最高の Violet Hour ポッドキャスト (2024)

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Vanishing Princes: The Tower of London Enigma 28:31

1y ago28:31

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In this episode of The Violet Hour Podcast, we've gone medieval as we delve into the haunting mystery of the two young princes who were confined within the foreboding walls of the Tower of London in the 15th century, only to vanish without a trace. Join us as we unravel the enigma surrounding the disappearance of these royal siblings, exploring the…

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Whispers from the Past: Unveiling the Mysteries of Villa Paula, Miami's Most Haunted House 50:24

1y ago50:24

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Villa Paula, located in the Little Haiti neighborhood of Miami, Florida, is a historic mansion with a rich and intriguing history. Built in the early 1920s by consul-general of Cuba, Domingo Milord, the mansion was named after his wife, Paula. The architecture of Villa Paula's architectural style reflects a blend of Neo-Classical and Cuban influenc…

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S5E1 - Beyond the page 56:55

1y ago56:55

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Mr. Bear reads excerpts from The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Graphic Literature, edited by Kelcey Ervick and Tom Hart. Discover delightful and informative essays on creating graphic narratives, poetry comics, and literary collage, along with exercises to jump-start your own creative practice! Plus, enjoy a trip to Miss Mousie’s Apothekarium for…

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S4E12 - Paper covers rock 1:13:18

1y ago1:13:18

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Mr. Bear reads from Exodus Oktavia Brownlow’s stunning book of essays, I’M AFRAID THAT I KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT MYSELF NOW, TO GO BACK TO WHO I KNEW BEFORE, AND OH LORD, WHO WILL I BE AFTER I’VE KNOWN ALL THAT I CAN? Also featuring the music of Awna Teixeira (plus a mini-interview with the artist!) and a trip to Miss Mousie’s Apothekarium for a specia…

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S4E11 - From quiet skies 34:42

1+ y ago34:42

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Mr. Bear reads from A.A. Milne's WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG, short poems and long pauses for your summer enjoyment. Also featuring a sweet song by the talented Dan Nielsen and a quick trip to Miss Mousie's Apothekarium!

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S4E10 - Come willingly 59:59

1+ y ago59:59

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Mr. Bear reads from Jan Stinchcomb’s thrilling and haunting VERUSHKA. A mysterious lady, a hut in the woods, stuffed animals, a family curse…what’s not to love? Featuring the music of Charming Disaster and a mini-interview with the delightful duo, plus a trip to Miss Mousie’s Apothekarium for some first aid kit tips and more!…

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S4E9 - We pounce as one 56:13

1+ y ago56:13

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Mr. Bear reads selections from an issue of Janus Literary, marvelously dark and unsettling work by Lyndsey Croal, Fiona McKay, Mathew Gostelow, DW McKinney, Ani Banerjee, and Jude Higgins. Also featuring Partycar’s gloomily upbeat new album and a mini-interview with the one-man band, plus a trip to Miss Mousie’s Apothekarium will help drive away me…

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Encantados: Exploring Spanish Folklore and Mythical Creatures 45:31

1+ y ago45:31

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Step into the world of Spanish folklore as Denniss, the co-host of The Violet Hour Podcast, delves into his nostalgic recollections of the mythical creatures that peppered stories from his childhood growing up in the Dominican Republic. Creatures that once fascinated and more often than not frightened him. This episode sheds light on the timeless t…

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S4E8 - I know I am Real 42:47

1+ y ago42:47

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Mr. Bear reads the children’s classic THE VELVETEEN RABBIT by Margery Williams. Also featuring a lagomorphic song by Sugar Whiskey, and Miss Mousie offers some tips on a sensitive subject.

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Midnight Mysteries: Origins of The Witching Hour & The Urban Legend of La Mala Hora 31:58

1+ y ago31:58

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Season 2. Episode 01. On this episode of The Violet Hour Podcast, we explore the origins of the “witching hour” and delve into the urban legend of La Mala Hora. Show Notes: Resources: Wigington, Patti. "Witching Hour: A Practical Guide to Witching Hours." Learn Religions. Accessed April 8, 2023. https://www.learnreligions.com/witching-hour-2562471.…

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Guess Who's Back? Back Again! (Finally!) 6:09

1+ y ago6:09

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Were BAAACK! The Violet Hour Podcast is BACK. It’s only been, like a year. Ok. So a helluva lot happened in twenty-twenty-two. Some good. Some not so good. We were like really busy. We had one kid graduate high school, one start high school, and one begin Kindergarten. We also started a business, and busted our butts. Also Nicole caught pneumonia a…

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S4E7 - Other people’s curses 1:08:40

1+ y ago1:08:40

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Mr. Bear reads the dark and gorgeous story "Ribbons" by the award-winning queer writer and game designer Natalia Theodoridou. Featuring lush music by Katie Castagno (and a mini-interview!), plus Miss Mousie shares some passionate thoughts about yards this time of year.

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S4E6 - You’ll never want to leave 47:25

1+ y ago47:25

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Mr. Bear reads from Karina Lickorish Quinn’s deliciously bizarre and creepy THE HOUSE OF SKIN, published by Stanchion Books. Also featuring a trip to Miss Mousie’s Apothekarium for some nettle love!

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S4E5 - We’ve never been happier 1:02:27

1+ y ago1:02:27

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Mr. Bear reads from Chelsea Stickle’s eerily unsettling chapbook EVERYTHING’S CHANGING, available from Thirty West Publishing House. Featuring music by Miwa Gemini to feed your dreams (plus a mini-interview!), a trip to Miss Mousie’s Apothekarium for some mushroom magic, and more!

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S4E4 - My tears for a seed 1:00:20

1+ y ago1:00:20

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Mr. Bear reads from THE ANCHORED WORLD, a dark and dazzling book of flash fairy tales and folklore by Jasmine Sawers. Featuring dreamy music by Turtle Grenade (plus a mini-interview!) and a trip to Miss Mousie’s Apothekarium for a lunar infusion.

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S4E3 - Girls born in winter 41:52

2y ago41:52

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Mr. Bear reads from SKIN OVER MILK by Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar, a poignant glimpse into the lives of three young sisters growing up in India in the 1990s. Heartbreaking and heart-lifting, these stories will weave their spell around you, immersing you in sensory detail, family dynamics, and that fragile, wondrous space of childhood. Also featuring a…

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S4E2 - Midwinter meanders 37:29

2y ago37:29

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Mr. Bear shares magical musings from Rebecca Altman of Wonder Botanica and Kristin Stark of Poppy Petal Press to help you gently ramble along toward spring. Featuring the dreamy music of Gabrielle Griffis, along with a mini-interview. And Mr. Bear finally makes it back to Miss Mousie’s Apothekarium, where the two are reunited and talk eye care, tim…

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S4E1 - Dear Diary 26:43

2y ago26:43

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In which Mr. Bear and Miss Mousie address their respective diaries. Warning: you may find this content rambling, boring, and/or meaningless.

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S3E11 - Amongst the brambles

2+ y ago

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Mr. Bear reads from Rebecca Hurst’s THE FOX’S WEDDING, a gorgeous, dreamy book of poems from The Emma Press. Spellbinding and slightly sinister, each piece is a tiny potion distilling the essence of fairy tale magic and liminality. Featuring the passionate folk music (and mini-interview!) of Wattle & Daub, a husband and wife singer-songwriter duo. …

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S3E10 - No return address 1:05:44

2+ y ago1:05:44

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Mr. Bear reads from Jill Talbot’s intoxicating A DISTANT TOWN, hot, thirsty stories with road trips, jukeboxes, barstools, gas stations, pay phones, and the unrelenting hold of the past. Featuring the music of Dan Nielsen, songs rich in story and feeling. Plus, cool off with a trip to Miss Mousie’s Apothekarium. Oracles abound.…

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S3E9 - Beweep my outcast state 52:08

2+ y ago52:08

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Mr. Bear reads from THE FACT OF MEMORY, Aaron Angello’s lyrical book with Rose Metal Press. A daily meditation on each individual word in Shakespeare’s Sonnet 29 yielded 114 “ruminations and fabrications” exploring the creative act of remembering. Plus, Miss Mousie mermaids it up with some ideas for soothing sunburn.…

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S3E8 - Grasshoppers into coins 1:09:37

2+ y ago1:09:37

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Mr. Bear reads stories from Ursula Villarreal-Moura’s dazzling MATH FOR THE SELF-CRIPPLING, a dreamy equation of a self plus family multiplied by memory and divided over time and relationships. Featuring the dark ruminations of chamber-folk band Teething Veils (plus a mini-interview!), and Miss Mousie talks baths, bears, berries, and more!…

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S3E7 - Postapocalyptically yours 1:07:45

2+ y ago1:07:45

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Mr. Bear reads the brilliant work of Gabrielle Griffis and Corey Farrenkopf, who both explore the intertwined lives of plants, animals, and humans in a strange and vivid light. Also featuring the lush music of Gabrielle Griffis, a trip to Miss Mousie’s Apothekarium for a plant to remember, and a new oracle!…

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Wonder Woman Feminist Icon OR Born out of Bondage Fetish? Maybe Both? 48:15

2+ y ago48:15

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In this episode we take a deep dive into the history and origin of Wonder Woman. One of the world's most iconic superheroes, and the surprising family story that birthed this feminist icon and the most popular female superhero of all time. Sources: https://polyinthemedia.wordpress.com/tag/marjorie-huntley/ https://wonder-woman.fandom.com/wiki/Nubia…

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The Return: The Episode About Nothing 38:10

2+ y ago38:10

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Aaand We're Back! We really didn’t mean to disappear. Promise. Life has been well life and time does this really crazy thing called pass us by, and that’s what happened. Time passed us by while we were figuring our life out. Seriously. We’re sorry. Thank you so much for sticking around. If you like totally random conversations about nothing, this i…

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S3E6 - When speaks the heart 1:13:04

2+ y ago1:13:04

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Mr. Bear reads from Mona Arshi’s iridescent novel SOMEBODY LOVES YOU, a poetic and piercing look at the beauty and violence of childhood. Featuring music by (and a mini-interview with!) Tristan Allen, who harnesses the “storytelling power of sound and puppetry,” plus a trip to Miss Mousie’s Apothekarium, where your favorite two-dimensional, hand-dr…

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S3E5 - Black Moon 33:28

2+ y ago33:28

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Mr. Bear celebrates the double new moon and May Day by reading from THE VIOLET FAIRY BOOK. Also featuring a live mini-interview with Mrs. B, a special song by Marika, and a speedy trip to Miss Mousie’s Apothekarium.

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S3E4 - Like blossoms after a hard winter 53:11

2+ y ago53:11

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Mr. Bear reads the dazzling poetry of courtney marie: ghosts and dancing and gardens and revolution and despair and hope. Their book SONGS WE USED TO DANCE TO will haunt your heart. Featuring music by Sugar Whiskey, plus a trip to Miss Mousie’s Apothekarium for some full pink moon tea and spring fever ruminations.…

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S3E3 - Talking story 1:01:35

2+ y ago1:01:35

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Mr. Bear reads luminous work by Melissa Llanes Brownlee, stories rich in Hawaiian language and life with characters who will make your heart ache. Featuring music by the writer herself on ukulele (and a mini-interview)! Plus, a visit to Miss Mousie’s Apothekarium yields a not-quite-coffee recipe and tales of blue flowers and golden knives.…

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S3E2 - Depending on the light 1:00:45

2+ y ago1:00:45

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Mr. Bear celebrates the spring equinox by reading from Poetry Forge founder Holly Wren Spaulding’s gorgeous FAMILIARS and BETWEEN US, whose poems will bloom inside you, stirring your blood and taking root in your heart. Also featuring a sneak preview of AS WE ARE, the powerful new EP by Amy Correia, plus a mini-interview with the “unicorn of a song…

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S3E1 - Shadows, teeth, and cages 1:32:05

2+ y ago1:32:05

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Mr. Bear reads from AND IF THAT MOCKINGBIRD DON'T SING: PARENTING STORIES GONE SPECULATIVE, a riveting collection of flash edited by Hannah Grieco that lifts up the rocks of parenthood to expose the frightening, fascinating, and vulnerable mess squirming underneath. Featuring the croons and tunes of singer-songwriter Minka Hoist (and a mini-intervi…

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Is the Hope Diamond Cursed? 38:02

3y ago38:02

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Legend has it whoever owns the Hope Diamond also becomes the bearer of a curse. A curse that was placed on the large, blue gem when it was possibly stolen from an idol in India 400 years ago. This curse promises lousy luck and death for the owner and whoever touches it. We’ll share some of its long, storied histories and let you decide if it’s curs…

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La Isla de las Muñecas (The Island of the Dolls) 41:48

3y ago41:48

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In this episode we explore Dennis’ nightmare “stranded on an island” scenario with, “La Isla de las Muñecas” (Island of the Dolls) in Mexico City. A creepy AF island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls. Is this one man’s creation out of mental illness or possession? You decide. Find us: www.violethourpodcast.comInstagram…

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S2E12 - The value of hunger 1:15:43

3y ago1:15:43

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Mr. Bear reads the deeply moving, visceral work of Star Su, stories of family and blood, of loss and memory and longing, stories that will burrow into the smallest, softest parts of you and take up residence. Featuring music by the Toronto-based band Lowfills with their “songs for weirdos and circus ghosts” (plus a mini-interview!). And a visit to …

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S2E11 - Land beavers, ahoy! 38:29

3y ago38:29

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Join Mr. Bear for a hibernation trance meditation and learn some facts about groundhogs. Plus, Miss Mousie shares her Dreaming of Springtime Tea recipe. Celebrate the moon, marmots, mugwort, and more!

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Our First Podcast 20:29

3y ago20:29

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Find us: www.violethourpodcast.com Instagram: @violethourpodcast Twitter: @TheVioletHour Facebook: @VioletHourPodcast Support this endeavor: https://www.patreon.com/violethourpodcast Wine: Gérard Bertrand, Grand Terroir - Tautavel, 2017 Support the show www.violethourpodcast.com Instagram: @violethourpodcast Twitter: @TheVioletHour Facebook: @Viole…

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S2E10 - We hold each other 1:14:55

3y ago1:14:55

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Mr. Bear reads from Cassie Thornton’s radically compassionate THE HOLOGRAM, which draws inspiration from Greek solidarity clinics to imagine a plan for building a new model of care and support for a post-pandemic future. Art, activism, science fiction, healing, and more, The Hologram illuminates tools for reimagining our health and our world. Featu…

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S2E9 - The forest, darker 55:19

3y ago55:19

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Mr. Bear cordially invites you to feast on stories from THE PREDATORY ANIMAL BALL by Jennifer Fliss against a background symphony by Sugar Whiskey. Catering provided by Miss Mousie’s Apothekarium; plus, take home an oracle to ring in the new year! RSVP not required.

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S2E8 - Thither you’ll come, late or never 43:49

3y ago43:49

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Mr. Bear welcomes the winter solstice and closes out the year with a Nordic fairy tale, music by Sugar Whiskey, and a visit to Miss Mousie’s Apothekarium, where your favorite hand-drawn, two-dimensional rodent studying herbalism shares her "recipe" for cranberry sauce and more!

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S2E7 - Of music and monsters 1:19:06

3y ago1:19:06

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Mr. Bear reads from Clio Velentza’s dark and shimmering debut novel THE PIANO ROOM and other beautifully unsettling work. Featuring the bewitching music of Cookie Tongue (and a mini-interview!) to hypnotize your ears. Plus a visit to Miss Mousie’s Apothekarium for some bitter truths and a new oracle for the new moon.…

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S2E6 - Partial eclipse of the heart 43:11

3y ago43:11

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Mr. Bear reads about the winter ways of animals from the 1922 account WATCHED BY WILD ANIMALS by Enos A. Mills. Featuring the activities of chipmunks, beavers, deer, wolves, mountain lions, mice, and more, social commentary, and a musical exhortation to look at the moon. Plus, Miss Mousie’s go-to warming broth, a Sweet Valley Oracle for the listene…

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S2E5 - Let the earth melt under the tongue 1:14:57

3y ago1:14:57

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Mr. Bear reads from Beth Gilstrap’s achingly beautiful DEADHEADING & OTHER STORIES. Also featuring (once again!) the enchanting music of Gabrielle Griffis and introducing a new Sweet Valley Oracle, plus a visit to Miss Mousie’s Apothekarium complete with hawthorn berries.

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S2E4 - The witch you’ve made me 1:10:14

3y ago1:10:14

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Mr. Bear reads from Leah Angstman’s thrilling historical novel OUT FRONT THE FOLLOWING SEA, an epic tale of a woman accused of witchcraft and her brutal fight for survival. Featuring music by the Wisconsin duo Spare Animals, complete with werewolves and vampires, oh my! Plus, Miss Mousie goes acorn hunting.…

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S2E3 - Finding your story 1:05:43

3y ago1:05:43

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Mr. Bear reads the inspiring work of Micaela Arenas, a 15-year-old writer and activist. Whether a poem on borders, a speech on building bridges, or a book about the power of story and imagination, her writing conveys the infinite potential of words. Also featuring a trip to Miss Mousie’s Apothekarium, where you’ll get an earful on onion tricks, gar…

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S2E2 - When we were clouds 1:03:27

3y ago1:03:27

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Mr. Bear reads the psychologically penetrating work of Mileva Anastasiadou, stories aching and redolent in their probe of the human condition. From a child struggling to be seen to a grown woman losing her words to a family playing games in an uncertain world, these pieces blend soma and psyche, fear and hope, love and grief. Plus, singer-songwrite…

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S2E1 - Setting the plot in motion 1:17:06

3y ago1:17:06

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Mr. Bear reads the riveting work of Cathy Ulrich—dark, poetic gems featuring murdered mermaids, girl detectives, astronauts, and more. Each tiny story is part of a glittering, infinite, kaleidoscopic whole that will make your heart spin. (You can buy her book GHOSTS OF YOU from Okay Donkey!) In the musical spotlight are the “alternative frantic ang…

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S1E12 - Reach out and touch someone 51:01

3+ y ago51:01

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Mr. Bear reads from Sudha Balagopal’s poignant novella-in-flash from Ad Hoc Fiction, THINGS I CAN’T TELL AMMA. Interconnected pieces illustrate the challenges of navigating a new culture, managing relationships and expectations, finding love, and remaining true to one’s self. Featuring found sound experiments, plus Miss Mousie talks about breath, s…

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S1E11 - Acid and honey 1:08:04

3+ y ago1:08:04

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Mr. Bear reads the piercing, sensuous work of Monique Quintana, rich prose exploring identity, memory, the body, and more. Featuring the sultry music of and a mini-interview with Ksenia Mack of the Porch Party Mamas, as well as Dan Nielsen with Five Minutes, a podcast of philosophical pleasure and ponderance small enough to fit in your back pocket.…

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S1E10 - You don't have to close your eyes 32:53

3+ y ago32:53

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Mr. Bear offers a guided meditation for the new moon set to theremin and steel tongue drum. Miss Mousie talks about agrimony, apricots, a sleep charm, and pounded frogs?!? Plus, a call for music submissions.

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S1E9 - There’s only so much magic

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Mr. Bear reads from Couri Johnson’s I’LL TELL YOU A LOVE STORY, a glittering web of fairytales that will ensnare your heart in their strange and disturbing worlds marked with secrets, loss, grief, heartbreak, and occasional pinpricks of hope. Featuring the electrifying music of and a mini-interview with Katie Benoit, along with a quick stop at Miss…

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