# John Connelly

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Natural Grocer - Health Talk and Family Issues

Details: Natural Grocer Host: Dr. Derrick De' Silva Topic: Health and Family Issues Guests: Dr. John Connelly - Editor of 'The Parents Helper' - Who to call in Health and Family Issues Dated: 10-02-96 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

'Project Hail Mary' Is the Biggest Adaptation of 2026 … So Far

Welcome to the first episode of It Was A Book First, a new podcast about book-to-screen adaptations. Today, hosts Sophie Vershbow and Rudi Greenberg discuss one of the biggest and most successful adaptations of 2026, "Project Hail Mary." In directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller's take on Andy …

'The Testaments' and 'Backrooms' Explore Different Kinds of Horrors

On the third episode of It Was A Book First, the podcast about new book-to-screen adaptations, hosts Sophie Vershbow and Rudi Greenberg discuss "The Testaments," Hulu’s series adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s 2019 sequel to “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Created by Bruce Miller as a continuation of his “Han…

'Off Campus': The Art of Adapting 'The Deal'

On the fourth episode of It Was A Book First, the podcast about new book-to-screen adaptations, hosts Sophie Vershbow and Rudi Greenberg discuss “Off Campus,” Amazon Prime Video’s series adaptation of Elle Kennedy’s “The Deal,” the first book in her bestselling “Off Campus” series. The college-set …

What the Emmys Tell Us About Book-to-Streaming Adaptations (with Gary Goldstein)

This week, Sophie and Rudi look at the streaming adaptation landscape through the lens of this year’s Emmy nominations, BookTok's role in the rise of streaming adaptations, and the process behind adapting a book with author, screenwriter, and LA Times contributor Gary Goldstein. Before that convers…

Two Classics Professors on Why Nolan's 'The Odyssey' Works (with Kyle Gervais and Il-Kweon Sir)

This week, Sophie and Rudi take a deep dive into Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster adaptation of Homer’s epic poem “The Odyssey” with Classics professors Kyle Gervais and Il-Kweon Sir from Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. After Kyle and Il-Kweon share their backgrounds and areas of expe…

175: Dung Beetles, Nature Bathing, and the Varied Origins and Processes Involved in Writing

Dung Beetles, Nature Bathing, and the Varied Origins and Processes Involved in Writing Ali Ward - Ologies Podcast; “Salugenology - Why Humans Require Hobbies” https://www.alieward.com/ologies/salugenology   It’s Been a Minute Podcast: “Feeling Stuck” Take a Side Quest” https://www.npr.org/2026/0…

Prof. John Connelly of UC Berkeley on the German question and similarity to Russia and Ukraine.

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. John Connelly is Professor of European History at the University of California, Berkeley. His research interests include modern East and Central European political and social history, comparative education, history of nationalism and racism, history of Cathol…