Enjoy the complete book reading, interview and audience Q&A between Ian Williams and Pat Case.
Friday, November 22, 2024
#83 November 2024, The one about genres
**The Village Podcast has been nominated for a Canadian Podcast Award under the category of Outstanding Branded Series. Watch https://canpodawards.ca/ for information about the awards ceremony which will take place sometime in December and find out if we’ve won.
This month we have a special clip following the conversation between Steph and Candice with some highlights from the book reading and signing by Ian Williams about his new book What I Mean To Say. The full length reading and Q&A follows later this week in this feed.
Books
Shame on You: How to be a Woman in the Age of Mortification by Melissa Petro
Saving Time by Jenny Odell
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware
The John Cardinal Series by Giles Blunt
The Bill Hodges Trilogy by Stephen King
Anathem by Neal Stephenson (If you dare read sci-fi about the philosophy of quantum mechanics)
What I Mean To Say: Remaking Conversation in our Time by Ian Williams
Disorientation: Being Black in the World by Ian Williams
You’ve Got Red On You: How Shaun of the Dead was Brought To Life by Clark Collis
The Troop by Nick Cutter
Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson
Carrie by Stephen King
Links
Do You Want To Party? A Movies by the Minute Podcast about Return of the Living Dead - Candice’s episodes on Minute 11 , 20 , 21 , and bonus episode 1 and 2
Linda Martell introducing Genres on Cowboy Carter by Beyonce - (Song NSFW)
Edgar Wright music video for Mint Royale’s Blue Song
Timestamps
0:00 Oops our welcome turned into a conversation about the Giller Prize and protesting weapons manufacturers
10:00 Steph’s reading update
23:00 A breakdown of the mystery genre, and then a breakdown of book genres in general
32:00 Star Wars movie talk - how did we get here?
38:00 Candice’s reading update
42:00 Star Wars again? How did we come back?
47:00 Back to Candice’s update - movies, tv and books
54:00 Feedback from a listener
1:07:00 A 15 minute clip of highlights from Ian Williams Author Talk
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Sunday, October 13, 2024
#82 October 2024
Welcome to our new listeners! We saw last month that a bunch of people were going back and downloading old episodes, so last month was probably when they found us for the first time. Let us know what you like, what you miss from our old episodes, or what you want us to do going forward!
Books
Read This To Get Smarter: about Race, Class, Gender, Disability & More by Blair Imani
The Power of Story: On Truth, The Trickster, and New Fictions for a New Era by Harold R. Johnson
Revival by Stephen King
Dead Eleven by Jimmy Juliano
97 Orchard by Jane Ziegelman
Other Maps by Rebecca Morris
Revisionaries: What We Can Learn From the Lost, Unfinished, and Just Plain Bad Work of Great Writers by Kristopher Jansma
Movies
Lake Placid vs. Anaconda Trailer
Links
Candice's 100 Horror Movies in 92 Days List
Candice's Hooptober Movie List
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
07:30 Steph's reading update
20:00 Candice's reading update + Steph's fiction pick
34:00 Candice's real life visit to a place she read a book about
36:00 What's with all the pizza places in Guelph?
39:00 Back to Candice reading, and Guelph in the 90s and 00s
47:00 100 Horror Movies in 92 Days update
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Sunday, September 15, 2024
#81 September 2024
It's September and we are back! Tune in to hear what we've read over our summer break and what we are looking forward to coming up! Including what reading project Candice will take on when she's finished the Stephen King project.
Books
On Freedom by Timothy Snyder
On Property by Rinaldo Walcott
It's Not You, It's Capitalism by Malaika Jabali
The Internet Con by Cory Doctorow
On Our Best Behaviour by Elise Loehnen
The Bill Hodges Trilogy by Stephen King (Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers, & End of Watch)
The Curator by Owen King
Other Maps by Rebecca Morris
Links
Learn more about the 2024 Massey Lecture and the book What I Mean To Say, by Ian Williams
See Candice's August Wrap Up graphics from Storygraph
Follow Candice on Storygraph
Follow Steph on Storygraph
Follow Candice's horror movie challenge #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days
Timestamps
00:00 Intro and welcome
06:27 Steph's non-fiction summer reading update
19:00 Candice's non-fiction summer reading update
30:00 Looking at our Storygraph reading stats and talking about genres
38:00 Steph's other non-fiction reading
43:49 Candice Stephen King reading update and Steph's fiction reading update
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Wednesday, June 19, 2024
#80 June 2024
As we head into the summer break Steph and Candice check in on how they are doing on their TBR lists. Steph's behind and Candice is ahead? Who saw that coming!?
Lots of 90s and fan culture nostalgia in this months.
See everyone in September!
Books
Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg,
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow,
Joyland by Stephen King
Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Clair Dederer
Movies
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
03:35 I Saw the TV Glow and 90s nostalgia
15:00 Steph’s reading update
20:00 Candice’s reading update
38:40 Another Steph book
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024
#79 May 2024
Steph updates us about the student event where they got to meet a number of local authors and hypes supporting the arts. Candice buys herself an e-reader. We also talk about managing TBR lists and go deep into both of our feminist books this month.
Books
The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres by Kalefa Sanneh
Son of Elsewhere by Elamin Abdelmahmoud
60 Songs that Explain the 90s by Rob Harvilla
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doer
Missing Witches: Recovering True Histories of Feminist Magic by Risa Dickens and Amy Torok
A Feminist City: A Field Guide by Leslie Kern
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
Yes I’m Hot In This: The Hilarious Truth about Life in a Hijab by Huda Fahmy
The Jewish Deli: An Illustrated History of the Chosen Food by Ben Nadler
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingals Wilder
Movies
Suspiria (2018) Trailer (NSFW)
Mandy Trailer (NSFW)
Fight Club Trailer (NSFW)
Links
Timestamps
0:00 Welcome and student event update from Steph
11:00 Why events are important, and placing a value on them
14:45 Candice update - a new e-reader!
18:50 Managing the TBR
21:45 Steph’s reading update
42:00 Radiohead sidebar and then Fight Club
46:30 Steph and Candice’s feminist book club reads
1:00:00 The rest of Candice’s reading update
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Saturday, April 20, 2024
#78 April 2024
This month Steph and Candice chat about indoor kids versus outdoor kids, how to approach a potluck, and why some books go unfinished.
Books
The Long View: Why We Need to Transform How The World Sees Time by Richard Fisher
11/22/63 by Stephen King
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doer
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
The Magick of Food: Rituals, Offerings, and Why We Eat Together by Gwion Raven
The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
Links
The Essential Stephen King from The New York Times
Timestamps
00:00 - Intro and chit chat
14:00 - Steph’s reading
20:00 - a Storygraph side bar about Did Not Finish books
27:00 - Stephen King Article breakdown
37:00 - Food talk
44:00 - Candice’s reading - she’s ahead of her goal!
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