Tales In Our Times

Two narrative nerds discussing storytelling and the way it influences every part of our lives. This

Episodes

Total: 32

EP33. Dinosaur Narratives

2024/12/4

Rawwwwwr! It’s an episode about big bloomin’ lizards! Mum’s a huge dino fan, so we thought we’d look

EP32. Dystopian Narratives

2024/11/27

Hello, again! We’re fresh off of George’s wedding, finally back to weekly posting, first off with ou

We are so blessed to have had the opportunity to interview friend and excellent librarian, Amelia Zi

In this week’s episode, we take an excursion through the work of one of our literary heroes: the exc

Give it to me; ONE TIME! And then never again. That’s what we’re talking about today, those authors

EP28. Dark Narratives

2024/5/22

Ooh, flippin’ ‘eck. It’s gettin’ dark in ‘ere. Today the nerds talk about the dark night of the soul

Hello, dear listener! Today’s episode is our first Author Highlight episode. We told you we’d be try

EP.26 Giving Narratives

2024/5/21

FINALLY. WE RISE FROM THE GRAVE. Hey all. Sorry for the wait. One of us had to move house, and it re

The nerds are back again with another proper late review of one of the events we went to. We took a

In this episode, the nerds talk about their expectations leading into the Rare Book Fair in Philadel

On this episode, George and Janet review the fallacies surrounding the Thanksgiving holiday. We give

In their second episode of the second season, George and Janet review another holiday narrative: Bon

We’re back from a brief hiatus with our second season! Janet and George change it up for this season

EP20. Season 1 Reflections

2023/11/2

For our last episode of what we’re dubbing Season 1, Janet and George take a look back over their fa

EP19. YA Narratives

2023/11/2

In this episode, Janet and George are joined by their second guest ever, a member of their family: B

EP18. Kitchen Sink Narratives

2023/10/11

In this episode, Janet walks us through an art movement that influenced her during her childhood: ki

In today’s phenomenal episode, we play host to our first guest, writer and comedy genius Stevie King

EP16. LGBTQ+ Narratives

2023/9/20

Alternatively known as queer literature, our topic for this week’s episode is LGBTQ+ stories! It is

This week’s episode takes us to the American South, where Janet walks us through the origin and prol

In the first episode out of the book fest hurrah, George and Janet take a look into the wondrous wor