WAREHOUSE
In The Warehouse, we store everything that’s been unloaded from the Content Barges. You can see it all in a glance…and each piece is arranged by delivery date!
Fast Horses
As of this writing, there are twenty-one horses running in the Kentucky Derby this afternoon. From Forte, currently 3 to 1, all the way to Reincarnate at 50 to 1, the odds are as widely spaced–if names are any indication–as the gap in their owner’s imaginations. Some of the names are great, some are not so great, and a couple are downright horrible.
Music Appreciation
My husband and I shared a sideways glance and silently mouthed a name that was loaded with low-class geekiness. We were listening to a live opera performance in the home of Vivaldi and Rossini, no less, and the name we whispered was “Bugs Bunny.” You can force the kids to grow up and let them roam around the world, but our American musical heritage will stay with us forever. Even if it was delivered by Saturday morning cartoons.
Super Bloom
After several drought years, California has been deluged with rain adding up to one of the wettest winters on record. The rainfall has filled the empty reservoirs and swollen the creeks and rivers. The parched hillsides and canyons that sweltered last summer and sent fire warnings throughout the state are now dazzling eyes with vibrant green.
May 4, 2023
Andy covers some of the best first sentences to a number of published books—plus you’ll hear some of the best first sentences to books that haven’t been written…yet!
Poetry Conversations: If—
Watch and listen as Gloria Gaither (a former high school English teacher) and Andy Andrews (a former high school poetry hater) discuss Rudyard Kipling’s poem “If—.” This incredible piece touches on humility, patience, arrogance, triumph, disasters, and begs the question, are you as comfortable and real everywhere in your life—from one place to another?
May 2, 2023
Today in history…from Anne Boleyn to Osama bin Laden, there’s a lot of history between!
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Who doesn’t remember the classic children’s story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff? Amazingly, this Norwegian Fairy Tale written in 1841 has an anti-bullying plot before anyone knew we needed one! In this short story, Andy Andrews does all the voices and narration. The funny sound effects and music just add to the fun. This is one of the best!
The Princess and the Pea
Hans Christian Anderson wrote many stories for children. Called “Fairy Tales” today, perhaps none is so beloved as The Princess and the Pea. At only 3 1/2 minutes in length, this story is perfect for the children in your life and short enough for you to join them as they listen. Expertly narrated by Leslie Anne Tarabella and “decorated” with music and sound effects, this is one your children will listen to again and again.
April 25, 2023
No matter if it’s the best thing ever written…or the worst thing ever written, someone has left a bad review. Here’s a few that’ll make you laugh!
Escaping Communist Romania
Have you ever wondered what you would do if you and your family were trapped in a communist country? Would you fight? Hide? Lead a revolt? Or attempt to escape… Here is the true story—told in his own words—of Doru Stefanescue and his thrilling escape from Romania and its brutal dictator, Nicolae Ceaușescu.
April 20, 2023
Monica Earley is in studio to record the next “Protocol Conversation of the Month” on napkins.
Pork Steaks
From The Galley, Bob Woodall is onto the main course. This is culinary instruction that will make your mouth water and as you have come to expect, Bob will make you laugh! This is a BIG guy making BIG food–sizzling, tender, HUGE slices of Boston butt—carefully seasoned into what Bob calls “PORK STEAK!”