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DESIRE FOR FREEDOM. Edward St Aubyn is a British novelist. Five of his books - Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, Mother’s Milk and At Last - form the semi-autobiographical Patrick Melrose Novels. In 2018 Benedict Cumberbatch starred in the title role of the five-part drama Patrick Melrose. Edward’s more recent work includes Dunbar - which retells King Lear - and Double Blind, which has been described as 'a book of big ideas, in which the characters experiment with medicine, psychology, narcotics, religion and meditation to understand themselves and find peace. But as cerebral as the book is, it is also deeply felt, because St Aubyn has been thinking about these issues for decades.'

“I spoke in every voice except my own.”

“I had the double relief of having turned myself into Patrick Melrose, and then Benedict Cumberbatch taking over the burden of being Patrick”

“The common driving force of all my work is a desire for freedom”

In this episode I talk to Leah Crawford, an English in Education consultant, tutor with Let's Think in English and Opening Doors author.  She explores how educators can teach poetry and the callenging aspects of pattern-finding, interpreting mood, music and rhythm.  Leah also introduces us to the poem 'Sympathy', by Paul Laurence Dunbar.  Through this rich and challenging text, pupils can explore different layers of meaning and begin to see how they could use similar linguistic devices in their own creative writing, poetry and storytelling.

We talk about differentiation vs whole-class teaching, 'catch up' and the effectiveness of some of the approaches Leah has experienced through her role.

You can find out more about Leah by following her on Twitter - @think_talk_org or contact her via her webiste - leahcrawford.com

Leah is also a co-author of the Opening Doors series of books, published by crownhouse.co.uk 

We are back with our first pandemic episode recorded over Zoom.  This week we take a stab at Western Meadowlarks.  A figurative stab at the prompt Western Meadowlark.  It's good to be back.  We missed you!

This is not a Debbie Gibson episode (though, note to self for later), but we do write to a title she used: Out of the Blue.  As always, two different takes on a theme, two different approaches, a unified love of jokes and nonsense.

It's good work if you can find it, but Hope & Emily write pretty bleak songs about factory work this week: one historical and one contemporary.  You can write your own song about the factory and send it in!

Do we apologize in advance? Do we write a disclaimer?  IDK, you can see what the title of this episode is.  You know what you're getting into.  Despite the terrible prompt and questionable songs, it's a pretty good episode.  You should write your own terrible song to this terrible prompt and share it with us!

Special guest Bob Hillman joins Hope & Emily in Beaver Crossing to sing earnest political protest songs a la Woody Guthrie.  Do you think the Prompt Queens can pull this one off? Do you think you can? Give it a shot!  Give this episode a listen!

Hope and Emily celebrate Valentines Day in song, each with their own unique take on the day.  Is it sentimental? Is it cynical? Listen and find out, AND send in your own song!

Hope and Emily (figuratively) tackle Alanis Morissette, although if they were to ever meet her they might be so excited that they do tackle her.  No they wouldn't, Alanis.  No one will tackle you.  Either way, as admirers of her music, the Prompt Queens had a great time trying to write a song for her.  You should write one too!

We kick off a new year and a new season with the prompt And in That Moment.  You should write a song in THIS moment and send it in to us.

Where did 2019 go?  It went into a ton of songs.  Prompt Queens wrote their butts off this year an in this episode, they recap the highlights.  And hats of to Thad, the long suffering pretengineer for cutting together this episode.

Ho, ho, ho and hallelujah!  Hope & Emily sing a couple Christmas tunes for you this week and wish you and yours a great year's end no matter what or how you celebrate and encourage you to keep writing.

Gregory Iron sits down with San Antonio-based Heavy Metal Wrestling promoters Dylan Dunbar & Nerd Rock Josh to talk Texas life and bad pro wrestling!

On December 23rd, 2019 Heavy Metal Wrestling will begin streaming all 50 episodes of their unique and entertaining weekly series "Thunder" FOR FREE on Twitch. While Heavy Metal will still be running monthly events, the weekly series came to a close this past November. Promoters and producers "Nerd Rock" Josh Del Barrio and Dylan Dunbar discuss how running weekly shows benefitted Texas wrestling, as well as Heavy Metal's creation.

Dunbar talks entering the business, training under the guidance of Kaientai member and Smackdown's #1 announcer -- Funaki, and Greg and Dunbar discuss an unbelievable incident that occurred between a terrible Texas pro wrestler named "Massive" and a fan sitting front row. Greg talks to Josh about touring with the band "We The Kings," the time he had to run to the video store to let Shawn Michaels borrow a DVD, and that other time he hung out at HBK's mom's house. This trio also discusses some of their favorite terrible pro wrestling matches, wrestler names, and so much more!

Before the podcast, Greg chats with Aaron about his insane travel weekend, going from Chicago to Buffalo on no sleep, wrestling Tommy Dreamer and taking an insane move from the top rope. Aaron discusses his return to pro wrestling commentary for one night only and tells us about the time Rod Destiny decided to change the National Anthem at a wrestling event.

Also, we bring you an all-new "Hulk Hogan Lie of the Week," featuring Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels, and sticking with the bad wrestling theme, Greg plays a terrible promo from "Mr. RBI" Izeah Bonds.

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Gregory Iron wrestles with cerebral palsy, a neurological disorder that affects the mobility of his right arm, hand and fingers. Trained by WWE NXT Superstar Johnny Gargano in 2006, Iron has conquered his disability and gone on to work with some of the top names in wrestling including "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, CM Punk, The Dudley Boyz, Tomasso Ciampa and many others.

Co-host Aaron Bauer has worked in the professional wrestling industry for over two decades. A jack-of-all-trades, Aaron has worked in the industry as a local promoter for ECW events, a manager, and has provided color commentary over matches for some of the biggest stars in WWE, WCW, ECW, AEW, Impact & ROH.

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Okay, dirty birds, it's time for clean living.  Hope & Emily write songs about what it means to live clean.  Write your own and send it in!