Among the "crew" aboard the ship was Dan Snow, host of Dan Snow's History Hit, a podcast that I've begun listening to in recent months due in part to some of the work he's done to publicize the centary of the Great War. Since I've enjoyed his podcasts on the subject, I figured I'd consolidate the links and share them. Enjoy.
Monday, 28 March 2022
ENDURANCE22 on Dan Snow's History Hit
One aspect of modern history that I'd like to familiarize myself with in the coming years is the modern exploration of the world, and particularly the Arctic and Antarctic. In the Arctic, that means the ill-fated voyages of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, Sir John Franklin's ships that vanished with all hands, only to be rediscovered in 2014 and 2016, respectively. In the Antarctic, that means the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, defined by the expeditions of Robert Falcon Scott, Ernest Schackleton, and Roald Amundsen. Folk who watch the news may be aware that in early 2022, an expedition organized by the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust was able to discover the remains of Endurance, Shackleton's ship from the ill-fated Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, at the bottom of the Weddell Sea.
Among the "crew" aboard the ship was Dan Snow, host of Dan Snow's History Hit, a podcast that I've begun listening to in recent months due in part to some of the work he's done to publicize the centary of the Great War. Since I've enjoyed his podcasts on the subject, I figured I'd consolidate the links and share them. Enjoy.
ENDURANCE22: The Search for Shackleton's Shipwreck - New Season Coming to Dan Snow's History Hit!! Wed, 26 Jan 2022 (Podcast)
ENDURANCE22: Dan Sets Sail for Antarctica! Fri, 04 Feb 2022 (Podcast)
ENDURANCE22: A Story of Antarctic Survival Part 1 Mon, 07 Feb 2022 (Podcast)
ENDURANCE22: A Story of Antarctic Survival Part 2 Tue, 08 Feb 2022 (Podcast)
ENDURANCE22: A Story of Antarctic Survival Part 3 Wed, 09 Feb 2022 (Podcast)
ENDURANCE22: The Man Who Filmed the Expedition Thu, 10 Feb 2022 (Podcast)
ENDURANCE22: Dan's Diary #01 Fri, 11 Feb 2022 (Podcast)
ENDURANCE22: Dan's Diary #02 Mon, 14 Feb 2022 (Podcast)
ENDURANCE22: Arrival in Antarctica Wed, 16 Feb 2022 (Podcast)
ENDURANCE22: Dan's Diary #03 Thu, 17 Feb 2022 (Podcast)
ENDURANCE22: Searching for the Shipwreck Tue, 22 Feb 2022 (Podcast)
ENDURANCE22: Dan's Diary #04 Tue, 22 Feb 2022 (Podcast)
ENDURANCE22: Onto the Ice Wed, 02 Mar 2022 (Podcast)
ENDURANCE22: Discovery! The Behind The Scenes Story Wed, 09 Mar 2022 (Podcast)
ENDURANCE22: Questions & Reflections Fri, 18 Mar 2022 (Podcast)
Among the "crew" aboard the ship was Dan Snow, host of Dan Snow's History Hit, a podcast that I've begun listening to in recent months due in part to some of the work he's done to publicize the centary of the Great War. Since I've enjoyed his podcasts on the subject, I figured I'd consolidate the links and share them. Enjoy.
Wednesday, 29 December 2021
Sergeant of the Guard
I wanted to get one of Tango, and I wanted him wearing a classic military uniform. I had narrowed it down to a couple of options, both of them from another company called Noble Pawtrait: The Soldier, or The Sergeant. I ended up settling on The Sergeant, and I actually ended up getting Lady Jaye's help to get Tango posed for just the right photo. I'm really thrilled with how it turned out. Per my Facebook post:
"Cadet Corporal Tango Macallan von Weimaraner, Sergeant-at-Arms of the Household Guard"One of the things that I liked about Noble Pawtrait that I didn't get from Crown and Paw was a preview image, and the ability to request edits. I didn't end up requesting any changes, but getting a proof so that I'd know that it was perfect was really awesome.
I'm not sure that Lady Jaye was as thrilled with her gift as I was, but we'll find a place for it... And maybe follow it with me as The Admiral and Lady Jaye as The Countess?
Monday, 15 November 2021
Achtung Baby - Thirtieth Anniversary
I probably bought my copy of Achtung Baby in late 1999 or 2000, as either a senior in high school or an undergraduate. I enjoyed it, because the album included several timeless songs that I'd been hearing on the radio for years - notably One and Mysterious Ways. I'd undergone a sort of radical religious conversion a few years earlier, and contemporary Christian music having more or less bottomed out late in my high school years, I was looking for something to fill that artistic void in my spiritual life. I received the Elevation 2001: U2 Live from Boston DVD for Christmas of 2001, and this opened my eyes to the deeper meanings of the songs not only on Achtung Baby, but throughout U2's lengthy catalog. Until the End of the World was a love letter from Judas to Jesus? Mysterious Ways was about the Holy Spirit? The real clincher for me was the sheer depth of The Fly, blending C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters, Sympathy for the Devil by the Rolling Stones, William Golding's Lord of the Flies, and a touch of Dante's Divine Comedy?
What else didn't I know about the world?
In the short term, this discovery of the depth of meaning that I'd been missing not only in U2's work, but potentially in other works of art, blew my mind in a way that I suspect many people only experience by way of experimenting with hallucinogens. I didn't need any controlled substances - just listening to Achtung Baby became a trip for me. Without making the decision for me, these revelations nudged a decision that would impact the course of the rest of my life. In the longer term, Achtung Baby, and particularly The Fly, reoriented the way that I thought about the world: understand your adversary, and that adversary loses their power. Among other influences, The Fly played a huge role in me learning to understand, and then embracing, people and cultures that I'd have previously considered to be my enemy. For me, it was that transformational.
My life took a major turn in 2005, when I graduated from college, spent a year looking for a real job, and struck out with a series of romantic interests. Meanwhile, The Fly's traditional performances from the ZooTV era ev-olv- ed.
The band has been performing those twelve songs since 1991, to include their epic multi-year world tour that kicked off in February of 1991 in Lakeland, Florida, and ended in December of 1993 in Tokyo. Below are my favorite versions of these twelve songs.
Thirty years. Amazing. Lots to reflect on. Maybe, one of these days, I'll post about my experiences with The Joshua Tree and the season of my life spent in the Mojave Desert.
Thursday, 11 November 2021
Back to Blogging... I Hope?
There's no shortage of topics to write about. I expect a lot of it to be just sharing what interesting YouTube videos I've been watching, podcasts I've been listening to, or maybe occasional news articles that are worth sharing. Maybe I'll share some other projects, too - for example, I've been publishing podcasts on an irregular schedule since early 2019, and may be starting a second podcast project in the near future. All of that ought to be worth sharing, right?
Well, I suppose we'll see. It's possible that this will be little more than a blip on the radar, but if I can consolidate and synergize some things, it would be nice to start sharing some things here on a more regular basis. In the mean time, thanks for tuning in.
Wednesday, 5 June 2019
Moar Audio Links
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Sunday, 19 November 2017
Road Trip Middle Eastern Podcast Update
For the last two months, I've been trying to track two big stories in the Middle East: the ongoing Qatar crisis, and the independence referendum (and its aftermath) in Iraqi Kurdistan. I get a most of my news from my morning news reviews, but I also get a lot of my news (particularly deeper context) from podcasts. A wedding, a cross-country move, and three months of unemployment disrupted my normal podcast diet, but I'm getting back into it. I had about five hours of driving today, so I was able to catch up on podcasts I'd missed about Iraqi Kurdistan. I've also listened to most of my downloads about Qatar as well. There are lots of different perspectives on these two matters to be heard in these two lists, so enjoy - and take all of them with at least a tiny grain of salt.
Qatar Dispute
In Qatar and Saudi Arabia’s fight, Iran’s the real winner (War College)
Inquiry: What's So Special About Qatar? (BBC World Service)
What is Happening between Qatar and the GCC [English] (Status Hour)
The Qatar Crisis with Lori Plotkin Boghardt (The Washington Institute's Near East PolicyCast)
Qatar Gets Cut Off (CSIS)
Energy & Geopolitics: Qatar (CSIS)
The Showdown in the Gulf Gets Nasty (Foreign Policy Editor's Roundtable)
Kurdish Referendum
Iraqi Kurdistan's Independence Referendum with Michael Knights (The Washington Institute's Near East PolicyCast)
Kurdistan Referendum with Bilal Wahab (The Washington Institute's Near East PolicyCast)
Iraq & Kurdistan: Energy and Geopolitics (CSIS)
Must the War Go On? Let's Talk About Iraq and the Kurds (War on the Rocks)
The Kurdish Problem | Episode 80 (Covert Contact - The Blogs of War Podcast)
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