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by Mary Beth Ellis
Got a minute? Award-winning nonfiction writer and college instructor Mary Beth Ellis touches on every aspect of life from baseball to Star Wars to hippopotamus drama and back again. Prefer the video version of this and other essays? Smash that bell on her YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmnU3mb86xU2pp3-pbdK8YQ
Episodes
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Trench Run: The Showing, the Telling, and the Silence
The incredible story of the significant contributions of former bartender, current girls' soccer coach, and constant actor Brendan Wayne to the character of Din Djarin in The Mandalorian. Thanks for reading, listening, and watching.
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The Men Go First
Communication between hearts is often wrapped in bizarre packaging, and never more so when one party literally made the other one. Original column form of this episode is here. Thank you for reading and watching.
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Why The Mandalorin Is Kicking Droids All of a Sudden (It's Complicated.)
Why did The Mandalorian seem to change his mind about droids? Doesn't he like them now? Here's why it's complicated... and why R2D2 played a role in Mando's actions! For the original text version of this column:...
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Trench Run: The Moment Bo-Katan Began to Lead--And It's Not When You Think (column in Fansided)
Here in the age of Pedro Pascal, no one's talking about the real power couple of The Mandalorian. And while we're at it, don't miss how Bo-Katan managed to put in a performance that is unequalled in all of "Star Wars." YouTube version: https://youtu.be/KAH-zOf7qV8 Original column on Fansided:...
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Showing and Telling at Yesterday's Ballpark (column in RLN)
How do we allow reality to speak for itself-- both now and in the long story of baseball? There's much more to the post as published! Original text of the column is here at Redleg Nation.
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Trench Run: No One's Talking About What Mando Didn't Say to Baby Yoda (column in Fansided)
And they're ignoring one of this Star Wars show's most important glances in all three seasons. Where The Mandalorian is headed, why The Armorer kept her mouth shut, and what Grogu has to do with any of it (pretty much everything, actually.)
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A Zero-Sum Game (column in RLN)
What does the pitch clock say about us-- and who we are? A small white round object tells the whole story in more ways than one. Original text of the column is here at Redleg Nation.
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That Man Got Robbed (column in RLN)
What happens when you stick a Canadian in the Midwest for fifteen years? A robbery, that's what. Here's where to read the original and weigh in with the others: https://www.redlegnation.com/2023/02/22/baseball-is-life-the-game/ Let us know what you think!
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Got a minute? Award-winning nonfiction writer and college instructor Mary Beth Ellis touches on every aspect of life from baseball to Star Wars to hippopotamus drama and back again. Prefer the video version of this and other essays? Smash that bell on her YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmnU3mb86xU2pp3-pbdK8YQ
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Mary Beth Ellis
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