Najlepsze podcasty z kategorii: On Poetry (2024)

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I Am Tired, Even of Hope 5:34

1d ago5:34

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A Paradox After the Election It is 7:27 PM, Wednesday, November 6th, and I am tired, even of hope. Or maybe it is hope, that’s grown old, and now helplessly tired of me. I long for a place of equanimity, where nothing can easily attach itself to what feels like permanently me. Choosing “now,” is likely all there is. And suspecting that at least hal…

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Trust In A Time of Profound Mistrust 7:27

9d ago7:27

7:27

Could it be we do not trust some things that we should, and do trust other things that we should not?

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"It's Them!" The Demagogue's Dangerous Cry 6:55

16d ago6:55

6:55

To scapegoat. To play fast and loose with the truth and especially with blame. To add insult to injury. To ignore any and all logical and systemic connections between cause and effect. To refuse any chance for deep, just, and real solutions. These are the dangerous moves of the demagogue...Autor: Dale Biron

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There’s Wisdom In Feeling More Fully 6:03

23d ago6:03

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To "know about" something is largely an intelectual endevor. It's helpful, but incomplete. To actually "know" something deep in our bones, we must "feel" it more fully, which invites both the head and the heart to the party. This merging of our intellect with our emotions provides the possibility of wisdom. Poetry can help.…

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The Secret To Reinventing Yourself 4:26

30d ago4:26

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The world is made of stories. You are a story. Everyone you know and love is a story. Let's not accept stories about ourselves, others, or the world that are old, tattered, and no longer work...Autor: Dale Biron

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Does Mother Earth Need A Restraining Order? 6:17

1M ago6:17

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Does Mother Earth need a restraining order? This is one of several questions we tackle in this edition of the Dale Biron On Poetry Podcast. We also want to know the relationship between probability and possibility? Hint, living in possibility is pretty important...Autor: Dale Biron

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Your Mishaps, Mistakes & Misfortunes 4:57

1M ago4:57

4:57

Once you've extracted as much learning as you can from your past mishaps, mistakes, and misfortunes, it’s best to simply let it all go…Autor: Dale Biron

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Finding Courage In Difficult Times 7:26

2M ago7:26

7:26

Courage is to "know" our heart, and to "follow" it. In times of great turmoil and difficulty, it becomes even more important to do so. As in these times...Autor: Dale Biron

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The Universal Club of Kindness 7:31

2M ago7:31

7:31

Once we are part of this mysterious, unfathomable, undefinable, condition we call life, we are in (and within) the universal club of kindness.Autor: Dale Biron

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Righteous Anger 5:14

2M ago5:14

5:14

Can a poem explain the power of anger? Yes, the right poem, and the right kind of anger... Righteous anger.Autor: Dale Biron

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When Your Soul Needs Nature 3:58

2M ago3:58

3:58

There will be times when you can place your body into the natural world, to walk, see, feel, hear and touch. And there will be times when you can’t. But you can still seek healing solace.Autor: Dale Biron

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Can A Critter Help Cure Our Sadness 7:27

3M ago7:27

7:27

Might there be a poem equal to a cat video? Can a critter help cure our sadness, even our subtle but irreversible sadness?Autor: Dale Biron

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The Secret To Reading Poems Out Loud 5:46

3M ago5:46

5:46

Here's how to read poems for optimum inspiration, joy, and impact. (Relax. Renew. Repeat...)Autor: Dale Biron

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Decolonizing Our Minds (and Hearts) 7:24

3M ago7:24

7:24

War is necessary, needed, and natural… Wait, is this actually so? Powerful poems can help us push up against our cultural beliefs and expectations, especially the ones that are no longer serving us. This is one of my favorites mind and heart decolonization tools. A poem by Pablo Neruda, that says let’s just be quiet for a time...…

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Giving Up Your Worst Grudge 7:35

3M ago7:35

7:35

Our worst grudge is the one we hold, often unwittingly, against ourselves. It's the one that does the greatest damage. Time for forgiveness...Autor: Dale Biron

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A Poem Encouraging Peace of Mind 3:38

4M ago3:38

3:38

Sometimes increasing our peace of mind becomes our highest priority. This poem may help...Autor: Dale Biron

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Traveling Through This Darkness 5:24

4M ago5:24

5:24

How might a poem help us with difficult decisions in these dark times?Autor: Dale Biron

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“With Fear for our Democracy, I Dissent" 6:56

4M ago6:56

6:56

A simple poem about a beautiful, flawed, and precious thing...Autor: Dale Biron

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How Humans Change… A Pickle Juice Story 8:03

4M ago8:03

8:03

New stories, powerful metaphors, and compelling images, are arriving now daily. And not a moment too soon, because the old narratives have lost virtually all of their credibility, and certainly all of their magic. It's new cultural "pickle juice" we need, now more than ever...Autor: Dale Biron

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We Are Each Other's Changes 10:08

5M ago10:08

10:08

We are social beings. We make, consume and live by the stories we share with others. Stories that help us see and feel, think and navigate the world and our place in it. Stories that eventually define what passes for what we call our common sense....Autor: Dale Biron

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You Can't Get There From Here 7:52

5M ago7:52

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As the extraordinary teacher and public intellectual, Bayo Akomolafe once put it, “The times are urgent: Let’s slow down...” In this episode we contemplate what it would be like to start again, to start fresh, to start small and go slow...Autor: Dale Biron

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Good Friendship... Plain and Simple 11:39

5M ago11:39

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If we really want to have greater "agency" in this world (and at the same time, joy) we're going to need our dear friends by our side. In this episode we'll look at poetry that celebrates those we call our friends.Autor: Dale Biron

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Intro For My New Fall 2024 Course at The Fromm Institute San Francisco, CA 4:36

5M ago4:36

4:36

Resistance, Resilience, Renewal: Poetry’s Power in Turbulent Times... In this course, we’ll take a journey through the tumultuous landscapes of contemporary society, guided by the bright beacon of poetry. Through readings, discussions, and provocative inquiries, we will uncover the ways in which poetry serves as a practical and potent force for res…

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Stingy With Our Happiness 5:51

6M ago5:51

5:51

"Look. The poppies they are at it again exploding on the hills with their deep yellow flames and / supple hearts..." Excerpt from "Sun Trail" by Dale BironAutor: Dale Biron

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No One Chooses To Love Poetry 9:21

6M ago9:21

9:21

If you actually love poetry, it’s not because you chose to do so in any traditional sense. We choose poetry because something mysterious and deep in our body chooses for us.Autor: Dale Biron

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Honoring Both Pain and Joy 15:31

6M ago15:31

15:31

Some mornings, despite the catastrophes, we wake up shining...Autor: Dale Biron

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Ode To A Hungry Raccoon 8:39

6M ago8:39

8:39

If you want to simultaneous enjoy your life, have better relationships, and get more things done, then you'll need to spend more time in your personal optimal zone. That includes having more fun. This week is all about that...Autor: Dale Biron

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What Is Your Deeper Why? 10:00

7M ago10:00

10:00

We all want to fulfill the "why" of our lives. Therefore, how we "pickle" ourselves matters. Or said another way, the "context" we create for ourselves and others will determine how successful we are at creating the vision and world that is most important to us.Autor: Dale Biron

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In Defense of Unsuccessful Art 16:19

7M ago16:19

16:19

The simple, basic, foundational fact we must understand to be successful in any creative (especially artistic) endeavor...Autor: Dale Biron

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Our Beautiful, Battered, Broken World 19:24

7M ago19:24

19:24

When we create stories about human nature, based upon observing traumatized humans, we get a picture that is both predictable and wrong. –Musings of a PoetAutor: Dale Biron

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The More Than Human World 11:20

7M ago11:20

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A Post-Humanist world would be one that fully embraced a "more than human world..." This week's episode continues to explore this theme, and features a powerful and poetic quote by David Abram, who coined the phrase used in the title. Plus one of the most famous poems written by the brilliant poet, Robinson Jeffers.…

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A New PostHumanist Manifesto 14:21

8M ago14:21

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"...We must un-humanize our view of the world just a little, make being of service, as needed and as sacred as sunlight. Invite both head and heart, home, to a welcomed wholeness. Declare joy and having "enough" the newest kind of envy..." –Dale BironAutor: Dale Biron

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Arranging For Our Own Disappearance 17:46

8M ago17:46

17:46

What if we are up to our collective axels in mud? What if our political and ecological ideas, beliefs, and actions are getting us nowhere? What if we've got to get lost (on purpose) to actually move forward. What if a condition for sane progress is to first arrange for our own disappearance? What if philosopher-poet, Bayo Akomolafe is right when he…

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Solving Your 37th Problem 14:49

8M ago14:49

14:49

In these times of political, social, and ecological challenge and disruption, to what should we pay attention? Well certainly the ability to come back to our "center" is critical. In other words, having the ability to make our personal "optimal zone" a place where we spend more and more of our time. Solving your 37th problem is at the core of it al…

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What If We Have Hope All Wrong? 14:15

8M ago14:15

14:15

Let's reimagine both hope and despair. Truth is, hope and despair make uneasy friends. Our categorical, binary culture, insists on our choosing one or the other. But what if both despair and hope live deep in our hearts and minds at this time? What if to be skillful and resilient in our lives, we must acknowledge and embrace both?…

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Burn This Poem – A Primer on Forgiveness 11:59

8M ago11:59

11:59

Forgiveness? It can become your super power. Start with others. Slowly. Pace yourself. It’s no cakewalk, but forgiving others can often be a tad easier. A way to get started. Eventually, as your powers increase you can do the really heavy lifting of forgiving yourself.Autor: Dale Biron

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The Meta Crisis... It's Too Late For Anything But Art 21:36

9M ago21:36

21:36

Real hope, meaning decent odds for passing through the coming political, social, and ecological bottlenecks we face throughout the world, will require a deep partnership between our minds and hearts. That is to say, our many civilization-threatening meta-crisis predicaments are too big, too mature, too complex for anything short of "artful" respons…

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3 Simple Reasons To Love A Poem 24:28

9M ago24:28

24:28

Of course, there's no algorithm or "set of rules" for writing (or for that matter, discovering) beautiful, stunning, memorable poems. But after working with thousands of people and the poems they fell in love with, I've discovered a simple set of characteristics that can help. Three essential qualities that can point us toward the poetry we are muc…

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To The Other 99.9% of Earthlings 16:39

9M ago16:39

16:39

WANTED: HUMANS TO CREATE AND SPREAD NEW, HELPFUL STORIES... When it comes to the META-CRISIS we face, we not only have an old story, it's a bad story. The kind that's leading us off a very high cliff. Replacing our own story is the first step, and is more critical than ever.Autor: Dale Biron

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Extreme Wealth Inequality is Dangerous... Just Ask AI 20:24

9M ago20:24

20:24

"You can have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, or you can have democracy. But you cannot have both." –U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis (See what happens when artificial intelligence meets artful intelligence.)Autor: Dale Biron

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Small Stories of Utter Happiness 21:00

10M ago21:00

21:00

Perhaps there's never been a time on this earth, when tiny moments of restful joy, and small islands of utter happiness were more needed. The recipe for moments of utter happiness is no mystery. It's one part Attention, one part Gratitude, mixed with a generous portion of "Let it Be-ism."Autor: Dale Biron

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When A Poem Removes The Top of Our Head 11:58

10M ago11:58

11:58

Listen, you can’t just read a poem. Not a good one. Not a poem that moves you. Not one that stops you in your tracks, has you look closely, walk inside it, have your own experience. Without you, the reader, the listener, the poem is nothing...Autor: Dale Biron

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The New Year Begs Our Pardon 9:31

10M ago9:31

9:31

What if a New Year could talk? What would it say? Maybe it feels like we lean on "it" a little too hard, for the things we want, but constantly choose not to do for ourselves...Autor: Dale Biron

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Why Do We Bother With Poetry? 9:21

10M ago9:21

9:21

"Because poetry, if it takes fire, cracks people’s masks, and assaults arrogance, and sucks you beneath the surface of words towards why we use them...." –Brian DoyleAutor: Dale Biron

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Leveling Up Your Gratefulness Practice 18:17

11M ago18:17

18:17

Stay A Cheap Date… To up your gratefulness game, stay amazed by a cool glass of water, a summer tomato, a hug, a curious question asked by a loving friend, a simple walk in the forest, the sound of a guitar, a new poet you never heard before, (or many times before) that rocks your world.Autor: Dale Biron

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Why We Post On Social Media 13:25

11M ago13:25

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Of course, social media includes a daily diet of vitriol and shrillness. And there are perverse structural algorithms that reinforce the fomenting of anger, division, and fear as a way to capture human attention and ultimately make money. And yes, I also know there are deep human intentions to help and serve, evident on every social media platform …

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Costing Not Less Than Everything 14:22

11M ago14:22

14:22

Who could blame us for wanting to place the tray table of our fears, concerns, and at times despair, in its full upright and locked position? That is to say, we need a break from having our hearts continually shocked, upended, and broken...Autor: Dale Biron

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Cash Crop Poetry 10:16

11M ago10:16

10:16

A cash crop poem is one that helps and inspires us in so many ways. We go back to them time and time again. But why and how do they work?Autor: Dale Biron

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The Language of Your Broken, Joyful Heart 19:43

11M ago19:43

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Your heart seeks its own reflected images. After reading and speaking at least a million lines of poetry, here are some of my favorite ones, and the poets who wrote them. I think you'll discover that when your heart finds those just right few written lines that speak your feelings, better than you’ve been able to speak them, you'll be smitten. Of c…

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A Radical Experiment in Words... 10:33

12M ago10:33

10:33

Could recognizing more fully our relationships and context change everything, particularly when it comes to our ecological meta-crisis? And might an absence of this awareness keep us stuck for a very long while? Stay tuned for the poem-story,Autor: Dale Biron

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