Military veteran podcast. Cooperatively managed, collectively owned. Radical ideas for an inspiring future. Big juicy brains for news and politics. Come, be frustrated with us. https://twitter.com/PillowScreamPod
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Academy Award-winning filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen talk about Hail, Caesar!, an all-star comedy set during the last years of Hollywood's Golden Age. When the studio's biggest star, Baird Whitlock (George Clooney), vanishes, it's up to studio fixer Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin) to find him and set things to right.
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Loretta hosts California Dreaming - the podcast that is half California-related, an eighth dreams, a quarter random facts, and a splash of whatever else I want to talk about. No subject is off limits. MONDAYS AT 6:30PM Pacific Time (Los Angeles, CA). Email: themoodyredhead@yahoo.com Instagram: @themoodyredhead TikTok: @themoodyredhead Goodreads: Loretta, theMoodyRedhead Sources, contact info, and episode outline are in the show notes Deuces to your cabooses!
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Using books as a jumping off point, hosts Josie Long and Robin Ince and a different special guest each week, dive into interesting, passionate and shambolic discussions. Part of the Cosmic Shambles Network.
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Intro - Hey Guys and Dolls! Positive quote of the Week & author - Dali Lama California Hubbub - Bavarian eateries. Alpine Village in Torrance, German Deli in Huntington Beach Just the facts, ma’am - Useless, but interesting stuff. Animal facts. Book ‘em - Book I am currently reading, what it’s about, and how I like it or not. Dream a little dream -…
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Ep.16 Denny’s and Hot Dogs Hx and Chance!
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Intro - Hey Guys and Dolls! Positive quote of the Day & author California Hubbub - History of Denny’s and Tail o’ the Pup Just the facts, ma’am - Useless, but interesting stuff Book ‘em - Book I am currently reading, what it’s about, and how I like it or not. Dream a little dream - A dream from my 30-year-old dream journal, Listeners dreams, or You…
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MONDAYS AT 6:30PM (sometimes I’m a day late… apologies in advance) Pacific Time (Los Angeles, CA). Intro - Hey Guys and Dolls! Positive quote of the Day & author California Hubbub Just the facts, ma’am - Useless, but interesting stuff Book ‘em - Book I am currently reading, what it’s about, and how I like it or not. Dream a little dream - A dream f…
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MONDAYS AT 6:30PM Pacific Time (Los Angeles, CA). Intro - Hey Guys and Dolls! Positive quote of the Week by Lucille Ball California Hubbub - I Love Lucy and Desi Just the facts, ma’am - Useless, but interesting stuff Book ‘em - Book I am currently reading is Bake Sale Murder by Leslie Meier Dream a little dream - A dream from my 30-year-old dream j…
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MONDAYS AT 6:30PM Pacific Time (Los Angeles, CA). NOT: There is mention of rape and brutal killing in this episode. Intro - Hey Guys and Dolls! Positive quote of the Day & author California Hubbub Just the facts, ma’am - Useless, but interesting stuff Book ‘em - Book I am currently reading, what it’s about, and how I like it or not. Dream a little …
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Intro - Hey Guys and Dolls! Positive quote of the Day & author California Hubbub Just the facts, ma’am - Useless, but interesting stuff Book ‘em - Book I am currently reading, what it’s about, and how I like it or not. Dream a little dream - A dream from my 30-year-old dream journal, Listeners dreams, or Your dreams in life that have come true Outr…
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Intro - Hey Guys and Dolls! Positive quote of the Day & author California Hubbub Just the facts, ma’am - Useless, but interesting stuff Book ‘em - Book I am currently reading, what it’s about, and how I like it or not. Dream a little dream - A dream from my 30-year-old dream journal, Listeners dreams, or Your dreams in life that have come true Outr…
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Ep.10 Ghost Towns Including a Haunted Waterpark
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Intro - Hey Guys and Dolls! Positive quote of the Day & author California Related Mumbo-jumbo: Lake Dolores, Bodie, and Manzanar Just the facts, ma’am - Useless, but interesting stuff. Police dogs! Book ‘em - Book I am currently reading, what it’s about, and how I like it or not. Dream a little dream - A dream from my 30-year-old dream journal, Lis…
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Intro - Howdy Guys and Dolls! Quote by Reba McEntire California Related Mumbo-jumbo Just the facts, ma’am - Useless, but interesting stuff Book ‘em - Book I am currently reading, what it’s about, and how I like it or not. Dream a little dream - A dream from my 30-year-old dream journal, Listeners dreams, or Your dreams in life that have come true O…
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Ep.08 Gimme Shelter or Death at Cecil Hotel
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Trigger warning: SUICIDE MENTIONED. A lot of them. It IS the Cecil after all. SAM & COLBY, GO INVESTIGATE AT THE CECIL HOTEL! PLEEEZZZ. On Netflix about the mysterious death of Elisa Lam at Cecil Hotel called “The Vanishing at Cecil Hotel” https://www.netflix.com/title/81183727 "Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel," Link to theories assoc…
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Intro - Hey Guys and Dolls! Word of the Day, definition, & use in a sentence California Related Hubbub - National Orange Show Just the facts, ma’am - Useless, but interesting stuff Book ‘em - Book I am currently reading, what it’s about, and how I like it or not. Dream a little dream - A dream from my 30-year-old dream journal, Listeners dreams, or…
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Ep.06 Alcatraz for Military Offenders & Birdman
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Intro - Cheerio, Guys and Dolls! California Something Just the facts, ma’am - Useless, but interesting stuff Book ‘em - Book I am currently reading, what it’s about, and how I like it or not. Dream a little dream - A dream from my 30-year-old dream journal or a dream that has come true. Outro - “You are loved. Everything that happens is for a reaso…
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Intro - Hey Guys and Dolls! California related stuff - Marilyn Monroe grew up in Los Angeles, CA Just the facts, ma’am - Useless, but interesting stuff Book ‘em - Bachelorettes and Backsplash by Amy Boyles Dream a little dream - A dream from my 30-year-old dream journal Outro - “You are loved. Everything that happens is for a reason. This too shall…
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Intro - Hey Guys and Dolls! Word of the day - Lovely California things - Hero mom, Cool Just the facts, ma’am - Useless, but interesting stuff… mothers, ketchup, and legos Book ‘em - Book I am currently reading: “The Ghost and the Poltergeist” by Bobbi Holmes Dream a little dream - A dream from my 30-year-old dream journal. Outro - “You are loved. …
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Ep.03 Cinco de Ay Yay Yay Oh No & Ninja stars!
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So sorry to my five listeners for the lateness of this! Next Sunday will be a special Mother's Day episode. Intro - Hey Guys and Dolls! California things - All about Cinco de Mayo! Saying "Cinco de Mayo" more times than anyone ever. Just the facts, ma’am - Useless, but interesting stuff, including blue, red, and black stuff. Dream a little dream - …
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Ep.02 Victims of Evil and General Sherman
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Intro - Hey Guys and Dolls! California things Just the facts, ma’am - Useless, but interesting stuff Book ‘em - Book I am currently reading, what it’s about, and how I like it or not. Dream a little dream - A dream from my 30-year-old dream journal. Outro - “You are loved. Everything that happens is for a reason. This too shall pass.” Sources - Son…
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Ep.01 I just want a piece of *bleep* cake!
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Intro - Hey Meatheads! Just the facts, ma’am - Useless, but interesting stuff Book ‘em - Book I am currently reading, what it’s about, and how I like it or not. Dream a little dream - A dream from my 30-year-old dream journal. Outro - “You are loved. Everything that happens is for a reason. This too shall pass.” Sources - https://www.ducksters.com …
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In the first new episode in a while Robin and Josie chat to author Lucy Nichol about her latest book, 'Don't Call Me Snowflake'. Please note this episode contains discussions around the topics of mental health and suicide. This is an abridged version. Patreon subscribers get an extended version. Sign up at patreon.com/bookshambles.…
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Today is the day that Robin Ince's new book, Bibliomaniac, hits shelves around the UK so today's episode is a recording of the book's launch event which took place in East London on October 4th. Robin talks about the book and, well, a million other things because he was quite tired. This is an abridged version. A full filmed edition will be availab…
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On today's episode, Robin is joined by the multi award winning novelist Kamila Shamsie. They chat about her new novel Best of Friends, as well as how she knew from an early age she wanted to be a writer, letting go of books once they're finished and, obviously, the Clint Eastwood western musical Paint Your Wagon. Hear an extended edition by subscri…
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Sona Movsesian has been Conan O'Brien's personal assistant for over 13 years. By her own admission, she is terrible at her job. She's been a regular on Conan's TV shows, co-hosts his podcast and has now written her first book, World's Worst Assistant. And, as she tells Robin on this week's episode, it's all because she doesn't care. About her job t…
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In the week that actual Liz Truss became the actual Prime Minister of the actual United Kingdom, could there be a more appropriate guest to have on the show this week than political columnist Marina Hyde? She chats to Robin about her new book, What Just Happened, (which is out in a few weeks), trying to be a voice of sanity amongst a world gone ins…
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Our guest this week is Darryl Bullock, author and winner of the Penderyn Music Book Prize 2022 for The Velvet Mafia. But he's on the show this week to talk about his brand new book, Pride, Pop and Politics: Music, Theatre and LGBT Activism, 1970–2022. He chats to Robin about researching for the book, It's a Sin, fifty years of pride and where LGBT …
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We spoke to US author Jessamine Chan right after her novel, The School for Good Mothers was just revealed to be on Barack Obama's Summer Reading List. She chats with Robin about bucking expectations of what the book is about, writer's who've inspired her, avoiding parenting advice and they both try and not give away any of the twists and turns of t…
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On today's episode Robin is joined by Dr Helen Czerski as co-host to talk to US physicist Professor Michael Dine about his new book This Way to the Universe. They chat about the challenges of explaining complicated ideas to a mass audience, string theory and the different ways to tackle physics problems, from an experimental or theoretical approach…
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Artist and writer James Bridle joins Robin this week to talk about his new book, Ways of Being: Beyond Human Intelligence. They hat about AI, Darwin's less popular experiments, science fiction, Ursula K. Le Guin and Robin asks none of the questions from his two sets of notes. To hear an extended version every episode, subscribe at patreon.com/books…
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On today's show, Josie talks to author and activist Oly Durose about his new book Suburban Socialism (or Barbarism). They chat about growing up conservative, reclaiming the suburbs, The Simpsons and the stigmas of social housing. Also Josie's baby gurgles adorably throughout the episode. Hear an extended edition, and get lots of other goodies, by b…
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Not only is Sarah Polley an Academy Award nominated screenwriter and acclaimed actor and director, but she’s also written Robin’s favourite book of 2022 so far, Run Towards the Danger. In today’s episode she joins Robin to talk about the memoir, the childhood trauma of working with Terry Gilliam, trying to make film sets better for child actors and…
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It's Dinosaur Day at Book Shambles! Or rather, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, and the first days of the mammals. Helen Czerski is our host this week and she speaks with acclaimed dinosaur writer and fossil fanatic and hunter, Riley Black. They chat about why dinosaurs remain so exciting, what their extinction can teach us about the current ongoing…
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On today’s episode Professor Jim Al-Khalili returns to the show to talk to Robin and Helen about his new book, The Joy of Science. They chat about how the age of Trump was the impetuous for writing the book, how it became even more timely in the age of COVID, the joy of being wrong and echo chambers on social media. Plus Robin’s plan to build an ac…
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The multi award winning writer Jocelyn Nicole Johnson joins Robin to talk about her debut novella, My Monticello this week. They chat about the book, how important it was to capture the feeling of a real place, and the long shadow of the events of Charlottesville on her life, and the book. Extended edition for Patreons, of course, at patreon.com/bo…
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This week Josie Long is back from maternity leave and she takes the reigns of the podcast to talk to theatre maker and author Alan Lane about his new book The Club on the Edge of Town. They chat about how when COVID hit, and the theatres had to close, Alan turned his theatre company into a foodbank for those in need, the role of art and creativity …
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Medical historian Dr Lindsey Fitzharris is our special guest this week, talking to guest host Dr Helen Czerski about her new book, The Facemaker. Her book looks at the story of the visionary surgeon who rebuilt the faces of the First World War's injured heroes, and in the process ushered in the modern era of plastic surgery. Her and Helen talk abou…
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The acclaimed comedian Daniel Sloss joins Robin on the podcast to today to talk about his book, Everyone You Hate Is Going to Die, which has just been released in paperback. They chat about translating a stand up voice to the page, great comedy books and in a week where it's been very much in the news, they discuss the role of offense in comedy. Ov…
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Taking the Universe Around the World - Preview Episode
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Robin is currently on a world tour with Brian Cox and that means there's a whole world of secondhand bookshops to explore. Those adventures form a big part of his brand new podcast, Taking the Universe Around the World. So on Book Shambles this week we're sharing the first episode of that new series. Three episodes out already and a new episode eac…
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We spend a lot of time at Shambles talking about science, so on today's episode of Book Shambles we're going to talk about how the media should and shouldn't talk, and write, about science. Helen Czerski guest hosts once again and she chats with Fiona Fox from the Science Media Centre who has just released a fascinating book, Beyond the Hype: The I…
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This week Helen Czerski takes the host chair once again to talk to zoologist, author and broadcaster Jules Howard about dogs. His new book, Wonderdog, looks at the evolving science of dogs. How has humankind's favourite pet defied science and changed the way we think about animals overall, particularly in the field of cognitive research. From early…
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On today's episode Robin is joined by comedian Rachel Parris to talk about her new, and first, book, Advice from Strangers. She chats with Robin about writing the book, the pressure of remembering not everything has to be funny, Jane Austen, the difficulties of writing satire right now and the book on the music she really wants to write next. Hear …
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This week Robin is joined by artist and author Lauren John Joseph to talk about their new novel, At Certain Points We Touch. They chat about the book, literary influences and places that inspire creativity, particularly in their home town of Liverpool. To hear and extended version, subscribe at patreon.com/bookshambles…
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Tonight the ever brilliant Inside No. 9 returns to our screens for series 7 and so it is that Reece Shearsmith returns to Book Shambles! He joins Robin to talk about the new series, favourite episodes, great horror short stories and more. They're also joined by horror writer and historian Johnny Mains who, together with Robin, will be editing the t…
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Our guest today is the author of one of the most lauded books of 2021, the superb Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe. One of the awards it garnered last year was the highly prestigious Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction and one of the judges on the panel last year was our own Dr Helen Czerski, so th…
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Hayley Campbell is a writer and broadcaster you may best know for his book The Art of Neil Gaiman. Her latest book, All the Living and the Dead, looks at our relationship with death, and the people for whom death is their life. She joins Robin to talk about her fascination with death, seeing her first dead body, embalming and Jeremy Bentham's head.…
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Veronica O'Keane is a Professor of Psychiatry and this week she joins Robin and Helen Czerski to talk about her book The Rag and Bone Shop which deals with her thirty year investigation into memory. One of the exciting things about Veronica's book, for Book Shambles fans, is how her book takes us on a journey through writers from Beckett to Yeats a…
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On today's episode Robin is joined by author and poet Kei Miller to talk about his new collection of essays, Things I Have Withheld. They chat about the fear of writing such an honest book, how criticism and expectations of self differs from country to country, favourite Jamaican poets and much more. Extended episode, and other goodies, available f…
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You've probably encountered online what is often labeled 'Abandoned Places Porn'. Artistic photography of disused theme parks, factories and that sort of thing. Our guest on today's show is the author of widely acclaimed, and Baillie Gifford Prize shortlisted book, Islands of Abandonment, an in depth exploration into the places where nature is flou…
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On this week's show we have someone who was one of the writers, and performers, of the Cosmic Shambles and Book Shambles theme music. Oh, and he's also one of the world's leading experts on disgust and emotions and a Research Fellow at the Centre for the History of Emotions at Queen Mary University. And now Dr Richard Firth-Godbehere's first book h…
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Armando Iannucci - Live from The Slapstick Festival
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This week's episode was recorded in January live at The Slapstick Festival in Bristol. Armando Iannucci, co-creator of The Thick Of It, Veep, Alan Partridge and so many other comedy icons, joins Robin to talk about the state of satire in 2022. Armando's latest book is Pandemonium : Some verses on the Current Predicament, an epic mock-heroic poem, w…
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On this week's episode Robin is joined by the Reverend Richard Coles to talk about his literary inspirations and loves growing up as a nerdy kid in Kettering, finding God, a love of diaries and how the process of writing about grief after the loss of his partner David, which would become the book The Madness of Grief. Subscribe to our Patreon to he…
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Julia Cooke is a writer and author whose work regularly appears in the likes of Salon, Smithsonian and The New York Times. Her latest book is the acclaimed Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am. She joins Robin to talk about how she found herself in the world of Pan Am and the Mad Men era, studying in Cuba and Pan Am's role i…
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Man Booker Prize shortlisted novelist Ruth Ozeki joins us this week to talk about her latest novel The Book of Form and Emptiness which is out now. They chat about how the book took eight years to write, growing up learning to love books in a public library basement, listening to the voices that guide a novel and her past life working as an art dir…
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