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Welcome to the Falcon and the Dove podcast! The Falcon and the Dove is a podcast show conducted by myself and my mother, Stephanie. This show consists of discussions on many varied topics that concern the Baby Boomers, the Echo Boomers, and everyone in between! Hear about issues involving the arts, business, literature, films, music, politics, and even the mysteries of the universe! Anything floats our boat! Our goal is to bring entertaining and thought-provoking discussion to all of our listeners, leaving each and every one with pieces of information that they did not know 1 hour before. The Falcon is my mother and the Dove is me (Areya). Watch this page every Sunday for a new episode!
Latest Episode Harry Potter 7 Anniversary Party - Women Authors and Conservation
Listen Now! | Download (right-click and 'Save Target As') The Falcon and the Dove is BACK this week to celebrate the one year anniversary of the release of 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows', as well as the 10-year anniversary of the release of the first book in the United States! We held this workshop at the Eastside Borders in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where, as most of you know, is where we held the Midnight release party for the seventh book one full year ago. That party attracted over 600 people as we brought in the Midnight hour on the night of July 20th, 2007! On July 19th of THIS year, we held this anniversary workshop, and also discussed the lives and conservation efforts of J.K. Rowling, Rachel Carson, and Beatrix Potter. The efforts of these women authors changed (and are still changing) the lives of many for the better, at the same time as improving our planet. All three of these women encountered large amounts of adversity, for their ideas, their gender, their classes, and their dreams. All of them overcame, and this workshop was a celebration of them. We hope you enjoy! - Overview of disussion. - We and our audience discuss our feelings on the 10-year anniversary of Harry Potter, our favorite characters, and our favorite passages. - We cover the impact that these women's works have made on us individually and the world population as a whole. - We highlight Beatrix Potter and discuss her life and achievements. - We talk about Rachel Carson's biography, the adversity she encountered at the time of her writing of the bestseller, 'Silent Spring', and her further accomplishments. - We get into an in-depth discussion of society's past views of women, the ridiculous conclusions that have been made about them (some of them made by high-ranking people), and how we can change the negativity. - We ask our audience what their favorite stories are. - Finally, Dove (Areya) reads 3 excerpts from 3 of the Harry Potter books: 'Sorcerer's Stone', 'Goblet of Fire', and 'Deathly Hallows'. We discuss each passage in-depth following each reading. - During these discussions, we touch on another fantasy tale, 'The Neverending Story', and its similarities to 'Harry Potter'. - We say farewell, leaving our audience and ourselves exhilarated and hopeful for the future, of literature, and of our environment.
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The Goal The mission of this podcast is to provide vital information which can be utilized in the real world. Our goal is to provide you with at least a few pieces of information that you did not know before-hand. Through this show, we hope to make many people's lives easier by offering information that people need to know, and providing entertaining and thought-provoking discussions on issues that are important to people in this day and age. What kinds of topics are discussed? This podcast is a mixed bag of topics. Everything from books, films, music, and other entertainment, to technology, the environment, censorship, a touch of politics, and maybe even the mysteries of the universe could be explored! The reason why it is so mixed is because we want to be free to discuss anything that might be important to our listeners. We do not wish to be limited by topic, which would force us to censor ourselves. In short, anything floats our boat. Therefore, if there is any topic that you would like to hear discussed on our show, please feel free to drop us an email at falcondove@areyasimmons.com, and let us know what YOU would like to hear about! Is this podcast for any particular age group? No. We are going to try to serve the interests of most age groups, most likely from teenagers to adults. The issues touched upon should concern both. If we were to rate the show based on film ratings, it would probably be from PG to PG-13. We intend to stay away from explicit content and language. However, no matter what is discussed, we hope to make the conversation as interesting, informative, and entertaining as possible for all listeners. How much is it to listen to the podcast? It's completely FREE! Knowledge and wisdom should never come with a price tag. How do I listen to the show? There are a variety of ways. When each episode is released, it will be made available RIGHT HERE on AreyaSimmons.Com, as well as on The Falcon and the Dove Blog at http://falcondove.blogspot.com. On this site, there will be links available which will allow you to either listen to the show right on the site, or download it to your computer. Each episode of The Falcon and Dove will be a simple .mp3 file. If you choose to download it, you will be able to listen to it through your computer, burn it to a CD, or transfer it to your mp3 player. If you do not wish to download the episodes but still want to listen, you can simply click on the 'Listen Now!' link that will be made available alongside the 'Download' link, and listen to the show directly from this website, on any computer with Internet access! You can also subscribe to the show through a number of 'podcast catchers' (all of which are available here!), including iTunes! If you have iTunes, that is the easiest way to subscribe. Once you subscribe, your podcast catcher will automatically update with the most recent episode the moment you go onto the Internet (without needing to direct-download each episode from AreyaSimmons.Com every week). With iTunes, your feed will update the moment you next open iTunes. Enjoy!
Do I need an iPod or iTunes to listen to the show? Nope! Each episode will be a .mp3 file, so you can listen to the show on this site, direct-download it, burn it to a CD, or transfer it to any mp3 player for on-the-go listening! How long are the episodes? We are going to try to keep the show around 1 hour. Every episode will be anywhere from 50 minutes to 1 hour, 20 minutes. We will try to keep it under 80 minutes, so that anyone wishing to burn the show to a CD will be able to fit it on one disc. Can anyone contribute to the content of the show? YES!!! One of our goals is to make this show as interactive with ALL listeners as possible! We want to hear from you, and we especially want to hear what YOU want to hear on the show! We would love to hear your feedback and input on the show. In the coming weeks, you will not only have the opportunity to listen to the show, but tell us what you thought! There will be polls posted on this site, one of which will allow you to vote on which discussion you enjoyed the most! Another poll will let you vote on what YOU believe should be the outcome of any issue that we discuss! That is where you can offer your opinion on an issue. And of course, you can email us at falcondove@areyasimmons.com and let us know what you would like to be discussed on our show! There is also a Feedback Form below and on the Contact page, so you can speak your mind on the spot! |
