podcast_episode / 3d ago
<p>Welcome aboard the Story Ark! Captain Kenny Mears invites you on a captivating voyage into the rich tapestry of West African and African American mythology. This episode features the legendary Anansi the Spider, the ultimate trickster god, and his surprising role in bringing stories to the world.</p><p>Join our friend, professional storyteller Randel McGee, accompanied by his trusty (and very vocal!) dragon companion, Groark, as they hilariously illustrate this origin tale. You'll hear how a world that was "perfect" but utterly boring prompted Anansi to seek out Nyame, the King of the Sky, who hoarded all the...
podcast_episode / 3d ago
<p>This week on The Stacks, in part one (0:00-1:30:45), we do a detailed look at Shinya Tsukamoto's 2011 psychological horror/drama Kotoko, in addition to the finale of Sergio Martino's Twin Peaks-y giallo TV miniseries Private Crimes. In part two (1:30:45-3:32:15) we talk in shorter format about an appropriate 13 additional features for our climactic Halloween roundup: Frank Henenlotter's incisive 1990 comedy-horror Frankenhooker, Claudio Fragasso's cheap and impenetrable 1989 sequel Zombi 4: After Death, the 2009 Coen Brothers' 60s Jewish identity / family curse film A Serious Man, the corny 2016 M. Night Shyamalan mental traumas are superpowers film Split and its wacky 2019 sequel Glass, Tony Randel's...
news_article / 3d ago
Valerie K. Wendt Obituary (2026) - Lennox, SD - Jarman Family Funeral Home - Lennox - Legacy obituary