Bringing hope to the world through Speculative Fiction. Interviews with Science Fiction and Fantasy writers, gamers, creators, and activists.
“I always enjoy connecting to those who avoid the obvious pedestrian cliche rockisms and who will converse with intelligence...kudos. That makes for a worthwhile broadcast.“ - Alan Niven, former GNR manager. ------- Appetite for Distortion is a Guns N' Roses-themed podcast hosted by a radio veteran. Any topic is up for discussion as long as it falls under the 6-Degrees of "GN'R Bacon." Available wherever you get your podcasts. Past guests include: Alice Cooper, Matt Sorum, Gilby Clarke, Fran ...
Magic Podcast for magicians only, will be of no interest to anyone else. Alan Hudson and Rob James talk drivel about stuff for 30 mins each Monday.
Join footballing legend Alan Hudson as he chats with guests from the football world. Take a nostalgic trip as they share, never-before-heard stories from on and off the pitch.Casual, unscripted talk from a time when the only diving taking place was down to the pub at the final whistle. Proper Football, Proper Talk
The Curran View, Tilton Talk Show-BCFC , My 70s, A chapter of my life, The Speedway Tavern Show, Alan Hudson, and More...Sponsored By Image Cleaning Consultants Ltd -Office Cleaning Birmingham
Although performing stand-up comedy was what initially united Eliot, Brent, and H. Alan over 10 years ago, it’s their openness (and sense of humor) about feeling totally lost and disconnected from the gay community that’s truly bonded them. On YMIW, Eliot, Brent and H. Alan get down and dirty, exploring the good, bad, and ugly tropes of contemporary gay life, often the stuff that no one -- especially straight people -- discuss for fear of being labeled homophobic. (Don’t w ...
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Parlando - Where Music and Words Meet
Parlando featuring Frank Hudson and Dave Moore, poets and musicians
Poetry has been defined as “words that want to break into song.” Musicians who make music seek to “say something”. Parlando will put spoken words (often, but not always, poetry) and music (different kinds, limited only by the abilities of the performing participants) together. The resulting performances will be short, 2 to 10 minutes in length. The podcast will present them un-adorned. How much variety can we find in this combination? Listen to a few episodes and see. At least at first, the ...
ET Yoga is a combination of extra-terrestrial information integrated with the wisdom of the great Yoga Masters related to the concept of Self Realization. Yoga meaning 'Union of you and your Higher Self'. ET Yoga is actually a new Yoga--the Yoga of Belief. Extra-terrestrial and Yogic information complement each other and thus the marriage of the two. Specifically the ET information is mostly about the concept that 'Thought Creates', 'Belief is Everything' and these concepts help us to become ...
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The MaudCast: The Podcast of the L.M. Montgomery Institute


The MaudCast is the podcast of the L.M. Montgomery Institute. In the MaudCast’s quest to discover cutting edge scholarship about the life and works of Lucy Maud Montgomery, we welcome to the microphone leading academics, emerging scholars, local researchers, and imaginative readers and writers from around the world. Hosted by Dr. Brenton Dickieson, we broadcast from the beautiful campus of the University of Prince Edward Island.
Cutting edge science, your body as a holographic projection, time travelers manipulating current events, flat earthersBy paperfungo@yahoo.ca (Charles Green)
English poet William Blake's mystical tiger is a highlight of his book Songs of Experience. Here's a solo acoustic guitar and vocal performance using my own musical setting from the last Year of the Tiger (2010) for the current one.By Frank Hudson for the Parlando Project
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Episode 27: Queen of Static/Queen of Swords LIVE with Matthew Kressel & Catherine Lundoff
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In this episode, Diane and Alan chat with author Matthew Kressel and Author/Editor/Publisher Catherine Lundoff. They discuss Matt's new novel Queen of Static, expectations when marketing books, and greening your office. They also announce that audio columns will be released seperately as their own mini-episodes for future episodes.…
Thanks to the notorious Supreme Court leak, this week's episode accidentally becomes our first ever Abortion Special, featuring Oh God! A Show About Abortion monologist (?) Alison Leiby and a deep dive into how women's reproductive rights affects everybody. And, yes, that includes Brent, even after he shares his misunderstanding about how a vagina …
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"Cock Crow," Edward Thomas awakes to a spring morning
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I gave this lesser-known Edward Thomas short poem a folk setting so that I, and now you, could hear it. For more about this and other combinations of various words and original music visit frankhudson.orgBy Frank Hudson for the Parlando Project
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Billy Howerdel on Solo Album, A Perfect Circle, and Chinese Democracy | Ep. 346
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A Perfect Circle's Billy Howerdel is ready with a new album under his own name. We talk to Billy about "What Normal Was" (out June 10th), what's next for APC, and working with Axl Rose on Chinese Democracy.#BillyHowerdel #APerfectCircle #ChineseDemocracyBy Appetite for Distortion
A primitive LYL Band cassette tape recording from the middle 80's celebrates the great baseball player. For more about this and other combinations of various words (mostly poetry) with original music visit frankhudson.orgBy Dave Moore for the Parlando Project
We're joined this week by John Roberts (no, not THAT John Roberts), the voice of Linda Belcher on Bob's Burgers. We gab about New Jersey, our moms and Christmas trees. Timely! First up, the guys discuss the explosion in popularity of male lingerie...even though Brent remains skeptical that it's ACTUALLY a trend (and yes, Alan was offended!). Either…
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Oh Me! Oh Life! Walt Whitman's de profundis poem performed
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A performance of Walt Whitman's de profundis poem. Published in 1867, Whitman's expression of the questions of despair and the answer he finds still resonate today. For more about this and other Parlando combinations of various words and original music, visit frankhudson.orgBy Frank Hudson for the Parlando Project
Def Leppard's Vivian Campbell joins to talk about finally kicking off "The Stadium Tour," making music videos, new music, and if he has a 6 Degrees of GN'R Bacon.Plus, segments "Shotgun News" and "Mr. Mailstone"!#defleppard #gunsnroses #viviancampbellBy Appetite for Distortion
The root cause of disease, how to be your own doctorBy paperfungo@yahoo.ca (Charles Green)
Carl Sandburg didn't just do Chicago poems. An example: this lovely farmland poem performed with my best approximations of Jazz in the mode of Bill Frisell for today's International Jazz Day. This piece concludes our daily re-releases this April of some of my favorite early Parlando Project performances. The Project combines various words (mostly p…
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Eric Dover returns: New Music n' Snakepit | Ep. 344
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The Lickerish Quartet featuring ex-Jellyfish members Roger Joseph Manning Jr., Tim Smith and Eric Dover are proud to announce the release of their third child, "THREESOME VOL. 3" May 20th via Stranger Danger Records and Tapes. Eric Dover returns to the podcast to talk about the EP trilogy, Slash's Snakepit, Howard Stern, and answer YOUR questions! …
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The Trees are Down for National Poetry Month
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Charlotte Mew's poetry has some unusual qualities, like in this poem which starts out like she's a more reserved Frank O'Hara and then ends more like Rilke. It's also the only Arbor Day poem you'll hear today that has a dead rat in it. Mew is not the only one who's unusual--our listeners are too. The Parlando Project has done over 600 combinations …
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See Emily (Dickinson) Play - I recast her poem "May-Flower" for National Poetry Month
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I sometimes see a psychedelic aspect to Dickinson's poetry, and this performance manifests that as her spring poem is re-woven into something that you'd hear on a Sixties vinyl LP. Surely something different for Poem in your Pocket Day today. For more about this, or more Parlando, visit frankhudson.org. There are over 600 other examples of how we c…
Ron Funches graces the podcast with his fleece blanket of a voice, regaling the guys with stories about horse meat, vintage shopping, and when parasitic diarrhea ruins your dreams of hosting a game show. Plus, playwright David Mamet equates gay teachers to pedophiles, which should go down REALLY well in theater circles. And Brent investigates taste…
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Fenton Johnson's "Tired" for National Poetry Month
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Warning: this 1919 poem by too-little-known Chicago Afro-American poet is disturbing. "Tired" was controversial from the start for it's bleak view, but there's internal evidence that Johnson was intending to present a "persona poem" portraying only one outlook on America's situation.
From his landmark 1916 Chicago Poems, here's Sandburg writing about summer nights and the immigrant experience then. I perform it in a way that I hope comes unstuck and drifts in time. The Parlando Project has done over 600 of these things: combinations of various words and original music. You can find this, and others like and unlike it, in our ar…
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Tony Harnell talks TNT, Hall of Fame, and Axl's notetaking | Ep. 343
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Tony Harnell, the legendary voice of TNT, joins us to discuss his just announced induction into the Metal Hall of Fame. Tony also talks about his acoustic tour, inspiration from Rob Halford, Axl watching him sing, and much MUCH more!Guest co-host: David Brody of the Elvis Duran Show#tonyharnell #tnt #gunsnroses…
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Emily Dickinson's "Ample make this Bed" for National Poetry Month
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Here's a performance of Dickinson's gothic aubade re-released as part of our National Poetry Moth celebration this April. The Parlando Project has been combining words (mostly poetry) with original music (as varied as we can make it) for six years now. and has over 600 of the results available in our archives at our blog https://frankhudson.org…
In 1911 Hilda Doolittle visited her old school flame Ezra Pound in London and came out “HD, imagiste.” Branding! H.D. never liked her last name for literary reasons anyway. And her short mysterious early poems were pioneering works of what became known as Imagism. Here's my performance and original music setting of one of her revolutionary early wo…
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Night, and I Traveling for National Poetry Month
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Here's a performance of an overlooked masterpiece of early Imagist poetry written by Irish poet Joseph Campbell (Seosamh MacCathmhaoil) in 1909. In just a few well-written words he portrays a situation from rural Irish life. For more about this and other combinations of various words with original music, visit frankhudson.org…
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Shakespeare's Sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day
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Celebrating Shakespeare's birthday and National Poetry Month with this performance with original music. The Parlando Project has lot like (and unlike this) in our archives, more than 600 pieces combining words (mostly poetry) with original music. To find those, or read more about this and the other pieces go to frankhudson.org…
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Zalka Peetruza (Who Was Christened Lucy Jane) for National Poetry Month
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Black Ohioan Raymond G. Dandridge was a little-known link between Paul Dunbar and Langston Hughes, and this short poem about an alienated dancer who has taken on an exotic persona might be seen as a "danced near-nude" pair with Dunbar's "We Wear the Mask." We have over 600 other performances of various words (mostly poetry) combined with original m…
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Her Lips are Copper Wire for National Poetry Month
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Our performance of Jean Toomer's incandescent Afro-American love poem is re-released today as part of our celebration of National Poetry Month. Wand more Parlando? Our archives have over 600 other combinations of various words with original music available at our blog: frankhudson.orgBy Frank Hudson for the Parlando Project
Happy 420 y'all! In honor of the greenest day of the year (sorry Arbor Day!) this cannabis-themed episode, sponsored by Cann, features a chat with Andrés Rigal, owner of the queer-owned dispensary Green Qween based in Los Angeles. Plus, the guys settle the old debate between Coke vs. Pepsi vs. hemp-infused energy drinks. And Brent makes a particula…
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Crepuscule (I Will Wade Out) for National Poetry Month
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e. e. cummings rapturous poem is performed with original acoustic music in this re-released version as part of celebration of National Poetry Month.By Frank Hudson for the Parlando Project
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Jade Flower Palace for National Poetry Month
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My own extended English translation of Du Fu's poem performed by The LYL Band. Du Fu (also spelled Tu Fu) is one the masters of classical Chinese poetry, and this is one my favorites of his works re-released now as part of our celebration of National Poetry Month. More about this or more Parlando? Go to frankhudson.org…
Pleiadian insights on how the body and the universe work, reality creation, and ultimate truths of realityBy paperfungo@yahoo.ca (Charles Green)
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Easter Monday (In Memoriam E. T.) for National Poetry Month
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Eleanor Farjeon and Robert Frost both wrote elegies for their mutual friend and poet Edward Thomas killed on Easter Monday during WWI. Which one is the more effective poem? The one I perform today by Farjeon. Since it's National Poetry Month you may be interested in more about Thomas and this poem, or in the more than 600 other performances with we…
British poet Edward Thomas' meditation on war's absences performed with an original setting using acoustic guitar and orchestra instruments. This poem sometimes goes by the title "The Blenheim Oranges" We're re-releasing performances like this from this Project first couple of years to celebrate National Poetry Month. If you like this, there are mo…
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Episode 26: Our Shared Storm with Andrew Dana Hudson & Book reviews with Alan Bailey
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In this episode, Diane and Alan chat with author Andrew Dana Hudson. They discuss Andrew's book Our Shared Storm: A Novel of Five Climate Futures, climate change, and Solarpunk. Alan also reviews 3 books including: The year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2021 by Oghenechevwe Donald Eckpeki published by Jembefola Press 2021 The Withered King by …
You'll sometimes find Edward Thomas' filed under "War Poets," but his best-known poem "Adlestrop" is an unique peace poem written a few days before war broke out in Europe. In it, "nothing" happens -- the sweetest nothing. This re-release of our performance of the poem with a rock band is part of our celebration of National Poetry Month 2022.…
Rock n' roll icon George Thorogood joins to talk the new tour with Sammy Hagar, his new song collection "The Original George Thorogood," and encounters with Slash.#georgethorogood #slash #sammyhagarBy Appetite for Distortion
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Yeats' "He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven" for National Poetry Month
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We continue our celebration of National Poetry Month with the re-release of this beautiful short love poem by William Butler Yeats, performed with our original music. The Parlando Project has over 600 other examples of this, available in our archives at frankhudson.orgBy Frank Hudson for the Parlando Project
The co-hosts of the podcast Cruising join the guys to detail their travels to the tragically few functioning lesbian bars scattered across the country, and who knew Oklahoma was popping AWF?! Then, when it comes to professions traditionally tied by gay men, which ones would fit Brent, Eliot and H. Alan best, and who chose Bitchy Retail Supervisor? …
Edna St. Vincent Millay's poem of love and respect lost performed to original music by an acoustic band. For more about this and other combinations of various words (mostly poetry) with original music go to frankhudson.orgBy Frank Hudson for the Parlando Project
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Soul Selector Blues for National Poetry Month
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Just suppose that back in the 1920s someone wanted to record a Blues song based on Emily Dickinson's "A Soul selects her own Society," and so they waxed a 78 rpm platter. Well, it might sound a little like this. And if you're unusual enough to listen to that, you might enjoy some of the more than 600 other performances we have in our archives at fr…
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We Grow Accustomed to the Dark for National Poetry Month
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Emily Dickinson's poem is performed with our original orchestral setting as we continue or celebration of National Poetry Month by re-releasing some of our favorite performances from the early years of the Parlando Project. Want to hear more combinations of various words (mostly poetry) with original music? Visit our archives at frankhudson.org…
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The Death of Guillaume Apollinaire for National Poetry Month
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I translated Dada founder Tristan Tzara's surprisingly moving elegy to the important early French Modernist poet and artist Apollinaire. I then created/performed this musical setting. To hear more than 600 other combinations of various words with original music, go to frankhudson.orgBy Frank Hudson for the Parlando Project
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On the Troop Ship to Gallipoli for National Poetry Month
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My Modernist revision of one of the last poems of noted WWI War Poet Rupert Brooke performed with my musical setting. For more about this and more than 600 other combinations of various words with original music visit frankhudson.orgBy Frank Hudson for the Parlando Project
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Sweet Thames from Eliot's The Waste Land for National Poetry Month
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Commemorating our previous NPM series that serially performed the entire Modernist landmark in a variety of musical contexts, here's a re-release for NPM 2022 of the opening part of "The Fire Sermon." The entire "The Waste Land" series is available in our archives at frankhudson.org, along with over 600 other audio performances.…
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Stopping by a Woods with Bad Cellphone Service for National Poetry Month
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The LYL Band tweaks Frost with their performance of this parody. More about this and more than 600 other examples of various words mixed with original music at frankhudson.orgBy Frank Hudson for the Parlando Project
Benito "Benny Drama" Skinner joins the guys to talk about his days on the football field, why the TED talk is the modern equivalent of straight porn, and his time at The White House, including meeting Jen "Big Red" Psaki (we just made that up, no one calls her that). Also, Netflix's new dating game show features an all-queer case of couples, and is…
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Poetry by Marianne Moore for National Poetry Month
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Here's American poetry's National Anthem and its reader's Bill of Rights performed by the Lake Street Writer's Group. Re-released to celebrate National Poetry Month and the opening day of the baseball season.
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The Perils of Podcast Decadence | Ep. 341
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An update on the podcast, Doug Goldstein's autobiography, and love to Taylor Hawkins.By Appetite for Distortion
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Letters to Dead Imagists and A Pact for National Poetry Month
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Poets Carl Sandburg and Ezra Pound wrote these two poems about their poet influences. Hey, that's what the Parlando Project is doing this National Poetry Month, and has been doing all year for 6 years: sharing via performance our musical impressions of poets! You can find more than 600 of those in our archives at frankhudson.org…
Deep Spiritual Insights and thinking, part 2 of Akashic Records, Athena Swarru information on what are warsBy paperfungo@yahoo.ca (Charles Green)
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Anne Spencer's Dunbar for National Poetry Month
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When John Keats died a yet unheralded, English romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley linked him with another died-to-soon poet Thomas Chatterton. A century later Black poet Anne Spencer extended that tradition by adding the name of a fellow Afro-American, Paul Laurence Dunbar, to the chain of hallowed poets. This is the latest in our re-release of som…
Advisory: this poem is a disturbing account of one of the first aerial bombardments of a city and resulting civilian deaths. It's also disturbing because while it was written in 1915 by a pioneering Modernist English poet F. S. Flint, it remains timely.By Frank Hudson for the Parlando Project