Saturday, April 20, 2024

#78 April 2024


This month Steph and Candice chat about indoor kids versus outdoor kids, how to approach a potluck, and why some books go unfinished.

Books

The Long View: Why We Need to Transform How The World Sees Time by Richard Fisher 

11/22/63 by Stephen King 

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doer 

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King 

The Magick of Food: Rituals, Offerings, and Why We Eat Together by Gwion Raven 

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han 

Links

The Essential Stephen King from The New York Times 

Timestamps

00:00 -  Intro and chit chat

14:00 - Steph’s reading 

20:00 - a Storygraph side bar about Did Not Finish books

27:00 - Stephen King Article breakdown

37:00 - Food talk

44:00 - Candice’s reading - she’s ahead of her goal!

 

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This month's episode of The Village Podcast

Saturday, March 23, 2024

#77 March 2024


Steph read a book about women’s fitness this month which launched a lot of conversation about dancing, weight lifting, synchronizing with others.

Meanwhile Candice is hoping the world gets saved in the next Stephen King novel on her to-read list.

Books

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

60 Songs That Explain the ‘90s by Rob Harvilla

11/22/63 by Stephen King

Language of the Night by Ursula K Le Guin 

Buffalo is the New Buffalo by Chelsea Vowel 

Catchpenny by Charlie Huston, 

Let’s Get Physical by Danielle Friedman

Be Useful by Arnold Schwarzenegger, 

Links

Check out the Bookshelf’s new website!  

Timestamps

00:00 Intro and new website launch

06:40 Candice’s reading update

16:45 Steph’s vacation and reading update

34:00 Side bar about people moving or singing together (synchronicity)

38:28 Back to book talk about physical fitness

 

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This month's episode of The Village Podcast

Sunday, March 3, 2024

#76 February 2024 (when we finally decide to start numbering our episodes)


Did someone say February was the shortest month? What’s that, February of 2024 is actually one day longer? Still not long enough to release the February episode in the month of February though apparently.

Books

Kick Out The Jams by Dave Marsh 

Listen by Michele Faber 

60 Songs that Explain the 90s by Rob Harvilla 

Moon of the Turning Leaves - by Waubgeshig Rice 

Don’t be Trashy by Tara McKenna 

Under the Dome by Stephen King 

From A Buick 8 by Stephen King 

Wanderers by Chuck Wendig 

Movies

Memento, Inception, Oppenheimer, Tenet, and Interstellar directed by Christopher Nolan

Saltburn Trailer 

Links

60 Songs that Explain the 90s podcast

The 2024 Oscars Nominees  

Timestamps

Steph’s reading update - 01:00 

Candice’s Reading update - 08:50

Apocalypse stories - 16:00

How many answers each person needs in a story - 20:50

The Christopher Nolan rabbit hole - 31:00

Saltburn 34:00

The Oscars 38:00

 

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This month's episode of The Village Podcast

Sunday, January 14, 2024

Ready for 2024


New year, same old Steph and Candice!

Books

Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig 

Wanderers & Wayward by Chuck Wendig  

Under The Dome by Stephen King  

Listen: On Music, Sound, and Us by Michel Faber 

Infused: Adventures in Tea by Henrietta Lovell

Movies

Dream Scenario starring Nicolas Cage 

Renfield starring Nicolas Cage 

The Killer directy by David Fincher 

Priscilla directed by Sofia Coppola 

A Murder at the End of the World 

Links

Goodreads review scandal 

Please use Storygraph instead of Goodreads -  and here’s why 

Timestamps

00:00 - Intro

02:07 - What are we reading?

37:30 - What are we watching?

47:00 - A discussion on how things are reviewed by the public and the Goodreads issue

 

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This month's episode of The Village Podcast