“Books shouldn’t be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage.”
-Roald Dahl
In this episode, Phoebe and I discuss the wonderful, wacky and sometimes wicked world of Roald Dahl's stories, and we look to Chesterton to see how we should approach humour from a Christian perspective. Many thanks to Fr. Conor McDonough for the advice.
Music: Ashton Manor by Kevin MacLeod
Hosts: Rachel Sherlock, Phoebe Watson
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Works mentioned (all by Roald Dahl unless otherwise stated):
Matilda
The BFG
George Marvellous Medicine
The Witches
The Twits
Roald Dahl Audiobook set 1
Roald Dahl Audiobook set 2
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Illustrators: Quentin Blake, Tony Ross
Marget Talbot, The New Yorker, "The Candy Man, Why children love Roald Dahl’s stories—and many adults don’t."
Matilda the Musical
Matilda (1996 film)
G.K. Chesterton on Fairytales: “The Red Angel,” Tremendous Trifles
Chesterton on Vulgar Jokes
G.K. Chesterton "On Mr. McCabe and a Divine Frivolity"
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Jen Campbell, The Importance of Seeing Yourself in Media
Chesterton on Puritanism, Illustrated London News
Joe Sommerlad, The Independent "World Book Day 2019: Roald Dahl's 10 best children's books, from Matilda to The Twits"
What We’re Enjoying at the Moment
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My Neighbour Totoro
Rachel:
Elizabeth Lev talk: Behind the Veil of the Sistine Chapel
How Catholic Art Saved the Faith by Elizabeth Lev
Publishing Catholic Voices with Mary Finnegan, Deputy Editor at Wiseblood Books
The Spirit of Adventure in Swallows and Amazons
The Great Expectations and Romantic Ideals of Dickens's Heroes
This Mortal Coil: An Album of Loss and Subtraction, ‘Offerings’ by Typhoon
Poetic Vision: The Catholic Case for Everyday Poetry
The Reed of God and the Potent Emptiness of Advent
Childish or Childlike: Labyrinth and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on Growing Up
The Mystery and Manners of Flannery O’Connor
The Sublime Mystery of Thin Places: Numinous Experiences and Liminal Spaces
Rest and Recreation: Holidays and the Opportunity for Holiness
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The Doom and Gift of Men: Stories of Death and the Desire for Immortality
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Entering the Anglo-Saxon Seasons: Poetry, Liturgy and Festivity, with Eleanor Parker
Let Nothing You Dismay: The Ghost of Christmas Storytelling
Do You Reject Satan?: The Godfather and the Path to Power, with Katie Marquette
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