Bluestocking: Recent Episodes
Rory Roberts
A biweekly podcast aimed at sharing literature, quirky articles, and websites with an interest in promoting self-education. Enjoy!
Greetings, and thank you for listening to Bluestocking! Questions or comments? Email me here.
Helpful Links:
- National Archives: Powers of Persuasion
- Private Joe Louis
Music: Escaping Forever by Michael Vignola
Greetings, and thank you for listening to Bluestocking! Questions or comments? Email me here.
Helpful Links:
- Dr. Margaret Crocco on Texas Textbooks
- PBS Documentary The Revisionaries
- Avenue Q (musical)
- Kate McGee for The Texas Tribune on HB 3979
- National Archives’ Rediscovering Black History Blog
- Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
- Good Ancestor Podcast
- NPR’s Code Switch Podcast - Episode mentioned today: Tulsa: 100 Years Later
- The 1619 Project
- Nice White Parents Podcast
- Rachel Cargle
- Ally Henny
Greetings, and thank you for listening to Bluestocking! Questions or comments? Email me here.
Helpful Links:
- Feature by Andrew Sullivan
-
Native Land (Nonprofit) Website
- In the App Store
- In Google Play
- Music: First Light Part 1 (Instrumental) by Keith Anthony Holden
- Author Elizabeth McCracken
- Devolution by Max Brooks
-
Becoming Duchess Goldblatt
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Greetings, and thank you for listening to Bluestocking!
Helpful Links:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/25/books/review-dopesick-beth-macy-opioid-crisis.html
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a12775932/sackler-family-oxycontin/
https://www.amazon.com/Year-Rest-Relaxation-Ottessa-Moshfegh/dp/1784707422/ref=asc_df_1784707422/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=343242904475&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11443223706833030748&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9028322&hvtargid=pla-527476996073&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=67797266303&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=343242904475&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11443223706833030748&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9028322&hvtargid=pla-527476996073
Music: "Ever Mindful" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Greetings, and thank you for listening to Bluestocking!
Helpful Links:
https://publicdomainreview.org/2014/11/12/illustrations-of-madness-james-tilly-matthews-and-the-air-loom/
Follow this link to purchase Mike Jay’s fascinating book and support the Public Domain Review: https://www.amazon.com/Visionary-Madness-Matthews-Influencing-Machine/dp/1583947175?tag=thepubdomrev-20
Music: "Relaxing Piano Music" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Helpful Links:
https://edwardcareyauthor.com/books/little/
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/mar/12/featuresreviews.guardianreview8
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/232365/the-underground-railroad-by-colson-whitehead/9780345804327/
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/32614/32614-h/32614-h.htm
Music: "Relaxing Piano Music" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Questions, comments, or suggestions? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com.
Thanks for listening to Bluestocking!
Helpful Links:
https://historycollection.co/disturbing-historical-demons-you-wouldnt-ever-want-to-run-into/
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/19/master-margarita-bulgakov-satire-russia
Questions, comments, or ideas? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com!
Music: "Silver Flame" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Thank you for listening to Bluestocking, the podcast for people who love to learn, but don’t always have time to study. This episode, I was inspired by a series of stories covering art history in seven colors, and reminded of a book from one of my favorite authors, Sacre Bleu by Christopher Moore.
Helpful Links:
https://www.kellygrovier.com/ - poet and art critic Kelly Grovier. Check out his art history series for the BBC.
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180312-the-racist-message-hidden-in-a-masterpiece - Kelly Grovier’s take on black.
https://www.chrismoore.com/books/sacre-bleu/ - Sacre Bleu by Christopher Moore. Follow the link on this page to read the first two chapters.
Music for this episode:
"Inner Light" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Greetings, and welcome to Bluestocking, the podcast for people who love to learn, but don’t always have time to study. Today we’re delving into the fascinating world of Victorian libraries.
Helpful Links:
Reading Rooms Designed for Women: https://daily.jstor.org/the-reading-rooms-designed-to-protect-women-from-library-loafers/
Gender and Public Space in Victorian America: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1215236?mag=the-reading-rooms-designed-to-protect-women-from-library-loafers
The Dangers Facing Victorian Librarians: https://daily.jstor.org/being-librarian-dangerous/
More information beyond the short article can be found here: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25542241?mag=being-librarian-dangerous&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
Some Books Can Kill: https://daily.jstor.org/some-books-can-kill/
Documentary covering deadly everyday items of the Victorian age: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nqq_nFkRcs
Dr. Suzannah Lipscombe: http://suzannahlipscomb.com/
The Dollop Episode about Hat Pins and Mashers: https://thedollop.libsyn.com/213-mashers-and-hatpins
Greetings, and welcome to Bluestocking!
Helpful Links:
Fun Facts about J.K. Rowling: https://www.cbc.ca/books/50-things-you-might-not-know-about-j-k-rowling-1.4093971
Charities related to the Harry Potter world: https://dailygeekette.wordpress.com/2016/05/05/use-your-hp-love-for-good-activism-and-charity-in-the-harry-potter-fandom/
Wonderful Quotes from J.K. Rowling: https://www.cbc.ca/books/4-reasons-why-j-k-rowling-is-the-only-person-who-could-have-created-harry-potter-1.4182327
Some Interesting and Inspiring Thoughts on Depression and Failure, using J.K. Rowling’s success as example: https://qz.com/961875/how-jk-rowling-overcame-depression-and-rejection-to-end-up-selling-400-million-books/
Music: http://www.supportify.ch/dl/?track=62857
Questions, comments, or suggestions? Email me: bluestockingpod@gmail.com.
Thank you so much for listening to Bluestocking! This episode is short and maybe not sweet, but certainly poignant. There are some links below if you’re interested in learning more about today’s topic or how you can help some ‘strangers’ through a group like the International Rescue Committee.
Helpful Links:
https://www.rescue-uk.org/article/what-strangers-case
https://qz.com/786163/the-banned-400-year-old-shakespearean-speech-being-used-for-refugee-rights-today/ - The full text of the speech can be read here, and there are also two videos not linked here: One of Ian McKellan performing it, and another featuring Harriet Walter.
https://www.rescue-uk.org/video/strangers-case-shakespeares-rallying-cry-humanity - Filmed at Shakespeare’s Globe in 2018.
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/research/currentprojects/multiculturalshakespeare/news/?newsItem=8a17841a6411e8b401642243e1b859b6 - a different take, turning it into a local pub scene, also filmed in 2018.
Questions, comments, or suggestions? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com.
Music: "String Impromptu Number 1" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Thank you for listening to Bluestocking, the podcast for people who love to learn, but don’t always have time to study.
Helpful Links:
Wendy Moore, Author: http://www.wendymoore.org/
Music: "Peace of Mind" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Greetings, and welcome to Bluestocking! This episode delves into the joint biography, Romantic Outlaws by Charlotte Gordon, about Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley.
Helpful Links:
http://charlottegordonbooks.com/
http://time.com/5133735/wollstonecraft-grave-mary-shelley-frankenstein/
Music: "Relaxing Piano Music" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Psssst... Bluestocking is One Year Old today! Whoohoo!
Psssst... questions, comments, or suggestions? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com!
Helpful Links:
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180611-why-frankenstein-is-the-story-that-defined-our-fears
Edison Silent Movie, Frankenstein: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-fM9meqfQ4
Listen to The Year Without a Summer, about the events that helped inspire Mary Shelley to create Frankenstein: https://www.imaginaryworldspodcast.org/the-year-without-a-summer-1.html
Or, if you prefer a transcript, from The Allusionist, which is how I first came across the story two years ago: https://www.theallusionist.org/transcripts/frankenstein
ASU The Frankenstein Bicentennial Project: https://frankenstein.asu.edu/
National Theatre LIVE Screenings of the 2011 production featuring Jonny Lee Miller and Benedict Cumberbatch switching roles: http://ntlive.nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/ntlin4-frankenstein
Music: "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Questions, Comments, or Suggestions? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com!
Helpful Links:
https://www.thelittleprince.com/
https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-strange-triumph-of-the-little-prince
http://mentalfloss.com/article/64148/12-charming-facts-about-little-prince
http://mentalfloss.com/article/57198/11-drafts-most-famous-phrase-little-prince
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3621040/The-other-side-of-the-story.html
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/consuelo-de-saint-exupery/the-tale-of-the-rose/
Questions, comments, or suggestions? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com.
Music Courtesy of Kevin MacLeod: "Parting of the Ways - Part 1" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Greetings, and welcome to Bluestocking!
Helpful Links:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/medieval-manuscripts-embroidery
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/medieval-marginalia-books-doodles
https://www.instagram.com/uofgcodicologist
https://medievalbooks.nl/2014/10/24/feeling-good-about-bad-skin/
http://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2017/05/ready-are-you-more-medieval-yodas.html
Questions, comments, or ideas? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com.
Head’s Up: this episode contains strong language.
Helpful (and fun!) links:
Samuel Pepys’ Diary: https://www.pepysdiary.com
F Yeah History Crushes: http://fuckyeahhistorycrushes.tumblr.com/
Questions, Comments, or Suggestions? Shoot me an email: bluestockingpod@gmail.com.
Music Credit: "Perspectives" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Helpful Links:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/delmonicos-womens-lunch
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/06/charles-dickens-and-the-women-who-made-him
Music from Kevin MacLeod: Garden Music Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Helpful Links Concerning Uncomfortable Truths...
About PT Barnum: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-pt-barnum-greatest-humbug-them-all-180967634/
About Mark Twain: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/11/28/mark-twains-disturbing-passion-for-collecting-young-girls/
Questions, comments, or suggestions? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com.
Today’s Music: "Wisps of Whorls" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Thank you for listening to Bluestocking!
I highly recommend Fixing Troilus and Cressida performed by The Rude Mechs in Austin, Texas if you’re able to make it. If you’re far away, you can still read the script and check out the awesome work this creative group is making: www.rudemechs.com
Meet Kirk Lynn, the playwright: http://www.kirkkirkkirk.com/
And Alexandra Bassiakou Shaw, the director: http://www.alexandrabassiakoushaw.com/
As always, if you have questions, comments, or suggestions, I’d love to hear from you: bluestockingpod@gmail.com
Music: "Peace of Mind" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Thank you for listening!
Helpful Links:
https://www.dailywritingtips.com/30-words-inspired-by-29-people-and-an-elephant/
https://www.vocabulary.com
Music:
"Relaxing Piano Music" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Questions, comments, or ideas for a topic you’d like to see covered? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com.
A short story about what might happen if teachers are forced to carry firearms. Inspired by The Handmaid's Tale.
Helpful Links:
14 debut books by women to add to your TBR list: https://www.bustle.com/p/14-debut-books-by-women-coming-out-in-2018-that-you-need-in-your-tbr-pile-7649023
Laura Smith’s Writings: https://lauraelainesmith.com/writing/
The Conundrum of Writing About the Dead by Laura Smith: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/07/16/the-last-word-2/
The article which started it all: https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/celebrity/vanishing-act
The Art of Vanishing by Laura Smith: http://amzn.to/2sLWqkI
Thank you so very much for listening. Please be kind enough to rate, review, and subscribe to help spread the word. Questions, comments, and suggestions can be emailed to bluestockingpod@gmail.com.
Apologies, but by cat, Begemot, makes a very vocal (albeit brief) appearance around twenty two minutes in! Apparently, he had a lot of opinions on the topic!
Music: "Music for Manatees" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Greetings, and welcome to Bluestocking, the podcast for people who love to learn, but don’t always have time to study.
Questions, Comments, or Suggestions? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com
Helpful Links:
Why Do We Sleep Under Blankets, Even on the Hottest Nights? https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/blankets-summer-hot
The Once Common Practice of Communal Sleeping: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/communal-sleeping-history-sharing-bed
The Original ‘Nightmare’ Was a Demon That Sat on Your Chest and Suffocated You: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/original-nightmare-demon-suffocation-night-terror
22 Interesting Facts You Didn’t Know About Sleep:
https://www.dreams.co.uk/sleep-matters-club/25-facts-about-sleep/
Music: "Dewdrop Fantasy" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Greetings, and welcome to Bluestocking!
Helpful Links: http://mentalfloss.com/article/504609/murderer-who-helped-make-oxford-english-dictionary
https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2016/03/08/women-and-the-oed/
The Professor and the Madman: http://amzn.to/2DnHYAk
Questions, comments, or ideas? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com.
Music Credits:
“String Impromptu Number 1" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Relent" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Helpful Links:
Zone One by Colson Whitehead: http://amzn.to/2CsiggN
World War Z by Max Brooks: http://amzn.to/2C7t4NY
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith: http://amzn.to/2CtsNYU
NY Times Book Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/books/review/zone-one-by-colson-whitehead-book-review.html
Questions or comments? Please email bluestockingpod@gmail.com
Thank you for listening to Bluestocking! Questions or comments? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com.
The original article which sparked my interest in epistolary literature: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/trunk-stuffed-17th-century-letters-historians-dream-find-180957216/
To learn about the Signed, Sealed, and Undelivered Project, check here: http://brienne.org/unlockedbriennearchive
If you’d like to check out Andrea di Robilant’s A Venetian Affair, you can purchase here: http://amzn.to/2BPvy4m
Thank you for listening to Bluestocking!
Signed copies of Katherine Arden’s beautiful books can be found at www.bookpeople.com.
Or, if you would like to support the podcast, please consider purchasing through the following links:
The Bear and the Nightingale: http://amzn.to/2BB6n8a
The Girl in the Tower: http://amzn.to/2BzCoh7
Questions or Comments? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com.
Thanks for listening!
Helpful Links:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/squirrels-caching-chunking-memory-system
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pet-squirrel-craze
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/in-1918-california-drafted-children-into-a-war-on-squirrels
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/17/magazine/letter-of-recommendation-squirrels.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FSquirrels&action=click&contentCollection=science®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=3&pgtype=collection
www.incompetech.com
The Diamond and the Vengeance: http://amzn.to/2zYGo96
If you’re curious about the background music used for the outtro: Drums of the Deep Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Do you have the www.dictionary.com app to learn a new word of the day? It's fun!
Check out these great articles from IFLScience:
http://www.iflscience.com/brain/learning-new-words-activates-same-brain-regions-sex-and-drugs/
http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/are-you-a-sillytonian-or-a-losenger-30-olde-timey-words-academics-want-to-bring-back/all/
Helpful links:
http://fortune.com/2017/10/17/carrie-fisher-sent-a-cows-tongue-to-a-producer-that-sexually-assaulted-her-friend/
http://m.valpotorch.com/mobile/arts_and_entertainment/article_50f5265e-b57d-11e7-af4d-8705fa02ab38.html
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/lois-lane-explains-white-male-privilege-to-superman
Helpful Links:
NPR article and links about Alice Walker and Zora Neale Hurston: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1849395
Library of Congress information and links about Zora Neale Hurston: https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/january-07
Greater Houston Community Foundation: https://ghcf.org/hurricane-relief/
Evangelical Lutheran Church of America: http://elca.org/en/Our-Work/Relief-and-Development/Lutheran-Disaster-Response/Our-Impact/US-Hurricane-Relief
Please consider helping support the podcast by shopping through our Amazon link: http://amzn.to/2yf7DMK
Check out All The Lives I Want by Alana Massey: http://amzn.to/2xNqDAt
Do you have ideas or stories you’d like to share? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com!
Thanks for listening to Bluestocking! Today we're talking about two books and the subject of memory...
Moonwalking with Einstein and The Paper Menagerie
Spoiler Alert
The author of Moonwalking with Einstein, Joshua Foer, actually did win the United States Memory Championships the year he competed.
Please rate, subscribe, and review to help us out. Have questions, comments, or ideas to share? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com and let us know! Thank you for listening.
Please note: this episode does contain some strong language in the first five minutes. Skip ahead and you’re fine.
Helpful Links:
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/excerpts-from-the-all-girl-remake-of-lord-of-the-flies
https://pizzabottle.com/45524-15-of-the-funniest-reactions-to-that-all-female-lord-of-the-flies-remake/
https://comicsverse.com/good-earth-review/
Find these books on Amazon, and help support Bluestocking!
Lord of the Flies
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck, Graphic Novel Adaptation
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Thank you for listening to Bluestocking! Questions and comments can be directed to bluestockingpod@gmail.com. Please rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes or Google Play.
Helpful Links:
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-true-story-of-roland-the-farter-and-how-the-internet-killed-professional-flatulence
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170619-why-british-english-is-full-of-silly-sounding-words
https://www.amazon.com/Secret-History-Wonder-Woman-ebook/dp/B00K4C3QPK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1504319348&sr=8-1&keywords=jill+lepore
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In this episode, I’ll be sharing two short stories by one of my favorite authors, Emma Donoghue (https://www.emmadonoghue.com/), award-winning author of Room.
In her collection of short stories, The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits, she tells little-known stories based on history, including such characters as Mary Toft, Baker Brown, and Mary Wollstonecraft.
Please consider checking out Eve Ensler’s V-Day Movement (http://www.vday.org/) if you are troubled by what happens to the heroines in these stories.
Questions? Comments? Ideas? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com
Helpful Links:
https://www.bustle.com/p/jeannette-walls-hopes-the-glass-castle-inspires-others-to-confront-their-pasts-tell-their-stories-69081
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_library
http://www.carnegielibrary.org/about/history-of-carnegie-library-of-pittsburgh/
http://beautyandthebook.com/
https://imaginationlibrary.com/
Early photoshop, spirit photography, vampires, and purgatory - they all have some sort of tie to our 16th President in this week's episode.
Further information:
http://www.naominovik.com/
http://www.katherinearden.com/
http://www.amightygirl.com/fearless-girls
As always, if you have ideas, suggestions, or questions, please email: bluestockingpod@gmail.com
Thank you for listening!
Episode One of Bluestocking is being launched! Thank you for checking us out.
Interesting Links:
- http://www.thetanglednest.com/
- http://www.lyandalynnhaupt.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/LyandaLynnHaupt/
- http://www.manfeels-park.com/
- http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/beatrix-potter-secret-journal-code-leslie-linder