Quintessential Thinking: Recent Episodes
Quin
My name is Quin and I am 14 years old. I live in the foothills of Western Maine. I am a skier, farmhand, writer, and avid reader. For as long as I can remember, I have been very curious about whatever ideas or theories have slipped into my line of sight. This podcast hosts a culmination of summaries from my "years of research." I include a series of episodes on a wide variety of real-world topics, as well as segments dedicated to looking at fiction through various lenses.
An introduction to the thrilling and mystifying world of Cosmic Horror. This episode is made up of segments explaining the most used elements and tropes of the genre.
Bibliography and Other Notable Mentions:
Time Warp by Richard O’Brien, Patricia Quin, and Nell Campbell
Through the Gates of the Silver Key by H.P. Lovecraft and E. Hoffman Price
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Dreams in the Witch House by H.P. Lovecraft
The Children of the Night by Robert E. Howard
The Lurking Fear by H.P. Lovecraft
The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft
The Whisperer in the Darkness by H.P. Lovecraft
The Shadow out of Time by H.P. Lovecraft
Herbert West-Reanimator H.P. Lovecraft
The Dunwich Horror by H.P. Lovecraft
Shadows over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft
The Thing on the Doorstep by H.P Lovecraft
At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by H.P. Lovecraft
The Color from out of Space by H.P. Lovecraft
Cool Air by H.P. Lovecraft
The Mound, ghostwritten by H.P. Lovecraft on the behalf of Zealia Bishop
Dagon by H.P. Lovecraft
From Beyond by H.P. Lovecraft
A brief introduction into the making of a conlang or constructed language.
Bibliography:
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
https://writingexplained.org/grammar-dictionary/strong-verbs-vs-weak-verbs
https://alic.sites.unlv.edu/morphology/lesson1/basics-of-morphology/
https://www.k-international.com/blog/click-languages/
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/11/tonal-languages-linguistics-mandarin/415701/
https://www.moderngaulish.org/initial-consonant-mutation
A 12 minute summary explaining the Theory of Evolution from a 14 year-old's perspective, aimed at teens and young adults.
Bibliography: Though over the years I have read books and lost their titles, the following resources have assisted myself in assuring the accuracy of my prompt.
The Usborne Encyclopedia of World History by Jane Bingham, Fiona Chandler, and Sam Taplin
https://beta.nsf.gov/news/how-did-life-begin
https://www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/Mutation
https://depts.washington.edu/fhlk12/links/StudentProjects/Tun.biology.html
https://www.bionity.com/en/encyclopedia/Timeline_of_evolution.html
Thank You to my little brother Will for the tech wizardry.