Mansion for a Rat
21 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWhile we still retain our interest in the fresh new bright shiny things of the daylight – we may find it just as interesting to explore the wonders of things discarded and forgotten in the dustbin of history. A free-form late-night focused on media, literature, and topical events.
Ann-Marie Hendrickson is a published author in the Junior Black Americans of Achievement (“Nat Turner”) and Junior Library of American Indians (“The Blackfeet”) series.
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Episodes
Technology & Crime - Are They Related? 8/1/18
August 06, 2018 21:01 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBTechnology & Crime - Are They Related? 8/1/18 by Mansion for a Rat
Thinking Out Loud 7/18/18
July 20, 2018 16:39 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBThinking Out Loud 7/18/18 by Mansion for a Rat
Food, Agriculture, and Seeds 7/11/18
July 16, 2018 16:03 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBAnn-Marie has a conversation about food - specifically about agriculture and seeds.
A Very Ghost-tacular Episode of Manson for a Rat 10/25/17
October 26, 2017 17:53 - 55 minutes - 127 MBAnn-Marie gets spooky this week with readings from a ghost story by English author M.R. James.
Dos Passos and Hemingway pt.2 10/18/17
October 26, 2017 16:41 - 48 minutes - 110 MBWe continue our travels down the road the literary works of the Spanish civil war with stories by Ernest Hemingway and John Dos Passos.
On Death, War, and Memorial Day 10/11/17
October 12, 2017 17:18 - 50 minutes - 116 MBReadings from poems about war and death. Selected poems by Wislawa Szymborska, Charlotte Mew, Randall Jarrell, Isaac Rosenberg, Rupert Burk, Emily Dickinson, GK Cherterton, Stephen Koch.
And West is West 10/04/17
October 12, 2017 16:21 - 44 minutes - 102 MBAnn-Marie reads a passage from Ron Childress' "And West is West", a novel released in 2015 that centers on a drone pilot her relationship with her father and her role in the Air Force.
Nathan's 4th 7/5/17
July 05, 2017 18:56 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MBAs we come to the End of the 4th of July holiday, we discuss Nathan’s annual hot dog eating contest and other extreme popular amusements found on Coney Island. We also read from Ron Childress’s “And West is West.”
Dos Passos And Hemingway 5/10/17
June 20, 2017 16:56 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBWe continue our look into the literary works of the Spanish civil war with stories by Earnest Hemingway and John Dos Passos.
Guac & Broc 4/19/17
June 20, 2017 16:53 - 57 minutes - 53.1 MBWarmer weather is coming and that means it’s time to prep our gardens for Spring. In the spirit of newly-planted herbs and vegetables, Ann-Marie shares stories about food and cooking.
The Great Illusion 4/12/17
June 15, 2017 20:49 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MBIn this episode Ann-Marie shares Herbert Asbury’s out-of-print book The Great Illusion: An Informal history of Prohibition.
Women Martyrs Of Science 3/22/17
June 15, 2017 20:46 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MBIn light of Norman McCorvey’s recent death, Ann-Marie examines the stories of women who were picked up, used up, and run over by medical science throughout American history.
Edna Lewis 3/15/17
June 15, 2017 20:40 - 58 minutes - 54 MBOn this episode we look at the life and works of Edna Lewis, the most influential African American author of contemporary cookbooks and food history.
The Animal Family Part Two 2/15/17
June 15, 2017 20:37 - 48 minutes - 44 MBAnn-Marie continues reading the classic fairy tale The Animal Family by Randall Jarrell.
The Animal Family Part One 2/7/17
June 15, 2017 20:35 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBOn this episode Ann-Marie begins to reading the modern fairy tale The Animal Family by Randall Jarrell.
This Dark Side of Orwell 6/7/17
June 15, 2017 20:31 - 58 minutes - 53 MBOn this episode, we examine the extremely shocking rape accusation made against George Orwell by Jacintha Buddicom in her 2006 memoir Eric & Us.
The Little Mermaid Parade 6/14/17
June 14, 2017 19:09 - 1 hour - 60.6 MBAnn Marie Hendrickson talks about the upcoming Mermaid Parade at Coney Island this Saturday, then reads The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen.
Memorial Day 5/31/17
June 13, 2017 20:09 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBIn this episode, in recognition of Memorial Day, we discuss and share works on death and war.
Orwell's Homage to Catalonia 5/2/17
June 13, 2017 20:04 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBHomage to Catalonia is George Orwell's personal account of his experiences and observations in the Spanish Civil War. The first edition was published in the United Kingdom in 1938. The book was not published in the United States until February 1952 and it was not read by Ann Marie Hendrickson... until now!
Thoughts on 9/11 4/25/17
June 13, 2017 19:18 - 57 minutes - 133 MBA rebroadcast from Sept 14, 2016, with some thoughts on Sept 11, then a reading and discussion of Korean horror novella "The Vegetarian" by Han Kang.
Orwell on Toads 4/4/17
June 13, 2017 19:15 - 55 minutes - 51 MBAnn Marie Hendrickson continues an old Moorish tradition, started by Bill Weinberg. Spring is here - it's time for a reading of George Orwell's 1946 essay "Some Thoughts on the Common Toad."