Story-Power

Ken was born and raised in a small town in California. He married and joined the Air Force after high school. The Air Force sent Ken to many far flung reaches of the planet, including Asia, South America, Europe, and the Middle-East. Ken has two children, both of whom are married and have made him a grandpa. He started writing short stories in high-school and just recently completed three one-act plays. He writes songs, performs in local theaters, and has a podcast called Ken Reads The Classics.

Ken Davis

Stories Discussed

Twelfth Night and Measure for Measure, William Shakespeare

"Peace on Earth", David Bowie and Bing Crosby

See How They Run, Philip King, playing at Sierra Vista Community Theatre through March 7, 2021

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, (2015 – 2019) Rachel Bloom, Creator

Our Town, Thornton Wilder at Buena High School in Sierra Vista, AZ

Sierra Vista Community Theatre

Lend Me A Tenor, Ken Ludwig

Open Stage Night at Bisbee Central School Project

Ken's Wanda play cycle

Littleton Gets A Hero: a play in one act (Wanda A. Round Series Book 1)

College Bound: a play in one act (Wanda A. Round Series Book 2)

Apparitions in Graves Theater: a play in one act (Wanda A. Round Series Book 3)

Samuel French Play Service

Three's Company (1976 – 1984) Don Nicholl, Creator

Tombstone, Arizona

Cochise Creative Writing Celebration Open Mic Night

Broxton Coffee, Sierra Vista, Arizona

Play in a Day

Bateau D' Mort, I was unable to find the play and playwright in any of the usual play service catalogues.

Ken Reads the Classics Podcast, Anchor.FM, Apple, Google

Moby Dick, Herman Melville

Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson

Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 – 2020) George Lucas, Creator, Dave Filoni, and multiple directors

Joseph Campbell – The Hero's Journey

The Mandalorian (2019 – ) Jon Favreau, Creator, multiple directors and screenwriters

Toy Story (1995) John Lasseter, Director, John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton, Original story

Dune (1984, 2021) Frank Herbert, Novel, David Lynch, Director and Screenwriter, Denis Villeneuve, Director, Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth, Screenwriters

Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry, Creator, multiple spin-offs and movies

The Lottery, Most possible version, Shirley Jackson

The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula Le Guin

Clive Cussler, Author, Dirk Pitt series, The NUMA Files series, Sam and Rami Fargo series.

Sahara, (2005) Breck Eisner, Director, Clive Cussler, Novel, Thomas Dean Donnelly, Joshua Oppenheimer, John C. Richards, James V. Hart, Screenwriters

She, King Solomon's Mines, H. Rider Haggard

James Michener, Author

Misery, The Stand, Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, Stephen King

"Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories." ~ Roger C. Schank, Cognitive Scientist

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My name is Roxanna McGinnis. I am a lifelong lover of stories, reader of anything, and current owner of Get Lit Books in Sierra Vista, AZ.

I was born and raised in a small town in Montana. My dream was to become a writer, but I got writer's block in college so instead I got a degree in English Literature from the University of Montana. After college I went to work as a 9-1-1 dispatcher for 13 years, then eventually left that for a second career designing and delivering training programs for corporate America. Owning a bookstore is my third career, and the one that makes me happiest!

I am married to David and we have raised three avid readers of our own who are now between the ages of 17 and 23.

We live in Sierra Vista with two of our children and a small menagerie of cats and dogs.

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Works Discussed

You've Got Mail (1998) Nora Ephron, Director, Nikolaus Laszio, Parfumerie, Play, Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, Screenwriters

The Shop Around the Corner (1940) Ernst Lubitsch, Director, Nilolaus Laszio, Parfumerie, Play, Samson Raphaelson, Screenwriter

Lucky Partners (1940) I think this is the movie I was referring to about the Aunt reading on the stool. Lewis Milestone, Director, Sacha Guitry, Adapted from the story "Bonne Chance", Allan Scott, John Van Cruten, George Haight, Edwin Justus Mayer, Lewis Milestone, Franz Schulz, Screenwriters

The Temeraire Series, Naomi Novik

The Cadfael Series, Ellis Peters

The Circle of Ceridwen Series, Octavia Randolph

Outlander Series, Diana Gabaldon

Game of Thrones Series, George R.R. Martin

The Hate U Give, Angie Thompson, Novel

The Children of Blood and Bone, Children of virtue and Vengeance, Tomi Adeyemi, Novels

Eleanor, David Michaelis, Biography

How the South Won the Civil War, Heather Cox Richardson, Historical Non-Fiction

The Little Golden Books

Old Mother Hubbard, Aurelius Battaglia

The Pokey Little Puppy, Janette Sebring Lowrey and Gustaf Tenggren

The Little Mommy, Sharon Kane

Raggedy Ann and Andy Series, Johnny Gruelle

Little House on the Prairie Series, Little House in the Big Woods, Laura Ingalls Wilder and Garth Williams

Seven Alone, original title, On to Oregon, Honore Morrow, Novel, (1974) Earl Bellamy, Director, Douglas C. Stewart, Eleanor Lamb, Screenwriters

Nancy Drew Book Series, Carolyn Keene

Agatha Christie Mysteries

Louis L'Amour, Last of the Breed, The Walking Drum

James Michener, Author

Hondo, Louis L'Amour, Novel, (1953) John Farrow, Director, James Edward Grant, Screenwriter

Still Life, Louise Penny, Novel

What Should I Read Next with Anne Bogel, Link to her website, Modern Mrs. Darcy

Anne Perry, Author of mysteries most notably the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt, and William Monk Series

Tana French, Author of mysteries most notably the Dublin Murder Squad Series

Story-Power episode 13 with Beth Orozco, "Celebration of Writing and Reading"

The Witch Elm, Tana French, Novel

Story-Power episodes 4 & 5 with Randy Murray, "Myths, Legends, and Complicated Writers, pt. 1"

The Space Between Time, Lucinda Sage-Midgorden, Novel @smashwords, iBooks, Amazon

Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Paterson, Novel, (1985) Eric Till, Director, Nancy Sackett, Screenwriter

Judy Bloom, Author of Are You There God? among others

Beverly Cleary, Author of the Ramona Series

The Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula Le Guin, Novel

The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien, Novel

The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco, Novel

Pillars of the Earth, World Without End, A Column of Fire, Ken Follett, Novels

Pope Joan, Donna Woolfolk Cross, Novel

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, Lisa See, also by her, Shanghai Girls, The Island of Sea Women, Novels

The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell, Robert Dugoni, Novel

Audio books to support your local Indy Bookstore, libro.fm

Ebooks to support your local Indy Bookstore, Hummingbird Digital Media

Physical books, bookshop.org to support your local Indy Bookstore

Get Lit Bookstore, Sierra Vista, Arizona @ www.getlitbooks.com

Audiobooks mentioned: The Christmas Carol, The Time Machine, Pride & Prejudice

Story-Power episode 15 with Celeste Sage-Tate and Arielle Tate, "Bridgerton and Beyond"

"Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories." ~ Roger C. Schank, Congnitive Scientist.

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I asked my sister Celeste Sage-Tate, and niece Arielle to be my guests today because all three of us love Period Dramas and Bridgerton is our new favorite. Spoiler and trigger alert, we have frank discussions of the sex scenes in Bridgerton This episode might not be for you, but there are plenty of other great episodes of Story~Power on this site for you to enjoy.

I have had the love of reading since 7th grade. I would spend hours after school just reading and seeing myself in the stories I read. I read many different genres. I do not limit myself. As a Life Coach I have read many books from Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, and Marianne Williamson.

A little about me: My name is Arielle Tate. I enjoy reading, writing, watching British period dramas (among other genres), ballet, and watching Discovery, Travel, and Science channels.

Arielle is modest and failed to write that she has received dual diplomas for high school and an AA degree General Studies with High Honors from Green River Community College this past Spring. She hopes to attend the University of Washington.

Bridgerton and Beyond

Bridgerton (2020) Chris Van Dusen, Creator, Julie Anne Robinson, Sherree Folkson, Alrick Riley, Directors, Julia Quinn, Novel, Abby McDonald, Joy C. Mitchell, Jess Borwnell, Sarah Dollard, Janet Lin, Screenwriters,

Belle (2013) Amma Asante, Director, Misan Sagay, Screenwriter

North & South Series (2004) Brian Percival, Director, Elizabeth Gaskell, Novel, Sandy Welch, Screenwriter

Barbara Cartland, Novelist (1901 – 2000) One of the best-selling authors of 723 romance novels, relative of Diana, Princess of Wales

The Reader (2008) Stephen Daldry, Bernhard Schlink, Novel, Der Vorleser, David Hare, Screenwriter

Outlander (2014 – ) Ronald D. Moore, Creator, Metin Hüseyin and 21 others, Directors, Diana Gabaldon, Novel series, Diana Gabaldon, Ronald D. Moore, Toni Graphia, Matthew B. Roberts, and 13 other, Screenwriters

Jane Eyre (1943, 1983, 1996, 2006, 2011, See Internet Movie Database for more details) Charlotte Bontë, Novel, (2011) Cary Joji Fukunaga, Director, Moira Buffini, Screenwriter

Downton Abbey (2010 – 2015) Brian Percival, David Evans, Philip John, Andy, Goddard, Catherine Morshead, Minkie Spiro, Brian Kelly, Michael Engler, and 6 more, Directors, Julian Fellows, Creator, Screenwriter, Tina Pepler, Shelagh Stephenson, Screenwriters

Emma ( 1996,1996, 2009, 2020) Diarmuid Lawrence, Director, Andrew Davies, Screenwriter (1996 TV Movie with Kate Beckinsale) Douglas McGrath, Director and Screenwriter (1996 with Gwyneth Paltrow), Jim O'Hanlon, Director, Sandy Welch, Screenwriter (2009) Autumn de Wilde, Director Eleanor Catton, Screenwriter, (2020)

Rebecca (1940, 1997, 2020) Alfred Hitchcock (1940) Director, Daphne Du Maurier, Novel, Robert E. Sherwood, Joan Harrison, Screenwriters, (1997) Jim O'Brien, Director, Arthur Hopcraft, Screenwriter, (2020) Ben Wheatley, Jane Goldman, Joe Shrapnel, Anna Waterhouse, Screenwriters

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018) Mike Newell, Director, Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, Novel, Don Roos, Kevin Hood, Thomas Bezucha, Screenwriters

Pride and Prejudice (1940, 1980, 1995, 2003, 2005) Those mentioned, (1940) Robert Z. Leonard, Director, Jane Austen, Novel, Aldous Huxley, Jane Murfin, and 5 others, Screenwriters, (1995 series) Simon Langton, Director, Andrew Davies, Screenwriter

Sylvie's Love (2020) Eugene Ashe, Director, Eugene Ashe, Screenwriter

A Raisin in the Sun (1959) Play by Lorraine Hansberry, Broadway run from March 11, 1959 – June 25, 1960, Philip Rose, Producer, Lloyd Richards, Director, Nominated for 4 Tony Awards, Movies (1961) Daniel Petrie, Director, Lorraine Hansberry, screenwriter, (2007) Kenny Leon, Director, Paris Qualies, Teleplay (American Playhouse Anthology Series (1980 – 1989)

Selma (2014) Ava DuVernay, Director, Paul Webb, Screenwriter

Malcolm X (1992) Spike Lee, Director, Alex Haley, Book "The Autobiography of Malcolm X", Arnold Perl, Screenwriter

The Bishop's Wife (1947) Henry Koster, Director, Robert Nathan, Novel, Robert E. Sherwood, Leonardo Bercovici, Screenwriters

Inside the Actor's Studio (1994 – ) 277 episodes, Interview Series, James Lipton, Creator, Jeff Wurtz, Rik Reinholdstsen, Lou Del Prete, Directors

Henry Granville, Artist, Lord Granville, Charles Henry Somerset (1792 – 1848)

Easy Virtue (1927) Silent, Alfred Hitchcock, Director, Noel Coward, Play and Screenwriter, (2008) Stephen Elliott, Director, Stephen Elliott, Sheridan Jobbins, Screenwriters

Sanditon (2019) Olly Blackburn, Lisa Clarke, Charles Sturridge, Directors, Jane Austen, Unfinished Novel, Andrew Davies, Justin Young, Harriet Creelman, Andrea Gibb, Screenwriters

Bones (2005 – 2017) 245 episodes, Ian Toynton and 53 others, Directors, Hart Hanson, Creator, Kathy Reichs, Novel and Screenwriter, Michael Peterson, and 51 other Screenwriters

Grantchester (2014 – ) 39 episodes, Tim Fywell and 11 others, Directors, James Runcie, Novels and Screenwriter, Daisy Coulam, Creator, John Jackson and 7 others, Screenwriters

Endeavour (2012 – ) 31 episodes, Colm McCarthy and 25 others, Directors, Colin Dexter and Russell Lewis, Screenwriters

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987 – 1994) 178 episodes, Gene Roddenberry, Creator, Cliff Bole and 37 others, Directors, Brannon Braga, and 150 others, Screenwriters

Lark Rise to Candleford (2008 – 2011) 40 episodes, Susan Tully and 12 others, Directors, Bill Gallagher, Creator and Screenwriter, plus 6 others

Casablanca (1942) Michael Curtiz, Julius J. Epstein and 5 others, Screenwriters

Wuthering Heights (1939, 1992, 1998, 2009, 2011) William Wyler, Director (1939), Emily Brontë, Novel, Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht, Screenwriters

LaVyrle Spencer, Novelist

The Mandalorian (2019 – ) 24 episodes, Rick Famyuiwa and 8 others, Directors, Jon Favreau, Creator and Screenwriter, George Lucas, Rick Famuyiwa, Dave Filoni, Christopher L. Yost, Screenwriters

Star Wars Movie Franchise, George Lucas, Creator

Dune (1984, 2000, 2021) David Lynch, Director (1984), Frank Herbert, Novel, David Lynch, Screenwriter, (2000) 3 episodes, John Harrison, Director and Screenwriter, (2021) Denis Villeneuve, Director, Jon Spaihits, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth, Screenwriters

"Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories." ~ Roger C. Schank, Congnitive Scientist

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Alex Felton (she/her) is a lifelong reader & lover of stories whether in book, TV, film, or radio forms. From childhood, reading or being read to has been a favorite past time. She believes in the power of stories to help us relate to each other as humans and better understand the other person's point of view–plus, they're just so much fun. Alex works as a college librarian & enjoys reading (of course), sci-fi, British mysteries, cooking, pottery, & being crafty.

Cochise College

The Empty Bowls Project

The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, The Tale of Two Bad Mice, Beatrice Potter

The Chronicles of Narnia, C. S. Lewis

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977) George Lucas, Director and Screenwriter

Centennial (1978 – 79) Virgil W. Vogel, Paul Krasny, Harry Falk, Directors, John Wilder, Creator, James A. Michener, Novel, Charles Larson, Jerry Ziegman, Screenwriters

Shogun (1980) Jerry London, Director, James Clavell, Novel, Eric Bercovici, Screenwriter

Hawaii, (1966) George Roy Hill, Director, James A. Michener, Novel, Dalton Trumbo and Daniel Taradash, Screenwriters

Caravans: A Novel of Afghanistan, James A. Michener (1978) James Fargo, Director, Nancy Voyles Crawford, Thomas A. McMahon, Lorraine Williams, Screenwriters

Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Brothers Grimm

Terri Windling Anthology series

Snow White, Blood Red (Vol. 1) Various Authors

Black Thorn, White Rose (Vol. 2) Various Authors

The Bridges of Madison County, (1995) Clint Eastwood, Director, Robert James Waller, Novel, Richard LaGravenses, Screenwriter

Dune, (1984, 2000 – Miniseries, Expected 2021) Frank Herbert, Novel, David Lynch, Director and Screenwriter (1984) John Harrison, Director and Screenwriter, (2000), Denis Villanueve, Director (2021) Jon Spalhts, Denis Villanueva, Eric Roth, Screenwriters

The Wrinkle in Time, (2003, 2018) John Kent Harrison (2003) Madeleine L'Engle, Novel, (Newberry Award Winner) Susan Shiliday, Screenwriter, Ava DuVernay, Director, Jennifer Lee, Jeff Stockwell, Screenwriters

Also by Madeleine L'Engle, Ring of Endless Light, Many Waters

The Magical World of Disney (1954 – 1997) The Wonderful World of Disney (1995 – 2005)

Baby Island, Carol Ryrie Brink, (1967 Scholastic Book Service) Aladdin, Reissue Edition (October 31, 1993)

Star Trek: The Next Generation (Series,1987 – 1994) Gene Roddenberry, Creator

UTU (Black Metal Band, New Zealand, 2015 – ?)

The Matrix (1999) Lana and Lilly Wachowski, as the Wachowski Brothers, Directors and Screenwriters

Star Trek: The Original Series (1966 – 1969) Gene Roddenberry, Creator

Star Trek: Discovery (2017 – ) Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman, Creators

Star Trek: Picard (2020 – ) Kristen Beyer, Michael Chabon, Akiva Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman, Creators

The Last Star Fighter (1984) Nick Castle, Director, Jonathan R. Betuel, Screenwriter

Flight of the Navigator (1986) Randal Kleiser, Director, Mark H. Baker, Story, Michael Burton, Phil Joanou, Screenwriters

Now Voyager (1942) Irving Rapper, Director, Olive Higgins Prouty, Novel, Casey Robinson, Screenwriter

Best Years of Our Lives (1946) William Wyler, Director, MacKinlay Kantor, Novel, Robert E. Sherwood, Screenwriter

The Philadelphia Story (1940) George Cukor, Philip Barry, Play, Donald Ogden Stewart, Screenwriter, Contributing Writer, Waldo Salt

Laura (1944) Otto Preminger, Director, Vera Caspary, Novel, Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, Elizabeth Reinhardt, Screenwriters

Rebecca (1940, 1997- Miniseries, 2020) Alfred Hitchcock, Director (1940) Daphne Du Maurier, Novel, Robert E. Sherwood, Joan Harrison, Screenwriters, Jim O'Brien, Director (1997), Arthur Hopcraft, Screenwriter, Ben Wheatley, Director (2020) Jane Goldman, Joe Shrapnel, Anna Waterhouse, Screenwriters

Other Alfred Hitchcock films

Psycho (1960) Robert Bloch, Novel, Joseph Stefano, Screenwriter

Spellbound (1945) Suggested by Francis Beeding novel, The House of Dr. Edwardes, Ben Hecht, Screenwriter

Gregory Peck, Actor (1916 – 2003)

Ingrid Bergman, Actor (1915 – 1982)

Joseph Cotton, Actor (1905 – 1994)

Jennifer Jones, Actor (1919 – 2009)

Duel in the Sun (1946) King Vidor, Main Director, Suggested by a story by Niven Busch, David O. Selznick, Screenwriter

Gaslight (1944) George Cukor, Director, Patrick Hamilton, Play Angel Street, John Van Druten, Walter Reisch, John L. Blderston, Screenwriters

Shadow of a Doubt (1943) Alfred Hitchcock, Director, Original story by Gordon McDonell, Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson, Alma Reville, Screenwriters

Richard Widmark Actor (1914 – 2008)

My Pal Gus (1952) Robert Parrish, Director, Fay Kanin, Michael, Kanin, Screenwriters

Cold Sassy Tree (1989 TV movie) Joan Tewkesbury, Director and Screenwriter, Olive Ann Burns, Novel, Karen Croner, Adaptation

Panic in the Streets (1950) Elia Kazan Director, Richard Murphy Screenwriter, and four others

Blockbuster Video Stores, now defunct. See Captain Marvel or The Holiday for reference.

My Man Godfrey (1936) Gregory La Cava, Director, Eric Hatch, Novel, Morrie Ryskind, Eric Hatch, Screenwriters

Carole Lombard, Actor (1908 – 1942)

William Powell, Actor (1892 – 1984)

In Name Only (1939) John Cromwell, Director, Bessie Breuer, Novel, Richard Sherman, Screenwriter

Cary Grant (1904 – 1986)

Indiscreet (1958) Stanley Donen, Director, Norman Krasna, Play, Kind Sir, Norman Krasna, Screenwriter

Notorious (1946) Alfred Hitchcock, Director, John Taintor Foote, Story "The Song of the Dragon", Ben Hecht, Screenwriter, Clifford Odets, dialogue contributor

North by Northwest (1959) Alfred Hitchcock, Director, Ernest Lehman, Screenwriter

The Guns of Navarone (1960) J. Lee Thompson Director, Alistair MacLean, Novel, Carl Foreman screenplay

Twelve O'Clock High (1949) Henry King, Director, Beirne Lay, Jr., Novel, Sy Bartlett, Beirne Lay, Jr. Screenwriters

The Beatles (Need no introduction)

Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (1962 – 1969)

Imagination Theatre in Placerville, California Facebook Page

Annie, Thomas Meehan, Playwright, Charles Strouse, Composer, Original production opened in 1977 at the Alvin Theatre (Now the Neil Simon Theatre) in New York City. It ran for nearly six years

The Music Man, (1957) Broadway play run 1,375 performances winning five Tony Awards, Music and Lyrics by Meredith Wilson, Book by Meredith Wilson and Franklin Lacey. Movie, (1962) Morton DaCosta, Director, Marion Hargrove, Screenwriter

Les Miserable Victor Hugo, Novel, (Musical) Claude-Michel Schönberg, Music, Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel (Original French Lyrics), Herbert Kretzmer (English Lyrics) Paris production, 1980 Robert Hossein, Director, London production, Cameron Mackintosh, Producer, Movie adaptations, (1952) Non-Musical, Lewis Milestone, Director, Richard Murphy, Screenwriter, (1978) Non-Musical, Glenn Jordan, Director, John Gay, Screenwriter

Alice in Wonderland First musical production, London (1886 with too many subsequent productions to list here) Movie productions (1933, 1951, 1966, 1985, 1999, 2010)

Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain, Novel, Roger Miller, Music, William Hauptman, Book Broadway productions (1985, 2003) U.S. Tour (2004)

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare

The Circle of Ceridwen series, Octavia Randolph

The Cadfael series, Ellis Peters

The Water Dancer, Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas

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Celebration of Writing and Reading

Beth Orozco has been a resident of the Southwest for many years, though she grew up in Wisconsin. She currently lives on a ranch and still teaches at Cochise College as well at University of Arizona South. She continues to be the guiding force behind both the Cochise Creative Writing Celebration and the Open Mic night sponsored by the Writing Celebration and her Facebook group, I Love My Border Town. Beth is a writer and avid reader. The link for her blog is below in the show notes.

Beth Orozco

Cochise Creative Writer's Celebration

I Love My Border Town a private group on FaceBook

Cochise Creative Writer's Celebration Open Mic Night in Sierra Vista and Portal, AZ

Sierra Vista Public Library

Tequila Highway unpublished manuscript by Beth Orozco (Available on her blog. See below)

Still Life, Louise Penny

Tara French, Mystery author, The Searcher: A Novel, In the Woods: A Novel

Pat Conroy, author, The Great Santini, The Prince of Tides

Barbara Kingsolver, author, Unsheltered: A Novel, The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel

The Circle of Ceridwen series, Octavia Randolph

The Circle of Ceridwen Cookery Book (let) on her website, or at Amazon or Barnes and Noble

Beth's blog, "Where Southwest Is Served Up Spicy"

Downton Abbey (2010 – 2015) Julian Fellows (creator and writer) Available on Amazon Prime

Dr. Thorne, novel by Anthony Trollope, series (2016) Niall MacCormick, director, Available on Amazon Prime

Julian Fellows, Gosford Park (2001), writer, Robert Altman, director

"Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories." ~ Roger C. Schank, Cognitive Scientist

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In this episode I talked with twelve of my family members. Many of us had the same favorites. I left the various comments in because we had different reasons for liking the book, movie, or story.

At the beginning of each segment, I introduce who I'm talking with. I hope this episode brings a little holiday cheer into your life, and helps you remember fond Christmas memories of your own.

Merry Christmas from the Sage, Midgorden, and Tate families.

Sleepless in Seattle (1993) Director, Nora Ephron, Story, Jeff Arch, Screenplay, Nora Ephron David S. Ward and Jeff Arch

A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) Animated, Written by Charles Schultz based on his comic strip

How The Grinch Stole Christmas (1966) Animated, Directors, Chuck Jones and Ben Washam, Book by Dr. Seuss, Additional story, Irv Spector, Bob Ogle

Miracle on 34th Street (1947) Director and Screenplay, George Seaton (1994) Director, Les Mayfield, Screenplay based on story by Valentine Davies, Screenplay by George Seaton, New Screenplay, John Hughes

The Bishop's Wife (1947) Director, Henry Koster, Novel, Robert Nathan, Screenplay, Robert E. Sherwood and four others

November Christmas (2010) Director, Robert Harmon, Short Story, Greg Coppa, Teleplay, P'Nenah Goldstein

Fallen Angel (2003) Director, Michael Switzer, Novel and Teleplay, Don J. Snyder

Auntie Mame (1958) Novel, Auntie Mame, Patrick Dennis, Non-Musical, Director, Morton DaCosta, Screenplay, Betty Comden and two others

Mame (1974) Musical, Director, Gene Saks, Jerome Lawrence, and Robert E. Lee, Jerry Herman (Broadway Musical), Screenwriter, Paul Zindel

Christmas in Connecticut (1945) Director, Peter Godfrey, Screenplay, Lionel Houser and two others

The Holiday (2006) Director, Nancy Meyers, Screenplay, Nancy Meyers

While You Were Sleeping (1995) Director, Jon Turteltaub, Screenplay, Daniel G. Sullivan and Fredric LeBow

The Other Wise Man by Henry Van Dyke

Holiday Inn (1942) Director, Mark Sandirich, Screeplay, Claude Binyon and six others

White Christmas (1954) Director, Michael Curtiz, Screenplay, Norman Krasna, Norman Panama, and Melvin Frank

A Christmas Carol, Novel, Charles Dickens, TV movie with George C. Scott (1984) Director, Clive Donner, Screenplay, Roger O. Hirson

The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) Director, Brian Henson, Novel, Charles Dickens, Screenplay, Jerry Juhl

The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017) Director, Bharat Nalluri, Novel, Les Standiford, Screenplay, Susan Coyle

More versions of A Christmas Carol with Patrick Stewart Director, David Jones (1999), Jim Carrey Movie (2009) Director, Robert Zemeckis

"Christmas Eve in a Mining Camp", original story

A Christmas Story (1983) Director, Bob Clark, Screenplay, Jean Shepherd (based on her novel In God We Trust) and Leigh Brown

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Book, Barbara Robinson (1983) Director, George Schaefer, Screenplay, Barbara Robinson

Mrs. Miracle, novel by Debbie Macomber Movie, (2009) Director, Michael M. Scott, Teleplay, David Golden

Home Alone (1990) Director, Chris Columbus, Screenplay, John Hughes

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) Director Jim Sharman Original play, Richard O'Brien, Screenplay, Jim Sharman, Richard O'Brien

Christmas with the Kranks (2004) Novel, Skipping Christmas John Grisham, Director, Joe Roth, Screenplay Chris Columbus

Remember the Night (1940) Director, Mitchell Leisen, Original Screenplay, Preston Sturges

We're No Angels (1955) Director, Michael Curtiz, Play, Albert Husson,"La Cuisine Des Anges", Screenplay, Ranald MacDougall

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (2008) Director, Michael M. Scott, Screenplay, Bruce Graham

The Nutcracker (1977) TV adaptation with Mikhail Baryshnikov

It's A Wonderful Life (1946) Director, Frank Capra, Screenplay, Frances Goodrich and five others

Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer (1964) Director, Larry Roemer, Written, Romeo Muller, Story, Robert May and Johnny Marks

Santa Claus is Comin' to Town (1970) Director, Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr. Teleplay, Romeo Muller

The Santa Clause (1994) Director, John Pasquin, Screenplay, Leo Benvenuti, Steve Rudnick

The Christmas Chronicles (2018) Director, Clay Kaytis, Screenplay, Matt Lieberman

Die Hard (1988) Director John McTiernan, Novel, Nothing Lasts Forever, Roderick Thorp, Screenplay, Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza

Christmas in the Movies: 30 Classics to Celebrate the Season, Jeremy Arnold, Turner Classic Movies

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A little about me: My name is Arielle Tate. I enjoy reading, writing, watching British period dramas (among other genres), ballet, and watching Discovery, Travel, and Science channels.

Arielle is modest and failed to write that she has received dual diplomas for high school and an AA degree General Studies with High Honors from Green River Community College this past Spring. She hopes to attend the University of Washington.

The Magic Tree House book series, Mary Pope Osborne

The Percy Jackson series, Novels, Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, (2010) Screenplay, Craig Titley, Director, Chris columbus

The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick

Hugo, (2011) Screenplay, John Logan, Director, Martin Scorsese

Wonderstruck, Novel, Brian Selznick, (2017) Screenplay, Brian Selznick, Director, Todd Haynes

Georges Méliès, December 8, 1861 – January 21, 1938, First Movie maker most famous for A Trip to the Moon (1902) and The Impossible Voyage (1904)

Harry Potter series, J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince, (2009) Screenplay, Steve Kloves, Director, David Yates

Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Pt. 1 (2010) Screenplay, Steve Kloves, Director, David Yates, Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Pt. 2 (2011) Screenplay, Steve Kloves, Director, David Yates

The All Souls Trilogy, Novels Deborah Harkness, (2018 – ) A Discovery of Witches series, Screenwriters, Deborah Harkness, Kaate Brooke, Sarah Dollard, Charlene James, Tom Farrelly, Directors, Alice Troughton, Sarah Walker, Juan Carlos Medina, Farren Blackburn

The Hate U Give, Novel, Angie Thomas, (2018) Movie, Screenplay, Audrey Wells, Director, George Tillman Jr.

John Green, author, Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Turtles All the Way Down

Night, Dawn, and Day, Elie Wiesel

To Kill A Mockingbird, Novel, Harper Lee, (1962), Movie, Screenplay, Horton Foote, Director, Robert Mulligan

Roots, Novel, Alex Haley, (1977) Miniseries, Screenwriters, Alex Haley, James Lee and three others, Directors, Marvin J. Chomsky and three others

Shogun, Novel, James Clavell, (1980) Miniseries, Screenwriters, Eric Bercovici and James Clavell

Noble House, James Clavell, (1988) Miniseries, Screenwriters, Eric Bercovici and James Clavell, Director, Gary Nelson

Children of Blood and Bone, Tomi Adeyemi

Children of Virtue and Vengeance, Tomi Adeyemi

Pride of Prejudice, Novel, Jane Austen, There are many versions of this story from the 1940 Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier version to my favorite, (1995) Miniseries, Screenwriter, Andrew Davies, Director, Simon Langton

Jane Eyre, Novel, Charlotte Brontë, There are many film versions of this story from the 1943 Orson Welles version to my favorite, (2006) Miniseries, Screenwriter, Sandy Welch, Director, Susanna White

Little Doritt, Novel, Charles Dickens, (2008) Miniseries, Screenwriter, Andrew Davies, Directors, Adam Smith, Dearbhla Walsh, Diarmuid Lawrence

Bleak House, Novel, Charles Dickens, (2005) Miniseries, Screenwriter, Andrew Davies, Directors, Justin Chadwick and Susanna White

North and South, Novel, Elizabeth Gaskell, (2004) Miniseries, Screenwriter, Sandy Welch, Director, Brian Percival

Susan Glaspell, playwright and author

Cranford, Novel, Elizabeth Gaskell, (2007 – 2010) Series, Creators and Screenwriters, Sue Birtwistle and Susie Conklin, Directors, Simon Curtis and Steve Hudson

Gosford Park, (2001), Screenwriter, Julian Fellowes, Director, Robert Altman

Downton Abbey, (2010 – 2015), Series, Creator, Julian Fellowes, Director, Brian Percival and thirteen others

Dr. Thorne, Novel, Anthony Trollope, (2016) Miniseries, Screenplay, Julian Fellowes, Director, Niail MacCormick

Middlemarch, Novel, George Eliot, (1994) Miniseries, Screenplay, Andrew Davies, Director, Anthony Page

Daniel Deronda, Novel, George Eliot, (2002) Miniseries, Screenplay, Andrew Davies, Director, Tom Hooper

A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens

The Works of William Shakespeare

Great Expectations, Charles Dickens

Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens, Oliver, (1968) Book, music, and lyrics, Lionel Bart, Screenplay, Vernon Harris, Director, Carol Reed

The Witcher Stories, Andrzej Sapkowski

His Majesty's Dragon, The Temeraire Series,Naomi Novik

Uprooted, Naomi Novik

Spinning Silver, Naomi Novik

The Bear and the Nightingale, Katherine Arden

The Girl in the Tower, Katherine Arden

The Winter of the Witch, Katherine Arden

The Circle of Ceridwen series, Octavia Randolph

"Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories." ~ Roger C. Schank, Cognitive Scientist

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Personally, I would describe myself with a bunch of "m's" … mom, musical, marketing, minister, with many sisters (4). I have two grown, married sons, one of whom will welcome my first grandchild into the family this November! I am engaged to Tim Stuber, and I know I'm incredibly lucky to have found the depth of love and devotion that we have for one another at this point in our lives. I've owned my consulting business since 1989, and I've owned a total of 6 businesses over the years (usually running at least two concurrently). As a consultant, I assist small nonprofit companies as they seek to increase their ability to provide services by developing their fund development, strategic planning, organizational structure, and brand management efforts.

Since I recorded this episode back in early July, Marjie and Tim set their wedding date for November 28, just a few days after this episode airs. Her new name is Marjie Siegfried Stuber. Congratulations to them both.

Marjie Siegfried Stuber's business: Forte Marketing and Public Relations, Inc. LinkedIn Profile at Marjie Siegfried Foster.

Dolly Levi from Hello Dolly, (1969) Book for stage play, Michael Stewart based on the play, The Matchmaker, Thornton Wilder. Screenwriter, Ernest Lehman, Composers, Lennie Hayton and Lionel Newman, Movie Director, Gene Kelly

Nancy Drew Mysteries, Carolyn Keene

Beaker Street Radio Show with Clyde Clifford

Phantom of the Opera, Book, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe, Screenplay, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Joel Schumacher, based on the novel, Le Fantôme de L'Opéra, Gaston Leroux, Composer, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics by Charles Hart

Love Never Dies, (2009) Composer, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics by Glenn Slater, Book by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ben Elton, Frederick Forsyth and Glenn Slater

South Pacific, (1958, movie) Stage play by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, Screenwriter, Paul Osborn, Movie Director, Joshua Logan

My Fair Lady, (Book for play and screenplay), Alan Jay Lerner based on the play Pygmalion, by George Bernard Shaw, Music, Frederick Loewe, Movie Director, George Cukor

Pygmalion, (1912)George Bernard Shaw

Cinderella, (1957, TV movie) Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II

The Equalizer (2014) Based on the TV series created by Michael Sloan and Richard Lindheim, Screenplay by Richard Wenk, Director, Antoine Fugua

Fiddler On The Roof (1971) Based on stories by Sholem Aleichem, Stage Play and screenplay, Joseph Stein, Movie director, Norman Jewison

Oklahoma, (1955, movie) Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II,

"You've Got to Be Carefully Taught", song from South Pacific

"The Sadder But Wiser Girl for Me", song from The Music Man

1776 ( 1969 Broadway, 1972, Movie) Book, Peter Stone, Music and Lyrics, Sherman Edwards, Movie Director, Peter H. Hunt, Songs discussed, "Cool, Cool, Considerate Men", "Molasses to Rum"

The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas

Rifles for Waite, Harold Keith

Little House on The Prairie series, Laura Ingalls Wilder

Dave's Song, Robert McKay

The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd

Cold Sassy Tree, Olive Ann Burns

LaVyrle Spencer books, e.g. Morning Glory, Fulfillment, Bitter Sweet

Children of Blood and Bone, Tomi Adeyemi

Jane Austen, author

Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë

Middlemarch, George Eliot

Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell

Blowout, Rachel Maddow

Becoming, Michelle Obama

Hamilton, (Play first performance 2013, Movie, 2020 available on Disney +) Book, Lin-Manuel Miranda, inspired by the book of the same title by Ron Chernow, Music and Lyrics, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Movie Director, Thomas Kail

"Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories." ~ Roger C. Schank, Cognitive Scientist

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My guest today, Trevor Valenzuela, is another former student of mine. As with most of the other students, we met when he took the acting I class. We have an extra connection through podcasting. He knows a lot about movies and it was fun talking with him about our mutual love of them. As you can see by his photo, Trevor has a sense of humor.

Trevor Valenzuela is an amateur filmmaker and podcaster from Sierra Vista, AZ. When not creating, he spends his free time consuming stories however he can, usually through games, comics, and movies.

Podcasts

Caps off With John and Trevor

Tell 'Em Steve-Dave

What Say You?

What Should I Read Next episode 256 with Anne Bogel

The Incomparable

Movies and TV

Impractical Jokers (2011 – present) Screenwriters, James Easter Bradford and 6 others, Directors, Andrew Hood and 9 others

View Eskew Productions

Bam! Foreign Espionage! Video short by Trevor and his friends

Clerks (1994) Written and Directed by Kevin Smith

Jurassic Park (1993) Written by Michael Crichton and David Koepp, Director Steven Spielberg

The Wizard of Oz (1939) Main Screenwriter, Noel Langley, Main Director, Victor Fleming

Spider-Man ( 2002) Screenwriters, Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, David Koepp, Director, Sam Raimi

X-Men (2000) Screenwriters, Tom DeSanto, Bryan Singer, David Hayter, Director, Bryan Singer

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) Screenwriters, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, Director, Joe Johnston

The Flash (2014 – present) Creator and screenwriter, Greg Berlanti

Superman (1978) Screenplay, Mario Puzo, Director, Richard Donner

Chasing Amy (1997) Written and Directed by Kevin Smith

The Hate U Give Novel, Angie Thomas, Screenplay by Audrey Wells, Director, George Tillman Jr.

Trainspotting (1996) Novel, Irvine Welsh, Screenplay, John Hodge, Director, Danny Boyle

Big Fish (2003) Novel by Daniel Wallace, Screenplay, John August, Director, Tim Burton

Now, Voyager (1942) Novel, Olive Higgins Prouty, Screenplay, Casey Robinson, Director, Irving Rapper

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) Novel, MacKinlay Kantor, Screenplay, Robert E. Sherwood, Director William Wyler

The Razor's Edge (1946) Novel, W. Somerset Maugham, Screenplay Lamar Trotti, Director, Edmund Goulding

Jojo Rabbit (2019) Novel Caging Skies, Christine Leunens, Screenplay, Taika Waititi, Director, Taika Waititi

The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019) Screenplay, Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz, Directors, Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz

Thor: Ragnarok (2017) Screenplay, Eric Pearson and 8 others, Director, Taika Waititi

Notorious (1946) Screenplay, Ben Hecht, Alfred Hitchcock, Director, Alfred Hitchcock

Casablanca (1942) Screenplay, Julius J. Epstein and 5 others, Director, Michael Curtiz

Sliding Doors (1998) Screenplay and Director, Peter Howitt

Gun Shy (2000) Screenplay and Director, Eric Blakeney

"Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories." ~ Roger C. Schank, Cognitive Scientist

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When Gabe and I met is a little unclear to us. It was most likely during a meeting with the Cochise Art Club. I was trying to dig up students to audition for Measure for Measure that I was planning on directing during the Spring semester 2018. I had seen him act in The Glass Menagerie at a local community theatre and thought he would be perfect to play Angelo the play's villain. I was extremely happy that he decided to audition. I hope you enjoy my conversation with him as much as I did.

Gabe grew up in Honduras until he was in second grade. The family moved to Sierra Vista, Arizona where he lives still.

Because of his father's stories, Gabe became attached to storytelling. He attended Northern Arizona University studying film. He is now a Brazilian American Actor working in productions in Tucson, Bisbee, and Sierra Vista. He was also an actor in the Tombstone, Arizona reenactments of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral for a time. Gabe also performs with the Whiz Bang Chick'n Plucked Skiffle Band, a local group in which he plays the tub base. When the pandemic is over, he plans to go back to acting and playing in the band.

Stories We Discussed

Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare

The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

Beakman's World TV series (1992 – 1997)

The Walking Dead TV series (2010 – present) Created by Robert Kirkman

Storytelling programs you might be interested in: Maricopa Community College, East Tennessee State University, South Mountain Community College, School of Storytelling at Emerson College. These are just a few programs available.

Chris Rock – Comedian

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones Directors

Tombstone City Live reenactment of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

The Mouse Trap by Agatha Christie

The Yellow Trailer Musical, by Rachel Sky Performed April 14 2019 in Bisbee, Arizona

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

His Majesty's Dragon, book one of The Temeraire Series by Naomi Novik

"Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories." ~ Roger C. Schank, Cognitive Scientist

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