And Thereby Hangs A Tale

By Adam ClarkeSociety & Culture Documentary

And Thereby Hangs A Tale episodes

October 31, 2018 12. Bill’s Intense Feeling of Wrongness.
Crime reporter Bill Dunphy
(Hamilton Spectator, Toronto Sun) tells Adam of a murder, but that’s only one
part of the story. This month’s tale is about two lives lost, the police who
fail the mentally ill, and how stories like this just keep happening.
Show Notes.
Bill’s Twitter.
Three days prior to recording this episode, Quinn MacDougall was killed by
Hamilton police.
The death of Sammy
Yatim.
The death of Michael
Eligon.
“Mentally Ill People Need to be Calmed Down, Not Shot” - André Picard, The
Globe & Mail.
47 min
September 30, 2018 11. Beth Birthed.
Adam’s It’s Just A Show co-host Dr. Beth
swings by Thereby to talk about motherhood, teen snobbery, and doula pregnancy
coaches.
1 hr 27 min
August 31, 2018 10. Mikaela Is a One-Woman Dynamo.
Actor-producer Mikaela Dyke sits down
with Adam to discuss the conception and production of her one-woman show,
Dying Hard.
Show Notes.
Mikaela’s official site.
Mikaela’s Twitter.
Sight Unseen can be seen for free via Ross
Turnbull’s vimeo.
Good Morning Tonight on
Facebook and
Twitter.
Want to hear more from Mikaela? Check out her episode of This Is Your
Mixtape.
34 min
July 31, 2018 9. Seamus Got Busy Livin’.
Author Seamus Heffernan (Napalm
Hearts) swings by Thereby to tell Adam about post-divorce life and how it fuelled him to write his novel.
Show Notes.
Seamus’s official site.
28 min
June 29, 2018 8. Juanita Wrestles Romance and the Woman Always Wins.
Author Juanita Critch (In the Boss’ Bed, Eye
of the Beholder) tells Adam how she got her start as
an author by writing romance. Wrestling romance fanfic. Specifically, Dwayne
“The Rock” Johnson wrestling romance fanfic. She tells Adam about writing, not
writing, fandom, and the importance of reading something fun.
Show Notes.
Find Juanita’s books on Amazon.
Juanita on Twitter.
Juanita’s official website.
Juanita via Harlequin’s official
site.
Juanita on
Goodreads.
Juanita on This Is Your Mixtape.
37 min
May 31, 2018 7. Sarah Put Dave on Ice.
She’s a comedian. She’s a painter. She’s a cartoonist. She’s Sarah
Walsh and she can’t wait to tell you why
she has a guinea pig in her freezer. Plus, Adam has two movie recommendations
on the topic of dead pets. Not as depressing as it sounds!
Show Notes.
Kiddo via Sarah Walsh’s Tumblr. A
collection comics, paintings, and blog posts.
Kiddo on Facebook.
Gates Of Heaven.
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe. [Amazon Prime.]
25 min
April 30, 2018 6. Jordan Was a Pumpkinhead.
Comedian and podcaster Jordan
Scherer joins Adam to tell a few
stories about how being a cringey youth caused him to make a girl cry, insult
anyone who wasn’t an atheist, and use middle fingers with wild abandon. Adam,
no stranger to a cringey past, prefaces Jordan’s stories with some awful
behaviour of his own, all in the name of being funny. Join them on this
month’s Thereby to hear about the weird need to be “on” all the time when you
develop a sense of humour, and about religion, Pumpkinheads, and being pro-life by accident.
Show Notes.
Jordan, a prolific podcaster, started a new podcast between the recording and
release of this episode: Crapitalism.
Jordan’s other available podcast, Pantless Prose.
Jordan’s Twitter.
Pumpkinhead.
27 min
March 30, 2018 5. Jessica Is Not “Spiritual”.
Jessica Ritchey (critic and essayist
for rogerebert.com), tells us of growing up as a
Jehovah’s Witness in North Carolina, the pains of disfellowshipping, and how
Big Bird became her God-killer.
Show Notes.
Jessica regularly writes for
rogerebert.com.
Jessica’s on Twitter.
“Why Disfellowshipping Is A Loving
Provision.”
How Do Jehovah’s Witnesses View Divorce?
Don’t Eat The
Pictures ℅ The Muppet
Wiki.
Follow That Bird ℅ The Muppet
Wiki.
21 min
February 28, 2018 4. Matthew Was Seduced.
Picking up from last episode, Matthew Esteves tells us about his experiences with Pick-Up Artists, why “the seduction community” is the absolute worst, and using his Thought Slime YouTube channel to reach men who could potentially be suckered in by PUAs. Plus, why YouTubers use cartoon avatars, reactions to Thought Slime videos on PUAs and Political Correctness, and the ethics of dunking.
28 min
January 30, 2018 3. Matthew Quit.
Matthew Esteves tells the amazing true story of how quitting something that defined him turned him into a Thought Slime. Adam met Matthew when they were doing stand-up comedy, something they both quit upon moving to Ontario. Matthew tells us of his final panicky night onstage and the projects he tried (and abandoned) before creating his Thought Slime Youtube channel.
42 min