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Dear Ale is a pop-up podcast about being separated from the ones you love during a global pandemic. My girlfriend is stranded in Peru, and I am writing her a love letter everyday until she is able to return home. By broadcasting this journey live, I’m hoping to support other folks who are missing someone they care about and struggling to keep it together. Let’s put more love into the universe!

Jocelyn K. Glei


    • Apr 12, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 4m AVG DURATION
    • 15 EPISODES


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    Letter 15: How many minutes spent waiting for this moment

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2020 8:25


    Ale comes home. A love letter from the car as I pick her up at Dulles International airport in DC at midnight on April 10th after a long day of travel. [powerpress]

    Letter 14: Not knowing is the most intimate

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2020 3:04


    We're all seeing each other in our most intimate state right now. Plus, some positive news and a reading of the Elizabeth Bishop poem "Casabianca." [powerpress]

    Letter 13: I want sweet ukulele music

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2020 3:42


    In love and war and pandemics, time is relative. There are weeks where decades happen. With a reading of "On Not Flying to Hawaii" by Alison Luterman. [powerpress]

    Letter 12: Dance me through the panic til I’m gathered safely in

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2020 3:53


    What do you do with your dance partner when the music has stopped? With a reading of a Leonard Cohen song. [powerpress]

    Letter 11: Jilted by the universe

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2020 3:58


    Playing games with the universe to create the illusion of control, with a reading of a short Rumi poem. [powerpress]

    Letter 10: I hold my word tight to my breast

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2020 4:02


    Navigating this vast sea of emotions and uncertainty. With a reading of a Navajo incantation on the power of words. [powerpress]

    Letter 9: Nothing in the world is usual today

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2020 3:30


    Is a florist an essential business? How essential is love, beauty, and poetry? With three short poems by Izumi Shikibu. [powerpress]

    Letter 8: You must change your life

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2020 3:30


    The mood of 2020 is a wave surfing on top of another wave, with a reading of the "Archaic Torso of Apollo" by Rilke. [powerpress]

    Letter 7: What I do is me

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2020 3:37


    Where have all the birds gone with their song? Including a reading of "As Kingfishers Catch Fire" by Gerard Manley Hopkins. [powerpress]

    Letter 6: Whistling in the dark

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2020 3:58


    Netflix escapism and imagining us growing old together, with a reading of Mary Oliver's poem "The Whistler." [powerpress]

    Letter 5: Anything can happen

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2020 2:33


    We were so innocent before. Taking an inventory of absence and a reading of the Rita Dove poem "Flirtation." [powerpress]

    Letter 4: All my heart longs to accomplish

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2020 5:24


    Letting go of our anxiety-ridden narratives about what's going to happen — including a reading of a Sappho poem. [powerpress]

    Letter 3: Normal never looked so good

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2020 5:51


    It's time to return to the simple, everyday pleasures — including a reading of "The Charm of 5:30" by David Berman. [powerpress]

    Letter 2: You dance inside my chest

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2020 3:37


    The speed of time (and love) changes in a pandemic — including a reading of the Rumi poem, “Chinese Art & Greek Art.” [powerpress]

    Letter 1: Look at your face

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2020 3:49


    When the one you love goes on a long journey and doesn't come back — including a reading of the Louise Glück poem, "Happiness." [powerpress]

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