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The Book ReviewWelcome to Literary Award SeasonLiterature isn’t a horse race. Taste is subjective, and artistic value can’t be measured in terms of “winners" and “losers.”That doesn’t mean it’s not fun to try.The book world’s awards season officially kicked off on Oct. 9, when the Hungarian novelist Laszlo Krasznahorkai won the 2025 Nobel Prize, and continued this month when the Booker Prize in England went to the novel “Flesh,” by the British writer David Szalay (also of Hungarian descent, as it happens). Then this week, five National Book Award winners were crowned in various categories at a ceremony in New Yo...
2025-11-2246 minThe Book ReviewNicholas Boggs on Writing a James Baldwin BiographyNicholas Boggs’s “Baldwin: A Love Story,” is many things at once. It’s a comprehensive biography of James Baldwin. It’s a nimble excavation of Baldwin’s work, filled with astute literary analysis of his books and prose. And, most pressingly, it’s an argument for a new critical framework to understand Baldwin through the lens of love. The biography is structured around Baldwin’s relationships with a series of men — relationships that, as Boggs outlines, shaped Baldwin’s life and writing in crucial ways. Boggs joins MJ Franklin on this week's episode to talk about his new book.Other wo...
2025-11-1436 minThe Book ReviewBook Club: Let's Talk About 'The Buffalo Hunter Hunter'“The Buffalo Hunter Hunter,” by Stephen Graham Jones, is two things at once: a searching historical novel that examines America’s past sins and also a gory horror thriller.The book opens in 2012, when a construction worker in a dilapidated church parsonage finds a 100-year-old journal written by a pastor named Arthur Beaucarne. The journal recounts a strange tale: In 1912, a mysterious Indigenous man, Good Stab of the Blackfeet tribe, walked into Arthur’s church and revealed the harrowing and disturbing story of how he had been transformed into a vampire who sought revenge for the violence done unt...
2025-10-3145 minThe Book ReviewBrandon Taylor On His New Novel, 'Minor Black Figures'The novelist Brandon Taylor has been a force to reckon with right from the start: His debut, “Real Life,” was a finalist for the Booker Prize in 2020, and he quickly followed that up with two other books, the story collection “Filthy Animals” in 2021 and another novel, “The Late Americans,” in 2023, along with a steady stream of reviews, essays and literary hot takes he publishes on his popular Substack account, Sweater Weather.Now Taylor returns with a new novel, “Minor Black Figures,” about a 31-year-old painter on the Upper East Side of Manhattan who falls unexpectedly in love with a former Ca...
2025-10-1040 minThe Book ReviewBook Club: Let's Talk About 'Pride and Prejudice'“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.”So opens Jane Austen’s Regency-era romantic comedy “Pride and Prejudice,” which for centuries has delighted readers with its story of the five Bennet sisters and their efforts to marry well. While the novel moves nimbly among all of the family members and their various entanglements, its particular focus remains on the feisty second-eldest daughter, Elizabeth, and her vexed chemistry with the wealthy, arrogant, gorgeous Mr. Darcy. Their sharp wit, verbal jousting and mutual misunderst...
2025-09-261h 05
Overleveraged, OverconfidentDecades:Lira, Lies and Franklin National As we dive into six decades of American financial hubris. We'll watch the same old play unfold. Hide the losses, budge the numbers, and believe your own story until the money dries up. We'll go from the smoky back rooms of the 1970s to today's glass-walled FinTech empires, because the rules may change, but the game never does.In the early 1970s, Franklin National Bank looked like the future of American finance. Its CEO, Harold Gleason, traded a quiet Long Island thrift for a lavish Park Avenue headquarters, convinced he could transform it into an in...
2025-09-2455 min
The Scathing AtheistCDC Ya EditionIn this week’s episode, the CDC deals with a brain worm, Quebec doesn't enjoy Islam incorrectly, and Ross Douthat will try his hand at neuroscience.
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2025-09-0400 minThe Book ReviewBook Club: Let's Talk About 'Wild Dark Shore,' by Charlotte McConaghyCharlotte McConaghy’s latest novel, “Wild Dark Shore,” opens with an enigma: A mysterious, half-drowned woman washes ashore.The stranger’s name is Rowan, and she has arrived on Shearwater, a remote island near Antarctica. The island, which houses an important seed bank, was once teeming with a community of scientists, but now the project is shutting down, the workers have left and the land lies quiet and deserted, everybody gone except for the Salt family, whose members are all lost in their own way. And all are hiding terrible secrets.They’re not alone. Rowan hers...
2025-08-2343 minThe Book ReviewBook Club: Let's Talk About 'The Catch,' by Yrsa Daley-WardIn this month’s installment of the Book Review Book Club, we’re discussing “The Catch,” the debut novel by the poet and memoirist Yrsa Daley-Ward. The book is a psychological thriller that follows semi-estranged twin sisters, Clara and Dempsey, who were babies when their mother was presumed to have drowned in the Thames.The novel begins decades later, when Clara sees something strange: A woman who looks just like their mother is stealing a watch. Clara believes this is her mother, and wants to welcome her back into her life. Dempsey is less certain, in part because...
2025-07-2552 minThe Book ReviewBook Club: Let's Talk About 'Mrs. Dalloway" at 100“Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself”: So reads one of the great opening lines in British literature, the first sentence of Virginia Woolf’s classic 1925 novel, “Mrs. Dalloway.”The book tracks one day in the life of an English woman, Clarissa Dalloway, living in post-World War I London, as she prepares for, and then hosts, a party. That’s pretty much it, as far as the plot goes. But within that single day, whole worlds unfold, as Woolf captures the expansiveness of human experience through Clarissa’s roving thoughts. On this week’s episode, Book Club host M...
2025-06-2742 minThe Book ReviewBook Club: Let's Talk About 'The Safekeep'MJ Franklin, who hosts the Book Review podcast’s monthly book club, says that whenever someone asks him, “What should I read next?,” Yael van der Wouden’s “The Safekeep” has become his go-to recommendation. So he was particularly excited to discuss the novel on this week’s episode.Set in the Netherlands in 1961, “The Safekeep” is one of those books it’s best not to know too much about, as part of its delight is discovering its secrets unspoiled. As the reviewer for The New York Times coyly wrote in her piece about the book, which was shortlisted for...
2025-05-3039 minThe Book Review12 Summer Books We're Looking Forward ToSummer arrives just over a month from now, and along with your last-minute scramble for a house share or a part-time job scooping ice cream, you’re probably also wondering what to read. On this week’s episode, Gilbert Cruz talks with Joumana Khatib about some of the books they're most looking forward to, from a James Baldwin biography to the true-life story of a young couple shipwrecked in the Pacific and a political thriller co-written by James Patterson and Bill Clinton.Books discussed:“The Beast in the Clouds: The Roosevelt Brothers’ Deadly Quest to Find the...
2025-05-0932 min
The Black List PodcastSoledad O'Brien and Franklin Look BackEncore episode with award-winning journalist Soledad O'Brien. She joins Franklin for a conversation about growing up Black, her approach to documentary filmmaking, the state of journalism in the Trump era, and so much more. Questions? Comments? Criticism? Hit us up on social media at @theblcklst.This conversation was recorded in 2020. To learn more about The Black List, visit www.blcklst.com.Mentions:+New York Times, Soledad O'Brien: A Me Too Movement for Journalists of Color, www.nytimes.com/2020/07/04/opinion/soledad-obrien-racism-journalism.html+Black in America: http://www.cnn.com...
2025-05-0651 min
The Ezra Klein ShowTrump vs. the DollarThe U.S. dollar is the lingua franca of the global financial system. The fact that so much of the world relies on our currency has long been understood as our exorbitant privilege — the reason we have so much leverage in the global economy and are able to borrow at lower interest rates.But the Trump administration has a much more complicated relationship with the dollar. It has come to see dollar dominance as a burden we bear on behalf of the rest of the world. But in its attempts to move away from dollar dominance, is th...
2025-05-021h 02The Book ReviewBook Club: Let’s Talk About Adam Ross’s ‘Playworld’Set in New York in the 1980s, Adam Ross’s new novel, “Playworld,” tells the story of a young actor named Griffin as he navigates the chaos of the city, of his family and of being a teenager, and the dangers that swirl around each. Although “Playworld” grapples with bleak material, it sparkles with Ross’s vivid eye and sardonic sense of humor. The result is a dark, off-kilter bildungsroman about one overextended teenager trying to figure himself out while being failed, continually, by every adult around him.On this week’s episode, the Book Club host MJ Fr...
2025-04-2543 minThe Book ReviewBook Club: Let's Talk About "We Do Not Part," by Han KangThe novel “We Do Not Part,” by the Nobel laureate Han Kang, involves a pet-sitting quest gone surreal: It follows a writer and documentarian whose hospitalized friend beseeches her to take care of her stranded pet parakeet on an island hundreds of miles away. When she arrives, the writer finds not only the bird but also an apparition of her friend, who has a devastating history to tell.Transforming real life into a haunting dreamscape, “We Do Not Part” is about grief, tragedy, the weight of the past, and the painful but essential work of remembering, delivered by one o...
2025-03-2849 minThe Book ReviewBook Club: Let's Talk About "Orbital," by Samantha HarveySamantha Harvey’s novel “Orbital,” which won the Booker Prize last year, has a tight, poetic frame: We follow one day in the lives of six people working on a space station above Earth, orbiting the planet 16 times every 24 hours. But this is not a saga of adventure or exploration. It’s a quiet meditation on what it means to be human, prompted by a series of personal reckonings each character faces while floating 250 miles above home.This week on the Book Review Book Club, MJ Franklin talks about “Orbital” with fellow Book Review editors Joumana Khatib and Jennifer...
2025-02-2841 min
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastSo, What Is Up With Penn State?Daniel Gallen covers Penn State for 247Sports. He joins Alex to talk about the Nittany Lions’ long road to the doorstep of the national title game, including: * How the university responded to James Franklin’s request for more investment in the football program * The relationship between the coach and the fanbase * An athletic director swap in the middle of Franklin’s tenure* What’s been different about this year’s team * Whether Franklin is on his way to being a Penn State lifer * The impact of this year’s coo...
2025-01-0739 min
Deborah Lebree's podcastThe Year in BooksAs 2024 comes to a close, critics, reporters and editors at The New York Times are reflecting on the year in arts and culture, including books.The deputy editor of Culture and Lifestyle, Melissa Kirsch, speaks with the editor of The New York Times Book Review, Gilbert Cruz, about the best books of 2024 — and of the century. Also, The Times’s book critics detail their favorite reads of the year.Guest: Melissa Kirsch, the deputy editor of Culture and Lifestyle for The New York Times.Gilbert Cruz, the editor of The New York Times Book Review.M.J. Franklin, an editor for T...
2024-12-3127 min
The DailyThe Year in BooksAs 2024 comes to a close, critics, reporters and editors at The New York Times are reflecting on the year in arts and culture, including books.The deputy editor of Culture and Lifestyle, Melissa Kirsch, speaks with the editor of The New York Times Book Review, Gilbert Cruz, about the best books of 2024 — and of the century. Also, The Times’s book critics detail their favorite reads of the year.Guest: Melissa Kirsch, the deputy editor of Culture and Lifestyle for The New York Times.Gilbert Cruz, the editor of The New York Times Book Revie...
2024-12-3126 minThe DailyThe Year in BooksAs 2024 comes to a close, critics, reporters and editors at The New York Times are reflecting on the year in arts and culture, including books.The deputy editor of Culture and Lifestyle, Melissa Kirsch, speaks with the editor of The New York Times Book Review, Gilbert Cruz, about the best books of 2024 — and of the century. Also, The Times’s book critics detail their favorite reads of the year.Guest: Melissa Kirsch, the deputy editor of Culture and Lifestyle for The New York Times.Gilbert Cruz, the editor of The New York Times Book Revie...
2024-12-3100 minThe Book ReviewBook Club: "Small Things Like These," by Claire KeeganClare Keegan's slim 2021 novella about one Irishman's crisis of conscience during the Christmas season, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, has also been adapted into a film starring Cillian Murphy. In this week’s episode, MJ Franklin discusses the book with his colleagues Joumana Khatib, Lauren Christensen, and Elisabeth Egan. Keegan's book was also one of The New York Times Book Review's 100 best books of the 21st century. As we wrote, "Not a word is wasted in Keegan’s small, burnished gem of a novel, a sort of Dickensian miniature centered on the son of an unwed...
2024-12-2051 minThe Book ReviewBook Club: Dolly Alderton's 'Good Material' (Rerun)Following our Top 10 Books of 2024 episode, we are re-running our book club discussion about one of the novels on our year-end list: "Good Material."How to explain the British writer Dolly Alderton to an American audience? It might be best to let her work speak for itself — it certainly does! — but Alderton is such a cultural phenomenon in her native England that some context is probably helpful: “Like Nora Ephron, With a British Twist” is the way The New York Times Book Review put it when we reviewed her latest novel, “Good Material,” earlier this year.“Good Mate...
2024-12-0646 minThe Book ReviewBook Club: 'James,' by Percival Everett (Rerun)The broad outlines of "James" will be immediately familiar to anyone with even a basic knowledge of American literature: A boy named Huckleberry Finn and an enslaved man named Jim are fleeing down the Mississippi River together, each in search of his own kind of freedom.But where Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” treated Jim as a secondary character, a figure of pity and a target of fun, Percival Everett makes him the star of the show: a dignified, complicated, fully formed man capable of love and wit and rage in equal measure.In thi...
2024-11-2945 minThe Book ReviewBook Club: Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude"It begins with one of the most iconic lines in literature: “Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.”“One Hundred Years of Solitude,” Gabriel García Márquez’s magical realist parable of imperialism in Latin America, is a tale of family, community, prophesy and disaster. In this week’s episode, the Book Review’s MJ Franklin discusses the book with his colleagues Gregory Cowles and Miguel Salazar.
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2024-11-2241 min
Stuff You Missed in History ClassThanksgiving vs. FranksgivingThis episode covers President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s decision to move the date of Thanksgiving with the hope of helping businesses that were trying to recover from the Great Depression – and the controversy that caused. Research: Associated Press. “’Omnipotence of Hitler.’” Decatur Daily Review. 8/17/1939. Associated Press. “Roosevelt to Move Thanksgiving; Retailers For It, Plymouth is Not.” New York Times. 8/15/1939. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1939/08/15/93946606.html Franklin D. Roosevelt, Proclamation 2373—Thanksgiving Day Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/210189 Franklin D. Roosevelt, Proclamation 2571—Thanksgiving Day Online by Gerhard Peters and...
2024-11-2038 minThe Book ReviewSally Rooney's "Intermezzo": Our Book Club ConversationSally Rooney is a writer people talk about. Since her first novel, “Conversations With Friends,” was published in 2017, Rooney has been hailed as a defining voice of the millennial generation because of her ability to capture the particular angst and confusion of young love, friendship and coming-of-age in our fraught digital era.“Intermezzo,” her fourth and latest novel, centers on two brothers separated by 10 years and periods of estrangement, who are grieving the recent death of their father. Peter Koubek is a 32-year-old lawyer with a younger girlfriend, Naomi, and an unextinguished flame for his ex, Sylvia; his brot...
2024-11-0138 min
Duty & Valor - Military Stories of Courage and SacrificeUS Army CSM Franklin Miller: Vietnam War Medal of Honor RecipientIn this episode of Duty & Valor, we spotlight the incredible story of Command Sergeant Major Franklin D. Miller, a Green Beret who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during the Vietnam War. Over six tours in Vietnam, Miller faced the unimaginable, serving with MACV-SOG, a secretive Special Forces unit tasked with some of the most dangerous missions of the war. On January 5, 1970, leading a seven-man team deep in enemy territory, Miller faced overwhelming odds when a massive North Vietnamese Army force attacked. Severely outnumbered, Miller fought relentlessly for hours, single-handedly holding off 100 enemy soldiers while...
2024-10-1413 minThe Ezra Klein ShowHow Biden’s Middle East Policy Fell ApartOn Oct. 6 of last year, the Biden administration was hammering out a grand Middle East bargain in which Saudi Arabia would normalize relations with Israel in exchange for a Palestinian state. And even after Hamas’s attack the following day, the U.S. hoped to keep that deal alive to preserve the conditions for some kind of durable peace. But that deal is now basically unviable. The war is expanding. Israel may be on the verge of occupying Gaza indefinitely and possibly southern Lebanon, too. So why was President Biden ineffective at achieving his goals? In the pas...
2024-10-081h 31The Book ReviewBook Club: 'The Hypocrite,' by Jo HamyaJo Hamya’s novel “The Hypocrite” follows a famous English novelist as he watches a new play by his daughter, Sophia, in London. The lights go down in the theater, and immediately the novelist realizes: The play is about him, the vacation he took with Sophia a decade earlier and the sins he committed while they were away.The novel is an art monster story and a dysfunctional family saga that explores the ethics of creating work inspired by real life. In this week’s episode, the Book Review’s MJ Franklin discusses the book with editors Joumana Kh...
2024-09-2741 min
Awesome Movie YearThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969 Josh’s Pick)The sixth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1969 features Josh’s personal pick, Ronald Neame’s The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Directed by Ronald Neame from a screenplay by Jay Presson Allen (based on the Muriel Spark novel) and starring Maggie Smith, Pamela Franklin, Robert Stephens, Gordon Jackson and Jane Carr, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie was nominated for two Oscars and won one.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Vincent Canby in The New York Times (https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/01/03/11/specials/spark-brodiefilm.html), Vari...
2024-09-1157 minThe Book ReviewBook Club: 'My Brilliant Friend,' by Elena FerranteThis July, The New York Times Book Review published a list of The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. The top choice was “My Brilliant Friend,” by Elena Ferrante, translated by Ann Goldstein.The book is the first novel in Ferrante’s so-called Neapolitan quartet, which tracks the lifelong friendship between Lenù and Lila, two women from a rough neighborhood in Naples, Italy, even as family, relationships and work pull their lives in different directions.In this week’s episode, MJ Franklin discusses the book with fellow editors Joumana Khatib, Emily Eakin and Gregory Cowles.
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2024-08-2350 minThe Book ReviewBook Club: Let's Talk About "The Talented Mr. Ripley," by Patricia HighsmithPatricia Highsmith’s 1955 thriller “The Talented Mr. Ripley” follows a young, down-on-his-luck scammer, Tom Ripley, who is looking to reverse his fortunes. When he receives a job offer to go to Italy and retrieve Dickie Greenleaf, a rich socialite on an endless holiday, Tom finds the perfect opportunity to work his way into the upper crust. But as he becomes more and more obsessed with Dickie and Dickie’s life, the breezy getaway turns into something much more sinister, sending them down a dangerous path.In this week’s episode, the Book Review’s MJ Franklin discusses the book wit...
2024-07-2646 minThe Book ReviewBook Club: 'Headshot,' by Rita BullwinkelRita Bullwinkel’s impressive debut novel, “Headshot,” follows eight teenagers fighting in the Daughters of America Cup, a youth women’s boxing tournament staged in a dilapidated gym in Reno. Each chapter details a match between fighters, bout after bout, until finally a champion is declared.We are thrown into the high-octane theater of each fight, as the boxers work to defeat their opponents. But we also explore each girl’s life, with flashes into the past and the future and into the girls’ minds as they reckon with their intense desires to make something of themselves.In this...
2024-06-2834 minThe Book ReviewLet's Talk About Percival Everett's 'James'The broad outlines of "James" will be immediately familiar to anyone with even a basic knowledge of American literature: A boy named Huckleberry Finn and an enslaved man named Jim are fleeing down the Mississippi River together, each in search of his own kind of freedom.But where Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” treated Jim as a secondary character, a figure of pity and a target of fun, Percival Everett makes him the star of the show: a dignified, complicated, fully formed man capable of love and wit and rage in equal measure.In thi...
2024-05-3145 min
Matter of OpinionWhy Do We Hate Kamala Harris? Do We?This week, the hosts debate what the latest Times/Siena poll reveals about Joe Biden’s weaknesses and mull over the question of whether Vice President Kamala Harris is one of them. Plus, Carlos on some advice that’s gold, Jerry, gold.(A full transcript of this audio essay will be available within 24 hours of publication on the Times website.)Mentioned in this episode:“Biden’s Polling Denial: Why He Doesn’t Believe He’s Behind” by Hans Nichols and Alex Thompson in Axios“An Interview With Kamala Harris on What’s at Stake in 2024” from “The...
2024-05-1740 min
Parson's Pad PodcastProphecy Brief: UN vote on Palestinian statehoodSend us a comment or question!Scripture: Genesis 12:3, Genesis 15, Genesis 17, Ezekiel 36:19-24 Joel 3:2, Linkshttps://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/10/world/middleeast/un-resolution-palestinian.htmlhttps://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/un-general-assembly-set-back-palestinian-bid-membership-2024-05-10/ Calvary Chapel Franklin: http://calvarychapelfranklin.com/ Email: info@calvarychapelfranklin.com The Parsons Pad Website: https://parsonspad.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/parsonspadpodcastRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1006557?date=this-year Twitter: https://twitter.com/ccfranklintn Facebook: https://www.fac...
2024-05-1424 minThe Ezra Klein ShowWatching the Protests From IsraelUltimately, the Gaza war protests sweeping campuses are about influencing Israeli politics. The protesters want to use economic divestment, American pressure and policy, and a broad sense of international outrage to change the decisions being made by Israeli leaders.So I wanted to know what it’s like to watch these protests from Israel. What are Israelis seeing? What do they make of them?Ari Shavit is an Israeli journalist and the author of “My Promised Land,” the best book I’ve read about Israeli identity and history. “Israelis are seeing a different war than the one th...
2024-05-071h 04The Book ReviewBook Club: Dolly Alderton's 'Good Material'How to explain the British writer Dolly Alderton to an American audience? It might be best to let her work speak for itself — it certainly does! — but Alderton is such a cultural phenomenon in her native England that some context is probably helpful: “Like Nora Ephron, With a British Twist” is the way The New York Times Book Review put it when we reviewed her latest novel, “Good Material,” earlier this year.“Good Material” tells the story of a down-on-his-luck stand-up comic dealing with a broken heart, and it has won Alderton enthusiastic fans in America. In this week’s epis...
2024-04-2646 min
Rebel MothersEleanor RooseveltListen to the remarkable life and legacy of Eleanor Roosevelt, a true trailblazer of the 20th century. From her early challenges and insecurities to her groundbreaking activism and leadership as First Lady of the United States, Eleanor's impact on women and mothers continues to resonate today. Susie explores Eleanor's role as a champion for social justice, civil rights, and human rights, highlighting her efforts to create positive change and empower marginalized communities. Despite facing personal struggles, Eleanor's dedication to public service and her unwavering commitment to equality serve as an inspiration for women and mothers everywhere.
2024-04-1621 minThe Book ReviewBook Club: Let’s Talk About ‘Erasure,’ by Percival EverettIt’s not often that the Academy Awards give the publishing world any gristle to chew on. But at this year’s Oscars ceremony — taking place on Sunday evening — one of the Best Picture contenders is all about book publishing: Cord Jefferson’s “American Fiction” is adapted from the 2001 novel “Erasure,” by Percival Everett, and it amounts to a scathing, satirical indictment of publishers, readers and the insidious biases that the marketplace can impose in determining who tells what stories.Obviously, we recommend the movie. But even more, we recommend Everett’s novel. In this week’s episode, the Book Revi...
2024-03-0844 min
Friends Like UsNo Gratitude For The Attitude with Christina Greer and Hollie HarperChristina Greer and Hollie Harper visit friends and discuss the dificult job of Mayor, Sneakers used to pay an Ex-President's legal fees, anti-social students and more with host Marina Franklin. Christina Greer is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Fordham University - Lincoln Center (Manhattan) campus. Her research and teaching focus on American politics, Black ethnic politics, campaigns and elections, and public opinion. Prof. Greer's book Black Ethnics: Race, Immigration, and the Pursuit of the American Dream (Oxford University Press) investigates the increasingly ethnically diverse black populations in the US from Africa and the Caribbean. She...
2024-02-281h 26The Book ReviewLet's Talk About 'Demon Copperhead'Barbara Kingsolver’s novel “Demon Copperhead,” a riff on “David Copperfield” that moves Charles Dickens’s story to contemporary Appalachia and grapples engagingly with topics from poverty to ambition to opioid addiction, was one of the Book Review’s 10 Best Books of 2022. And — unlike an actual copperhead — “Demon Copperhead” has legs: Many readers have told us it was their favorite book in 2023 as well.In this week’s spoiler-filled episode, MJ Franklin talks with Elisabeth Egan (an editor at the Book Review) and Anna Dubenko, the Times’s newsroom audience director, about their reactions to Kingsolver’s novel and why it has exerted...
2024-02-1642 minThe Book ReviewBook Club: 'The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store'James McBride’s novel “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store” was one of the most celebrated books of 2023 — a critical darling and a New York Times best seller. In their piece for the Book Review, Danez Smith called it “a murder mystery locked inside a Great American Novel” and praised its “precision, magnitude and necessary messiness.”On this week’s episode, the Book Review editors MJ Franklin, Joumana Khatib and Elisabeth Egan convene for a discussion about the book, McBride, and what you might want to read next.
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2023-12-2238 minThe Ezra Klein ShowThe Conflicted Legacy of Mitt RomneyAfter factional infighting dominated the G.O.P.’s struggle to elect a House speaker, it feels weirdly quaint to revisit Mitt Romney’s career. He’s served as governor, U.S. senator and presidential nominee for a Republican Party now nearly unrecognizable from what it was when he started out. At the end of his time in public office, Romney has found a new clarity in his identity as the consummate institutionalist in an increasingly anti-constitutionalist party. But as a newly published biography of him shows, that wasn’t always the case.McKay Coppins, a staff writer a...
2023-10-271h 07
Queere Verbrechen#17 - Der schwule Torero1950: Vor etwas mehr als 100 Jahren begann Sidney Franklin eine große Karriere als Stierkämpfer – und das, obwohl er schwul und jüdisch war. Und allein aufgrund seiner Homosexualität musste er im Jahr 1950 ganze 9 Monate in Spanien im Gefängnis verbringen. Faktencheck:- https://www.juedische-allgemeine.de/juedische-welt/der-tora-torero/- https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Franklin_(Torero)Beweisbilder: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Franklin_(bullfighter)- https://www.revistamercurio.es/2019/12/22/sidney-franklin-el-torero-de-los-estigmas/- https://www.nytimes.com/es/2019/06/27/espanol/sidney-franklin-torero-tora.html________________________________________...
2023-10-2326 minThe Ezra Klein ShowBiden, Psychedelics, Twitter, My New Book — and So Much MoreAs I head into a three-month book leave, I wanted to take some time to address a wide array of listeners’ questions. My column editor, Aaron Retica, joins me for a conversation that ranges from the content of my forthcoming book and President Biden’s climate record to the simulation hypothesis and legalized psychedelic therapy.We also discuss what the I-95 collapse — and remarkably quick repairs — tell us about government’s ability to build quickly, the problems with everything-bagel liberalism, what it would mean to treat climate change like the emergency that it is, why I dislike analogies...
2023-07-251h 15The Book ReviewGreat Books from The First Half of 2023Gilbert Cruz is joined by fellow editors from the Book Review to revisit some of the most popular and most acclaimed books of 2023 to date. First up, Tina Jordan and Elisabeth Egan discuss the year’s biggest books, from “Spare” to “Birnam Wood.” Then Joumana Khatib, MJ Franklin and Sadie Stein recommend their personal favorites of the year so far.Books discussed on this week’s episode:“Spare,” by Prince Harry“I Have Some Questions for You,” by Rebecca Makkai“Pineapple Street,” by Jenny Jackson“Romantic Comedy,” by Curtis Sittenfeld“You Could...
2023-07-1438 min
REELTalk with Audrey RussoREELTalk: NYTimes bestselling author Steven Hartov, Co-Founder of Greenpeace Dr. Patrick Moore and Online Op Ed at WashTimes Cheryl ChumleyJoining Audrey for this week's REELTalk - Bestselling author and Co-Founder Greenpeace Dr. PATRICK MOORE will be here. PLUS, NYTimes bestselling author STEVEN HARTOV will be with us! AND, bestselling author and Online Opinion Editor for the Washington Times, CHERYL CHUMLEY will be back with us! In the words of Benjamin Franklin, "If we do not hang together, we shall surely hang separately." Come hang with us...
2023-03-241h 57
That Sounds Fun with Annie F. DownsEpisode 455: Ines Franklin on How to Age Well in a God Honoring Way, Combatting Shame with Gratitude, and ConfessionI can't wait for y'all to get to know my friend, Ines Franklin. She is a giant of the faith and today she is helping us step towards the mystery of Jesus. I'm just so thankful for her and her friendship! Her book Uncharted: Navigating Your Unique Journey of Faith is incredibly deep, and poignant, and beautiful. To hear more from Ines and listen to her teaching, be sure to check out her podcast Uncharted with Inés Franklin.Did y'all hear What Sounds Fun to You from Beth? What a story! Read more about Bethany and M...
2023-03-231h 01The Book ReviewPublic Libraries, and Profiling Paul HardingAt a time when public libraries and librarians are facing budget headwinds and sometimes intense political scrutiny for the roles they play in their communities, the Times photo editor Erica Ackerberg last fall dispatched photographers to seven libraries in cities, suburbs and rural areas across the country to document what daily life in those public institutions really looks like in today's world. The resulting photographs, published this week with an accompanying essay by the Book Review editor Elisabeth Egan, revealed libraries to be essential community centers and far more than the hushed and beloved book depositories you may remember f...
2023-02-1725 min
Franklin Taggart's Virtual Coffee BreakMaybe Less Pressure Will Help?I made a video the other day asking the question, "What if you can't find your why?" I've had some strong reactions to that idea. There were a couple of people who treated it as a condition on par with a disease, quickly prescribing things to do to solve the problem.
Why are we so adamant that life has to have a purpose? Where did we get the idea that it needs to mean something, and that we're less than if we don't land on that purpose that gives our life meaning?
I wonder if...
2022-12-3010 min
Strange CountryShirley JacksonShirley Jackson has had a resurgence this century, her works being turned into successful series and movies. But when she was writing in the mid-20th century, she had to contend with sexism, a philandering husband, a cold mother, and male reviewers who didn't get her writing about the plight of women. Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands Cite your sources: Cooke, Rachel, et al. "Laurence Jackson Hyman on his mother Shirley: 'Her work is so relevant now….'" The Guardian, 12 December 2016, https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/dec/12/laurence-jackson-hyman-mother-shirley-jackson-dark-tales. Acc...
2022-12-0856 minThe Book ReviewAlice Elliott Dark on ‘Fellowship Point’In Alice Elliott Dark’s second novel, “Fellowship Point,” Agnes Lee and Polly Wister have been friends for about 80 years. Their intertwined families own homes on a Maine peninsula, and some of the book’s drama stems from their efforts to preserve the land and keep it out of the hands of developers.“The issue of land, land ownership, land conservation has always been of deep interest to me,” Dark says on this week’s podcast. “I came to that pretty quickly as I was developing this story. I decided I wanted to write something like a 19th-century-style...
2022-07-0956 min
Rogue Retirement Lounge with Matt Franklin: Entrepreneur, Investor, Bitcoin EnthusiastAs Goes California, So Goes YOUR State | "Journalism" | and Your ACTUAL Retirement Spending...I'm BACK, for the ATTACK.If you weren't watching the California primary results, I've got a little update for you. And hey, who cares anyway, 'cause California POLICY is cummin' your way, LIKE IT OR NOT.Here's Michael Shellenberger on the Adam Corolla podcast. It's good:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/part-2-ca-gubernatorial-candidate-michael-shellenberger/Here's the New York Times article that claims "overall crime in San Francisco has changed little since [SF DA Chesa] Boudin took office in early 2020."https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/05/us/chesa-boudin-recall-san-francisco.html?smid=url-share
2022-06-1818 minStuff You Missed in History ClassSir Sandford Fleming and the Creation of Time ZonesHumans have understood how to calculate the length of a day pretty accurately for a long time. But there wasn’t a standard way to approach time on a global scale until the late 19th century, and happened because of railroads. Research: “INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HELD AT WASHINGTON FOR THE PURPOSE OF FIXING A PRIME MERIDIAN AND A UNIVERSAL DAY.” (Protocols of the Proceedings.” October 1884. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/17759/17759-h/17759-h.htm Fleming, Sandford. “Terrestrial time: a memoir.” 1876. Digitized: https://archive.org/details/cihm_06112/page/n17/mode/2up Fleming, Sandford. “Papers on time-reckoning and the selection of a prime mer...
2022-06-1542 min
TRILLOQUYOpus 146 - Justice and LegitimacyDr. Eugene Rogers is a two-time Michigan Emmy Award winner, a 2017 Sphinx Medal of Excellence recipient, and a 2015 GRAMMY® Award nominee who is recognized as a leading conductor and pedagogue throughout the United States and abroad. He joins Garrett in the third movement to talk about how Black culture drives many people's love of music, his new role as conductor of the Washington National Chorus, and the upcoming premiere of the "Justice Symphony" that he will lead in June. Scott offers ideas on how to engage the classical sub-genre of "new music", Garrett unpacks a church's decision to "give up w...
2022-04-132h 07The Book ReviewFiction About Lives in UkraineWhile a steady stream of disturbing news continues to come from Ukraine, new works of fiction highlight the ways in which lives there have been transformed by conflict. On this week’s podcast, the critic Jennifer Wilson talks about two books, including the story collection “Lucky Breaks,” by Yevgenia Belorusets, translated by Eugene Ostashevsky.“Belorusets has been compared to Gogol in these stories,” Wilson says. “There’s a certain kind of supernatural quality to them. I think anyone looking to these books for a play-by-play of the conflict is going to be disappointed for that reason, but I think deligh...
2022-04-0848 min
OKHMO89: "Ownership as a Service, if You Can Afford it (you can't)"https://arutzshevatuzarapost.substack.com/p/humans-could-live-150-years-in-the?s=r
https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/smithsonian-agreement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licio_Gelli
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_Due
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Sindona
https://www.nytimes.com/1974/07/15/archives/sindonas-1million-offer-to-nixon-group-examined.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1974/09/22/archives/sindona-resigns-his-post-as-franklin-bank-director-two-alternatives.html
https://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2014/03_04/2014_03_20_Jules_CEO_The_happened.htm
2022-04-031h 19
Good Black News: The Daily DropGBN Daily Drop for March 13, 2022 (bonus): Soul Singer Erma FranklinThe bench of musical talent in the Franklin household ran deep. The all-star status of Aretha is known worldwide, but how many know about her Top 10 R&B-hit having, Grammy-nominated eldest sister Erma Franklin? Learn about the singer whose original recording of "Piece of My Heart" climbed the charts in two separate decades, and the woman who dedicated the bulk of her career to helping children.Sources:https://ermafranklin.com/biography/https://www.greymatter.fm/community/erma-franklin-soul-sister-1969https://youtu.be/L0QAxIKf8G4 ("Piece of My Heart" video)https...
2022-03-1305 minThe Book ReviewThe Invention of the IndexYou probably take the index for granted. It might be hard to remember that the handy list of subjects at the back of a book, with the corresponding page numbers on which each subject is discussed, had to be invented. This happened in the early 13th century, and on this week’s podcast, Dennis Duncan talks about his new book, “Index, a History of the,” and about the earliest examples of the form.“What’s really interesting is, it’s invented twice at the same time,” Duncan says. “So it’s one of those inventions, like the light bulb or like...
2022-02-2549 min
Strange CountryKanawha County Textbook WarsThe current spate of book banning is nothing new in America. Strange Country cohosts Beth and Kelly take readers back to Kanawha County in 1974 when protestors firebombed schools and shot at school buses to protest the adoption of a new textbooks. The books, they said, were obscene and would hurt children so what better way to save them but by throwing sticks of dynamites into their classrooms, right? Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands Cite your sources: Bloch, E. (2021, May 18). Florida Education commissioner says he made sure Amy Donofrio...
2022-02-2451 minRogue Retirement Lounge with Matt Franklin: Entrepreneur, Investor, Bitcoin EnthusiastModern Monetary Theory: An Intro. Redfin Real Estate Forecast for 2022. BAD Social Security ROI For Your RetirementHEYHEYHEY!Is real estate in your retirement plan? Are you behind on retirement savings and hoping to make up for it with Social Security? Have you ever heard of Modern Monetary Theory?Well, today we're gonna talk about all this stuff and it's going to make you SMARTER.First up, the weak article about MMT in the New York Times:https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/06/business/economy/modern-monetary-theory-stephanie-kelton.htmlHere's a link to the Redfin 2022 Real Estate forecast update(and it's not as bad as you might think...)...
2022-02-1016 minThe Book ReviewThe Second Annual Listeners’ Questions EpisodeThroughout the year, we hear from many of you, and are always glad when we do. From time to time, we try to answer some of your questions on the podcast. This week, for the second time, we dedicate an entire episode to doing just that. Some of the many questions addressed this week:Who are literature’s one-hit wonders?What are some of our favorite biographies?What are empowering novels about women in midlife?How do we assign books to reviewers?Who are writers that deserve more attention?How does the practice of discounted books work?Pro...
2022-01-071h 00
Black and Snerdy PodcastEp 2 Royal BSOn this episode: Ode and Maurice discuss T.I. and Tiny’s Allegations, Stimulus checks, Songs you never need to hear again, and so much more
Links:
The COVID-19 Relief Bill Passed. What's Biden's Next Big Move?: https://www.npr.org/2021/03/13/976595300/the-covid-19-relief-bill-passed-whats-bidens-next-big-move
Judge Approves Third-Degree Murder Charge in Chauvin Trial: https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000007649202/chauvin-third-degree-murder-charge.html
BEACH IN L.A. COUNTY WORTH UP TO $72 MILLION MAY GO BACK TO DESCENDANTS OF FIRST BLACK OWNERS: https://www.becauseofthemwecan.com/blogs/culture/beach-in-l-a-county-worth-up-to-72-million-may-go-back-to-descendants-of-first-black-owners?_pos=1&_sid=08a684371&_ss=r...
2021-09-251h 01Rogue Retirement Lounge with Matt Franklin: Entrepreneur, Investor, Bitcoin EnthusiastRetirement News For Friday September 17, 2021: More NY Times Crypto Ignorance, Quarterlies, Housing Shortage, And A Tribute To Cornell MaierOkay kids, today's a GOOD one! Sit back, grab your favorite beverage, and get SMARTER with each passing minute.Retirement News for the last week includes...Socialist imbecile offers his dumbass opinion about Bitcoin in the New York Times:https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/14/opinion/bitcoin-el-salvador.html*The nationwide housing shortage is only getting worse. Aren't you glad you own real estate????*Have you ever been penalized for not paying your quarterlies on time? If so, write me at matt@rogueretirementlounge.com Today we have a special little...
2021-09-1823 minRogue Retirement Lounge with Matt Franklin: Entrepreneur, Investor, Bitcoin EnthusiastRetirement News For Friday Sept. 3, 2021: SCOTUS Ends Eviction Ban, Homeless Landlord, NY Times Crypto FAIL, Bank Of The FutureLots of retirement news to cover today:Here's the article about the landlord who's homeless due to her deadbeat tenants: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/eviction-ban-landlord-homelessness-tenants-rent/The NY Times ham-fisted article on Bitcoin's calamitous environmental impact: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/09/03/climate/bitcoin-carbon-footprint-electricity.htmlLyn Alden's excellent article on Bitcoin's REAL environmental impact: https://www.lynalden.com/bitcoin-energy/Get $250 in free bonus crypto at Blockfi! https://rogueretirementlounge.com/cryptoCheck out my retirement planning podcast website at https://rogueretirementlounge.com/Email your questions to matt@rogueretirementlounge.com
2021-09-0419 minThe Book ReviewEchoes of a Fairy Tale in a Devastating NovelOmar El Akkad’s new novel, “What Strange Paradise,” uses some fablelike techniques to comment on the migrant crisis caused by war in the Middle East. El Akkad explains that he thinks of the novel as a reinterpretation of the story of Peter Pan, told as the story of a contemporary child refugee.“There’s this thing Borges once said about how all literature is tricks, and no matter how clever your tricks are, they eventually get discovered,” El Akkad says. “My tricks are not particularly clever. I lean very hard on inversion. I wanted to take a comforting s...
2021-07-301h 00Rogue Retirement Lounge with Matt Franklin: Entrepreneur, Investor, Bitcoin EnthusiastG20 Global Tax Collusion, Retirement Ignorance Among The Intelligent, Pompliano Crypto ClassToday I'm having a quick chat about this new global corporate tax plan the G20 is working on.Here's the NY Times article: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/10/us/politics/global-tax-overhaul-g20.htmlAnd here's the Early Retirement website I like to lurk in: https://www.early-retirement.org/Here's the Pompliano Crypto Course: https://www.pompscryptocourse.com/ (I'm not an affiliate - I don't get a kick back from Anthony if you join the class)And remember, if you want to earn up to 100,000 Marriott Bonvoy points while helping me earn a few...
2021-07-1112 min
The Bio BustersMalaria and the Scientific Genius of Ben FranklinShow notes:
In the show, The Bio Busters professors, Dr. A and Dr. C and Dr. K, discuss malaria and a recent malaria vaccine study. The Bio Busters also interview Dr. Steve M. Gnatz, author of The Wisdom of the Flock: Franklin and Mesmer in Paris. Keep the discussion and comments going on in the comments sections, or feel free to e-mail the podcast with future show ideas and thoughts on the current show. If you think you know the answer to our riddle, please email us for a chance to win a prize!
2021-06-0356 minThe Ezra Klein ShowHumanity’s Awesome, Terrifying Takeover of EvolutionFor years now, I’ve had the same recurring worry: Am I focusing on the trivial? When future generations look back on this moment in history, will they remember the daily political fights — or will everything just look like a sideshow compared to humans being able to edit genetic code? The technology I’m referring to, known as CRISPR, could cure genetic diseases like sickle-cell anemia and Huntington’s. It could let us regulate height, hair color, and vulnerabilities in our children. And, one day, it has the potential to imbue human beings with superhuman characteristics — making us stronger...
2021-04-0255 min
She's an EngineerRemarkable Women in STEMIn this episode, we discuss the lives and accomplishments of 4 notable women in STEM: Emily Roebling, Ada Lovelace, Rachel Carson, and Rosalind Franklin.
Sources used:
(1) Emily Roebling:
https://www.asce.org/templates/person-bio-detail.aspx?id=11203
https://www.engineergirl.org/125425/Emily-Roebling
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/brooklyn.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/obituaries/overlooked-emily-warren-roebling.html
http://womenatthecenter.nyhistory.org/emily-warren-roebling-beyond-the-bridge/
(2) Ada Lovelace:
https://www.computerhistory.org/babbage/adalovelace/
https://www.biography.com/scholar/ada-lovelace
(3) Ra...
2020-12-2240 min
Murderific True Crime PodcastPatreon Episode Preview: Franklin Evans - Northwood MurdererMurder + Horrific = Murderific.Sponsored by Best Fiends. Download the app at Google Play or the Apple App Store.If you enjoy this episode, please consider supporting us by becoming a Patron on Patreon!Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/murderificpodcastWe travel back in time to the mid-1800s, when the American Civil War was in progress, the 13th amendment to the U.S. Constitution was enacted, and Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. A drifter named Franklin Evans was considered one of the first "repeat killers," or what we now term...
2020-09-2719 min
WEALTHTRACKRetirement Benefits: Stress & HurtCOVID-19 has affected just about every aspect of our lives: our jobs, our health, our family and social interactions, children’s education, and leisure time.
But what has it done to retirement prospects? Not surprisingly, it has hurt them.
According to a survey of American workers with qualified retirement savings accounts, “...almost half (49%) had experienced a reduction in work income through job loss, or decrease in hours and/or a pay cut”.
Also, “...workers who lost their jobs or experienced a drop in income due to the COVID-19 pandemic were at least twice as likely to...
2020-09-1226 minThe Black List PodcastSoledad O'BrienThis week, award-winning journalist Soledad O'Brien joins Franklin for a conversation about growing up Black, her approach to documentary filmmaking, the state of journalism in the Trump era, and so much more. (And guess what? Soledad is the host of another Luminary original, Murder on the Towpath.) Questions? Comments? Criticism? Hit us up on social media at @theblcklst.To learn more about The Black List, visit www.blcklst.com.Mentions:+New York Times, Soledad O'Brien: A Me Too Movement for Journalists of Color, www.nytimes.com/2020/07/04/opinion/soledad-obrien-racism-journalism.html
2020-09-0951 min
Historias Cienciacionales: el podcastHC presenta: #LaPandemiaSomosTodos (ft. La pandemia de la desinformacion)La pandemia eres tú, yo y nosotros. Junto con los aspectos biológicos de esta pandemia, siempre están los aspectos sociales, aquellos irremediablemente unidos a cualquier colectividad humana. En este segundo episodio en colaboración con La Pandemia de la Desinformación, un proyecto colectivo y multidisciplinario de divulgación para combatir la información errónea en estos tiempos, les traemos una multitud de puntos de conexión entre ciencia y sociedad, que le dan a esta pandemia, y a la posible salida, una cara demasiado humana.
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00:08 - Prólogo - La peste que mató al rey
02:32 - Saludos y...
2020-09-0444 min
PopcastRemembering Riley Gale of Power Trip, a Thrash TitanThe band’s 34-year-old frontman helped break down barriers between scenes, and was known for singularly wild live shows. Guests: Dan Franklin; James Khubiar; and Andy O’Connor.
Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.
2020-09-0156 min
My Little TonysThe 2001 Tony Awards, Part 1McKinley, Jesse. [“It Can't Win All The Tonys (Can It?).”](www.nytimes.com/2001/06/01/movies/it-can-t-win-all-the-tonys-can-it.html?searchResultPosition=207) The New York Times, 1 June 2001.Gates, Anita. [“A Few Free Peeks at Those Dancing Feet.”](www.nytimes.com/2001/06/03/tv/cover-story-a-few-free-peeks-at-those-dancing-feet.html?searchResultPosition=14) The New York Times, 3 June 2001.Pogrebin, Robin. [“'Producers' Shatters Tony Award Record With 12 Prizes; 'Proof' Takes Best Play And 2 Other Awards.”](www.nytimes.com/2001/06/04/theater/producers-shatters-tony-award-record-with-12-prizes-proof-takes-best-play-2.html?searchResultPosition=126) The New York Times, 4 June 2001.Gardner, Amanda. [“Tony Awards' New Jersey Ties.”](www.nytimes.com/2001/06/03/nyregion/theater-tony-awards-new-jersey-ties.html?searchResultPosition=2) The New York Times, 3 June 2001.Mandell, Jonat...
2020-02-0900 min
Gen XYZ - The PodcastS1 E1: Impeachment with an EYE for: Accountability, Courage, and Self-identityIn this episode, join our family as we talk Impeachment with an EYE for: Accountability, Courage, and Self-identity.Ever wonder: How do I explain THIS to my kids? Can we all talk about this together? How does this apply to us?What can we learn from this? Or maybe just, I don’t get it.We got you covered! We’re going to talk definitions, process, from Nixon through today, and even interviews from the kids about impeachment!You don’t want to miss this conversation! Come on in...
2019-12-2940 min
Bigfoot for BreakfastJohnny Gosch: The Franklin ScandalIn this last episode of a three part story, we do our best to finish the case up the best that we can. After 12 year-old Johnny Gosch goes missing, another boy by the name of Paul Bonacci comes forward admitting involvement in his disappearance. Paul's story continues even further beyond Johnny and you won't believe how deep it goes. The story of a failed Credit Union and pedophilia rings enmeshed in our politics. Omaha’s Hurricane of Scandal. Rick Atkinson. 04.01.1990 https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1990/04/01/omahas-hurricane-of-scandal/f762dad7-c72c-415e-a17c-bd4ece10fa44/ ...
2019-12-1849 min
Strong Songs"Think" by Aretha FranklinLet's go back, let's go back, let's go way on back to that time Aretha Franklin recorded one of her best songs.On this episode, Kirk dives into two different versions of Franklin's classic tune "Think." First it's the laid back groove and roomy mix of the 1968 original, then it's time to fast-forward 12 years for the juiced-up arrangement she recorded with the Blues Brothers band in 1980.It's a story of how different production techniques, arrangements, and tempos can lead to two very different—but equally excellent—versions of the same song. We've done Dancing Queen, we'v...
2019-09-1850 min
The Feed The Official Libsyn Podcast148: New Apple Podcasts Categories and Link Bait GaloreEverything that you know about the new updated Apple Podcasts categories! And how to update yours NOW on the Libsyn interface. Also covering that story from Bloomberg about Apple Podcasts exclusive content strategy and the plethora of derivative articles that spun and spun it, the Onion like article on podcasting by the NYTimes, discussing how the beauty of podcasting is creating a show that is exactly how you want it to be, and stats, this time centering on all the geographic and user agent data, plus plenty of other wonderful and helpful podcasting tips… Mostly inspired by you and yo...
2019-07-281h 22
Suite (212)'Where the novel has a nervous breakdown': Book Works' Semina seriesThis week on Suite (212), Juliet talks to legendary writer and artist Stewart Home about the nine novels - including one of his own - that he has chosen and edited with Gavin Everall for Book Works' Semina series of experimental texts, 'in which the novel has a nervous breakdown'. Joining them are Bridget Penney, author of the first entry, Index (2008) and Book Works' Lizzie Homersham.
SELECTED REFERENCES
Stewart Home: https://www.stewarthomesociety.org/
BRIDGET PENNEY, Index (2008) - https://www.stewarthomesociety.org/interviews/penney.htm
Semina: https://www.bookworks.org.uk/publishing?commission=313
Hamja Ahsan - https://www.bookworks.org.uk...
2019-04-151h 00The Scathing AtheistVitamin Enriched EditionIn this week’s episode, we say things that would make Rashida Tlaib blush, Mike Pence and Nancy Pelosi yell “Expelliarmus” at each other all weekend, and we’ll learn that we can have Eli’s multivitamins when we pry them from his cold dead hand.
To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist
To buy our book, click there: http://www.amazon.com/Diatribes-Godless-Misanthrope-Scathing-Presents-ebook/dp/B00J53FZFI/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1396141562&sr=8-1
To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: http...
2019-01-1000 min
Escape From Plan AEp. 55: Are 2nd-Gen Asians Cursed? (And Why White People Dread Thanksgiving)Are there benefits to having grown up in a protective Asian enclave? Or is it better to face racial difficulties from a young age to learn how to fight them? Is it better to be a 2nd-gen or 1.5-gen Asian American? With many of the Plan A team members having travelled recently to Asia or Asian-populated parts of America — Teen to China, Jong to Korea, and Oxford to Los Angeles — these 3, along with Jess, discuss the “battle of the generations” among young Asians. Also, they talk about how Thanksgiving might be improved.
Intro/Outro Song: "Whispers Wonder (Ruw's Underground Mashup)" by Shingo Nakamu...
2018-11-261h 20
Potluck: A Podcast about Southern CultureHalloween '93, Arby's Duck, and 36 Hours in NashvilleChris leads off the episode by finally telling the story of Halloween and a punch to the face. Then, they talk about limited offering at some Arby's restaurants: a seared duck sandwich. This leads to a discussion about duck hunting and conservation. Then, they talk about a New York Times article laying out what to do when you have 36 hours in Nashville. Will and Chris talk about some of the things they think that the NYT missed in the article. You can read that article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/04/travel/what-to-do-in-nashville.html Thanks to our wonderful s...
2018-10-2548 min
Potstirrer PodcastPower and PurityEpisode 36 - Power and Purity Several scandals involving sexual harassment and sexual abuse have been uncovered recently in a number of churches across the Christian landscape. Why is abuse within the church such a huge story, why does it occur, and what can churches do better to reduce abuse occurrences and respond to these incidents? Jaye discusses a few of these recent scandals - delving into authoritarianism, sexual repression, and purity culture, and how these mechanisms can enable perpetrators and silence victims. CONTENT WARNING: This episode includes discussion of sexual activity, sexual assault and child...
2018-09-0933 min
NOPEE41: Rupert Murdoch Craves Donut Prune Salad!It’s 103 degrees in New York City and we’re mourning the loss of two cultural icons: John McCain and Aretha Franklin. We shut down Russia’s new Khalashnikov chicken robot, InfoWars’ theory about John Kerry’s Antarctic laser beam, a new Hollywood con queen, Oreo’s new disgusting flavor combinations, Dunkin’ Donuts rebranding and Procter & Gamble’s trademark overreach. Also: a Maryland woman’s quest to sequence the dog poop genome. HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/id1312654524?mt=2 STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes...
2018-08-2940 min
Good Mourning, Nancy PodcastShirley Jackson: Her Life & Her StoriesWe’re back again for round 4! Here’s our very special episode about the literary genius (and Syracuse University alum) SHIRLEY JACKSON! She was the author of such classics as The Lottery & The Haunting of Hill House, which is scheduled to appear on Netflix as a miniseries in October, 2018! We hope you enjoy!
Thanks to our sponsors: www.recesscoffee.com
Thanks Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com
Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/GoodMourningNancy
Resources:
Franklin, Ruth. Shirley Jackson: a Rather Haunted Life. Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2017.
Purchase Here: https://www.amazon.com/Shirley-Jackson-Rather-Haunted-Life/dp/1631493418/ref=tmm_pap...
2018-08-281h 12
Bobby Rivers' M.O.C.H.A.A. PodcastMOCHAA MOMENT- RIP Queen of Soul, The Upcoming Changes at The Oscars©<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/3c/ad/48/keithprice10562/3000x3000_12607032.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />The Men of MOCHAA have returned to talk about the loss of the Queen of Soul, the latest conversation coming from The Academy Awards, and a whole lot more conversation. Recorded 8/18/18 @ The Hangar Studios More on BobbyRivers: http://www.bobbyriverstv.blogspot.com More on Keith Price: http://www.keithpricecurtaincall.com On Twitter: https://twitter.com/MOCHAAwithBobby https://twitter.com/BobbyRiversTV https://twitter.com/kpcurtaincall https://twitter.com/comedydaddy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BobbyRiversPodcast/?ref=br...
2018-08-2045 min
GP3 Homies From The BlockGP3 Round 102 Talkin' Queen Aretha FranklinWelcome to Round 102 From THE Mancave! Tommy B. and Ran discuss:
• Farewell To The Queen - Part 1;
• Will Omarosa Derail The 45 Train?
• Catholic Church Atrocities in PA;
• RIP Kofi Annan
And More!
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2018-08-191h 08
PopcastAretha Franklin: The Artist We Knew, and the Woman We Didn’tThe Queen of Soul leaves a towering legacy. How will we remember her? Guests: The New York Times's Jon Pareles and Wesley Morris; and David Ritz.
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2018-08-171h 12
The Book ReviewJennifer Egan Talks About 'Manhattan Beach'Egan discusses her new novel, and Franklin Foer talks about “World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech.”
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