A show about the joyful, messy, radical magic that happens in spaces where queerness and food intersect. In conversation with farmers, chefs, activists, historians, seed savers and business babes, host Nico Wisler explores the idea of “queer food” in all of its limitless forms.
Categories: Arts, Society & Culture
Tags: activism, business, chefs, cooking, Food, gay, History, hospitality, lesbian, lgbt, lgbtq, queer, Queer The Table, radical, trans
Nearly 160 years after it was first published, Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass continues to inspire, enthrall and educate generations of readers. This collection of poems serves as a vehicle for Whitman’s philosophy, ideals, love of nature and mystical musings and it subsequently became one of the corner stones of American literature. Whitman was inspired to write Leaves of Grass based on Ralph Waldo Emerson’s clarion call for a truly American poet who would tell of its glories, virtues and vices. In 1855, Whitman self published a small, slim volume containing twelve poems, which included “Song of Myself” “I Sing the Body Electric” and others which went on to gain immortality. Whitman himself wanted the book to be small enough to be carried in a pocket and though some 800 copies were initially printed, this edition did not even contain the author’s name. Ralph Waldo Emerson who received a copy went on to lavishly praise the work and wrote to Whitman saying, “I greet you at the beginning of a great career.” The rest, as they say, made publication history. Many subsequent editions were published and Whitman continuously added more and more poems to the collection. Today, Leaves of Grass contains nearly 400 poems all of which celebrate America and the American way of life. His subjects and concerns include slavery, nature, the Civil War, death, love, romance, spirituality, freedom and dignity of labor. One of his most famous poems, “O Captain, My Captain” in memory of Abraham Lincoln is contained in the last edition, printed in 1892. Called the “deathbed edition” it was published a few months before Whitman’s death. His style includes sweeping lines of free verse, iambic forms and other interesting rhyming and non-rhyming forms of verse. Strangely enough, the book was received by some upholders of public morality to be extremely indecent and obscene. Walt Whitman was dismissed from his government job after his superior read and found the book highly offensive. Literary critics severely castigated the book, while poems like “A Woman Waits for Me” and “To A Common Prostitute” were dubbed profane. However, Whitman kept on writing according to his personal dictates and today, Leaves of Grass is seen as echoing the voice and the sentiments of the common man who loves freedom and beauty. It has been celebrated in media as diverse as television, rap music and modern novels and will surely appeal to readers who enjoy poetry and are interested in the literary history of America.
Categories: Arts, Education, Society & Culture
Tags: audio books, audiobook, Classics (antiquity), ebooks, free audio books, History, instruction, Leaves of Grass, Literature, Loyal Books, loyalbooks.com, nature, Philosophy, poetry, Walt Whitman
A novel that disturbs you 160 years after it first appeared in print, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, has so much relevance and resonance even today. Dorian Gray is a strikingly handsome young man whose beauty attracts a debauched aristocrat Sir Henry Wotton. Dorian’s picture has been painted by a talented artist Basil Hallward and Sir Henry becomes desperate to meet Dorian, though Basil himself is against it. Sir Henry persuades Dorian to pose for a picture painted by Basil and during the painting sessions, Henry “educates” the young and impressionable Dorian about life. Sir Henry’s vicious nature, his obsession with youth and his cynical, materialistic outlook on everything begin to slowly affect Dorian. Dorian descends into a horrifying world, where he commits all manner of abhorrent deeds with all round him feeling the effects. Lives are destroyed, crimes are committed but Dorian’s self-indulgent and depraved life continues. The story takes a bizarre and terrifying twist from here onwards as the picture begins to develop a life of its own. The Picture of Dorian Gray was first published as a serial in Lippincott’s Magazine in 1890 with much apprehension by the editors who feared that it was too corrupt and depraved for readers. Wilde’s own scandalous private life was already creating an uproar in society. Finally the novel was published in the magazine but with large-scale censorship without Wilde’s permission. As predicted, it caused widespread outrage and condemnation. However, Wilde remained unfazed and proceeded to publish it in book form with a wonderful preface which he called an Apologia, in which he talks about art, philosophy and creativity. Controversy apart, the story is gripping in its Gothic atmosphere, making it a literary masterpiece, with Wilde’s brilliant touches of characterization, emotional sensitivity and understanding of human nature. Today’s modern emphasis on youthfulness, fighting age and obsession with external appearance finds echoes in this richly evocative novel. It has been extensively adapted for film, stage and television, with references to Dorian Gray appearing in a wide variety of works of art. Radio adaptations, plays and musicals have been continuously appearing right down to the present day. The Picture of Dorian Gray has fascinated readers the world over, with its eternal themes of art, youth, beauty, morality and immortality. Dorian Gray remains the symbol of what all mankind seeks even today – the Fountain of Youth – even though it comes with a price tag. More great books at LoyalBooks.com
Categories: Arts, Society & Culture
Tags: audio books, audiobook, Dramatic Works, ebooks, fantasy, fiction, free audio books, History, Horror/Ghost stories, Literature, Loyal Books, loyalbooks.com, Oscar Wilde, Philosophy, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Anyone who’s ever visited the Yosemite National Park will find this book a treasure trove of descriptions, information and evocations of the fabled beauty of this amazing piece of heaven on earth! The Yosemite by John Muir was published in 1912. Born in Scotland, England, this world-famous conservationist was a multi-talented genius. He was a geologist, naturalist, engineer, writer, botanist and a passionate and prolific writer on the preservation of the natural environment. His family migrated to America when he was just a few years old, the third of eight boisterous children. He went on to study chemistry at the University of Wisconsin, and had a moment of epiphany when a friend of his plucked a flower from a tree on campus to explain its botanical structure. An unfortunate accident almost cost him his eyesight and it was while he was confined to a darkened room to convalesce that he rediscovered his passion for nature and beauty. From 1889 onwards, he was associated closely with the creation of the Yosemite National Park which happened a year later. He later founded the Sierra Club to encourage conservation and protection of this magnificent landscape. The book is sheer reading pleasure, especially when it’s read aloud. John Muir’s language is poetic and lyrical, creating wonderful word pictures of the Yosemite. Muir has acquired almost iconic status in the annals of this great national park and his statue adorns a prominent place there. His love of the outdoors is reflected in his feeling of joy and exhilaration as he describes the towering mountain ranges, the sparkling waterfalls and the shadowy valleys. He was also a keen social scientist who felt that grave injustice had been done to the Native Americans by pushing them further and further away from their hereditary lands. The Yosemite is indeed a great addition to your bookshelf!
Categories: Arts, Society & Culture
Tags: audio books, audiobook, ebooks, free audio books, History, John Muir, Loyal Books, loyalbooks.com, nature, Non-fiction, The Yosemite
Reflections on Orthodoxy in its Patristic and Monastic Heritage – The “A Word from the Holy Fathers” Podcast offers a weekly reflection on the writings of the Church Fathers, their significance, and their insights for the life of Orthodox Christians in every age.
Categories: Religion & Spirituality
Tags: apostolic, christian, christianity, church, early, faith, fathers, History, monasticism, orthodox, religion, spirituality
From face to face to regular giving and from high value to reporting back, the roots of our favourite fundraising techniques go back many, many years. It’s astounding that the ideas and tactics our fundraising forebears developed still boost income when we use them in the technologically advanced environment of today. As a result, when I consider a fundraising problem I always look to the past and use that understanding to create a solution for today. As part of my personal fundraising journey I’ve been spending time with the fundraisers who were involved in some of the most amazing campaigns from the second half of the 20th century to see what what I can learn from them. And I thought it would be a good idea to share their thoughts and stories so everyone can benefit – so I recorded them. This series of podcasts is the result.
Categories: Business
Tags: charity, donor needs, fundraising, History
Now in our fourth series, we’re back and this time around we’re talking 1980s films of all shapes and sizes. But not just that, we’ve got eps on 80s TV, and music videos and more! As ever our episodes include trademark features such as Recastarama (where we recast the film using current actors) and Who Am I (where we work out who we would be in the film). Lots of fun to be had. [Our 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and 1970s series are also available]
Categories: TV & Film
Tags: 007, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80's, Allen, Altman, auteur, BOND, cinema, Coppola, depalma, Disney, film, friedkin, Funny, History, hitchcock, kubrik, lucas, movie, scorsese, spielberg, wilder
5 Minute History brings you short histories of events, places, companies, products, and all sorts of other things. The show is split into seasons, each of which consists of ten episodes. Each episode, as the title of the show suggests, is only a few minutes long, so you can quickly learn the facts without all of the fluff that maybe you don’t need to know.
Categories: Education, History
Tags: histories, History, shorthistories, shorthistory
Fogland Lighthouse shines a light on the obscure, overlooked and downright weird stories from British History, with words and music by award-winning writer and composer Jack Dean. Sometimes funny, sometimes tragic, often a bit of both.
‘Artists like storyteller Jack Dean make us excited about what they might do next’ – The Guardian
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Tags: cinematic, Fogland Lighthouse, History, Jack Dean, music, spoken word, storytelling
True crime comedy podcast from Northern Ireland. Bitesized episodes focusing only on Irish and British crimes.
Categories: Comedy, Society & Culture, True Crime
Tags: affair, bailey sarian, beauty, Belfast, british, bundy, Care, CASE, chat, chill, coffee, Comedy, creepypasta, Crime, crime case, cult, dahmer, darkhumor, Demon, documentary, dramatic, england, face mask, Funny, ghost, girls, Glasgow, hair, hair care, haunting, heist, herbal tea, History, hoax, horror, humor, hyrolonic acid, ireland, Irish, jack the ripper, jeffrey dahmer, joke, kidnap, kidnapping, killer, LOL, London, lovetriangle, lpotl, Makeup, mask, me time, meme, mfm, Missing, moonlight, murder, murderino, mysteries, MYSTERY, ni, northern irish, Northern-Ireland, northernireland, northernirish, obesssed, pamper, patrickquirke, Podcast, pukka, radio, Reddit, relax, Sarcasm, Scotland, sephora, serial, serialkiller, short story, sisters, skincare, slurry, spooky, Stalking, tea, ted bundy, true-crime, truecrime, UK, United Kingdom, Unsolved, unsolved mysteries, Wales, women
The Time Bubble is the only podcast where the guests get to travel in time! If you could live any three days of your life over again, which would you choose? If you could be anyone else for a day, past or present, who would it be? And if you could go anywhere in space and time, where would you go?
Categories: Society & Culture
Tags: alternate universe, coming of age, History, Jason Ayres, nostalgia, reincarnation, science-fiction, time-travel, travel, Turn back time
Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar is hosted by historians of economic thought Jennifer Jhun, François Allisson, and Çınla Akdere. Each month, the hosts discuss themes related to economics, its history and methodology, and its relevance to contemporary affairs.
Tags: academia, economics, History, historyofeconomicthought, methodology, Philosophy, Socialscience
Back Bar is a rollicking deep dive into the events, phenomenon, relationships and human foibles that shaped the world’s most iconic drinks. Hosted by food and beverage writer Greg Benson and featuring guest appearances from industry luminaries like Derek Brown, Robert Simonson and Sother Teague, Back Bar’s vaudevillian approach to storytelling is a refreshing cocktail of history and humor. Logo by Alicia Qian
Tags: alcohol, alcoholic, bar back, bar none, cocktails, drinks, History
In mid-1880s Brooklyn, New York, Cedric Errol lives with his Mother (never named, known only as Mrs Errol or “dearest”) in genteel poverty after his Father Captain Errol dies. They receive a visit from Havisham, an English lawyer with a message from Cedric’s grandfather, Lord Dorincourt. Cedric is now Lord Fauntleroy and heir to the Earldom and a vast estate. The Earl wants Cedric to live with him and learn to be an English aristocrat. He offers Mrs Errol a house and income but refuses to meet or have anything to do with her. The crusty Earl is impressed by the appearance and intelligence of his young American grandson, and charmed by his innocent nature. He admits that Cedric, who has befriended and cared for the poor and needy on the Earl’s estate, will be a better Earl than he was. A pretender to Cedric’s inheritance appears, but the claim is investigated and disproved with the assistance of Cedric’s loyal American friends. The Earl is reconciled to his son’s American widow. The Earl had intended to teach his grandson how to be an aristocrat; however, Cedric inadvertently teaches his grand-father that an aristocrat should practice compassion and social justice towards persons who are dependent on him. The Earl becomes the kind and good man Cedric always innocently believed him to be. Cedric is reunited with his mother, who comes to live in the ancestral castle with them. “Little Lord Fauntleroy” is the first children’s novel written by English–American playwright and author Frances Hodgson Burnett. More great books at LoyalBooks.com
Categories: Arts, Kids & Family, Society & Culture
Tags: Adventure, audio books, audiobook, ebooks, fiction, Frances Hodgson Burnett, free audio books, History, Kids, Literature, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Loyal Books, loyalbooks.com, Teen/Young adult
Host Yeager Yancey Tedder from photo17.com the online home of Carolina’s Photography, LLC. gives life hacks on planning for your wedding along with photo and video tips and tricks!
Categories: Arts
Two guys start out with a tech or news story, and end up through discussions of history and science fiction, somewhere else.
Categories: Society & Culture, Technology, TV & Film
Tags: Algoma, History, library, marie, Sault, scifi, Ste, tech, university
A veteran baseball journalist interviews today’s best baseball authors about their books.
There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels desirous of informing himself of the leading outlines of their history, that he may know, in brief, what it was in their characters or their doings which has given them so widely-extended a fame. Consequently, great historical names alone are selected; and it has been the writer’s aim to present the prominent and leading traits in their characters, and all the important events in their lives, in a bold and free manner, and yet in the plain and simple language which is so obviously required in works which aim at permanent and practical usefulness. This volume is dedicated to Hannibal. More great books at LoyalBooks.com
Categories: Arts, Kids & Family, Society & Culture
Tags: audio books, audiobook, Biography, ebooks, free audio books, hannibal, History, Jacob Abbott, Kids, Literature, Loyal Books, loyalbooks.com, Non-fiction, War stories
This podcast uncovers the deeper currents of history by examining strange and unlikely true stories.
Categories: History, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
Tags: documentary, History, music history, strange, Unexplained, world history