LoLT: Accidentally Wes Anderson and Two New Books

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Melissa & Dave

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5.0 • 559 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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In this episode, we get excited about two books: Accidentally Wes Anderson: Adventures by Wally & Amanda Koval and Polostan by Neal Stephenson. Then Wally and Amanda from Accidentally Wes Anderson recommend a silly-fun music hotline. Links Accidentally Wes Anderson website and Instagram Accidentally Wes Anderson: Adventures by Wally and Amanda Koval Accidentally Wes Anderson by Wally and Amanda Koval Accidentally Wes Anderson: Adventures audiobook narrated by Jeff Goldblum Radio Prague on the Red Arrow train Polostan by Neal Stephenson Video: Neal Stephenson at the Long Now Foundation NPR on Callin’ Oates Video: She’s Gone Video: Sarah Smile Transcript of this episode. The Library of Lost Time is a Strong Sense of Place Production! https://strongsenseofplace.com Join our FREE Substack to get our (awesome) newsletter and join in chats with other people who love books and travel. Do you enjoy our show? Do you want to make friends with other (lovely) listeners? Please support our work on Patreon. Every little bit helps us keep the show going and makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside - https://www.patreon.com/strongsenseofplace As always, you can find us at: Our site Instagram Substack Patreon Parts of the Strong Sense of Place podcast are produced in udio! Some effects are provided by soundly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up, an offbeat travel guide that's the definition of delightful. A Russian spy learns her craft in the 1930s.
0:09.3	Plus our distraction of the week. I'm Mel. I'm Dave. This is the Library of Lost Time.
0:16.9	We have special guests today, and I'm very excited about it. Yeah.
0:26.2	Wally and Amanda Coval from Accidentally Wes Anderson are sharing a distraction of the week later.
0:30.1	But first, I need to tell everyone about their new book,
0:33.0	Accidentally Wes Anderson Adventures.
0:37.5	And to do that, we should talk about the man himself, Wes Anderson.
0:40.4	I really like his work.
0:41.4	I really do, too.
0:45.4	And I know some people think that his movies are more style than substance.
0:48.7	And to those people, I say, you're not paying attention.
0:49.4	Wow.
0:53.3	Yeah, underneath all of the whimsical, candy-colored images,
0:59.2	there's a sense of poignancy and longing that really works on me.
1:02.9	Yeah, it's kind of nostalgia for a time that never happened.
1:04.7	But looks so good.
1:05.8	It does.
1:08.6	I felt pretty hard for Moonrise Kingdom.
1:10.7	Dear Suji, here's my plan. Dear Sam, my answer is yes. Dear Susie, here's my plan.
1:12.8	Dear Sam, my answer is yes.
1:14.2	Dear Susie, one.
1:15.2	Dear Sam.
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