In this weekly web feature, St.John Flynn and Eric Skelly provide a quick, fun overview of the opera to be heard Saturday afternoon on HPM Classical and houstonpublicmedia.org.
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Send us your thoughts on the monthly book over social media and we'll discuss on air. Hosted by three talkative public librarians/book nerds from Winnipeg Public Library.
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Welcome to Arts Forward MKE, a new podcast out of the Imagine MKE podcast shop hosted by Lindsay Sheridan, Director of Marketing and PR at Imagine MKE. Each week, we’ll sit down with an artist or arts administrator in Milwaukee and dive deep into their story – asking them about their Milwaukee origin, their early memories that sparked a love of the arts, their present work, and their vision for the future of the city. New episodes each Thursday.
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Welcome to Casual Watch Talk. A podcast from the creators of 'Causal Watch Reviews' YouTube Channel. This podcast will cover the world of Horology and Watch collecting. This Podcast is for watch collectors NEW and EXPERIENCED to find interesting and educational content about Horology, the hobby we love. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/casualwatchtalk/support
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Anne and Jim welcome you to Literary Italy, a joyous romp through the books and the landscape of the bel paese. Join us as we share our love of the literature, the people, the land, and the experience that is Italy.
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Episode 078: This is How You Lose the Time War
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MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE The New York Times 100 Best Books of the 21st Century This is How you Produce the Time War article in Vector Magazine TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGHT LIKE! Toby: Recursion by Blake Crouch Dennis: The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers Trevor: Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield NERD WORDS FOR WORD…
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Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in th…
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Episode 076: The Left Hand of Darkness
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Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peo…
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Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, a…
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Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Bel Canto by Ann Patchett. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the N…
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Episode 073: Moon of the Turning Leaves
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Welcome, Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice and we have a special guest joining us: WPL’s Writer-In-Residence Susie Moloney. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the ho…
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Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing French Exit by Patrick deWitt. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in t…
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Episode 071: If Beale Street Could Talk
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Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peo…
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Ep. 63: Castiglione's Book of the Courtier / Urbino, Le Marche
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Baldassare Castiglione's Book of the Courtier raises questions such as "What are the qualities the perfect gentleman?", "What are the qualities of language that are suitable for writing?", and "What is the proper balance between artifice and sincerity?". Wake up, Yana!Av Anne Schuchman and James Berrettini
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Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Gileadby Marilynne Robinson. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the…
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Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Hell of a Book by Jason Mott. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in th…
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Episode 068: Half of a Yellow Sun
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Welcome, Dear Readers, to our latest episode where we discuss Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree),…
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Episode 067: The Thursday Murder Club
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Welcome, mystery lovers, to our latest episode where we discuss Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and …
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Episode 066: A Grandmother Begins the Story
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Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing A Grandmother Begins the Storyby Michelle Porter. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakot…
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Ep. 61: Dante's Vita Nuova / Florence
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Can't get enough of your love, babe. Or of Dante. This episode we read Dante's New Life , a prelude to The Divine Comedy. Written in prosimetrum, a form that combines poetry and prose, we get to see a little more of Beatrice, and a lot more of young Dante in Florence. Catherine Project Frisardi's translation of Vita Nuova (online) Dante Gabriel Ros…
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Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and …
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Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in…
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Welcome, Dear Readers, and a special welcome to those of you joining us as part of One eRead Canada – A digital, bilingual, cross-Canada book club (1ereadlivrelcanada.ca) You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and t…
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Ep. 60: Italo Calvino's "Italian Folktales"
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Italo Calvino was one of the best known Italian writers throughout the world in the late 20th century. In the 1950's he set about working with Italian folklorists to collect, shape, and assemble Italian fables or fairy tales. The result was Fiabe Italiane (Italian Folktales), a compendium of stories from different parts of Italy. This week we dip o…
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Ep. 59: Frances Mayes’ “Under the Tuscan Sun” / Cortona
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Liam Neeson or Leslie Nielsen? You decide. Things to know about Cortona: Ancient city - Etruscans - walls go back to 5th c. BC Romans Also long history as a tourist destination, even before Under the Tuscan Sun What to see in Cortona Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, built in 1456 MAEC - Museo dell’Accademia Etrusca e della Città di Cortona Diocesa…
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Episode 062: Women of the Fur Trade
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Welcome, Dear Readers. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking w…
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Ep. 58: Veronica Gàmbara / Brescia
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Another episode in Lombardy, this time featuring poet, politico, and salon host Veronica Gàmbara.Av Anne Schuchman and James Berrettini
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Cesare Beccaria, author of On Crimes and Punishments (Dei delitti e delle pene) political philosopher, forgotten philosophe, 18th century influencer extraordinaire, arguably had more citations by the first American presidents than John Locke had. We talk about his life and his native city of Milan. (Also -- James Madison's height: 5ft 4in. ) Enjoy!…
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Ep. 56: Leonardo notebooks - Milan and Florence
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Coming from their recent travels in Lombardy, Anne and Jim chat about Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks. Why do we keep a notebook -- for ourselves? Our contemporaries? Posterity? Leonardo (who was often commissioned by the Sforza's, the ruling family of Milan) is arguably the most famous polymath of all time, painting, writing, designing inventions, e…
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EPISODE 061: REBECCA Welcome, Dear Readers. Last night we dreamt we recorded a podcast again… You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peopl…
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Ep. 55: Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's The Leopard, Palermo, Sicily
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We read The Leopard, a novel of the Risorgimento, a tragic-comic story of romance, war, and a stuffed dog.Av Anne Schuchman and James Berrettini
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Welcome, Dear Readers. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking w…
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Welcome, fair maidens and handsome gents, to our latest episode where we discuss Scarlett Peckham’s The Rakess. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree)…
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Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing Billy Summers by Stephen King. Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and D…
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