A Victorian Gothic Crime Audiodrama. On a cold winter’s evening in Dublin in the 1890s, Professor Cesare Lombroso, a renowned Italian criminologist, arrives in the city to give a talk. Meanwhile, a man has been gruesomely murdered in the nearby Phoenix Park, and the authorities appear to be covering it up. As the police begin inquiries, a powerful English military commander leads a sinister parallel investigation, and two writers become increasingly intent on solving the crime, no matter the ...
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Words To That Effect: Stories of the Fiction that Shapes Popular Culture. WTTE is a narrative storytelling show, hosted and produced by Conor Reid, that explores the intriguing places where fiction, history, science, and popular culture intersect and inspire. From the Victorian past to utopian futures, dinosaurs to detectives, zombies to mummies, how does literature shape our understanding of popular culture? Find out more at https://wttepodcast.com. WTTE is a part of the HeadStuff Podcast N ...
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The Startup Women Podcast is all about supporting YOU to start and build a thriving business. On the podcast, we connect you with leading women experts, entrepreneurs, and organizations that provide capital, mentorship, training, tools and other support to help you to make your vision reality, faster.
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Connecting Menstruators Across Canada with Nadia Ladak and Rashmi Prakash
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48:53In this episode of the Startup Women podcast, we speak with Rashmi Prakash and Nadia Ladak, two innovative leaders in the menstrual health space. They discuss their journeys in creating Aruna Revolution and Marlow, the challenges they face in securing investment, and the importance of community building and education around menstrual health. Watch …
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In this episode of the Startup Woman podcast, Lori Casselman discusses her journey in launching June Health, a digital health platform focused on supporting midlife women through perimenopause and menopause. She shares insights on the unique challenges women face during this transition, the spectrum of symptoms that can arise, and the importance of…
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The Women Behind Trusti with Ella Farlinger and Serina Ahmad
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46:49In this episode, hosts Kayla Isabelle and Melanie Ewan welcome Ella Farlinger and Serina Ahmad, the co-founders of trusti, a platform aimed at making STI testing more accessible and stigma-free. The conversation explores the founders’ backgrounds, the vision behind trusti, the challenges of sexual health education, insights into the FemTech ecosyst…
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If you're a fan of The Greatest Matter, here's another Irish podcast I think you'll enjoy. Have a listen to the trailer here! You can find out more about This House Will Devour You at Citeog Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy HeadStuff Podcasts & Conor Reid
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Happy New Year HeadStuff Listeners! As a special New Year’s treat, we’ve compiled the very best moments from all our HeadStuff shows into one episode. Relive the laughs, surprises, and unforgettable moments of 2024! To find your favourite HeadStuff shows go to the timestamps below. This is a HeadStuff Podcast produced by Hilary Barry. Edited by Cla…
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The season finale of The Greatest Matter and everything is at stake as Frances and Margaret find themselves once more faced with murder in the Phoenix Park. The Greatest Matter was written & directed by Conor Reid It was recorded at The Podcast Studios, Dublin and produced by Hilary Barry Editing, Sound Design, and Original Music by Conor Reid * Th…
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A familiar scene, from a very different place. The Greatest Matter was written & directed by Conor Reid It was recorded at The Podcast Studios, Dublin and produced by Hilary Barry Editing, Sound Design, and Original Music by Conor Reid * The show is a HeadStuff Podcast. For more on the network, all the great shows, and details on how you can suppor…
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Margaret and Lombroso are invited to a secret society meeting, while Frances makes some discoveries of her own. The Greatest Matter was written & directed by Conor Reid It was recorded at The Podcast Studios, Dublin and produced by Hilary Barry Editing, Sound Design, and Original Music by Conor Reid * The show is a HeadStuff Podcast. For more on th…
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Frances and Margaret learn something they are not quite ready to believe. The Greatest Matter was written & directed by Conor Reid It was recorded at The Podcast Studios, Dublin and produced by Hilary Barry Editing, Sound Design, and Original Music by Conor Reid The show is a HeadStuff Podcast. For more on the network, all the great shows, and deta…
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Burton learns some disturbing details about Col Godley's investigations. The Greatest Matter was written & directed by Conor Reid It was recorded at The Podcast Studios, Dublin and produced by Hilary Barry Editing, Sound Design, and Original Music by Conor Reid The show is a HeadStuff Podcast. For more on the network, all the great shows, and detai…
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Frances and Margaret attempt to track down Lombroso, but Grimshaw’s soldiers are also in pursuit. Burton has a life-changing encounter at the opera. The Greatest Matter was written & directed by Conor Reid It was recorded at The Podcast Studios, Dublin and produced by Hilary Barry Editing, Sound Design, and Original Music by Conor Reid The show is …
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Frances and Margaret receive a welcome tip off in their murder investigation, while Chief Inspector Burton has plans for his chief suspect. The Greatest Matter was written & directed by Conor Reid It was recorded at The Podcast Studios, Dublin and produced by Hilary Barry Editing, Sound Design, and Original Music by Conor Reid The show is a HeadStu…
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Frances and Margaret catch up over a game of tennis, but Margaret has some worrying news. The Greatest Matter was written & directed by Conor Reid It was recorded at The Podcast Studios, Dublin and produced by Hilary Barry Editing, Sound Design, and Original Music by Conor Reid The show is a HeadStuff Podcast. For more on the network, all the great…
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Margaret receives some unwanted guests, while Frances goes undercover at a doctor’s surgery. Lombroso uncovers far more to Kate Carey’s sáances than he ever suspected. The Greatest Matter was written & directed by Conor Reid It was recorded at The Podcast Studios, Dublin and produced by Hilary Barry Editing, Sound Design, and Original Music by Cono…
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Lombroso attends a séance. Frances and Margaret's visit to Dublin Zoo is not quite the day out they'd planned. Chief Inspector Burton pays a visit to the morgue. The Greatest Matter was written & directed by Conor Reid It was recorded at The Podcast Studios, Dublin and produced by Hilary Barry Editing, Sound Design, and Original Music by Conor Reid…
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The Greatest Matter: A Victorian Gothic Crime Tale
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39:35This is it, my brand new audiodrama, The Greatest Matter. There's murder and mystery, crime and conspiracy, gothic and ghosts - if you are a fan of Words To That Effect, I think you are going to like this! You can listen to all the episodes and subscribe/follow at TheGreatestMatter.com or by simply typing "The Greatest Matter" into your podcast pla…
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2: An Incident in the Phoenix Park (Interlude)
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5:40A man takes a walk in the Phoenix Park and is not quite sure who, or what, he's stumbled upon. (This is a short, mini-episode before events continue in next week's episode) The Greatest Matter was written & directed by Conor Reid It was recorded at The Podcast Studios, Dublin and produced by Hilary Barry Editing, Sound Design, and Original Music by…
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A renowned criminologist gives a talk in Dublin. A body is found in the Phoenix Park. A detective is called in. A writer and a journalist stumble unawares into a story much bigger than they ever could have imagined. The Greatest Matter was written & directed by Conor Reid It was recorded at The Podcast Studios, Dublin and produced by Hilary Barry E…
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WTTE 2024 Update & Announcing: The Greatest Matter
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6:10So it's been a while! Here's a quick update of what's been going on over at WTTE HQ, including an announcement of my brand new audiodrama: The Greatest Matter. You can have a listen to the trailer and, if you like what you here, subscribe to the show wherever you're listening now. All the details at thegreatestmatter.com Learn more about your ad ch…
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Introducing The Greatest Matter, a Victorian Gothic crime tale. Episode 1 launches on September 24th! This is a HeadStuff podcasts. To support the show and get the entire season in advance, ad-free, and for lots of other bonuses, become a member of HeadStuff+ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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How To: Enter and Maintain Strong Partnerships with Jaclyn Patterson and Christal Duncan Earle
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1:10:29Guests: Jaclyn Patterson is the Founder of Shopwise, an online sustainable fashion marketplace, making it easier for people to discover and shop smarter from more than 30 purpose driven brands that prioritize both people and the planet. Christal Duncan Earle founded Brave Soles in 2017. Brave Soles creates handcrafted shoes with upcycled tire soles…
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How To: Funding for Black Women Entrepreneurs with Tia Upshaw and Tashauna Reid
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1:10:10Guests: Tia Upshaw is a dynamic, serial entrepreneur and the Founder and CEO of Blk Women in Excellence. Tashauna Reid is the owner of College Creative Curations, an online stationery store which addresses common student challenges by creating purposeful stationery items. Resources: Learn more about BWIE Connect with BWIE’s workshops and events Che…
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How To: Build Successful Relationships with Freelancers with Jasmine Williams and Sandra Reimer
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1:03:06Freelancing is a very unique style of entrepreneurship. For freelancers, they are able to achieve flexibility and do work they are great at. For founders, freelancers are key contributors to their projects and business. In this episode, we talk about the tangible tools that allow freelancers to be successful and how to develop strong, empathetic an…
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Support for Women-led Startups in Canada with Conor Phillips and Natasha Peter
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1:12:35Conor Phillips is an innovator, creative problem solver and serial-entrepreneur, based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. After working in the tourism industry for several years, Conor recognized that something was missing from how small businesses promote their products and services, and how travellers discover the activities, events, festivals and accom…
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Understanding the State of Women Entrepreneurship with Dr.Wendy Cukier and Vivian Liu
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1:07:20Have you ever googled the word entrepreneur? What kind of images show up? Who kind of folks do you see represented and associated with the word ‘entrepreneur’. More often than not, it isn’t women and we believe that needs to change because women are disrupting industries, they are making deep social impact and they are incredibly successful. Guests…
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How To: Navigate Global Entrepreneurship with Myriam Francisque and Evelyne Nyairo
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1:07:55The world is your oyster, its full of opportunities. But what about trade agreements, laws, market research, and shipping costs? For entrepreneurs who want to go global, opportunities for growth can quickly feel risky, unclear and even out of reach. For Black and racialized entrepreneurs, these feelings are often amplified. Evelyne Nyairo is the Fo…
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How To: Navigate Parental Leave For Startups with Emma Devin and Lizzy Karp
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1:11:21In this episode, we will explore Brood’s story, one that came to be through a passion for babies, friendship, and families. Emma Devin and Lizzy Karp have developed a language of care and through this conversation we are able to learn how the words we use affect the experience people can have. This conversation reminds us to look at parents and car…
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How To: Lead Non-Profits and Create Change with Ivy Wong and Megan Poole
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1:11:51Ivy Wong is the Founder of Ripple Foundation, a non-profit created to inspire imaginations, and foster creativity and literacy for children in Canada. Today, Ripple Foundation serves communities across the country and children and youth at various stages of their writing journeys. Megan Poole is the Manager of Community and Community Relations at T…
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How To: Access Scotiabank’s Women Initiative with Chris McMartin and Melissa Houston
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1:10:01Money matters for entrepreneurs and for business owners. It can also be a source of stress, shame and overwhelm. Chris and Melissa have advice for you to feel more comfortable with making and managing money as a women entrepreneur. Guests: Chris McMartin is our Topic Expert. Chris leads The Scotiabank Women Initiative Small Business Strategy across…
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How To: Foster Indigenous Values and Systems as an Entrepreneur
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1:03:15Chelsea Howard is the Founder of Drift Employer Brand Consulting. Chelsea is a workforce strategist, partnering with companies from a range of industries to build human-centric culture and employee experience strategies. Mary Wildman is a First Nations Indigenous woman from Curve Lake First Nation. Mary is a vibrant warrior who works to build relat…
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How To: Fund Your Business and Grow with Kailey Gilchrist and Shelley Kuipers
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1:02:18Your venture needs funding, how you get there can be up to you. In this episode, Kailey shares NONA Vegan’s fundraising journey while Shelley chimes in with insight and advice for funding your business so you can grow. “Founders should put themselves first. I want to understand their judgment, I need to see that they are coachable. I love companies…
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How To: Navigate Entrepreneurship as a Newcomer with Karla Briones and Vanessa Teran
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1:12:58Entrepreneurship is a rollercoaster, with high highs and low lows. Add in navigating a new country and all of the emotions and learnings that come along with it, that is a whole new rollercoaster. In this episode, we hear from two women entrepreneurs who left home and came to Canada for a new life. Through their journeys, we quickly learn that newc…
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How To: Build Your Brand with Reagan Bradley and Rachel Kelly
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1:12:49When entrepreneurs hear Make Lemonade, they likely think of Rachel Kelly – but what is the secret to achieving this and how do you do it? Reagan Bradley, is a personal brand strategist, or in her words ‘a part time investigator, and part time storyteller’, guiding entrepreneurs to find their authenticity, and curate the right story so they can clea…
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How To: Be An Emotionally Intelligent Leader with Carolyn Stern and Daisy Wright
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1:07:03Expressing our emotions at work is not always easy, but what if paying more attention to our behaviours and emotional needs made us better leaders? Leaders who could hire according to their emotional inventory, operate in a more self aware state and create emotionally in tuned and strong teams that support business growth. Daisy Wright, who support…
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How To: Navigate Mindset Shifts with Monique Hutson and Cheryl Sutherland
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1:01:13Monique Hutson is the Founder and Lead Content Producer of Dom Productions. After running the business for 6 years, her mindset and missions have changed and evolved, they have had to. Cheryl Sutherland is the Founder of PleaseNotes, a business she has built to help women step into their power by building confidence, clarity, and creativity. Togeth…
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How To: Be Diverse Equitable and Inclusive with Jess Dassanayake and Camille Dundas
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1:12:26Is diversity, equity and inclusion a destination or a journey? Jess Dassanayake is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of BinoBooks. BinoBooks exists to help children understand important topics like the COVID-19 pandemic, gender, body image, and more, through personalized e-books. With representation at its center, BinoBooks is reinventing…
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How To: Fund Your Social Enterprise with Jacqueline Sofia, Noora Sharrab and Sagal Dualeh
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1:15:05Impact isn’t always a number or a dollar amount. Often it is a story. Jacqueline Sofia and Noora Sharrab are the founders of SITTI Social Enterprise, a venture that exists to improve the lives of refugees and displaced communities. Sagal Dualeh is the Senior Director of the Investment Readiness Program at Canada’s Women Foundation, supporting women…
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How To: Build Resilience with Komal Minhas and Elaisha Jade
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1:10:29Entrepreneurship is a world of opportunity, of brilliance, of hard work. It’s also a world of loneliness, of sacrifice and of deep challenge and we must include these experiences in our conversations about entrepreneurship. Komal Minhas is the Founder of Karseva, a company focused on building individual and societal resilience through training prog…
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How To: Export and Go Global with BE Alink and Tamaïka Jumelle
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1:07:07Demand for your product or service in a new market is exciting but it doesn’t make the ins and outs of exporting and operating globally any easier. BE Alink is the Founder and Inventor of the Alinker, a bright yellow, radically different walking bike and vehicle for change. With support from Tamaïka Jumelle, Regional Director of Quebec for Invest i…
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How To: Growth and Scaling with Jenn Harper and Mallory Rowan
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1:09:34It is through growth and scaling that founders continue to give their businesses life and it is how they reach the milestones they have always dreamed of. But these things can’t happen without asking yourself what you truly want and finding a sustainable pace to get there. Jenn Harper is the Founder and CEO of Cheekbone Beauty Cosmetics Inc, a digi…
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How To: Marketing and PR with Meaghan and Marie Wright and Kelsey Reidl
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1:30:04When founders think about marketing, they often begin to visualize their websites, and social media pages but it is equally important to think about who you are, who you want to be and how you will show up for customers once they find you. Meaghan and Marie Wright are twin sisters and co-founders of Mirror Image Media, a full-service video producti…
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Unfortunately there aren't going to be any new episodes for a little while but have a listen to this short update letting you know what's going on at WTTE and where things are heading next. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Conor Reid
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How To: Sales and Sell with Sheena Brady and Patti Pokorchak
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1:17:04When we sell a product or service, what we are really selling is an experience, feeling, or the desired outcome. Selling is a skill built on listening, emotional intelligence, and being of service to your clients and connections. Sheen Brady is the Founder and Tea Sommelier of Tease, a well-loved line of natural and botanical wellness teas that ben…
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Dungeons & Dragons plays a huge part in fiction and popular culture more generally, but it is often overlooked or misunderstood. In this episode I gather together an experienced Dungeon Master and some complete novices (including myself) to play D&D for the first time. Joining me to explore this new world is academic, and life-time D&D fan, Profess…
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How To: Fund Your Business with Richa Gupta and Marissa Bronfman
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1:16:56The topic of funding is one commonly associated with stress and anxiety for founders – but it doesn’t need to be. Financing your business is an exercise rooted in patience, planning, and purpose. It’s a unique opportunity to imagine, and reimagine, what our ventures can and should look like in the future. Richa Gupta is the Founder of Good Food For…
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From medieval ballads to the poetry of John Keats, stage productions to children’s songs, novels to comic books, silent movies to glorious technicolour, Disney classics to Kevin Costner blockbusters to Mel Brooks parodies to gritty reimaginings and lots, lots more, Robin Hood is certainly one of the most recognisable characters in all of western po…
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How To: HR and Hiring with Erin Stephenson & Jamie Savage
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54:57Hiring is so important for a venture’s success, yet the search for talent is a gargantuan challenge for most founders. Business owners need strong processes and a map to make sure their teams survive and thrive. Entrepreneurs must think of culture as a code, one that is built with intention while leaving room for behaviours and methods to reveal th…
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What does the word "Gothic" mean to you? Gothic cathedrals and castles? Gothic fiction? Teenage goths dressed in black? Horror and the supernatural? This episode explores the origins of the gothic and one man's lasting influence on this most important of genres. Joining me as my gothic guide is Prof Dale Townshend, Professor of Gothic Literature at…
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A Word To That Effect: Serendipity (Bonus Ep)
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8:00A Word To That Effect is a new series of bonus mini-episodes about a single word or phrase with a distinctly literary origin. This week: serendipity. WTTE is part of the HeadStuff Podcast Network. You can support the show and get bonus content and more by becoming a member of HeadStuff+. Go to HeadStuffPodcasts.com For full transcripts, links, refe…
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A Word To That Effect: Cliffhanger (Bonus Ep)
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9:00A Word To That Effect is a new series of bonus mini-episodes about a single word or phrase with a distinctly literary origin. This week: cliffhanger! WTTE is part of the HeadStuff Podcast Network. You can support the show and get bonus content and more by becoming a member of HeadStuff+. Go to HeadStuffPodcasts.com For full transcripts, links, refe…
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