In this episode, Kenneth and a special returning guest explore the spice-filled sands of the desert planet Arrakis to uncover the legend of Muad'Dib.

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In this episode, Kenneth and a special returning guest take flight and accompany Milkman Dead on an odyssey that could very well be the classic myth of our generation.

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In this episode, the "Crew of Light" recruits Kenneth to help them hunt down the most notorious vampire of all time, Dracula. Will the modern technology of the time give them enough of an advantage over Dracula to outsmart him and take him down once and for all?

It's the classic question. Which book do you prefer: Dracula or Frankenstein? Let me know by emailing [email protected] or follow the show on social media at https://www.facebook.com/bookblurbs19 or https://twitter.com/bookblurbs19. You can also leave a voice message at https://anchor.fm/bookblurbs.

In this double-header episode, Kenneth reflects on the two books that immediately follow the Book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament of the Roman Catholic Bible, the Book of Lamentations and the Book of Baruch. How are these books connected, what do they tell us about this part of Israel's history, and how can they speak to our faith lives today?

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In this episode, Kenneth breaks down the longest book of the Bible, the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah.

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In this episode, Kenneth is transported to the coastal Carolina marsh near the town of Barkley Cove, which is wrapped up in a murder mystery. Who could have killed the popular former star high school quarterback and left his body to rot in the swamp? Did the elusive, legendary marsh girl have anything to do with it?

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In this episode, Kenneth faces the anger, rage, and sadness of Ta-Nehisi Coates in the book that won him the National Book Award for Nonfiction, Between the World and Me. How does Coates explain what's going on with racism and police brutality in the United States to his teenage son?

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In this episode, Kenneth goes on the arduous journey from Mexico to the United States with a young mother, Lydia, and her eight-year-old son, Luca, fleeing for their lives from a dangerous cartel hellbent on capturing them before they make it to safety by crossing the border. Along the way, they will encounter all sorts of people. Can they be trusted, or are they agents of the cartel closing in on them? Are Lydia and Luca willing to make the sacrifices necessary to survive as they are tested to their ultimate limits, physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually?

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In this episode, Kenneth uncovers some truly unfathomable intelligence schemes and military plots that never made it off the drawing board. Synthetic goat poop that could defeat the Nazis? A tsunami bomb that could wreak havoc on Japan in World War II? Cigars laced with mind-altering drugs intended to take down Castro in Cuba? Yep, all that and more is detailed in this book!

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In this episode, Kenneth returns to Panem just in time for the 10th Annual Hunger Games and enters the mind of a young Coriolanus Snow. How will he rise to power and become the President Snow we know from the original trilogy, and what sacrifices will he have to make along the way?

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