Podcasts
A Good Story is Hard to Find
A Catholic podcast about popular books and movies. A podcast where Julie Davis and I discuss books and movies we love as well as themes of belief, faith, and the “one reality” below the surface.
The Shelf Wear Podcast
A podcast I ran for about a year on this site where I invited friends to participate in book and story discussions. I enjoyed every episode! Click the graphic above to get to the episodes.And occasionally I’m a guest on:
The SFFaudio Podcast
The Reading Envy Podcast-
“The way Jesus shows you is not easy. Rather, it is like a path winding up a mountain. Do not lose heart! The steeper the road, the faster it rises toward ever wider horizons!”
— St. Pope John Paul IIThe cartoon icon of Saint Pope John Paul II was created by Micah at Thy Geekdom Come.
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Good Story 276: Njal’s Saga
Njal’s Saga! The longest Icelandic saga! Julie and I talked about Njal’s Saga in Episode 276 of Good Story. I love this 12th century story of Viking physical mayhem and courtroom drama. You can listen on the Good Story website … Continue reading
Reading: February 25, 2022
For a long while the only Louis L’Amour books I’d read were not westerns: The Walking Drum (set in Europe in the Middle Ages), and The Last of the Breed (about a Native American pilot who is shot down by … Continue reading
Good Story 275: Master and Commander (2003)
Another movie for the Pool Room! Julie and I talked about Master and Commander (the movie) in Episode 275 of Good Story. I really liked where our discussion went. And I had to add 20 Patrick O’Brien novels to my … Continue reading
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Reading: February 8, 2022
Those vampires are still waiting. And so is Asimov. How to Live Like a Monk: Medieval Wisdom for Modern Life is a beautiful little book. Daniele Cybulskie, part of the crew over at the medievalists.net website, blog, and podcast, wrote … Continue reading
Reading: January 31, 2022
My goodness time flies. January is behind us. I haven’t read a whole lot in the last two weeks. I did read another five Asimov stories in the Future History Project, but the goal was ten, so now I’m a … Continue reading
Good Story 274: Death Comes for the Archbishop
Julie (like she usually does) picked a great one here. I knew nothing about this book when she picked it, but it’s a book that I will buy in hardcopy because I know without a doubt that I’m going to … Continue reading
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Good Story 273: The Book of Eccesiastes
Julie and I were joined by Tommaso Todesca for a discussion about The Book of Ecclesiastes. Tom was just wonderful, as I knew he would be. He fit in immediately, and the selection of this book to talk about was … Continue reading
Reading: January 16, 2022
Turns out that Death Comes to the Archbishop was NOT completely free of murders. I mean, things were pretty rough out in the New Mexico Territory in the 1800s. The book was terrific, and there will be a lot to … Continue reading
Reading: January 8, 2022
I remember how Baltimore, or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden got on my reading list. I was watching a panel discussion with editor Anne Groell at Worldcon 2020 (via Zoom; Worldcon was … Continue reading
Reading: January 5, 2022
Jehoshaphat, it’s 2022! I’m sure that’s exactly how Elijah Bailey would say that. On January 1, a big ole project started over on Booktube, with Shawn D. Standfast at the helm. He’s calling it The Future History project, and the … Continue reading
Good Story 272: Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Julie and I wrapped up the A Good Story is Hard to Find podcast for 2021 with a discussion of Miracle on 34th Street from 1947. It’s a great movie that brings up issues of belief and the modern world … Continue reading
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