On The Road With Al and Ivy: Blog

 On The Road With Al & Ivy Podcast - Episode 7 is now live! Topic: The biography of Joan of Arc by Anatole France YouTube: https://youtu.be/AMz-BiabX0I?si=-XUuoPCXQ5wIKpbp Also on Spotify, Apple, iHeart, Pocket Casts Joan of Arc is a polarizing figure even in modern times. One of France's greatest satirists wrote a two-volume biography about her. His conclusions will surprise those expecting a debunking of the legend surrounding this remarkable woman. Music: Intro: Mescalene Manny by Handa-McGraw International Episode: Sunday's Moon by Handa-McGraw International Outro and featured: In The Summertime by Mark McGraw #podcast #classicliterature #books #joanofarc #anatolefrance Now live on Kindle Unlimited  Link: https://www .amazon.com/dp/B0FGWKK19K

Podcast update June 20: I've upgraded the graphics for the Podcast with a new main cover image, plus a graphic for each episode. I wasn't entirely happy with using the image that's going to be used for the ebook cover. The new main graphic is surrealistic and the image depicts the opening prologue of the upcoming ebook, which wasn't included in the Kindle Vella version. The ebook has 50% more content that I held back. The new images are live on Spotify and the other sites should update within 24 hours.  - Al Handa  Episode 5 of On The Road With Al & Ivy Podcast:   YouTube https://youtu.be/UzbidX1ji-Q?si=sWMjIsorIT8N1YxN   Also on Spotify, Apple, Amazon Music, i Heart Radio, and Pocket Casts - Review of Jack London's "The Star Rover." Was it early Science Fiction or a Metaphysical work about reincarnation, mental illness and sanity.  Podcast update June 20: I've upgraded the graphics for the Podcast with a new  main Podcast update June 20: ...

Episode 4 of the On The Road With Al & Ivy Podcast is now live! YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=muDkgVRj0og&si=3vU-XGkN0Pn4rqqy Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alhanda/episodes/On-The-Road-With-Al--Ivy-Episode-4-e2kksd2 Also on Apple, Amazon Music, i Heart Radio, and Pocket Casts Topics: The book "Gone To Texas (aka Josie Wales) by Forest Carter, a Homeless Woman's hard choice, outlaw protocols, value of friendship and knowing what's important. Music: Handa-McGraw International: Joyous Noise At The Burnside Church/Sunday's Moon/Maximum Delta Dirge/Interstellar Blowout Mark McGraw: Water Into Wine Time #podcast #josiewales #homeless #books #reviews #music #westerns Now live on Kindle Unlimited  Link: https://www .amazon.com/dp/B0FGWKK19K

Podcast Episode 3 now live on Spotify and Apple.  https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alhanda/episodes/On-The-Road-With-Al--Ivy-Episode-3-e2k5k0q Topics: The Godfather by Mario Puzo, Three Musketeers by Dumas, and the Robin Hood myth. Some thoughts on Travels With Charley by John Steinbeck, On The Road by Kerouac Scroll Version, and The Road by Jack London. Music: My Dog Dreams And Becomes A Mermaid Techno Mix, Sunday's Moon and Nigel Raga by Handa-McGraw International. Taylor's Blues by Mark McGraw

On The Road With Al & Ivy Podcast: Episode 2 Live on Spotify.  Will be live on Apple and YouTube Music with a day or two. https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/deltasnake/episodes/On-The-Road-With-Al--Ivy-Episode-2-e2jsa5l  Topics:   - The homeless literature of Jack London and George Orwell with commentary.   - The Kind Elderly Lady (aka Somebody's Grandmother) Excerpt from On The Road With Al & Ivy: The Anthology Vol. 2 - 2016-2018 Music:   Sunday's Moon by Handa-McGraw International   Mississippi John On The Mainline and Taj'n 'Round by Mark McGraw Intro and outro music: My Dog Dreams and Becomes A Mermaid (techno version) by Handa-McGraw International   #podcast #literature #homeless #blog #jacklondon #georgeorwell

Update on Podcast: Changing back to the original blog format There's one more change to the podcast format, which is in many of the descriptions of the show, the old title of the blog is going to be used again. It will read "On The Road With Al & Ivy: A Literary Homeless Chronicle." The reason is that it will allow me to incorporate material from my ebook and past blog entries that relate to homelessness. In other words, the podcast is simply going back to the old blog format that started in 2016 which covered literary and cultural issues occasionally from a homeless point of view. I may sound naive or clueless when I say that the main reason I had moved to a more literary format was that I actually thought the homeless issue was going to either go away or be reduced by the influx of help and money that was occurring even back in 2016.  There have been huge sums of money spent and the creation of many local and government services, yet the problem has been getting wor...

The first full episode of the On The Road With Al & Ivy  is now live on  Spotify  (and in my subscriber section on X). Podcast Episode 2: 1. Hermann Hesse, Marcel Proust and A.I. 2. Riffing on Rites of Passage For Men and Women (Humor) Music by Handa-McGraw International  https://open.spotify.com/episode/67K2sHKymlrGM6de9oRqBH?si=EXoa6is-Rm6RoXR0_br2kw #podcast #literature #essay #commentary #hesse #proust #humor #satire

FEBRUARY 2024 COMPILATION ISSUE Note: All material by Al Handa unless otherwise noted. Contents copyright 2024 by Al Handa. All rights reserved. IN THIS ISSUE: The Quitturz Preview: Parts 1-3 A.I. And Art: Part 4 - Some Thoughts About Scraping Boogie Underground Preparedness Primer: Part 1 How To Find The Perfect Headphones: Parts 2-3 The Quitturz Preview: Parts 1-3 The eBook version of "The Quitturz" will be published in December and it won't be a straight compilation of the current Vella episodes. The most obvious change is the title. The Vella serial is called "The Quitters," which is a good title, but music groups and other organizations already use it. I figured it was best to change the spelling, and the new title better reflects the 70s Punk sensibility. There are two significant changes: the chapters have been resequenced, and a parallel story has been inserted. The Quitters is my best-selling Vella book and works well as serial fiction. Most of that ge...