The Chaplain America Story Hour

Stephen Vale
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Wherein, 2 Travelers from Earth, Rudra from the Far East, & Steve from the Far West, Seek Truth, by Journeying into Many Strange and Magical Lands: the Land of Story, of Myth, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Folktale, Fairie, Enchantment, Tradition, Technology, Philosophy, Books, Movies, Television, & More. Although they don't always know where they will go, they do have a General Idea via Private Message, Corporal Punishment & Major Intent. Join Them As They Zoom Faster Than Light Speed & Sound As They Trek down Rabbit Holes & Dangerous Ground, across the Sea of Antiquity & into...THE FUTURE AND BEYOND!!!

Episodes

  1. 04/14/2024

    A short break in the story

    Just a quick catch up or fill-in for what's been going on and why there hasn't been an episode for many months. But never fear: will be returning soon with full episodes

    10 min

  2. 08/29/2023

    In Which Our Intrepid Explorers Go Deeper into the World of Fantasy

    Come along with our heroes as they go down rivers, waterfalls, and rabbit holes into the dangerous land of fairy. Spelled In anyway or sad by any other name, is both bitter and sweet. See for yourselves! But beware: here dwell dragons and monsters! on Fairy Stories by J.R.R. Tolkien Timestamps episode 9: Min:Sec 03:07 - Back to Essay on Fairy 06:11 - Tolkien Set the Bar 08:48 - Tolkien on Fairy Story 12:50 - Philo Sophia 18:00 - Teach others to teach yourself 25:06 - Vitamin F: F is for Fantasy 30:23 - The Three Mirrors of Life 33:38 - The Value of Fairy Tales 35:52 - The Turing Test 40:28 - The Difference between Magic and Science

    50 min

  3. 06/10/2023

    Book one chapter 8 - In Which Our Heroes Walk the Shadowy Road to Fairyland

    Our brave heroes walk down the road covered in shadows, moving through time and space into a World of imagination. Timestamp podcast 8 Min:Sec 01:22 - ADHD lazer blast 03:18 - Bill Bloom Arts 04:45 - SHADOW 15:00 - Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine 17:54 - Gene Wolfe 19:47 - Speculative Fiction 31:33 - The Road to Fairy Land 39:00 - Arriving at The Land of Fairy 49:25 - The Rings of Power 1:00:00 - The Fact, Fairy, Fantasy & Science 1:13:00 - Its Okay to not Understand

    1h 18m

  4. 04/27/2023

    Book one chapter 7 – in which our heroes encounter other heroes and villains, with tongues firmly in cheek

    Our intrepid travelers, Rudra and Steve journey down many different roads, two-lane blacktops and Route 66 to find the essence of humor, encounter blind swordsman, masters of archery from hundreds of years ago, many different Batmen, Italian gangsters and cops and assassins with a baby carriage among many others. Return with us again to those thrilling days of yesteryear, today and THE WORLD OF TOMORROW! Timestamps: Min:Sec 01:23 - Deadpool says that… 03:41 - The Humor of Marx Brothers 09:20 - The Two Kind of Jokes 11:50 - Timing is Everything 15:40 - Two-Lane Blacktop and Route 66 21:17 - Music in Movies & Skorcing 28:00 - Zatoichi 32:50 - Convoy Busters 37:35 - Brand of Empire 39:00 - The Fantastic Adventures of Robin Hood 44:33 - Batman Beyond 50:00 - Other Stuff 53:56 - Lord of Light Show notes: Min:Sec 01:23 - Deadpool and genre (And difference between genre and form) 03:41 - The Humor of Marx Brothers (And Steve's favorite bits from Marx brothers movies) Duck Soup: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023969/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Chico Marx as Ravelli in Marx brothers Animal Crackers: You couldn't afford it...Heh...you see, if we don't rehearse, we don't play...And, if we don't play...That runs into money. https://youtu.be/vhaDA7TneL4 "He really is an idiot." https://youtu.be/xsOf0TZPPWY https://www.marx-brothers.org/whyaduck/info/movies/scenes/ravelli.htm https://youtu.be/Zz1xUbJprCw Groucho's best insults mix: https://youtu.be/4Bqm_xWUxPg 09:20 - Two Kind of Jokes – "Bits” versus "jokes" Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First?” Just the routine: https://youtu.be/sYOUFGfK4bU Reaction video to the routine: https://youtu.be/5G9x2Uu19Sw 11:50 - Timing is Everything 15:40 - Two-Lane Blacktop movie https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067893/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk and Route 66 TV show https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053534/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk 21:17 - Music in Movies: Scoring vs “Scourse-ing” (Scoring using preexisting source music material) Example: Baby Driver https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3890160/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk 28:00 - Zatoichi the Blind Swordsman and criterion collection Blu-ray and DVD additions Zatoichi: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056714/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Criterion collection website: https://www.criterion.com/shop/browse?popular=new-releases Zatoichi box it: https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/1012-zatoichi-the-blind-swordsman Criterion articles on Zatoichi: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/2971-on-the-road-with-zatoichi https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/4219-tony-rayns-on-the-meaning-of-zatoichi 32:50 - Convoy Busters, Mike Malloy and Eurocrime documentary Convoy Busters: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0152018/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk https://youtu.be/7ySak04-Q2o https://www.cauldron-films.com/products/convoy-busters-limited-blu-ray-w-slipcase https://diabolikdvd.com/product/convoy-busters-cauldron-films-le-slipcase-blu-ray-preorder/ https://www.amazon.com/Convoy-Busters-Special-Blu-ray-Karlatos/dp/B0BSCCDF9X Mike Malloy: https://www.youtube.com/@toughandgritty “Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s” https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2015367/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk 39:00 - The Fantastic Adventures of Robin Hood the continuing evolution of a classic hero over hundreds of years 41:00 the many versions of Batman Gotham by Gaslight: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7167630/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk 44:33 - Batman Beyond - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147746/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk 50:00 - Other Stuff Lone Wolf and cub – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068815/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Shogun assassin: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081506/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk 53:56 - Lord of Light written by Roger Zelazny https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Lord-of-Light/dp/B09PFBPW2B/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3525HXT6VEEBY&keywords=lord+of+light+Roger+Zelazny&qid=1682623079&s=instant-video&sprefix=lord+of+light+roger+zelazny%2Cinstant-video%2C152&sr=1-1 contact: chaplainamericapodcast@use.startmail.com

    1h 1m

  5. 04/07/2023

    Book 1 chapter 6 – Journey into the Darkness

    Our heroes journey into dark times to find the light. They manage to find multiple sources and get solace from the solstice. Timestamps Min:Sec 02:04 - Christmas Week 02:20 "There was evening and there was morning, one day" 05:48 - 12 days of Christmas 09:37 - The TRUTH in the MYTH and visa versa 15:46 - don't stand under the Mistletoe with anyone else but me 19:40 - Origins of Holidays? Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa & Festivus 25:47 - A Festival for The Rest of Us 28:40 the genetic fallacy & A Canticle for Leibowitz  A Canticle for Leibowitz is a post-apocalyptic social science fiction novel by American writer Walter M. Miller Jr., first published in 1959 31:03 - Saint Sanity Claus (" you can't fool me! There ain't no such thing as a Sanity Claus") 33:57 - Santa, Robin Hood and have mythology, lore and story grows 38:15 - Violent Night 46:27 - Santa Like Never Before 50:42 - Cultural appropriation vs Myths & Stories Tags: #holidays, #mythology #comedy #folktales #SantaClaus #politicalcorrectness #culture #religion #doctrine #dogma #actionmovies #Christmas #Hanukkah contact us: chaplainamericapodcast@use.startmail.com

    57 min

  6. 03/10/2023

    Book One chapter 5 – Swimming in the Pool of Stories

    Our heroes journey into ancient lands, into the far and middle east, up and down the silk route, collecting spices, eating pizza and listening to stories Timestamps Min:Sec 01:10 - Story Teller Steve 03:36 - Humans Need The Story & The Podcast 05:16 - The Story Continues 09:56 - Aesop’s Fables 14:09 - Public Domain vs The Copyright 18:51 - Alternate versions of the classic Fairy tales, Stories & The Other OZ Books 23:55 - The Stories belong to the People 28:16 - The Written vs The Oral Story 33:15 - The Art of Reading Expressively 37:29 - Story of The Monkey King 45:14 - Sufi Stories and the Truth behind the Joke 49:32 - The Silk Route of Stories 53:42 - Cooking, Pizza & Storytelling 58:19 - The Pool of Stories 60:00 - Back to the Mono-Myth & Over-Simplification of The Hero's Journey Keywords: #Aesopsfables, #copyright, #antiquity, #storyorigins, #mythology, #fairytales, #fantasy, #Tolkien, #razorfist, #publicdomain, #Sufism, #childrenstories, #JosephCampbell, #CarlJung, #philosophy, #psychology, #religion, #storytelling, #movies, #Criticaldrinker, #moviereviews, #Oraltradition, #Jewishtradition,

    1h 9m

  7. 03/02/2023

    Book One Chapter 4 – Deeper into the Hero's Journey

    Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear, as our heroes explore heroes! Don't touch that dial! Brought to you by the mono-myth and the Land of the free and the home of the brave! Timestamp podcast 4 Min:Sec 01:35 - Festival of Lights 05:34 - America’s Story 11:26 - The Star Spangled Banner 22:31 - The Tale Is More Important Than The Teller 24:22 - StarWars, Western & The MonoMyth 37:53 - “Lone Wolf And Cub” & Samurai Jack 46:36 - Spaghetti Western Django 52:46 - Think about “Pulp Fiction” 1:00:00 - Steve's Sword and The Samurai Sword 1:03:47 - Good vs Evil For questions, comments, requests, or just to contact us: chaplainamericapodcast@use.startmail.com Keywords: #JosephCampbell, #spaghettiwesterns, #swords, #samurai, #America, #Star-Spangled Banner, #monomyth, tradition, #storytelling

    1h 7m

  8. 02/23/2023

    Book One – Chapter 3 - challenges, definitions, and myth

    Our intrepid heroes journey into the world of NaNoWriMo, writing challenges writing challenges, Stephen King 's The Shining, Movie Versus Book, Stephen King As Teacher, Joseph Campbell and myth, Carl Jung and the collective unconscious, Star Wars, Mad Max, and many other heroes and villains Timestamps: Min:Sec 01:17 - being a musician and an introduction to a different flute the XIAO 04:00 - National Novel Writing Month — NaNoWriMo 50k 05:38 - What constitutes a Novel? 08:59 - About Steve's experience with NaNoWriMo 14:21 - Embrace the Suck of your own work 18:13 - Quality vs Quantity, Routine and The Rebel 20:22 - Writing as a form of Therapy 22:09 - The Shining Movie vs Novel “All Work And No Play Makes Steve A Dull Boy” 30:19 - Stephen King “On Writing” - Stephen king as a writing teacher 34:06 - Story and Myth 36:42 - Joseph Campbell & “The Hero With A Thousand Faces” 41:57 - Dream and The Individual Myth 47:32 - Food, Clothing, Shelter and Meaning 51:17 - Ending with A Toast to Life. For questions, comments, requests, or just to contact us: chaplainamericapodcast@use.startmail.com

    53 min

  9. 02/17/2023

    Book One –Chapter 2 - the medium is the massage

    Our intrepid heroes Journey down the rabbit hole of Artist's tools, and the story of the typewriter, and how Steve got eaten by more than one. time stamps. 01:30 - The Medium is the Message 07:12 - NaNoWriMo 14:31 - About The Typewriter 19:30 - Typewriter vs The Pen & skpping the middle man 25:16 - How to Calculate WPM 28:25 - California Typewriter Movie 30:49 - Back to Story 35:27 - Ending. For questions, comments, requests, or just to contact us: chaplainamericapodcast@use.startmail.com

    37 min

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    The Chaplain America Story Hour (Trailer)

    The Chaplain America Story Hour

    1 min

  11. 02/08/2023

    Book One - Chapter 1 - ONCE UPON A TIME - THE JOURNEY BEGINS

    WHEREIN our heroes stumble across Death and Dream of the Endless As Imagined by Neil Gaiman. As They Enter into the Gates of Story and Explore the Purpose of Dream, A.k.a. the Prince of Story Timestamps: 03.40: How the podcast came to be 11.06: Lady Death & Sandman 15.11: Shakespeare & Morpheus 16.35: Dreams and Stories 25.38: Who is a Chaplain 28.38: Without dreams, the people die 31.05: Show don't tell 35.06: Midsummer night's dream 36.44: Myth & Ending For questions, comments, requests, or just to contact us: chaplainamericapodcast@use.startmail.com Keywords: #spiritual, #God, #history, #story, #Neil Gaiman, #dream, #death, #myth, #monomyth, #storytelling, #art, #comicbooks, #movies, #creativity, #liberty, #imagination, #philosophy, #language, #books, #writing

    38 min

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Wherein, 2 Travelers from Earth, Rudra from the Far East, & Steve from the Far West, Seek Truth, by Journeying into Many Strange and Magical Lands: the Land of Story, of Myth, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Folktale, Fairie, Enchantment, Tradition, Technology, Philosophy, Books, Movies, Television, & More. Although they don't always know where they will go, they do have a General Idea via Private Message, Corporal Punishment & Major Intent. Join Them As They Zoom Faster Than Light Speed & Sound As They Trek down Rabbit Holes & Dangerous Ground, across the Sea of Antiquity & into...THE FUTURE AND BEYOND!!!

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