A show where two literary critics go through all of Kurt Vonnegut, and then Chinua Achebe, novel by novel, periodically interrupted by talking about The Sopranos.
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The From Cork With Love podcast is produced in Cork Ireland by poet Paul O'Mahony. It is an eclectic mix of topics - mainly about culture and society.
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Meeting You Where You Are, is BTST Services' podcast designed to shed light on how Behavioral Health issues impact everyday life. It will also focus on highlighting other services and agencies providing good work, upcoming events, current topics impacting the urban community and more.
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Dr. Anika Prather herself, over many years, has engaged the fire and light that the classics have brought to African American throughout the history of America. She is uniquely gifted and trained to help us reclaim the canon that has been a source of liberty and humanity. As a scholar of the black intellectual tradition, she passionately argues for bringing the best that has been thought and said to African Americans and all Americans.
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The University of Oxford is one of the world's leading centres for the study of Africa. In every Faculty and Division across the University there are active research programmes focused on the continent. The African Studies Centre, within the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies, acts as a focal point for graduate level work and faculty research on Africa. Alongside the vibrant doctoral programmes, the MSc in African Studies, inaugurated in 2006, is already recognised as Europe's most pre ...
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Looking for a good book? Let host Cornelius Peter and a rotating group of comedians, authors, and entertainers recommend the next ‘page turner’ that you NEED to have on your night stand.! !!! Each week your host Cornelius Peter interviews an ever changing group of comedians, authors, and entertainers and asks each to bring in a book recommendation to share with our audience. It can be any book, any genre, anything at all, so long as it’s a book that they LIKED. We don’t review ‘em, we just r ...
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S202405 Ep14: From Anchor to Berkeley - with Tim, Ray & Paul
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Episode 08: When We Were Together and When We Were Not
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In this episode, Anika shares how everything that unites us is deeper than what separates us as she continues her invitation to attend the Redefining Classics gathering at Catholic University on June 15th. Learn more and register at Redefining Classics!By Dr. Anika Prather
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Episode 07: Invitation to Redefining Classics at Catholic University on June 15th
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In this episode, hear Anika's introduction and welcome for Redefining Classics at Catholic University on June 15th. Learn more and register for this gathering at Redefining Classics!By Dr. Anika Prather
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TOASTMASTERS, "You need friends" - a speech given by Paul O'Mahony to the Anglo-Irish meeting at the annual conference of District 71 (Ireland & UK north) in Portlaoise on Thursday 9th May 2024.By Paul O'Mahony
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The pen is always heavy, when it’s months since you lifted it. The weight of the space left behind undressed, unaddressed. Time without colour, days without commas, seconds stripped asunder, drunk on the spirit of everlasting full stops. ——— This pen has a cough, the sign of an infected life lived as if there was no editor round the corner waiting.…
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S202401 Ep11: Barkley Marathons - Survivors
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S202401 Ep10: "60 Hours of Hell: The Story of the Barkley Marathons" with Roger Overall
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Photo Credit : Welcome to Hell. (Photo: Howie Stern)By Paul O'Mahony
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Sluggish Dawn Waking is such sweet joy, my friend, Crumpled sheets and well-worn pillows The body warm and snug. A gentle lift-off with a push A right-hand palm, the door to a well-known pit, into the landscape of a fragile core. Nostalgia for the sweet touch of night Gone the face of slumbered satisfaction. Welcome back marauded morn Enough, enoug…
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Episode 06: Dr. Prather Discusses the Relevance of Chinua Achebe to Classical Education
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S202303 Ep8: The Children of the Poor King & the Mean Queen
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A story for grandchildrenBy Paul O'Mahony
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Reading from "Things Fall Apart" (1958) - with big thanks to my friend Ken Essien.By Paul O'Mahony
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S2023 Ep7: Sexual Violence - looking for herons while dog-walking
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Recorded while Paul O'Mahony walks down & up the steep Church Hill in an effort to recover from winter vomiting bug. You also hear cars passing - and a brief exchange of sounds with a passer-by.By Paul O'Mahony
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I will remember the year. Ukraine survived Rasputin's curse. Moscow central: tanks, troops, terror into houses, homes, hospitals into schools, shops, ships amputating the land obeying the command of Grendel's cabal. I will never forget my ignorance - how my faith led me to trust Mother Russia, Gorbachov's legacy, seduction by MacDonalds, and the ga…
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S202212 Ep2: KNOCKALISHEEN TENTS FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS
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S202211 Ep1: DOG WALKING IN CORK ADVENTURE IN DECEMBER
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Paul O'Mahony talks as he walks with his English Setter Louis. They meet herons, a cormorant, a Schnauzer and a human or three ...By Paul O'Mahony
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S202210 Ep1: IRELAND BEAT WEST INDIES AT CRICKET
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Roger Overall & Paul O'Mahony talk about how Ireland beat West Indies. This was recorded in Cafe Beva in Glanmire Cork Ireland.By Paul O'Mahony
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Episode 05: Dr. Prather Shares a Narrative of Hope
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Dr. Anika Prather tells a new narrative of hope that will alter your perspective on classical learning, how to teach history, and on America.By Dr. Anika Prather
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Episode 04: Dr. Prather Shares the Blessings of Marva Collins and Others on Her Journey to Love Classics
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Dr. Anika Prather tells her story with the last of three stages along her journey into falling in love with the classics, including the help of Marva Collins and several graduate school professors as a help to her.By Dr. Anika Prather
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Episode 03: Dr. Prather Shares the Blessings of W. E. B. Du Bois on Her Journey to Love Classics
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Dr. Anika Prather tells her story with the second of three stages along her journey into falling in love with the classics. This episode focuses on W. E. B. Du Bois as a help to her in her early years of teaching.By Dr. Anika Prather
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Episode 02: Dr. Prather Shares How She First Fell in Love with the Classics
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Dr. Anika Prather tells her story with the first of three steps along her journey into falling in love with the classics.By Dr. Anika Prather
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Episode 01: Welcome to Reclaiming the Canon
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Dr. Anika Prather welcomes you to her new podcast and lets you know where you will be journeying with her in coming episodes. The canon is for all of us, and we need to reclaim it.By Dr. Anika Prather
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A nice, quick-and-dirty bonus episode on "The Voter," Achebe's early stab at A Man of the People! For the rest of our conversation, see the bonus episode from a few weeks ago on The Many Saints of Newark...By Gerry Canavan and Aaron Bady
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Gerry and Aaron talk about what may be their favorite Achebe novel yet, A Man of the People, originally published in 1966. Also they try to figure out whether or not America had a coup.By Aaron Bady and Gerry Canavan
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We are all but faulty microphones in the podcast of an angry God! Thanks to Aaron for his absolutely heroic efforts to recover the audio from this nearly lost episode and thanks to all of you for your grace and forgiveness on the sound quality. In this one we close out the so-called African Trilogy with Arrow of God -- lots of religion talk for all…
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We've had some audio problems with the Arrow of God episode, which Aaron is working hard on and which should be out soon very soon. In the meantime, please enjoy this emergency b-b-b-b-b-b-bonus episode of our brand-new season that is absolutely not a one-off joke, all about The Many Saints of Newark...…
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5. "Chike's School Days," "The Sacrificial Egg," and "Akueke"
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Another week on the short stories from the 50s and 60s! This week it's "Chike's School Days," "The Sacrificial Egg," and "Akueke." If you like stories in which nothing really happens, then this is the podcast for you! Sincere apologies for the slightly tinny sound in spots -- somebody stepped on an egg, and there was a problem with Gerry's mic that…
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4. "Dead Man's Path" and "Marriage Is A Private Affair"
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On this week's not-exactly-a-mini-episode, Gerry and Aaron talk about two of Achebe's early short stories, "Dead Man's Path" and "Marriage Is A Private Affair," while also looking forward and backward to Things Fall Apart and No Longer at Ease and forward to Arrow of God. Along the way they somehow find time to talk about Kurt Vonnegut, Octavia But…
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Sixty years later, Gerry and Aaron are joined by Keguro Macharia to talk about No Longer at Ease! Should it be illegal to teach Things Fall Apart without also teaching its sequel? Find out within...By Gerry Canavan and Aaron Bady
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Episode 1: Human Trafficking w/ Host Jan Desper Peters and Dr. Kimberly Gordon-Achebe
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Did you know that in 2016, Maryland ranked 4th among the top states with the most human trafficking cases per capita? Although the numbers have slightly decreased since then, Baltimore is still a hotspot for human trafficking. In this episode, host Jan Desper Peters and Dr. Kimberly Gordon-Achebe speak about common misconceptions about human traffi…
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S202106 Ep11: HOW DO YOU FEEL AFTER #AudioMo ? (Warning : may not be entirely suitable for especially young ears)
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#Audio365By Paul O'Mahony
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Gerry and Aaron are back for more Things Fall Apart, talking about parts two and three of the novel. We also talk The Sopranos, Watchmen, Breaking Bad, bad fans, The Things Fall Apart film, just a little Vonnegut, and Achebe's 1973 essay "Named for Victoria, Queen of England"...By Gerry Canavan and Aaron Bady
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S202106 Ep10: #AudioMo Day 28. THE JOINT CONTRIBUTION - @rogeroverall & @omaniblog
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S202106 Ep9: #AudioMo Day 22 : STROLLING OR AMBLING IN MOANBAUN WOOD
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Paul O'Mahony talks while walking in his favourite wood in East Cork - you hear his dog Louis panting and you hear them meet some people who had a dogBy Paul O'Mahony
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Gerry and Aaron dive into Things Fall Apart, chapters 1-13!By Gerry Canavan and Aaron Bady
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S202106 Ep8: #AudioMo Day 16 - James Joyce's Day - Bloomsday - Ulysses
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Paul O'Mahony reads from Ulysses.By Paul O'Mahony
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S202106 Ep7: #AudioMo Day 10 : ATTENTION WITHIN MARRIAGE
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Paul O'Mahony offers thoughts about how easy it is to pay attention to your other half.By Paul O'Mahony
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S202106 Ep6: #AudioMo Day 8. - You Have To Hold Their Attention
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S202106 Ep5: #AudioMo Day 7 - WARNING - don't love your job
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Paul O'Mahony thinks about the others who are making #AudioMo happen. He offers a piece of advice to those who love their job too much.By Paul O'Mahony
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S202106 Ep4: #AudioMo Day 4 - YOU CAN BUY ATTENTION
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Paul O'Mahony quotes "Money can't buy you love". Then says "Money can buy you attention" - if you have enough of it. The question is "What's the best way for you to buy attention?"By Paul O'Mahony
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S202106 Ep3: #AudioMo Day 3 - Training Vocal Variety
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Paul O'Mahony tells you what he was up to delivering the shortest training course ever to employees of the Office of Public Works in IrelandBy Paul O'Mahony
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S202106 Ep2: #AudioMo Day 2. COACHING members of Toastmasters International
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Paul O'Mahony introduces #AudioMo from a particular angle : a Festival of Attention - 30 efforts in 30 days in June 2021By Paul O'Mahony
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The first episode of season two! Gerry and Aaron discuss the gameplan for Grad School Achebe, the history and reception of African literature inside and outside academia, Achebe's place in the canon, his uncanny recurrent deaths on social media, the finer points of pronunciation, and more. Next week: the podcast falls apart. Texts discussed: Chinua…
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The African Union and Post-Coup Intervention in Madagascar
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In this seminar we hosted Antonia Witt of the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt. Their lecture is titled The African Union and Post-Coup Intervention in Madagascar.By Antonia Witt
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S122020 Ep2: Barkley Marathons 2021 + Rugby + Cricket
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Paul O'Mahony & Roger Overall chat about the Barkley Marathons 2021 - outside Café Beva in Glanmire, Cork, IrelandBy Paul O'Mahony
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The Dead Speak: Identity, Autochthony and the Occult in Kenya’s Western Highlands
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In this seminar we hosted David Anderson of Warwick University as he presented on "The Dead Speak: Identity, Autochthony and the Occult in Kenya’s Western Highlands".By David Anderson
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