Away from the Sea, Aldarion finds little peace or joy; away from the podcast, Alan is just fine, thank you very much. Join The Man of the West and The Shieldmaiden of Rohan as we reach the halfway mark in our 10-episode run through the walking billboard for premarital counseling that is Aldarion and Erendis from Unfinished Tales. Aldarion wants to build Erendis a big, shiny boat because he doesn’t listen; Erendis proves she’s the bigger person (give her time, folks, she’ll catch up); and the Elves

Explores the intersection of ancient myths, magical beliefs, and modern science. The content covers a vast range of topics, including the scientific basis behind healing rituals and traditional remedies, the biological and psychological explanations for seemingly supernatural occurrences like the lunar cycle's effect on sleep and prophetic animal behavior, and the potential for advanced science to achieve mythical feats such as regeneration and creating "supersoldiers." The excerpts also examine how

Join me as I welcome NYT bestselling author Jenn McKinlay to talk about her newest cozy fantasy 'Witches of Dubious Origin' and award-winning author Jennifer Lynn Alvarez to talk about her newest thriller 'The Trespassers.' Tune in to hear Jenn and I chat about wanting to live a quiet life but being meant for more and exploring what it means to try and find closure, and to hear Jennifer and I chat about how bad habits lead to bad outcomes and how best friends aren't always the best friends.

Rain Magic by Erle Stanley Gardner audiobook. Genre: mystery Rain Magic by Erle Stanley Gardner is a compact, propulsive mystery that pulls listeners into a world where every small town secret is amplified by a storm and every alibi can be washed away. Gardner’s brisk, economical prose and razor-sharp plotting transform a simple setup—a sudden crime, a clutch of suspicious residents, and a night of relentless rain—into a tense, twist-laden puzzle that keeps you guessing until the final revelation

EPISODE 612 - Chris Kauzlarich - Short Story Collection, Menagerie in the Dark, And The Suspense Horror Novella, LAZARUSChris is the author of the short story collection, Menagerie in the Dark, and the suspense horror novella, LAZARUS. He is also a member of The Authors Guild, AWP, and the Chicago Writers Association. In addition to writing and reading extensively, he enjoys hiking, playing video games, binge-watching a good show with his husband and daughter, and simply being a dad. He graduated

Westerns are seemingly back in the culture. With the popularity of the television series Yellowstone and musical artists like Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter winning Album of the Year, it feels like we need to dust off our spurs and dig into this week’s book selection, Charles Portis’ True Grit. Andrew Limbong and B. A. Parker speak with NPR’s Morning Edition host, Michel Martin about how young Mattie Ross goes on the adventure of a lifetime with her father’s gun and hunger for vengeance – and how Portis’

The great filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro has a new adaptation of Frankenstein. He saw the 1931 film when he was 7. “I realized I understood my faith better through Frankenstein than through Sunday Mass,” he tells Terry Gross. “And I decided at age seven that the creature of Frankenstein was gonna be my personal avatar and my personal messiah.” His other films include Pan’s Labyrinth and The Shape of Water. Also, we hear from Cameron Crowe, who wrote and directed Jerry Maguire, Say Anything and the

Send us a text Welcome, Maestro Gustav Mahler. You’ve been called a composer of contradictions—cosmic in scope, but also obsessively detailed. If you could describe yourself in just a few words, how would you begin? Contradictions, yes—that is my very essence. I am a man who lived with one foot in heaven and the other in the street. My symphonies hold the singing of birds and the cries of the market, but also the silence of eternity. Your music often feels like it contains the whole world. Di...

Happy Halloween! Sam joins us to talk about spooky books! The full list will be here later, but in the meantime, check out gibsonsbookstore.com/horror where you'll find a whole bunch of the books mentioned. Books Mentioned During This Episode (Full List Coming SoOoOoOon) Gibson's Merch on our Bonfire Shop! 2025 Reading Challenge on Storygraph! OTHER LINKS Gibson's Bookstore Website Purchase Gift Certificates! Browse our Website by Category! Donate to the Bookstore! Check out our Events

Come along as we continue through Genesis. What was the purpose of the command to sacrifice Issac? What can we learn about the text and the truth that's him in the context? Lets DIG IN!An amazing resource that we have begun to use and talk about during the show are the FREE online courses provided by Hillsdale College! Take a look here:https://online.hillsdale.edu/

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Mel Brooks’s classic 1974 movie Young Frankenstein parodies the iconic Frankenstein movies of the 1930s. This Halloween, we’re featuring our interviews with director Mel Brooks and stars Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Teri Garr and Cloris Leachman. And film critic Justin Chang reviews the new film Bugonia.Follow Fresh Air on instagram @nprfreshair, and subscribe to our weekly newsletter for gems from the Fresh Air archive, staff recommendations, and a peek behind the scenes. Learn more about sponsor

A Love Episode, Book Eight of Rougon-Macquart Cycle by Emile Zola audiobook. Genre: romance Set in the quiet parlors and rain-slick streets of late 19th-century Paris, A Love Episode offers an intense, intimate study of yearning, loneliness, and the gentle violence of unspoken desire. Émile Zola strips away melodrama to render a single, fragile heart — a widow balancing maternal duty and a stirring for something more — with painstaking realism and compassionate clarity. As part of the

Episode 611 - Nick Peck - Award-Winning Journalist, Only Way Out, A Son and Brother That Finds His WayNick Peck, a California native, is an award-winning journalist who has primarily covered the world of finance and law and has garnered significant recognition for his work in the industry.Before starting his journalism career, Nick earned his bachelor's degree in communications from Upper Iowa University, where he was a standout football player.The book "Only Way Out" covers Jaylen

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In this episode I look at Oriana Fallaci's controversial book, The Rage and the Pride. I focus on her examination of the effects of migration of Italy and her relationship with Christianity.

Details the temptation of Jesus by Satan in the wilderness. The narrative begins after Jesus's baptism, with Satan convening his demonic council to plot how to undermine the Son of God. The text then presents Jesus's internal reflections on his divine purpose and past, followed by the first two temptations offered by Satan: transforming stones into bread to satisfy hunger, and seeking worldly wealth and power instead of a spiritual kingdom. Jesus refutes both with scripture and wisdom, asserting

Aims to teach the Go programming language through an engaging, "brain-friendly" approach. It covers fundamental Go concepts such as variables, data types (including arrays, slices, maps, and structs), functions, packages, and control flow (conditionals and loops). The text also introduces advanced topics like pointers, methods, interfaces, error handling (with panic and recover), goroutines and channels for concurrency, automated testing, web development with HTML templates, and file I/O operations

Send us a text Now in a nutshell, the history of Halloween and how it developed can be described in a few sentences. You see, Halloween originated from the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, which marked the end of summer and the harvest, and the beginning of the dark, cold winter. The Celts believed that on the night of October 31st, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred, allowing spirits to return to Earth. They would light bonfires and wear costum...

Never before have we been presented with the prospect of redesigning business at scale to create a more sustainable future for our planet and the people who inhabit it. As we pass the midpoint of the Sustainable Development Goals (2015–2030), the world has changed. There is not only more progress and policy but also more disagreement on the way forward. The bottom line is that the shared goals developed in 2015 will not be met, global warming will likely exceed targets, and the collective challenge