We’re in between books so we answered as many of your questions as we could—which is to say, this is one of those wide-ranging episodes on a variety of topics.
Graham- don’t feel ridiculous. My four children also eat their cereal dry. (They put it in a bowl and mostly eat it with a spoon- but always dry with milk to drink. )
Is there a list of the Classics canon you would recommend? Now that the kids are older, I am wanting to read more of those kind of books and outfit our home library with them.
I listened to Green dolphin Street, so now I’m wondering where I found an audio version. Maybe I had Siri read it to me? I am so auditory oriented that I will have the iPhone read something out loud to me before I get a book in paper to read.
Just finished listening; Heidi, PLEASE do not use ChatGPT to source citations! It's so tempting to think of ChatGPT as a glorified Ctrl+F (search & find) function, but that's not how it works. ChatGPT is what's called a Large Language Model, which is closer to a glorified predictive text function. It essentially autofills the next likely word, which is why it makes so many errors (and is currently REALLY BAD at math). It does not, I repeat, DOES NOT check the truth of anything it says. It may become better at these things in the future, but you can't rely on ChatGPT to be accurate in its present version.
Sean, Green Dolphin Street is one of my favorite books. The Hollywood movie is good too if you haven’t seen it yet. I just myself went through a search for its audio version with the same frustrating result. Reading Elizabeth Goudge is refreshing for one’s soul!
My little brother had an allergy to dairy growing up so he usually ate dry cereal, but occasionally he would eat his cereal with orange juice which always seemed like shocking behaviour to me! 😅
John Green, author (of The Fault in Our Stars fame) eats his cereal with water. I've not been craving cereal enough to try that...but I do like it dry!
Graham- don’t feel ridiculous. My four children also eat their cereal dry. (They put it in a bowl and mostly eat it with a spoon- but always dry with milk to drink. )
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So putting two and two together, does this mean that I might find David-annotated copies of previously podcasted books on the Goldberry shelves?
Is there a list of the Classics canon you would recommend? Now that the kids are older, I am wanting to read more of those kind of books and outfit our home library with them.
I listened to Green dolphin Street, so now I’m wondering where I found an audio version. Maybe I had Siri read it to me? I am so auditory oriented that I will have the iPhone read something out loud to me before I get a book in paper to read.
Beware Elizabeth Bennett. She may express opinions she does not, in fact, possess!
It would make her an entertaining podcaster lol
Y'all kept me awake and laughing on a long, dark drive home, and I did not hit a single possum.
Just finished listening; Heidi, PLEASE do not use ChatGPT to source citations! It's so tempting to think of ChatGPT as a glorified Ctrl+F (search & find) function, but that's not how it works. ChatGPT is what's called a Large Language Model, which is closer to a glorified predictive text function. It essentially autofills the next likely word, which is why it makes so many errors (and is currently REALLY BAD at math). It does not, I repeat, DOES NOT check the truth of anything it says. It may become better at these things in the future, but you can't rely on ChatGPT to be accurate in its present version.
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Sean, Green Dolphin Street is one of my favorite books. The Hollywood movie is good too if you haven’t seen it yet. I just myself went through a search for its audio version with the same frustrating result. Reading Elizabeth Goudge is refreshing for one’s soul!
David, in addition to Niall Williams, who are some of the other contemporary Irish authors you like most?
Me too! I’m guessing Claire Keegan is another? Would love to hear your response, David.
Mine too!
This is my follow-up question too!
I've found my kindred spirits re: dry cereal (cereal with milk is grossssss) and hatred of AI. My people!
My little brother had an allergy to dairy growing up so he usually ate dry cereal, but occasionally he would eat his cereal with orange juice which always seemed like shocking behaviour to me! 😅
John Green, author (of The Fault in Our Stars fame) eats his cereal with water. I've not been craving cereal enough to try that...but I do like it dry!
I could never eat cereal with milk...but my children are constantly conflicted between following in the footsteps of their father or their mother
Love this episode! I was trying to find the name of the second picture book David mentioned after Oxcart Man - did anyone catch the name of it?
Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran! One of the all time greatest picture books!
Thank you! 😊
And I loved hearing you talk about whose prose you love. Thank you! ❤️
The way you all roasted AI with such wit and enthusiasm 🔥🔥🔥 Music to my ears!