Waywords Podcast

by Steve Chisnell

Join me, Steve Chisnell, as we find and lose meaning across modern and classic tales, through ancient and distant verse, atop everything in our many cultures which might be read. A great podcast for teachers, students, and lovers of reading!

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Episodes

Waypoint – The Ghost and the Bone-Setter

21m · Published 21 Dec 04:49

A Winter Solstice tale by an old Irish storyteller, maybe even believable . . .

Waypoint – “The Doll” by Daphne du Maurier

38m · Published 21 Dec 18:40

A Winter Solstice tale of a peculiar kind of terror, this story was recently discovered (2011) among a collection of du Maurier's works completed around the age of 21. This story has mature themes.

Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress” – Part 2

35m · Published 16 Oct 14:00

We accuse Marvell of verbal assault and find that he was hardly alone.

Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress” – Part 1

33m · Published 07 Oct 06:23

What do we do with--how do we read--can we make us of--a classic and famous metaphysical poem which is also misogynistic?

Waywords Podcast Update – Sept 30

1m · Published 30 Sep 14:20

The Waywords Podcast is back with new episodes beginning next week!

Pearson’s Archetypes

24m · Published 15 Jan 20:34

Carol Pearson's work following Carl Jung offers us a way to transform our understanding of our own lives, and also how we read the narratives we have so long been taught. I review her strategies for using the archetypes and review her online assessment tool, the Pearson-Marr Archetype Indicator.

Waypoint: Theophile Gautier’s “Clarimonde”

1h 25m · Published 23 Dec 17:11

A reading of "Clarimonde," an appropriately creepy story befitting the tradition of Winter Solstice ghost stories. This story in French is titled "La Morte Amoureuse."

Irony and Narrative Distance

23m · Published 11 Dec 17:35

Are writers responsible or accountable for what they write? What about readers for what we interpret? How a writer's use of narration can create irony.

Van Gogh – Immersive Exhibits – Episode 4

1h 6m · Published 04 Dec 22:28

How do digital art experiences change our reading of original works? Should they be considered a new genre to read?

The Original

14m · Published 26 Nov 21:28

Why do we defend a canonical "original?" Where does such an idea come from? We discuss what we mean to place a text with authority and visit The Lord of the Rings and "Fur Elise" along the way.

Waywords Podcast has 19 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 10:07:21. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on August 16th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 1st, 2024 14:43.