# Amber Devereux

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Parents During the Covid Era with Jill Bialosky

When a loved one is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, the grieving starts years before the end. In The End Is the Beginning, Jill Bialosky tells her mother’s story in reverse. Jill and Vanessa talk about what it means to “eulogize” someone while they’re disappearing, and how writing can be both tribute a…

Chapter Twenty-Two: Toxic

"With a taste of your lips, I'm on a ride You're toxic, I'm slippin' under With a taste of a poison paradise I'm addicted to you Don't you know that you're toxic?" - Britney Spears, Toxic Lucy’s suitors (and Dr. Van Helsing) finally put a wandering soul to rest. Dracula: 2004 is a wee…

Love, ALS, and Life After Survivor with Jonathan Penner

When Jonathan Penner’s wife Stacy Title was diagnosed with ALS, their life changed with shocking speed. He joins Vanessa to talk about caregiving, survival, and the hard-won wisdom of staying present even when everything is getting worse.  Connect to resources through Compassionate Care ALS (CCALS…

Chapter Twenty-Four: The Crew of Light

"Evil will never find peace. It may triumph, but it will never find peace." L.J. Smith, The Awakening (The Vampire Diaries: Volume 1) Mina and Jonathan have a paperwork session, Patient R has a visitor, and the first meeting of the Crew of Light is marked. Dracula: 2004 is a weekly found foot…

Episode 14: Titania & Oberon with Jen Sugden (A Midsummer Night's Dream Act 2 Scene 1)

You may think this is one of Shakespeare's most light-hearted comedies, but A Midsummer Night's Dream contains many unexplored darker themes. We welcome author, scholar, podcast creator and Shakespeare teacher Jen Sugden to the show to take a look at this scene between Titania and Oberon, and delve…

Episode 16: Jaques, Duke Senior, and Orlando with Ian Geers (As You Like It Act 2 Scene 7)

Emma, Felix, and Calder are joined by the wonderful, wonderful Ian Geers to take a look at the delightful and somewhat perplexing comedy, As You Like It. We tackle the infamous Seven Ages of Man speech and ask the question: why is Jaques in this play? Featuring: glamping, carafes of gin and whiskey…

The transgender refugees finding sanctuary in the North of England

The north of England has a long history of welcoming migrant communities, despite a growing far-right movement growing in the region. Indeed, immigration is an integral part of the history of the UK. While that’s in part due to a horrific colonial past, today we would hardly be anywhere without it.…

Episode 17: Romeo & Juliet with Lauren Grace Thompson (Romeo & Juliet, Act 2 Scene 2)

We're here to discuss Shakespeare's most romantic play, Henry IV Part 1. Just kidding! Emma and Beth are joined by the brilliant Lauren Grace Thompson to look at the one and only Romeo & Juliet, in this scene that came to be known as "The Balcony Scene." Featuring: the most romantic line in the Eng…

The triumphs, trials and conundrum of Trans+ journalist Jan Morris

June 2nd 1953, London, England. Coronation day of Elizabeth the second, who would at the age of twenty seven become Queen of the United Kingdom and Head of the Commonwealth Nations, but that morning much of the United Kingdom was already celebrating. News had broken that four and a half thousand mi…

Episode 18: Katherine & Alice (Henry V Act 3 Scene 4)

The Bardcore Four return once more for an episode of Firsts: our First History Play, our First Henry Play, and our First scene in French! In this delightful- and unusual- scene in Henry V, Katherine of France's Handmaiden Alice teaches her English, and hilarity ensues. Featuring: a scene that passe…