Once Upon A Time: A Storytelling Podcast

What happens when you come back to your hometown after years of being away? How do you feel when something so familiar is also so distant? This week, join Talia Smith and guest host, Joie Affleck, in their discussion of the 2004 Indie Classic, Garden State.
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Featured Artist: Mikaela Simon
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Guest Host: Joie Affleck
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Resources:
Garden State (2004)Garden State Motion Picture Soundtrack

"Why ‘Manic Pixie Dream Girl’ Won't Go Away” by Spencer Kornharber
What is Mise en Scène in Film: Definition and Examples, Studio Binder“How color helps a movie tell its story” by Kate Torgovnick May
All 28 New Jersey malls, ranked from worst to best“In Defense of Zach Braff’s Garden State” By Jesse David Fox
Lyndhurst Medieval Times20 things you (probably) didn’t know about Garden State

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It’s our First Ever Holiday Special! Guest Host, Alison O’Brien is back and better than ever! Through the lens of The Muppets, Alison and Talia reflect on the impact A Christmas Carol has on the spirit of Christmas and why it continues to keep us on the edge of our seats almost 180 years later.

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A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)

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“Ghosts in a Christmas Carol” by John Mullan

“The Muppet Christmas Carol is the greatest film ever made” by Amelia Tait

“The Story Behind the Music of The Muppet Christmas Carol ” by Tim Greiving

“Why The Muppet Christmas Carol set the gold standard for Dickens adaptations” by Ed Power

“A Plea to Resurrect the Christmas Tradition of Telling Ghost Stories” by Colin Dickey

“Why ghosts haunt Britain at Christmas but steer clear of America” by Derek Johnston
"The Economic Consequences of Major Tax Cuts for the Rich" by David Hope and Julian Limberg, The London School of Economics and Political Science

Talia’s HS Production of Christmas Carol

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Blood! Murder! Cannibalism! Cinderella is a tale for the ages! Throughout history, there have been HUNDREDS of Cinderella Stories with each retelling adding their own flavor. From Ancient Egypt to Korea to France, you will be hard pressed to find a culture without their own Cinderella Story. This week, Sam Leinberger joins Talia Smith to retell and discuss the intricate tale of a little girl who was destined to be a princess.

This episode is dedicated to Liberty High School’s Production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, who had their musical delayed due to the plague. Inspiritu, Liberty Drama!

RESOURCES

Cinderella; three hundred and forty-five variants of Cinderella, Catskin, and cap o’rushes, abstracted and tabulated, with a discussion of mediaeval analogues, and notes by Marian Roalfe Cox, 1893. Forward by A. Lang

https://archive.org/details/cinderellathreeh00coxmuoft/page/n6/mode/2up

Kajong and Halœk (Vietnam, 1887)

http://www.365cinderellas.com/2011/04/cinderella-94-kajon-and-halk-vietnam.html

The Brothers Grimm Version

https://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm021.html

The Charles Perrault Version

https://www.pitt.edu/~dash/perrault06.html

“Join Playbill March 20 for a Movie Night With Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella Starring Lesley Ann Warren” BY PLAYBILL STAFF

https://www.playbill.com/article/join-playbill-march-20-for-a-movie-night-with-rodgers-hammersteins-cinderella-starring-lesley-ann-warren

Into the Woods by Stephan Sodheim

https://broadwaymusicalhome.com/shows/intothewoods.htm

A Cinderella Story: A Christmas Wish (2019)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10326928/

A Cinderella Story (2004)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0356470/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Ella Enchanted (2004),

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327679/

“A Girl, A Shoe, A Prince: The Endlessly Evolving Cinderella” by Linda Holmes

https://www.npr.org/2015/03/13/392358854/a-girl-a-shoe-a-prince-the-endlessly-evolving-cinderella

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There is a reason why sports movies are so pervasive in Hollywood. The struggle! The drama! The underdogs! The truth is, nothing quite beats a good ‘ol sports story. This week, Talia and Guest Host Aya Newman discuss the San Francisco Giant’s rise from baseball drool to World Series cool!

RESEARCH:

“How much individual talent was on each Giants World Series team?” By Brady Klopfer

https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2020/4/27/21239086/san-francisco-giants-world-series-2010-2012-2014-mlb-comparison

“The Strange Dynasty Of The San Francisco Giants Is Over. (Yes, It Was A Dynasty.)”

By Neil Paine

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-strange-dynasty-of-the-san-francisco-giants-is-over-yes-it-was-a-dynasty/

“2012 NLCS Gm7: Raindrops keep falling on Scutaro's head” by MLB

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wHMI7KdptY

Negro Leagues E-Museum:

http://www.nlbemuseum.com/nlbemuseum.html

Library of Congress Online Archives on Baseball and the Color Line:

https://www.loc.gov/collections/jackie-robinson-baseball/articles-and-essays/baseball-the-color-line-and-jackie-robinson/

Current MLB players talk about being a black baseball player:

https://www.mlb.com/news/black-mlb-players-speak-out-on-race-issues

SF Giants player Jaylin Davis discusses his experience with racism:

https://sfgiants.mlblogs.com/the-stories-that-are-hardest-to-tell-jaylin-davis-9c905027f6a5

Pittsburgh Pirates field the first all-Black-and-Latino lineup in 1971:

https://sabr.org/journal/article/characters-with-character-pittsburghs-all-black-lineup/

Women in the Negro Leagues:

https://tht.fangraphs.com/tht-annual-2018/the-negro-leagues-last-hope-three-brave-women/

Effa Manley, the First Woman Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame:

https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/manley-effa

BOSS LEVEL: Ken Burns’ Baseball

https://www.pbs.org/show/baseball/episodes/

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Our Season Two Finale is one of the oldest stories in the book, the Epic of Gilgamesh. From dangerous adventures to journeys of self discovery, this story is, quite literally, epic! Join Guest Host Luke Blaylock and Host Talia Smith as they discuss how “a tale as old as time” can leave you on the edge of your seat thousands of years later.

Resources:

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Support Our Guest Host: Luke Blaylock @theblaylockUK (Twitter) @the_absolute_blaylock (instagram) Luke Blaylock (youtube)

Support Our Featured Artist: Jesse Lentz on Instagram @pb_and_plushie and @theoysterstitch
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Penn State Digital Collection, Near East & Babylonian Sections Collection

The Epic of Gilgamesh English version by N K Sanders (1960)

The Epic of Gilgamesh translation by Andrew George (1999)

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"Uruk," Khan Academy

Myths From Mesopotamia translation by Stephanie Dalley (1989)

Mesopotamia The invention of the city by Gwendolyn Leick (2001)

“Back to the Cedar Forest: The beginning and end of Tablet V of the Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgameš” by Farouk N H Al-Rawi and Andrew George

Queer as Fact - The Epic of Gilgamesh on Stitcher, Podcast

Great Voyages: Gilgamesh: Journeys to the End of the World by Steve Tinney, YouTube

Baba Brinkman - Gilgamesh, Youtube

The Epic of Gilgamesh – Thug Notes Summary & Analysis, Youtube

The Epic of Gilgamesh: Crash Course World Mythology #26, Youtube

Mesopotamia: Crash Course World History #3, Youtube

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