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Norman B.
The Life Elsewhere Valentines Special 2022
To explore this funny ol’ thing we call love, six distinguished and talented guests were invited to answer two seemingly simple questions: 1. What Is Love? 2. What Is Your Favorite Love Song? Our guests...
True Fiction. Unclassifiable Music.
Two books by two talented authors. One writer uses imagined dialogue woven into documented events and facts while the other writer creates realistic scenarios with fictional characters. Kerri Maher The Paris Bookseller When bookish young...
Understanding Addiction. The Language Revolution.
Carl Erik Fisher The Urge: Our History of Addiction Even after a decades-long opioid overdose crisis, intense controversy still rages over the fundamental nature of addiction and the best way to treat it. With uncommon...
2021: Questions Were Asked. Movies You May Have Seen. Books You Should Have Read. Music You Need.
This is the first edition of Life Elsewhere of 2022. We begin by revisiting part of a conversation with author and political commentator, Jared Yates Sexton, recorded a few days after the historical event of...
A Peculiarly British Christmas
Christmas Pudding. Christmas Crackers. Pantomimes. Mince Pies. Boxing Day. Ah, yes, Boxing Day, if some of the other peculiarities of a British Christmas are explainable, Boxing Day remains a splendid conundrum. Christmas without Boxing Day...
On January 6th, 2021, thousands descended on the U.S. Capitol to aid President Donald Trump in combating a shadowy cabal of Satan-worshipping pedophiles. Two women were among those who died that day. They, like millions...
Imagine for a moment, the following scenario: You are a guest at an elegant diner party. You’re seated with the other guests at an ornately set table. The room is warm, candlelight flickers across crystal...
Chris Connelly. An Ongoing Conversation Part 2
Arriving in Chicago, Chris Connelly was greeted at the airport by Dannie Fletcher and Al Jourgensen who was preoccupied at the time with getting his new Walkman to work. When every attempt failed, the founder...
Behind The Glitz, The Glamour, & The Factory
Laurence Leamer – Capote’s Women – A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for An Era “There are certain women,” Truman Capote wrote, “who, though perhaps not born rich, are born to...
The Mysterious Mr. Thiel. Questions About The News. New Piano Music.
What do you know about the billionaire venture capitalist and entrepreneur, Peter Thiel? He has been a behind-the-scenes operator, influencing countless aspects of our contemporary way of life, from the technologies we use every day...
Survival of the City. My Sweet Girl.
Survival of the City: Living and Thriving in an Age of Isolation – Edward Glaeser & David Cutler Cities can make us sick. They always have – diseases spread more easily when more people are...
Streetlight Harmonies – The Origins Of Doo-Wop
“The main thing was all the girls used to come to the best group. And we were the best group … they used to come and crowd and load up our corner.” The Drifters’ Charlie...
