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Books and Brews PodcastEpisode # 72: Wild Alaska with Mr. NovemberBooks and Brews: the place where beer and literature meet! Michael Modzelewski (Mojo-less-key) grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of a famous NFL football player with the Cleveland Browns, Ed “Big Mo” Modzelewski. Michael graduated from Indiana University with a degree in English Literature. He is the author of five books, including INSIDE PASSAGE, about a two year stay on a wilderness island in the Inside Passage to Alaska. After living “date-less” on the wild island, Michael was chosen a “Bachelor of the Month” by Cosmopolitan Magazine. Mr. November received 5,000 letters from women around the world, dated...2025-04-301h 01
Books and Brews PodcastEpisode # 72: Wild Alaska with Mr. NovemberBooks and Brews: the place where beer and literature meet! Michael Modzelewski (Mojo-less-key) grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of a famous NFL football player with the Cleveland Browns, Ed “Big Mo” Modzelewski. Michael graduated from Indiana University with a degree in English Literature. He is the author of five books, including INSIDE PASSAGE, about a two year stay on a wilderness island in the Inside Passage to Alaska. After living “date-less” on the wild island, Michael was chosen a “Bachelor of the Month” by Cosmopolitan Magazine. Mr. November received 5,000 letters from women around the world, dated many, and that’s h...2025-04-301h 01Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews #71: Time Travel, Sci-fi and Woodstock with Beth DukeBestselling author Beth Duke's Anywhen is the ultimate outsider story—a young woman yearning to belong across time itself. With universal themes of love, jealousy, sacrifice, friendship, joy, loss, and forgiveness, this genre-defying novel is a story like no other...one that will stay with you long after the final page. Beth read from her latest book, Anywhen, that combines sci-fi, time travel, and historical fiction. We talked about Woodstock, the central event of Anywhen, about southern fiction, stereotypes, the good and bad of AI, and Utopias. Is Baezy’s world a Utopia? Did living in peace...2025-03-311h 02Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews #71: Time Travel, Sci-fi and Woodstock with Beth DukeBestselling author Beth Duke's Anywhen is the ultimate outsider story—a young woman yearning to belong across time itself. With universal themes of love, jealousy, sacrifice, friendship, joy, loss, and forgiveness, this genre-defying novel is a story like no other...one that will stay with you long after the final page. Beth read from her latest book, Anywhen, that combines sci-fi, time travel, and historical fiction. We talked about Woodstock, the central event of Anywhen, about southern fiction, stereotypes, the good and bad of AI, and Utopias. Is Baezy’s world a Utopia? Did living in peace result in naive...2025-03-311h 02Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews #69: AI and Aliens with Michael ColonBooks and Brews: the place where beer and literature meet! Michael Colon is a novelist and freelance writer, born and raised in New York City. His author's story is about hard work, perseverance, and believing in the power of imagination. His inspiration comes from various societal abnormalities, the beauty in cultural differences, and his own life experiences. His debut novel, The Gift from Aelius, is about an artificial intelligence’s growing awareness of purpose and life. There is not a science fiction tale as poetic and thought-provoking. In the not-too distant future, A191, a Codex with artificial intelligence, feels like...2025-01-261h 03Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews #69: AI and Aliens with Michael ColonBooks and Brews: the place where beer and literature meet! Michael Colon is a novelist and freelance writer, born and raised in New York City. His author's story is about hard work, perseverance, and believing in the power of imagination. His inspiration comes from various societal abnormalities, the beauty in cultural differences, and his own life experiences. His debut novel, The Gift from Aelius, is about an artificial intelligence’s growing awareness of purpose and life. There is not a science fiction tale as poetic and thought-provoking. In the not-too distant future, A191, a Codex with arti...2025-01-261h 03Books and Brews PodcastEpisode #66 From Nomad to Ph.D. with Michael C. KeithMichael C. Keith is the author of an acclaimed memoir––The Next Better Place–a young adult novel––Life is Falling Sideways––and 20 story collections, including, Of Night and Light, Everything is Epic, Sad Boy, And Through the Trembling Air, Hoag’s Object, The Collector of Tears, If Things Were Made To Last Forever, Caricatures, The Near Enough, Bits, Specks, Crumbs, Flecks, Slow Transit, Perspective Drifts Like a Log on a River, Let Us Now Speak of Extinction, Stories in the Key of Me, Insomnia 11, Pieces of Bones and Rags, Quiet Geography, The Late Epiphany of a Low-Key Oracle, and Bodies in Recline, E...2024-10-221h 03Books and Brews PodcastEpisode #66 From Nomad to Ph.D. with Michael C. KeithMichael C. Keith is the author of an acclaimed memoir––The Next Better Place–a young adult novel––Life is Falling Sideways––and 20 story collections, including, Of Night and Light, Everything is Epic, Sad Boy, And Through the Trembling Air, Hoag’s Object, The Collector of Tears, If Things Were Made To Last Forever, Caricatures, The Near Enough, Bits, Specks, Crumbs, Flecks, Slow Transit, Perspective Drifts Like a Log on a River, Let Us Now Speak of Extinction, Stories in the Key of Me, Insomnia 11, Pieces of Bones and Rags, Quiet Geography, The Late Epiphany of a Low-Key Oracle, and Bodies in Recline, Euphon...2024-10-221h 03Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Episode #66: Michael C. KeithMichael C. Keith is the author of an acclaimed memoir––The Next Better Place–a young adult novel––Life is Falling Sideways––and 20 story collections, including, Of Night and Light, Everything is Epic, Sad Boy, And Through the Trembling Air, Hoag’s Object, The Collector of Tears, If Things Were Made To Last Forever, Caricatures, The Near Enough, Bits, Specks, Crumbs, Flecks, Slow Transit, Perspective Drifts Like a Log on a River, Let Us Now Speak of Extinction, Stories in the Key of Me, Insomnia 11, Pieces of Bones and Rags, Quiet Geography, The Late Epiphany of a Low-Key Oracle, and Bodies in Recline, E...2024-10-221h 03Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Episode #66: Michael C. KeithMichael C. Keith is the author of an acclaimed memoir––The Next Better Place–a young adult novel––Life is Falling Sideways––and 20 story collections, including, Of Night and Light, Everything is Epic, Sad Boy, And Through the Trembling Air, Hoag’s Object, The Collector of Tears, If Things Were Made To Last Forever, Caricatures, The Near Enough, Bits, Specks, Crumbs, Flecks, Slow Transit, Perspective Drifts Like a Log on a River, Let Us Now Speak of Extinction, Stories in the Key of Me, Insomnia 11, Pieces of Bones and Rags, Quiet Geography, The Late Epiphany of a Low-Key Oracle, and Bodies in Recline, Euphon...2024-10-221h 03Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Episode #65: Stephen DownesSteve Downes is a contemporary Irish poet and novelist, currently living and working in Ireland. Educated in N.U.I. Maynooth, he holds a Degree in Classical History and a Masters in Cultural Anthropology. Steve has published poetry; science fiction, including Cosmogonic Marbles, Temporal Tome, Gadzooks Armageddon and Botolf Tales (the Botolf Chronicles), Warworld: Shadows & Dominions (part 1), Murder on the Alpha Centauri Express and The Deaths of Guner Zoon; and four children’s Books: The Upstairs Cat Series (3 books) & An Apprenticeship to Doctor Vantastic. Steve continues to write and publish work in many genres. In 2017 & 2018 Steve exhibited from his collections of hi...2024-09-181h 02Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Episode #65: Stephen DownesSteve Downes is a contemporary Irish poet and novelist, currently living and working in Ireland. Educated in N.U.I. Maynooth, he holds a Degree in Classical History and a Masters in Cultural Anthropology. Steve has published poetry; science fiction, including Cosmogonic Marbles, Temporal Tome, Gadzooks Armageddon and Botolf Tales (the Botolf Chronicles), Warworld: Shadows & Dominions (part 1), Murder on the Alpha Centauri Express and The Deaths of Guner Zoon; and four children’s Books: The Upstairs Cat Series (3 books) & An Apprenticeship to Doctor Vantastic. Steve continues to write and publish work in many genres. In...2024-09-181h 02
EXOPOLITICS TODAY with Dr. Michael SallaTwo Earths, the Nephilim and Overcoming Alien Manipulation: An Interview with Dr. Brooks AgnewDr. Brooks Agnew has traveled the world in search of archeological evidence and records about ancient Earth history that he analyzed in his four-volume book series, The Ark of Millions of Years. He has found that a race of extraterrestrials called the fallen angels in ancient texts, including the Book of Enoch, established a race of giants called the Nephilim who became a corruptive force in early human civilizations. He believes the Nephilim were not entirely exterminated in the Great Flood and made a come-back. They have ever since been agents for surviving fallen angels who manipulate humanity through...2024-02-081h 03Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #56: M.B. ZuckerM. B. (Michael) Zucker has been interested in storytelling for as long as he can remember. He devoted himself to historical fiction at fifteen and earned his B.A. at Occidental College and his J.D. at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. He lives in Virginia with his family. He is the author of four novels: The Eisenhower Chronicles, A Great Soldier in the Last Great War, Theodore Roosevelt and the Hunt for the Liopleurodon, and The Middle Generation: A Novel of John Quincy Adams and the Monroe Doctrine. Among his honors is the Best Fictional Biography...2023-12-041h 00Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #56: M.B. ZuckerM. B. (Michael) Zucker has been interested in storytelling for as long as he can remember. He devoted himself to historical fiction at fifteen and earned his B.A. at Occidental College and his J.D. at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. He lives in Virginia with his family. He is the author of four novels: The Eisenhower Chronicles, A Great Soldier in the Last Great War, Theodore Roosevelt and the Hunt for the Liopleurodon, and The Middle Generation: A Novel of John Quincy Adams and the Monroe Doctrine. Among his honors is the Best Fictional Biography Award...2023-12-041h 00
Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode # 50: Bjorn Erickson, Brewer This month at Books & Brews, with Michael on sabbatical, Laura and Dr. Chris Powell visit Hoops Brewery in Duluth, MN. We talked with Bjorn Erickson, one of the brewers about brewing...and books. Bjorn had a great story about how he got from earning a degree in German to brewing beer. We talked about the blending of science and artistry, the hard parts of being a brewer, and the reasons Bjorn loves his job, and the numerous books and genres Bjorn reads. If you're in Duluth, we highly recommend...2023-06-071h 03Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Episode # 50: Bjorn Erickson, BrewerThis month at Books & Brews, with Michael on sabbatical, Laura and Dr. Chris Powell visit Hoops Brewery in Duluth, MN. We talked with Bjorn Erickson, one of the brewers about brewing...and books. Bjorn had a great story about how he got from earning a degree in German to brewing beer. We talked about the blending of science and artistry, the hard parts of being a brewer, and the reasons Bjorn loves his job, and the numerous books and genres Bjorn reads. If you're in Duluth, we highly recommend stopping at Hoops Brewery, a family friendly place with lots of...2023-06-071h 03Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #49: Margaret J. AndersonI grew up in Scotland, graduating from Edinburgh University with a degree in genetics. Back then, genetics was all about statistics and probability. So, I became a statistician until I took up the more chancy career of writing children’s books. Exploring the Insect World was published nearly 50 years ago. I then switched to time-slip fantasies and historical fiction. I’ve written nature-activity books, biographies, and more books about insects, which I now look on as my true calling. I married an entomologist. When you share your home, and sometimes your refrigerator, with insects you realize they need an advo...2023-05-081h 00Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #49: Margaret J. AndersonI grew up in Scotland, graduating from Edinburgh University with a degree in genetics. Back then, genetics was all about statistics and probability. So, I became a statistician until I took up the more chancy career of writing children’s books. Exploring the Insect World was published nearly 50 years ago. I then switched to time-slip fantasies and historical fiction. I’ve written nature-activity books, biographies, and more books about insects, which I now look on as my true calling. I married an entomologist. When you share your home, and sometimes your refrigerator, with insects you realize they need an advocate in o...2023-05-081h 00Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #48: Sharlene MacLaren Born and raised in west Michigan, Sharlene MacLaren attended Spring Arbor University. Upon graduating with an education degree, she taught second grade for two years then accepted an invitation to travel internationally for a year with a singing ensemble. In1975, she returned to teaching and married her childhood sweetheart. They’ve raised two lovely daughters, both of whom are now happily married and enjoying their own families. Retired since 2003 after 31 years of teaching, “Shar” loves to read, sing, travel, and spend time with her family, in particular her wonderful, adorable grandchildren.sharlenecaclaren.com Sharlene's Readings: · Dear Mr. Grif...2023-04-101h 01Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #48: Sharlene MacLarenBorn and raised in west Michigan, Sharlene MacLaren attended Spring Arbor University. Upon graduating with an education degree, she taught second grade for two years then accepted an invitation to travel internationally for a year with a singing ensemble. In1975, she returned to teaching and married her childhood sweetheart. They’ve raised two lovely daughters, both of whom are now happily married and enjoying their own families. Retired since 2003 after 31 years of teaching, “Shar” loves to read, sing, travel, and spend time with her family, in particular her wonderful, adorable grandchildren.sharlenecaclaren.com Sharlene's Readings: · Dear Mr. Griffin – 9:30 · Calm Down! – 25:10 · ...2023-04-101h 01Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #47: Elizabeth TuckerElizabeth Tucker is a Distinguished Service Professor of English at Binghamton University who specializes in children’s and adolescents’ folklore, folklore of the supernatural, and legends. Her books include Campus Legends: A Handbook, Haunted Halls: Ghostlore of American College Campuses, Children’s Folklore: A Handbook; Haunted Southern Tier; and New York State Folklife Reader: Diverse Voices, co-edited with Ellen McHale (2013). She is co-author of Legend Trips: A Contemporary Legend Handbook (2018). She has edited Children’s Folklore Review and served as president of the International Society for Contemporary Legend Research and the Children’s Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society; she is als...2023-03-131h 02Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #47: Elizabeth TuckerElizabeth Tucker is a Distinguished Service Professor of English at Binghamton University who specializes in children’s and adolescents’ folklore, folklore of the supernatural, and legends. Her books include Campus Legends: A Handbook, Haunted Halls: Ghostlore of American College Campuses, Children’s Folklore: A Handbook; Haunted Southern Tier; and New York State Folklife Reader: Diverse Voices, co-edited with Ellen McHale (2013). She is co-author of Legend Trips: A Contemporary Legend Handbook (2018). She has edited Children’s Folklore Review and served as president of the International Society for Contemporary Legend Research and the Children’s Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society; s...2023-03-131h 02Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #46: Jane CableEva Glyn writes emotional women’s fiction inspired by beautiful places and the stories they hide. She loves to travel and her last trip before the covid lockdowns was to Croatia, where she met a man with an incredible story of growing up during the country’s Homeland War in in 1990s. It inspired The Olive Grove, set on the island of Korcula. Two more Croatian novels have followed, both taking their inspiration from the Second World War. An Island of Secrets was published in 2022 and The Collaborator’s Daughter will follow in 2023. Her books are published by Harper Collins imprin...2023-02-011h 01Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #46: Jane CableEva Glyn writes emotional women’s fiction inspired by beautiful places and the stories they hide. She loves to travel and her last trip before the covid lockdowns was to Croatia, where she met a man with an incredible story of growing up during the country’s Homeland War in in 1990s. It inspired The Olive Grove, set on the island of Korcula. Two more Croatian novels have followed, both taking their inspiration from the Second World War. An Island of Secrets was published in 2022 and The Collaborator’s Daughter will follow in 2023. Her books are published by Harper Collin...2023-02-011h 01Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #45: Jen GilroyJen Gilroy writes women’s fiction for Orion Dash and sweet western romance for Harlequin Heartwarming—uplifting stories about women finding home, family and new beginnings–and finding themselves too. She’s a Romance Writers of America® Golden Heart® finalist and was shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists’ Association Joan Hessayon award. A dual British-Canadian citizen, Jen lived in England for many years and earned a doctorate in geography, focusing on British cultural studies and social history, from University College London. She worked in higher education and marketing before becoming a full-time writer. She now lives in small-town Ontario, Canada with her husband...2023-01-0359 minBooks and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #45: Jen GilroyJen Gilroy writes women’s fiction for Orion Dash and sweet western romance for Harlequin Heartwarming—uplifting stories about women finding home, family and new beginnings–and finding themselves too. She’s a Romance Writers of America® Golden Heart® finalist and was shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists’ Association Joan Hessayon award. A dual British-Canadian citizen, Jen lived in England for many years and earned a doctorate in geography, focusing on British cultural studies and social history, from University College London. She worked in higher education and marketing before becoming a full-time writer. She now lives in small-town Ontario, Canada with her hus...2023-01-0359 minBooks and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #44: Christina CourtenayChristina Courtenay writes historical romance, time slip and time travel stories, and lives in Herefordshire (near the Welsh border) in the UK. Although born in England, she has a Swedish mother and was brought up in Sweden – hence her abiding interest in the Vikings. Christina is a former chairman of the UK’s Romantic Novelists’ Association and has won several awards, including the RoNA for Best Historical Romantic Novel twice with Highland Storms (2012) and The Gilded Fan (2014) and the RNA Fantasy Romantic Novel of the year 2021 with Echoes of the Runes. Hidden in the Mists (timeslip/dual time romance published by Head...2022-12-071h 00Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #44: Christina CourtenayChristina Courtenay writes historical romance, time slip and time travel stories, and lives in Herefordshire (near the Welsh border) in the UK. Although born in England, she has a Swedish mother and was brought up in Sweden – hence her abiding interest in the Vikings. Christina is a former chairman of the UK’s Romantic Novelists’ Association and has won several awards, including the RoNA for Best Historical Romantic Novel twice with Highland Storms (2012) and The Gilded Fan (2014) and the RNA Fantasy Romantic Novel of the year 2021 with Echoes of the Runes. Hidden in the Mists (timeslip/dual time romance publish...2022-12-071h 00Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #43: Connie KinseyConnie Kinsey is a former military brat who has put down deep roots in a converted barn on a dirt road at the top of a hill in West Virginia. She lives with two dogs and a cat, and is pursuing happiness, one cup of coffee at a time. Primarily a memoirist, the events of her life permeate her work. Her fiction is sometimes described as autofiction because it incorporates autobiography in a fictionalized form with endings far from the truth of what really happened. In January of 2021, Connie was thrilled to be selected as one of two Writers-in-Residence for...2022-11-011h 00Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #43: Connie KinseyConnie Kinsey is a former military brat who has put down deep roots in a converted barn on a dirt road at the top of a hill in West Virginia. She lives with two dogs and a cat, and is pursuing happiness, one cup of coffee at a time. Primarily a memoirist, the events of her life permeate her work. Her fiction is sometimes described as autofiction because it incorporates autobiography in a fictionalized form with endings far from the truth of what really happened. In January of 2021, Connie was thrilled to be selected as one of two Writers-in-Residence...2022-11-011h 00
The Mike ShowCate Blanchett as Step on Me Mommy - Brendan Agnew (The Norman Nerd)Brendan Agnew is a writer, blogger, and podcaster. He shares his passion and deep knowledge for film by writing reviews on his own website, The Norman Nerd, and in featured guest appearances on podcasts like School of Movies, Geeks with Shields, and Matinee Heroes. You can find more of his work on Twitter at @BLCAgnew, on his website normannerd.blogspot.com, and cinapse.co. On this episode, Mike and the Norman Nerd talk about all things film and how Brendan turned that passion for movies and television into a successful blog and guest star spots o...2022-10-131h 04Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcasts Episode #42: Robert BindinottoRobert Bidinotto is author of the bestselling Dylan Hunter vigilante thriller series. Robert’s debut novel, HUNTER, soared to the top of the Kindle bestseller list and was a Wall Street Journal “Top 10 Fiction Ebook.” Its sequel, BAD DEEDS, became a #1 Audible thriller. The third installment in the series is the gripping political suspense novel WINNER TAKES ALL. Before turning to fiction, Robert produced decades of award-winning nonfiction journalism. He earned a national reputation as an authority on crime while writing investigative articles for Reader’s Digest. One of those was named a finalist for a National Magazine Award, by the Amer...2022-10-051h 02Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcasts Episode #42: Robert BindinottoRobert Bidinotto is author of the bestselling Dylan Hunter vigilante thriller series. Robert’s debut novel, HUNTER, soared to the top of the Kindle bestseller list and was a Wall Street Journal “Top 10 Fiction Ebook.” Its sequel, BAD DEEDS, became a #1 Audible thriller. The third installment in the series is the gripping political suspense novel WINNER TAKES ALL. Before turning to fiction, Robert produced decades of award-winning nonfiction journalism. He earned a national reputation as an authority on crime while writing investigative articles for Reader’s Digest. One of those was named a finalist for a National Magazine Award, by the A...2022-10-051h 02Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcasts Episode #41: Nancie Laird YoungNancie Laird Young grew up as an Army BRAT and traveled with her family across the United States, Europe and the Far East. Eventually she grew up, married (twice), had three great daughters, and various careers in human services, academic administration, advocacy for people with disabilities. These led to contributions to books and magazine articles about the Internet, which eventually led to positions in Community/Social Media Management, Content Development, and Strategy at WashingtonPost.com, Edmunds.com, LifetimeTV.com, and AOL/Time Warner among others. After leaving the corporate world she moved to the Eastern Shore of Maryland, presumably to...2022-09-161h 02Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcasts Episode #41: Nancie Laird YoungNancie Laird Young grew up as an Army BRAT and traveled with her family across the United States, Europe and the Far East. Eventually she grew up, married (twice), had three great daughters, and various careers in human services, academic administration, advocacy for people with disabilities. These led to contributions to books and magazine articles about the Internet, which eventually led to positions in Community/Social Media Management, Content Development, and Strategy at WashingtonPost.com, Edmunds.com, LifetimeTV.com, and AOL/Time Warner among others. After leaving the corporate world she moved to the Eastern Shore of Maryland, presumably...2022-09-161h 02Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #40: Janet Raye StevensMeet award-winning author Janet Raye Stevens – mom, reader, tea-drinker (okay, tea guzzler), and weaver of smart, stealthily romantic tales. A Derringer Award finalist, Janet’s work has been recognized multiple times, including winning the Daphne du Maurier award for the WWII-set paranormal A Moment After Dark and RWA’s Golden Heart® award for the fun and flirty holiday romance Cole for Christmas. Janet writes mystery, time travel, paranormal, and the occasional Christmas romance with humor, heart, and a dash of suspense. She lives in New England with her husband, who’s practically perfect in every way, and their various family me...2022-08-011h 00Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #40: Janet Raye StevensMeet award-winning author Janet Raye Stevens – mom, reader, tea-drinker (okay, tea guzzler), and weaver of smart, stealthily romantic tales. A Derringer Award finalist, Janet’s work has been recognized multiple times, including winning the Daphne du Maurier award for the WWII-set paranormal A Moment After Dark and RWA’s Golden Heart® award for the fun and flirty holiday romance Cole for Christmas. Janet writes mystery, time travel, paranormal, and the occasional Christmas romance with humor, heart, and a dash of suspense. She lives in New England with her husband, who’s practically perfect in every way, and their various family members...2022-08-011h 00Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcasts Episode #: Episode #39: Janelle Molony and Jodi Nasch DeckerJanelle Molony, M.S.L. is a family historian, an award-winning non-fiction author, and news journalist. Jodi Nasch Decker, Ed.D. is a college professor and freelance writer. Together, they provide interpretation and context for the poet Martha Nasch’s alleged seven year fast and 1920’s insane asylum stay. SevenYearsInsane Readings: News Reports on Martha Nasch's Seven Year Fast – 13:59 Force Feeding in the Asylum – 24:56 The Asylum, a poem by Martha Nasch – 40:09 Michael’s Beer Pairings: Celebrator Doppelbock, Privatbrauerei Ayinger (paired to News Reports) – 11:02 CPB, Lupulin Brewing Company (paird to Force Feeding in the Asylum) – 23:32 The Abyss, Deschutes Brewing Company (paired to The Asy...2022-07-011h 02Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcasts Episode #: Episode #39: Janelle Molony and Jodi Nasch DeckerJanelle Molony, M.S.L. is a family historian, an award-winning non-fiction author, and news journalist. Jodi Nasch Decker, Ed.D. is a college professor and freelance writer. Together, they provide interpretation and context for the poet Martha Nasch’s alleged seven year fast and 1920’s insane asylum stay. SevenYearsInsane Readings: News Reports on Martha Nasch's Seven Year Fast – 13:59 Force Feeding in the Asylum – 24:56 The Asylum, a poem by Martha Nasch – 40:09 Michael’s Beer Pairings: Celebrator Doppelbock, Privatbrauerei Ayinger (paired to News Reports) – 11:02 CPB, Lupulin Brewing Company (paird to Force Feeding in the Asylum) – 23:32...2022-07-011h 02Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Episode #38: Linda WisniewskiLinda C. Wisniewski is a former librarian who shares an empty nest with her retired scientist husband in Doylestown, PA. Linda teaches memoir workshops and produces webinars for the Pearl S. Buck Writing Center. She was born in Amsterdam, New York and is a graduate of SUNY at Buffalo and the library school at Villanova University. Her work includes fiction, memoir and personal essays and has been published in numerous literary magazines and anthologies both print and online. Her credits include publications as diverse as the Philadelphia Inquirer, Massage, The Quilter, the Christian Science Monitor, gravel and Foliate Oak. Linda w...2022-06-021h 01Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Episode #38: Linda WisniewskiLinda C. Wisniewski is a former librarian who shares an empty nest with her retired scientist husband in Doylestown, PA. Linda teaches memoir workshops and produces webinars for the Pearl S. Buck Writing Center. She was born in Amsterdam, New York and is a graduate of SUNY at Buffalo and the library school at Villanova University. Her work includes fiction, memoir and personal essays and has been published in numerous literary magazines and anthologies both print and online. Her credits include publications as diverse as the Philadelphia Inquirer, Massage, The Quilter, the Christian Science Monitor, gravel and Foliate Oak. L...2022-06-021h 01
Michael's Record CollectionEpisode 57: Nazareth Bassist Pete AgnewRock and roll doesn't get much more old school than Scottish legends Nazareth. The band is still going more than 50 years since releasing their first album. Their 25th album, Surviving the Law, is coming out in mid-April, and bassist and founding member Pete Agnew was kind enough to tell me how this fresh new take on the Nazareth sound has come about. Pete and I also spoke about his introduction to music, switching from guitar to bass out of necessity, and (of course) that classic album Hair of the Dog.
You can learn more about Nazareth at the...2022-04-071h 00Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #35: Ilona ParunakovaIlona Parunakova is an author, diversity and inclusion speaker, and founder and CEO of IP Resilience Global and Identity Guru. She penned the best-selling books Opium of the Almond Tree, Am I Godfident, Unfiltered, Unleashed, Unapologetic, Royal Grand Berries, Success without Apology, and In the Front Line with Royal Warriors. Additionally, she has published the International Project book Godfident Voices and the children’s book Bella’s Butterfly. Parunakova is a TEDx international speaker who brings encouragement to audiences whenever she walks on stage. Parunakova is a direct descendant of survivors of the Armenian Genocide during World War I. She...2022-03-161h 00Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #35: Ilona ParunakovaIlona Parunakova is an author, diversity and inclusion speaker, and founder and CEO of IP Resilience Global and Identity Guru. She penned the best-selling books Opium of the Almond Tree, Am I Godfident, Unfiltered, Unleashed, Unapologetic, Royal Grand Berries, Success without Apology, and In the Front Line with Royal Warriors. Additionally, she has published the International Project book Godfident Voices and the children’s book Bella’s Butterfly. Parunakova is a TEDx international speaker who brings encouragement to audiences whenever she walks on stage. Parunakova is a direct descendant of survivors of the Armenian Genocide during World War I. S...2022-03-161h 00Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcasts Episode #34: Sadira StoneAward-winning contemporary romance author Sadira Stone spins steamy, smoochy tales set in small businesses—a quirky bookstore, a neighborhood bar, a vintage boutique… Her stories highlight found family, friendship, and the sizzling chemistry that pulls unlikely partners together. When she emerges from her writing cave in Las Vegas, Nevada (which she seldom does), she can be found in belly dance class, or strumming her ukulele, perhaps exploring the West with her charming husband, or cooking up a storm, and always gobbling all the romance books. Sadira’s promise to readers: a guaranteed HEA and no cliffhangers! www.sadirastone.com Sadira...2022-02-0100 minBooks and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcasts Episode #34: Sadira StoneAward-winning contemporary romance author Sadira Stone spins steamy, smoochy tales set in small businesses—a quirky bookstore, a neighborhood bar, a vintage boutique… Her stories highlight found family, friendship, and the sizzling chemistry that pulls unlikely partners together. When she emerges from her writing cave in Las Vegas, Nevada (which she seldom does), she can be found in belly dance class, or strumming her ukulele, perhaps exploring the West with her charming husband, or cooking up a storm, and always gobbling all the romance books. Sadira’s promise to readers: a guaranteed HEA and no cliffhangers! www.sadirastone.com 2022-02-0100 minBooks and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #33: Shannyn SchroederSloane Steele is the pen name for Shannyn Schroeder. As Sloane, her Counterfeit Capers series of heist romances are her love letter to the TV show Leverage. As Shannyn, she writes contemporary romances about big families, both those created by blood and by choice. Her books are set in the city of Chicago because having grown up there and lived near the city her whole life, she writes what she knows. Shannyn is a part-time English teacher, part-time curriculum editor, and full-time mom, even though her kids are pretty self-sufficient teens. In her down time, she bakes cookies, reads romance...2022-01-031h 00Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #33: Shannyn SchroederSloane Steele is the pen name for Shannyn Schroeder. As Sloane, her Counterfeit Capers series of heist romances are her love letter to the TV show Leverage. As Shannyn, she writes contemporary romances about big families, both those created by blood and by choice. Her books are set in the city of Chicago because having grown up there and lived near the city her whole life, she writes what she knows. Shannyn is a part-time English teacher, part-time curriculum editor, and full-time mom, even though her kids are pretty self-sufficient teens. In her down time, she bakes cookies, reads...2022-01-031h 00
Grass Roots R/C PodcastEpisode 5 - Michael and Nathan GardnerThis week I talk to the Father-Son Race Team of Michael and Nathan Gardner. We look back on Nathan's dominating season in the Bomber Sportsman Class on The Grass Roots Racing Series, how Michael got started in R/C in a parking lot, and many other topics. Stay tuned to the end to find out how you can be a part of The GrassRoots R/C Podcast!
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· Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app2021-12-1042 minBooks and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #32: Christine Madline EllsworthChristine Madline Ellsworth, has just released her first book of poetry, published by Potter’s Wheel Publishing. Here is a collection of poems tracing the arc of transition in a contemporary woman’s life. From childhood fascinations to adult issues such as domestic violence, marriage and divorce, Ellsworth shares many relatable experiences. Ellsworth holds BA and MA degrees in English literature from Moorhead State University Moorhead and Marquette University, respectively. She is a member of the Jackpine Writer’s Bloc and her poetry has appeared in issues of The Talking Stick. Her work has also appeared in Moorhead State University’s Red We...2021-12-021h 02Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Episode #32: Christine Madline EllsworthChristine Madline Ellsworth, has just released her first book of poetry, published by Potter’s Wheel Publishing. Here is a collection of poems tracing the arc of transition in a contemporary woman’s life. From childhood fascinations to adult issues such as domestic violence, marriage and divorce, Ellsworth shares many relatable experiences. Ellsworth holds BA and MA degrees in English literature from Moorhead State University Moorhead and Marquette University, respectively. She is a member of the Jackpine Writer’s Bloc and her poetry has appeared in issues of The Talking Stick. Her work has also appeared in Moorhead State Univer...2021-12-021h 02Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #31: Sandy HannaSandy Hanna is an award-winning author for her memoir “The Ignorance of Bliss: An American Kid in Saigon,” a true coming-of-age story about growing up in Vietnam in the early 60s. She current resides in Lambertville, New Jersey. As a military BRAT (British Regiment Attached Transfer) her story reveals a turbulent time where politics and intrigue resided between plot and counterplot and where, as children, she and her siblings lived in the continuous present - perhaps the only way children can live. Ms. Hanna graduated from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois with a BA in Interdisciplinary Programs in S...2021-11-011h 01Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #31: Sandy HannaSandy Hanna is an award-winning author for her memoir “The Ignorance of Bliss: An American Kid in Saigon,” a true coming-of-age story about growing up in Vietnam in the early 60s. She current resides in Lambertville, New Jersey. As a military BRAT (British Regiment Attached Transfer) her story reveals a turbulent time where politics and intrigue resided between plot and counterplot and where, as children, she and her siblings lived in the continuous present - perhaps the only way children can live. Ms. Hanna graduated from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois with a BA in Interdisciplinary Programs in Science and Lite...2021-11-011h 01Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #30: Christine HusomChristine Husom is a national best-selling author from Minnesota. She pens the suspenseful Winnebago County Mysteries and the cozy, but not too cozy, Snow Globe Shop Mysteries where bad guys demonstrate not everyone is “Minnesota Nice.” She also has stories in many anthologies. Husom served with the Wright County Sheriff, is a member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime and is active with the Twin Cities chapter. She loves meeting readers at a variety of venues and events. www.christinehusom.com Christine's Readings: Death in Lionel's Woods – 33:47 Secret in Whitetail Lake – 26:11 Frosty the Dead...2021-10-011h 00Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #30: Christine HusomChristine Husom is a national best-selling author from Minnesota. She pens the suspenseful Winnebago County Mysteries and the cozy, but not too cozy, Snow Globe Shop Mysteries where bad guys demonstrate not everyone is “Minnesota Nice.” She also has stories in many anthologies. Husom served with the Wright County Sheriff, is a member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime and is active with the Twin Cities chapter. She loves meeting readers at a variety of venues and events. www.christinehusom.com Christine's Readings: Death in Lionel's Woods – 33:47 Secret in Whitetail Lake – 26:11 Frosty the Dead Man – 41:36 Michael’s Beer Pairi...2021-10-011h 00Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #29: Nicole BurnhamNicole Burnham is the RITA Award-winning author of over twenty romance novels, including the popular Royal Scandals series. As an army brat, Nicole was raised moving around the world. She still travels abroad whenever she can score cheap airfare and loves that it feeds her writing. If Nicole isn't at her keyboard, she is happiest spending time at Fenway Park or trail running. www.nicoleburnham.com Nicole's Readings (read by Hollis McCarthy): Scandal with a Prince (Megan Hears a Voice) – 12:32 Slow Tango with a Prince (Emily Finds Vittorio) – 26:02 To Kiss a King (Expert Advice) – 45:31 Michael...2021-09-021h 02Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #28: Jeff LaFerneyJeff LaFerney was a full-time language arts teacher in Davison, Michigan, for 30 years. After coaching basketball for most of his career, he decided to write books instead and took on his new hobby. Now he spends his free time reading, writing, and editing books. He and his beautiful wife have two adult children. His Clay and Tanner Thomas series focuses on a father and son team who use parapsychological abilities to solve mysteries. Jumper is a time-travel science fiction adventure. Lost and Found, is a unique mystery/treasure hunt with ties to World War II history. His latest, Planer...2021-08-021h 01Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #27: Ernie BrillErnie Brill writes fiction and poetry about everyday people. His I Looked Over Jordan and Other Stories explores race and class among hospital workers. The actress Ruby Dee purchased, adapted, and performed the story Crazy Hattie Enters Ice Age for her and her husband’s PBS TV series “With Ruby and Ossie.” Brill won a New York State Council for The Arts Fiction Grant. He received his BA and MA in English from San Francisco State College. Brill has published widely fiction, poetry and essays in the US and Canada (River Styx, Other Voices, Z, U. of Minnesota, Prentice Hall O...2021-07-061h 01Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #26: Eugenia FainEugenia Fain is an author of poetry and prose. She is also a songwriter and available on Amazon and Spotify. Eugenia has forty years of experience in writing. She is a preschool teacher and tutor. She is published here and abroad; she is considered an international author. Eugenia is featured in several anthologies. She is published online, in print, ebook, and audiobook form. She has no children of her own; but she resides in Columbia, SC with her husband, Ivan, and tabby cat, Buddy. Allpoetry.com Eugenia's Readings: Immortality, a glose poem – 13:12 A Song of De...2021-06-0359 min
It's All JournalismHow Spiro Agnew's crimes became relevant againMichael Yarvitz, co-author with Rachel Maddow of Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House, joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss the book and its accompanying podcast. He explains their research process, including sharing new information with people who prosecuted former Vice President Spiro Agnew.
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Learn more about your ad ch...2021-06-0326 minBooks and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #25: Melonie JohnsonUSA Today bestselling author Melonie Johnson―aka #thewritinglush―enjoys cheap wine, expensive beer, and sipping cocktails that start with the letter m. Declared a “writer to watch” by Kirkus and a “fizzy, engrossing new voice” by Entertainment Weekly, her smart funny contemporary romances include Too Good to Be Real and her award-winning Sometimes in Love debut series: Getting Hot with the Scot, Smitten by the Brit, and Once Upon a Bad Boy. A former high school English and Theatre teacher, she spends her days in her Star Wars office, dreaming up meet-cutes. She lives in Chicagoland with her husband, their two re...2021-05-061h 01Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #24: Philip WatlingPhilip Watling lives in Milton Keynes, England with his American wife and their amazing cats, Spirit and Shadow. Unable to work, he still manages to do some… a zero-hour contract job that he can dip in and out of when he feels up to it! When not doing that, much of his week is spent at the gym, swimming and talking to everyone – socializing with people in the city center, seeing friends at various church-sponsored lunch clubs and chatting to lots of people - on line and off - trying to help as many as he can. His remaining time...2021-04-021h 01Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #23: Cynthia Kraack and Joseph TachovskyCynthia Kraack is an author of fiction, short stories and nonfiction. 40 Thieves on Saipan received Best Book in Military History from the American Book Festival. The High Cost of Flowers won two 2014 Midwest Book Awards. Joseph Tachovsky is the son of Lieutenant Frank Tachovsky, commander of the 40 Thieves. A story told at his father’s funeral of how he “saved every man in our unit” from a Japanese tank set Joseph on a journey to discover everything he could about the 40 Thieves.2021-03-0159 minBooks and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Episode #23: Cynthia Kraack and Joseph TachovskyCynthia Kraack is an author of fiction, short stories and nonfiction. 40 Thieves on Saipan was released by Regnery History in 2020 and received Best Book in Military History from the American Book Festival. The High Cost of Flowers won two 2014 Midwest Book Awards taking first in Literary Fiction and Contemporary Fiction. Her debut work, Minnesota Cold, won the 2009 Northeastern Minnesota Book Award for Fiction. She also wrote the Ashwood trilogy, a speculative fiction family saga. The Saturday Evening Post, Glimmer Train, Big Muddy Literary Journal and the Hal Prize competition have published or recognized her short stories. She has an...2021-03-0159 min
The Stage by Stage WayWorld and Dakar Rally Co-driver Michael Orr (#15)World and Dakar Rally Co-driver Michael Orr talks us through his career in both the World Rally Championship and Cross-Country Rallying where his ultimate aim is to win the Dakar Rally.2021-02-121h 46Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episoce #22: Dr. Chris PowellDr. Chris Powell is an author, poet, musician, engineering and management consultant and aspiring polymath with his fingers on everything from fretboards and ivories to the pulse of post-modernism, surrealism, and nihilism's impact on the destruction of morality and sanity. In The Path That Shines, Dr. Powell details his late wife Bonnie’s every procedure and symptom, and every failure of modern medicine to provide her with relief.2021-02-011h 01Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #22: Chris PowellDr. Chris Powell is an author, poet, musician, engineering and management consultant and aspiring polymath with his fingers on everything from fretboards and ivories to the pulse of post-modernism, surrealism, and nihilism's impact on the destruction of morality and sanity. His work takes him from the Internet of Things to Cyberspace, and from Supercomputers to AI. More down to earth, he putters in his labs with birdhouses and cameras, servomotors and drones. At the range he's comfortable with AR's and lasers, in a kilt with trombones and guitars, on a kneeler with his Rosary, and in the kitchen making ome...2021-02-011h 01Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #21: Lauretta and Michael KehoeLauretta Kehoe is an avid reader of science fiction and fantasy, seeking in these stories reflections of her Christian faith. Not finding many, she decided to write what she wanted to read. Michael Kehoe is a professional comedian, actor and screenwriter, who has appeared in several movies, including the latest Jason Bourne film, the upcoming Godzilla sequel. Michael has also appeared as his Geriatric Elvis persona at five casinos in the Las Vegas area.2021-01-031h 01Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Episode #21: Lauretta and Michael KehoeLauretta Kehoe is an avid reader of all types of books, but mostly science fiction and fantasy, seeking in these stories reflections of my Christian faith. Not finding many, she decided to write what she wanted to read. Michael Kehoe is a professional comedian, actor and screenwriter, who has appeared in several movies, including the latest Jason Bourne film, the upcoming Godzilla sequel, two television shows and two commercials. Michael has also appeared as his Geriatric Elvis persona at five casinos in the Las Vegas area. A Dream of Dragons is their debut urban fantasy novel published b...2021-01-031h 01
Coffee and a MikeMark Agnew #213Mark Agnew is a runner, ocean rower, and has been an editor for the South China Morning Post since 2017 capturing the extreme sports scene in Hong Kong. He comes on the podcast to discuss what life is like in HK during Covid, his recent article “How long can trail race organizers survive if there is no Hong Kong-wide Covid-19 vaccine until 2022 and sports are still restricted?” and his 2021 maritime navigation of the Northwest Passage by human power-the ultimate ocean row. 2020-12-111h 04Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #20: Shawn D BrinkShawn D. Brink is currently building a following with four novels to his name, the latest being MY GYPSY WAR DIARY (Gabriel’s Horn Publishing). He has also had numerous shorter works in various publications and anthologies. Shawn is represented by Liverman Literary Agency. shawnbrinkauthor.wordpress.com Facebook Twitter Shawn’s Readings: Ghosts – 9:05 Post-Game Events – 27:45 Haunted Memories – 44:55 Michael’s Beer Pairings: Winter Welcome, Samuel Smith Old Brewery – 6:49 Windvane, Bad Weather Brewing Company – 25:02 Dead Guy Ale, Rogue Ales – 41:32 Interview Highlights: Norfolk, Norfolk, and Norfork – 13:21 Memories of growing up in Norfolk, Nebraska – 15:32 Weari...2020-12-011h 00Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast #19: Sandra Lynne ReedBorn and raised in Alaska, Sandra graduated from University of Alaska and became a travel agent. After marriage, she helped run her husband’s real estate appraisal business until their children were grown, while doing freelance writing. She and her family left Alaska in 1988 and has lived in Western Washington since 1991. A lifelong fascination with the Middle Ages stoked her interest in historical fiction, and she traveled to Italy to research a novel set in the thirteenth century Kingdom of Naples. Her passion for family history keeps the drama of the past alive for her and sometimes inspires st...2020-11-0459 minBooks and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Episode #18: Lisa GurineLisa Gurine has written newsletters and business communications professionally for more than twenty years. She comes from a long line of storytellers and for most of her life has channeled her creative energy into re-telling and embellishing her family’s history. Without Words grew from the seeds of her own ancestors’ lives as South Dakota immigrants. Lisa Gurine resides in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, with her husband of more than thirty years. Her passion for cross-cultural understanding led her to volunteer with an international high school exchange program. She and her husband have hosted six foreign exchange students at thei...2020-10-011h 01Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #17: Ozgur K SahinOzgur K. Sahin is an award-winning historical novelist and life coach. True Colors, the second book in his Brethren of the Spanish Main series, was released in late 2019 as a sequel to The Wrath of Brotherhood. He is currently working as a life coach while hunkered down during the Covid-19 pandemic and working on a non-fiction book on narcissism. He grew up in Minneapolis and his studies range from astrophysics and history to meditation and development studies. ozgurksahin.com Ozgur's Readings: Pieter at the Prison – 14:21 Coya with the Golden Staff – 31:06 Captain Roy Toppings at the Huci...2020-09-011h 02Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #16: Mike FaricyThe Dirty Lowdown called Mike Faricy America's hottest new mystery writer. Robert Carraher referred to him as Minnesota's Master of the Bizarre. Crime Scene referred to him as the next Carl Hiaasen. Mike Faricy writes four crime fiction series; Dev Haskell mystery series, the Corridor Man series, Jack Dillon Dublin Tales series, and the Hotshot series. Faricy's novels are filled with the sort of oddballs we're all curious about, but wisely prefer to keep at a distance. His characters serve not so much as an example as they do a warning to us all. None of them will be...2020-08-041h 01Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #15: Mark ConnerMark Connor is from St. Paul, MN. In summer 2019, he was featured in the first Gabriel’s Horn Press anthology, Surprised by Joy. A boxer since age 10, he currently trains competitive and recreational boxers, runs a training business called Fighting Chance/Boxing for Life and writes fiction, poetry, and journalism. He has written and published many articles about Boxing and Irish culture and history, as well as other features. boxersandwritersmagazine.com Mark's Readings: The Perfect Metaphor – 9:26 Halfway Around – 29:53 Two Pilgrim Souls: Anam Cara – 46:14 Michael’s Beer Pairings: Veltins Pilsener, Brauerei C & A Veltins (paired to...2020-07-031h 02Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #14: John Gaspard and Jim CunninghamJohn Gaspard is author of the Eli Marks mystery series as well as two other stand-alone novels, "The Greyhound of the Baskervilles" and "The Ripperologists." He also writes the Como Lake Players mystery series, under the pen name Bobbie Raymond. In real life, John's not a magician, but he has directed six low-budget features that cost very little and made even less - that's no small trick. He's also written multiple books on the subject of low-budget filmmaking. Ironically, they've made more than the films. Those books ("Fast, Cheap and Under Control" and "Fast, Cheap and Written That...2020-06-0558 minBooks and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Episode #13: Judith GranahanFiction Author, Judith Granahan of Minnesota writes books about strong, intelligent, inventive women who get in trouble. The question is who will survive, who won't? Women have always been described as super human to sniveling child, intelligent to incompetent, collaborator to cut throat; it goes on and on. With such varied attributes in mind, Granahan creates novels full of compelling characters dealing with mystery, danger, thrills, romance, horror, and difficult choices. Someday she may even write science fiction, fantasy or historical novels. www.judithgranahanbooks.com Judy's Readings: Rose Teaches her Sons to Hate (See...2020-05-011h 02Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast #12: Tony PlocidoTony Plocido is the author of three collections of poetry. The first, Sucker Punch Wisdom, was published with two other K.C. poets (Jeremy O'Neal & William Peck). His other books are Aging and Other Side Projects (2016) and Felt This So Many Times (2018). Is writing can also be found in 2019 Martin Lake Journal, Starled by Joy (2019), and 2019 Talking Stick by Jackpine Press. March 2019, he became the host/curator of the long running showcases, Poets & Pints and Writers Read. He also is a board member for Cracked Walnut the local chapter of The League of MN Poets. You can find his w...2020-04-011h 01Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #11: Tim YoungTimothy Young has published four books and three chapbooks of poetry. He has recorded four CDs of poetry with various musicians; produced poetry and cultural videos; organized readings, cultural events, festivals and concerts; and for five years he co-hosted The Northland Literary Review on KFAI radio. His work has been chosen for The Writers Almanac, The Best American Poetry of 1999, college textbooks, many magazines and has been the inspiration for award-winning musical compositions performed in Jazz at Lincoln Center, the University of Texas-Arlington, St. Olaf College and many other venues. He has been a cattle inspector, a police and...2020-03-021h 01Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Episode #10: Douglas VanDykeDouglas was born Nov 28th, 1971. He got the chance to live in many different places while growing up, courtesy of the assignments the US Army offered his father. Quiet and shy, he dreamed of other worlds and places…and desired to write about them. He got into fantasy role-playing games in his mid-teens. To this day he regularly meets friends in tabletop role-playing games and online adventures. Many of his characters evolved in games, and developed their own personality. Having to rely on self-publishing for his novels, Douglas was surprised at the amount of good reviews and publicity th...2020-02-031h 01Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #9: Martin CaseMartin Case, freelance researcher and writer, researches political and economic networks that shaped US relationships with indigenous nations, and drove the expansion of the US across the continent. He was on the design team for Why Treaties Matter, a collaboration of the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, the Minnesota Humanities Center, and the Smithsonian Institute. His book -- The Relentless Business of Treaties: How Indigenous Land Became US Property – was published in 2018 by the Minnesota Historical Society Press. Treatysigners.org Treatiesmatter.org We would like to extend special thanks to the Yoerg Brew...2020-01-171h 00Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #8: Sarah StonichSarah’s first novel, These Granite Islands was awarded a Loft McKnight Award; a Friends of American Writers Award, and was a Barnes & Noble Great New Writers pick, among other awards. That novel was translated into eleven languages. Her second, The Ice Chorus, was also widely translated. Her memoir Shelter: Off The Grid in the Mostly Magnetic North won a Northeast Minnesota Book Award. Her feminist trilogy Fishing With RayAnne (originally written under the pen name Ava Finch) will be re-issued by The University of MN Press, beginning in 2020. She is currently adapting that series for television, as well as...2019-12-041h 01Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #7: Donna IsaacPoet Donna Isaac is a teaching artist who organizes community readings in the Twin Cities. Published work includes a poetry book, Footfalls (Pocahontas Press), a paean to American folk music and her formative years in the Appalachians; two chapbooks, Tommy (Red Dragonfly Press); Holy Comforter (Red Bird Chapbooks); and work in journals such as the Saint Paul Almanac, the Penn Review, and AvantAppal(achia). Persistence of Vision, a chapbook focused on Donna's love for movies, is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press, November 2019. donnaisaacpoet.com Events Poets Dore Kesselbach, Sharon Chm...2019-11-051h 01Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode 6: Anya Johanna DeNiroAnya Johanna DeNiro lives in St. Paul. Her fiction has appeared in Catapult, One Story, Minnesota Monthly, and elsewhere. She’s currently at work on a Young Adult novel entitled My Heart Is an Unslain Dragon. Her novella City of a Thousand Feelings is forthcoming from Aqueduct Press in the winter of 2019. LINKS @adeniro on Twitter AqueductPress.com Upcoming Events: Laura will be reading at the Startled By JOY 2019 poetry reading and open mic on October 6th, 2019. The event takes place from 5:30 to 7:30 PM at the...2019-10-021h 02Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode #5: Barry MacDonald (Tekkan)Tekkan is the Dharma name for Barry MacDonald. He has lived in England, Japan, and Minnesota, all of which have influenced him. The themes of his life revolve around his Buddhist practice and his recovery from addiction. His books, “Everyday Mind,” look for the extraordinary hidden within everyday events. He uses the sonnet form without the rhyme scheme followed by a Japanese tanka. LINKS https://www.facebook.com/barry.macdonald.1293 Upcoming Events: Barry and Laura will be reading at the Startled By JOY 2019 poetry reading and open mic on...2019-09-031h 01Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast #4: Kathryn KysarKathryn Kysar is the author of two books of poetry, Dark Lake and Pretend the World, and she edited Riding Shotgun: Women Write About Their Mothers. She has received fellowships from Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts, the Minnesota State Arts Board, National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies. Kysar recently served on the board of directors for the Association of Writers and Writing Programs and teaches at Anoka-Ramsey Community College and the Loft Literary Center and lives with her family in St. Paul LINKS http://www.kathrynkysar.com/2019-08-011h 01Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast #3: Bob MillerBob Miller has been a professional magician for twenty years, performing on stage and table-side magic. He has also created several of his own tricks which he sells on his website. In addition to magic, Bob works as a programmer. He has created software for magicians to track customers and shows, and software for writers based on K.M. Weiland’s workbook, Outlining Your Novel. As if that’s not enough, Bob is now writing a five book thriller series, Chrysalis Chronology. The series is about genetically-altered humans with special powers. The first two books – The Smart...2019-07-091h 01Books and Brews PodcastBooks and Brews Podcast Episode 2: Toussaint MorrisonThis month Michael and Laura welcome Toussaint Morrison – writer, poet, musician, lyricist, actor...and more – about his multiple artistic endeavors. Toussaint writes and produces scripts for YouTube, has toured with multiple bands, has written lyrics and music for nearly 200 songs, and participates in slam poetry—among other things. Stop by and hear Toussaint reading and performing some of his work! Toussaint Morrison is an avid mentor for youth, working as a paraprofessional in special ed. classrooms and leading spoken word workshops primarily in middle schools. He is also an Emmy award winning host of PBS's civic e...2019-05-2059 minBooks and Brews PodcastGuest author Loren NiemiThis month Michael and Laura spoke with Loren Niemi. Loren is a storyteller with 40 years of creating, performing and teaching stories that matter. His work has been called “post-modern,” pushing the boundaries of narrative form “with a dark beauty of language that is not ashamed of poetry.” Loren is also an author. His books include the award winning The New Book of Plots, an examination of oral and written narratives, and the critically acclaimed Inviting the Wolf In: Thinking About Difficult Stories, which he co-authored with Elizabeth Ellis. In 2016 he received the National Storytelling Network’s Lifetime Achievemen...2019-04-2658 min
The Michael Decon ProgramBrooks Agnew - BearthEpisode 135: Uranium Fever
Michael welcomed master engineer, writer, and lecturer Brooks Agnew to the program. Brooks is the host of X-Squared Radio and author of numerous books and novels, including his trilogy Bearth: Two Earths, One Race For Time. His latest book is “Charm of Favor: A true story of the rise of the Clinton Crime Syndicate”.
Always a great conversationalist, Brooks had plenty to share, including the latest developments in the world of electric vehicles & his electric puck up truck.
He also had some strong opinions about the current political climate, and society. The war on drugs was discussed, his...2018-12-033h 04
The Michael Decon ProgramBrooks Agnew - BearthEpisode 135: Uranium Fever Michael welcomed master engineer, writer, and lecturer Brooks Agnew to the program. Brooks is the host of X-Squared Radio and author of numerous books and novels, including his trilogy Bearth: Two Earths, One Race For Time. His latest book is “Charm of Favor: A true story of the rise of the Clinton Crime Syndicate”. Always a great conversationalist, Brooks had plenty to share, including the latest developments in the world of electric vehicles & his electric puck up truck. He also had some strong opinions about the current political climate, and society. The war on drugs was discussed, his...2018-12-033h 04
The Michael Decon ProgramIbby x Brooks Agnew - Christmas ExtravaganzaEpisode 9: Christmas Extravaganza In the first half of End of Days: The Michael Decon Program, podcaster and friend of the show Ibby (aka “Inglorious Bitch”) joined Michael to kick off the holiday edition of the show. Andy, Curtis, and Vanessa all called in for an on-air Christmas gathering, just the thing to commemorate the end of the year and the end of an error. After the break, Michael welcomed master engineer, writer, and lecturer Brooks Agnew to the program. Brooks is the host of X-Squared Radio and author of numerous books and novels, including his most recent trilogy Bearth: Two E...2018-08-272h 36
The Michael Decon ProgramIbby x Brooks Agnew - Christmas ExtravaganzaEpisode 9: Christmas Extravaganza
In the first half of End of Days: The Michael Decon Program, podcaster and friend of the show Ibby (aka “Inglorious Bitch”) joined Michael to kick off the holiday edition of the show. Andy, Curtis, and Vanessa all called in for an on-air Christmas gathering, just the thing to commemorate the end of the year and the end of an error. After the break, Michael welcomed master engineer, writer, and lecturer Brooks Agnew to the program. Brooks is the host of X-Squared Radio and author of numerous books and novels, including his m...2018-08-272h 36
Double ConsciousnessPolice and a Pint (feat. Michael Agnew)If Boal were alive today, and had the opportunity to engage police and their respective communities with Theater of the Oppressed, what would happen? Intervention-Based Theater expert, and beer cicerone, Michael Agnew, explains everything from his time teaching theater in prisons, to hosting national beer fests as a tasting judge.2018-07-111h 14
Married with Mouse Ears: A Disney World PodcastSolo: A Star Wars Story w/ Nathan Agnew - Episode 38On this episode of Married with Mouse Ears, Michael & Zara talk with Nathan Agnew on the newest Star Wars movie, Solo, and all of their feelings on the overall Star Wars universe. Don't forget that if you are booking a Disney vacation then make sure to contact Wendy Trent from Yellow Shoe Travel and she will make all of your Disney vacation dreams happen so easy and effortlessly. You can contact Wendy at wendy@yellowshoetravel.com for any questions about planning a Disney vacation!(3:00) Episode Shoutout: Caleigh Ellison aka Auntie Caleigh YOU'RE IN THE...2018-06-181h 20Married with Mouse Ears: A Disney World PodcastHong Kong Disneyland & The Last Jedi Review w/ Nathan Agnew - Episode 18On this episode of Married w/ Mouse Ears, Michael & Zara are joined by Nathan Agnew to discuss his trip to Hong Kong Disneyland (2:00) and also give all of their thoughts and opinions on the newest Star Wars movie - The Last Jedi (24:30).In the summer of 2016, Nathan went to Hong Kong for a 3 month internship and was able to visit Hong Kong Disneyland while he was overseas. He talks about the differences in classic Disney rides like Haunted Mansion and the Jungle Cruise, the delicious and unique food, and differences in the overall Disney magic.2017-12-231h 20
Minnesota BeercastSisyphus, Michael Agnew, & Dilly Dilly!This week we cover the epic cease & desist Bud Light issued to Modist with lawyer extraordinaire Jeff O'Brien, catch up with the folks from Sisyphus Brewing and chat with Michael Agnew - Cheers!
2017-12-0845 minMinnesota BeercastSisyphus, Michael Agnew, & Dilly Dilly!This week we cover the epic cease & desist Bud Light issued to Modist with lawyer extraordinaire Jeff O'Brien, catch up with the folks from Sisyphus Brewing and chat with Michael Agnew - Cheers!2017-12-0800 min