1001 Nights, Nights 146-168
Josh and Michial are on much firmer ground for these stories, the oldest parts of the 1001 Nights --mostly beast fables and one very strange story about dying from love.
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Josh Altmanshofer, Michial Farmer, and their occasional guests watch through the Disney Animated Canon--one film a month--and talk them out.
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1001 Nights, Nights 107-145
Josh and Michial wrap up the story of King Umar and his family--and much to their surprise, the loose ends get tied up.
1001 Nights, Nights 45-106
This month, Josh and Michial discuss the first half of a Sheherazadean tale so long it's basically a mid-length novel, "King Umar ibn-Nu'man and His Family." It's got everything from old ladies farting to holy wars to philosophical disquisitions, and we're talking about it all! Join us!
Episode 64: Zootopia 2
Josh and Michial take another break from 1001 Nights to talk about Zootopia 2 --which they're surprised to find out they liked!
1001 Nights, Nights 35-44
Josh and Michial are back to the 1001 Nights , talking about two of their favorite stories so far: "Nur al-Din and Anis al-Jalis" and "Ghayim al-Ayyub, the Slave of Love."
Episode 63: Moana 2
Josh and Michial are back, and talking about...oh. Moana 2.
1001 Nights, Nights 19-34
Josh and Michial are back to talk about five stories from the 1001 Nights , and also to talk irrelevantly about how they met, college radio, and not getting paid by concert promoters.
1001 Nights, Episode 1: Nights 1-19
Josh and Michial are back to talk about five stories from the first nineteen nights: - Prologue - "The Vizier and the Sage Duban" - "The Envier and the Envied" - "The Eldest Lady's Story" - "The Doorkeeper's Story"
Just-So Stories, Episode 2
This month (a little late) we finish up our brief series on Kipling's Just-So Stories . Good news: We've got a lot more to say about the back half of the book, including detours into C.S. Lewis's Experiment in Criticism and Jacques Derrida's Dissemination . Bad news: a lot of what we have to say is about "How the Alphabet Was Made," a little-loved story. Stay tuned until the end to hear what our…
Just-So Stories, Episode 1
We're back with a new (albeit short) series on Rudyard Kipling's Just-So Stories . Listen as we talk about the first six stories in this collection and muse a bit on why they don't bear scrutiny as well as fairy tales.