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Ducks Never Waver Lunch Break
by Ducks Never Waver
Hello and welcome to the Ducks Never Waver Lunch Break. We’re just starting out in the land of selling on Etsy; join us (siblings Megan and Edwin) in our discussion of all things art, creating, and life. As your guides, we hope we can wet your curiosity and satiate your soul with interesting and beautiful ideas to ponder as you go back to work.So, come, dip your toes in the water with us, for Ducks Never Waver!Stay Quacky!Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/DucksNeverWaver
Episodes
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S2E9 "Why Children Should NOT Read Abridged Classics"
Book mentioned: https://a.co/d/irEEqFP
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S2E8 "Slipper and the Rose and Why Adults Should Enjoy Fairytales"
We often relegate fairytales to children thinking that when we reach a certain agedness we no longer need them. If we do this, we deprive ourselves of respite and imagination, the wonderment of grace, and how to face mortality and the vanity of life. This week, your favorite dynamic duo explore…
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S2E7 "Spinning: Myth, History, Craft"
Craft is so much more than the actual skill and tools that are required to create a desired outcome. This is seen most clearly in the the craft of spinning. Myth, history, tales, and more a twisted up in every yard of yarn produced. Our dynamic duo explores these depths looking at such materials…
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S2E6 "The Craft of Comedy"
Tragedy tomorrow, Comedy tonight! What makes something funny, what is the difference between laughing and crying, what is the point of laughter? These are good questions! But they shan't be answered! Nay! Who can feign to know the deep dark mysteries of comedy? "Dying is easy, comedy is hard"...
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S2E5 "The Beauty of Homeschooling"
In this exciting episode our dynamic duo discuss their experience being homeschooled. Find out if they feed into the stereotype or maybe they'll say something unusual, which would feed into the stereotype. Looks like we're caught in a loop again... Get ready to be loopy and enjoy! "My Divine...
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S2E4 "Quilting: history, making, and more"
Megan tried quilting! Check out this episode to learn more about the history, challenges, and controversies of quilting. YouTube video about making the quilt: https://youtu.be/9RhEmPULrDw Look at some quilts: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search?q=quilts
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S2E3 "Quick Fire Quack: New tools, tv shows, books, etc."
"Brevity is the soul of wit." This week our dynamic duo sets out to prove the bard wrong! A collection of topics spanning work to leisure and anything in between. Chisels: https://a.co/d/2yOLUyZ Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose: https://a.co/d/2Wvazec Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries:...
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S2E2 The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers
"Ask not for whom the bells toll; it tolls for thee". The history of bells, a dissection of change ringing, inept bureaucracy (redundant, I know), the life of a church, Old Years, New Years, Floods, Easter, resurrection, and oh yeah, a disfigured body. Throw in a stolen emerald necklace and you...
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S.2 Ep. 1 "What to do with Winter"
We're baaaaaack! We hope you stick around for a fun season of quackery! Why, Winter? Thy frosty countenance is enough to try men. Why dost thou tary and blacken the earth with thy cloudiness? To change the time, Winter replied. With great contrast I provide rich bounty of death, to halt industry,...
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Ep. 80 "What We've Been Up To and Where We're Going"
"Don't know where we're goin', but wherever we was wasn't it." We're back! Sort of... Catch up with your favorite dynamic duo to hear why they disappeared from the land of podcasts (hint: it's all Edwin's fault). Things were made and thoughts were thought, then they were talked about. What a time...
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Ep. 79 "Simple"
"Simple" is a word that seems easy to understand, basic, and well, simple. But when you get down to boiling the pudding you swiftly realize how complicated simple things are and vice versa. It is in this paradox our dynamic duo shall reside a while; trying simply to say that the simple things are...
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Ep. 78 "Confessions by Augustine"
Structured as a prayer, "Confessions" by Augustine is a book that everyone should read. But why? Well, that's what the podcast is about, silly! If you want a more in depth look we recommend this lecture series from The Great Courses: https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/st-augustines-confessions...
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Ep. 77 "Why You Should Dream"
And we don't mean the slumbering kind, although we are in favor of that too. Especially Edwin. He's always sleeping. But he's not sleeping during this podcast! In fact, he's all fired up to talk about a plethora of topics in this Quick Fire Quack. Teamed up with the ever sprightly Megan, this...
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Ep. 76 "Self Improvement"
Whether you're a scientist guru claiming you have the key to a perfect life or you're someone trying said keys, everyone is an expert in self improvement. But not our dynamic duo! Listen to them frolicking about the idea of self betterment and rambling free associations that Megan insists are...
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Ep. 75 "Watership Down"
"Watership Down" by Richard Adams is a sweeping epic of leaving home and building an empire, leaders and warriors, and, well, rabbits! Our dynamic duo go off on an adventure of their own, following the journey of those motley rabbits. Parallel roads to "The Aeneid" and "The Odyssey" are hopped...
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Ep. 74 "An Intro to Philosophy"
What is philosophy? How do you know philosophy is philosophy and not something made up by some guy named Phil? Our dynamic duo offers up for your auditory amusement an awareness to the far reaching realms of philosophy. This may become a series, it may not, either way you should listen to this...
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Ep. 73 "Why Do People Like Fishing?"
Calming yet infuriating, easy to do yet must be highly skilled, these are just a couple of the paradoxes (or as Megan likes to say: pair-of-docks) that makes the waters of fishing murky. Can Edwin (the most experienced fisherman of the dynamic duo, which isn't saying much) enlighten to the joys...
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Ep. 72 "Quick Fire Quack: April Edition"
Urban homesteading, most valuable thing learned in school, and maintaining friendships (ick), are a few of the topics discussed in todays exciting episode! More fun: https://linktr.ee/ducksneverwaver
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Ep. 71 "Fahrenheit 451"
The book:https://www.amazon.com/Fahrenheit-451-Ray-Bradbury/dp/1451673310 More fun stuff: https://linktr.ee/ducksneverwaver
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Ep. 70 "Endeavor to Persevere"
A free flowing episode with highlights such as bunnies, toughness, and the problem with metaphors. More Fun:https://linktr.ee/ducksneverwaver
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Ep. 69 "Quick Fire Quack: They both quack"
A spin on the concept, Edwin and Megan take turns answering a plentiful plethora of questions. No one saw this coming. What will they do next?! More fun: https://linktr.ee/ducksneverwaver
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Ep. 68 "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Part 2"
Picking up the poem where they had previously played, this dynamic duo discuss the alliterative, ambiguous, end without further adjournment. More fun: https://www.amazon.com/Gawain-Green-Knight-Pearl-Orfeo/dp/0345277600 https://linktr.ee/ducksneverwaver
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Ep. 67 "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Part 1"
Covering style, setting, and subject, our dynamic duo discourse that weighty, worthy, classic-without-end - "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight". Heroically our heroes search high and low thru this highly regarded and honorable poem. And amiably stroll down the avenue of ambiguity. Make sure y'all...
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A Blip in Time
Well, this week we went thru the harrowing experience of the all dreaded "technical difficulties". 3 days, 7 hours, 900 tests later, we THINK we are back in business! We hope you enjoy this lil' teaser... Can you guess what the next episode will be about? Stay Quacky...
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Ep. 66 "Why You Should Have More Books Than You Can Read"
Have you ever been told "You don't need that book. You have more at home that you haven't even read!"? And did you feel an irrational, irate, irritating, indignation? Today Edwin and Megan are here to tell you that those feelings are anything but irrational and that contemptible cur should listen...
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Ep. 65 "2024 Trends and Such"
Our dynamic duo is back, this week talking about trends. Are they the most up to date trends? Probably not. Do most people care about these trends? Probably not. Do Megan and Edwin have strong opinions about these trends? Most definitely. More fun: https://linktr.ee/ducksneverwaver
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Ep. 64 "The Christmas One"
On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, music, books, and movies! Well, maybe not, but that's what our quacky dynamic duo are talking about in this exciting episode. Going thru a few of our favorite things (yes, that is a song reference, sheesh) and talking about Christmas joy, we...
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Ep. 63 "Encouragement"
Courage, man! Our dynamic duo encourage you to encourage and to take part in encouragement! How to be bold and have the courage to sally forth in life! More fun:https://linktr.ee/ducksneverwaver A play/movie you should watch:https://www.amazon.com/Henry-V-Kenneth-Branagh/dp/B07N1DNLQ3
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Ep. 62 "Hodgepodgecast"
We've got bunnies, we've got musical interludes, we've got basements (weird flex, I know). We also have a big ol' sale on Etsy coming up that you won't want to miss. Find out the details by listening to this week's episode! More quacky fun: https://linktr.ee/ducksneverwaver
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Ep. 61 "Art Party"
What is an Art Party? Who has an Arty Party? How does one have an Arty Part? When does one have a Party Art? Most importantly, WHY have an Art Party? These questions, along with what is the opposite of a mirror is, are answered in todays exciting episode. Fun stuff!...
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Ep. 60 "Frankenstein by Mary Shelley"
It's alive. It's ALIVE!! This week listen and learn all about a famous dynamic duo. One filled with hate, murder, and existential angst. No no, it's not Edwin and Megan. It is actually Victor Frankenstein and his Creature. Overwhelmed by the sublime, a creation that de-creates, the death of...
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Ep.59 "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"
Dr. Megan and Mr. Edwin dive into the strangeness that is the duality of man. Dr. Megan (purely good of course) and Mr. Edwin (badly bad badness) show why you (yes you) should read the actual literal literary words of R.L. Stevenson. Why? This novella is already so known, so retold and remixed…
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Ep. 58 "Quick Fire Quack: Fall Edition "
Aaahh yes, the season of death. We love it. Pumpkins die, apples die, crispety crunchety leaves die. It is fun. Edwin and Megan talk about this and all the other aspects that make this such a wonderful time of year. Such as cozy movies, Edwin's abhorrence of cinnamon (or was synonyms?), and how...
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Ep. 57 "Hammer Dyeing"
With nothing more than brute force, sheer expenditure of explosive energy, wielding a mighty hammer, beautiful delicate flower petals can be driven deep within the fibers of fabric, preserved in perpetuity with nary a how-do-you-do. Can it really be that simple? Can wielding a hammer at cotton…
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Ep. 56 "The Comancheros: words men live by"
"Words are what men live by, words they say and mean". Edwin and Megan discuss this important theme that is explored in the movie "The Comancheros" (made in 1961, starring John Wayne, Stuart Whitman, directed by Michael Curtiz). Paul Regret's (Stuart Whitman) questions the value of words and how...
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Ep. 55 "Why You Should Re-Read the Hobbit"
We know you've read "The Hobbit" but have you re-read it? This literary treasure takes on layers of meaning each time your pupil, iris, cornea, retina, stuffed into a cavernous hole socket thing in your skull, glances over it. That means, you can read it with new eyes each time. Edwin and Megan...
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Ep. 54 "Challenging Challenges Challenged"
Some musings on why one should challenge themselves early and often. You must ssuuffaaah! Some thoughts that Megan and Edwin thunk include: Life being difficult should be expected, unless it's the Spanish Inquisition. That challenging yourself will make the unavoidable challenges less surprising....
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Ep. 53 "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen"
Can a story stop a war? Are we better off for living post the "Age of Reason"? Is being rational reasonable and being reasonable rational? These questions are dealt with in the visually stunning, humorous, whale of a tale that is "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" directed by Terry Gilliam...
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Ep.52 "Happy Birthday To Me! QnA"
We're back baby! That's right, your favorite dynamic duo is back, answering all your frequently asked questions like: Where did you get the name? What does it mean? How does it mean? Why does it mean? What is this madness??? Other points of interest: How we got so smart and the influential books...
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Ep. 51 "Art Needs No Justification by Hans R. Rookmaaker"
This week's podcast is a day late, but, we hope, not a dollar short--and if it is a dollar short, you can help us make it up by buying one of the beautiful items in our Etsy Shoppe! Join the Dynamic Duo of Edwin and Megan as they don their fancy philosophic and art historical hats to discuss Art...
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Ep. 50 "Quick Fire Quack: Summer Addition, Spring Subtraction"
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." Well, to be true, it is now officially Summer which means that it is the best of times. Besides the bugs. A pox on bugs. Megan smites the Quick Fire Quack Questions as quickly as Captain Ahab catches the White Whale. Which is a whale you can...
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Ep.49 "It's All Greek To Me!"
Edwin travels to the Mediterranean, to Greece. Has he come back a philosopher? Did he see the ancient ruins or is he just ruined? Did the wild cats take his squid? Learn the answers to these important questions and what it's like to be a foreigner in a foreign land in this exciting installment of...
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Ep.48 "Megan's Habit"
Megan flies solo telling you all about her super cool habit that helps her do 5 things simultaneously! Wow! True, she made the list redundant but who's checking? Who's checking, anyways? What's this link? https://linktr.ee/ducksneverwaver It's a mystery!
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Ep. 47 "Lunchbreak Retrospective: The past year and some change"
Looking back through the quacks, Edwin and Megan celebrate 1 year of podcasting. Finally find out why it is called the Lunchbreak. How our 1st (never released) recording was a DISASTER. Megan's new hobby of flying a helicopter up the coast of Lake Michigan. They also pick a new motto (what a time...
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Ep.46 "Craft Fairs and How To Do Hard Things"
Gather 'round, listen to the saga and serendipitously surrender to the soporific and sage advice of the stupefying Megan. Wherefore, hitherto, and furthermore a selling at craft markets we will go! Get practical advice (including price tags. Eeeekk! There's a double meaning in that...) and...
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Ep.45 "Spring Cleaning"
First we have to go back to the flood. No, not that flood. The flood in Edwin's basement. Dredging the bottom of the domicile, brought face to face with the good, the bad, and the ugly, of his boyhood; Edwin was at a loss of what to do with his soggy possessions. Enter Megan. There is a saying…
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Ep.44 "Quick Fire Quack: Featuring Edwin"
Another riveting game of "Quick Fire Quack" this time with Edwin. The objective of the game this time is to be the first one to get through all the cards. Can he do it? Find out in this exciting episode! This rich gabfest includes: Metal Sculptures "The Bride Wore Black" directed by Francois...
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Ep. 43 "Tender Mercies"
A force of talent from Robert Duval, Bruce Beresford, Horton Foote, and more come together to make the entrancing film "Tender Mercies". A movie that deals with the death of the old man, resurrection, and the gift of the Holy Spirit, "Tender Mercies" will move you every time. Join our news…
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Ep.42 "Mary Poppins: Everything I Need to Know I Learned From..."
Practically perfect in everyway. Yes, this does encapsulate the essence of our eccentric Megan, but it is also true for Mary Poppins. A new series breaks forth: "Everything I Need to Know I Learned From..." We look at Mary Poppins for the wise but strange advice that a spoonful of sugar helps the...
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Ep. 41 "Work and Leisure Collide"
What is work? For that matter, what is leisure? Is there a gulfing rift of rife between them or can the two collide and stick together like a peanut butter sandwich? Will there be bananas on the sandwich? This and so much more in our exciting episode! Much credit given to Mortimer Adler's talk on...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Hello and welcome to the Ducks Never Waver Lunch Break. We’re just starting out in the land of selling on Etsy; join us (siblings Megan and Edwin) in our discussion of all things art, creating, and life. As your guides, we hope we can wet your curiosity and satiate your soul with interesting and beautiful ideas to ponder as you go back to work.So, come, dip your toes in the water with us, for Ducks Never Waver!Stay Quacky!Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/DucksNeverWaver
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Hello and welcome to the Ducks Never Waver Lunch Break. We’re just starting out in the land of selling on Etsy; join us (siblings Megan and Edwin) in our discussion of all things art, creating, and life. As your guides, we hope we can wet your curiosity and satiate your soul with interesting and...
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