In October, 2016 I looked death right in the eyeballs and the truth of the universe/ life/ love/ God/ infinity cracked open before me. Truth is the best news in the world (YOU CAN END YOUR SUFFERING RIGHT NOW!!!) (if your human rights aren't being violated), and this book is my best effort to sing its sweet melody from the rooftops. ******************************************** During my journey, I ended my marriage (amicably). I explored my sexuality (enthusiastically). And I carried on my s ...
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A comedy podcast about the Tudors and 1500s shenanigans. It's educational, we swear. But mostly funny. Hosted by Emily Simpson and Garrett Kaser. Produced by Jeffrey Simpson.
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In the era of tweets, snaps, and memes we go against the grain by burying ourselves in information, there are no 140 character limits here. To quote Alexander Pope, "A little learning is a dangerous thing." Things are often more nuanced than they appear, and we attempt to reveal all fifty shades of gray. The Technocrat attempts to dive deep into the subject at hand, drinking deep from the pool of knowledge. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-technocrat/support
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Gaming, sports, and pop culture discussion from co-hosts Colin and John with their special weekly guests from the gaming and sporting communities.
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Ep. 109 The Dread Pirate Sir Francis Bryan: The Vicar of Hell
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Today we discuss the Chief Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, the Vicar of Hell, and the pirate (but not that kind) Sir Francis Bryan. Also hear Emily's thoughts on the recently canceled My Lady Jane and learn what happened to all the Dukes in the Tudor times. Plus we have a sneak peak into our next topic. Want to ask us a question or give an episode …
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Ep. 108 G'day, Katherine Willoughby
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Today we get to talk about the Duchess of Suffolk herself, Katherine Willoughby! (not to be confused with a wallaby) Also hear Emily give her thoughts on her recent viewings of different Tudor related shows. Want to ask us a question or give an episode topic suggestion? Follow us on our social media: Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube TikTok Gmail…
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Ep. 107 Slippery Dick: Richard Rich Continued
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WE'RE BACK! The dark version of Forrest Gump was named Richard Rich. We discuss this man's insane escapades in Henry VIII's court, trying to figure out what he actually cared about and whether he had any real religious beliefs. Find on Facebook, Twitter @tudorknowher, and InstagramBy Emily Simpson and Garrett Kaser
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Chapter 22... Lifegasm Book I: Marshall's Promise
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*The Sugar Skull* EXCERPT: I set up my phone, hit record. But something felt… different. “I know I’ve been calling these meditation videos,” I explained. “But that doesn’t feel entirely true. “Meditation” doesn’t feel like the most accurate word. There is a word, satsang, that translates to “meeting with truth,” but I don’t like to use Sanskrit bec…
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Chapter 21... Lifegasm Book I: Marshall's Promise
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*Who's Your Daddy?* EXCERPT: Some of my girlfriends raised their eyebrows when I told them the plan, but they knew better than to tell me I was nuts. I wasn’t stupid! I’d survived a good long time in this world walking the road less traveled. Clare admonished me gently when I told her about Mr. Florida: “Ok, if you think that’s safe, godspeed. But …
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Chapter 20... Lifegasm Book I: Marshall's Promise
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*Manhattan, Manhattan, Manhattan* EXCERPT: Online degrees were a dime a dozen, especially those with religious affiliations, so it would have been easy peasy if I self-identified as Christian. But because I was unwilling to earn a degree from a Christian institution, my 4,000 options dwindled to approximately four. And two of the four were Harvard …
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Chapter 19... Lifegasm Book I: Marshall's Promise
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*That's Private* EXCERPT: So. It was looking like the institution of private property was a real problem. Private property allows us, one human to another, to say “this is mine, you aren’t allowed to physically exist here, even if you need to sleep, even if you need to eat, even if you need to piss. If you exist here, I can call men with guns who w…
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Chapter 18... Lifegasm Book I: Marshall's Promise
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*Giving Thanks* EXCERPT: This would be my first NFL experience, and I was moderately excited to do a thing I’d never done. But I’m not going to go into the details of how the Giants lost to the Redskins that day, or how institutional racism is so embedded in American culture that an official NFL team can still call themselves the “Redskins” with im…
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Chapter 17... Lifegasm Book I: Marshall's Promise
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*The Sex Club* EXCERPT: In theory, I was familiar with the concept of a spank bank, but I had never consciously cultivated my own inner reel of sexually-charged moments. This was probably because I’d been so ashamed to have sexual thoughts in the first place, especially if the sexual thoughts involved fucked-up cult sex, like in Martha Marcy May Ma…
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Chapter 16... Lifegasm Book I: Marshall's Promise
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*Jingle Bells* EXCERPT: We spent the rest of the weekend engaging in hilarious, articulate, informed discussions about everything with Madeline and the village. We visited her classroom and got introduced to her reptiles: there was Houdini the ball python, Milkshake the milk snake, ET the red eared slider turtle, and Frogzilla the African clawed fr…
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Chapter 15... Lifegasm Book I: Marshall's Promise
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*Things Fall Apart* EXCERPT: If the grocery store was a strikeout, the rest of the week was a losing streak. One of the reasons I’d been so attracted to Little Jack was his willingness to dominate me. As a good feminist, I’d never known I was allowed to want to be dominated. It was never a spoken rule, just an assumption: strong women can’t be held…
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Chapter 14... Lifegasm Book I: Marshall's Promise
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*Much Ado* EXCERPT: I was traveling Southwest, my favorite little airline. What makes this scrappy little discount company such a treasure, you wonder? I’ll tell you why. First, they’re just friendly. And that matters. But also, it’s because Southwest made all the right policy choices in all the right places. For starters, they don’t charge you ext…
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Chapter 13... Lifegasm Book I: Marshall's Promise
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*London Calling* EXCERPT: At one point back in London, Olivia mentioned how noticeable my weight loss was. And she was right. I’d dropped over twenty pounds since she’d last seen me in Mexico. It was all rather entertaining to me at the time. After decades of food obsession, body-obsession, self-abuse and anger, I’d finally let it all go. Once I di…
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Chapter 12... Lifegasm Book I: Marshall's Promise
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*The Dating Game* EXCERPT: I’ve been careful not to disparage the men I’ve slept with, especially for qualities that are unable to be changed (like natural endowment, for example) but I want to point out that there are some general, universal guidelines that you must follow if you want to be a good lover. While it is still true that what turns me o…
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Chapter 11... Lifegasm Book I: Marshall's Promise
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*Meeting with Truth* EXCERPT: As I looked up at the stars, I reflected on what I’d learned about the sacred essence of shelter: a place to sleep is not like a pair of pricey Italian boots. Shelter is not an indulgence we can live without. So if someone you love asks you to share your roof and you refuse, you’re essentially casting them into the dar…
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Chapter 10... Lifegasm Book I: Marshall's Promise
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*My Grandma, The Moon* EXCERPT: I prepared myself for a seven-hour stretch in the car, which wasn’t terribly challenging after so much practice. I had Peaches the artist to keep me company (“keep on it, keep on it, you own it…”) and perfect faith that seven hours was no big deal, that I could eat it up, that it was a privilege to have so much unint…
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Chapter 9... Lifegasm Book I: Marshall's Promise
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*Harriet's House of Healing* EXCERPT: My last scheduled night in Colorado came and went, so I’d have about a week to account for before seeing Gangaji. ‘What’s another seven days of shelter manifestation?’ I chuckled to myself. However, it felt wrong to ask my Colorado people to extend my stay with them. I knew it felt wrong because my gut said so.…
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Chapter 8... Lifegasm Book I: Marshall's Promise
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*The Birthday Surprise* EXCERPT: I’d never been into a strip club before (except for that one time in Guam…) because I’d always made assumptions about what they represented and what kind of people spent time inside. Now, of course, I was making a habit of questioning everything. Were strip clubs the naughty, gross, exploitive, venues full of lowlif…
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Chapter 7... Lifegasm Book I: Marshall's Promise
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*Privilege* EXCERPT: The following chapter was written contemporaneously with its release (that is, in April of 2021).... Now that the book is complete and I am releasing it, in standard Evy Wallace unconventional fashion, as this podcast, it occurs to me that the time I spent wandering and wondering and writing were merely placeholders, giving me …
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Chapter 6... Lifegasm Book I: Marshall's Promise
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*Broken Promises* EXCERPT: It’s challenging to explain my level of hunger, because I was many steps away from starving to death. But there’s a wide swath of human experience that lands somewhere between feeling fully satiated and dying of starvation, and while I was never worried that I wouldn’t have enough, and I’m certainly not complaining, I was…
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Chapter 5... Lifegasm Book I: Marshall's Promise
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*The Spiritual Road Trip* EXCERPT: When I arrived in Utah, I was surprised at how many people were milling about the public park who seemed, by their appearances, to not have reliable shelter. It’s hard for me to call people homeless, because then it becomes their identity, their title, their permanent truth; this same inescapable labeling tends to…
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Chapter 4... Lifegasm Book I: Marshall's Promise
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*The Goddess Chakra* EXCERPT: In those early months, my learning curve was steep. I learned that sexual needs represent an appetite that is just as legitimate, important, and unattached to shame as hunger. I learned that men weren’t the sex machines I’d been falsely conditioned to believe they were. (As it turns out, men are people, too!) I learned…
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Chapter 3... Lifegasm Book I: Marshall's Promise
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*Self First is NOT Selfish* EXCERPT: In walking the walk of my shifted value system, in following the constant call of my deepest divinity, in prioritizing the needs of my own heart and spirit, I was often accused of acting selfishly. My mom certainly seemed to think so. Others who had never expressed one iota of concern for my or my children’s wel…
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Chapter 2 .... Lifegasm Book I: Marshall's Promise
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*To All Things A Season* EXCERPT: Let me be clear: I was not pretending there wasn’t a loss to be mourned. Transformations come with growing pains. My fifteen-year marriage was ending; this ending was correct and necessary, and it was extremely uncomfortable for (what felt like) unbearably long moments. And yet, just as my heart kept beating after …
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Chapter 1... Lifegasm Book I: Marshall's Promise
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*I Am A Strange Loop* EXCERPT: This saga started two full summers ago, when I saw the writing nook for what it really was and heard Maestro, who had just died, say from behind me, “it’s always been a book.” No, that’s not right. It started in the autumn of 2016, when Marshall left us and cracked the universe open on his way out. Or maybe it started…
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Intro... Lifegasm Book I: Marshall's Promise
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Welcome to Lifegasm Book I: Marshall's Promise, released in podcast form for your (free!) listening pleasure. EXCERPT: In October of 2016 I looked death right in the eyeballs and I woke up to truth. When I hear myself say this, I hear how it might sound arrogant or egotistical. But the moral of this story is not that I am any more or less special t…
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We get spooky with a special Halloween episode and chat about some creepy occurrences.
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Today we talk about the government system in the Tudor times, which really is not much different from today's surprisingly.
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On the heels of our visit to the Renaissance Faire, we discuss what jousts and tournaments entailed for the Tudors.
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Not all English involvement with the Middle East were crusades. Some Tudor monarchs realized that getting involved with the Ottoman and Saffavid empires led to money (and also screwed the Spanish).
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History knows her as the Nine Days Queen, but we know her as the inventor of BDSM (probably).
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It did. We discuss how exactly little England managed to defend itself from the powerful Armada. Also we decide on a new podcast.
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We celebrate 100 episodes of Tudor, I Hardly Know her by discussing the impact of the Tudors.
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We finally sit down to learn about Thomas More, who had a good run of it until Henry cut off his head.
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Ep. 98 Where in the World is Henry Tu-dor-ego
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Apparently the rest of the world had some stuff going on yoo during the Tudor reign, so we chat about that and flat earthers.
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Ep. 97 I'm Bess Hardwick, Welcome to @Midnight
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Today we talk about the awesome Bess of Hardwick, who hosted a great late-night game show and also survived the Tudor reign.
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Today, in one of our more serious episodes, we discuss the lives of black Tudors.
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We talk about the martyr Anne Askew (the topic may have been slightly repeated, but the jokes are all new!)
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Ep. 94 There Once was a Girl from Alhambra
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Catherine of Aragon had an adventurous childhood. Don't worry, she experienced a lot of sad stuff, too.
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Ep. 93 The Spanish Princess has a Siesta Fiesta
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You asked and we delivered. We sat down to watch the first episodes of The Spanish Princess, and boy do we have some thoughts.
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Emily got to see Six The Musical in Chicago, and, spoilers, it was so amazing. Hoping Henry the Baeth makes an appearance in the extended version. P.S. make sure to listen to the end for fun treats.
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Henry VIII, International Man of Mystery, had quite a few wives. But he almost had more! Or at least different wives. So who were these women who narrowly escaped what was sure to be an unhappy marriage?
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Ep. 90 People Magazine, 1540: Anne of Cleves
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Love 'em or Cleve 'em. The 1540s had some serious gossip going on about Anne of Cleves, and some modern historians are just adding to the crazy.
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Jeff and Garrett offer their thoughts on popular Anne Boleyn theories and questions, including whether she did have that extra finger and if she really loved Henry.
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Anne Boleyn's life may have ended with the swing of a sword, but her ladies still had to deal with the details of her burial, which Henry so kindly ignored. Plus, what became of that famous "B" necklace?
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We continue our Anne Boleyn month but talking about Anne's youth in the courts of some of the most fascinating women of these time.
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Ep. 86 The Great Other Boleyn Girl Special
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We finally sit down to discuss The Other Boleyn Girl. What did Garrett and Jeff think? Why was Phillipa Gregory so free with history? How on earth was the movie so bad? Listen to find out!
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We discuss a variety of Tudor topics, including Tudor myths and folklore.
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Anne Boleyn certainly had a thing for men named Henry. We chat about Henry Percy, Anne Boleyn’s one-time-love-interest.
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Ep. 83 Mary, Queen of Scots (again) (The Movie Though)
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We’re back! Once again, we discuss Mary, Queen of Scots. But this time, we talk about the movie! Hear what Emily thought of the story, costume, actresses, and more! Notes: FutureLearn course on the Tudors https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/the-tudors
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