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Plain ReadingA Visit to the Bookstore: Annie ClymerWe're joined by owner of Chapter House Books Annie Clymer, who tells us all about running a bookstore, giving old titles another chance, and the weird workings of memory. Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay. Episode artwork: Trapani, libreria del Corso [cropped]. CC BY 4.0 image courtesy HaguardDuNord and Wikimedia Commons. Want to learn more about the books—and other media!—we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon—and show your support at Liberapay! Ric...
2025-10-081h 04
Plain ReadingMystery Prevails: Lara LevitanWriter Lara Levitan joins us to talk about sticking to your craft, other authors' influence, and keeping the mystery alive. Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay. Episode artwork: Theda Bara, still from Madame Mystery [cropped]. Public domain image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Want to learn more about the books—and other media!—we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon—and show your support at Liberapay! Wes Anderson Moonrise Kingdom Wes Anderson The Fr...
2025-09-1750 min
Plain ReadingIn Search of Another Greece: JC BoyleClassicist and reader extraordinaire JC Boyle tells us about the Greeks, Ezra Pound, Thomas Bernhard, lending out your books, and so much more! Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay. Episode artwork: Melpomene, Muse of Tragedy [cropped]. Wm. S. Kimball & Co., 1889. CC0 1.0 image courtesy Wikimedia Commons and Metropolitan Museum of Art. Want to learn more about the books—and other media!—we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon—and show your support at Libera...
2025-09-031h 03
Plain ReadingFinding the Mean: Tim MatherTim Mather tells us about bringing Aristotle into contemporary life, and about keeping a famous family tree alive. Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay. Episode artwork: Jabril ibn Bukhtishu. Aristotle instructing Alexander the Great [cropped]. CC BY-SA 4.0 image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Want to learn more about the books—and other media!—we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon—and show your support at Liberapay! Wes Anderson The Grand Budapes...
2025-08-201h 01
Plain ReadingExploration and Rediscovery: Caroline TurnerBiologist Caroline Turner joins us to talk about the challenges and rewards of reading outside your own culture. Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay. Episode artwork: World map produced in Amsterdam, 1689 [cropped]. Public domain image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Want to learn more about the books—and other media!—we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon—and show your support at Liberapay! J. J. Abrams / Jeffrey Liebfer / Damon Lindelof Lost Svetlana Alexie...
2025-08-061h 03
Plain ReadingNature and the Strange: Matt StansberryNature writer and podcaster Matt Stansberry tells us about the challenges of conservation and management—and the supernatural goings-on that come with it. Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay. Episode artwork: The Squonk, illustrated by Coert Du Bois and William T. Cox [cropped]. Public domain image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Want to learn more about the books—and other media!—we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon—and show your support at Liberapay! ...
2025-07-2358 min
Plain ReadingSome of Them Wrote It Down: George SchmidtChaplain, podcaster, and religion scholar George Schmidt joins us to talk William Blake, the support found in reading, and Star Wars galore! Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay. Episode artwork: Manny Warman, Columbia University Bicentennial panel exhibition on banned books [cropped]. Public domain image courtesy Columbia University Archives and Wikimedia Commons. Want to learn more about the books—and other media!—we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon—and show your support at Li...
2025-07-091h 02
Plain ReadingStories Wherever You Find Them: Vahid FriedrichVahid Friedrich, advisor to financial advisors, is talking to us about storytelling—in sci-fi, video games, religion, and more! Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay. Episode artwork: Cover of Science Fiction Quarterly, Nov. 1952 [cropped]. Public domain image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Want to learn more about the books—and other media!—we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon—and show your support at Liberapay! Archive of Our Own Richard Bachman James Baldwin / Nikki Gi...
2025-06-1858 min
Plain ReadingLanguage and Attention: Donato LoiaArt historian and writer Donato Loia joins us today to talk about the interplay of language, music, art and more! Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay. Episode artwork: Three Girls in Yellow Straw Hats [cropped], August Macke. Public domain image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Ryan Adams GoldAphex Twin Dore Ashton A Joseph Cornell Album Ingmar Bergman The Silence David Brooks Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got ThereB-Side Editions John Constable The Cure John D'Agata About a Mountain Leonardo da Vinci J...
2025-06-041h 02
Plain ReadingLife-Changing Books: Wendy HustwitWe're talking to fundraising and development maven Wendy Hustwit about the books that changed your life, where to find recommendations, and reading versus application. Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay. Episode artwork: Poster for the 1918 film Tengerparti álom [cropped]. Public domain image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Arts & Letters Daily Margaret Atwood The Handmaid's Tale Jean M. Auel The Clan of the Cave Bear Simone de Beauvoir The Second Sex Simone Biles Judy Blume Forever Charlotte Brontë Jane Eyre Emily Brontë Wuthering Heights Heather Cox Richardson Let...
2025-05-211h 02
Plain ReadingPublishing and Craft: Deborah ShapiroWe're joined by author and publisher Deborah Shapiro for conversation about working within limitations, publishing on your own terms, and even Columbo! Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay. Episode artwork: Book Manufacturing—Typesetting [cropped], Rand McNally and Company. Public domain image courtesy Newberry Library and Wikimedia Commons. Want to learn more about the books—and other media!—we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon—and show your support at Liberapay! A. R. A...
2025-05-071h 00
Plain ReadingBeckett, Biography, and Absorbing Books: Liam HeneghanWe're talking to environmental studies professor and author Liam Heneghan, who joins us to talk about sustained reading, the politics of biography, Samuel Beckett, and more! Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay. Episode artwork: Samuel Beckett [cropped]. Public domain image by Roger Pic courtesy Bibliothèque national de France and Wikimedia Commons. Want to learn more about the books—and other media!—we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon—and show your support...
2025-04-231h 02
Plain ReadingReading What You Love, Loving What You Do: Tim HodgesWe're talking to management professor and executive director of the Clifton Strengths Institute Tim Hodges, who joins us to talk about writing (or not!) in books, notes from your past self, third spaces, and more! Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay. Episode artwork: A page from A Midsummer Night's Dream with margin notes (cropped). Public domain image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Want to learn more about the books—and other media!—we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on L...
2025-02-0558 min
Plain ReadingThe Call of the Poem: Niloofar GhaemiWe're talking to literature scholar Niloofar Ghaemi about Hart Crane, the call of poetry, and memory and destruction. Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay. Episode artwork: Edward John Poynter, Erato, Muse of Poetry (cropped). Public domain image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Want to learn more about the books—and other media!—we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon—and show your support at Liberapay! Anna Akhmatova Walter Benjamin Renée L. Ber...
2025-01-221h 02
Plain ReadingSound and Sense: Lewis FreedmanWe're talking to poet Lewis Freedman about small presses, translations and talismans, and the interplay of sound and sense. Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay. Episode artwork: Illustration, Encyclopedic Dictionary, Calleja Rodriguez-Navas, 1909 [cropped]. CC BY-SA 4.0 image courtesy Correogsk and Wikimedia Commons. Want to learn more about the books—and other media!—we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon—and show your support at Liberapay! And you can also check out Woodlan...
2025-01-0859 min
Plain ReadingInnocence and Mercenary Reading: Jacqueline HidalgoProfessor of theology and religious studies Jacqueline Hidalgo tells us about extractive reading, myths of innocence, and recovering the enjoyment of books. Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay. Episode artwork: Newspaper ad for 1921 film I Am Guilty (cropped). Public domain image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Want to learn more about the books—and other media!—we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon—and show your support at Liberapay! Christina Aguilera Hilton Als White Girls...
2024-12-251h 05
Plain ReadingCold Reads and Graphic Novels: Louise Tripp Children's librarian Louise Tripp talks with us about graphic novels, reading in groups, and even horror films! Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay. Episode artwork: Eighth page from the story "lupa sin" in the zine kijetesantakalu monsuta [cropped], jan pana pi lipu monsuta. CC BY-SA 4.0 image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Want to learn more about the books—and films!—we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon—and show your support at Liberap...
2024-12-1155 min
Plain ReadingThinking in Stories: Muna MitchellEngineer and runner Muna Mitchell joins us to discuss the pleasures of process, thinking in stories, and even book art. Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay. Episode artwork: Screenshot, Anatomy of a Murder [cropped]. Public domain image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Want to learn more about the books—and shows!—we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon—and show your support at Liberapay! Jean M. Auel The Earth's Children series Jane Austen N...
2024-11-271h 04
Plain ReadingFolklore, Fantasy, and the Power of Language: Kenzie Grubitz SimpsonWe're talking today to linguist and grant writer Kenzie Grubitz Simpson about folklore, the power of embodiment and language—and even the weather! Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay. Episode artwork: Virginia Frances Sterret (cropped). Public domain image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Want to learn more about the books—and shows!—we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon—and show your support at Liberapay! David Abram The Spell of the Sensuous Theodor Adorno Daniel Allison House...
2024-11-131h 04
Plain ReadingWriting into Uncertainty: Rachel MenniesWe're talking in this episode to poet and editor Rachel Mennies, who tells us about writing into and through uncertainty, what keeps us writing, and what it's like to be part of a journal's editorial staff. Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay. Episode artwork: Filipp Malyavin, A Secret (cropped). Public domain image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Want to learn more about the books—and shows!—we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon—and show y...
2024-10-301h 02
Plain ReadingAutobiography and the Shape of the Self: Zach SimpsonHiker, podcaster, and professor of philosophy and religious studies Zach Simpson tells us about autobiography, the way we're shaped by reading, and the skilled misdirections of detective fiction. Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay. Episode artwork: Saint Augustine by Philippe de Champaigne (cropped). Public domain image courtesy Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Wikimedia Commons. Want to learn more about the books—and shows!—we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon—and sh...
2024-10-161h 07
Plain ReadingArt, Community, and Reasons for Writing: Nick RossiNick Rossi, cofounder and editor of Sobotka Literary Magazine and Ursus Americanus Press, joins us to talk about why we write, the way art shapes community, and even those words we're never sure how to pronounce. Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay. Episode artwork: Berenice Abbott, Two children at the Harlem Community Arts Center in 1939 (cropped). Public doman image courtesy New York Public Library and Wikimedia Commons. Want to learn more about the books we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You c...
2024-10-0259 min
Plain ReadingIntertextuality and Telling Time: J. R. HustwitJoin in on our conversation wtih religion and philosophy professor J. R. Hustwit—on sci-fi and wiki writing projects, horology, portals, and tons more. Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay Episode artwork: "Coming thru the portal" (cropped). CC BY 2.0 image courtesy ˆMissiˆ and Wikimedia Commons. Want to learn more about the books, films, and movies we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon—and show your support at Liberapay! William...
2024-09-181h 01
Plain ReadingAdventures in History, Adventures in the Library: Ollie ShaneOur wide-ranging conversation with poet and library fan Ollie Shane covers European history, contemporary poetry, Somerset Maugham, and more! Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay. Episode artwork: Student at the Library of the London School of Economics and Political Science, 1981 (cropped). Image with no known copyright restrictions courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Want to learn more about the books—and movies!—we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon—and show your support at Liberapay!
2024-09-0447 min
Plain ReadingPoetry and Problematic Literature: Carrie Olivia AdamsPoet, publicist, and reading series host Carrie Olivia Adams joins us to talk about rereading, problematic literature, and bringing people together. Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay Episode artwork: Marcel Proust, by Otto Wegener, 1895 (cropped). Public domain image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Want to learn more about the books we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon—and show your support at Liberapay! Bashō Aase Berg Dark Matter Joanna Biggs ...
2024-08-2159 min
Plain ReadingMusic and Words: Kalindi Bellach and Kay WhiteOur first episode of season 2 features violist Kalindi Bellach and alto Kay White, who let us in on perfectionism in performance, writing and reading about music, and the for-fun books that everyone needs. Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay Episode artwork: Photo Collage: Musician Playing Triangle, photo collage by Juan Pedro Chabalgoity (MET, 2017.68.15), cropped. CC0 1.0 image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Want to learn more about the books—and music!—we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Good...
2024-08-071h 00
Plain ReadingEpic, Personas, and Writing Across Disciplines: L. S. McKeePoet and educator L. S. McKee tells us about poetry and personas, the joys of secret venues, writing across science and art curricula, and even relics. Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay. Episode artwork: Joan Crawford holding mask of herself (cropped). Photoplay, 1932. Public domain image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Want to learn more about the books—and music!—we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon—and show your support at Liberapay! E...
2024-05-011h 01
Plain ReadingMusic, Time, and Committed Communities: Dirk von der HorstJoin us as we talk to professor of musicology and religion Dirk von der Horst about time, religion, activism, and more. Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay Episode artwork: Aaron Willard, Banjo Clock MET (cropped). Public domain-dedicated image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Want to learn more about the books—and shows!—we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon—and show your support at Liberapay! Theodor Adorno Dante Alighieri ...
2024-04-1758 min
Plain ReadingPoetry, Imagination, Transcendence: Lisa DordalPoet and teacher Lisa Dordal joins us to talk about memory, the imagination, clearing up misconceptions about poetry, and so much more! Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay Episode artwork: Leon Kowalsi, Nostalgia (cropped). Public domain image courtesy Wikimedia Commmons. Want to learn more about the books—and shows!—we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon—and show your support at Liberapay! Claire-Louise Bennett Pond Joe Brainard ...
2024-04-031h 01
Plain ReadingArt, Fashion, and Authentic Creation: Tiffany GholarArtist, designer, and author Tiffany Gholar joins us to delve into the nature of art and creative production, fashion dolls, and even game show appearances. Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay Episode artwork: Mopsy Modes, from Mopsy, 1(1), 1948 (cropped). Public domain image by Gladys Parker, courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Want to learn more about the books—and shows!—we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon—and show your support at Liberapay! Jul...
2024-03-2059 min
Plain ReadingLanguage Learning through Poetry: Roya HuangMolecular and cellular biologist Roya Huang joins us to talk about studying another language by discussing its poetry, reading in different disciplines, the benefits of small-group study, and more! Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay Episode artwork: A leaf from a Farsi manuscript of poetry (cropped). Public domain image courtesy San Diego Museum of Art and Wikimedia Commons. Want to learn more about the books—and films!—we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and...
2024-03-061h 00
Plain ReadingExploration, Pleasure, and Switching Off: Hollis PhelpsHollis Phelps joins us to talk about the importance of exploration, pleasure, and taking a break—and tells us about psilocybin! Episode artwork: Pestonji Bomanjee, At Rest (cropped). Public domain image courtesy National Gallery of Modern Art (India) and Wikimedia Commons. Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay Want to learn more about the books—and shows!—we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon—and show your support at Liberapay! Nicolas...
2024-02-211h 01
Plain ReadingReading While Parenting: Jovita Scrogin and Kay WhiteKaty and Matt are joined by Kay White and Jovita Scrogin, who fill us in on reading while parenting, parenting while reading, the joys of audiobooks and fantasy, and so much more! Episode image: Amy Carter and Jimmy Carter participate in a speed reading course at the White House, 1977 (cropped). Public domain image courtesy National Archives and Records Administration and Wikimedia Commons. Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay Want to learn more about the books, authors, shows, and films we talked about on this episode? Check...
2024-02-071h 01
Plain ReadingTheory's Worldbuilding Possibilities: Jay ForthHousing and tenants rights advocate Jay Forth comes on to talk about why reading both critical theory and poetry are so helpful in thinking about and interacting with the world around you. Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay Episode artwork: Frantz Fanon at a press conference during a writers' conference in Tunis, 1959 (cropped). Public domain image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Want to learn more about the books we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and...
2024-01-241h 03
Plain ReadingMemoir, Food, and Foundations: Juan Carlos HernándezWe explore with writer and journalist Juan Carlos Hernández the nature of memoir, the connections made over cooking, and the importance of staying grounded. Episode artwork: Footballer André Roosenburg in Florence, 1953. Image with no known copyright restrictions courtesy Nationaal Archief and Wikimedia Commons. Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay Want to learn more about the books—and films!—we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon—and show your support at Liberapay!
2024-01-101h 01
Plain ReadingLiving with Deep Thought: Wesley BarkerScholar and philosopher Wesley Barker talks about living your life when you deal every day with complex thought—as well as the importance of getting out of your head and embracing being a beginner. Episode artwork: Władysław Czachórski, Zadumana (Deep in Thought), 1883. US public domain image courtesy The National Museum in Warsaw and Wikimedia Commons. Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay Want to learn more about the books—and shows!—we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find...
2023-12-2759 min
Plain ReadingBleak Reading, Magic, and Belief: Ben DueholmPastor and author Ben Dueholm drops by to talk about the value of bleak reading, the intrigue of magic, and even Lou Reed! Episode artwork: Magician Paul LePaul, 1937. Public domain image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay Want to learn more about the books, authors—and films!—we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon—and show your support at Liberapay! Adonis Concerto al-Quds Dietrich Bonhoeffer ...
2023-12-1359 min
Plain ReadingReading for the Sake of Science: Zachary BlountEvolutionary biologist Zachary Blount tells us why you have to read widely to be a good scientist, as well as what makes for good horror and great bookstores. Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay Episode artwork: Kathleen Mary Drew-Baker, image with no known copyright restrictions courtesy Smithsonian Institution and Wikimedia Commons Want to learn more about the books, authors—and films!—we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon! Mary...
2023-11-2959 min
Plain ReadingTelling Others' Stories, Telling Your Own: Wes Ferguson Journalist, writer, and podcaster Wes Ferguson talks to us about what makes a good story—and how in telling others' stories, you often have to reflect on your own. Episode artwork: CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED imagae courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay Want to learn more about the books we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon! Hilton Als My Pinup Hilton Als White Girls Louis Paul Boon My Little War Joel Ebert...
2023-11-1557 min
Plain ReadingPoetry, Community, Power: Kari Gunter-Seymour and Kristi Stephens WalkerHow does poetry help both writers and readers heal, and how does it build community? Ohio's poet laureate, Kari Gunter-Seymour, stops by with fellow Women of Appalachia Project member Kristi Stephens Walker to talk about how essential poetry is. Find Kari at https://www.karigunterseymourpoet.com/. And the Women of Appalachia at https://www.womenofappalachia.com/about. Kristi shared with us a list of Barbara Kingsolver's recommendations for Appalachia-related reading—which has generated a great deal of feeling! Find it at the New York Times. Episode image: Henri-Jean Guilliame Martin, "Poetesses on a...
2023-11-011h 01
Plain ReadingIntroduction: Meet the HostsBefore we get going with interviews, this introduction will let you get to know our hosts and learn what they're hoping to do here. How and why do we read—and why can't we stop talking about it all? Want to keep track of the books and authors we mentioned? Check out what comes close to a comprehensive list below! Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay Gaston Bachelard The Practice of Everyday Life Don Clifton StrengthsFinder 2.0 Hernan Díaz Trust Gustav Eckstein The B...
2023-10-1946 min
Religion MomentsBack to ChristianityIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Roman Emperor Jovian. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-02-1702 min
Religion MomentsAttack in Hazara TownIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the 2013 Quetta bombing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-02-1602 min
Religion MomentsRemembering the WolvesIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Lupercalia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-02-1502 min
Religion MomentsBeginning with AsbestosIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Quebec's Quiet Revolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-02-1402 min
Religion MomentsThe Dalai Lama's DeclarationIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Tibet's declaration of independence in 1912. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-02-1302 min
Religion MomentsProtesting the Law of EvidenceIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the march of women in Lahore in 1983. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-02-1202 min
Religion MomentsA First Petition to CongressIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Quaker abolition movement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-02-1102 min
Religion MomentsA Death at GreyfriarsIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Robert the Bruce's rise to power. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-02-1002 min
Religion MomentsRome's Brief TriumvirateIn Tuesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the New Roman Republic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-02-0902 min
Religion MomentsThe Cardinal vs. the CommunistsIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses József Mindszenty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-02-0802 min
Religion MomentsBringing Buddhism to JapanIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Prince Shotoku. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-02-0702 min
Religion MomentsThe Poetry of the SpiritsIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses James Merrill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-02-0602 min
Religion MomentsTeacher of the UniversalIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Inayat Khan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-02-0502 min
Religion MomentsThe Struggle to SecedeIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Bangabhumi movement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-02-0402 min
Religion MomentsThe Dharma's AmbassadorIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Sheng-yen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-02-0302 min
Religion MomentsGoing After the CatIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Fastelavn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-02-0202 min
Religion MomentsWith His Terrible Swift SwordIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-02-0102 min
Religion MomentsA Voice Out of SilenceIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Thomas Merton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-01-3102 min
Religion MomentsMeditation and Self-AwarenessIn Saturday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses S.N. Goenka. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-01-3002 min
Religion MomentsPhysics and FaithIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Abdus Salam. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-01-2902 min
Religion MomentsAiming for Christian ReunificationIn Thursday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Vladimir Solovyov. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-01-2802 min
Religion MomentsJesus, History, and MythIn Wednesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses David Strauss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-01-2702 min
Religion MomentsGhost Hunter ExtraordinaireIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Hans Holzer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-01-2602 min
Religion MomentsCrowds, Coconuts, and FireIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the 2005 stampede at the Mandhardevi Temple. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-01-2502 min
Religion MomentsThe Best BiographerIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Martin Lings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-01-2402 min
Religion MomentsA Ghost's JusticeIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Greenbrier Ghost. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-01-2302 min
Religion MomentsGuarding the PopeIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Swiss Guard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-01-2202 min
Religion MomentsPosters and PersecutionIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Affair of the Placards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-01-2102 min
Religion MomentsFreedom Fighter or Murderer?In today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the death of Bishop Henrik. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-01-2002 min
Religion MomentsGoethe's Version of the LegendIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Goethe's Faust. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-01-1902 min
Religion MomentsA Particular Sort of MysticIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-01-1802 min
Religion MomentsTV's First Jewish SitcomIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses The Goldbergs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-01-1702 min
Religion MomentsRepentance in the Form of LawIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Council of Nablus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-01-1602 min
Religion MomentsThe Power of ComedyIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Molière. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-01-1502 min
Religion MomentsThe Rice Has Boiled!In today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Pongal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-01-1402 min
Religion MomentsThe Rioting SpreadsIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the 1964 riots in India and East Pakistan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-01-1302 min
Religion MomentsCarrying the Movement ForwardIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-01-1202 min
Religion MomentsLiving the PropheticIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Abraham Joshua Heschel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-01-1102 min
Religion MomentsCelebrating Tradition in BeninIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Vodoun Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-01-1002 min
Religion MomentsThe Swedish GadflyIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses August Strindberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-01-0902 min
Religion MomentsAmerica’s Music TeacherIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Lowell Mason. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-01-0802 min
Religion MomentsAttacking SatireIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the 2015 attacks against Charlie Hebdo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-01-0702 min
Religion MomentsPainting, Inventions, and PoliticsIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Samuel Morse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-01-0602 min
Religion MomentsAiming to Drive Out EvilIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Joma Shinji. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-01-0502 min
Religion MomentsIlluminating Human ConscienceIn today's Religion moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Albert Camus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-01-0402 min
Religion MomentsSaying No to the CatholicsIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Coonan Cross Oath. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-01-0302 min
Religion MomentsBear or Squirrel?In today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Berchtold's Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-01-0202 min
Religion MomentsNo More GamesIn today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the end of Rome's gladiatorial fights.Brought to you by the folks at Things Not Seen Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-01-0102 min
Things Not Seen Podcast#1504 - Feminism and Religion: Gina Messina-DysertA frank conversation about the experience of women in religious communities and in academia with our guest, Dr. Gina Messina-Dysert - one of the founders of the blog Feminism and Religion.
Also on the show, Katy Scrogin reviews Ted A Smith's new book, Weird John Brown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2015-02-0152 min
Things Not Seen Podcast#1416 - A Zeal for History: Looking for Jesus with Reza Aslan, Part 1In this conversation, David Dault speaks with scholar and author Reza Aslan about his recent bestseller, Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. Along the way, the discussion includes the current state of academic teaching, navigating land mines on Fox News, and a pretty awesome Beatles reference.
Also on the show, senior producer Katy Scrogin reviews the recent documentary "Punk Prayer," about the supressed Russian feminist art collective, Pussy Riot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2014-10-0544 min
Things Not Seen Podcast#1409 - Lillian Daniel, Part 2We continue our series of conversations recorded last year at the Wheaton College confeence on the Bible and Democracy in America, co-sponsored with the American Bible Society.
Rev. Lillian Daniel is the author of When Spiritual but Not Religious is Not Enough. In part 2 of our conversation, we discuss her book, as well as the influence congregationalism had on the formation of American democracy.
Also on the show, Katy Scrogin reviews The Still Point of the Turning World, by Emily Rapp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2014-06-2932 min
Things Not Seen Podcast#1408 - Lillian Daniel, Part 1We continue our series of conversations recorded last year at the Wheaton College confeence on the Bible and Democracy in America, co-sponsored with the American Bible Society.
Rev. Lillian Daniel is the author of When Spiritual but Not Religious is Not Enough.In part 1 of our conversation, we discuss her book, as well as the influence congregationalism had on the formation of American democracy.
Also on the show, Katy Scrogin reviews S. Brent Plate's A History of Religon in 5 1/2 Objects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2014-06-2331 min
Things Not Seen Podcast#1407 - Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Part 2Part two of a far-ranging interview with Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf. We discuss misconceptions of Islam, the spirituality at the core of all religion, and the importance of religious identity in the modern world. Also on the program, Katy Scrogin discusses Brad Kallenberg's book, By Design: Ethics, Theology, and the Practice of Engineering Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2014-05-0836 min
Things Not Seen Podcast#1406 - Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Part 1Part one of a far-ranging interview with Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf. We discuss misconceptions of Islam, the spirituality at the core of all religion, and the importance of religious identity in the modern world. Also on the program, Katy Scrogin discusses the book, The Man who Gave Up Money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2014-04-1638 min
Things Not Seen Podcast#1404 - The God Gap, Part 1: Amy BlackIn this episode, Wheaton College professor Amy Black discusses the Constitution and religious freedoms in America from a historical perspective. Also on the show, Katy Scrogin discusses The Reason I Jump: an Account of a Thirteen Year Old Boy with Autism, by Naoki Higashida Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2014-02-2334 min
Things Not Seen Podcast#1403 - Live from Wheaton: Catherine BrekusLast October, Things Not Seen Radio went on-location to Wheaton College to speak to participants in their conference on the Bible and Democracy in America, co-sponsored by the American Bible Society. Our guest this week is University of Chicago professor, historian Catherine Brekus. Also on the show, Katy Scrogin discusses Martha C. Nussbaum’s book, Political Emotions: Why Love Matters for Justice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2014-01-2035 min
Things Not Seen PodcastReligion Moment: January 16, 2014- A New Caliph for SpainIn Thursday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Caliphate of Cordoba. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2014-01-1602 min
Things Not Seen Podcast#1402 - Emerging, Emergence, Emergent, Part 2: Phyllis TickleIn part 2 of our interview with Phyllis Tickle, we look at the relationship of science and faith, and why new seminarians might want to have a background in physics rather than theology. According to Tickle, our present epoch - referred to by some as "The Great Emergence" - has the potential to yield a new Christianity distinct from Protestantism, Catholicism, and Orthodoxy. Also on the program, Katy Scrogin reviews Soul Repair: Recovering from Moral Injury after War, the new book by Rita Nakashima Brock and Gabriella Lettini. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...
2014-01-1342 min
Things Not Seen Podcast#1401 - Emerging, Emergence, Emergent, Part 1: Phyllis TickleIn part 1 of our interview with Phyllis Tickle, we explore the idea that our culture has been shaped by roughly 500-year cycles, which have helped define our major religious traditions for the past two millennia. According to Tickle, our present epoch - referred to by some as "The Great Emergence" - has the potential to yield a new Christianity distint from Protestantism, Catholicism, and Orthodoxy. Also on the program, Katy Scrogin reviews a new biography of philosopher Alain Badiou by Hollis Phelps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2014-01-0643 min