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Acting and Performance (61)

Acting and Performance (61)

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DATE : Sat, 6 May 2006 16:22:00 GMT
Entered in Database : 2006-05-06 16:22:00
length : 25977665
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Dave Shepherd welcomes his wife Barbara once again as a guest Word Nerd. Dave and Barbara, who met in drama school years ago, discuss their shared background as actors. (1:54)

The specialized vocabulary of the theatre (5:51)

Music bumper from "Overreacting" by Brad Sucks (15:05)

Acting and performance in everyday life: the roles we play (15:29)

Song: "All the World's a Stage," by Away With the Fairys (19:15)

Rude word of the week: "chew the scenery" (23:27)

Promo for 7th Son, a podcast novel of suspense (28:04)

Music bumper from "Ockham's Shaving Kit" by George Hrab (28:53)

Brushes we have had with famous actors. (For more wonderful stories of similar close encounters, check out episode #34 of Digital Flotsam.) (29:31)

Music courtesy of The Podsafe Music Network

Theme music by Kick the Cat

time: 36:03
size: 24.8 Mb

rating: G (Although we used to be actors, we don't talk about the seedy side of the theatre at all.)

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