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What an amazing US Open we witnessed in 2021. The boys breakdown their highlight moments and what to take away from final Grand Slam of the year

Special Guest: Busta 

There is a movie.  It has animals.  And baby oil.  Much baby oil.  There is a man.  He is known as "Dar."  He is... THE BEASTMASTER.  Join your hosts, known as Karen and Janet - and their guest, known as Adele Ray, as they figure out approximately how many loincloths the movie went through during production.  CA-CAW!

This week Sammi and Beau are joined by Shannon Campe from the delightful Little Women: A Modern Audio Drama to talk about the "flimsy and charmless" modernization of Little Women, The March Sisters At Christmas! 

Before you see Greta Gerwig's take on Louisa May Alcott’s classic feminist novel, gobble up our chat about Gillian Armstrong's 25-year-old version. The Next 176 Project throws a big hug around Winona Ryder and her fellow March girls (especially Claire Danes) because your contract as a human pretty much demands you fall in love with lovely people like these. Ryder’s effervescent performance as Jo makes even her romance with a miscast Gabriel Byrne almost believable. So be your independent self and start yuletiding our merry little words.

For The Record: Apologies to Florence Pugh for calling her “Frances”. Also, Ryder’s list of impressive pre-1994 credits should have included Edward Scissorhands and The Age Of Innocence.

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Merry Twittermas! @moviefiend51 and @bevellisellis

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Next week, we'll do a 2019 Wrap-Up and highlight our 10 Faves Of The Past Decade!

When the parents are suddenly called away from the farm, the children decide to make a Thanksgiving Dinner surprise. What could possibly go wrong? Louisa May Alcott, today on The Classic Tales Podcast.

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The next title to be released as a bonus for supporters will be The Ghost Kings, by H. Rider Haggard. It’s one of his most well written, and underappreciated treasures, where he integrates his trademark lost world adventure with supernatural mysticism.

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Well, I’ll be going to the SOVAS awards next week, so we’re releasing one of our favorite titles from the archives this week. We’re going to start a mystery novel next week that will take us to the end of the year, and I didn’t want to split it up. 

The Society of Voice Arts and Sciences has nominated The Classic Tales Podcast as Best Podcast of 2019. Not sure if we’ll win, but the SOVAS awards are a big deal. There aren’t a ton of awards for voice acting, and it will be fun to see some of the heroes who have inspired me over the years. Some of whom I’m actually competing with. The two thrillers I’m nominated for are going up against some A list talent. It’s such an incredible honor to be nominated.

And now, An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving, by Louisa May Alcott

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Samantha Seiple discusses her book, Louisa on the Front Lines: Louisa May Alcott in the Civil War. 

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This episode was proudly produced by Sounder & Key.

Winning the War of Art

(A nod to Stephen Pressfield's great book, "The War of Art")

Guests in the house!

All my life I've been fortunate to have had extraordinary people enter my sphere, become my friends, and even if life takes us in different directions, stay that way.

I was lucky to sit down with two of those today and get the mic on.

Sasha and Chris happen to be former clients, always the rockstars of our Relentless Gym Family, and are currently on TOUR as a rock/punk/muse-catching duo.

I think a lot of people envision the life of the touring musician as a free-flowing, zero care existence. Well, probably that isn't the case if you want to STAY a touring musician.

We had a great conversation and what I found most striking was how many of the principles we talk about in this podcast for helping your life, fitness, and nutrition are exactly the same for Sasha and Chris in their music business.

We hit on:

-The importance of routine, even when you are in a lifestyle that is anything but routine.

-How mastery in something can improve everything else.

-How to pick yourself up and keep on when the world kicks you down.

-Their first official "Hate Letter" and how they handled it.

-How inspiration can happen when you least expect it and why most people miss it.

-And plenty of other success topics!

And you know for damn sure you want to know how they sound and how their Unstoppable Rock Tour is going, right?  Check them out online at www.whenparticlescollide.com

Guest Lyn Ballard talks about her gateway books, the metaphysical poets, reading Huck Finn at the age of 5, an embarrassing Stanley Elkin anecdote, the importance of making literary pilgrimages, and more.