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Off the Chain Episode 30

Episode 30: The Skunk & Following People, Expert Testimony: Lexington, Kentucky Edition, Ask OTC, Unchained Melodies: Songs About Animals, and The Seed Beneath the Snow

This week Dave and Steel are joined once again by their friend Julia. Together they share stories of spying and following people, quiz Julia about all things Kentucky and ancient Greece, answer listener questions about Vin Diesel, eighteenth century literature and college, share great music from Beth Orton, Hayden Thorpe, David Gray, Joanna Newsom, Warren Zevon, and CocoRosie, and Steel shared a passage from Ignazio Silone’s novel The Seed Beneath The Snow.

The Skunk

Dave recommends the children’s psychological thriller The Skunk by Mac Barnett.

Expert Testimony

Ask OTC

  • Check out Vin Diesel’s fake beard in his new witch-hunter movie.
  • Carry your book in a wagon when you go to college kids. That is all.

Unchained Melodies

Beth Orton — Dolphins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYumUX5WI7k

Hayden Thorpe — Goodbye Horses

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwOuRC-LFLk

David Gray — One with the Birds [Bonnie “Prince” Billy cover]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1W-uTjDU\_Q

Joanna Newsom — Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-xUpdO3g44

Warren Zevon — Werewolves of London

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDpYBT0XyvA

CocoRosie — Werewolf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgkAhj89IGA

Book Wisdom

This week’s edition of Book Wisdom comes from Ignazio Silone’s The Seed Beneath the Snow, the third novel in his Abruzzo trilogy, which also includes Fontamara and Bread & Wine.