Fabulous Furry Tales podcast #4

[altivo]

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Fifteen and a half minutes this week, about 7.3 MB download. This week's topic: Beatrix Potter and The Tailor of Gloucester. Sorry it took so long to get this one out, delays were caused by NaNoWriMo and MFF, both now ended for this year.

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Written transcript also available upon request. Or download it here (in PDF format.) Hope you enjoy it. :)

P.S. After some earlier confusion, here's a bit of info for the uninitiated. You do not need an iPod in order to listen to a podcast. The 'cast is just an mp3 file and it can be played back on any device that reads mp3 files, including, most likely, the same PC you are reading this on. The XML link is used to subscribe with an RSS reader that automatically downloads each new podcast when it is released. You don't need such software in order to listen, though.

Comments

Re: Listens and Types.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the encouragement. I haven't been hearing a lot on this thing, but at least very little has been negative. And I see that episode one was downloaded by at least 58 different listeners.

As for getting paid, I can only wish. But that's OK, I'm doing this because I want to.

Yes, Potter was still under her mother's thumb when she rebelled and married "Mr Heelis" as she always called him in her own journal and letters. Sounds a bit stuffy and chilly to me, but who knows. At least she got off on her own and was allowed to do what she wanted to. She became quite a sheep producer, prize winner, a big breeder. I do remember though some amusing notes in her journal in which she admitted to the difficulties she was having in learning to cook such simple things as bacon. Fortunately, Mr Heelis knew a bit about it himself, and apparently demonstrated some techniques to her.

I resist giving too many web references verbally because of the need to spell things out, which is awkward. Also, many of them are quite long URLs. In this case, I don't know of an online source that includes the color illustrations, and those are just too important. ;)

And yes, we are now going to visit some modern writers. C. S. Lewis and Narnia is coming in the next week or two, since the release of the film is immanent. Richard Adams, Jan Needle, William Horwood are slated for a visit very soon.