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Books to Talk About at Parties!"Lonesome Dove" by Larry McMurtryLONESOME FUCKIN DOVE! I FUCKIN LOVE THIS BOOK! YOU SIMPLY WON'T BELIEVE HOW FUCKIN GOOD THIS BOOK IS! IT'S SO FUCKIN LONG, AND YOU'LL WISH IT WERE LONGER. USA TODAY SAYS, "IF YOU ONLY READ ONE WESTERN IN YOUR LIFE, MAKE IT 'LONESOME DOVE.'" YOU SHOULD READ MORE THAN ONE WESTERN IN YOUR LIFE, BUT YOU SHOULD READ "LONESOME DOVE" RIGHT NOW. 100% GUARANTEED TO KILL AS A CONVERSATION TOPIC AT PARTIES OR YOU'RE GOING TO THE WRONG PARTIES. p.s. find my guest @alexleehare
2024-08-231h 34
Books to Talk About at Parties!"The Mill on the Floss" by George EliotYOU KNOW WHEN YOUR LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES FEEL SO OUT OF YOUR CONTROL ALL YOU CAN DO IS LISTEN TO THE DEEPEST PARTS OF YOUR CONSCIENCE, WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE THE VOICE OF GOD, BUT DISCERNING THE GOD-NESS AMONG YOUR OWN INNER BULLSHIT AND THE EXTERNAL CIRCUMSTANCES SEEMS TOTALLY IMPOSSIBLE, BUT ALSO ISN'T THAT WHAT WE'RE PUT INTO EXISTENCE TO STRUGGLE WITH? THE MILL ON THE FLOSS! THIS GEORGE ELIOT, SHE'S GONNA BE HUGE. p.s. find my guest @ohlookitsshelleybrooks
2024-08-2358 min
Books to Talk About at Parties!"The Baron in the Trees" by Italo CalvinoWHAT IF THE LEFT'S BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THAT IT DOESN'T TAKE TREES SERIOUSLY ENOUGH?? LOWKEY I BEEN ON THAT TRIP FOR YEARS, BUT THE BORGES OF ITALY, ITALO CALVINO, BEEN ON IT SINCE THE 1950S. HE TOOK THEM SO SERIOUSLY HE WENT AND LIVED IN THEM FOR AN ENTIRE LIFE, FICTIONALLY. BASICALLY THIS BOOK IS PETER PAN IF J.M. BARRIE WERE AN ITALIAN ANARCHIST WHOSE PARENTS WERE BOTANISTS. WHAT CAN I SAY, IT'S ABOUT A BARON WHO LIVES IN THE TREES. p.s. find my guest @theamazinglorenzolandini!
2024-08-2353 min
Books to Talk About at Parties!"Trust Exercise" by Susan ChoiFANTASTIC WRITER AND COOL-ASS HUMAN BEING KRISTEN SURYA CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT "TRUST EXERCISE" BY SUSAN CHOI! PEOPLE AT PARTIES ARE LEGIT SICK OF HEARING HER TALK ABOUT IT, BUT WE NEVER ARE!!! THIS ONE'S FOR THE THEATER GIRLIES, A WHOLE NOVEL JUST FOR THOSE OF US WHO'VE BEEN PERSONALLY VICTIMIZED BY THE PERFORMING ARTS (AND BY MANY MEN THEREIN)!!! IT'S ABOUT KIDS AT A PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL FALLING IN LOVE AND BEING MANIPULATED BY ADULTS. OR...IT'S ABOUT A WOMAN WRITING A NOVEL ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE BEING A STUDENT AT A PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL. OR IT'S A...
2024-06-1151 min
Books to Talk About at Parties!"Our Man in Havana" by Graham GreeneJIM WORMOLD IS A VACUUM CLEANER SALESMAN IN BATISTA-REGIME CUBA WHO DOESN'T SELL A LOT OF VACUUM CLEANERS, WHAT WITH THE IMMINENT REVOLUTION. LUCKILY HE'S MI6'S TOP CHOICE TO BECOME THEIR ON-THE-GROUND INFORMANT OF REBEL DOINGS! UNLUCKILY, HE'S NEVER MET OR SPOKEN TO A CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY IN HIS LIFE. LUCKILY, "TRUTH" ISN'T CRITICAL TO WESTERN HEGEMONIC IMPERIALIST OPERATIONS! UNLUCKILY...MAKING SHIT UP IS STARTING TO GET REAL PEOPLE MURDERED. WHOOPS! WHAT'S A RELUCTANT SPY WITH NO TALENT FOR SPYING OR ANYTHING ELSE SUPPOSED TO DO TO KEEP HIS GOVERNMENT HAPPY???
2024-06-1056 min
Books to Talk About at Parties!"Orlando" by Virginia WoolfWHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF??? A LOT OF PEOPLE APPARENTLY, BASED ON HOW NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE HAVE READ HER BOOKS! DON'T YOU WANT TO DIVE RIGHT INTO A TIME-TRAVELING GENDER-SWAPPING LOVE LETTER TO A FIGURE SO FULL OF JOIE DE VIVRE THAT ONE BODY AND ERA CANNOT CONTAIN THEM?? (MODERN POP ARTISTS WISH!) IT'S A BANANAS BEAUTIFUL BOOK, AND THIS EP WE HAVE THEEE COOLEST GUEST TO HELP US FIGURE OUT WTF IS GOING ON INSIDE IT: SHELLEY BROOKS!
2024-05-1147 min
Books to Talk About at Parties!"Samarkand" by Amin Maalouf"TRAVELOGUE, ADVENTURE STORY, ROMANCE, THIS BOOK HAS GOT IT ALL!," A REVIEW BY OUR VERY OWN VEDA! THIS BOOK IS SOOO BEAUTIFUL! IT'S ABOUT 10TH CENTURY PERSIAN POET OMAR KHAYAAM AND HIS REAL LIFE LIVED IN PURSUIT OF DIVINE TRUTH AND BEAUTY (VIZ FALLING IN LOVE, DRINKING WINE, LOOKING AT THE STARS, CONVERSING FOR HOURS WITH A KINDRED SOUL...). IT'S ABOUT ORIENTALISM, IMPERIALISM, AND THE CULTURALLY REACTIONARY GEOPOLITICAL EFFECTS OF WESTERN HEGEMONIC EXPANSION! IT'S ABOUT THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC! IT'S WAY GODDAMN BETTER THAN DUNE! JUST READ IT AND BE CHANGED INSIDE!
2024-04-2646 min
Books to Talk About at Parties!"Room" by Emma DonoghueHAVE YOU READ THE ONE ABOUT THE 19-YEAR-OLD WHO GETS ABDUCTED AND HAS A BABY BY HER CAPTOR AND RAISES THAT CHILD FOR 5 MORE YEARS IN TOTAL ISOLATION WHILE SHE TRIES TO ESCAPE? IT'S PERFECT FOR PARTIES! WHICH IS *NOT* WHY OUR FIRST-EVER GUEST HAS READ IT LITERALLY THREE HUNDRED TIMES... P.S. RAMONA'S HEADPHONES DIDN'T WORK, SORRY FOR SOME WEIRD BACKGROUND WHITE NOISE :( I TRIED
2024-03-0352 min
Books to Talk About at Parties!"The Vegetarian" by Han KangWHAT A BONKERS BOOK! WE LOVE IT. HERE'S A BONKERS EPISODE ABOUT IT—MOSTLY. IT'S ALSO A LOT ABOUT VEDA LOVING DIVORCE BOOKS AND HALEH HATING THE BARBIE MOVIE. IDK. HOPE YOU DIG!!!
2024-02-2935 min
Books to Talk About at Parties!"In a Lonely Place" by Dorothy B Hughes!Is this 1940s banger the most thrilling thriller ever written? Haleh thinks so! Veda says, "Sure!" Listen to find out how this rapey murder book from way before you were born is more feminist than most shit written today!
2024-02-0837 min
Everyone Is Hot!Haleh Roshan Loves Spencer Tracy!THE CATEGORY IS... GOOD DAY BEING ROCK HARD! Haleh Roshan (playwright! fiction writer!) returns to tell Michael and Shelley about her Stealth Sex Symbol... Spencer Tracy in Bad Day at Black Rock (1955). Download wherever you get your pods!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/everyone-is-hot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2023-10-201h 25
Everyone Is Hot!Haleh Roshan Loves Barbara Stanwyck!THE CATEGORY IS... STANNING STANWYCK! Haleh Roshan (playwright! fiction writer! knowledgeable movie person who doesn't like movies!) joins Michael and Shelley to talk about her Stealth Sex Symbol... Barbara Stanwyck in Clash by Night (1952). Download wherever you get your pods!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/everyone-is-hot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2023-08-181h 09
Candlelit Tales Irish Mythology PodcastEpisode 178.5 - The Bloody Potatoes - Sorcha Live In The Crypt - Dublin IrelandWelcome back to the Candlelit Tales podcast, and this bonus episode of a show recorded live in the crypts below Christchurch.
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Please note the content of these stories may be triggering for some listeners, please take care of yourself as you listen.
Triggers include mentions of violence, animal abuse or death, child abuse, body horror, and worse. Listener discretion is advised.
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2022-10-2408 min
Candlelit Tales Irish Mythology PodcastEpisode 160 - Rebirth - OsgarWelcome back to the Candlelit Tales Podcast.
This is the story of what happened to Osgar son of Oisín grandson of Fionn MacCumhaill when he woke up after he died…
This story is told by Aron
Music is by Oisín Ryan and Alan Homan and it is produced by Oisín Ryan and Alan Homan
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2022-04-0913 min
Dungeons + Drama NerdsS2E20: They Shivered With FearNick chats with the cast of Bluebeard's Bride about the game - what surprised them, what they enjoyed, what was particularly scary. Tune in next week for the start of our Kids on Bikes series!
Dungeons and Drama Nerds is produced by Todd Brian Backus, Percival Hornak, and Nicholas Orvis, and is mixed and edited by Anthony Sertel Dean.
Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @DnDramaNerds, check out cast bios on our website, dungeonsanddramanerds.com/, and tune in next week for another episode of Dungeons and Drama Nerds!
Our Bluebeard’s Bride gam...
2021-10-1343 minDungeons + Drama NerdsS2E19: You Are Never Going To Be What He WantsThis week, we're bringing you part two of our game of Bluebeard's Bride, featuring the Sisters' exploration of two more rooms. What is the final truth the Bride will propose? Listen to find out!
Content Warnings:
First Room (00-29:00)
gaslighting
unwanted sexual advances
fingernail torture
Second Room (29:00-50:29)
taxidermied animals
body horror
hanging (of dolls)
violence towards children
Dungeons and Drama Nerds is produced by Todd Brian Backus, Percival Hornak, and Nicholas Orvis, and is mixed and edited by Anthony Sertel Dean.
Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @DnDramaNerds, check out cast...
2021-10-0656 minDungeons + Drama NerdsS2E18: I Want the Rainbow: an Interview with Strix BeltránPercy and Nick sit down with Strix Beltrán, one of the creators of Bluebeard's Bride and a professional narrative designer, and chat about Bluebeard's Bride, LARPing, immersive theater, and the games field as a whole.
Dungeons and Drama Nerds is produced by Todd Brian Backus, Percival Hornak, and Nicholas Orvis, and is mixed and edited by Anthony Sertel Dean.
Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @DnDramaNerds, check out cast bios on our website, dungeonsanddramanerds.com/, and tune in next week for another episode of Dungeons and Drama Nerds!
Our Bluebeard’s Bride...
2021-09-2948 minDungeons + Drama NerdsS2E17: You Are Not Quite Your BestThis week, we're bringing you part one of our game of Bluebeard's Bride, featuring the Sisters' first two explorations of rooms in Bluebeard's house - the master bedroom and a luxurious bathroom...
Content Warnings:
room 1 (9:14 - 35:34)
dolls
fatphobia/body shaming
body mutilation
unwanted touch
room 2 (38:52 - 55:05)
sex
Dungeons and Drama Nerds is produced by Todd Brian Backus, Percival Hornak, and Nicholas Orvis, and is mixed and edited by Anthony Sertel Dean.
Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @DnDramaNerds, check out cast bios on our website, dungeonsanddramanerds.com/, and tune in next week f...
2021-09-2256 minDungeons + Drama NerdsS2E16: That‘s Not Going to Come Back to Haunt YouOur two-episode game of Bluebeard's Bride kicks off with character creation - we meet our Sisters, learn about their courtship with Bluebeard, and give our Groundskeeper lots of inspiration for rooms in Bluebeard's house...
Dungeons and Drama Nerds is produced by Todd Brian Backus, Percival Hornak, and Nicholas Orvis, and is mixed and edited by Anthony Sertel Dean.
Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @DnDramaNerds, check out cast bios on our website, dungeonsanddramanerds.com/, and tune in next week for another episode of Dungeons and Drama Nerds!
Our Bluebeard’s Bride game feat...
2021-09-0839 minDungeons + Drama NerdsS2E15: Once Upon a Bluebeard‘s Bride...Nick, Todd, and Percy review and discuss the mechanics of the next game to be featured on the podcast - Bluebeard's Bride; they chat about the horror genre, the game's themes of gendered violence and agency, and the way the mechanics embody those themes. Tune in next week for the first half of our game of Bluebeard's Bride!
Dungeons and Drama Nerds is produced by Todd Brian Backus, Percival Hornak, and Nicholas Orvis, and is mixed and edited by Anthony Sertel Dean.
Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @DnDramaNerds, check out cast bios on...
2021-09-0132 min
Maxamoo Theater & Performance PodcastThe Best & Worst of 2019, Part IAll 9 of our regular contributors have gathered: Aurin, Ben, David, Jack, Jose, Liz, Nicole, Patty, and PennyMaria! We’re back together for our year-end spectacular, our annual episode in which we discuss the best and worst theater of the year. If you have trouble telling any voices apart, we’re seated in a circle and the order we answer questions in is, roughly: Liz, Nicole, Jose, Jack, PennyMaria, Aurin, Ben, David, Patty. Each question we rotate who answers first; so Liz is the first person to answer the first question, Nicole is the first to answer the seco...
2020-01-131h 38