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From Forensic 4cast to Comedy4cast to,this is PodcastJunky and I listen to it all. I share the best stuff on my ipod and ask you the question…What are you listening to?
And to answer that question, my call in line (714) 855-2639
I’m back! Yes, I know, it’s been a while, sorry. But my microphone has not gotten dusty in my absence. I was busy starting a new podcast. Mean Mommies Club. More on that after the main content which is Chasing the Bard.
Here is a taste of this story which is both delightful and dark.
Chasing the Bard is a story of the world of the fairy’s but don’t think Disney, think A Midsummer Night’s Dream . What if William Shakespeare was not writing about a world he created but instead a world he was experiencing. The fairy world, or, the fey as described in Chasing the Bard is a far more rich and deep world than anything Tinker Bell or her fairy friends at Disney Studios could ever imagine.
A malaise is taking over the fey world and it is dieing. Their only hope for survival is The Bard himself William Shakespeare.
But Will is not so eager to leave this world. Time works differently in the fey world and Will knows that it is possible he may never return or return to find his wife and children have grown old and passed away.
When I describe this podcast to friends often the first question is about the language. Is it like Shakespeare? Does it have all the flowery language?
As a side note, Shakespeare’s done right is understandable. See Kenneth Branagh’s versions of Much Ado About Nothing and my favorite Henry V for examples. The story and imagery will draw you in and the language is no longer a hindrance to our modern ears.
Never the less, is not written in the 1500’s it was written by the thoroughly modern Philippa Ballantine. Philippa is a New Zealand author and podcaster. She has published two books. Did I say 2? We’ll add one to that, more about that in a moment. Currently published books are Chasing the Bard and Weaver’s Web which is also available as a PodioBook. She also does the podcast Whispers at the Edge where she talks about life in Wellington, New Zealand and about being a writing.
Phillipa does include a warning at the beginning for Mature themes and situations. The story is not for kids but most of it wouldn’t be a problem for kids to overhear. The l few not so kid friendly parts you will be able to see coming with plenty of time to hit skip and listen to later.
The clips I have chosen are of course as always, kid friendly. So for those of you still worried about the language, here we go. The first clip I am going to play is from Chapter 1. Puck The Trickster has left the fey to investigate the human world. He is following Bess, a midwife who is on her way to a birthing. We later discover this is the birth of Will Shakespeare.
Clip from Ch1
The second section I have for you is from Chapter 3. Will Shakespeare is a child in this scene and Puck has taken the form the family cat so that he can watch over young will.
Clip from CH 3
I promised you more about a third book Philipa is having published. Digital Magic The sequel to Chasing the Bard will be available on Amazon.com on 08-08-08. The promotion for this has been massive. Philipa has gotten together with Tee Morris to promote both of their books coming out that day. The Case of the Pitcher’s Pendant the sequel to Tee Morris’s The Case of the Singing Sword will also be available on 08-08-08. They are calling their double promotion Double Trouble. When you get Tee and Pip together, it’s always trouble.
The promotion for this has been massive.The back seat producers have done 8 reviews of films with 8 in them to honor of 08-08-08. Tee and Pip have done thousands of podcast interviews. Ok that may be an exaggeration but seriously they are all over the podosphere with the interviews. I’ll be interviewing them at the expo later on this month. Best of all they have both put the PDF of their book online for FREE, and if I do the tech part correctly you should be able to find both PDF’s in my feed as well. If not, check the show notes for links.
Link Love:
Forensic 4cast Each episode the hosts discuss recent news that impacts on computer forensic investigations and those that perform them. This is not the glamorous world of CSI, it’s computer forensics. digging into computers in hopes of extracting the stuff the bag guys thought they had deleted permanently. It’s definitely a niche audience.
Comedy4cast is a short form comedy podcast. Monologues, skits, whatever the host Clinton finds funny. It’s comedy in 4 minutes or less.
Now as for my reason for being gone for so long.
Promo for Mean Mommies Club
Together with two of my closest friends have started a parenting podcast called Mean Mommies Club . We found that all of us had similar parenting philosophies. We wanted to share our loving but no nonsense approach to parenting. It’s nothing new, there have been mean mommies and daddies around ever since the first toddler had a temper tantrum. But we also see lots of misbehaving toddlers who parents give into their demands or worse try to be a friend instead of a parent. So if you are a parent, please check out Mean Mommies Club.
Music on this show was now then soon by 3rd Man from the Podsafe Music Network
That’s it for me. By now
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