web01.fireside.fm Mon, 04 May 2026 01:38:17 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) IMMP - Episodes Tagged with “Novel” https://www.immproject.com/tags/novel Mon, 09 Jun 2025 05:00:00 -0600 Matthew Porter and his son Ian Porter explore movies, TV, books and music from Matthew's youth, way back in the 20th Century. What stands the test of time? What doesn’t? And what's still worth binging in the new millennium? Son learns what made Dad ... whatever he is today. And Dad learns what Son thinks of all this. <sub>(Music by Jason Aro / Pond5)</sub> en-us episodic The Inter-Millennium Media Project, where a GenX dad subjects his Millennial son to 20th century media. Matthew Porter and Ian Porter Matthew Porter and his son Ian Porter explore movies, TV, books and music from Matthew's youth, way back in the 20th Century. What stands the test of time? What doesn’t? And what's still worth binging in the new millennium? Son learns what made Dad ... whatever he is today. And Dad learns what Son thinks of all this. <sub>(Music by Jason Aro / Pond5)</sub> no TV, media, comedy, talk, family, father and son, Porter, television, pop culture,retro,twentieth century,GenX,Generation X,Millennial,1960s,1970s,1980s,movies,cinema,1950s,1940s,1930s Matthew Porter and Ian Porter immpcast@gmail.com 172: THE CRYING OF LOT 49 by Thomas Pynchon https://www.immproject.com/172 19b91a68-fd2d-4e6d-a3c7-f6ece1187b41 Mon, 09 Jun 2025 05:00:00 -0600 Matthew Porter and Ian Porter 172 THE CRYING OF LOT 49 by Thomas Pynchon full Matthew Porter and Ian Porter Was the D&D panic of the 80s sorta kinda correct? Ian and Matthew talk about this and more while discussing of of Matthew's favorite novels. 55:00 no <p>Ian and Matthew finally discuss one of Matthew's favorite novels. Conspiracies, secret histories, and an important question: Was the anti-D&amp;D panic of the 1980s kinda sorta right in a weird way?</p> Ian and Matthew finally discuss one of Matthew's favorite novels. Conspiracies, secret histories, and an important question: Was the anti-D&D panic of the 1980s kinda sorta right in a weird way?

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]]> 075: Frank Herbert’s DUNE https://www.immproject.com/075 4d5bf4b0-29aa-4248-904a-839d6e70e838 Mon, 20 Sep 2021 05:00:00 -0600 Matthew Porter and Ian Porter 075 Frank Herbert’s DUNE full Matthew Porter and Ian Porter Ten thousand years in the future, as a galactic empire is wracked by conflict over control of the most precious resource in the galaxy, grownups and teenagers still fail to understand one another. 1:03:39 no <p>Ten thousand years in the future, as a galactic empire is wracked by conflict over control of the most precious resource in the universe, grownups and teenagers still fail to understand one another.</p> <p>Yes, there's more to it. Find out just how much as Ian and Matthew discuss Frank Herbert's science fiction masterpiece, <strong>DUNE</strong>.</p> Novel,frank herbert,Dune,classic Ten thousand years in the future, as a galactic empire is wracked by conflict over control of the most precious resource in the universe, grownups and teenagers still fail to understand one another.

Yes, there's more to it. Find out just how much as Ian and Matthew discuss Frank Herbert's science fiction masterpiece, DUNE.

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Yes, there's more to it. Find out just how much as Ian and Matthew discuss Frank Herbert's science fiction masterpiece, DUNE.

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]]> 054: A STUDY IN SCARLET by Arthur Conan Doyle https://www.immproject.com/054 35804ce0-8bc6-45ba-9db3-7786c5d04895 Mon, 30 Nov 2020 05:00:00 -0700 Matthew Porter and Ian Porter 054 A STUDY IN SCARLET by Arthur Conan Doyle full Matthew Porter and Ian Porter Our first HOLMES FOR THE HOLIDAYS episode starts at the beginning: the first Sherlock Holmes story, A STUDY IN SCARLET. 58:57 no <p>It's the most wonderful time of the year. A time of magic, wonder, and the foiling of crime through incisive deduction. IMMP presents HOLMES FOR THE HOLIDAYS!</p> <p>For our first episode we start at the beginning: the story that introduced Sherlock Holmes to the world, Arthur Conan Doyle's 1887 novel <strong>A STUDY IN SCARLET</strong>.</p> <p>Audio excerpts are from the AmazonClassics Kindle edition, and are used for purposes of critique and analysis. </p> Novel,book,Sherlock Holmes,mystery,England,literature,crime,fiction It's the most wonderful time of the year. A time of magic, wonder, and the foiling of crime through incisive deduction. IMMP presents HOLMES FOR THE HOLIDAYS!

For our first episode we start at the beginning: the story that introduced Sherlock Holmes to the world, Arthur Conan Doyle's 1887 novel A STUDY IN SCARLET.

Audio excerpts are from the AmazonClassics Kindle edition, and are used for purposes of critique and analysis.

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For our first episode we start at the beginning: the story that introduced Sherlock Holmes to the world, Arthur Conan Doyle's 1887 novel A STUDY IN SCARLET.

Audio excerpts are from the AmazonClassics Kindle edition, and are used for purposes of critique and analysis.

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]]> 039: THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY https://www.immproject.com/039 68436a35-1890-4ece-9f2a-2b3131c9e51e Mon, 04 May 2020 05:00:00 -0600 Matthew Porter and Ian Porter 039 THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY full Matthew Porter and Ian Porter Starting with the 1981 BCC TV show, Ian and Matthew discuss the sprawling multimedia Douglas Adams masterwork THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY. 52:16 no <p>Starting from the vantage of the 1981 BCC TV show, Ian and Matthew discuss Douglas Adams' sprawling multimedia masterwork <strong>The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy</strong>. </p> bbc, douglas adams, hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy Starting from the vantage of the 1981 BCC TV show, Ian and Matthew discuss Douglas Adams' sprawling multimedia masterwork The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

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]]> 013: The Teddy Bear Habit by James Lincoln Collier https://www.immproject.com/013 b269a546-dfe3-4ab2-b54e-684ebb347ddd Mon, 06 May 2019 05:00:00 -0600 Matthew Porter and Ian Porter 013 The Teddy Bear Habit by James Lincoln Collier full Matthew Porter and Ian Porter Presenting the first BOOK to be discussed on the IMMP: James Lincoln Collier’s THE TEDDY BEAR HABIT! 56:33 no <p>For the Inter-Millennium Media Project's first book discussion, we've selected a title that had a huge influence on Matthew. It's James Lincoln Collier's <strong>The Teddy Bear Habit</strong>, a kids' book and a show biz thriller featuring a remarkable 12-year-old narrator and the amazing setting of 1960s Greenwich Village, New York.</p> <p>Excerpts are from the Blackstone Audio edition, and are used for purposes of critical review and commentary. Excerpts are played at x1.25 speed.</p> Book,mystery,novel,Teddy Bear Habit,James Lincoln Collier, George Stable, Wiggsy, Damon Damon, Greenwich Village, crime fiction, thriller For the Inter-Millennium Media Project's first book discussion, we've selected a title that had a huge influence on Matthew. It's James Lincoln Collier's The Teddy Bear Habit, a kids' book and a show biz thriller featuring a remarkable 12-year-old narrator and the amazing setting of 1960s Greenwich Village, New York.

Excerpts are from the Blackstone Audio edition, and are used for purposes of critical review and commentary. Excerpts are played at x1.25 speed.

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Excerpts are from the Blackstone Audio edition, and are used for purposes of critical review and commentary. Excerpts are played at x1.25 speed.

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