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Episode 41 – Creepy Cute

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http://media.blubrry.com/nurtureandsupport/p/nurtureandsupport.net/ns/NS41.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSSWe have creepy and cute characters from this week’s book and a very special tv series. Listen if you dare! Mel’s Recommendation:   Book: ‘The Ocean At The End Of The Lane’ by Neil Gaiman A short novel narrated by a nameless man who returns to his home town for a funeral and finds himself remembering fantastical memories from his childhood where a girl named Lettie saved him from a number of different evils. From the inside flap: “It is a … Continue reading →

Episode 40 – Tales of bullies and socks

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http://media.blubrry.com/nurtureandsupport/p/nurtureandsupport.net/ns/NS40.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSSA tale of Wrestlers and Piano Rock awaits you. Also, I apologize for the sound issues. Sorry folks!  ~Mel Kelly’s Recommendation: Book: ‘Foley Is Good: And the Real World is Faker Than Wrestling’ by Mick Foley Mick Foley aka Mankind aka Cactus Jack aka Dude Love of the World Wrestling Federation shines a light behind the scenes of Professional Wrestling. Mel is quite impressed by it’s 3.86/4.00 rating on Goodreads! Kelly even met Mr. Foley at a Con! Here’s proof! Mankind … Continue reading →

Episode 39 – Carbon, nitrogen, helium, and Victorian Steampunk

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http://media.blubrry.com/nurtureandsupport/p/nurtureandsupport.net/ns/NS39.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSSIt’s all about Science and Steampunk! (And maybe a little bit about Victorian Underwear.) Mel’s Recommendation: Book/Comic/Web-Comic: Girl Genius: A Gaslamp Fantasy with Adventure, Romance and Mad Science A wonderful Steampunk Web-Comic by Phil and Kaja Foglio available at GirlGeniusOnline.com If you’re new to this one, definitely start in the archives here. Girl Genius tells the story of Agatha Heterodyne, a builder of “clanks” in a Steampunk Victorian Era Europe and her ongoing adventures. It’s a fun steampunk/gaslamp romp with a … Continue reading →

Episode 37 – We are fluent in George Romero

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http://media.blubrry.com/nurtureandsupport/p/nurtureandsupport.net/ns/NS37.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSSThis week, Kelly talks about George Romero’s zombies and Mel reads a space book. Mel’s Recommendation:   Book: Fluency by Jen Foehner Wells aka @Jenthulhu A Science Fiction novel that centers around a linguist named Jane Holloway attempting to make first contact with an alien species. Jane and her fellow astronauts have been sent to investigate a silent alien spaceship that has been sitting out past Mars for several decades. Mel assures Kelly that while there is some romance in this … Continue reading →

Episode 36 – The Fat Man in the Bath Tub Meets B-Movie Monsters

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http://media.blubrry.com/nurtureandsupport/p/nurtureandsupport.net/ns/NS36.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSSWe present to you the makings of a perfect summer weekend: a Hammock, a Tomato, and a Sharknado (book). Kelly’s Recommendation: Music: Little Feat’s ‘Waiting for Columbus’ Live Album (1978) Little Feat is a genre crossing band formed by Lowell George. (Mel likes the term Swamp Rock.) Features a Tomato-Headed Woman sitting in a Hammock on the cover…. The first full track “Fat Man in the Bath Tub” TOTALLY sold Kelly. Listen to the album out on Spotify and check out LittleFeat.net for info. … Continue reading →

Episode 35 – Mel reads, Matt acts, Kelly equivocates

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http://media.blubrry.com/nurtureandsupport/p/nurtureandsupport.net/ns/NS35.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSSNurture and Support’s favorite pro bono voice over guy, Matt Shivers joined us once again.  SPOILER ALERT: At the end of the show Mel and Kelly start talking Breaking Bad again – they can’t help themselves. Mel’s Recommendation: Blah blah 4 book trilogy, blah blah (awesome cover pics) Click the Pics to unfurl the awesome.     Book Trilogy: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn by Tad Williams This Epic Fantasy actually consisted of 4 paperbacks because the last book had to be … Continue reading →

‘The Magicians’ Update!

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The folks over at Syfy have greenlit a pilot based on ‘The Magicians’ by Lev Grossman. If you’ve forgotten, we talked about that book back on Episode 26. This could be pretty cool! The author had this to say about the news: On Wednesday night I got a call from my producer and the two geniuses who’ve been working on the pilot script for the Magicians TV show since literally last August. They were standing around a speakerphone yelling. Word had come down: Syfy greenlit us. They’re making the pilot. This is a big break for me. I’ve been talking to people … Continue reading →

The Martian Update

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Remember when we told you about how awesome ‘The Martian’ by Andy Weir was on Episode 22? And that possibly it was going to be made into a movie? Well (according to Simon Kinberg)  it has been confirmed that Ridley Scott will direct the movie which stars Matt Damon as the most awesome astronaut ever, Mark Watney. So, how excited is Mel? Guess.  

Episode 29 – Bears and MORE

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Episode 26 – Some Magicians make Orphans Translate Things.

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http://media.blubrry.com/nurtureandsupport/p/www.nurtureandsupport.net/ns/NS26.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSSSpecial Guest @TonySolo joins us to share some Orphan Black love, Kelly tells us about a cool language app called Word Lens, and Mel has another book called The Magicians.  Kelly’s Recommendation: App: Word Lens by QuestVisual A translation app available for Android, iOS, and Google Glass It uses the camera on your phone and swaps out the foreign text on signs for English (or your language of choice) in REAL TIME. Word Lens has recently been acquired by Google for use … Continue reading →