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Great Podcast!

Revisado: 09-10-23

I've just started listening to Brian Keating's podcasts and I know I'm going to binge them. So entertaining, and so thought provoking, and so clear. I hesitated to listen to the September 6 with Steven Koonin since I thought, no way am I going to spend time with a climate change denier. I'm glad I trusted Brian though and gave him a chance. The podcast may not have changed my mind but the time spent hearing the science, the statistical model, and Brian's careful and respectful presentation was a total pleasure. Very highly recommended!

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Astounding choice and Wonderful narration

Revisado: 04-07-22

Some of the best I've ever heard both quality of choice (wow!) and perfect narration. Thank you for offering this!

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Exceptional

Revisado: 11-03-21

The story and narration are just stunning. I'm familiar with the mythology, most of it very depressing for the female characters, and the storyline does not vary. If you're prepared for that, you'll be blown away by what the author does with it. The writing is beautiful. The deep dives into the characters and the details about the situations are powerful and overwhelming and haunting.. Highly recommended.

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Thank you Mr. Strozok

Revisado: 06-16-21

Powerfully written and narrated, an intense and frightening analysis of a monstrous movement in our country.

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Absolutely Loved This

Revisado: 03-26-21

I've read-listened to the other works by this extremely talented author and narrative, and all of them are unique and fascinating. He is one of the authors I reread and discover turns of phrases I didn't fully appreciate the first time around. Jerry's narrative performance is as compelling as his writing. Bottom-line - his work is wonderful. Give yourself an enormous present and go find and listen to more.

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Really needed an editor and some clear point

Revisado: 03-09-21

When I read this in 1979 I loved it (the magic I guess). I just reread it through audible and now have a completely different opinion. It's so seriously flawed that I can't understand why she wrote it except to publish something for some reason. The characters stumble on a magic town but have no curiosity about it. They have serious flaws and engage in unbelievable behavior. REALLY unbelievable behavior. Laughable and ridiculous. At least half the book is spent describing scenery. The big moment is rapidly discarded for more descriptions of scenery. Maybe she could have written it as a short story, limited the scenery to a few shrubs and some trees and included it in one of her collections. Maybe. I'm still a huge fan. Her prose and creativity are wonderful even when they're buried under the scenery. The narration was wonderful! Three stars because of the quality of the narration. Two stars because her prose is beautiful.

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Beautifully Performed, Very Sad

Revisado: 10-29-20

One of those pieces I will never reread, not because it is badly written - it's definitely not - but the sorrow and desperate denial are so hard to bear. I'd suggest reading this in a time of safe reflection or something, not when you are overwhelmed with anxiety and fear of your own. Vanessa Redgrave is amazing. I can't imagine anyone else doing what she does with this.

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Remarkable

Revisado: 10-27-20

An absolute joy to listen to and learn from. John McWhorter is a fabulous lecturer and I feel like I've received the benefit of several years worth of upper level college classes by listening to this series. Thank you!!

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Charming and Enlightening

Revisado: 06-13-20

This was really a pleasure to listen to. A thorough, clear, and entertaining trip past all my favorite sci-fi books and shows with clever ways to explain difficult, complex physics. Erin McDonald is a wonderful narrator too. I highly recommend the course.

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Story is good, not her best. Performance is great!

Revisado: 05-15-20

I read this book many years ago and remembered that I didn't like it as much as others written by LeGuin. I'm still of the same opinion. Her prose is wonderful, her world and ideas fascinating, but the story is repetitive. She sets up and hammers down almost identical events until the situation in the book becomes unbelievable. I'd recommend listening to her other works instead. That said, George Guidall's performance was outstanding. I'll be looking for other works he narrates.

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