Mysterious Goings On
303 episodes - English - Latest episode: 21 days ago - ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsExplore the world of creativity and writing with Mysterious Goings On with J. Alexander Greenwood. Named a 2022 Top 5 Literature Podcast by CrowdUltra and a "New & Noteworthy" show by Apple Podcasts in 2016, this show is a magnet for top-selling authors and creative minds. Subscribe to embark on an enthralling journey through the world of creativity and literature.
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Dr. Tammy Euliano on Medicine and Mystery
May 04, 2023 05:20 - 40 minutes - 37.7 MBTammy Euliano’s writing is inspired by her day job as a physician, researcher, and educator at the University of Florida. She’s received numerous teaching awards, ~100,000 views of her YouTube teaching videos, and was featured in a calendar of women inventors. Her debut medical thriller, Fatal Intent, was published by Oceanview in 2021. She shares her journey of pivoting from a career in medicine to writing and publishing her own books. She took classes, attended retreats, and wrote short st...
Meet Alex at the Missouri Author Showcase
May 02, 2023 15:42 - 1 minute - 1.13 MBSt. Louis Public Library and Dunaway Books proudly present the Missouri Author Showcase moderated by writer and podcaster J. Alexander Greenwood. Come listen to readings from local authors Jeff Berney, Fedora Amis, Sally Berneathy, Cynthia Graham, and Piper Punches. Q & A session to follow. A meet and greet will be held from 5 - 6 pm in the lobby of the auditorium with books available for purchase. The program begins at 6, ending at 8 p.m. This event will be recorded 'live' and featured o...
Jordan Hampton's Ignition 2084
April 27, 2023 05:40 - 29 minutes - 27.6 MBJordan Hampton joins us to discuss his award-winning dystopian novel, Ignition 2084, which is set in a war-torn future America. Hampton describes his writing style as character-driven fiction. "As elaborate as the environments are in the stories I tell and as brutal as the battles they fight can be, everything ultimately serves the joint purpose of exploring complicated social issues through the lenses of characters that would be affected by it in real life." Listen in as we discuss Expl...
UNLOCKED SUBSCRIBER VIDEO! Trek Takes LIVE!
April 23, 2023 16:56 - 1 hour - 90.5 MBAuthor Alex Greenwood (John Pilate Mysteries) and film critic Lucas Hardwick (Apes on Film) host a special finale edition of Mysterious Goings On’s TREK TAKES, discussing the season finale of Star Trek Picard and other Trek topics. They are joined by special guests including Clint G., Subcommander Tal, Andrew M., The Undiscovered Mugato, author Jason McIntyre (Dovetail Cove Series), Have Phaser, Won’t Use Transporter, and more for a rollicking good time talking Trek. We cover: ...
Trek Takes LIVE!
April 23, 2023 16:50 - 1 hour - 83.8 MBAuthor Alex Greenwood (John Pilate Mysteries) and film critic Lucas Hardwick (Apes on Film) host a special finale edition of Mysterious Goings On’s TREK TAKES, discussing the season finale of Star Trek Picard and other Trek topics. They are joined by special guests including Clint G., Subcommander Tal, Andrew M., The Undiscovered Mugato, author Jason McIntyre (Dovetail Cove Series), Have Phaser, Won’t Use Transporter, and more for a rollicking good time talking Trek. We cover: Our first ex...
SUBSCRIBER VIDEO! Trek Takes 10 Finale: The Last Generation
April 21, 2023 03:17 - 1 hour - 79.2 MBTHIS VIDEO EDITION is AVAILABLE ONLY BY SUBSCRIPTION for just $1.99 a month you get exclusive access to every video we launch on the feed! Thanks for subscribing. Become a Paid Subscriber here. Welcome to episode ten of a special bonus series on Mysterious Goings On...TREK TAKES. What is TREK TAKES? Well, Star Trek fans... PICARD is back for the third and final season. As a lifelong fan of the series and a critic of the franchise's direction over the past few years, Alex will talk with ...
Trek Takes 10 Finale: The Last Generation
April 21, 2023 03:13 - 1 hour - 79.1 MBWelcome to episode ten of a special bonus series on Mysterious Goings On...TREK TAKES. What is TREK TAKES? Well, Star Trek fans... PICARD is back for the third and final season. As a lifelong fan of the series and a critic of the franchise's direction over the past few years, Alex will talk with film critic and writer Lucas Hardwick, sharing their "first takes" on every episode--coming at you every Friday morning throughout the 10-episode season three. This week: it's Lucas and Alex's f...
Being Frank with Jane Biondi Munna
April 20, 2023 05:46 - 34 minutes - 32.3 MBJane Biondi Munna joins us to share the story of her father, media executive Frank Biondi, and how the importance of treating people with fairness and integrity was the hallmark of his life and career. She is co-author of “Let’s Be Frank,” with her late father, who ran HBO, Viacom, and Universal Studios over the course of the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, building many franchises you still love such as Seinfeld and Law and Order. The book is a business-focused memoir full of lessons on doing deals,...
Love, Mystery, and Bullies with David E. Feldman
April 18, 2023 05:27 - 35 minutes - 33.2 MBToday we meet David E. Feldman, author of The Dora Ellison Mystery Series, a 5-book (so far) series starring a detective couple who happens to be lesbian. Dora is a sweet martial arts savant with a violent streak stemming from childhood trauma. She especially loathes bullies. Feldman is also author of The Neighborhood, a novel about four families in the then-all-white town of Valley Stream, N.Y., one of whom is the first family of color in the neighborhood. His stories are about love, trans...
SUBSCRIBER VIDEO! Trek Takes 9: Vox
April 14, 2023 03:55 - 1 hour - 72.4 MBTHIS VIDEO EDITION is AVAILABLE ONLY BY SUBSCRIPTION for just $1.99 a month you get exclusive access to every video we launch on the feed! Thanks for subscribing. Become a Paid Subscriber here. Welcome to episode nine of a special bonus series on Mysterious Goings On...TREK TAKES. What is TREK TAKES? Well, Star Trek fans... PICARD is back for the third and final season. As a lifelong fan of the series and a critic of the franchise's direction over the past few years, Alex will talk with...
Trek Takes 9: Vox
April 14, 2023 03:49 - 1 hour - 72.4 MBWelcome to episode nine of a special bonus series on Mysterious Goings On...TREK TAKES. What is TREK TAKES? Well, Star Trek fans... PICARD is back for the third and final season. As a lifelong fan of the series and a critic of the franchise's direction over the past few years, Alex will talk with film critic and writer Lucas Hardwick, sharing their "first takes" on every episode--coming at you every Friday morning throughout the 10-episode season three. This week: it's Lucas and Alex's ...
A Hollywood Legend's Place in the Sun with George Stevens Jr.
April 13, 2023 05:02 - 44 minutes - 41.5 MBWe meet so many accomplished and delightful guests on Mysterious Goings On. However, it is rare we get to meet a living legend such as our guest, Oscar and Emmy Winner George Stevens, Jr. His father directed incredible films, including GIANT, PENNY SERENADE, SHANE, A PLACE IN THE SUN, and perhaps most importantly, was there to film the liberation of Dachau. George Stevens, Jr. is the founder of the American Film Institute, creator of the AFI Life Achievement Award, co-creator of the Kenn...
Fitz Koehler's Cancer Comeback
April 11, 2023 05:50 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBJoining us is the bossy, compelling, and inspirational Fitz Koehler. She is the author of multiple books, including My Noisy Cancer Comeback, Your Healthy Cancer Comeback: Sick to Strong and Healthy Cancer Comeback Journal, and also a busy keynote speaker, professional race announcer, and fitness expert. Her small company Fitzness International has a global reach, and she's conquered every avenue of mass media to help people live better and longer. “I'm still a tiny company, but I ha...
SUBSCRIBER VIDEO! Trek Takes 8: SURRENDER (Part 2)
April 07, 2023 03:40 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBTHIS VIDEO EDITION is AVAILABLE ONLY BY SUBSCRIPTION for just $1.99 a month you get exclusive access to every video we launch on the feed! Thanks for subscribing. Become a Paid Subscriber here. Welcome to episode eight (PART 2) of a special bonus series on Mysterious Goings On...TREK TAKES. What is TREK TAKES? Well, Star Trek fans... PICARD is back for the third and final season. As a lifelong fan of the series and a critic of the franchise's direction over the past few years, Alex wi...
SUBSCRIBER VIDEO! Trek Takes 8: SURRENDER (Part 1)
April 07, 2023 03:39 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBTHIS VIDEO EDITION is AVAILABLE ONLY BY SUBSCRIPTION for just $1.99 a month you get exclusive access to every video we launch on the feed! Thanks for subscribing. Become a Paid Subscriber here. Welcome to episode eight (PART 1) of a special bonus series on Mysterious Goings On...TREK TAKES. What is TREK TAKES? Well, Star Trek fans... PICARD is back for the third and final season. As a lifelong fan of the series and a critic of the franchise's direction over the past few years, Alex will...
Trek Takes 8: Surrender
April 07, 2023 03:35 - 1 hour - 85.9 MBWelcome to episode eight of a special bonus series on Mysterious Goings On...TREK TAKES. What is TREK TAKES? Well, Star Trek fans... PICARD is back for the third and final season. As a lifelong fan of the series and a critic of the franchise's direction over the past few years, Alex will talk with film critic and writer Lucas Hardwick, sharing their "first takes" on every episode--coming at you every Friday morning throughout the 10-episode season three. This week: it's Lucas and Alex's...
Christopher J. Lynch's Dark State
April 06, 2023 05:30 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBWhat would happen if the entire California electrical grid went down? You don't want to know...but you MUST! Find out about his exciting thriller about this catastrophe-in-waiting and more as we meet the author, Christopher J. Lynch, who has inside info on our country’s vulnerabilities. He’s also an adventurer and the biographer of the iconic child actor who played the conniving Eddie Haskell on the TV series Leave it to Beaver. Lynch is the author of the ONE EYED JACK crime novel series ab...
Kathy Forti’s Library of Truth
April 04, 2023 05:29 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBKathy Forti, Ph.D. joins us to discuss her near-death experience that led to her multi-genre book, Stacks Library of Truth, about a Library of Congress employee who discovers an interdimensional portal leading to a Library of Truth, which reveals secrets about world leaders and politicians. “It’s hard to explain what happened to me, how I survived, and the amazing creativity that came about as a result of almost dying,” says Forti. She also discussed her character Zach Eldridge, who has ...
SUBSCRIBER VIDEO! Trek Takes 7: DOMINION
March 31, 2023 03:55 - 1 hour - 84.2 MBTHIS VIDEO EDITION is AVAILABLE ONLY BY SUBSCRIPTION for just $1.99 a month you get exclusive access to every video we launch on the feed! Thanks for subscribing. Become a Paid Subscriber here. Welcome to episode seven of a special bonus series here on Mysterious Goings On...TREK TAKES. What is TREK TAKES? Well, Star Trek fans... PICARD is back for the third and final season, and as a lifelong fan of the series and a critic of the franchise's direction over the past few years, Alex will t...
Trek Takes 7: DOMINION
March 31, 2023 03:49 - 1 hour - 88.2 MBWelcome to episode seven of a special bonus series here on Mysterious Goings On...TREK TAKES. What is TREK TAKES? Well, Star Trek fans... PICARD is back for the third and final season, and as a lifelong fan of the series and a critic of the franchise's direction over the past few years, Alex will talk with film critic and writer Lucas Hardwick, sharing their "first takes" on every episode--coming at you every Friday morning throughout the 10-episode season three. This week: it's Lucas and A...
Journalistic Thrillers, Loss, and Doing Right by Women Characters with John DeDakis
March 30, 2023 06:38 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBAlex is joined from Baltimore by novelist John DeDakis, author of five novels in the Lark Chadwick mystery-suspense-thriller series. DeDakis is a former editor on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer." He is also a writing coach, manuscript editor, and writing workshop leader. They discuss broadcast journalism, as well as the difficulties women face in that male-dominated world. They also discuss Lark Chadwick, a character in his novels, an amateur sleuth trying to maintain her journa...
SUBSCRIBER VIDEO! Trek Takes 6: THE BOUNTY
March 24, 2023 03:43 - 1 hour - 75.8 MBSUBSCRIBERS ONLY VIDEO CONTENT! Become a subscriber for ad-free shows, subscriber-only content, giveaways, and more! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/j-alexander-greenwood/subscribe Welcome to episode six of a special bonus series here on Mysterious Goings On...TREK TAKES. What is TREK TAKES? Well, Star Trek fans... PICARD is back for the third and final season, and as a lifelong fan of the series and a critic of the franchise's direction over the past few years, Alex will talk wit...
Trek Takes 6: THE BOUNTY
March 24, 2023 03:38 - 1 hour - 76.7 MBWelcome to episode six of a special bonus series here on Mysterious Goings On...TREK TAKES. What is TREK TAKES? Well, Star Trek fans... PICARD is back for the third and final season, and as a lifelong fan of the series and a critic of the franchise's direction over the past few years, Alex will talk with film critic and writer Lucas Hardwick, sharing their "first takes" on every episode--coming at you every Friday morning throughout the 10-episode show. This week: it's Lucas and Alex's firs...
Making Applesauce with Author Marc Whitt
March 23, 2023 05:00 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBWe're thrilled to offer a PR After Hours crossover interview with one of the masters of the public relations profession...you might even call Marc Whitt the "Johnny Appleseed" of PR, spreading the word about ethical practice and more. As greater demands and expectations are placed on those who practice public relations, PR veteran and author Marc Whitt contends that we should advance ourselves to the ultimate level of professional skill and excellence: that of a masterful public relations p...
Michael Pickard On Time Travel, Writing, and Sneezing Money
March 21, 2023 06:43 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBMichael Pickard has had three careers, including working in software and retail, and has written 11 titles including nine novels, two children's books, and a collection of juried short stories. Dozens of Pickard's short stories have been published, including Hardwired, which won a Ray Bradbury Creative Writing Prize in 2005. He started writing fiction when his daughter asked him to write her a story for her first time away at overnight camp which became THE BOY WHO SNEEZED MONEY, and he ha...
Trek Takes 5: IMPOSTORS
March 18, 2023 19:28 - 1 hour - 62.8 MBWelcome to episode five of a special bonus series here on Mysterious Goings On...TREK TAKES. What is TREK TAKES? Well, Star Trek fans... PICARD is back for the third and final season, and as a lifelong fan of the series and a critic of the franchise's direction over the past few years, Alex will talk with film critic and writer Lucas Hardwick, sharing their "first takes" on every episode--coming at you every Friday morning throughout the 10-episode show. This week: it's Lucas and Alex's fir...
Cooking Up Mystery and More with GP Gottlieb
March 16, 2023 06:29 - 38 minutes - 36 MBAlex welcomes the delightful G.P. Gottlieb, author and podcaster for a fun, free-ranging discussion about writing and being a writer, the role of food, the pandemic, the Chicago backdrop in her work, and so much more. After recovering from breast cancer in 2015, she took baking classes for fun and began writing in earnest, melding two passions, nourishment for mind and body and recipe-laced murder mysteries. As host for New Books in Literature, a podcast channel on the New Books Network, Go...
Derek O. Hanley's Photos from the Front Lines
March 14, 2023 05:42 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBAlex welcomes Derek O. Hanley to the show to discuss Derek's photography project, which began as a way to document the experiences of medics and evolved into a way to capture the emotions of the pandemic. Derek shared how his background as a medic and his family's history of photography helped him gain access to the medics and capture intimate moments. He also discusses how he had to remain emotionally detached in order to capture the moments. Hanley discussed the emotional turmoil of being...
Trek Takes 4: NO WIN SCENARIO
March 10, 2023 03:21 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBWelcome to episode four of a special bonus series here on Mysterious Goings On...TREK TAKES. What is TREK TAKES? Well, Star Trek fans... PICARD is back for the third and final season, and as a lifelong fan of the series and a critic of the franchise's direction over the past few years, Alex will talk with film critic and writer Lucas Hardwick, sharing their "first takes" on every episode--coming at you every Friday morning throughout the 10-episode run of the show. This week: it's Lucas a...
Eugenics and Dystopian Love Stories with Monte Schulz
March 09, 2023 06:12 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBIn this fascinating conversation with Monte Schulz (son of the late cartoonist Charles M. Schulz), Alex talks about Schulz’s new novel filled with robust characters, an unraveling mystery, mayhem, innocence, and moral disintegration. Metropolis (Fantagraphics, August 23, 2022) is a coming-of-age novel with a moral puzzle at its core. This dystopian tome is narrated by college senior Julian Brehm, who lives in a war-ravaged world perverted by eugenics where those who were deemed mentally, mo...
Trek Takes 3: SEVENTEEN SECONDS
March 03, 2023 04:15 - 1 hour - 63.2 MBWelcome to episode three of a special bonus series here on Mysterious Goings On...TREK TAKES. What is it? Well, Star Trek fans... PICARD is back for the third and final season, and as a lifelong fan of the series and a critic of the franchise's direction over the past few years, Alex will talk with film critic and writer Lucas Hardwick, sharing their "first takes" on every episode--coming at you every Friday morning throughout the 10-episode run of the show. This week: it's Lucas and Alex's...
Authorship and Entrepreneurship with JV Hilliard
March 02, 2023 06:47 - 40 minutes - 37.6 MBFrom D.C. lobbyist to storyteller to entrepreneur, JV Hilliard is an epic & dark fantasy author of the Warminster series who sees his rapidly-growing writing career as part of a larger creative enterprise. Owner of Altered Reality Magazine, Hilliard has licensed the intellectual property of his books to an augmented reality/virtual reality video game company that will launch the Realm of Warminster game in 2024. In today's fun chat, Hilliard explains how Covid gave him the opportunity to fi...
Trek Takes 2: DISENGAGE
February 24, 2023 03:58 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBWelcome to episode two of a special bonus series here on Mysterious Goings On...TREK TAKES. What is it? Well, Star Trek fans... PICARD is back for the third and final season, and as a lifelong fan of the series and a critic of the franchise's direction over the past few years, Alex will talk with film critic and writer Lucas Hardwick, sharing their "first takes" on every episode--coming at you every Friday morning throughout the 10-episode run of the show. This week: it's Lucas and Alex's f...
Small Town Settings, Amnesia and Conversion Vans with Melissa Payne
February 23, 2023 06:19 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBIn today's can't-miss episode, we meet Melissa Payne, bestselling and award-winning author of The Secrets of Lost Stones, Memories in the Drift, and The Night of Many Endings. She first learned the real importance of storytelling when she worked for a residential and day treatment center for abused and neglected children, where she wrote speeches and letters to raise funds. The truth in those children’s stories was piercing and painful, written to invoke a call to action in the reader: to gi...
Trek Takes 1: THE NEXT GENERATION
February 17, 2023 04:10 - 58 minutes - 54.1 MBWelcome to a special bonus series here on Mysterious Goings On called TREK TAKES. What is it? Well, Star Trek fans... PICARD is back for the final season, and as a lifelong fan of the series and a critic of the franchise's direction over the past few years, Alex will talk with film critic and writer Lucas Hardwick, sharing their "first takes" on every episode--coming at you every Friday morning throughout the 10-episode run of the show. "I know not all Mysterious Goings On listeners are Sta...
Breaking into the Youth Market with Tyler Snure
February 16, 2023 06:00 - 32 minutes - 30 MBTyler Snure established Snure Stories and published his first novel, The Jewels of Fate, in 2019 when he was a senior high school student. The Sword of Sorenth is the second book in this fiction, fantasy, adventure trilogy and was just recently released. It quickly reached #8 on Amazon's bestseller list for its category during its launch week. Tyler also writes a blog, gives free author presentations, and offers an online personality quiz that tells you what character in The Jewels of Fate ...
Savorer's Travels: Asian Food Tourism with Brian Hutton
February 09, 2023 06:01 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBMeet Brian Hutton, a savorer who has traveled extensively throughout Asia, and has eaten his way through some of the finest cuisine and street food in China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Japan, and South Korea. Join Brian and Alex for a delicious conversation featuring tales of adventurous eating, his fear of a bone in the throat, thoughts on the late Anthony Bourdain, and the subtle differences between the various Asian cultural palates. Follow the show (free!) and listen on Spotify, Ap...
Coming Soon: Trek Takes
February 08, 2023 21:36 - 4 minutes - 3.85 MBOkay, Star Trek fans... Picard is back for the final season, and as a lifelong fan of the series and a critic of the franchise's direction over the past few years, Alex will talk with film critic and writer Lucas Hardwick, sharing their "first takes" on every episode on "Trek Takes." There are ten episodes of Picard airing this spring on Paramount+, so we will do ten episodes of Trek Takes. Each Trek Takes episode will be 20-30 minutes. PLEASE NOTE: This will not replace your regular Thursda...
The Greatest Thing with Kristy Nerstheimer
February 02, 2023 06:29 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBCelebrate Black History Month with Kristy Nerstheimer, author of The Greatest Thing: A Story About Buck O'Neil. In this award-winning book, illustrated by Christian Paniagua, we join Buck O’Neil, Baseball Hall of Famer, through this first-person narrative from his childhood dreams, to playing baseball with the Kansas City Monarchs, to becoming the first Black coach in the major leagues. He is a baseball legend who showed the world how to live, love and play ball. Nerstheimer has been an ed...
Season Premiere: Bo Bancroft on Books, Billboards, Extremism, and Jimmy Carter
January 26, 2023 06:47 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBSeason 11 kicks off with Bo Bancroft, author of the debut novel, Make America Beautiful Again. Bancroft joins Alex for a fun, spirited, and frank conversation about the elements that went into his book, including his intense dislike of billboards, fighting extremism, and not letting the bad guys win. He was with Turner Broadcasting during the heady days of cable TV as a team member that launched the now-familiar networks Headline News, TNT, and TCM. Bo also spent time with Fox launching the...
End of the Year Megasode with Lucas Hardwick
December 29, 2022 06:41 - 1 hour - 80.7 MBEPISODE 200! Film critic and screenwriter Lucas Hardwick returns to the show for an extended MEGASODE with Alex chatting about film criticism, horror, Joe Bob Briggs, collectibles, comics, ANDOR and STAR WARS fan exhaustion, the obsession with backstory in the sci-fi genre these days, STAR TREK PICARD, the Inglorious Treksperts podcast, and so much more. Find out why Lucas hates the "so bad its good" moniker and the charm and heart of gold he seeks (and usually finds) in every creative proj...
Pietro La Greca Jr. on Living with Mexico’s Real-Life Godfather
December 22, 2022 06:11 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBDon’t miss this gripping conversation where we learn about life with the man the Mexican Narcos called "the most honorable criminal we ever worked with” as well as run-ins with a future king, tales of paternal cruelty, and even a bit of “Better Call Saul.” Dubbed “Mexico’s real-life Don Corleone,” Pietro La Greca Sr. ran the biggest money laundering scheme in Mexican history. But his crimes soon caught up with him—and made an enemy of his son, Pietro La Greca Jr. Set in a world of fast cars...
Jeff Berney's Journey from Ad Agency Pro to Novelist
December 15, 2022 06:09 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBAlex is joined by novelist Jeff Berney, who released his second novel in October 2022, The Fall of Faith. It’s a gritty domestic thriller about love, faith, and the consequences of doing whatever it takes to survive in the small forgotten town of Eden, Missouri, somewhere between Bentonville and Kansas City. “Faith comes in many forms. It can take years to find and seconds to lose. And nothing, not money nor even morality, can help you hold onto it once it begins to slip away,” Berney says....
Intelligent Escapism and Cold War Fiction with Ellen Butler
December 08, 2022 06:42 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBEllen Butler is the internationally bestselling author of the Karina Cardinal mystery series. Her experiences working on Capitol Hill and at a medical association in Washington, D.C., inspired the mystery-action series. Book critics call the Karina Cardinal mysteries “intelligent escapism.” Butler also writes historical fiction. Her WWII spy novel, The Brass Compass, recently won a 2022 Speak Up Talk Radio Firebird Book Award for historical fiction. The second book in the duology, Operation ...
Fall Wrap-Up and December News
December 01, 2022 20:16 - 32 minutes - 30.4 MBAlex wraps up Fall and shares news about the podcast and items from the December newsletter. You'll also find out why you, as a Mysterious Goings On listener, are an ADVENTURER. There may even be a John Pilate Mysteries short story for you to check out... Listen in! Read the NEW John Pilate story on Kindle Vella HERE. Want links to items he mentioned? Visit his website HERE to read the latest. Want to pitch yourself or a client as a guest? Visit HERE. Be sure to mention you heard it on t...
MGO Recognized as a Top 5 Podcast!
November 25, 2022 16:22 - 2 minutes - 2.76 MBHappy Black Friday! Just a quick announcement about an honor the show received...and some words from our sponsor. MYSTERIOUS GOINGS ON NAMED TOP 5 LITERATURE PODCAST! Learn more here. Need a super easy website & store builder? Try Strikingly! Visit Alex's new author website: JAlexanderGreenwood.com. Buy Alex Greenwood's books on Amazon.com or email him to order your autographed copies here or visit https://jalexandergreenwood.com/shop. This Mysterious Goings On Podcast episode was reco...
Burt Weissbourd's ROUGH JUSTICE and More
November 24, 2022 06:31 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBReturning guest Burt Weissbourd is a novelist, screenwriter, and producer of feature films. Today he talks about ROUGH JUSTICE, the latest book in his "Callie & Cash" thriller series, his thoughts on streaming TV as the place for writers to direct their efforts, the role of food in his writing, and much more. He was born in 1949 and graduated cum laude from Yale University with honors in psychology. During his student years, he volunteered at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris and taught Eng...
A Book for Short Attention Spans with Gary Lippman
November 17, 2022 06:15 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBGary Lippman’s WE LOVED THE WORLD BUT COULD NOT STAY (Rare Bird Books) contains a myriad of one-sentence stories that, while self-contained, are woven together by the human experience. Jump out of one life and into another, a world frozen in time but vividly alive within. This vast web of stories, each with its own language, is all connected by the threads of love, imperfection, and humanity. On today's show, Lippman shares the why and the how of his book of short stories consisting of one ...
Kansas City's Unique Eats with Reporter and Author Matt Stewart
November 10, 2022 06:46 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBKansas City food is all just BBQ, right? Fox 4 anchor and reporter Matt Stewart says not so fast, and he has the receipts! In his new book, Unique Eats and Eateries of Kansas City (Reedy Press), you'll not only learn why nearly 90 KC-area eateries decided to open their restaurants in the City of Fountains, but also the stories behind their food. In today's discussion, Matt shares the backstory to this fun book, as well as his works of fiction touching on the sci-fi and mystery genres. Ma...
Walter Stephen Geeding on Time Travel and Trickster Gods
November 03, 2022 07:50 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBMaster storyteller and former prosecutor Walter Stephen Geeding launched an award-winning series that takes readers on exciting journeys and wild adventures. His novels blend time travel across the Old West with fantasy and history, and though they may be classified as fiction, they feel as real to Walter as anything else. Perhaps it is because his books (Endless Times series (Volume One: The Path of Kokopelli; Volume Two: Murphy’s Diggins) are loosely based on his life escapades as a rebell...