Books and Brews Podcasts Episode #: Episode #39: Janelle Molony and Jodi Nasch Decker

Books and Brews Podcast

Janelle Molony, M.S.L. is a family historian, an award-winning non-fiction author, and news journalist. Jodi Nasch Decker, Ed.D. is a college professor and freelance writer. Together, they provide interpretation and context for the poet Martha Nasch’s alleged seven year fast and 1920’s insane asylum stay. SevenYearsInsane

Readings:

• News Reports on Martha Nasch's Seven Year Fast – 13:59
• Force Feeding in the Asylum – 24:56
• The Asylum, a poem by Martha Nasch – 40:09

Michael’s Beer Pairings:

• Celebrator Doppelbock, Privatbrauerei Ayinger (paired to News Reports) – 11:02
• CPB, Lupulin Brewing Company (paird to Force Feeding in the Asylum) – 23:32
• The Abyss, Deschutes Brewing Company (paired to The Asylum) – 39:23

Interview Highlights:

• How Jodi and Janelle came to write about poems from an asylum – 15:37
• How Martha ended up in the Asylum – 18:23
• Going viral, 1934-style – 21:33
• Martha not eating – 28:23
• The husband who committed her: villain or victim? – 33:10
• Life after an asylum – 41:47
• Happy times in an asylum – 48:20
• Crossing war-torn country in a wheelchair with Wyatt Earp's father – 53:20

COMING NEXT MONTH: Janet Raye Stevens, time travel

UPCOMING EVENTS:

• Gabriel's Horn is accepting submissions for its anthology
• Release of Saint in the Cellar by Laura Vosika and Chris R. Powell, available in print, ebook, and hard cover.

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