Sarah Vowell on the "Smart-Alecky" Geneva Bible

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/10/18/Sarah_Vowell_The_Wordy_Shipmates

In an excerpt from her book "The Wordy Shipmates," essayist and public radio commentator Sarah Vowell explains the difference between the Geneva Bible and the King James Bible. Vowell identifies the former scripture as the one full of "smart-alecky Protestant commentary."

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Sarah Vowell talks about The Wordy Shipmates. Vowell travels through America's past to 17th-century New England. She looks at the Puritan effect and finds their beliefs about church and state more interesting than their buckles-and-corn reputation would suggest.

Vowell is a regular contributor to public radio's This American Life and is the author of The Partly Cloudy Patriot - The Wordy Shipmates

Sarah Jane Vowell was born December 27, 1969 and is an American author, journalist, humorist, and commentator. Often referred to as a "social observer," Vowell has authored several books and is a regular contributor to the radio program This American Life on Public Radio International. She was also the voice of Violet in the animated film The Incredibles and a short documentary, Vowellet: An Essay by Sarah Vowell in the "Behind the Scenes" extras of The Incredibles DVD release.

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[ChrisSketch]

Maybe I have strange taste in entertainment, but I could listen to Vowell talk all day.

[lullybasblancs]

um, i heart sarah

[vaemcdowell]

@ChrisSketch Your taste would be stranger if you couldn't.

[cal3g]

Lets see what did you forget to mention???

Oh never mind, no one actually read the bio on King James.

No one actually knows anything but what you just lied to them about.

You have to be kidding, right??

[Keruaran]

@HillCountryFMAssoc lol she does too

[PaulBaughman2142]

@HillCountryFMAssoc I just read somewhere that she did the voice for that character.

[jewpiles]

advertisement first = fuck you.

[BorgKing001]

hmmm, she's smart i guess, but i prefer fart jokes

[AnotherBroMark]

@mattandpatti222 You are simply repeating a lie that was started by a man whom King James had silenced and the man started the lie 25 years after the death of King James. Funny how it always happens after they are dead. You can see a 3 part video series I uploaded on my channel entitled "The Real King James Story".

copy below and paste it in your YouTube search bar for part one to appear at the top left after clicking on search.

watch?v=NhUyzSTqPm0

[emmjay2662]

I love how receptive her audience is here. They all get the humor within her storytelling. Totally my peeps!!!

[garyshouse305]

there was a 4th man in the fire with the 3 brothers. you failed to mention that!!

[xxdiogenescynicxx]

She sounds like Lisa Simpson :).