#222 P2 – Why Is English So Difficult? An Oppressive Language And The Music Of Jane Austen With Tony Farina

Author, educator, podcaster and all-round great guy Tony Farina returns to your feed for part 2 of a special 2 hour long conversation spanning all sorts of topics!

This week is part 2 and Mike & Tony discuss close political voting and political apathy, the importance of language & compassion and then delve back into religion from a moral perspective. They then talk about the journey Tony has been on since his first book; Welcome To Mansfield’s release, the upcoming audiobook, how music had an impact on his writing of the Austen Chronicles and it’s importance to the characters within the novels. Their conversation concludes with what 2024 holds for Tony in the book & podcasting world!

If you missed last week’s release (part 1) the duo began by discussing the idea of recording every waking moment and mobile/cell phone access, before the monarchy comes up including Elizabeth I, II and Mary Queen Of Scots which flows into England’s impact on world religion, the whole bizarre concept of having a Royal Family and the part ends with a “what-if” scenario!

Tony mentioned many things in this conversation including;

The library website https://search.worldcat.org, the TV series Victoria, the podcasts Cover To Cover by Chris Franjola and Mandatory Music & CD by Max Byrne on Comics In Motion, plus the musical artists Eric Hutchinson and Matt Nathanson.

Also the books; The Circle by Dave Eggers, Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari, Lamb by Christopher Moore and The Future Of Us by Jay Asher & Carolyn Mackler. The article I Don’t Want To Be Right by Maria Konnikova: https://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/i-dont-want-to-be-right

Tony has been on GCC numerous times, the last two were episodes 195 (introducing his first Jane Austen Novel) and 219 (for Buffy Revisited).

Find Tony’s site here: https://www.arfarina.com, his podcast Indie Comics Spotlight is found on Comics In Motion: https://podfollow.com/comicsinmotion & find his book Welcome To Mansfield wherever you buy books! You can hear the playlists for Tony’s novels on Spotify or his website: https://www.arfarina.com/music.html

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The last full episode of GCC was the official beginning of Clone Wars Conversations, where Dave, Maff, Megan & Mike delve into all 22 episodes of season 1 of The Clone Wars. They talk animation, favourite episodes, best arcs, high & low points of the series, villains, clone personalities, a lack of dramatic tension and more!

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Mike (& Megan) appeared on Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores to compare the two Day of The Dead movies Coco & The Book Of Life: https://pod.fo/e/1fdd53 

Mike appeared on Back To The Filmography to talk about Jason Statham’s only animated movie to date; Gnomeo & Juliet: https://pod.fo/e/1f9f28 

Find Mike’s other show; Star Wars: Comics In Canon on Spotify & the other podcast apps on the feed of Comics In Motion or on GCC’s YouTube channel. The last episode was a review of the Asajj Ventress/Quinlan Vos book Dark Disciple, while the episode prior (143) was Mike delving into the Free Comic Book Day High Republic comics while ep 142 showcases Darth Vader against Padmé’s handmaidens! Previous episodes include the Hidden Empire crossovers, every canon Star Wars comic by Marvel, full High Republic coverage (book reviews & comics) & much more – https://podfollow.com/comicsinmotion       

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#195 – Jane Austen Books In A Shared Universe: Welcome To Mansfield, A Modern Take, Source Material & Young Adult Adaptations With Tony Farina (A.R. Farina)

THE JANE AUSTEN ADAPTATION YOU NEED TO READ! Tony Farina; podcaster, educator and published author (as A.R. Farina) is the guest this week, to talk about his ultimate passion project coming to life; 6 modern-day adaptations of Jane Austen’s books!

In more detail, Tony & Mike discuss why Tony embarked on this literary endeavour, his love of Jane Austen and her writing, how his adaptations are different, and similar, to the original works, how one modernises a set of books that are hundreds of years old, the core messages & themes in Jane Austen’s literature, Tony’s favourite Austen books, how he got his book deal, what it means to write “young adult” books, how he will be creating a shared universe for the characters and so much more – this episode is one for book-lovers, “Janeites” and authors!

Go to Tony’s website for updates on his books, his newsletter, podcasts & everything else: https://www.arfarina.com

Tony mentioned Beau Lake in this conversation – she is a writer at 4 Horsemen Publications as well as an editor and writer Liaison – https://4horsemenpublications.com/our-authors/beau-lake

Tony appeared on Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores, talking about their top 5 loose Shakespeare adaptations, listen here: https://pod.fo/e/13c6f0

Tony has appeared on episodes 71, 88 & 184 of GCC and Mike has appeared on Indie Comics Spotlight several times; on the 2022 episodes Miracleman & Shadow Service and the 2021 episodes Flintstones, Billionaire Island & Second Coming!

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In the previous episode of GCC (ep 194) Megan & Ria return to discussion Star Wars Visions with Mike! The trio discuss the 9 new anthology episodes in Volume 2, which are from animation studios across the world – tune in for found easter eggs, episode reviews, thoughts on the themes & messages, animation-style discussions and so much more – the episodes are Sith, Screecher’s Reach, In The Stars, I Am Your Mother, Journey To The Dark Hand, The Spy Dancer, The Bandits Of Golak, The Pit and Aau’s Song.

Find Mike’s other show; Star Wars: Comics In Canon on Spotify & the other podcast apps on the feed of Comics In Motion or on GCC’s YouTube channel. Episodes are out every Saturday; episodes 0-127 are out now; ep 127 was the first volume of The High Republic’s Phase 2 Marvel comics, we week prior was a review of Jedi: Battle Scars and the week before that was ep 125 which featured the second half of the Han Solo & Chewbacca series! Previous episodes include the War Of The Bounty Hunters & Crimson Reign crossovers, every other canon Star Wars comic by Marvel, the Journals of Old Ben Kenobi, full High Republic coverage (book reviews & comics) & much more – https://podfollow.com/comicsinmotion  

Mike recently guested on:

Where I’m From by Alyson Shelton, where he read out a poem he wrote: https://youtu.be/kl-E9a-6XIo

Stevie B’s Star Wars Podcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/McbWHBMZQxM

Ike’s Flame podcast to talk about The High Republic here: https://pod.fo/e/143ce4  

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Star Wars: Comics In Canon – Ep 38: Grand Admiral Thrawn’s Ascent In The Empire And Meeting Pryce & Yularen

This episode of Star Wars: Comics In Canon features the 6-part mini-series; Thrawn; adapted from the canon novel of the same name (set between Revenge Of The Sith & A New Hope), showing how he was enrolled into the Empire, his rise in the ranks, how other officers viewed him, his work with Wullf Yularen & Governor Pryce, his aide Eli Vanto and more!

Thrawn was written by Timothy Zahn but was adapted for comics by Jody Houser. The artist was Luke Ross, with colourist Nolan Woodard. Issue 1 was released February 2018, issue 6 was released July 2018 and the trade paperback was released September 2018.

Please note this episode was originally released in December of 2020 on the feed of Comics In Motion.

Thrawn was introduced into the canon in season 3 of the show Star Wars Rebels, he is also in the 3 Thrawn books (Thrawn; Alliances & Treason, all set before the season 4 finale of Rebels). In addition, the first book in the Ascendancy trilogy (set before the Thrawn trilogy & Rebels) is called Chaos Rising – it’s sequel, Greater Good will be released April 2021! Thrawn’s first appearance was in the legends Heir To The Empire trilogy, created by Timothy Zahn.

In the last episode of SWCIC (37), Mike tackled Lando – Double Or Nothing, which is set just before Solo: A Star Wars Story, featuring Lando, L3-37 and an undamaged Millennium Falcon! As well as Lando recording his adventures as the “Calrissian Chronicles”, the story includes a rebellion uprising, Lando buying a new cape and Mike also gives some information about the Falcon, L3-37 and of course, Lando himself!

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Mike’s Guest Spots:

Mike appeared on Indie Comics Spotlight, discussing Cavan Scott’s Shadow Service with Tony, listen on the feed of Comics In Motion! https://pod.fo/e/1259e4
Mike returned to Star Wars Timeline to talk about Villains in each of the SW trilogies here: https://youtu.be/V7382WWkSP0 – they also discuss accents in the Star Wars universe; the original trilogy here: https://youtu.be/1X0PyXkQZGg & the prequel trilogy here: https://youtu.be/3L4qWeYOzhw  

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Intro theme arranged by Mike Burton, backing music by Eric Matyas at www.soundimage.org

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