In 1929 F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote Ernest Hemingway that because his short stories now earned $4000 a pop he was "an old whore" who had "mastered the 40 positions" when "in her youth one was enough." But were the upwards of 180 stories he cranked out when not writing The Great Gatsby really the work of a literary prostitute selling out his talent for a fast buck? Kirk Curnutt and Robert Trogdon don't think so. Each episode they draw a random title from a hat and explore its place in Fitzgeral ...
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"The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a classic novel that delves into the extravagant, tumultuous world of the wealthy during the Roaring Twenties. Through the eyes of narrator Nick Carraway, the story unravels the enigmatic Jay Gatsby's pursuit of the American Dream, entwined with themes of love, wealth, and the illusion of success in the Jazz Age. Visit https://krity.app/ for more books and to become a narrator. Follow us on Instagram @krity.app and stay updated with the latest rel ...
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The Columbus Civic Theater has created a radio play podcast series based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Six parts in total, the series represents the entire novel, abridged. After the pandemic closed its theater, the Columbus Civic Theater has been working in other mediums. After 11 years and 94 productions, the non-profit is searching for a new home and a capital fundraiser has been set up. Visit us at: https://columbuscivic.org/
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The podcast consists of short excerpt readings from classic world literature in the public domain. It also includes insightful background information and tidbits about the various novels. The authors featured include Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Mark Twain, Sun Tzu, Charles Dickens, Louisa May Alcott, Lewis Carroll, Edgar Allan Poe and many more. The podcast has listeners throughout the United States and in over 30 nations.
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Set in 1940s Hollywood, this comedic film noir mystery follows hardboiled private eye Ford Phillips and his feisty, fast-talking partner Fig Wineshine as they delve into the seedy underbelly of Tinsel Town while trying to solve the murder of famed novelist-turned-screenwriter F. Scott Fitzgerald. Featuring a coterie of wacky characters - including real actors and public figures from the time - and original musical numbers, The Case of The Greater Gatsby turns historical fiction and genre tro ...
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An idle, extravagant young man is the heir presumptive of his wealthy grandfather, an industrial tycoon. His wife, divinely beautiful and utterly selfish, believes that nothing is more powerful than her own beauty. Together, this couple represents what Fitzgerald famously portrayed as the lost generation of the Jazz Age in several of his novels. In The Beautiful and The Damned, F Scott Fitzgerald explores the trivial and shallow lives of the well-heeled inheritors of the American Dream the s ...
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Shea Cunha reads submitted short stories written by friends and listeners of the show.
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In our Back to the F**kture podcast, hosted by The Future Laboratory co-founder Martin Raymond, we ask a future-thinker to put foresight predictions under the hindsight spotlight and explore how trends were disrupted and what this has meant for the future.
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Presented in Spring 2004, faculty members from the Department of English discuss the lives, works, and legacies of their favorite authors.
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audiostory.ai by Eleven Labs is a project for reviving news and books from the past by reading them aloud using our proprietary, long-form speech synthesis software. We’re the first AI platform to bring the most natural, rich and emotionally compelling voices to creators and publishers seeking the ultimate quality in storytelling. Join beta at elevenlabs.io
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Let's take a deep dive into the weird and unknown history of classic books in literature and everything that's book-related. Grab a drink, and maybe a snack too, and let's figure out what made literary history tick. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebookfix/support
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Bob Neufeld from Vintage Audiobooks is your host and storyteller. He reads favorites and lesser-known gems in multiple genres, including children's works, American and international fiction, history/biography, and philosophy With episodes from the Sleep Time Edition, you can fall asleep listening to classic stories told in a calm, gentle style that will help you relax from your long, hard day and drift into dreamland.
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From The Daily Princetonian, Book-ish is more than a book review podcast: every other Saturday, listen for a candid discussion of a great book –– ranging to thoughts inside and outside the text at large. Book-ish is written and hosted by Gabriel Robare and produced by Francesca Block under the 145th Managing Board of The Daily Princetonian. The theme was composed and performed by Robare, and the cover art is by Sydney Peng. Have a book you want us to review, or want to talk about a previous ...
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A book club where we (those who identify as men and those who want to understand men better) review great works of literature and discuss what they have to say about masculine archetypes. We are two life-long friends, one straight, one gay; a writer, and a doctor of computer science and philosophy, who have vastly different ideas of what it means to be a man. We’re here to take a look at the good, the bad, and the ugly and to grow along the way.
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Imagine F. Scott Fitzgerald in the afterlife, some thirty-six years after his premature passing, discovering to his dismay that the cheesiest TV producer ever has copped the title to a little-known short story of his and turned it into a landmark of cultural kitsch. That's the premise of this episode, in which we dissect the creepiest story Fitzger…
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S3 Ep1: Des Fitzgerald in Search of the Cities of Tomorrow
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We’ve covered a lot about green cities and the rise of blue zone city districts on LS:N Global, but what if we have been too simplistic, judgemental and morally narrow in our approach and understanding that green is good and the concrete grey of the city is inevitably bad for our physical, spiritual and moral wellbeing? Professor Des Fitzgerald rem…
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Published in the August 27, 1932, issue of the Saturday Evening Post, "What a Handsome Pair!" clearly reflects F. Scott Fitzgerald's dour view of marital relationships amid the relapse that took Zelda to the Phipps Clinic in Baltimore. The story of two couples, Stuart and Helen Oldhorne and Teddy and Betty Van Beck, "Pair!" insists that for men to …
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S2 Ep25: Susanne Etti and the reality of a carbon footprint
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In our latest Back to the F**kture podcast, Dr Susanne Etti talks carbon labelling and more collaborative and constructive ways to tackle the climate crisis through her role and work with sustainable travel group, Intrepid. Dr Susanne Etti and I hit it off straight away. For one, she lives in Melbourne – my favourite maritime city and skinny white …
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S2 Ep24: Tasha Golden and the impact of art on mental health
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According to the World Health Organization, good health isn’t ‘merely the absence of disease’, but ‘complete physical, mental and social wellbeing’. Dr Tasha Golden, my latest guest on Back to the F**kture, concurs. But – given the fact that she is a poet, songwriter, performer and storyteller, as well as a public health scientist – she takes this …
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The Final Episode?!?... or not (Season 3 Recap)
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We talk about our favorite reads in 2023 and the conversations they inspired. We discuss changes (Gordon in NYC, Zac in lawful marriage) and brainstorm tentative plans for the future of the podcast. We speculate why no one listened to our Death Wish episode (an episode no one asked for and certainly no one wanted), congratulate ourselves on some tr…
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02 – Book 1 – Chapter 2, Portrait of a Siren (Part 1)
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03 – Book 1 – Chapter 2, Portrait of a Siren (Part 2)
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04 – Book 1 – Chapter 3, The Connoisseur of Kisses (Part 1)
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05 – Book 1 – Chapter 3, The Connoisseur of Kisses (Part 2)
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06 – Book 2 – Chapter 1, The Radiant Hour (Part 1)
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Published on July 5, 1924 as F. Scott Fitzgerald was writing The Great Gatsby, this Liberty short story has always been seen as a key rehearsal for his magnum opus. In the story of George Rollins (or George O'Kelly in the version that appeared in 1926 in All the Sad Young Men) as he pursues the Tennessee belle Jonquil Cary we have yet another varia…
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07 – Book 2 – Chapter 1, The Radiant Hour (Part 2)
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08 – Book 2 – Chapter 1, The Radiant Hour (Part 3)
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09 – Book 2 – Chapter 2, Symposium (Part 1)
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10 – Book 2 – Chapter 2, Symposium (Part 2)
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11 – Book 2 – Chapter 2, Symposium (Part 3)
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12 – Book 2 – Chapter 3, The Broken Lute (Part 1)
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13 – Book 2 – Chapter 3, The Broken Lute (Part 2)
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14 – Book 3 – Chapter 1, A Matter of Civilization (Part 1)
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S2 Ep23: To Luxury and Beyond with Carlota Rodben
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In our latest Back to the F**kture podcast, Beyond Luxury author and innovator Carlota Rodben discusses the future of luxury and emotion with The Future Laboratory’s co-founder, Martin Raymond. There are two great quotes at the beginning of Carlota Robden’s latest book, 'Beyond Luxury: The Promise of Emotion', which very much sum up luxury’s future…
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15 – Book 3 – Chapter 1, A Matter of Civilization (Part 2)
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16 – Book 3 – Chapter 2, A Matter of Aesthetics (Part 1)
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17 – Book 3 – Chapter 2, A Matter of Aesthetics (Part 2)
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18 – Book 3 – Chapter 3, No Matter! (Part 1)
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19 – Book 3 – Chapter 3, No Matter! (Part 2)
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15: Dashing Through the Snow - A Fig & Ford Holiday Special
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Deciding to retire from the private eye business, Dash Gunfire goes home to visit his family for Christmas and finds himself solving a holiday mystery. This episode is brought to you by Hunt A Killer - the perfect way to solve your own mystery! http://www.huntakiller.com The Case of the Greater Gatsby is on hiatus until early 2024. If you enjoyed t…
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S2 Ep22: Mimi Nicklin is Softening the CEO edge
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Successful leaders are empathetic ones, according to author, leadership coach and strategic thinker Mimi Nicklin. They are also great perspective takers who understand the context of our decisions, as well as the moods and emotions that motivate us to make them. If that sounds simple – it isn’t. In fact, as Nicklin identifies in her book, Softening…
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"The Great Gatsby," by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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25+ years of friendship, 3 years of co-hosting a podcast, and we finally reached the pinnacle of the craft when it comes to literary conversation: that is to say, talking about a book without really talking much about the book. We close out our third season with one of the Great American Novels-- and true to Fitzgerald's artistic vision, we use the…
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Ford tries to track down Barnaby while Fig's double life begins to catch up with her. This episode is brought to you by Hunt A Killer - the perfect way to solve your own mystery! http://www.huntakiller.com After this episode, The Case of the Greater Gatsby will be on hiatus until early 2024. If you enjoyed this episode, consider supporting us on Pa…
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As a man, how often do you think about... The Civil War? Well, if you've joined us on this season three book club, the answer is likely often. Join us as we discuss the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic from author Michael Shaara, about the generals of Gettysburg and the brooding, emo moods that define them…
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S2 Ep21: A very private function with Peter Cole
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As private membership clubs try to regain their privacy and mojo, on this week’s Back to the F**kture podcast The Future Laboratory’s co-founder Martin Raymond talks with hospitality entrepreneur Peter Cole about how they could go about doing it – and at scale. The problem with most private members’ clubs is that they’ve become too public. While lu…
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13: Episode 13 - The World Has Turned and Left Me Here
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Revelations abound as Fig and Ford finish F. Scott’s tapes. This episode is brought to you by Hunt A Killer - the perfect way to solve your own mystery! http://www.huntakiller.com If you enjoyed this episode, consider supporting us on Patreon to receive bonus content and early access to future episodes: www.patreon.com/shipwreckedcomedy Visit our y…
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Fig & Ford gain insight into the final year of F. Scott's life. This episode is brought to you by Hunt A Killer - the perfect way to solve your own mystery! http://www.huntakiller.com If you enjoyed this episode, consider supporting us on Patreon to receive bonus content and early access to future episodes: www.patreon.com/shipwreckedcomedy Visit o…
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"The Tell-Tale Heart," by Edgar Allan Poe
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A dramatic reading of a Halloween classic from the father of the short story, the inventory of horror, and the progenitor of the modern mystery! He also married his cousin and died wearing another man's clothes for some mysterious reason... Edgar Allan Poe did it allBy Men's Book Club
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Fig goes undercover while Ford takes in a show. This episode is brought to you by Hunt A Killer - the perfect way to solve your own mystery! http://www.huntakiller.com If you enjoyed this episode, consider supporting us on Patreon to receive bonus content and early access to future episodes: www.patreon.com/shipwreckedcomedy Visit our youtube chann…
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Life is f**ked – then you make it happen. And this epithet seems to embody the life of Australian author, broadcaster and entrepreneur, Sarah Wilson. Not that her life has been fu**ed –if anything, the opposite is very much the case - but that her journey through it is a constant reminder to us all that when the chips are down the only person who c…
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11: Interstitial #2 - Mr. Connor's Hat Haven
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Fig & Ford will be back with a brand new episode next week, but in the meantime, here's a word from one of our sponsors. Mr. Connor's Hat Haven was created for the world of Greater Gatsby by kickstarter backer Jane Leach. If you enjoyed this interstitial, consider supporting us on Patreon to receive bonus content and early access to future episodes…
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The Maltese Falcon! The Thin Man! Nick and Nora Charles, Sam Spade, The Continental Op... even Noir as a genre... so much greatness to come out of one author with such a small, but refined, body of work. Join us as we fanboy more than usual over one of our shared favorite authors. Pour your favorite style of martini into a Nick and Nora glass, and …
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The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen
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A young, beautiful mermaid longs to live above the sea and be a human being. But there are serious consequences! From the Danish master of the fairy tale, Hans Christian Andersen. Buy Me A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/bizzJBy Bob Neufeld
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