirklichen und Fokus finden🎙️ Neuanfänge wagen, Fokus finden In der aktuellen Folge von „Deine Freunde fürs Leben“ sprechen wir, Chris und Andreas, über die Kraft von Neuanfängen und darüber, wie man sich bewusst auf das Wesentliche konzentriert. Der Jahreswechsel bietet für viele Menschen eine besondere Gelegenheit, den Reset-Knopf zu drücken – auch wenn wir sind überzeugt, dass jeder Tag das Potenzial für einen Neustart hat. Chris teilt mit euch seine Erfahrungen, wie er mit Vorsätzen umgeht und warum er manchmal mit dem „frühen Applaus“ kämpft. Andreas gibt Einblicke in die Wichtigkeit des Fokus: Wie...
2025-01-0247 min
Politics and LettersThe Russian Revolution IV: Civil War & Revolution in GermanyIntro: Red Army is the Strongest - Alexandrov Red Army Choir
Outro: You Fell Victim
Further Reading
Broué, Pierre. The German Revolution: 1917 - 1923. Haymarket Books, 2005.
Carr, Edward Hallett. The Bolshevik Revolution 1917 - 1923. W.W. Norton & Company, 1985.
Cohen, Stephen P. Bukharin and the Bolshevik Revolution: A Political Biography 1888 - 1938. Knopf, 1973.
Deutscher, Isaac. The Prophet: The Life of Leon Trotsky, The One-Volume Edition. Verso, 2015.
——, Stalin: A Political Biography. Vintage Books, 1960.
FitzPatrick, Sheila. The Russian Revolution. Oxford University Press, 2017.
Kołakowski, Leszek...
2024-12-301h 09
Three Minute ModernistEast Ninth Street by Joan MitchellNotes on Joan Mitchell
Livingston, Jane, et al. Joan Mitchell. Whitney Museum of American Art, 2002.
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300093996/joan-mitchell/
Albers, Patricia, et al. Joan Mitchell: Lady Painter: A Life. Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/203572/joan-mitchell-by-patricia-albers/
Bernstock, Judith E. Joan Mitchell. Hudson Hills Press, 1988.
https://www.hudsonhills.com/book/joan-mitchell/
Mitchell, Joan, and Yves Michaud. Joan Mitchell: New Paintings. Robert Miller Gallery, 1991.
https://www.robertmillergallery.com/joan-mitchell-new-paintings-1991/
Shiff, Richard, et al. Joan Mitchell: I carry my landscapes around with me. David Zwirner Books, 2019.
https://davidzwirnerbooks.com/product/joan-mitchell-i-carry-my-landscapes-around-me
Find out more...
2024-09-1802 minNew Books in LiteratureRachel Khong, "Real Americans" (Knopf, 2024)Real Americans (Knopf, 2024) begins on the precipice of Y2K in New York City, when twenty-two-year-old Lily Chen, an unpaid intern at a slick media company, meets Matthew. Matthew is everything Lily is not: easygoing and effortlessly attractive, a native East Coaster, and, most notably, heir to a vast pharmaceutical empire. Lily couldn't be more different: flat-broke, raised in Tampa, the only child of scientists who fled Mao's Cultural Revolution. Despite all this, Lily and Matthew fall in love.In 2021, fifteen-year-old Nick Chen has never felt like he belonged on the isolated Washington island where he lives w...
2024-06-1746 min
New Books in Asian American StudiesRachel Khong, "Real Americans" (Knopf, 2024)Real Americans (Knopf, 2024) begins on the precipice of Y2K in New York City, when twenty-two-year-old Lily Chen, an unpaid intern at a slick media company, meets Matthew. Matthew is everything Lily is not: easygoing and effortlessly attractive, a native East Coaster, and, most notably, heir to a vast pharmaceutical empire. Lily couldn't be more different: flat-broke, raised in Tampa, the only child of scientists who fled Mao's Cultural Revolution. Despite all this, Lily and Matthew fall in love.In 2021, fifteen-year-old Nick Chen has never felt like he belonged on the isolated Washington island where he lives w...
2024-06-1746 minBurned By BooksRachel Khong, "Real Americans" (Knopf, 2024)Real Americans (Knopf, 2024) begins on the precipice of Y2K in New York City, when twenty-two-year-old Lily Chen, an unpaid intern at a slick media company, meets Matthew. Matthew is everything Lily is not: easygoing and effortlessly attractive, a native East Coaster, and, most notably, heir to a vast pharmaceutical empire. Lily couldn't be more different: flat-broke, raised in Tampa, the only child of scientists who fled Mao's Cultural Revolution. Despite all this, Lily and Matthew fall in love.In 2021, fifteen-year-old Nick Chen has never felt like he belonged on the isolated Washington island where he lives w...
2024-06-1746 min
New Books in Literary StudiesKimberly King Parsons, "We Were the Universe" (Knopf, 2024)The trip was supposed to be fun. When Kit's best friend gets dumped by his boyfriend, he begs her to ditch her family responsibilities for an idyllic weekend in the Montana mountains. They'll soak in hot springs, then sneak a vape into a dive bar and drink too much, like old times. Instead, their getaway only reminds Kit of everything she's lost lately: her wildness, her independence, and--most heartbreaking of all--her sister, Julie, who died a few years ago.When she returns home to the Dallas suburbs, Kit tries to settle in to her routine--long afternoons spent c...
2024-06-1237 minNew Books in LiteratureKimberly King Parsons, "We Were the Universe" (Knopf, 2024)The trip was supposed to be fun. When Kit's best friend gets dumped by his boyfriend, he begs her to ditch her family responsibilities for an idyllic weekend in the Montana mountains. They'll soak in hot springs, then sneak a vape into a dive bar and drink too much, like old times. Instead, their getaway only reminds Kit of everything she's lost lately: her wildness, her independence, and--most heartbreaking of all--her sister, Julie, who died a few years ago.When she returns home to the Dallas suburbs, Kit tries to settle in to her routine--long afternoons spent c...
2024-06-1237 minBurned By BooksKimberly King Parsons, "We Were the Universe" (Knopf, 2024)The trip was supposed to be fun. When Kit's best friend gets dumped by his boyfriend, he begs her to ditch her family responsibilities for an idyllic weekend in the Montana mountains. They'll soak in hot springs, then sneak a vape into a dive bar and drink too much, like old times. Instead, their getaway only reminds Kit of everything she's lost lately: her wildness, her independence, and--most heartbreaking of all--her sister, Julie, who died a few years ago.When she returns home to the Dallas suburbs, Kit tries to settle in to her routine--long afternoons spent c...
2024-06-1237 min
The 9th Grade ExperienceTips on Getting Your First Job - S6E10In this episode, we delve into the journey of securing employment as a young individual, exploring the experiences and insights of our guest, Dorney Park Recruitment Manager Katie Knopf. Katie began her work career at Dorney Park during her 9th-grade year as a seasonal employee and has advanced through the years to full-time management positions.
Katie stresses the importance for young employees to understand the balance of fun and responsibility in the workplace emphasizing the importance of maintaining professionalism while embracing the enjoyable aspects of the job. She talks about the work-life balance for young individuals involved in extracurricular...
2024-03-1136 min
AWFNR#517 - TOM BÖTTCHER & PAUL - „Das habe ich noch nie irgendwo erzählt…“Wenn der Weg zum Ruhm damit beginnt, dass der Wikipedia-Eintrag der alten Schule mit einem wirbt, dann hat man es geschafft: In Pauls Augen ist Tom Böttcher berühmt – er selbst ist schon seit drei Jahren Fanboy. Tom Böttcher ist Schauspieler. Paul hat ausgerechnet, dass er beim Bergdoktor und mit einem Video bei Instagram genau gleich viele Menschen erreicht. Wird er denn bei dem jeweils anderen Format immer abgestempelt – entweder als TikTok-Boy oder eben als Schauspieler? Warum kann man nicht einfach beides sein?
Toms Karriere hat mit ersten Schauspielerfahrungen im „Backstage - Jugendclub“ am Deutschen Schauspielhaus in Hamburg gestartet...
2024-02-271h 17Burned By BooksEliza Minot. "In the Orchard" (Knopf, 2023)A novel about womanhood, modern family, and the interior landscape of maternal life, as seen through the life of a young wife and mother on a single day.At night, Maisie Moore dreams that her life is perfect: the looming mortgages and credit card debt have magically vanished, and she can raise her four children, including newborn Esme, on an undulating current of maternal bliss, by turns oceanic and overwhelming, but awash in awe and wonder. Then she jolts awake and, after checking that her husband and baby are asleep beside her, remembers the real-world money problems...
2023-12-2240 minNew Books in Literary StudiesEliza Minot. "In the Orchard" (Knopf, 2023)A novel about womanhood, modern family, and the interior landscape of maternal life, as seen through the life of a young wife and mother on a single day.At night, Maisie Moore dreams that her life is perfect: the looming mortgages and credit card debt have magically vanished, and she can raise her four children, including newborn Esme, on an undulating current of maternal bliss, by turns oceanic and overwhelming, but awash in awe and wonder. Then she jolts awake and, after checking that her husband and baby are asleep beside her, remembers the real-world money problems...
2023-12-2240 minNew Books in LiteratureEliza Minot. "In the Orchard" (Knopf, 2023)A novel about womanhood, modern family, and the interior landscape of maternal life, as seen through the life of a young wife and mother on a single day.At night, Maisie Moore dreams that her life is perfect: the looming mortgages and credit card debt have magically vanished, and she can raise her four children, including newborn Esme, on an undulating current of maternal bliss, by turns oceanic and overwhelming, but awash in awe and wonder. Then she jolts awake and, after checking that her husband and baby are asleep beside her, remembers the real-world money problems...
2023-12-2240 min
KREATIVDATE#88 Der Wert von Pausen - mit Bestsellerautorin Melanie RaabeEinfach mal den Pause-Knopf drücken. Mit Bestsellerautorin Melanie Raabe habe ich darüber gesprochen, wie wichtig Auszeiten sind. Fürs kreative Schaffen und überhaupt. Sich auszuklinken, die Insta-App vom Handy zu schmeißen und sich nicht permanent berieseln zu lassen hat auch einen ganz praktischen Nutzen. Denn nur so schaltet das Hirn in den DMN. Was genau das ist, wie Mel und Chris mit Pausen umgehen und ob das immer so gut gelingt (Spoiler: besonders im Sprint auf ne Deadline kann das tricky werden) erfahrt ihr in dieser Episode KREATIVDATE. Passend zum Thema geht der Podcast nach dieser Folge in ei...
2023-11-081h 18New Books in LiteratureCaroline O'Donoghue, "The Rachel Incident" (Knopf, 2023)Rachel is a student working at a bookstore when she meets James, and it's love at first sight. Effervescent and insistently heterosexual, James soon invites Rachel to be his roommate and the two begin a friendship that changes the course of both their lives forever. Together, they run riot through the streets of Cork city, trying to maintain a bohemian existence while the threat of the financial crash looms before them.When Rachel falls in love with her married professor, Dr. Fred Byrne, James helps her devise a reading at their local bookstore, with the goal that...
2023-10-061h 10Burned By BooksCaroline O'Donoghue, "The Rachel Incident" (Knopf, 2023)Rachel is a student working at a bookstore when she meets James, and it's love at first sight. Effervescent and insistently heterosexual, James soon invites Rachel to be his roommate and the two begin a friendship that changes the course of both their lives forever. Together, they run riot through the streets of Cork city, trying to maintain a bohemian existence while the threat of the financial crash looms before them.When Rachel falls in love with her married professor, Dr. Fred Byrne, James helps her devise a reading at their local bookstore, with the goal that...
2023-10-061h 10Burned By BooksKatherine Heiny, "Games and Rituals: Stories" (Knopf, 2023)Today I talked to Katherine Heiny about Games and Rituals: Stories (Knopf, 2023).The games and rituals performed by Heiny's characters range from mischievous to tender: In "Bridesmaid, Revisited," Marlee, suffering from a laundry and life crisis, wears a massive bridesmaid's dress to work. In "Twist and Shout," Erica's elderly father mistakes his four-thousand-dollar hearing aid for a cashew and eats it. In "Turn Back, Turn Back," a bedtime story coupled with a receipt for a Starbucks babyccino reveal a struggling actor's deception. And in "561," Charlene pays the true price of infidelity and is forced to help her hus...
2023-09-0135 minNew Books in LiteratureKatherine Heiny, "Games and Rituals: Stories" (Knopf, 2023)Today I talked to Katherine Heiny about Games and Rituals: Stories (Knopf, 2023).The games and rituals performed by Heiny's characters range from mischievous to tender: In "Bridesmaid, Revisited," Marlee, suffering from a laundry and life crisis, wears a massive bridesmaid's dress to work. In "Twist and Shout," Erica's elderly father mistakes his four-thousand-dollar hearing aid for a cashew and eats it. In "Turn Back, Turn Back," a bedtime story coupled with a receipt for a Starbucks babyccino reveal a struggling actor's deception. And in "561," Charlene pays the true price of infidelity and is forced to help her hus...
2023-09-0135 min
The Colin McEnroe ShowExamining the narrative takeover and its impactsIt seems like everything’s been turned into a story. You can see a company’s story on the packaging of juice, cereal, alternative milks. Politicians tell stories to rally support for policies. And social media helps us all tell the story that we want to tell about our lives. This hour, Peter Brooks on his book, Seduced by Story: The Use and Abuse of Narrative, and a look at why storytelling isn’t always a good thing. GUESTS: Peter Brooks: Author of Seduced by Story: The Use and Abuse of Narrative Chris...
2023-08-1050 min
Der PferdepodcastEpisode 231 - Jimmy-PartyEpisode 231 - Jimmy-Party
In Folge 231 des Pferdepodcasts ("Jimmy-Party") geht es um ein Thema, das uns schon ganz lange bewegt. Wir hatten in der letzten Folge ja schon angedeutet, dass eine größere Veränderung für AC/DC und Klex ins Haus steht. Nun lüften wir das Geheimnis: Die beiden Jungpferde werden zum Monatsende in einen neuen Stall ziehen. Grund sind die gesundheitlichen Probleme von AC/DC.
Als Interviewgäste sind Tomke und Florian von Hörmal-Audio bei uns. Die beiden ermöglichen es sehbehinderten und blinden Menschen Reitsportveranstaltungen zu erleben, indem sie ihnen per Knopf im Ohr l...
2023-07-171h 04
Driven To Win275 | How A Modern Baker Plans to Feed a BillionIn this episode, Chaz Wolfe hosts entrepreneur Leo Campbell. They delve into Leo's entrepreneurial journey, discussing the sacrifices and commitment required. They explore the power of persistence, the importance of balance, and the concept of 'massive action'. Leo also addresses the societal impact of ultra-processed foods and the significance of problem-solving in entrepreneurship.
Meet Leo Campbell, Co-Founder of Modern Baker, the company that's been working diligently under the radar for the last six years to revolutionize our approach to nutrition. Funded by the UK government, Modern Baker emerged from "stealth" mode just last week, now stocked on UK shelves...
2023-06-2747 min
Big Red Canoe - Friends of the Boundary Waters podcastBest-Selling BWCA Author - William Kent KruegerIf you love the Boundary Waters and literature, you're not going to want to miss this very special podcast. We're joined by New York times bestselling author, William Kent Krueger, who writes a series of mysteries set in the north woods of Minnesota. The protagonist of many of Krueger's novels, Cork O'Connor is the former sheriff of Tamarack county and is part Irish and part Ojibwe. In his books, Krueger explores the tensions within these cultures and examines important social topics that reflect real life. His most recent Cork O'Connor mystery is Fox Creek, which came out...
2023-06-1755 minNew Books in Literary StudiesTania James, "Loot: A Novel" (Knopf, 2023)Abbas is just seventeen years old when his gifts as a woodcarver come to the attention of Tipu Sultan, and he is drawn into service at the palace in order to build a giant tiger automaton for Tipu's sons, a gift to commemorate their return from British captivity. His fate--and the fate of the wooden tiger he helps create--will mirror the vicissitudes of nations and dynasties ravaged by war across India and Europe.Working alongside the legendary French clockmaker Lucien du Leze, Abbas hones his craft, learns French, and meets Jehanne, the daughter of a French expatriate...
2023-06-1645 min
New Books in South Asian StudiesTania James, "Loot: A Novel" (Knopf, 2023)Abbas is just seventeen years old when his gifts as a woodcarver come to the attention of Tipu Sultan, and he is drawn into service at the palace in order to build a giant tiger automaton for Tipu's sons, a gift to commemorate their return from British captivity. His fate--and the fate of the wooden tiger he helps create--will mirror the vicissitudes of nations and dynasties ravaged by war across India and Europe.Working alongside the legendary French clockmaker Lucien du Leze, Abbas hones his craft, learns French, and meets Jehanne, the daughter of a French expatriate...
2023-06-1645 minBurned By BooksTania James, "Loot: A Novel" (Knopf, 2023)Abbas is just seventeen years old when his gifts as a woodcarver come to the attention of Tipu Sultan, and he is drawn into service at the palace in order to build a giant tiger automaton for Tipu's sons, a gift to commemorate their return from British captivity. His fate--and the fate of the wooden tiger he helps create--will mirror the vicissitudes of nations and dynasties ravaged by war across India and Europe.Working alongside the legendary French clockmaker Lucien du Leze, Abbas hones his craft, learns French, and meets Jehanne, the daughter of a French expatriate...
2023-06-1645 minNew Books in LiteratureTania James, "Loot: A Novel" (Knopf, 2023)Abbas is just seventeen years old when his gifts as a woodcarver come to the attention of Tipu Sultan, and he is drawn into service at the palace in order to build a giant tiger automaton for Tipu's sons, a gift to commemorate their return from British captivity. His fate--and the fate of the wooden tiger he helps create--will mirror the vicissitudes of nations and dynasties ravaged by war across India and Europe.Working alongside the legendary French clockmaker Lucien du Leze, Abbas hones his craft, learns French, and meets Jehanne, the daughter of a French expatriate...
2023-06-1645 min
TEN 4 TEN I @TBBI# 3.1 TRUMP HAT 4 BEINE (feat. Chris Hartung)Heute zu Gast: Chris Hartung. Begrüßung und kurzes „Hallo“, dann die legendäre Kennenlerngeschichte, wie mit 14 alles begann. Auch mal ausgefragt werden – ohne Jugenderfahrung. Rein in den Dokumentarfilm „Facing Down Under“. Rein ins Abenteuer und raus aus der Komfortzone. Chris wollte aber eigentlich nur ohne Konventionen loslegen und freie Projekte machen. Alles aus seiner Hand, ob Musik, Film und Grafik. Auch Lucky, Timos Hund mischt mit.
Raus kam ein 3,5-stündiges Moped an Film – extended. Es wurde gekürzt und gekürzt, dann abgelehnt und neu geschnitten. Ein Film über wenig Geld, schwitzige Hotels und tolle Community. Sehenswer...
2023-06-0840 minNew Books in Literary StudiesAndrew Porter, "The Disappeared: Stories" (Knopf, 2023)A husband and wife hear a mysterious bump in the night. A father mourns the closeness he has lost with his son. A friendship with a married couple turns into a dangerous codependency. With gorgeous sensitivity, assurance, and a propulsive sense of menace, these stories center on disappearances both literal and figurative--lives and loves that are cut short, the vanishing of one's youthful self. From San Antonio to Austin, from the clamor of a crowded restaurant to the cigarette at a lonely kitchen table, Andrew Porter captures each of these relationships mid-flight, every individual life punctuated by loss and...
2023-05-1937 minNew Books in LiteratureAndrew Porter, "The Disappeared: Stories" (Knopf, 2023)A husband and wife hear a mysterious bump in the night. A father mourns the closeness he has lost with his son. A friendship with a married couple turns into a dangerous codependency. With gorgeous sensitivity, assurance, and a propulsive sense of menace, these stories center on disappearances both literal and figurative--lives and loves that are cut short, the vanishing of one's youthful self. From San Antonio to Austin, from the clamor of a crowded restaurant to the cigarette at a lonely kitchen table, Andrew Porter captures each of these relationships mid-flight, every individual life punctuated by loss and...
2023-05-1937 minBurned By BooksAndrew Porter, "The Disappeared: Stories" (Knopf, 2023)A husband and wife hear a mysterious bump in the night. A father mourns the closeness he has lost with his son. A friendship with a married couple turns into a dangerous codependency. With gorgeous sensitivity, assurance, and a propulsive sense of menace, these stories center on disappearances both literal and figurative--lives and loves that are cut short, the vanishing of one's youthful self. From San Antonio to Austin, from the clamor of a crowded restaurant to the cigarette at a lonely kitchen table, Andrew Porter captures each of these relationships mid-flight, every individual life punctuated by loss and...
2023-05-1937 min
thecommentary.caDr Chris van TullekenThe infectious diseases doctor, academic, and broadcaster Dr Chris van Tulleken discusses his bestselling book Ultra-Processed People: Why We Can’t Stop Eating Food That Isn’t Food (Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2023), with Joseph Planta.
Ultra-Processed People: Why We Can’t Stop Eating Food That Isn’t Food by Chris van Tulleken (Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2023).
Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: Ultra-Processed People
Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:
I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.
Already...
2023-05-1834 minthecommentary.caDr Chris van TullekenThe infectious diseases doctor, academic, and broadcaster Dr Chris van Tulleken discusses his bestselling book Ultra-Processed People: Why We Can’t Stop Eating Food That Isn’t Food (Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2023), with Joseph Planta.
Ultra-Processed People: Why We Can’t Stop Eating Food That Isn’t Food by Chris van Tulleken (Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2023).
Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: Ultra-Processed People
Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:
I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.
Already...
2023-05-1834 min
Family Brand: Take Back Your Family124. Raising Kids Who Go After Their Dreams with Guest Eric KnopfHey everyone, Melissa here from the Family Brand Podcast. In our latest episode, I had the pleasure of talking to Eric Knoff, a lifelong entrepreneur and co-founder and co-CEO of Webconnex, a software company that powers event registration, ticketing, and fundraising for some of the biggest brands in the world. Eric is that he believes most entrepreneurs became entrepreneurs because of a transformational experience in their childhood. And as someone who had a unique and amazing upbringing that led him and his siblings to become entrepreneurs, Eric wrote a book called "Raising Entrepreneurs" to guide parents on...
2023-04-0738 min
Der Spielwaren Investor - spielend reale Rendite!Was macht der Knopf?Thomas stellt sich heute wichtige Fragen und bereitet Euch wissentlich und engagiert, die wichtigsten LEGO-News der vergangenen Woche audiovisuell auf. Show Notes Mehr Infos zu unseren Werbepartnern findest Du hier: Thomas´Profil auf...
Thomas stellt sich heute wichtige Fragen und bereitet Euch wissentlich und engagiert, die wichtigsten LEGO-News der vergangenen Woche audiovisuell auf. Show Notes http://www.Spielwaren-Investor.com Mehr Infos zu unseren Werbepartnern findest Du hier: https://linktr.ee/spielwareninvestor Thomas´Profil auf Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brickntosh/?hl=de Spielwaren Investor auf YouTube: https://www.youtube.com...
2023-03-0738 min
Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good ReadEpisode 175: He’s BAAACK! Our Mystery Man, John ValeriWe just read a stack of books with an interesting variety of subjects! In between mushrooms and swimming, we spent time with an Australian rare book expert, a New Yorker wandering in Ireland, a Queer book artist in Manhattan, restauranteers in Minnesota, and an American publishing legend. We also got to know some folks in a rural hockey town.
These books are:
Cooking with Mushrooms: A Fungi Lover’s Guide to the World’s Most Versatile, Flavorful, Health-Boosting Ingredients by Andrea Gentl, People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks, This Must be the Place by Maggie O’Farrell, Endpapers by Jennif...
2023-02-141h 30
207 Grad – Der KaffeepodcastDruck, Muskelkraft & Knopf – ZubereitungsartenWir sprechen heute über unterschiedliche Zubereitungsarten. Dabei widmen wir uns in dieser Folge der Aeropress, hauptsächlich aber dem Kaffee aus dem Filter und aus der Bialetti und zum Schluss noch etwas dem Vollautomaten. Dabei geht es um ganz unterschiedliche Themen: Wer trinkt welchen Kaffee – in der Popkultur und von uns? Wie viel Gramm Kaffeemehl sollte in einen Filter? Und für ganz blutige Anfäger:innen erzählen die Expert:innen auch welches Equipment sich lohnen würde und auf was ihr achten müsst. Außerdem gibt es wertvolle Tipps für alle die schmecken wollen wie die gleiche...
2023-02-0157 min
The Colin McEnroe ShowExamining the narrative takeover and its impactsIt seems like everything’s been turned into a story lately. You can see a company’s story on the packaging of juice, cereal, and alternative milks. Politicians tell stories to rally support for policies. And social media helps us all tell the story that we want to tell about our lives. This hour, Peter Brooks on his new book, Seduced by Story: The Use and Abuse of Narrative, and a look at why storytelling isn’t always positive. GUESTS: Peter Brooks: Author of Seduced by Story: The Use and Abuse of Narrat...
2022-12-2749 minNew Books in LiteratureTess Gunty, "The Rabbit Hutch: A Novel" (Knopf, 2022)Born and raised in South Bend, Indiana, Tess holds a B.A. in English with an Honor’s Concentration in Creative Writing from the University of Notre Dame. After graduating in 2015, she began an MFA in Creative Writing from NYU, where she was a Lillian Vernon Fellow. After earning her MFA, Tess worked alongside her former professor Jonathan Safran Foer, providing research and writing for his book of nonfiction about the climate crisis. We Are the Weather was published by FSG in 2019.As a freelance writer, editor, and research assistant, Tess’s experience also includes documenting the histor...
2022-10-2842 minBurned By BooksTess Gunty, "The Rabbit Hutch: A Novel" (Knopf, 2022)Born and raised in South Bend, Indiana, Tess holds a B.A. in English with an Honor’s Concentration in Creative Writing from the University of Notre Dame. After graduating in 2015, she began an MFA in Creative Writing from NYU, where she was a Lillian Vernon Fellow. After earning her MFA, Tess worked alongside her former professor Jonathan Safran Foer, providing research and writing for his book of nonfiction about the climate crisis. We Are the Weather was published by FSG in 2019.As a freelance writer, editor, and research assistant, Tess’s experience also includes documenting the histor...
2022-10-2841 min
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S3EP14: SANDRA CISNEROSJoin Chris in a sit-down with the legendary Sandra Cisneros, author of the upcoming Woman Without Shame (Alfred A. Knopf), about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!
From the Sandra Cisneros Website:
I was born in Chicago in 1954, the third child and only daughter in a family of seven children. I studied at Loyola University of Chicago (B.A. English, 1976) and the University of Iowa (M.F.A. Creative Writing, 1978).
I've worked as a teacher and counselor to high-school dropouts, as an artist-in-the-schools where I taught creative writing at every level except first grade and pre-school, a college recruiter, an arts a...
2022-09-1223 min
Public Policy This WeekMining in Northern Minnesota with Governor Arne Carlson and Chris Knopf 8/5/22This week's hosts Jon Olson and Bruce Morlan discuss mining in Northern Minnesota and the Lake Superior watershed with former Minnesota Governor Arne Carlson and the Executive Director of Friends of the Boundary Waters Chris Knopff.
2022-08-0559 minNew Books in LiteratureMarcy Dermansky, "Hurricane Girl" (Knopf, 2022)An interview with novelist Marcy Dermansky. Hurricane Girl (Knopf, 2022) brings us another unforgettable Dermansky-character, Allison Brody, whose rashness and seeming detachment are matched only by her commitment to finding a place in the world that is truly her own. Allison has just fled an abusive relationship, albeit one that provided a great deal of privilege, and has spent her own savings to buy a cottage on the ocean. When that cottage is lost in a freak storm, what little control Allison had felt spins slowly out of reach, first with another violent interaction with a man that leaves her wit...
2022-06-1443 minBurned By BooksMarcy Dermansky, "Hurricane Girl" (Knopf, 2022)An interview with novelist Marcy Dermansky. Hurricane Girl (Knopf, 2022) brings us another unforgettable Dermansky-character, Allison Brody, whose rashness and seeming detachment are matched only by her commitment to finding a place in the world that is truly her own. Allison has just fled an abusive relationship, albeit one that provided a great deal of privilege, and has spent her own savings to buy a cottage on the ocean. When that cottage is lost in a freak storm, what little control Allison had felt spins slowly out of reach, first with another violent interaction with a man that leaves her wit...
2022-06-1442 minNew Books in LiteraturePeter C. Baker, "Planes" (Knopf, 2022)An interview with debut novelist Peter C Baker. Planes (Knopf, 2022) is the story of a global crime unfolding principally in the domestic lives of two women, Amira, an Italian convert to Islam living in Rome, and Mel, a school board member in North Carolina. Amira is a direct victim of the crime of extraordinary rendition, her husband, Ayoub, having been abducted without criminal charges and taken first to Pakistan and then Morocco, where he was imprisoned and tortured. Ayoub’s eventual return to Amira is a lesson in how trauma comes like a wave for all those in its path...
2022-06-0143 minBurned By BooksPeter C. Baker, "Planes" (Knopf, 2022)An interview with debut novelist Peter C Baker. Planes (Knopf, 2022) is the story of a global crime unfolding principally in the domestic lives of two women, Amira, an Italian convert to Islam living in Rome, and Mel, a school board member in North Carolina. Amira is a direct victim of the crime of extraordinary rendition, her husband, Ayoub, having been abducted without criminal charges and taken first to Pakistan and then Morocco, where he was imprisoned and tortured. Ayoub’s eventual return to Amira is a lesson in how trauma comes like a wave for all those in its path...
2022-06-0142 min
Der PferdepodcastEpisode 151 - Beschde BeateEpisode 151 - Beschde Beate
Selten haben wir uns so auf die Aufzeichnung einer Pferdepodcast-Folge gefreut wie auf diese. Warum? Ganz einfach. Wenn es um Pferdekinder geht, dann ist das immer eine besonders emotionale Angelegenheit. Und wenn das besagte Pferdekind auch noch einem selbst gehört und schon in wenigen Wochen zur Pferdepodcast-Rasselbande im Schwarzwald stoßen wird, dann kennt die Vorfreude natürlich kaum Grenzen. In Folge 151 („Beschde Beate“) ist es also so weit: Jenny berichtet ausführlich über den kleinen Haflinger „BeeGee“, bei dem sie in der vergangenen Woche spontan den „will-ich-haben“-Knopf gedrückt hat.
Dabei klären wir u...
2022-01-1752 min
What's Next? - EVENTS im WANDELTeaser 2022 WNE034
Teaser 2022: WHY HOW WOW - What's Next?
"Auf der Suche nach den Prinzipien hinter der Wirkung - voll spannender Einblicke in das Neuland Online Events“ - so habe ich den Podcast What's Next? - Events im Wandel am 23.11.2020 gestartet.
33 Folgen mit fast 24h Sendezeit später habe ich den PAUSE Knopf gedrückt. Nachdem wir in der ersten Staffel digitale Formate betrachtet und in der zweiten Staffel hybride Eventformen angeschaut haben, ging es in der dritten Staffel um Reflektion.
What's Next? Teaser 2022: Weiter gehts!
Ich hab...
2022-01-1002 min
It's Your Life PodcastThe Christmas Mitzah - A Story of Kindness and Giving Selflessly to Others, with Jeff Gottesfel Introducing writer Jeff Gottesfeld His current book THE CHRISTMAS MITZVAH The message and themes the book conveys Jeff writes for page, stage, and screen. He has won awards from the American Library Association, the Association of Jewish Libraries, the Writer’s Guild of America, the National Council for Social Studies, and the American Alliance for Theater and Education. His current focus is picture book texts for children. His picture books are The Tree in the Courtyard (Knopf, 2016), illustrated by Peter McCarty, No Steps Behind (Creston, 2020), illustrated by Shiella Witanto, and Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Ca...
2021-12-2251 minIt's Your Life PodcastThe Christmas Mitzah - A Story of Kindness and Giving Selflessly to Others, with Jeff Gottesfel Introducing writer Jeff Gottesfeld His current book THE CHRISTMAS MITZVAH The message and themes the book conveys Jeff writes for page, stage, and screen. He has won awards from the American Library Association, the Association of Jewish Libraries, the Writer’s Guild of America, the National Council for Social Studies, and the American Alliance for Theater and Education. His current focus is picture book texts for children. His picture books are The Tree in the Courtyard (Knopf, 2016), illustrated by Peter McCarty, No Steps Behind (Creston, 2020), illustrated by Shiella Witanto, and Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Ca...
2021-12-2251 minBig Red Canoe - Friends of the Boundary Waters podcastIndigenous leaders Senator Mary Kunesh and Representative Heather KeelerExplore the link between clean water, the Boundary Waters, and Native American issues in this timely episode.Minnesota Senator Mary Kunesh and Representative Heather Keeler join Friends Executive Director Chris Knopf to talk about Indigenous Peoples' Day, clean water, and their experiences as Native women in the Minnesota legislature.Senator Kunesh has been in the legislature since 2016 and was a founding member of the Native American and People of Color & Indigenous (POCI) caucuses. Representative Keeler joined the legislature in 2021 and has a background in activism and fighting for the Native American community in the Fargo-Moorhead a...
2021-10-1557 min
Burned By BooksClare Sestanovich, "Objects of Desire" (Knopf, 2021)An interview with Clare Sestanovich, author of Objects of Desire (2021).Books Recommended in this episode:Clare Recommends:
Alice Munroe, Runaway
Denis Johnson, Jesus’ Son
Keith Ridgeway, The Shock
Shirley Hazzard, Collected Stories
Yoon Choi, Skinship: Stories
Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers.
2021-09-1855 min
Burned By BooksDana Spiotta, "Wayward" (Knopf, 2021)An interview with Dana Spiotta, author of Wayward (2021). Dana and I talk about how memory is stored in the architecture of cities, the unlikely villains of good novels, writing as a refuge, and the difficulty for women who step outside of expected roles.Books Recommended in this episode:Dana Recommends:
Katie Kitamura, Intimacies
Anthony Veasna So, Afterparties
Mona Awad, All’s Well
Joy Williams, Harrow
Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Litera...
2021-08-301h 10
The Chris Roberts ShowSarah Russo, Ex Global Head of Audience Engagement, Publicity, and Social Media for Oxford University Press, talks about how to market your book [012]Sarah Russo is a publishing professional with twenty years of experience working across the spectrum of publicity, communications, traditional marketing, social media marketing, branding, and business development. Sarah has worked in-house for Alfred A. Knopf, Doubleday, Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, and Oxford University Press, and as a consultant for organizations and companies like the National Book Critics Circle, the Association of University Presses, the American Booksellers Association, Scribd, Curtis Brown, Ltd., The Oxford American, Europa Editions, And Other Stories, Coffee House Press, and with authors too numerous to count but that include Simon Winchester, Jeffrey Sachs, Nadine...
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BEARcast - Motorrad Reise PodcastBEARcast #76 - Rally Dakar 2021Was geht Leudde?! - Es ist Lockdown weiterhin und wir, Chris vom SSMP und Haui, schauen mal, wie die Dakar dieses Jahr gelaufen ist, weil es so spannend war wie noch nie. Wenn dieser Podcast es nicht schafft, euch mit der Flamme der Dakar zu entzünden, dann seid ihr wohl immun gegen den Rally-Virus. Im letzten Teil sprechen wir über Möglichkeiten, selbst mal Rallyluft zu atmen und dabei ein wenig Abstand vom Wettbewerbsgedanken zu nehmen. Hier ist Episode 76. Liebe geht raus.
Eure BEARS.
Unterstützen könnt ihr uns unter:
http://patreon.com/bearsontour oder, in...
2021-05-281h 38
Burned By BooksMiranda Popkey, "Topics of Conversation" (Knopf, 2020)An interview with Miranda Popkey, author of Topics of Conversation (2020).Books Recommended in this episode:Miranda Popkey Recommends:
David Burr Gerrard, The Epiphany Machine
Alex Higley, Old Open
Catie DiSabato, U UP?
Rachel Kong, Goodbye Vitamin
Framing Brittany Spears
Tale of Princess Kaguya, Isao Takahata (Ghibili Films)
Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebra...
2021-04-231h 08
Der PferdepodcastEpisode 107 - SchulterweichenEpisode 107 - Schulterweichen
In Folge 107 des Pferdepodcasts ("Schulterweichen") ist mal wieder Dr. Lisa Marholt von unserem Werbepartner HippoSport bei uns zu Gast (Details zum Rabattcode "ACDC1" für Pferdepodcast-Hörer*innen findest Du etwas weiter unten im Text). Wir sprechen mit Lisa über ein Thema, das sehr viele Pferdeleute in diesen Tagen umtreiben dürfte: Wie starte ich mit meinem Pferd nach dem frostig-feuchten Winter möglichst fit in den Frühling?
Konkret geht es zum Beispiel um mögliche Fettpölsterchen, die sich Hottehü im Winter draufgemümmelt haben könnte: Wie bekomme ich die wieder weg? Welche...
2021-03-1550 min
Drei Mal 180 Grad - Susannas Kampf gegen den DarmkrebsFolge 04: Spitz auf KnopfEs schaut nicht gut aus. Susannas Chemotherapie schlägt nicht an. Und was jetzt? Über eine Anzeige auf Facebook findet sie eine Studie, die nach Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmern für eine Immuntherapie sucht. Auch wenn die Therapie nicht ganz auf sie zugeschnitten ist, versucht sie es – und wird für ihren Mut belohnt.
Schreib mir gerne deine Gedanken zu der Geschichte: Entweder per Mail oder über Instagram.
Den Podcast und mehr Infos findest du auch auf meiner Seite.
Susannas "Krebskriegerin"-Blog findest du hier.
Verwendete Musik in dieser Episode:
Deliber...
2020-12-1213 min
Snake Talk13 | Dr. Charles Peterson – Snakes of the Intermountain WestDr. Peterson is an accomplished Snake Ecologist that has dedicated his career to studying the ecology of snakes and applying that knowledge to their conservation. Drs. Jenkins and Peterson discuss the path Chuck took to becoming a herpetologist. They also discuss the diversity of snakes in the Intermountain West and what Chuck has learned from decades of research, including an in depth discussion of one of the biggest long-term datasets ever collected on snakes, specifically a data set on Great Basin Rattlesnakes from Southeast Idaho.
The link for the Idaho Amphibian and Reptile iNaturalist Project is:
https://www.inaturalist.org...
2020-11-201h 28
MNQuiryMinnesotans Ask - Episode 3 - Friends of the BWCACounty Attorney Paul Ostrow and Governor Carlson interview Chris Knopf, Executive Director of the Friends of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (https://www.friends-bwca.org/) about the threats of Glencore, mining in Northern MN, and some of the sneaky things happening in the MN state legislature.
2020-10-121h 05
Talking with AuthorsChris Bohjalian: "The Red Lotus"This is the twenty-fourth episode of "Talking with Authors" by HEC Media and HEC Books. We're a program dedicated to speaking with some of the best selling authors around, covering many different genres.We’re still back with you after an unplanned hiatus due to the Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020. After the initial weeks of the global shutdown, we were able to set up remote video interviews with many authors. And in the coming weeks, we’ll be providing you with the audio of these interviews. Now sound quality may be slightly different than our previous podcasts, but they...
2020-06-2533 min
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeChip Kidd on designing dust jackets and book identitiesChip Kidd is an American graphic designer best known for his book covers. Based in New York City, Kidd is arguably the most famous dust jacket designers in the world. He has been credited by many as having spawned "a revolution in the art of America book packaging," despite having no recognizable style. In fact, he says that "A signature look is crippling… [because] the simplest and most effective solutions aren't dictated by style." It has been said by many that the history of book design can be split into two eras: before Kidd and after. H...
2020-01-2751 min
Nigel Beale's Biblio File PodcastChip Kidd on designing dust jackets and book identitiesChip Kidd is an American graphic designer best known for his book covers. Based in New York City, Kidd is arguably the most famous dust jacket designers in the world. He has been credited by many as having spawned "a revolution in the art of America book packaging,” despite having no recognizable style. In fact, he says that “A signature look is crippling… [because] the simplest and most effective solutions aren’t dictated by style.” It has been said by many that the history of book design can be split into two eras: before Kidd and after. He we...
2020-01-2751 min
Listen to Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Police & DetectiveDeep Dive by Chris KnopfPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374556 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Deep Dive Series: #9 of The Sam Acquillo Hamptons Mysteries Author: Chris Knopf Narrator: Keith Szarabajka Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 49 minutes Release date: October 1, 2019 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Sam Acquillo has spent most of his time in the Hamptons hanging out with the other half of the moneyed wonderland cops and bartenders, carpenters, store clerks, and firemen. He couldn’t care less about the concerns of the 1 percent, until his best friend Burton Lewis, a certified billionaire, is dragged into a high-profile death investigation. A former corporate sup...
2019-10-0103 min
Download Latest Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseDeep Dive by Chris KnopfPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374556 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Deep Dive Series: #9 of The Sam Acquillo Hamptons Mysteries Author: Chris Knopf Narrator: Keith Szarabajka Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 49 minutes Release date: October 1, 2019 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: Sam Acquillo has spent most of his time in the Hamptons hanging out with the other half of the moneyed wonderland cops and bartenders, carpenters, store clerks, and firemen. He couldn’t care less about the concerns of the 1 percent, until his best friend Burton Lewis, a certified billionaire, is dragged into a high-profile death investigation. A former corporate superstar bro...
2019-10-0103 min
LongformEpisode 360: Ta-Nehisi Coates and Chris JacksonTa-Nehisi Coates is the author of The Beautiful Struggle, We Were Eight Years in Power, and Between the World and Me. His new novel is The Water Dancer. Chris Jackson is Coates's editor, and the publisher and editor-in-chief of One World.
“I don’t think an essay works unless I can pin a story to it. You don’t want people to just say, ‘Oh that was a cool argument.’ You want people to say, ‘I could not stop thinking about this.’ You want them to nudge their wives and husbands and say, ‘You have to read this.’ You want them to be bothere...
2019-09-181h 03
The Regrettable CenturyA Time of Monsters: Towards a Working Definition of FascismThis is part one of a series in which we will chart the history of fascism and attempt to dissect and discuss it in greater detail than we have previously been able to. Our goal is to analyze some of the scholarship done by mainstream and Marxist scholars alike, in order to better understand the phenomenon.
In Part one we synthesize a list of the ideological characteristics of Classical Fascism from similar lists that are employed by fascism scholars, in an attempt to understand what gave historic fascism the unique appeal that it had and attempt to...
2019-05-131h 07
The Avid Reader ShowChris Cander The Weight of a PianoGood afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Chris Cander, author The Weight Of A Piano, published by Knopf in January. Chris is the writer in residence at Houston-based Writers in the Schools, an organization which works with children—in reading and in writing. She has also written the novels Whisper Hollow and 11 Stories._______________________In The Weight Of A Piano, our protagonist, surrounded by a fine cast of characters is a Bluethner (blueter) upright piano. Upright, because a Grand would have been way too unwieldy for this story.
2019-02-2118 min
Grab the Top Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseYou’re Dead by Chris KnopfPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350982 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You’re Dead Author: Chris Knopf Narrator: Kevin Kenerly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 20 minutes Release date: December 21, 2018 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: Organizational psychologist Dr. Waters is a happily solitary guy with a few deep attachments, including to his boss Paresh Rajput, the owner of a thriving hi-tech aerospace company. Until something really bad happens to CEO Rajput, which throws Waters into a lunatic swirl of murderous stalkers, corporate intrigue, amorous female executives, and crafty cops who see the inscrutable psychologist as murder suspect #1. Waters is hardly defenseless. A...
2018-12-2103 minBook Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good ReadEpisode 53 - Chris Talks Bone Fragments AND Our Little Women Readalong!Episode Fifty Three Show Notes
CW = Chris Wolak
EF = Emily Fine
Join our Goodreads Group!
Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page.
Upcoming Readalongs
March – Geraldine Brooks – have comments to us by July 19th
Upcoming Book Release and Event
Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women – Anne Boyd Rioux (release date August 21st)
Check out upcoming events for the 150th anniversary of Little Women at Orchard House.
Purchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle!
– Currently Reading/Listening –
Why Buddhism Is True: The...
2018-06-261h 27
Die Männerrunde001 Alles anders wie geplant Die erste Episode der Männerrunde startet schon anders als geplant. Dennoch haben wir es geschafft den Anfang zu machen. Aktuelle Themen und erst mal grundsätzliche Sachen zum Podcast selbst sind wohl der Hauptteil dieser Folge. Viel Spaß und gute Unterhaltung!
Inhalt Episode 001:
- Los geht`s
- Vorstellung der Männerrunde
- Chris im Stau auf der A44
- Wo es die Männerrunde zu hören gibt
- Zukünftige Themen und TRISKEL
- Dieter Wedel und die Festspiele 2017
- Max Giesinger Konzert (Livekamera)
- Fanta Vier Konzert Ankündigung
- INVOICE im Tonstudio
- Wir fahren los
- Er...
2018-03-221h 07
Best Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Police & DetectiveTango Down: A Sam Acquillo Mystery by Chris KnopfPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309827 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tango Down: A Sam Acquillo Mystery Series: #8 of The Sam Acquillo Hamptons Mysteries Author: Chris Knopf Narrator: Keith Szarabajka Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 43 minutes Release date: November 30, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: A routine visit to one of Sam Acquillo’s job sites becomes anything but. The home’s owner, Victor Bollings, is lying in a pool of blood, the back of his head bashed in. One of Sam’s closest friends in the cabinetry trade is quickly behind bars as the obv...
2017-11-3003 min
Download Incredible Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseTango Down: A Sam Acquillo Mystery by Chris KnopfPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309827 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tango Down: A Sam Acquillo Mystery Series: #8 of The Sam Acquillo Hamptons Mysteries Author: Chris Knopf Narrator: Keith Szarabajka Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 43 minutes Release date: November 30, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: A routine visit to one of Sam Acquillo’s job sites becomes anything but. The home’s owner, Victor Bollings, is lying in a pool of blood, the back of his head bashed in. One of Sam’s closest friends in the cabinetry trade is quickly behind bars as the obvious...
2017-11-3003 minBook Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good ReadOur 3rd Giveaway and 3rd Read-along!Episode Thirty Show Notes
CW = Chris Wolak
EF = Emily Fine
Join our Goodreads Group!
Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page.
We have two upcoming read-along’s:
December – The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers.
Send in questions or comments by Dec 7th – we will discuss on December 12th episode.
February – Maurice by E.M. Forster.
GIVEAWAY for our 30th episode is a copy of each of the read-along books noted above.
Please email us at bookcougars@gmail.com to throw...
2017-10-1758 min
Full Trial Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Police & DetectiveBack Lash by Chris KnopfPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263668 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Back Lash Series: #7 of The Sam Acquillo Hamptons Mysteries Author: Chris Knopf Narrator: Keith Szarabajka Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 28 minutes Release date: May 31, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: As Sam Acquillo tells us in the early pages of Back Lash, “Not everyone gets to live their adult lives orbiting a central mystery.” But that’s how it’s been for Sam, whose entire existence has been defined by a single, horrific event. Now that event has reached out from the deep past, an...
2016-05-3103 min
Grab the Essential Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseBack Lash by Chris KnopfPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263668 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Back Lash Series: #7 of The Sam Acquillo Hamptons Mysteries Author: Chris Knopf Narrator: Keith Szarabajka Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 28 minutes Release date: May 31, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: As Sam Acquillo tells us in the early pages of Back Lash, “Not everyone gets to live their adult lives orbiting a central mystery.” But that’s how it’s been for Sam, whose entire existence has been defined by a single, horrific event. Now that event has reached out from the deep past, an unwant...
2016-05-3103 min
Listen to Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Police & DetectiveCop Job by Chris KnopfPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245177 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cop Job Series: #6 of The Sam Acquillo Hamptons Mysteries Author: Chris Knopf Narrator: Keith Szarabajka Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 30, 2015 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: It’s bad enough when someone you know is brutally murdered; it’s worse when the guy was a paranoid schizophrenic helplessly bound to a wheelchair. Sam Acquillo and Jackie Swaitkowski tried to look after Alfie Aldergreen, as had others around the Village of Southampton, but now they were forced to wonder what else they could have done. One thing...
2015-09-3003 min
Grab the Essential Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseCop Job by Chris KnopfPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245177 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cop Job Series: #6 of The Sam Acquillo Hamptons Mysteries Author: Chris Knopf Narrator: Keith Szarabajka Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 30, 2015 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: It’s bad enough when someone you know is brutally murdered; it’s worse when the guy was a paranoid schizophrenic helplessly bound to a wheelchair. Sam Acquillo and Jackie Swaitkowski tried to look after Alfie Aldergreen, as had others around the Village of Southampton, but now they were forced to wonder what else they could have done. One thing is fo...
2015-09-3003 min
the Best Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Police & DetectiveA Billion Ways to Die by Chris KnopfPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223663 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Billion Ways to Die Series: #3 of The Arthur Cathcart Series Author: Chris Knopf Narrator: Donald Corren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 29 minutes Release date: November 21, 2014 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Arthur Cathcart and Natsumi Fitzgerald wanted to believe they were free of the nearly invisible, malignant forces they had pursued, and been pursued by, across continents and oceans. The slightly brain-damaged tech-freak researcher and the blackjack-dealing psychologist had convinced themselves that life aboard a sailboat in the Caribbean, incognito and in love, could be a lasting refuge. T...
2014-11-2103 min
Listen to Latest Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseA Billion Ways to Die by Chris KnopfPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223663 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Billion Ways to Die Series: #3 of The Arthur Cathcart Series Author: Chris Knopf Narrator: Donald Corren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 29 minutes Release date: November 21, 2014 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: Arthur Cathcart and Natsumi Fitzgerald wanted to believe they were free of the nearly invisible, malignant forces they had pursued, and been pursued by, across continents and oceans. The slightly brain-damaged tech-freak researcher and the blackjack-dealing psychologist had convinced themselves that life aboard a sailboat in the Caribbean, incognito and in love, could be a lasting refuge. The d...
2014-11-2103 min
Grab the Essential Full Trial Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Police & DetectiveCries of the Lost by Chris KnopfPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/198813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cries of the Lost Series: #2 of The Arthur Cathcart Series Author: Chris Knopf Narrator: Donald Corren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 24 minutes Release date: November 22, 2013 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: When market researcher Arthur Cathcart emerged from a coma and set out to track down whoever murdered his wife, the results were far from preordained. Wounded and alone, grief stricken and hiding off the grid, he thought the only mystery was who killed Florencia—and why. But the quest for justice uncovers a host of fresh mysteries, beginning wit...
2013-11-2203 min
Get New Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseCries of the Lost by Chris KnopfPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/198813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cries of the Lost Series: #2 of The Arthur Cathcart Series Author: Chris Knopf Narrator: Donald Corren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 24 minutes Release date: November 22, 2013 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: When market researcher Arthur Cathcart emerged from a coma and set out to track down whoever murdered his wife, the results were far from preordained. Wounded and alone, grief stricken and hiding off the grid, he thought the only mystery was who killed Florencia—and why. But the quest for justice uncovers a host of fresh mysteries, beginning with an...
2013-11-2203 min
Moon Harbour RadioMoon Harbour Radio 04Dan Drastic +++
We are happy to present you the next issue of our monthly Moon Harbour radio show, hosted by Chris Lattner.
This time the focus is on Dan Drastic, DJ & Producer on Moon Harbour, Luna Records and Rrygular. Aside from this, he is also one of the guys at the Moon Harbour office in Leipzig.
Dan Drastic will talk about his work at the office and his new release. He will also bring with him an exclusive pumping House set!!!
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01. Dan Drastic & Chris Lattner - Two In One - Moon Harbour Recordings
02. Simon Flower - Seyyes (Dan...
2011-03-091h 59
Listen to Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Police & DetectiveBad Bird by Chris KnopfPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240362 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bad Bird Series: #2 of The Jackie Swaitkowski Mysteries Author: Chris Knopf Narrator: Deanna Hurst Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 1, 2011 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Jackie Swaitkowski investigates the death of a female pilot who had a family tree filled with ex-cons and a passenger list packed with Hamptons high society. Just before Eugenie Conklin's plane took a nosedive, she tossed out a camera case that held an unusual set of photos. While defending Eugenie's husband during the accident investigation, Jackie realizes that she recognizes m...
2011-02-0103 min
Listen to Trending Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseElysiana by Chris KnopfPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83419 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Elysiana Author: Chris Knopf Narrator: Jim Meskimen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 31 minutes Release date: September 8, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: Gwendalynn Anders, a mid-Western girl who’s never seen the ocean, wonders what was in that joint she smoked a week before waking up on Elysiana and why it feels like the trip will last the entire summer of 1969. Jack Halcyon, living atop an abandoned twenty-story hotel, wonders how he’s able to ponder the incongruities of life after leaving a big chun...
2010-09-0803 min
Best Full-Length Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Police & DetectiveShort Squeeze by Chris KnopfPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98283 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Short Squeeze Series: #1 of The Jackie Swaitkowski Mysteries Author: Chris Knopf Narrator: Deanna Hurst Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 22 minutes Release date: February 1, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Smart-aleck attorney Jackie Swaitkowski's business relies on constant movement of Hamptons' real estate market. After making an odd request to evict his sister-in-law from his home, one of her clients turns up dead. Jackie would have expected that to be the end of it, but an envelope found on the corpse contains an item s...
2010-02-0103 min
Listen to Most Popular Audiobooks in Mysteries & Thrillers, SuspenseThe Last Refuge Audiobook by Chris KnopfPlease visit https://fashabooks.com/aff/fashabooks/1070 to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Last Refuge Author: Chris Knopf Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs Language: English Release date: 10-27-06 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 187 votes Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense Publisher's Summary: But then the old lady next door ends up floating dead in her bathtub, and it seems that Sam is the only one who wonders why. Despite himself, burned out, busted up, and cynical, the ex-engineer, ex-professional boxer, ex-loving father and husband finds himself uncovering secrets no one could...
2006-10-2710 min
The Insurance Marketing and Advertising PodcastHow Agencies Help Insurers With Branding and MarketingInterview with Chris Knopf of Mintz-Hoke on how agencies can best help insurers with their branding and marketing efforts.
2006-09-2600 min