Best Zombie Book Club Podcasts (2025)

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Resident Evil (2002) - Corporations are the real monsters | Zombie Book Club Ep 119 1:32:33

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We crack open Resident Evil (2002) to expose Umbrella Corp’s playbook: a secret underground lab, an AI “Red Queen” that chooses lethal containment over humanity, and a virus that turns a research facility into an underground tomb. By mapping the film’s thrills onto today’s corporate landscape, we explore how shareholder‑driven incentives, corporate…

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Geekscape Book Club - October 2025 - "Marvel Zombies" (2005) #1-5 43:08

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On the heels of the "Marvel Zombies" miniseries on Disney+, Christian Bladt, Eric Conner and Nate Miller discuss the original five-part "Marvel Zombies" mini-series from 2005-2006, written by Robert Kirkman, with art by Sean Phillips and covers by Arthur Suydam. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Local Legends #48: Tony Walker 1:27:31

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For our final Local Legends interview of Haunting Season 2025, Eleanor speaks with Tony Walker, author and host of the Classic Ghost Stories podcast. We are huge fans of Tony's work, from his narrations of well-known ghost stories and lesser read hidden gems to his own original fiction. Though as we discuss during this conversation, Tony's interest…

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293: The Official Leighton Night Horror Canon 1:16:08

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Happy Halloween folks! WE'RE RANKING HORROR MOVIES (NOT CLICKBAIT!) ie. creating our Official Podcast Horror Movie Canon List- We go through our horror movie picks for categories SUCH AS: Horror Movies that are fun and not too scary for kids, Movies so good that people forget to list them but then you watch and you think "wow that movie IS good," H…

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The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde 1:14:32

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To wish everyone a very happy Halloween, we warmly present a reading of Oscar Wilde's classic ghost story, The Canterville Ghost. After a month of celebrating more sincere ghost stories and quite dense, spooky topics, we thought it might be time for a little levity - and this story is an important one: written in 1887, it called time on the Victori…

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Episode 87 - Video games for our Teen Years 1:30:04

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In this latest episode we chat about our 10 favourite videogames from our teen years.By Frantic Nerdcast

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WORK-FAMILY MONTH WITH JILL MCNAMARA – CARE.COM; SPIRITUAL WELLNESS WITH ATTORNEY/AUTHOR/CAREGIVER CHANEL T. ROWE, Brain Economy & Brainspan; Workplace Ageism & Chief Longevity Officers; Zombie Cells ...

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Magus #5: Aleister Crowley 1:21:26

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On this month's Haunting Season-themed episode of Magus we're digging into the gory life story of "The Beast" himself, Aleister Crowley! One of the most infamous occult figures of the 20th century, we explore how Crowley's singular life unfolded - his religious childhood, early penchant for sadism, his academic failures, and his interests in the ar…

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303. Orwell: Fighting Fascism In The Spanish Civil War (Part 2) 40:55

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Why did George Orwell go to Spain to fight on the Republican side against General Franco? Who saved his life when he was shot in the throat? How did internal feuds on the leftist side of the war influence his writing and his paranoia? In Part 2 of this miniseries, William and Anita discuss Orwell’s fight against fascism and his experiences in the S…

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302. Orwell: The Anti-Imperialist In India & Burma (Part 1) 43:17

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How was George Orwell’s childhood rooted in the British Empire and the opium trade in India? Why did George Orwell become a colonial police officer in Burma? When did Orwell develop his anti-imperialist stance? In the first part of this miniseries, Anita and William explore the early life of Eric Blair - later George Orwell - and his time in India …

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Haunting Season 2025 #4: Wraiths of Helmand 2:15:22

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It's already the final week of Haunting Season 2025, so we proudly present our last 'Trilogy of Terror' for this year! The episode features our two last winning short stories in this year's Ghost Story Writing Competition, along with another diverse selection of things which terrify our listeners. 'Up At The Cross Roads By Tants Farm' by Holly Barr…

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Local Legends #47: Dr Marion Gibson 57:49

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For our third Local Legends interview of Haunting Season 2025, Martin chats about spooky stuff with the author of Witchcraft: A History in 13 Trials, Dr Marion Gibson. Marion is currently Professor of Renaissance and Magical Literatures at the University of Exeter, and if you are unfamiliar with her work then she is the author of books including Th…

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292: Zombie Manual Labor (feat. Genevieve LeDoux) 1:30:42

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Today we're joined by Emmy award winning writer and musician Genevieve LeDoux (ig: @last_unicorn_mom) for a chat about her new music project, Neil Diamond (and his various crimes), E.T. (and his selfless heroics), living in Georgia, kid-friendly horror, Jersey foods, and more! This is a fun one. You can check out Star Forest at www.starforest.rocks…

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Episode 86 - We chat I Like Me Doco, Pokemon TCG, House of Guiness and More 1:20:37

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In this weeks episode we keep you up to date with our Pokemon hunting, we talk the new Doco I like me, house of guiness and much more.By Frantic Nerdcast

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Forgotten Melodies #6: Murder Ballads 1:25:15

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It's Haunting Season, so for this month's Forgotten Melodies bonus episode we're exploring the bloody broadsides of Murder Ballads. As ever, the episode features new arrangements of three traditional Murder Ballads: Edward, The Bonny Bows and The Cruel Ship's Carpenter, and Martin, Ben and Eleanor talk about the history of the murder ballad and of …

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301. Gaza: The First Arab-Israeli War & The Creation of The Gaza Strip (Part 11) 48:26

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How did neighbouring Arab nations respond to the displacement of Palestinians in 1948? Why was the future Egyptian prime minister, General Nasser, stationed in Gaza in 1948? How did the population of Gaza double almost overnight with the influx of refugees, and what conditions did they face? William and Anita are joined once again by Eugene Rogan, …

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300. Gaza: The 1948 War (Part 10) 52:09

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Why did the British decide to end their Mandate in Palestine less than three decades after it began? What was the UN Partition Plan for Palestine and why did the Zionist leadership accept it whilst the Arab Higher Committee rejected it? How did the displacement of thousands of Palestinians during the War of 1948 affect Gaza? Anita and William are j…

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Haunting Season 2025 #3: Connect With Me 3:04:54

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We enter the third week of Three Ravens Haunting Season 2025 with our third 'Trilogy of Terror'! Our two winning entries for this week, both submitted for our annual Three Ravens Ghost Story Writing Competition, are quite different in tone. "Forgotten" by Felix Woidtke is a dark tale of America's abandoned places with a real bite, while Alexa Hardi…

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See you on the other side, Nero (Minisode Update) | Zombie Book Club Ep 118 22:41

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The plan for this episode was simple: fire zombies, protest frogs, and a life update. What we got was a quiet living room, two handheld mics, and the kind of day that makes everything else feel small. Our old boy Nero, a once-feral, endlessly loving dog who shaped our routines and taught us patience, took a sharp turn. We walked into the ER carryin…

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Local Legends #46: Rob Kirkup 1:11:50

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For our second Local Legends interview of Haunting Season 2025, Eleanor chats to author, paranormal historian, ghost-hunter and the host of the outstanding How Haunted? podcast, Rob Kirkup! Rob’s from the north east of England, and has been leading paranormal investigations for over twenty years, which has involved him spending many nights in total…

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291: I BWOKE MY BWOY 1:11:21

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Now, here's what's gonna happen. You're gonna press the play button on whichever platform you're listening to this thing on, be it Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or whatever the hell else, and you're gonna sit quietly and listen to this entire thing. You may hear some things you like; you may hear some things you don't. Depends on what you're into. Doesn…

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Episode 85 - Our PAX Aus 25 Re-cape 1:19:04

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Welcome back to a new episode, in this one we re-cape all the awesome things we checked out at PAX Australia 2025.By Frantic Nerdcast

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NATIONAL RIDESHARE MONTH WITH JUSTIN BOOGAARD - GOGO GRANDPARENT; DOWNSIZING, HOARDING & MOVING YOUR PARENTS AUTHOR MARTY STEVENS-HEEBNER, Train Your Brain Day Exercises, National Gratitude & Positive ...

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In our 1st episode for October, host and gerontologist, Sherri Snelling, has two great expert interviews to share: 1) Justin Boogaard – Co-Founder and CEO of GoGoGrandparent. We’re celebrating October National Rideshare Month with Justin! You’ll learn how this rideshare company has created a concierge service specifically designed for older adults …

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Geekscape Book Club - September 2025 - "Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars" (1984) #1-12 1:22:05

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This episode contains a conversation that took place at LA Comic Con in September 2025, remembering the career of the late Marvel Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter who passed away earlier this year, with particular focus on one of his crowning achievements, the 12 issue "Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars", the conclusion of which was 40 years ago. The pane…

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Three Ravens Bestiary #19: Zombies and Revenants 1:10:35

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For this week's Haunting Season-themed Bonus Episode we're chatting all about the mythology of Zombies and Revenants! To start off with, which is which? Because one dates from Medieval times, and the other comes from a word invented by an English poet in 1819. And if we look further back, to Ancient Egypt, Ancient Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome and Scyt…

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299. Gaza: The Palestinian Revolt, The Black and Tans, & Bomber Harris (Part 9) 49:04

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When Palestinian Arabs rose up against the British in 1936, what repressive tactics were used to quell the revolt? Who was the WW2 hero “Bomber” Harris, and why did he bomb Palestinians in the 1930s? How did Christians, Muslims and Jews who had once co-existed in the region turn against each other in a divisive civil war? William and Anita are join…

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298. Gaza: The British Occupation of Palestine (Part 8) 50:24

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What was the British Mandate of Palestine that emerged after World War I? Why were the Black and Tans sent to Palestine and what methods did they use to enforce order? How did tensions between Zionist settlers and Arab Palestinians begin to rise in Mandate Palestine in the 1920s and 1930s? Anita and William are joined by Caroline Elkins, author of …

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Haunting Season 2025 #2: Sundowners 1:54:54

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Three Ravens Haunting Season continues today with the second of our four 'Trilogies of Terror' across the month of October! We begin, in tried and tested style, with two winning tales from our annual Three Ravens Ghost Story Writing Competition. The first of these, "The Old Way Stone" by Alex Effinger, feels almost like a late Victorian classic, se…

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Warm Bodies (THE MOVIE) with special guest Wicked Words Book Club | Zombie Book Club Ep 117 1:38:36

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Can a film adaptation ever capture the quiet ache of its source? In this crossover with Wicked Words Book Club, we dissect Isaac Marion’s Warm Bodies and its sleek, sanitized movie version, tracing the emotional, ideological, and tonal shifts that split page and screen. We celebrate the bits that land, like visual metaphors of zombified liminality …

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LIVE @ Gloucester History Festival 2025! 1:17:01

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Roll on another month and another Three Ravens Live Show release - and of not just one but two performances recorded at Gloucester History Festival at the end of September 2025! As we explain in the episode, first comes our Forgotten Melodies Live show, performed on Sunday 21st September in the Great Hall at Gloucester's Blackfriars as part of Witc…

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Local Legends #45: Dr Susan Owens 1:12:57

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For our Local Legends interview this week, the first of Haunting Season 2025, we've spoken to the celebrated author of 'The Ghost: A Cultural History' Susan Owens! Recorded at Susan's home in Suffolk, this ranging chat includes discussions of the ghost that haunted the old V&A Museum's stores of paintings, Susan's all-time favourite ghost story, an…

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DEEP CUTS SUPERCUT: THE LOST HISTORY OF FOUND FOOTAGE 2:26:14

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Happy October! We're continuing our annual tradition of re-airing all three episodes of Leighton's horror history series Deep Cuts in one convenient package for your listening pleasure. Learn about the surprising origins of the found footage genre, all the entries pre-dating The Blair Witch Project, a massive section on Blair Witch (duh), and every…

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Episode 84 - K-POP Demon Hunters Review, Throwing Golf Clubs & Underrated Horror Movies 1:33:09

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Welcome back to Frantic Nerdcast Episode 84! This week, the boys—AJ, Zac, and Brock—are back with a packed show diving into the best of nerd culture, TCGs, and a hilarious personal trip recap. The Highlights: K-POP Demon Hunters Review: AJ finally watched the new anime and gives his thoughts on the music and its mainstream appeal. The Frantic Slice…

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Magic and Medicines #19: Voodoo 1:33:02

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This month's Magic and Medicines Bonus Episode definitely has Haunting Season associations, as we're talking all about Voodoo! Although, being up front, "Voodoo" is but a tiny subset of a vast number of syncretic religious and cultural practices dating back to Africa 6,000 years ago - 'syncretic' meaning something which merges different beliefs int…

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297. Gaza in WW1: A Rematch For Gallipoli (Part 7) 43:43

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How did British Army General Murray fail to take Gaza in 1917? Who was General Allenby and how did his tactics in the cavalry charge on Gaza City lead to transformation in the region? What are the connections between the Gallipoli campaign and the siege of Gaza? Anita Anand and William Dalrymple are joined once again by Eugene Rogan, author of The …

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Haunting Season 2025 #1: Uncle Wilf 1:50:49

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Three Ravens Haunting Season is now officially risen from the grave, hungry for coziness and chilling tales of terror! As in previous years we begin this Monday episode with two winning tales from our annual Three Ravens Ghost Story Writing Competition. The first of these, "Cold" by Susanne Okulitch, offers up a cool bit of class discussion set aga…

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296. Ottoman Gaza: Gunpowder Conquests & Rising Nationalism (Part 6) 57:01

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In 1516, the Ottomans defeated the mighty Mamluk Empire in the Middle East, taking control of Gaza. How did Ottoman forces roll out scorched-earth tactics on Gaza City to punish those who had rebelled against them? How did the citrus and cotton industries develop in Ottoman Palestine? What did the rise of nationalism at the turn of the twentieth ce…

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Aquarium of the Dead with Special Guest Jacob Quijas | Zombie Book Club Ep 116 1:18:03

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Join us for a smart, irreverent dive into Aquarium of the Dead with marine biologist and festival fanatic Jacob Quijas. We map undead tropes onto real marine science—waves, buoyancy, detritivores, keystone species—and even speculate: can the ocean digest zombies faster than we expect and would their bones become coral? Then we dive in to the movie:…

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Local Legends #44: Chris Baglin 1:27:59

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Martin is joined around the campfire by storyteller, magician and puppeteer Chris Baglin. Chris performs as 'Professor Llusern' and 'Cyfarwydd Cymru', with the second being his bardic name, meaning 'the storyteller of Wales'. Chris performs at castles, heritage centres and fetes across north Wales and beyond, and for the past several years he has b…

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290: Cinema's Scummiest Scumbags 1:05:50

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Greetings, scumbags. We're here with another listicle episode-- this time ranking the great scumbags of cinema (and TV). This one is sure to be controversial. Can you be too high class to be a scumbag? Who's too evil to be a scumbag? Are all fictional lawyers scumbags? All this, and more. Some of these entries will SHOCK you. And the ranking order …

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Episode 83 - Final Destination: Bloodlines, Gen V, & The Man Who Broke The Bat 1:27:22

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Welcome back to the Frantic Nerdcast, Episode 83! This week, the full crew is back as Brock returns to the studio! The boys dive into a wild range of topics, from nerd culture news to a deep dive on some of their favorite new releases. Tune in as they discuss the new movie Final Destination: Bloodlines, and their thoughts on the insan…

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Three Ravens Guide to Halloween 1:18:06

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Ah - smell that wisp of wood smoke in the air? Feel that strange sensation as the hairs rise on the back of your neck? See that ancient spectre stood in your path, pointing at you while mumbling things that you can't hear? It can only mean one thing: it's the month of Halloween, October, and therefore it's also Three Ravens Haunting Season! To kick…

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295. Crusader Gaza: Saladin & Richard The Lionheart (Part 5) 49:07

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Why did Crusaders travel from Western Europe to Gaza and The Levant in the 11th century? Who was Saladin and how did he conquer the Franks? How did the Mamluks defeat the Mongols in the 1200s and usher in an era of prosperity for Gaza? Anita and William are joined by Jonathan Phillips, Professor of Crusading History at Royal Holloway, to discuss th…

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WORLD ALZHEIMER’S DAY WITH DR. TINA SADARANGANI OF ENLIGHTENED CAREGIVER AND THE CAREMOBI APP, Latest Alzheimer’s Research Including Copper & Journaling to Reduce Dementia Risk; Dopamine Design and Depression ...

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In our second September episode, host and gerontologist, Sherri Snelling, focuses on World Alzheimer’s Month as she talks with Dr. Tina Sadarangani, creator of Enlightened Caregiver in Instagram for dementia caregiving tips and inspiration as well as her innovative new app, CareMobi, for family care coordination. Sherri and Dr. Tina also talk about…

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October Update: What Are You Afraid Of? 51:59

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Three Ravens Series 7 may be underway, but it's now October, meaning it's Three Ravens Haunting Season! This episode offers a bit of an update from us about Three Ravens goings-on, including the plan for the month ahead, after which we've included sections of last month's Patreon Exclusive episodes. First comes the initial 25 minutes or so of Marti…

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294. Gaza & The Islamic Conquest (Part 4) 41:27

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How did the expansion of Islam out of the Arab peninsular affect Gaza in the seventh century? Who was ‘Amr ibn al-As and how did he ambush the Byzantines in Gaza? Why is the Islamic Conquest described as the “invisible conquest” by some historians? William and Anita are joined once again by Peter Sarris, Professor of Late Antique, Medieval and Byza…

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Series 7 Episode 2: Denbighshire 2:20:44

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For our second County Episode of Series 7, we're off to North Wales to talk about the history and folklore of Denbighshire! In terms of the county's history, there's a lot - and it's absolutely fascinating. From the centuries when it was a domain controlled by the Marcher Lords to the recent severing of Wrexham away from Denbighshire to rebel princ…

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Warm Bodies (The Book) with special guest Wicked Words Book Club Podcast | Zombie Book Club Ep 115 2:15:02

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When a zombie named 'R' rescues a living girl instead of devouring her, everything shifts. Told through R’s reflective, darkly witty inner monologue, Warm Bodies challenges our assumptions of life, death, and what it means to feel. As R consumes Perry’s brain and begins to access memories, he forges a strange intimacy with Perry’s consciousness—rai…

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Local Legends #43: Milly Jackdaw 1:08:57

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In Series 7's first episode of Local Legends, Eleanor is joined around the campfire by storyteller, theatre maker and ecologist Milly Jackdaw. Milly's fascinating career has seen her telling stories on the banks of wild lakes, at festivals and in theatres, and in some of the places most connected to the stories themselves. With a background in thea…

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289: Bad Book Club: The Secret of Secrets Part 2 1:45:23

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Sigh. We're back with a deeper dive into the nitty gritty of this godawful book. Learn more about non-local consciousness and non-local consciousness and non-local consciousness and more non-local consciousness. Are you sick of hearing that phrase? SO ARE WE. We cover the awful "plot twist" and how charming everyone finds the most insufferable fict…