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This week Dave and Steel are joined once again by their friend Julia. Together they share stories of spying and following people, quiz Julia about all things Kentucky and ancient Greece, answer listener questions about Vin Diesel, eighteenth century literature and college, share great music from Beth Orton, Hayden Thorpe, David Gray, Joanna Newsom, Warren Zevon, and CocoRosie, and Steel shared a passage from Ignazio Silone’s novel The Seed Beneath The Snow.
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The Skunk
Dave recommends the children’s psychological thriller The Skunk by Mac Barnett.
Expert Testimony
- More on “Kentucky Blue“
- Lexington, Kentucky’s Wikipedia page
Ask OTC
- Check out Vin Diesel’s fake beard in his new witch-hunter movie.
- Carry your book in a wagon when you go to college kids. That is all.
Unchained Melodies
Beth Orton — Dolphins
Hayden Thorpe — Goodbye Horses
David Gray — One with the Birds [Bonnie “Prince” Billy cover]
Joanna Newsom — Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie
Warren Zevon — Werewolves of London
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDpYBT0XyvA
CocoRosie — Werewolf
Book Wisdom
This week’s edition of Book Wisdom comes from Ignazio Silone’s The Seed Beneath the Snow, the third novel in his Abruzzo trilogy, which also includes Fontamara and Bread & Wine.