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An audio documentary series about books, reading, and language.
How a gimmick to write more became one of the biggest literary events online.
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Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky
I’m Not Dying with You Tonight by Gilly Segal and Kimberly Jones
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The affirming, surprising, and most of all lasting legacy of The Baby-Sitters Club.
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The Ventriloquists by E.R. Ramzipoor
Links relevant to this episode:
RWBY After the Fall by E.C. Myers
The Baby-Sitters Club Club Podcast
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What if the whole world spoke the same language? How would it work? Who would be interested in speaking it? In this episode, the dream, the reality, and the hope that is Esperanto.
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Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett
Relevant links:
Bridge of Words: Esperanto and the Dream of a Universal Language by Esther Schor
Alex Miller's Esperanto YouTube Channel
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Sometimes people refer to a book they really liked as "life-changing." But what if you read a book, and it really did change your life in a big way? In this episode, stories of people reading books and making a big change.
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In this episode, the story of the interrupted literary career of Freido Lampe, and how his story reveals the underpinnings of the Nazi obsession with books and literature.
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We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal
Have You Seen Luis Velez? by Catherine Ryan Hyde
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At the Edge of the Night by Freido Lampe, translated by Simon Beattie
The Book Thieves by Anders Rydell
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In a follow-up to our last episode, an extended conversation with Chris Wilson about what reading while in prison can do.
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There are few places books can be put to better use than in prisons. So why is it so hard to get books into the hands of people in jail? In this episode, we look at how Washington state tried to radically restrict the flow of books into prisons.
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Changing Lives Through Literature
The Master Plan by Chris Wilson
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How Khalil Gibran's The Prophet became a quiet cultural powerhouse.
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Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc by David Elliott
The Handmaid’s Tale (Graphic Novel) by Margaret Atwood, illustrated by Renee Nault
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Roger Allers' The Prophet adaptation
Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires by Juan Cole
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In this episode, a look at how Drag Queen Story Hour became a public library phenomenon.
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Relevant Links:
The Official Site of Drag Queen Story Hour
Bix Warden's Drag Queen Story Hour Reading Suggestions
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In this episode, three stories about books, or parts of books, going viral.
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The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff and Park Row Books
Related Links:
Rachel Kramer Bussel's Forbes Article on Ben Phillippe's Dedication Going Viral
The Scottish Granny reads The Wonkey Donkey
Craig Smith performing The Wonkey Donkey
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Amanda is a wife. A mother. A blogger. A Christian.
A charming, beautiful, bubbly, young woman who lives life to the fullest.
But Amanda is dying, with a secret she doesn’t want anyone to know.
She starts a blog detailing her cancer journey, and becomes an inspiration, touching and
captivating her local community as well as followers all over the world.
Until one day investigative producer Nancy gets an anonymous tip telling her to look at Amanda’s
blog, setting Nancy on an unimaginable road to uncover Amanda’s secret.
Award winning journalist Charlie Webster explores this unbelievable and bizarre, but
all-too-real tale, of a woman from San Jose, California whose secret ripped a family apart and
left a community in shock.
Scamanda is the true story of a woman whose own words held the key to her secret.
New episodes every Monday.
Follow Scamanda on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen.
Amanda’s blog posts are read by actor Kendall Horn.
