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EPISODE 15 – Days of the Dead with Bob Curran

Ken Eakins — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:14:00 +0000

Bob’s back! One of our favourite guests, and knowledgable chap when it comes to global folklore! In this episode, we build on our discussion in last interview by analysing ZOMBIES! Bob has a new book coming out soon entitled Zombies: A Field guide to the Walking Dead, so make sure you get your hands on that! Bob has some great tales that he picked up on his travels to research this latest book, so join us as we take a journey into the world of Zozobra’s, undead-monks and more!

This weeks featured music comes in the shape of The Melvins, with the track The Kicking Machine from the album ‘Nude with Boots’. You can download the track in MP3 form from the Southern Records site here.

Background music comes in the form of Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros (no really!) played in Orchestra form!

We have some great guests coming up in the coming weeks so stay tuned for more Sitting Now oddness!

EPISODE 11 – Blood Sucking with Bob Curran

Ken Eakins — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:26:28 +0000

This week we talk with historian, author and all-round great guy Dr Bob Curran about Vampires! Yes, that’s right…VAMPIRES! …sorry, got a little excited there. Bob is the author of ‘Vampires: A field guide to the Creatures that Stalk the Night’, so who better to talk to about my favourite mythological beasties! We discuss the many and varied Vampires myths around the globe, as well as the origins of our favourite blood suckers.

Featured song this week is a clip from ‘Act II’ by the awesome Sontaran Experiment, which is to be released soon, Expect chaos! Background music from Four Tet

Dr Bob Curran Biog:

Dr. Bob Curran is a native of Northern Ireland, born and raised in the Mourne
Mountains area of County Down, a region steeped in folklore and legend.
Throughout a varied life, he has worked in many fields—as a gravedigger,
professional musician, journalist, and civil servant. He is now a history teacher
and well known throughout Ireland and beyond as a writer and broadcaster. He
has written extensively, in English and several other languages, on various
aspects of history and folklore and acted as advisor to the Cultural Committee of
the Northern Ireland Legislative Assembly. He currently lives in Coleraine,
County Derry, with his wife and family.

Enjoy!

New episodes of Podcast begin tomorrow

Ken Eakins — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:14:58 +0000

Yay! We are back tomorrow after a brief summer-sabatical with the amazing Dr Bob Curran. Bob has written many books on strange topics, but tomorrow we will be grilling him about Vampires!

Following this episode will be an interview with the writer Taylor Ellwood, returning the show to the realms of the occult.

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