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Names are an interesting thing, they're how people identify you in everyday life. there's one caveat though, sometimes it can be difficult when it comes to choosing them for your baby as one couple found out when they chose to name theirs "Tuesday". Interesting, indeed.  We cover the entire back and forth in this week's episode. #ImpatientMoviesOrShows is featured  Podpoca...

Thumbs are a weird appendage, you need them but don't you wish sometimes they were just - better? One woman thought exactly this by putting implants in her thumbs and she's using them as fidget toys. We discuss how this happened and why it matters in this week's episode.  #InconvienentSuperpowers is featured Send a text to The Ebone Zone! Support the show If you have questions or co...

It's rare that ever a movie has been so true to life - in all the strangest of ways. The Batman starring Robert Pattinson premiered recently and it safe to say is one of the biggest films of the year so far, how could you not love new Batman stuff? How does "true to life" factor in though? Well, the answer involves an ACTUAL BAT getting into the theater and that situation is our mai...

Let's say you won the lottery. what would you do with the winnings? Buy a house, a car? A boat? Well, a lot of people like to speculate on that but sometimes you fall short, in one woman's case though, what she thought would be a flop ended up flipping her world upside down. #FictionalCharacterYelpReviews is featured  Send a text to The Ebone Zone! Support the show If you have questions...

Weddings are a funny and beautiful thing, especially when you throw a bit of sibling rivalry on the fire. Such was the case for a pair of sisters who thought they had everything ironed out for their big days, found the decorations, said yes to the dress and of course picked a groom but that is when things got turned on their heads. We'll discuss what happened, this week.   #BrandASongOrBandNa...

This week, we springboard into some mountain culture. Together we journey through the backwoods of southern North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia and West Virginia to see what tall tales live within. It's going to be a fun one. Ray Hicks - Appalachian History:  https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2008/08/ray-hicks-keeper-of-jack-tales.html NCPedia  Mountain Folklore Article Series:  Part  1:  http...

This week, we round out our series on Wilson Rawls' Where the Red Fern Grows, covering chapters 16-20 - the final 5.   Have you missed any episodes? Pt. 1: https://www.buzzsprout.com/131778/episodes/9924181 Pt. 2:https://www.buzzsprout.com/131778/episodes/9966810  Pt. 3: https://www.buzzsprout.com/131778/episodes/10010078 Where the Red Fern Grows Movie Trailer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

This week we take a look into chapters 11-15 in our Novel Review of Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls. Strap in, I feel a twist coming. ' Missed Parts 1 and 2? Part One: https://ebone.buzzsprout.com/131778/9924181-novel-review-6-where-the-red-fern-grows-pt-1 Part Two: https://ebone.buzzsprout.com/131778/9966810-novel-review-6-where-the-red-fern-grows-pt-2 Send a text to The Ebone Zone!...

This week we dive back in to the Novel Review series on Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls. We pick up this time out with chapters 6-10  No worries If you missed Part One: https://www.buzzsprout.com/131778/episodes/9924181 Send a text to The Ebone Zone! Support the show If you have questions or comments email ebonezonepodcast@yahoo.com  Follow the Ebone Zone on Twitter: https://twitter.com/O...

This week, we start a new series of episodes in our look at literature. "Where the Red Fern Grows" is a book that is very popular among readers and it seems fitting that we check it out together - chapter by chapter - until we get to the back cover.  Chapters 1 - 5 are broken down in this episode. Enjoy! Send a text to The Ebone Zone! Support the show If you have questions or comments em...

Google can help you dig up just about everything. You can find Christmas presents, cleaning products, musical instruments and pretty much everything under the sun, including fugitives. Now that might seem a bit strange, but on Google Maps, sometimes things as they happen are stranger than fiction. Take for instance a man who used the pseudonym Manuel, he camped out in Spain for a bit and thought h...

There are a lot of unique New Year's traditions out there - for instance - why do we in the United States drop a ball? Well, maybe that's a topic for a different episode but this week, however, we zoom out onto a broader scale and look into several traditions around the world.  Greek Good Foot: https://pappaspost.com/why-greeks-enter-right-foot-new-years/ Catalonian Man With Many Noses: ...

What - to you - constitutes as a date? expensive or low  key? A night on the town or staying in to cuddle and watch Netflix? well, the deciding line might be a lot more blurred than you think. Take one couple in England, they have a  dilemma - the simple question of is going to the grocery store a date?  well, that's our main point of discussion this week. Let's see if we can get to the...

Christmas is a wonderful time of year, and yes, in fact - IT"S HERE! Step right in, pull up a chair or take a seat on the couch near the fireplace and make yourself at home, relax and be merry! it's time to gather with hope in our hearts and love in our eyes for Christmas with the Ebone Zone.  Send a text to The Ebone Zone! Support the show If you have questions or comments email ebonezo...

Camels are unique and so are beauty pageants, you can watch your favorite competitors vie for the crown of "Mrs. Universe" "Mrs. USA" or Miss.... whatever small town is holding one of those contests at the county fair next year. In this week's episode we find that beauty is more than human apparently because in Saudi Arabia there is a such thing as a camel pageant which is...

Engagement noun a formal agreement to get married That's what the dictionary defines as an engagement and it can be a wonderful thing to commit to settling down with the love of your life, the one God has planted on this earth specifically for you - but things sometimes aren't what they seem. Take one couple in England for example, they are the subject of this week's episode and the...

This week we sit back down with Charles Reece to discuss more history in Wilkes County, specifically, the lives of Benjamin and Robert Cleveland and a preview of the book "An Environmental History of the Southern Appalachians"   Buy An Environmental History of the Southern Appalachians: https://www.amazon.com/Where-There-Are-Mountains-Environmental/dp/082035838X/ref=asc_df_082035838X?tag...

When you are stressed, or you just need to get from point A to point B, driving can be fun. To get your license and  experience the freedom of the road, however, you need to be tested, but as one German found out - driving your own car to the road test might just raise a few eyebrows.   More information on Balto:  https://www.cmnh.org/balto  https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/lifestyle/balto/ #That...

Pizza is one of mankind's greatest innovations - it comes in a variety of styles with all sorts of toppings, which means you can pile them high until your heart's content. Most restaurants use a brick oven to fire their pies but one father-son duo on YouTube is taking that concept and flipping it on its head. That's our main topic of discussion this week.  The Brick Wall's Lego...

In Basketball, sometimes fouls are necessary, to stop the clock, to get a couple free throws added to your bid at winning the game and other reasons are out there as well, but one thing is for sure when fouls get PERSONAL then, there's a problem. We take a look this week into a situation out of Garden Grove, California that puts a new meaning to the phrase "take it on the chin." #If...

Dogs are awesome, they're loyal companions who will love you no matter what. Owners on the other hand, show their love in different ways, as numerous as the stars in the sky it seems. This week, we discuss one of those ways involving Instagram and clothes... stranger than fiction? Maybe... you can decide that for yourself.  Hound of the Baskervilles Pt. 1: https://ebone.buzzsprout.com/131778/...

We all need sleep and that's a FACT for sure but some people, well, they just don't have enough hours in the day. In Hong Kong, China they've set out to fix that. They've set out to help the country's people get enough rest with of all things... a bus - it's a noble pursuit indeed and we'll break it down piece by piece in this week's episode.  My Top Three C...

Squid Game - an enormously popular Netflix hit that's taken the world by storm, as you can expect with every popular show there are always people looking to capitalize on the red hot 15 minutes of limelight. That''s what we're discussing this week as one restaurant in Indonesia  decided to spin the show's popularity in their favor.  #ThingsThatLiftMyMood is featured Send a...

Creativity can take people to a bunch of amazing places, stages, book signings, college art galleries - the list goes on for miles. One couple in Dubai was having a baby and they decided to kick it up a notch likw we do here in the good old United States because after all what better way to announce your kid is on the way than with help from a tiger? We discuss what went down and how people reacte...

Rollercoasters are in integral part of amusement parks, there's wooden ones, metal ones and even coasters for kids... but what happens when a contraption made for fun - leads to pain instead? The reason this question is on the table is because in Japan that's exactly what happened.  We will break the entire situation down this week.  #IfFacebookWentAway is featured   Send a text to The E...