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“I am determined not to go myself until I see Mr Madison safe…”

“I am determined not to go myself until I see Mr Madison safe…”

by Amanda Read Sheik | Feb 23, 2015 | Appearances, Dramatizing History, Politics

Today’s Angry History Show episode is about the burning of the White House during the War of 1812. I was privileged to play the voice of indomitable First Lady Dolley Madison. (I kept a tall mug of Throat Coat tea nearby to regain my voice as I recovered from an...
When Art Predicts Life: “Lumbersexual” vs. “Metrosexual” in Romans XIII

When Art Predicts Life: “Lumbersexual” vs. “Metrosexual” in Romans XIII

by Amanda Read Sheik | Nov 14, 2014 | Comedy, Dramatizing History, Filmmaking, Satire, World Views

Strange things arise from idiosyncrasies displayed on the internet. The latest is a term for the raw manly man rebound against the metrosexual prototype – “lumbersexual,” a term that unfortunately sounds like something unnatural happening with trees....

Presidential Portraits: George Washington

by Amanda Read Sheik | Feb 22, 2013 | Comedy, Dramatizing History, Filmmaking, Journal, Politics

Eight years ago, my sister Rachel and I made a cassette tape about George Washington for fun (yes, this is what teenage Read girls did for fun…in the era when I made a portrait of George Washington the desktop background on our computer). We organized a...

The Power of Narrative

by Amanda Read Sheik | Jan 15, 2013 | Dramatizing History, Filmmaking, Politics, World Views

Our languishing culture is made up of individuals, not a collective mass audience. Most of them are blasé, complacent individuals. To simply confront them with holier-than-thou accusations or rah-rah chants is fruitless. Moral outrage doesn’t make sense to them...

The Significance of Reformation Day for the United States

by Amanda Read Sheik | Oct 31, 2012 | Dramatizing History, Luke Historians, Politics, World Views

October 31, 1517 was a forerunner to America’s Independence Day. The following scholarly excerpts can be found in Amos and Gardiner’s Never Before in History: America’s Inspired Birth, which enthralled me at the age of 14. “The American...
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