Alien Tourist looks at the intersection of change, creativity, reality, and the worlds of “if.” In this episode I introduce the show concept, talking about the issue of alien-ness (in the form of Othering), share some observations about Boardwalk Empire, and talk a little about the anthology I recently edited, Demon Lovers: Succubi.

SHOW NOTES

Episode 1: Introducing the Alien Tourist

(Contains some adult language.)

0:00  Intro & topics today: alien other; Boardwalk Empire; the anthology Demon Lovers: Succubi
2:00  What the Alien Tourist represents. Life in the Lizard Lair; who I am
6:00  The Venn Diagram: intersection of topics for this blog (see bottom of this page for the illo!)
7:30  Shownotes pointer: master index list at www.deborahteramischristian.com/media/alien-tourist-podcast
8:40  Take 2 of this podcast: a work in progress
10:10  Othering: the Trayvon Martin shooting and fear of the Other.
20:30 Living with them that’s different from you [which also led to Observation #1, Army & Othering, which is the spinoff from this point made in this podcast (link)]
21:05  Caroline Myss writing on tribal mind
22:10  What fear and othering implies for us growing up as human beans, and the uses of this in literature.
28:00 Media commentary: a subtle but surprisingly moving performance in Boardwalk Empire
31:00  Life on Mars and actress Gretchen Mol
35:00 My media watchathons and impressions of Richard Harrow, the character played by Jack Huston in Boardwalk Empire
[music bridge: “Solace” by Scott Joplin]
42:50 Demon Lovers: Succubi anthology (links below) – what and why
48:15 The Venn Diagram for this show!  Anecdotes (labeled “Observations” at PodOMatic) that will also be online
50:40 Outro and music credits: Danilo Mazzeo, “Per Laura” at Jamendo.com

Jack Huston as Richard Harrow in Boardwalk Empire

Credits

Music:  “Per Laura” by Danilo Mazzeo at Jamendo.com; “Solace” by Scott Joplin
“Alien Tourist” artwork by Michael Dialynas, madart84 @ Deviantart.com, (c) 2005

Links and Related Info from Show Notes

Caroline Myss writing on tribal mind. An excellent brief essay on the subject is here, or you can check out her book, Anatomy of the Spirit.
Boardwalk Empire. Info at IMDB.com
Life on Mars – Finale Fail
Demon Lovers: Succubi website
Venn Diagram of Podcast topics:  illo at bottom of this page

Venn diagram of the Alien Tourist subject area.

(Yeah, yeah, I’m a geek. . .)