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Stars and Swords: Footnoting Genre FictionDracula 5: The Master Is At HandThis week, we continue our unit on Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula and discuss the wreck of the Demeter, the limits of Dracula’s power, and the insidious assault on Lucy Westenra. What really happens aboard the ship from Varna? How is mysticism seeping into our rational view of the world? Has our attention to the timeline finally paid off?
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Next week, we cover chapters eleven through fourteen, live on YouTube on Tuesday November 26th at 8PM Central.
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Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight PalsThe Tale of DraculaNeurotic closet-dweller Bram Stoker visits the campfire to tell his iconic vampire story. In Transylvania, hot twink Jon "Jonathan" Harker shacks up with a rich older man who wants to consume his bodily fluids. Meanwhile in England, notorious strumpet Lucy Westenra attempts to ensnare her innocent friend Mina into the dangerous and disgusting world of sex. A cautionary tale about the perils of horniness, as Bram attempts to prove once and for all that vampires are in no way sexy. Mary Shelley invites Anne Rice and Stephenie Meyer just to stir the pot. Content notes: swearing, raised v...2023-11-1436 min
Dracula: A Radio Play Mini SeriesEpisode 4: A Long Spell of East WindDirected by Robin Sadavoy • Produced by Alex Ragozzino
About this episode: Mina takes off to the continent, leaving Lucy alone and vulnerable. Concerned with Lucy’s health, Doctor Seward calls in his mentor, Professor Van Helsing, whose best-laid are undermined at every opportunity.
Cast and characters in this episode:
Tina Aurora as Lucy, Sister Agatha, and Mrs. Westenra
Duncan Cairns as Arthur, Renfield, and lawyer
Robert Harrower as Van Helsing
Muneer Malik-Noor as Jonathan Harker
Kenneth Sergienko as Doctor Seward
Heather Smith as Mina
Please visit https://dracularadioplay.oakvilleplayers.ca/ for citations
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Access Unmissable Full Audiobooks in Science Fiction & Fantasy, ParanormalBlood In The Milk by Michael Van Der VoortPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/712649to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Blood In The Milk
Author: Michael Van Der Voort
Narrator: Robin Reads
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 0 hours 31 minutes
Release date: September 14, 2023
Genres: Paranormal
Publisher's Summary:
It is late in the Nineteenth Century and monsters stalk the narrow cobbled backstreets of a gaslit Victorian London. On the heath strange stories about the Bloofer Lady, whom Stoker's novel would reveal as Lucy Westenra, tempts the children with sweet delights, behind which lie the sharper points of fangs. Blood in the Milk is a gothic tale that explores the relationship between mothers...2023-09-1431 minListen to Best Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, HorrorBlood In The Milk by Michael Van Der VoortPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/712649to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Blood In The Milk
Author: Michael Van Der Voort
Narrator: Robin Reads
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 0 hours 31 minutes
Release date: September 14, 2023
Genres: Horror
Publisher's Summary:
It is late in the Nineteenth Century and monsters stalk the narrow cobbled backstreets of a gaslit Victorian London. On the heath strange stories about the Bloofer Lady, whom Stoker's novel would reveal as Lucy Westenra, tempts the children with sweet delights, behind which lie the sharper points of fangs. Blood in the Milk is a gothic tale that explores the relationship between mothers...2023-09-1431 min
Listen to Best Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, HorrorBlood In The Milk by Michael Van Der VoortPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/712649 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blood In The Milk Author: Michael Van Der Voort Narrator: Robin Reads Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 31 minutes Release date: September 14, 2023 Genres: Horror Publisher's Summary: It is late in the Nineteenth Century and monsters stalk the narrow cobbled backstreets of a gaslit Victorian London. On the heath strange stories about the Bloofer Lady, whom Stoker's novel would reveal as Lucy Westenra, tempts the children with sweet delights, behind which lie the sharper points of fangs. Blood in the Milk is a gothic tale that explores the relationship between...2023-09-1403 min
Claare Ny Gael - Manx RadioClaare ny Gael 19th March 2023Our tour through the Island in 1791 led by David Robertson has brought us to the Calf, where he refers to a 'woe-worn hermit' living in Elizabethan times. This was a legend used as the basis of a poem by Esther Nelson (1810-1843). We look at Esther Nelson and her poem, 'The Island Penitent : A Legend of the Calf'.
In our Manx translation of Bram Stoker's 'Dracula', Quincey Morris astutely notes that Lucy Westenra has received blood from four people now, and poses the question, 'What took it out?' He joins Dr John Seward and Professor Van...2023-03-1948 min
Robin Westenra's tracksThere is a class war in AmericaSuzie Dawson is completely correct in her analysis of the Trump administration. This is a mafia war between two rival clans - the police state vs the inteligence community. We need to understand the coup against Trump but stay aloof from both sides,2017-08-2106 min
Robin Westenra's tracksNew paper by Semiletov and Shakhova on methane hydratesAlex Smith of Radio Eco Shock and Paul Beckwith discuss a new paper by Natalia Shakhova and Igor Semiletov on methane hydrates2017-06-1905 min
Robin Westenra's tracksProf.Peter Wadhams interviewed by Gary Null of PRNA look at an ice-free planet and the failure of governments and institutions to meet the challenges of climate change2017-06-1620 min
Robin Westenra's tracksParis climate agreement can’t stop global warming: US scientist2017-06-0105 min
Robin Westenra's tracksIt's all about habitatGuy replies to an excellent question from Indianapolis about dying trees and abrupt climate change2017-05-0309 min
Robin Westenra's tracksJENNIFER HYNES INTERVIEW WITH PETER WADHAMS2016-12-3138 min
Robin Westenra's tracksSoros Says Trump Will Win Popular Vote, But Hillary as President a “Done Deal”2016-10-2603 min
Robin Westenra's tracksReports Israeli Operatives Leading ISIS in MosulIt is a shame to receive such news that Israeli Operatives are Leading ISIS in Mosul. This report comes after the fact that INL had once before reported from sources in the Israeli Military that had first shared this information with us.2016-10-2403 min
Robin Westenra's tracksNapolitano: Why would the NSA hack the DNC?On the eve of the Democratic National Convention, WikiLeaks — the courageous international organization dedicated to governmental transparency — exposed hundreds of internal emails circulated among senior staff of the Democratic National Committee during the past 18 months.At a time when Democratic Party officials were publicly professing neutrality during the party's presidential primaries, the DNC's internal emails showed a pattern of distinct bias toward the candidacy of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and a marked prejudice toward the candidacy of Sen. Bernie Sanders. Some of the emails were raw in their tone, and some could fairly be characterized as fail...2016-10-2302 min
Robin Westenra's tracksTargeted by the GCSB and the NSAEighty-eight New Zealanders were illegally spied on by the Government Communications Security Bureau. ONE News can reveal the identity of oneOne of the Security Intelligence Service's biggest ever anti-terrorism operations – conducted between July and August 2012 – targeted a group of pro-democracy campaigners who it mistakenly thought were planning to overthrow the military government in Fiji.2016-08-1603 min
Robin Westenra's tracksJulian Assange on which documents are the most importantThis is taken from an interview with Demcoracy Now! subsequent to Wikileaks' latest release of eamils from the DNC.2016-07-2701 min
Robin Westenra's tracksMr Brandalino now toes the party lineHaving said that carbon emissions are the major part of record temperatures he now says they don't know and it it will take "many years of research"2016-07-2500 min
Robin Westenra's tracksChris Brandalino of NIWA on el-Nino and global warmingChris Brandalino in this interview gives the lie to the official party line that NIWA "do not know" how much hot conditions are due to global warming2016-07-2500 min
Robin Westenra's tracksProf James Renwick on the Arctic and climate change2016-06-0901 min
Robin Westenra's tracksGlobal warming is irreversible now: Guy McPhersonAn American climate scientist says anybody in the position of influence including the US president cannot do anything about global warming now because it is “irreversible” at this point.2016-05-2801 min
Robin Westenra's tracksStephen F. Cohen: NATO escalates and Russian fulminates2016-05-2010 min
Robin Westenra's tracksMartha Lu on Brazil - Part one2016-05-1426 min
Robin Westenra's tracks"NIcky Hager is a conspiracy theorist because he is"2016-05-1000 min
Robin Westenra's tracksStephen Cohen and John Batchelor 05:03:20162016-05-0911 min
Robin Westenra's tracksPaul Beckwith on the fires at Port McMurrayI talk with Paul to get a catch-up with the fires at Fort McMurray in Northern Alberta, Canada and the melting ice at the North Pole. We also touch on the Southern Hemisphere2016-05-0730 min
Robin Westenra's tracksAbrupt climate change in New Zealand and the NZ mediaIn this podcast I discuss the drought in Wellington and the way it has been covered in the New Zealand media.2016-05-0520 min
Robin Westenra's tracksEl Nino keeps bringing warm weather for autumnA spike in global temperatures in February has sparked concerns about a climate emergency.NASA data found that surface temperatures in February were 1.35 degrees warmer than the average February.NIWA scientist Chris Brandolino joined Paul Henry to talk about what we can expect for autumn.2016-05-0405 min
Robin Westenra's tracksThe bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef will not end with the el-Nino2016-05-0102 min
Robin Westenra's tracksSeemorerocks in conversation with Guy McPherson and Kevin Hester - Part twoThis is the continuation of a conversation between Seemorerocks, Guy McPherson and Kevin Hester2016-04-3008 minRobin Westenra's tracksSeemorerocks in conversation with Guy McPherson and Kevin Hesterecording (draft)I join Kevin and Guy in a freeflowing conversation on the bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef, what is happening in Arctic and we traverse the usual topics of denial and shutdown of the narrative,Preceded by a brief conversation with Guy on his latest special edition of Nature Bats Last.The recording cut out so is brought in two parts.2016-04-3030 min
Robin Westenra's tracksSmugness about the stages of grief and overpopulationA caller from Hawaii calls in to Nature Bats Last2016-04-2907 min
Robin Westenra's tracksRemembering Mike Ruppert - Part twoIn part two I play some of Mike's music and give some reflections on my relationship with him. I play his broadcast on the three guarantors of human extinction2016-04-1729 min