Month: July 2017

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World Book Club - Tim Winton – Cloudstreet

This month World Book Club is talking to chart-topping Australian writer Tim Winton about his unforgettable novel Cloudstreet.

Winner of the Miles Franklin Award and recognised as one of the greatest works of Australian literature, Cloudstreet is Tim Winton's sprawling, comic epic about luck and love, fortitude and forgiveness, and the magic of the everyday.

Precipitated by separate personal tragedies, two poor families flee their rural homes to share a "great continent of a house", Cloudstreet, in a suburb of Perth. The Lambs are industrious, united and religious. The Pickleses are gamblers, boozers, fractious, and unlikely landlords.

Over the next twenty years they struggle and strive, laugh and curse, come apart and pull together under the same roof, and try to make the best of their lives.

(Picture: Tim Winton. Credit: BBC.)

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Song Exploder - Goapele – Stand

Goapele is a singer/songwriter from the Bay Area. She released her first album in 2001. Since then, she’s released five more albums and collaborated with Snoop Dogg. In 2017, on her album DreamSeeker, she put out the song "Stand." It was written in the wake of the shooting death of Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old black man who was shot and killed while unarmed and handcuffed by a Bay Area Rapid Transit Police Officer. The shooting took place in 2009. Coming up, Goapele tells the story of why it took 8 years for her to finish the song.

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The Goods from the Woods - Episode #149 – “Wrestling With Shadows” with What Did You Learn? Podcast

In this VERY SPECIAL episode, the Goods from the Woods Boys combine forces with Monika Scott and Luke Jensen from the "What Did You Learn?" Podcast for a crossover episode all about the 1998 classic pro-wrestling doc, HITMAN HART: WRESTLING WITH SHADOWS! We talk about the "Excellence of Execution", Bret Hart and his INSANE family. We also talk about the nature of manufactured controversy and we induct Grace Jones into the Goods from the Woods Hall of Fame! Follow Monika @MightyMonika on Twitter. Luke's at @LukeFJensen. Follow the What Did You Learn? Podcast @WDYLPod.  Song of the week this week: "Love is the Drug" by Grace Jones.  Follow the show @TheGoodsPod  Rivers is @RiversLangley  Dr. Pat is @PM_Reilly  Mr. Goodnight is @SepulvedaCowboy  Pick up a Goods from the Woods t-shirt at: http://prowrestlingtees.com/TheGoodsPod

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Opening Arguments - OA83: Law of the Fourth of July! (and Maajid Nawaz)

In this special holiday episode, Andrew and Thomas talk about fireworks law across the U.S.  Where can you go for a cherry-bombin' good time?  Listen and find out! First, however, we take a look at Maajid Nawaz's threatened lawsuit against the SPLC.  In the main segment, Andrew and Thomas figure out the best place to set off bottle rockets.  And after that, Andrew tackles another question from the patron-only Q&A mailbag. Finally, we end with the answer to Thomas (and Andrew Seidel) Take the Bar Exam Question #30 regarding cross-examination.  Will Thomas and the practicing lawyer get it wrong?   Listen and find out, and don't forget to play along by following our Twitter feed (@Openargs) and/or our Facebook Page and quoting the Tweet or Facebook Post that announces this episode along with your guess and reason(s)! Recent Appearances Andrew was a guest on Episode 14 of Habeas Humor, cracking lawyer-themed "yo mama" jokes.  Check it out! Show Notes & Links
  1. This is the SPLC's report on Maajid Nawaz labelling him an "anti-Muslim extremist."
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The Phil Ferguson Show - 219 The Ark (1 year old) & The Religious Studies Project

Interview with Jim G. Helton. He is a long time secular activist. He is having a 1 year anniversary protest of the Ark amusement Park. I will give a talk there.

Interview with Christopher R. Cotter. He is a member of "The Religious Studies Project" and co-author on several books about religion and secularism.

Investing Skeptically: Expected long term results of stocks and the value of re balancing.
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The Gist - The Incredible Eddie Izzard

Eddie Izzard once thought about playing piano for a living. He's done one professional show. It was in front of tens of thousands of people. That's because fans will watch the comedian do pretty much anything, from running marathons, to telling jokes in German. His new book is Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death and Jazz Chickens.

Also, we celebrate an unheralded date in history: July 3rd.

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The Gist - The Incredible Eddie Izzard

Eddie Izzard once thought about playing piano for a living. He’s done one professional show. It was in front of tens of thousands of people. That’s because fans will watch the comedian do pretty much anything, from running marathons, to telling jokes in German. His new book is Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death and Jazz Chickens. 

Also, we celebrate an unheralded date in history: July 3rd. 

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