Three friends discuss “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury, a creepy story about shockingly creepy children and their even more shockingly useless parents.

Plus lions.

https://ia601205.us.archive.org/24/items/NurseryCrimes/NurseryCrimes.mp3

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The story itself, as read by Leonard Nemoy

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A very timely Wired article: “Don’t Blame Social Media if Your Teen Is Unsocial. It’s Your Fault”

There’s even a music video! (Also the source of the above illustration)

One year after the initially-planned recording date, we finally get around to talking about the works of Ursula K. Le Guin–specifically, The Left Hand of Darkness and The Word for World is Forest.

https://ia601408.us.archive.org/1/items/TheLeftHandOfPodcasts/The%20Left%20Hand%20of%20Podcasts.mp3

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Enthusiastic Audiobooks strikes again, this time demonstrating that Ivanhoe (1820) by Sir Walter Scott does not lend itself well to reading out loud.  But by St. Dunstan, we try our hardest, and in the most obstreperous way we can!

https://ia801008.us.archive.org/19/items/EnthusiasticIvanhoe/Enthusiastic%20Ivanhoe.mp3

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Ivanhoe on Project Gutenberg

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Enthusiastic Audiobooks: Black Beauty

In a shocking turn of events, I appear as a guest on Marie’s podcast to compare our experiences in the world of higher education.

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Two podcasters enter.  One podcaster leaves.

In this eleventh episode, we discuss Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games trilogy, and ponder over the oddity of the Capitol’s urban planning.

https://ia801007.us.archive.org/17/items/beyondhungerdome_201309/Hunger%20Games%20Podcast.mp3

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An exciting new offering from One Last Sketch!

Tired of boring audiobook readings lacking the requisite enthusiasm for the work in question? Then look no further, for we now are now offering audiobooks read in ways guaranteed to continually capture your attention. Below is a small sampling of what is sure to be a highly successful enterprise: the first chapter of Black Beauty, as you’ve never heard it before.

https://ia801903.us.archive.org/31/items/BlackBeauty_201308/Black%20Beauty.mp3

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Black Beauty on Project Gutenberg

The Lizzie Bennet Diaries concluded this past Thursday, so naturally, Marie & I decided to babble about it.   How can two people who care not a whit for Jane Austen come to enjoy an adaptation of Pride and Prejudice so much?  Listen to find out!

https://ia601704.us.archive.org/5/items/michal598_hotmail_Eeee/Eeee.mp3

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A three-way discussion of Roger Zelazny’s Lord of Light, in which the fit really hits the Shan (tee hee hee). http://ia601608.us.archive.org/15/items/AndThenTheFitHitTheShan/TheFitHitTheShan.mp3 Download the Podcast Marie’s Blog Source of the incidental music

What, THIS scenario again?

And we complete our saga, by talking about Nazis, trench warfare, and the stupidity of some reptilian space invaders.

http://ia801605.us.archive.org/4/items/SteampunkAndAlternateHistoryPartTheSecondCurseYouTurtledove/AlternateHistory.mp3

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Today I’m joined by a special guest, Alasdair Czyrnyj.  Join us as we take to the skies on the back of a hydrogen-filled whale to discuss the perils of the steampunk genre.

http://ia601603.us.archive.org/5/items/SteampunkAndAlternateHistoryPartTheFirstSteampunkorama/Steampunkorama.mp3

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