The Broken Shelf

The Broken Shelf

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  • The Broken Shelf 131: Omamori Himari Volume One
    [Warning] This episode contains explicit language and explicit themes. Listener discretion is advised.
    Thanks to Spangar for introducing comic books it was only a matter of time before Danny was allowed to break his silence on the manga genre. He goes through his history and introduction to the media and why his love for the Japanese product is a little more conflicting than his other loves. He then goes through his history with the review material and why it was so important to the person he was at the time and why he can't wait to challenge himself with a return to the product. Not only an engaging look at the genre, but also a conversation on art and chapter structure, Danny doesn't let his nostalgia blind him but also he can praise the mangaka for the talent he once misunderstood. A nice introspective at something that means something totally different in a genre he has long wanted to explore.
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    ~Credits~
    Original cover art for Sound Cloud image copied from Yen-press.com at https://yenpress.com/9780759531796/omamori-himari-vol-1/
    Original cover art for Sound Cloud owned by Milan Mantra, Yen-Press, Hope Donovan, Hachette Book Group, Fujimishobo Co. Kadokawa Shoten Publishing, and Tuttle-Mori Agency.
    Original "The Broken Shelf" symbol created and published by Danny Archive.
    New "The Broken Shelf" symbol created by CMart Graphics - follow IG @cmartgraphics
    Music - "The High Line"
    Artist - Causmic
    Provided free from YouTube Audio Library
    Podcast edited by Danny Archive using Audacity.
    Download Audacity here: https://www.audacityteam.org/
    This podcast is fair use under U.S. copyright law because it is (1) transformative in nature, the audio is a journalistic commentary on popular media (2) uses no more of the original work than necessary for the podcast's purpose, the claimed duration is an edited clip for rhetoric, and (3) does not compete with the original work and could have no negative affect on its market.
    DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the materials (music/artworks). All rights belong to the original artists.
    If you are the content owner and want to remove it, please contact me at [email protected]. Thank you!
    ~Do Us A Favor~
    Hey! At the time of publishing episode eighty of The Broken Shelf, the podcast became available on TuneIn, Stitcher, Google Play, and iTunes. That said, if you downloaded the podcast via anything else other than Sound Cloud, maybe check out our Sound Cloud, give us a follow, and listen to a few more of our other tracks. Sound Cloud was there from the beginning for us and no matter what the others provide it was and is our host. Thanks!
    Sound Cloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-377177156
    47 min
  • The Broken Shelf 130: Mansfield Park
    [Warning] This episode contains explicit language and explicit themes. Listener discretion is advised.
    Jane Austen is without a doubt not only one of the greatest female authors of all time nor English authors of all time by rightfully so ONE of the greatest authors of all time. Her six books are the material of legend and have brought countless hours of historical analysis and pleasure to generations of readers. But are all her books the same? Danny, as someone who has now read all of her work and numerous biographies, would say no. Today's review is bringing light to Jane's most controversial novels. Packed with themes and episodes of religion, slavery, female rights - such as marriage - Jane's extravagant writing shines a focused magnifying glass on her own society and the problems facing the English culture at the dawn of the 19th century. So what does Danny think of the novel that has Janeites split? What does the Tsar thing of the interwoven themes? Find out by listening to this laughable conversation between to classic enthusiasts!
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    ~Credits~
    Original "The Broken Shelf" symbol created and published by Danny Archive.
    New "The Broken Shelf" symbol created by CMart Graphics - follow IG @cmartgraphics
    Music - "Roast Beef Of Old England"
    Artist - The U.S. Marine Corps Band
    Provided free from YouTube Audio Library
    Podcast edited by Danny Archive using Audacity.
    Download Audacity here: https://www.audacityteam.org/
    This podcast is fair use under U.S. copyright law because it is (1) transformative in nature, the audio is a journalistic commentary on popular media (2) uses no more of the original work than necessary for the podcast's purpose, the claimed duration is an edited clip for rhetoric, and (3) does not compete with the original work and could have no negative affect on its market.
    DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the materials (music/artworks). All rights belong to the original artists.
    If you are the content owner and want to remove it, please contact me at [email protected]. Thank you!
    ~Do Us A Favor~
    Hey! At the time of publishing episode eighty of The Broken Shelf, the podcast became available on TuneIn, Stitcher, Google Play, and iTunes. That said, if you downloaded the podcast via anything else other than Sound Cloud, maybe check out our Sound Cloud, give us a follow, and listen to a few more of our other tracks. Sound Cloud was there from the beginning for us and no matter what the others provide it was and is our host. Thanks!
    Sound Cloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-377177156
    1 hr 9 min
  • The Broken Shelf 129: Jobless Reincarnation Volume Three
    [Warning] This episode contains explicit language and explicit themes. Listener discretion is advised.
    Most things in life are subjective. How they come across to an audience or specific individual is complicated. It can change, warp, with time. But is that change, whether scorn or endearment, a result of the product or the consumer? Perhaps that question is subjective, too. Regardless, Danny is facing that very question. His love for this specific product is out match by most fictional material. Not many products hold such a place in his heart as this. With that in mind how can someone so clouded review said material? Well, Danny gives it his best and he can only hope that the words on the page still ring true in his heart as they did when he first read them. This is a story about redemption and life, and just because there is magic and reincarnation involved does not make it any less of a moral masterpiece.
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    Spangar: twitter.com/LSFspangar
    ~Credits~
    Original Sound Cloud imagery taken from Seven Seas Entertainment at https://sevenseasentertainment.com/books/mushoku-tensei-jobless-reincarnation-light-novel-vol-3/
    Original Cover Art owned by Rifujin no Magonote, Shirotaka, KC Fabellon, Seven Seas Entertainment, and Kadokawa INC.
    Original "The Broken Shelf" symbol created and published by Danny Archive.
    New "The Broken Shelf" symbol created by CMart Graphics - follow IG @cmartgraphics
    Music - "Long Life"
    Artist - Text Me Records / Bobby Renz
    Provided free from YouTube Audio Library
    Podcast edited by Danny Archive using Audacity.
    Download Audacity here: https://www.audacityteam.org/
    This podcast is fair use under U.S. copyright law because it is (1) transformative in nature, the audio is a journalistic commentary on popular media (2) uses no more of the original work than necessary for the podcast's purpose, the claimed duration is an edited clip for rhetoric, and (3) does not compete with the original work and could have no negative affect on its market.
    DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the materials (music/artworks). All rights belong to the original artists.
    If you are the content owner and want to remove it, please contact me at [email protected]. Thank you!
    ~Do Us A Favor~
    Hey! At the time of publishing episode eighty of The Broken Shelf, the podcast became available on TuneIn, Stitcher, Google Play, and iTunes. That said, if you downloaded the podcast via anything else other than Sound Cloud, maybe check out our Sound Cloud, give us a follow, and listen to a few more of our other tracks. Sound Cloud was there from the beginning for us and no matter what the others provide it was and is our host. Thanks!
    Sound Cloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-377177156
    37 min
  • The Broken Shelf 128: Monster Girl Doctor Volume Five
    [Warning] This episode contains explicit language and explicit themes. Listener discretion is advised.
    How relevant. Just when the project finally gets the call up to the big leagues and gets that illustrious green-light to beginning adapting its content into an anime, Glen and Lindworm are thrown into a pandemic narrative. filled with some of the most poignant medical banter, as well as some well structured philosophical conversations on race and purpose, this fan-service heavy light novel goes deep into the psyche of humanity, even if it's quite possible you miss it because you're distracted by a genuinely funny plot. Challenging his grievances, Danny has to approach this novel in a different manner and tries to look beyond his trope-scope and give this novel its due.
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    Allen: twitter.com/blkydpease
    Spangar: twitter.com/LSFspangar
    ~Credits~
    Original Sound Cloud imagery taken from Seven Seas Entertainment at https://sevenseasentertainment.com/books/monster-girl-doctor-vol-5/
    Original Cover Art owned by Origuchi Yoshino, Z-ton, KC Fabellon, Seven Seas Entertainment, and Shueisha Inc.
    Original "The Broken Shelf" symbol created and published by Danny Archive.
    New "The Broken Shelf" symbol created by CMart Graphics - follow IG @cmartgraphics
    Music - "Spider Legs"
    Artist - Dyalla
    Provided free from YouTube Audio Library
    Podcast edited by Danny Archive using Audacity.
    Download Audacity here: https://www.audacityteam.org/
    This podcast is fair use under U.S. copyright law because it is (1) transformative in nature, the audio is a journalistic commentary on popular media (2) uses no more of the original work than necessary for the podcast's purpose, the claimed duration is an edited clip for rhetoric, and (3) does not compete with the original work and could have no negative affect on its market.
    DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the materials (music/artworks). All rights belong to the original artists.
    If you are the content owner and want to remove it, please contact me at [email protected]. Thank you!
    ~Do Us A Favor~
    Hey! At the time of publishing episode eighty of The Broken Shelf, the podcast became available on TuneIn, Stitcher, Google Play, and iTunes. That said, if you downloaded the podcast via anything else other than Sound Cloud, maybe check out our Sound Cloud, give us a follow, and listen to a few more of our other tracks. Sound Cloud was there from the beginning for us and no matter what the others provide it was and is our host. Thanks!
    Sound Cloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-377177156
    34 min
  • The Broken Shelf Interlude: Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince
    [Warning] This episode contains explicit language and explicit themes. Listener discretion is advised.
    Sometimes regarded as the 'worst' of the series, how does book six in the 'Harry Potter' franchise fare under the critical and cynical eyes of Allen and Danny? While both of them go hard into the novel for the mistake of being entirely a set-up novel, Danny gives weight to the incredible cinematography and Allen to the subtle and poignant philosophical and psychological changes happening inside the teenage mind of Harry. That and they have a ton of fun hammering down of Dumble for his mischievous ways and the corny teenage rom-com nature of the book and how Rowling fantastically made it realistically awkward. As always, too, there is that intense debate over what the movie removed and how and why that affected the overall enjoyment and statement of both medias.
    Tune in every Tuesday for a new episode of The Broken Shelf.
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    Spangar: twitter.com/LSFspangar
    ~Credits~
    Original Sound Cloud image provided by Entertainment Weekly at: https://ew.com/gallery/harry-potter-book-covers/
    Original Sound Cloude image owned by: JK Rowling, Bloomsbury Publishing, Bloomsbury Childrens Books and Jonny Duddle.
    Original "The Broken Shelf" symbol created and published by Danny Archive.
    New "The Broken Shelf" symbol created by CMart Graphics - follow IG @cmartgraphics
    Intro Song & Outro Song - "Magic"
    Artist - Otis McDonald
    Provided free from YouTube Audio Library
    Podcast edited by Danny Archive using Audacity.
    Download Audacity here: https://www.audacityteam.org/
    This podcast is fair use under U.S. copyright law because it is (1) transformative in nature, the audio is a journalistic commentary on popular media (2) uses no more of the original work than necessary for the podcast's purpose, the claimed duration is an edited clip for rhetoric, and (3) does not compete with the original work and could have no negative affect on its market.
    DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the materials (music/artworks). All rights belong to the original artists.
    If you are the content owner and want to remove it, please contact me at [email protected]. Thank you!
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    Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1077326.J_K_Rowling
    Website: https://www.jkrowling.com/
    ~Check out the Harry Potter Cover art through the years~
    ew.com/gallery/harry-potter-book-covers/
    Pottermore: www.pottermore.com/
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    If you downloaded the podcast via anything else other than Sound Cloud, maybe check out our Sound Cloud, give us a follow, and listen to a few more of our other tracks. Sound Cloud was there from the beginning for us and no matter what the others provide it was and is our host. Thanks!
    Sound Cloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-377177156
    1 hr 10 min
  • The Broken Shelf 127: I Wrote A Book
    [Warning] This episode contains explicit language and explicit themes. Listener discretion is advised.
    Effort is always a clearly defined word but not one often put into practice. After years of procrastination Danny finally sat down and fulfilled his mission: he wrote a book. Come hear how the entire process came to be, what he did to finally succeed and then some answers to authorial questions by Allen.
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    Spangar: twitter.com/LSFspangar
    ~Credits~
    Original "The Broken Shelf" symbol created and published by Danny Archive.
    New "The Broken Shelf" symbol created by CMart Graphics - follow IG @cmartgraphics
    Podcast edited by Danny Archive using Audacity.
    Download Audacity here: https://www.audacityteam.org/
    This podcast is fair use under U.S. copyright law because it is (1) transformative in nature, the audio is a journalistic commentary on popular media (2) uses no more of the original work than necessary for the podcast's purpose, the claimed duration is an edited clip for rhetoric, and (3) does not compete with the original work and could have no negative affect on its market.
    DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the materials (music/artworks). All rights belong to the original artists.
    If you are the content owner and want to remove it, please contact me at [email protected]. Thank you!
    ~Do Us A Favor~
    Hey! At the time of publishing episode eighty of The Broken Shelf, the podcast became available on TuneIn, Stitcher, Google Play, and iTunes. That said, if you downloaded the podcast via anything else other than Sound Cloud, maybe check out our Sound Cloud, give us a follow, and listen to a few more of our other tracks. Sound Cloud was there from the beginning for us and no matter what the others provide it was and is our host. Thanks!
    Sound Cloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-377177156
    1 hr 4 min
  • The Broken Shelf 126: Women Wartime Spies
    [Warning] This episode contains explicit language and explicit themes. Listener discretion is advised.
    When you envision a female spy what is the first thing that comes to mind? Is it a 'Bond' girl? Most likely. The review material for today is by a wonderful women with the intention to correct that misconception. Danny and Spangar go on a journey through the spying history and break apart individual tales of heroism from a remarkable group of inspiring women from the World Wars. With in depth analysis on spying in general and the evolution of women not only in espionage but in the work force as a whole, the discussion today brings about a new perspective on a subject that is not explored enough.
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    Spangar: twitter.com/LSFspangar
    ~Credits~
    Original Sound Cloud imagery taken from Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008KMO9AW/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
    Original cover image owned by Ann Kramer, MJF Books, Pen & Sword Books and Lisa Chovnick.
    Original "The Broken Shelf" symbol created and published by Danny Archive.
    New "The Broken Shelf" symbol created by CMart Graphics - follow IG @cmartgraphics
    Music - "In the Shadows"
    Artist - Ethan Meixsell
    Provided free from YouTube Audio Library
    Podcast edited by Danny Archive using Audacity.
    Download Audacity here: https://www.audacityteam.org/
    This podcast is fair use under U.S. copyright law because it is (1) transformative in nature, the audio is a journalistic commentary on popular media (2) uses no more of the original work than necessary for the podcast's purpose, the claimed duration is an edited clip for rhetoric, and (3) does not compete with the original work and could have no negative affect on its market.
    DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the materials (music/artworks). All rights belong to the original artists.
    If you are the content owner and want to remove it, please contact me at [email protected]. Thank you!
    ~Do Us A Favor~
    Hey! At the time of publishing episode eighty of The Broken Shelf, the podcast became available on TuneIn, Stitcher, Google Play, and iTunes. That said, if you downloaded the podcast via anything else other than Sound Cloud, maybe check out our Sound Cloud, give us a follow, and listen to a few more of our other tracks. Sound Cloud was there from the beginning for us and no matter what the others provide it was and is our host. Thanks!
    Sound Cloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-377177156
    51 min
  • The Broken Shelf 125: D Day Through German Eyes
    [Warning] This episode contains explicit language and explicit themes. Listener discretion is advised.
    Perhaps one of history's greatest events; D-Day, the massive amphibious invasion conducted by the allied forces. Operation Overlord, Normandy, France. But who was the enemy really? Hollywood and time has cast a shadow on the nation of Germany and even today the totality of their people suffer for the evil of the few while the heroics of the allies will be forever personified as the justified. But is that true? Perhaps, but that's what makes history fantastic. The cousins do not debate the crime, simply the participants and how the everyday individual of Germany has a perspective that is just as important as those heroes that stormed the beaches. History is a game of perspective and those of the past deserve to have their stories preserved and heard. This is their story and it should be our mission to hear them!
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    ~Credits~
    Original Sound Cloud imagery taken from Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/DAY-Through-German-Eyes-Hidden-ebook/dp/B00VX372UE
    Original cover image owned by Holger Eckhertz and DTZ History Publications
    Original "The Broken Shelf" symbol created and published by Danny Archive.
    New "The Broken Shelf" symbol created by CMart Graphics - follow IG @cmartgraphics
    Music - "World War Blues"
    Artist - Mini Vandals
    Provided free from YouTube Audio Library
    Podcast edited by Danny Archive using Audacity.
    Download Audacity here: https://www.audacityteam.org/
    This podcast is fair use under U.S. copyright law because it is (1) transformative in nature, the audio is a journalistic commentary on popular media (2) uses no more of the original work than necessary for the podcast's purpose, the claimed duration is an edited clip for rhetoric, and (3) does not compete with the original work and could have no negative affect on its market.
    DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the materials (music/artworks). All rights belong to the original artists.
    If you are the content owner and want to remove it, please contact me at [email protected]. Thank you!
    ~Do Us A Favor~
    Hey! At the time of publishing episode eighty of The Broken Shelf, the podcast became available on TuneIn, Stitcher, Google Play, and iTunes. That said, if you downloaded the podcast via anything else other than Sound Cloud, maybe check out our Sound Cloud, give us a follow, and listen to a few more of our other tracks. Sound Cloud was there from the beginning for us and no matter what the others provide it was and is our host. Thanks!
    Sound Cloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-377177156
    45 min
  • The Broken Shelf 124: Ataturk
    [Warning] This episode contains explicit language and explicit themes. Listener discretion is advised.
    History is filled with powerful people, some of whom arose through war and through sheer will power - and a lot of luck - changed the history of their countries forever. Returning to his favorite time period, Danny discusses one of the most successful Great War veterans and how their passion and drive for revolution would take their archaic, "Sick Man of Europe" country from empire to democracy. The change wasn't simple, but because of their youth and the age in which they lived this individual was sculpted to bring revolution. Danny also plays with the structure of the podcast and divides his presentation into four sections and using the individual topics to equalize the positives and negatives of the overall book. If you don't like sand or Thanksgiving then stay away because Turkey is about to get modern.
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    ~Credits~
    Original Sound Cloud imagery taken from Biblio.com at https://www.biblio.com/ataturk-by-macfie-a-l/work/401807.
    Original cover image owned by Profiles in Power, A.L. Macfie, Personal Education Limited, and Longman Group.
    Original "The Broken Shelf" symbol created and published by Danny Archive.
    New "The Broken Shelf" symbol created by CMart Graphics - follow IG @cmartgraphics
    Music - "Nomands"
    Artist - The Mini Vandals
    Provided free from YouTube Audio Library
    Podcast edited by Danny Archive using Audacity.
    Download Audacity here: https://www.audacityteam.org/
    This podcast is fair use under U.S. copyright law because it is (1) transformative in nature, the audio is a journalistic commentary on popular media (2) uses no more of the original work than necessary for the podcast's purpose, the claimed duration is an edited clip for rhetoric, and (3) does not compete with the original work and could have no negative affect on its market.
    DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the materials (music/artworks). All rights belong to the original artists.
    If you are the content owner and want to remove it, please contact me at [email protected]. Thank you!
    ~Do Us A Favor~
    Hey! At the time of publishing episode eighty of The Broken Shelf, the podcast became available on TuneIn, Stitcher, Google Play, and iTunes. That said, if you downloaded the podcast via anything else other than Sound Cloud, maybe check out our Sound Cloud, give us a follow, and listen to a few more of our other tracks. Sound Cloud was there from the beginning for us and no matter what the others provide it was and is our host. Thanks!
    Sound Cloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-377177156
    39 min
  • The Broken Shelf 123: Batman #86
    [Warning] This episode contains explicit language and explicit themes. Listener discretion is advised.
    I am the Knight! Or is it night? Regardless, He is Batman! The trio always talks about comic book movies but none of them has ever reviewed a comic book. That changes today as Spangar went out and decided to finally by a new addition for his favorite superhero. Discussing his decision, Spangar covers his history with the medium and then more generally the difficulty of getting into comics. Then he gives a quick summary of the plot and covers the arc. Afterwards he goes into more detail about his adventure through the new medium while Danny and Allen pose questions and the cover the possibilities for the new arc in DC's "Batman" comics.
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    Spangar: twitter.com/LSFspangar
    ~Credits~
    Original "The Broken Shelf" symbol created and published by Danny Archive.
    New "The Broken Shelf" symbol created by CMart Graphics - follow IG @cmartgraphics
    Music - "Phife for Life"
    Artist - Otis McDonald
    Provided free from YouTube Audio Library
    Podcast edited by Danny Archive using Audacity.
    Download Audacity here: https://www.audacityteam.org/
    This podcast is fair use under U.S. copyright law because it is (1) transformative in nature, the audio is a journalistic commentary on popular media (2) uses no more of the original work than necessary for the podcast's purpose, the claimed duration is an edited clip for rhetoric, and (3) does not compete with the original work and could have no negative affect on its market.
    DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the materials (music/artworks). All rights belong to the original artists.
    If you are the content owner and want to remove it, please contact me at [email protected]. Thank you!
    ~Do Us A Favor~
    Hey! At the time of publishing episode eighty of The Broken Shelf, the podcast became available on TuneIn, Stitcher, Google Play, and iTunes. That said, if you downloaded the podcast via anything else other than Sound Cloud, maybe check out our Sound Cloud, give us a follow, and listen to a few more of our other tracks. Sound Cloud was there from the beginning for us and no matter what the others provide it was and is our host. Thanks!
    Sound Cloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-377177156
    1 hr 3 min

About The Broken Shelf

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The Broken Shelf is a literature review podcast. The structure focuses heavily on spoiled content in order to full understand the machinations and themes held within the literature. However, theโ€ฆ