Between the Covers & Beyond

Rondanini Publishing Ltd & 0dB_Labs

Between the Covers & Beyond, is where books, songs, and stories meet conversation. Every other week, we explore the creative world of literature, music, and art — not only with authors, singers, and artists, but also with readers, critics, and fellow enthusiasts who bring new perspectives to the works we love. Hosted by Rondanini Publishing, the podcast blends dialogue, culture, and creativity, offering both inspiration and insight into the arts.

  1. Jul 21

    Crownless Joins the Wired Collection — J. H. M. Carlisle on Accessible Editions of His Queer Roman Histories

    Author J. H. M. Carlisle announces that Crownless: Forgotten Queer Histories of Imperial Rome — the three novellas of Sporus, Hierocles and Pythias — has joined The Wired Collection, Rondanini Publishing's line of accessible books for differently wired readers. A book about voices the Roman record erased, now published so no reader is locked out: a fully reflowable accessible EPUB, a tagged screen-reader edition tested to PDF/UA, and a low-stimulation large print edition — 315 pages, 17.5-point type, nothing simplified. All accessible formats together, £3.99, never sold as a premium: rondanini.com/crownless "Rome decided who was allowed to be remembered. We get to decide who is allowed to read." The Wired Collection: rondanini.com/wired-collection ·

  2. Jul 21 ·  Bonus

    Market Myths & Mathematical Realities — When the Patterns You Trust Are Statistical Illusions

    What if the trading signals millions of investors rely on every day have no statistically meaningful predictive power whatsoever? In this episode, Luigi Pascal Rondanini goes behind his forthcoming book, Market Myths and Mathematical Realities: A Quantitative Analysis of Unscientific Trading Indicators — available for pre-order now and publishing September 8th, 2025 via Rondanini Publishing Ltd, Architect Method Editions. The book began with a single encounter: an article on financial astrology. What started as a quick exercise in debunking became a year-long investigation into the boundary between pattern and randomness, science and storytelling, genuine market anomalies and statistical illusions. Luigi examines the indicators that traders treat as gospel — moving average crossovers, RSI thresholds, candlestick patterns, the Super Bowl Indicator, the Halloween Effect, the January Effect — and asks the question the industry prefers you not to ask: when you test these properly, with real data and rigorous methodology, what do you actually find? The answer is uncomfortable. And important. This episode covers the three methodological traps that contaminate almost all existing indicator research — survivorship bias, data mining, and look-ahead bias — and why stripping them out changes everything. It covers the difference between statistical significance and economic significance, and why a result can be mathematically real and financially useless at the same time. And it covers the deeper question underneath all of it: why do intelligent people keep believing in systems that do not work? After 38 years in institutional FX and treasury markets — at RBC, Wells Fargo, SocGen, and beyond — Luigi's conclusion is not that markets are perfectly efficient or that nothing works. It is more precise, and more useful, than that. 📖 Market Myths and Mathematical Realities — Pre-order now. Publishing September 8th, 2025.Available in paperback, hardcover, and Kindle via all major booksellers.PB: 978-1-918177-19-0 / HC: 978-1-918177-31-2

    Market Myths & Mathematical Realities — When the Patterns You Trust Are Statistical Illusions

  3. Jul 20

    Neurodivergence at Work: ADHD, Autism & Masking — Inside "Wired Differently"

    Neurodivergence at work — ADHD, autism, dyslexia — and what actually helps, for employees and managers. A deep dive into Wired Differently: A Field Guide to Neurodivergence at Work (Rondanini Publishing): time blindness, masking, sensory overload, the sprint-and-crash cycle, and where different wiring quietly wins. Evidence over vibes — including what workplace accommodations really cost. This episode features AI voice actors, briefed and editorially directed by Rondanini Publishing. The book itself is written the old way, and its audiobook is narrated by a human: David Axtell. The book, in every accessible format: rondanini.com/wiredifferently · The Wired Collection: rondanini.com/wired-collection

    Neurodivergence at Work: ADHD, Autism & Masking — Inside "Wired Differently"

  4. Jul 18

    The Anatomy of the Undead: Inside 'Blood and Bone' by Luigi Pascal Rondanini

    What would we find if we cut a vampire open? In this episode of Between the Covers and Beyond, we perform a deep-dive dissection into Blood and Bone: The Speculative Physiology of the Vampire. We explore how author Luigi Pascal Rondanini treats fifteen iconic literary and cinematic specimens—from the plague-rat frame of Nosferatu’s Orlok to the crystalline skin of Edward Cullen—as real biological subjects.Discover the "gleefully macabre" science behind how a vampire body could truly function, including the mechanics of feeding, rapid healing, and why sunlight destroys some while merely inconveniencing others. Following the rigorous tradition of historical medical texts like those of Vesalius and Gray, this book reconstructs, organ by organ, the impossible biology that fiction never troubled to explain. Whether you are a fan of Bram Stoker’s Dracula or modern speculative fiction, join us for a journey into the natural history of creatures that were never alive. Show Notes The Multimedia Ecosystem: Deepen your research by visiting the official interactive website at bloodandbone.rondanini.com. There, you can explore the Specimen Workbench, take the Anatomy Quiz, and view the comprehensive Vampire Timeline.Pre-order Available: You can secure your copy of the "Architect Method Edition" now via the official Pre-order link.Immediate Digital Access: Per the author's latest updates, the ePub version is available for immediate download at rondanini.com. Stay Connected: Follow the latest anatomical updates and "The Crypt" entries at bloodandbone.rondanini.com.

    The Anatomy of the Undead: Inside 'Blood and Bone' by Luigi Pascal Rondanini

  5. Jul 17

    Can a Book Read You? | Claire de Voyant’s Conceptual Artist Book

    What happens when a book stops explaining itself and begins observing the reader? This episode introduces THIS BOOK HAS ALREADY READ YOU, the conceptual artist book by Claire de Voyant. Through one hundred philosophical statements and one hundred visual arguments, the work explores perception, memory, identity, language, power, exclusion and recognition—while quietly constructing a hidden final paragraph from words already present throughout the book. This is a narrated editorial introduction, not an author reading. Published by Rondanini Publishing Ltd. Out on August 15th in ebook and paperback format.

    Can a Book Read You? | Claire de Voyant’s Conceptual Artist Book

  6. Jul 12 ·  Bonus

    Where Do You Find the Time? — On Curiosity, Polyglot Lives, and the Arithmetic of a Full Existence

    How does one person hold down a four-decade career in institutional finance, publish more than 25 books, write over a thousand poems, compose music, speak seven languages, and still read a hundred books a year? The honest answer is not a productivity system. It is something older and less fashionable: an insatiable, undisciplined curiosity that has never recognised the boundaries other people draw between fields. In this episode, Luigi Pascal Rondanini — author, composer, publisher, and podcaster — reflects on a life built entirely outside institutional education. Everything he knows, he taught himself. From his early years in Naples, working summers before finishing school, to his first job as an accountant at eighteen, to a career that took him through RBC, Wells Fargo, SocGen, and beyond — the throughline was never a plan. It was appetite. He talks about learning Portuguese before English, about radio hosting at fifteen, about the saxophone and the piano bars and the bed and breakfasts and the cafes. About writing five to ten thousand words a day. About the Architect Method that made him faster still. About what it means to read not as a duty but as a compulsion. And about the question that sits underneath all of it: what happens when the brain you were given simply cannot stop? A conversation about self-education, creative velocity, neurodivergence, and the refusal to choose just one life.

    Where Do You Find the Time? — On Curiosity, Polyglot Lives, and the Arithmetic of a Full Existence

  7. Jul 6

    FX Options Volatility Trading | A Conversation About Luigi Pascal Rondanini's New Book

    What makes a practical FX options book different from a traditional derivatives textbook? In this episode, two analysts discuss FX Options Volatility Trading by Luigi Pascal Rondanini, the second volume in the Foreign Exchange Markets Professional Series, published by Rondanini Publishing Ltd. The discussion follows an original script and editorial direction prepared by the author, presenting the book's ideas in a conversational format designed to make complex topics more engaging and accessible. The voices in this episode are AI-generated, while the underlying content, structure, and technical material originate from the author's work. Rather than summarising the book chapter by chapter, the conversation explores its central ideas: why volatility is a market phenomenon rather than simply a mathematical input, how traders use implied volatility and volatility surfaces in practice, the strengths and limitations of models such as Black-Scholes, SABR, Heston and Vanna-Volga, and what institutional practitioners need beyond academic theory. Topics include: FX options and volatility trading Volatility smiles and surfaces The Greeks in real trading environments Vanna-Volga, SABR and stochastic volatility Practical hedging and risk management FRTB considerations for options desks Building institutional expertise in FX derivatives Whether you trade, model, manage risk, or simply want a deeper understanding of foreign exchange derivatives, this discussion offers an introduction to the ideas behind one of the newest practitioner-focused books in the field. Book: FX Options Volatility Trading Series: Foreign Exchange Markets Professional Series — Book 2 Author: Luigi Pascal Rondanini Publisher: Rondanini Publishing Ltd Production note: This episode is based on an original script written by Luigi Pascal Rondanini. It is presented as a conversation using AI-generated voices, while the analysis, technical content, and editorial direction are the author's.

  8. Jul 5

    From Theory to the Trading Desk: Exploring the Rondanini Financial Library

    Discover the Rondanini Financial Library, a growing collection of practitioner-focused books for professionals working in foreign exchange, derivatives, fixed income, treasury, quantitative finance, and financial technology. In this episode, two hosts explore the philosophy behind the library, discussing why modern financial professionals need more than academic theory. They examine how the collection is organised, how the reading paths are designed, and how the books connect market practice with real institutional workflows. Topics include: • Foreign Exchange Markets Professional Series• FX Options and Volatility Trading• FX Cash Products and market microstructure• Interest Rate and Credit Derivatives• Corporate Treasury and Risk Management• Quantitative Finance and Python-based market analytics• Reading paths for traders, quants and treasury professionals Whether you are building your first institutional knowledge base or expanding an existing one, this episode introduces a library designed for professionals who want practical understanding rather than simplified overviews. Editorial note: This conversation follows a script written by Luigi Pascal Rondanini. The discussion is presented by AI-generated voices, while all editorial content, research, structure and opinions originate from Rondanini Publishing Ltd. finlib.rondanini.com

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Between the Covers & Beyond, is where books, songs, and stories meet conversation. Every other week, we explore the creative world of literature, music, and art — not only with authors, singers, and artists, but also with readers, critics, and fellow enthusiasts who bring new perspectives to the works we love. Hosted by Rondanini Publishing, the podcast blends dialogue, culture, and creativity, offering both inspiration and insight into the arts.

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