Other People's Words

09/10/2021

How do you define love? Mark Joesting gives it a shot by reading an excerpt from Søren Kierkegaard's Works of Love. Enjoy!



https://mathishard.net/podcast/remakersmark/2021/10/08/other-peoples-words-episode-11-works-of-love-by-soren-kierkegaard/

10/06/2021

We are all living a path blindly.

Sarah Troedson Haynes relates how the advice from a revered figure gave her comfort and freedom at a time in her life, much like Franz Xaver Kappus did with Rainer Maria Rilke in the early 20th century. She reads an excerpt from Letters from a Young Poet.

https://www.mathishard.net/podcast/2021/06/10/other-peoples-words-episode-10-excerpt-from-letters-to-a-young-poet-by-rainer-maria-rilke/

23/04/2021

Have you ever been un-dragoned?

Jeremy Nilson reads an excerpt from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the third book in The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis, in which the character of Eustace recounts how he was changed back from a dragon into a boy.

Jeremy uses the tale as a parallel for his own experiences of relying on the help of others to shed elements of his past that were weighing him down. He is the owner and proprietor of The Gaming Goat, a most excellent board game store in St. Paul, Minnesota, as well as a founding member of Remaker's Mark, a most excellent podcast about movies.

https://www.mathishard.net/podcast/2021/04/23/other-peoples-words-episode-9-excerpt-from-the-voyage-of-the-dawn-treader-by-cs-lewis/

22/03/2021

Lyndsay LeClair gives us an excerpt from Joan Didion's memoir The Year of Magical Thinking, in which the author writes simply and clearly about the tangle of thoughts and emotions that surround a period of mourning.

https://www.mathishard.net/podcast/2021/03/22/other-peoples-words-episode-8-excerpt-from-the-year-of-magical-thinking-by-joan-didion/

07/02/2021

Episode 7 is here, featuring Aaron Billard, the abbott of Unvirtuous Abbey, reading a poem by Malcolm Guite called "Behind Each Number, One Beloved Face." The poem helps to bring our attention to the individual stories behind the tragic loss of life due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and to acknowledge that this loss is both overwhelming and awful.

https://www.mathishard.net/podcast/2021/02/07/other-peoples-words-episode-7-behind-each-number-one-beloved-face-by-malcolm-guite/

25/01/2021

Episode 6 is here! Dr. Edward Mathis talks about how wandering can be an expression of art, and how important the look of your cycling kit really is.

https://www.mathishard.net/podcast/2021/01/25/other-peoples-words-episode-6-a-wanderer-by-hashim-zk/

Other People’s Words Episode 6: “A Wanderer,” by Hashim ZK. January 25, 2021 By Andy Wicks https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/mathishard/Wanderer_Master.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:23 — 6.4MB) Art can be visual, auditory, tactile, or kinetic. Dr. Edward Mathis tel...

02/01/2021

Today we hear the story of how two people collaborated in 1992 to record a version of Margaret Atwood's "Variation on the Word 'Sleep,'" and how it, and they, have changed over the years.

Please enjoy this story from Alex Oana and Chris Collin.

https://www.mathishard.net/podcast/2021/01/02/other-peoples-words-episode-5-variation-on-the-word-sleep-by-margaret-atwood/

06/12/2020

Episode 4 is here! Janna Boomstra shares a prayer, originally in Dutch, that she received from her grandmother years ago, and how it has held comfort over her family even when she didn't know what it meant.

https://www.mathishard.net/podcast/2020/12/06/other-peoples-words-episode-4-prayer-for-my-children/

22/11/2020

Episode 3 is here! Jeffrey Petersen reads "The Slip," by Wendell Berry, as a way of talking about change, good or bad, and the emotions that come with it. I hope you enjoy it.

https://www.mathishard.net/podcast/2020/11/22/other-peoples-words-episode-3-the-slip-by-wendell-berry/

08/11/2020

Episode 2 is here, in which Becca Williams reads "Praying" by Mary Oliver.

https://www.mathishard.net/podcast/2020/11/08/other-peoples-words-episode-2-praying-by-mary-oliver/

18/10/2020

Other People's Words is a podcast where some of my favorite people read some of their favorite poetry and literature. Episodes will be short, easily listenable, hopefully tasty.

Episode 1 is live. It features Emily Kent reading "Above Pate Valley," by beat poet Gary Stevens. Emily shares why this poem resonated with her and why it matters now.

I hope you enjoy it.

https://www.mathishard.net/podcast/otherpeopleswords/2020/10/12/episode-1-above-pate-valley-by-gary-snyder/

Episode 1: “Above Pate Valley,” by Gary Snyder October 12, 2020 By Andy Wicks https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/mathishard/Above_Pate_Valley_3rd_draft.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:56 — 2.7MB) Welcome to Other People’s Words, a project where some of my favorite peop...

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