Known As Belén

Known As Belén

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Known As Belén episodes

  • Thanksgiving in Spain
    Thanksgiving is one of my favorite American holidays. No matter where you are, even in the heart of Spain (and completely incapable of making green bean casserole), you can celebrate good food, friend, family, and the turning of the seasons. And usually with a truly ridiculous number of side dish options.
    8 min
  • Interview with Laura Rye - A Retrospective on Writing, Literature, and Friendship

    In this episode I interview the wonderful Laura Rye, my co-author with the A Monster by Any Other Name series, about literature, love of writing, loathing for depressing 20th Century literature, and the absurdity of choosing your life path at the age of 18. Note: This episode has a couple swears and a lot of passionate discussions of our literary hatreds. No books were harmed in the making of this podcast.

    The newest book in our A Monster By Any Other Name series, Fear, will be available December 1, 2022! You can learn more and pre-order here: https://books2read.com/fearfc 

    Also! I am now posting Starbound, an episodic love story about reaching for the stars, on Kindle Vella. First three episodes available to read for free here: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B0B24CZB9H

    42 min
  • WHAT DID YOU DO? Or, Three Authors I Have Stopped Reading Because of a Specific Plot Point
    What do Madeleine L’Engle, Kim Harrison, and Virginia Woolf have on common? Well, in addition to being excellent female writers they KILL people. Well, okay, just that one person/character but THEY WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE. Listen to me rant about Arm of the Starfish, For a Few Demons More, and To the Lighthouse while commenting on writing choices and my personal desires as a reader. Includes lots of passion, which means this one is probably less soothing than usual, and ALMOST a swear word. (I also mention Serenity, Children of Men, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Game of Thrones, and Rogue One).
    25 min
  • Joy, Joy, Joy (A Reflection on Church Music)

    There's a lot of bad church music in the world. I should know. I've been singing in choirs and cantoring for half my life, and sometimes I'm part of the problem, and sometimes part of the solution. But a retreat this last weekend left me with several ear worm songs and a reminder that, when done well, music can be a way to bring a community together and also praise the Lord. When we lift our voices together, that can be a little taste of heaven.

    Featuring "I've Got the Joy" a praise song by George W. Cooke and arranged and sung by me.

    17 min
  • Booyah! It's a Kermis!
    Summer is the season for church picnics. Labor Day Weekend, I ended up at the delightful Kermis Festival in Brussels WI. This is a very a very Belgian variety of the traditional church picnic, featuring some somewhat unique dishes.
    6 min
  • Destination: South Dakota
    When people ask me my favorite place to travel as a kid I usually say Las Vegas, but that’s just because THE ENTIRE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA just doesn’t have the same ring to it. This episode tells you my tourist traps, with a special thought about Wall Drug (that ridiculous triumph of advertising).
    16 min

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Stories about life and faith, opinions about books/movies/music, and hopefully a great deal of joy in a ridiculous world.