NEWER UPDATE! Wow, this is gonna be hard. The entries are fantastic people. You all get an *A* for effort! Today is the last day to submit names, and the winner will be announced on MONDAY so watch here.
UPDATE: Keep those ideas coming. The latest one with exploding seed pods is quite entertaining! (See combox for details.)
Exciting news, the American Chesterton Society is starting its own podcast, and we need your help! We need a name for this podcast.
ChesterCast is taken. Chesterton Moments seems to imply something shorter than I had in mind. Common Sense? Adventures with Gilbert? WonderCast? Breakfast with Chesterton?
I need some good solid ideas, and I'm hoping you'll brainstorm with me and help me come up with a great name for this podcast.
The contest will run for one week, till Friday, July 31st. If you suggest the winning name, you will win a Chestertonian prize. Please tell your podcast fan friends.
Friday, July 31, 2009
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"Dale Ahlquist is my homeboy."
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A Definite End Podcast
Nancy, I had the pleasure of hearing Dale speak at the IHM conference in Chantilly. I am amazed at how much I LOVE Chesterton right off, and sorry that I hadn't looked into the man's writing sooner. (I would wonder why he is ignored, but I think we know that answer.)
ReplyDeleteWhat about something referencing his Common Sense? I have to say that Dale's description of his as an apostle of common sense is spot-on. And, of course, the Ahlquist groupies would get it right away. ;)
"common sense" has some Paine-ful connotations.
ReplyDeleteWe also know that "Adventures with Gilbert" would eventually prove to be inconvenient (or is it the other way around?).
"Breakfast with Chesterton" brings to mind bacon and bloaters. Yum, but I don't think you want to talk about food. Or do you? (not a bad idea).
My suggestion: "sword of the common man". Because good writing, like a sword, it comes to a point.
How about, "That Old Chestnut" ? It's a quip, a double entendre on Gilbert's nickname from the kids, and alludes to the humor and ageless wisdom one is bound to encounter in the show.
ReplyDeleteI'm intrigued by the similarity between 'broadcast' and 'distribute,' seeds growing into pods, y'know, and nicely agricultural, but I can't think of how to make that go.
ReplyDeleteGKCasterton? GKast?The Evercasting Man?
Hmm. Something Chestertonian that could contain things which are perfectly familiar, yet still unexpected - things with a meaning and function beyond the obvious. It sounds to me like The Luggage of an Optimist.
ReplyDeleteI myself am guilty of carrying around miscellaneous bits of Chesterton that I haul out in any and every appropriate situation. They come in handy quite often.
Ok guys, these are good. Keep 'em coming. Five more days to brainstorm.
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ReplyDeleteYou sort of have to know what exploding seed pods are. Think jewelweed.
Down-to-Earth Imagination (one of the impressions that I've gotten from the few Chesterton books I've gotten my hands on)
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As a big ol' Chesterton fan, I was checking ot this site and happened upon this posting, so I thought I'd add my own suggestions:
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Chatting Chesterton
Elfland
Uncommon Sense
How about: The Prince of Paradox Podcast or Paradoxical Podcasts
ReplyDeleteHere is a brain dump of ideas...
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Chesterton Upstream
All Things Chesterton
Podcasting Badly
Napoleon of Podcast Hill
Everlasting Podcast
Puppet Theater
Early Burglar
Bootblack and Buttons
News from Fleet Street
The Man Who Was GK
Slaying the Dragon
Wasting Fairyland
The Dumb Ox
PodAlive!
Wisdom and Innocence
The GK Guardian
Tremendous Trifles
Hudge and Gudge
Greybeards at Play
Alarms and Discursions
What's Wrong With the World
A Short History of Chesterton
Fancies Versus Fads
The Outline of Sanity
Gloria in Profundis
The Collected Works
Generally Speaking
The Podcast and the Lunatics
GK's Omnibus
The Paradoxes of Mr. Podcast
How about "TrifleCast" ? :)
ReplyDeleteIf I win, do I get a t-shirt from the conference? *hopeful!*
Wow, these are great ideas everyone! Thanks for brainstorming with me. I almost need more than one podcast, there are some great names here.
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The Everlasting Apologist
GK's iWeekly
Gilbert not Sullivan
iDoxy does not work. Wanted to do a play on Orthodoxy, but found out doxy is an old Dutch word for . . . well, just google it.
Like "Christine the Soccer Mom" I also heard Dale in Chantilly -- fun, fun talk even though on matters quite serious. Enjoyed meeting him afterwards and getting his books signed.
Apostolcom
ReplyDelete"Drawing the Line: The Podcast of the American Chesterton Society"
ReplyDelete"poGKCast" (Podcast Of GKC America SocieTy)
Oh let me try:
ReplyDeleteThe Silence of Cheese
Take Yourself Lightly
The Unseriousness of Life
What's Wrong With Everyone Else.
Painting on Ceilings
Incense and Nonsense
The Man in the Cave
Dancing on Moon Beams
Tales from Elfland
An Innocent Criminal
Uncommon Common Sense
The Man Who was Podcast
The Podcast of the American Chesterton Society
Politics, Sex, and Religion
GK's Weekly
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Orthocast
Commoncast
Triflecast
Alivecast
Causecast
CNN - Chesterton News Netcast
ManaliveCast! :)
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