A Good Story is Hard to Find

Julie and Scott take dancing lessons. The result, of course, is hilarious. Episode 105, Shall We Dance? (1996), directed by Masayuki Suo. Download or listen via this link: |Episode #105| Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: |HERE| Shall We Dance? on IMDBLumen Fidei (full English text at the Vatican site)Strictly Ballroom on IMDB

Julie and Scott join a group of enthusiastic scholars that will soon head to beautiful Terminus to write an Encyclopedia. They hope to be back in time for the next podcast. Episode 104, Foundation by Isaac Asimov. Download or listen via this link: |Episode #104| Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: |HERE| A catalogue of Asimov's books. Other books mentioned:The Lord by Romano GuardiniNightfall (short story) - AsimovThe Star (short story) - Arthur C. ClarkeGuns, Germs and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Churchill Factor by Boris JohnsonThe Caves of Steel - AsimovThe Naked Sun - Asimov

Julie and Scott spend eight precious hours of their lives watching Series 1 of Broadchurch. They are not disappointed! Download or listen via this link: |Episode #103| Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: |HERE| Broadchurch on IMDB

Julie and Scott only have ten dollars each. Julie spends it on the perfect Google hyper-targeted local advertising program, and Scott buys all the BAM! t-shirts he can find. In Episode 102, they discuss Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan. Download or listen via this link: |Episode #102| Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: |HERE| Aldus Manutius on WikipediaFrancesco Griffo on WikipediaGone but not forgotten: Aldus software companyFor a quick overview of the book, here's Julie's review of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

Julie and Scott watched Calvary (written and directed by John Michael McDonagh) then discuss it until they run out of things to say. They are both sure they'll think of something to add by Sunday week. Download or listen via this link: |Episode #101| Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: |HERE| Another McDonagh directed In Bruges - we discussed it in Episode 29. Julie's review of Calvary. Interview with Writer/Director John Michael McDonagh Holbein's Memento Mori ... see it from the intended perspective here. Read more about it at Wikipedia

How best to celebrate 100 episodes of A Good Story is Hard to Find? By talking about another book, of course! Special Guest Br. Guy Consolmagno, Vatican Astronomer, joins Julie and Scott to discuss a book of his choosing: Among Others by Jo Walton. Episode 100!! Download or listen via this link: |Episode #100| Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: |HERE| Jo Walton's websiteJo Walton's LiveJournalJo Walton on Tor.com Jesuit Br. Guy Consolmagno wins Carl Sagan award. We are blessed! Hail Mary, full of grace. Our Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Mother of the Incarnate Word.

Julie and Scott offer 90 fun-filled minutes of inadequate and unworthy discussion about the patron of the podcast - Flannery O'Connor. Everything That Rises Must Converge. Eventually. This is Episode 99! Stories discussed in-depth: Everything That Rises Must Converge, The Lame Shall Enter First, Revelation Download or listen via this link: |Episode #099| Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: |HERE| My Dear God - Flannery O'Connor's PrayersFlannery O'Connor reading "A Good Man is Hard to Find" in 1959Good Story Episode 32: A Good Man is Hard to Find

Julie and Scott learn what the world would be like if this podcast never existed. They both decided to keep doing it, anyway. It's a Wonderful Life is the subject of Episode 98. Download or listen via this link: |Episode #098| Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: |HERE| Remember, George: no man is a failure who has friends. Julie and Scott are blessed with many. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Let's face it. Reading In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden is the closest either Julie or Scott will come to being cloistered nuns. Episode 97! Download or listen via this link: |Episode #097| Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: |HERE| LINKS - Forgotten Classics: China Court by Rumer Godden - Jo Walton's review of In This House of Brede The Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles:

Julie and Scott make it to within ten paces of the Emperor. Will they take action? Which way will the candles blow? Episode 96 is a discussion of Hero, a 2002 movie directed by Yimou Zhang. Download or listen via this link: |Episode #096| Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: |HERE|

In Episode 95, Julie and Scott talk about history. Genuine, real-life Church history. Some things are discussed that no one expects! The Catholic Church Through the Ages by John Vidmar. Download or listen via this link: |Episode #095| Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: |HERE| LINKS By sheer coincidence, Fr. Robert Barron just posted a very worthwhile video called "The Development of Doctrine". Here it is:

In an attempt to make the best zombie movie ever, Julie and Scott meet their friends at the train station late at night to film a Big Scene. It gets crazy after that. If it wasn't for Tam, their explosives expert, they'd have been in a real mess. Super 8, written and directed by J.J. Abrams. Download or listen via this link: |Episode #094| Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: |HERE| More stuff: Theme from The Halloween Tree:

Julie and Scott read a vampire novel by a little-known horror writer. They are both pretty sure he'll be popular one day. Keep writing Steve! Success is just around the corner! It's October, and the subject is 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King... Stephen King Download or listen via this link: |Episode #093| Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: |HERE| LINKS CraftLit's audio reading of DraculaRoger Ebert's quote: When it comes to fighting vampires and performing exorcisms, the Roman Catholic Church has the heavy artillery. Your other religions are good for everyday theological tasks, like steering their members into heaven, but when the undead lunge up out of their graves, you want a priest on the case. As a product of Catholic schools, I take a certain pride in this pre-eminence. Because we didn't get enough of Cleese in the previous episode:

Julie joins the Judean People's Front (NOT the People's Front of Judea) (a group nobody likes), and Scott prophesies that nobody will really know where lieth those little things with the sort of raffia work base that has an attachment. Eventually, they get around to discussing Monty Python's Life of Brian. This is Episode 92. Download or listen via this link: |Episode #092| Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: |HERE| More stuff: John Cleese and Michael Palin discuss the movie with Malcolm Muggeridge and Bishop of Southwark, Mervyn Stockwood. The date this was recorded is not clear, but it appears to be near the time the film was released (1979).

Julie and Scott form a committee. Scott wants the committee to immediately review who's marching in which parades, while Julie wants a school to stay open and thinks we better vote before someone kills Guy. Will they ever agree? Ashes to Ashes by Emma Lathen. Episode 91! Wikipedia entry on Emma Lathen Download or listen via this link: |Episode #091| Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: |HERE|