The Riddle of The Tongue-Stones

In this episode, Madeline chats again with her friend Thomas Salerno, a freelance writer, editor, and fellow podcaster with a background in paleontology and anthropology to celebrate the release of his new book, The Riddle of The Tongue Stones. During their conversation, they discuss his work on other podcasts, his love of Bl. Nicholas Steno, and overview of Bl. Nicholas Steno’s life, the writing process, Bl. Carlo Acutis, handling critique, collaborating across mediums and so much more!

During the course of their conversation, they make many references which you can explore. Some of these references include episodes 22, 30, and 39 of this podcast, Vatican II in A Year podcast, The Seashell on The Mountaintop by Alan Cutler, My Son Carlo by Antonia Salzano Acutis, the There’ll Be Scary Ghost Stories anthology, and this Word on Fire Q&A with Thomas.

You can read more about Thomas's work and catch his own podcast episodes here.  He also has some work that you can read at Word on Fire such as these articles mentioned in the episode: the JWST piece, the pro-life piece, and the Jurassic Park piece. You can also purchase his book Riddle of The Tongue-Stones here.

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