We’re back from our incredibly long hiatus with a coincidentally timely episode. A few months ago we decided to continue our book club series by reading the graphic novel Maus. With the work in the news recently, we decided it was time to finally publish what we recorded. Please note: Since we recorded this months ago there will be no discussion of the current controversy, but we hope you enjoy…
Welcome to the recap of my Goodreads reading challenge results for 2020. Of course, the year did not turn out how any of us predicted. The Covid-19 pandemic continued to wreak havoc. We said goodbye to a lot of people, including one of my favorite musicians. A lot of bad things happened during 2020. But some good things managed to slip in as well. Maybe you revisited some favorite video…
It’s been a few months since the Rampant Discourse crew discussed what we were watching, playing, reading, and listening to. Join Paul and Travis as they discuss the media they have been consuming recently. We discuss everything from Disney+ TV shows and discontinued Nintendo Switch games to different ways of educating kids and the greatness of Ted Danson.
Travis and Andrew are back to continue our book discussion series. This time around they are discussing the Alan Moore classic: From Hell. Listen to in hear their thoughts, including how it is relevant and applicable to our modern times.
Welcome to the recap of my Goodreads reading challenge results for 2020. Of course, the year did not turn out how any of us predicted. The Covid-19 pandemic obviously altered the course of the year. The protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd caused us all to examine our own biases (and those we might support). The contention over the United States Presidential election exposed a huge rift in…
We’re back from a brief hiatus with a new podcast episode! We’ve often tossed around the idea of a book club where we all read a book and then discuss it. We finally took the leap and this is the first episode of what we hope might end up being a recurring series. For our first book, we decided on The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin in the hopes…
Welcome to the recap of my Goodreads reading challenge results for 2019. That’s right, winter has arrived, so it’s time to curl up and enjoy a good book while staying nice and warm. Hopefully this long read will provide new books to seek out for yourself, or inspire you to spend more time reading. Perhaps you might even stop watching movies just long enough to write your own book… I…
A Christmas Carol might be Charles Dickens’ most long-lasting work, despite being one of his shortest. There are those who still read and enjoy his other works, such as Oliver Twist, which again regains modern legs with a musical rendition; or David Copperfield, who at least lends his name to someone moderately famous in the modern time. Dickens’ classics are still frequently read, but most typically only among the well-educated. …
I wrote a book! Okay, so it’s a children’s book, but still… I wrote a book! It’s called Penny Invests, and it’s a picture book aimed at children to try to teach a little bit about the basics of investing in a humorous and lighthearted way.
*Warning* Spoilers abound for all of the Harry Potter movies and spin-offs. A few years ago, I was watching the (at the time) newest Harry Potter film, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them . It was a fairly entertaining film, although I do think it suffered from Star-Wars-Prequel-itis in that it sometimes seemed more focused on using CGI to bring another world to life instead of simply telling a compelling story….