Good Story 051: Introduction to the Devout Life

Julie and Scott post a podcast discussion of Introduction to the Devout Life on the feast day of St. Francis de Sales. We swear we didn't plan it that way... what are the odds? Episode 51.

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• Introduction to the Devout Life on Goodreads
• Find the whole book here...

Good Story 050: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

Julie and Scott travel the universe, telling civilizations to stop shooting at them. Scott's robot suit is starting to chafe. The Day the Earth Stood Still - the awesome 1951 version, not the why-did-they-make-this 2008 version.

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Our first duty, therefore, precisely in order to heal this world, is to be holy, configured to God; in this way we emanate a healing and transforming power that also acts on others, on history. ... In this regard, it is useful to reflect that the Twelve Apostles were not perfect men, chosen for their moral and religious irreproachability. They were indeed believers, full of enthusiasm and zeal but at the same time marked by their human limitations, which were sometimes even serious. Therefore Jesus did not call them because they were already holy, complete, perfect, but so that they might become so, so that they might thereby also transform history, as it is for us, as it is for all Christians.
-- Pope Benedict XVI, Homily at Port of Brindisi, Italy (June 15, 2008)

• Patricia Neal's Catholic story
• And her obit, which highlights her stand against abortion.

Good Story 049: The Hobbit

Julie and Scott lose track of time as they close out the second year of Good Story with The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. Julie finds remarkable meaning in it, while Scott forgets the name of every actor he's ever seen. In glorious 48fps 3D! Good Story, Episode 49.

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• Free lectures from Corey Olsen, The Tolkien Professor!
• Stuff for your pocketses at ThinkGeek.

Good Story 048: The Paper

It's never going to be that one big moment; it's going to be a bunch of small ones. Julie and Scott experience the mayhem of a day at a tabloid newspaper in New York City, and learn a lot on the way. The Paper, directed by Ron Howard, starring Michael Keaton, Marisa Tomei, Robert Duvall, and Glenn Close.

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• Ron Howard on IMDB
• David Koepp (Screenwriter) on IMDB
• KCRW: The Treatment
• You Are There!
• Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

Good Story 047: Bleak House

Fog everywhere. Fog up the river, where it flows among green aits and meadows; fog down the river, where it rolls defiled among the tiers of shipping and the waterside pollutions of a great (and dirty) city. Fog at Julie's house, fog at Scott's place. Fog. The fog doesn't stop Julie and Scott from discussing Bleak House by Charles Dickens. The risk of overwhelming deportment doesn't stop them either. Episode 47.

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• FANTASTIC audio version from Naxos Audiobooks, read by Sean Barrett and Teresa Gallagher

Good Story 046: Heroines, Past and Present

Episode 46. A subject much too big for just two people. Joining Julie and Scott for the first "topic" episode of Good Story are Rose Davis, Joseph Susanka, and Heather Ordover. The topic? Heroines, Past and Present - heroines in YA fiction and films.

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More stuff:

• Heather Ordover's Mama O Knits Too Much, and CraftLit - Stick a Book in Your Ear!
• Rose Davis' Double Exposure blog
• Joseph Susanka on Twitter, and at Patheos

Good Story 045: The Sixth Sense

This is Episode 45, during which Julie and Scott see dead people. They both enjoyed M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense.

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• M. Night Shyamalan's Website
• De profundis clamavi ad te, Domine...

Good Story 044: H.P. Lovecraft

During today's podcast, Julie takes a few moments to explore a hole Scott found next to an ancient stone marker in a graveyard. Despite all that microphone cable, Scott lost contact with her near the end of the podcast... but he's sure she's fine. Episode 44 is about H.P. Lovecraft. Happy October!

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More stuff:

• Letter to Clark Ashton Smith, 27 November 1927 by H.P. Lovecraft
• On Forgotten Classics: Lagniappe 57: The Statement of Randolph Carter by H.P. Lovecraft, read by Will Duquette
• SFFaudio #126 - |MP3|-|POST|- AUDIOBOOK/READALONG: The Statement Of Randolph Carter by H.P. Lovecraft
• SFFaudio #138 - |MP3|-|POST|- AUDIOBOOK/READALONG: The Crawling Chaos by Winifred V. Jackson and H.P. Lovecraft
• SFFaudio #147 - |MP3|-|POST|- AUDIOBOOK/READALONG: Pickman's Model by H.P. Lovecraft
• SFFaudio #168 - |MP3|-|POST|- AUDIOBOOK: Cool Air by H.P. Lovecraft
• SFFaudio #174 - |MP3|-|POST|- AUDIOBOOK/READALONG: The Temple by H.P. Lovecraft
• SFFaudio #175 - |MP3|-|POST|- AUDIOBOOK/READALONG: The Outsider by H.P. Lovecraft
• Supernatural Horror in Literature: the essay by H.P. Lovecraft
• Supernatural Horror in Literature: the podcast reading the stories mentioned in the essay
• Candlemass
• Dirk Maggs

Good Story 043: Mary and Max

Somewhere during this podcast, Julie decided she didn't need her imaginary friend Mr. Ravioli any more. Now he just sits in the corner and reads. Scott experiences confuzzlement. Episode 43: Mary and Max, directed by Adam Elliot.

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• Confuzzlement Abounds, Julie's review of Mary and Max on Happy Catholic
• The Power of Vulnerability, a TED talk by Brené Brown

Good Story 042: The Uncommon Reader

In Episode #42, Julie and Scott discover reading. Turns out it's kind of meaningful and fun. Who knew? The Queen didn't, but does now according to The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett. At the end of the podcast, Julie talks a bit about the 2012 Catholic New Media Conference!

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More stuff:

• Goodreads!
• Alan Bennett and The Uncommon Reader on Goodreads
• The Catholic New Media Conference
• Roger Ebert's review of The Curators of Dixon School, a documentary edited by Rose (Julie's youngest daughter)
• A letter a week telling a story of the zombie apocalypse and a romance: Ora et Labora et Zombies
• Heather Ordover, a generous friend and all-round stand up gal.