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Bluestocking

Bluestocking

Rory Roberts

A biweekly podcast aimed at sharing literature, quirky articles, and websites with an interest in promoting self-education. Enjoy!

  • 43: Propaganda for the Win

    Greetings, and thank you for listening to Bluestocking! Questions or comments? Email me here.

    Helpful Links:

    • National Archives: Powers of Persuasion

    • Private Joe Louis

    Music: Escaping Forever by Michael Vignola

    Propaganda for the Win Rory Roberts
    11 April 2022, 2:27 am
  • 42: We Need to Talk About Our Racist Past and Present

    Greetings, and thank you for listening to Bluestocking! Questions or comments? Email me here.

    Helpful Links:

    • Dr. Margaret Crocco on Texas Textbooks

    • PBS Documentary The Revisionaries

    • Avenue Q (musical)

    • Kate McGee for The Texas Tribune on HB 3979

    • National Archives’ Rediscovering Black History Blog

    • Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad

    • Good Ancestor Podcast

    • NPR’s Code Switch Podcast - Episode mentioned today: Tulsa: 100 Years Later

    • The 1619 Project

    • Nice White Parents Podcast

    • Rachel Cargle

    • Ally Henny

    We Need to Talk About Our Racist Past and Present Bluestocking
    2 June 2021, 12:11 am
  • 41: What Happened in 2020?

    Greetings, and thank you for listening to Bluestocking! Questions or comments? Email me here.

    Helpful Links:

    • Feature by Andrew Sullivan

    • Native Land (Nonprofit) Website

      • In the App Store

      • In Google Play

    • Music: First Light Part 1 (Instrumental) by Keith Anthony Holden

    • Author Elizabeth McCracken

    • Devolution by Max Brooks

    • Becoming Duchess Goldblatt

      • Follow her on Twitter! I promise you’ll love it.

    041 What Happened 2020
    2 January 2021, 5:16 am
  • 40: A Bitter Pill

    Greetings, and thank you for listening to Bluestocking!


    Helpful Links:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/25/books/review-dopesick-beth-macy-opioid-crisis.html


    https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a12775932/sackler-family-oxycontin/


    https://www.amazon.com/Year-Rest-Relaxation-Ottessa-Moshfegh/dp/1784707422/ref=asc_df_1784707422/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=343242904475&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11443223706833030748&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9028322&hvtargid=pla-527476996073&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=67797266303&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=343242904475&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11443223706833030748&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9028322&hvtargid=pla-527476996073




    Music: "Ever Mindful" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/


    Questions, comments, or suggestions? Email [email protected].



    2 November 2019, 1:36 am
  • 39: Therein Lies Madness

    Greetings, and thank you for listening to Bluestocking!


    Helpful Links:

    https://publicdomainreview.org/2014/11/12/illustrations-of-madness-james-tilly-matthews-and-the-air-loom/


    Follow this link to purchase Mike Jay’s fascinating book and support the Public Domain Review: https://www.amazon.com/Visionary-Madness-Matthews-Influencing-Machine/dp/1583947175?tag=thepubdomrev-20


    Music: "Relaxing Piano Music" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/


    Questions, comments, or suggestions? Email [email protected].

    2 October 2019, 1:51 am
  • 38: Anatomy of a Good Yarn

    Greetings, and thank you for listening to Bluestocking!


    Helpful Links:

    https://edwardcareyauthor.com/books/little/


    https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/mar/12/featuresreviews.guardianreview8


    https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/232365/the-underground-railroad-by-colson-whitehead/9780345804327/


    https://www.gutenberg.org/files/32614/32614-h/32614-h.htm


    Music: "Relaxing Piano Music" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/


    Questions, comments, or suggestions? Email [email protected].

    Anatomy of a Good Yarn Rory Roberts
    2 April 2019, 12:33 am
  • 37: Demons and Demon Cats

    Thanks for listening to Bluestocking!


    Helpful Links:

    https://historycollection.co/disturbing-historical-demons-you-wouldnt-ever-want-to-run-into/

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/19/master-margarita-bulgakov-satire-russia


    Questions, comments, or ideas? Email [email protected]!


    Music: "Silver Flame" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/


    Demons and Demon Cats Rory Roberts
    2 October 2018, 1:29 am
  • Episode 36: Black and Bleu

    Thank you for listening to Bluestocking, the podcast for people who love to learn, but don’t always have time to study. This episode, I was inspired by a series of stories covering art history in seven colors, and reminded of a book from one of my favorite authors, Sacre Bleu by Christopher Moore.


    Helpful Links:

    https://www.kellygrovier.com/ - poet and art critic Kelly Grovier. Check out his art history series for the BBC.

    http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180312-the-racist-message-hidden-in-a-masterpiece - Kelly Grovier’s take on black.

    https://www.chrismoore.com/books/sacre-bleu/ - Sacre Bleu by Christopher Moore. Follow the link on this page to read the first two chapters.


    Music for this episode:
    "Inner Light" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/


    Questions, comments, or suggestions? Email them to me at [email protected]!

    Black and Bleu Rory Roberts
    22 September 2018, 7:41 pm
  • Episode 35: Victorians and their Dangerous Libraries

    Greetings, and welcome to Bluestocking, the podcast for people who love to learn, but don’t always have time to study. Today we’re delving into the fascinating world of Victorian libraries.

     

    Helpful Links:

    Reading Rooms Designed for Women: https://daily.jstor.org/the-reading-rooms-designed-to-protect-women-from-library-loafers/

    Gender and Public Space in Victorian America: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1215236?mag=the-reading-rooms-designed-to-protect-women-from-library-loafers

    The Dangers Facing Victorian Librarians: https://daily.jstor.org/being-librarian-dangerous/

    More information beyond the short article can be found here: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25542241?mag=being-librarian-dangerous&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents

    Some Books Can Kill: https://daily.jstor.org/some-books-can-kill/

    Documentary covering deadly everyday items of the Victorian age: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nqq_nFkRcs

    Dr. Suzannah Lipscombe: http://suzannahlipscomb.com/

    The Dollop Episode about Hat Pins and Mashers: https://thedollop.libsyn.com/213-mashers-and-hatpins

    Victorians and their Dangerous Libraries Rory Roberts
    3 September 2018, 10:13 pm
  • Episode 33: The Strangers' Case

    Thank you so much for listening to Bluestocking! This episode is short and maybe not sweet, but certainly poignant. There are some links below if you’re interested in learning more about today’s topic or how you can help some ‘strangers’ through a group like the International Rescue Committee.

     

    Helpful Links:

    https://www.rescue-uk.org/article/what-strangers-case

    https://qz.com/786163/the-banned-400-year-old-shakespearean-speech-being-used-for-refugee-rights-today/  - The full text of the speech can be read here, and there are also two videos not linked here: One of Ian McKellan performing it, and another featuring Harriet Walter.

    https://www.rescue-uk.org/video/strangers-case-shakespeares-rallying-cry-humanity - Filmed at Shakespeare’s Globe in 2018.

    https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/research/currentprojects/multiculturalshakespeare/news/?newsItem=8a17841a6411e8b401642243e1b859b6 - a different take, turning it into a local pub scene, also filmed in 2018.

     

    Questions, comments, or suggestions? Email [email protected].

     

    Music: "String Impromptu Number 1" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    The Strangers' Case Rory Roberts
    22 July 2018, 12:25 am
  • Episode 32: Wedlock

    Thank you for listening to Bluestocking, the podcast for people who love to learn, but don’t always have time to study.

     

    Helpful Links:

     

    Wendy Moore, Author: http://www.wendymoore.org/

     

    Music: "Peace of Mind" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

     

    Questions, comments, or suggestions? Email [email protected].

    Wedlock Rory Roberts
    12 July 2018, 6:06 am
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