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Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast
S2 Paul Revere's Ride Bonus26

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 6:18


Today is the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's historic ride! On this bonus episode I read Longfellow's poem.Text of the poem https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/1861jan/paulrev.htmWays to contact me: Speakpipe for international callers: ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.speakpipe.com/NerdsRPGVarietyCast ⁠⁠⁠⁠The podcast's email at nerdsrpgvarietycast 'at' gmail 'dot' com Find me on a variety of discords including the Audio Dungeon Discord. Invite for the Audio Dungeon Discord ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/j5H8hGr⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow my blog ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://nerdsrpgvarietycastblog.blogspot.com⁠⁠⁠⁠Join The Anchorite APA ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://sites.google.com/view/anchorite/home⁠⁠⁠⁠Proud member of the Grog-talk Empire ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.grogcon.com/podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠Ray Otus did the coffee cup  art for this showTJ provides music for my show. Spikepit ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@spikepit1 ⁠⁠⁠⁠provided the "Have no fear" sound clip.

That's So Cincinnati
S3 Ep18: That's So Cincinnati with Longfellow's Mike Stankovich

That's So Cincinnati

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 58:19


Uncommon Sense
Joseph Pearce on Longfellow's "Evangeline" - Conference Preview!

Uncommon Sense

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 35:49


Grettelyn and Joe interview Joseph Pearce, a popular conference speaker, who will be joining us this summer, July 24-26 in New Orleans! Hear a little of what Joseph will be speaking about regarding Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic poem, Evangeline. Register for the conference today at https://www.chesterton.org/44th-annual-chesterton-conference/ Find Joseph online at https://jpearce.co/ FOLLOW US Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chestertonsociety Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanChestertonSociety X: https://twitter.com/chestertonsoc SUPPORT Consider making a donation: https://www.chesterton.org/give/ Visit our Shop at https://www.chesterton.org/shop/

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O Come Little Children from Christmas Carols, coll.3 for flute and clarinet - Mp3 audio file

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 0:51


Art Hounds
Art Hounds: ‘Opera Underground,' ‘Strange Paradises' and an indie rock musical

Art Hounds

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 4:50


From MPR News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what's exciting in local art. Their recommendations are lightly edited from the audio heard in the player above. Want to be an Art Hound? Submit here.Strange Paradises Visual artist Brian Frink of Mankato is looking forward to an exhibit newly opened at the Carnegie Art Center featuring the sculptures of Todd Shanafelt, Pocket Toscani and Jim Shrosbree. “Strange Paradises” is on view through March 22, with an opening artist reception Friday from 5-7 p.m. Brian says: Todd Shanafelt and Pocket Toscani are both Mankato residents, and Jim Shrosbree is from out-of-state. Jim and Todd are ceramic artists, and Pocket is more of a traditional sculptor, but what their work shares together is a kind of playful quirkiness. They are very abstract in their approach. But I would also say they're kind of obliquely recognizable in terms of the content in the work. There;s also an interesting intersection of functionality and non-functional in all three of them.  They are also very involved in painting and drawing. So, the exhibition will include their three-dimensional work as well as their two-dimensional work, which I think adds another texture and level of interest to what they're presenting.A show about making the most of the days we haveTheater lover Brad Pappas of St. Louis Park is looking forward to seeing the indie rock musical “Hundred Days.” It runs through March 22 at Theatre Elision, a black box theater in Crystal. The show is 80 minutes with no intermission. Brad describes the show: Abigail and Shaun decide to get married three weeks after they meet. Abigail is plagued by these dreams, and she's convinced that the man she loves is going to die within in a little over three months. Abigail and Shaun concoct a plan. They're going to live their whole lives in 100 days. They'll have Halloween in the morning, Christmas in the afternoon, birthdays at sundown. This performance sounds so intriguing to me because it's eight musicians. They're all a part of the show, but they're all playing instruments throughout the performance.Opera shrouded in mysteryBurlesque dancer Renata Nijiya of Minneapolis is intrigued by An Opera Theatre's “Opera Underground.” There are four performances whose exact Twin Cities location and details will be revealed to ticket holders 24 hours before showtime. Performances are March 12 and March 13 in northeast Minneapolis at 7 p.m., March 16 in the Longfellow neighborhood at 5 p.m. and March 25, 7 p.m. in the West Seventh area of St. Paul, with ASL interpretation. Shows run 90 minutes. Renata loves the ways AOT makes opera accessible, through the work it chooses, its pay-as-you-can performances and ASL interpretation. She also offers this tip: “After each show, it's going to roll into an after-party and have a local band performing … each location has a different local band,” she said.

DOING LIFE: Daily Devotions For Finding Peace in Stressful Times

Longfellow understood what many Christians do not: doing good works to earn God's favor is a complete misunderstanding of scripture.

Burning Bright
Longfellow

Burning Bright

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2025 8:44 Transcription Available


Geographic connections to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, featuring poems by Betty Ajemian, Marsh Muirhead and Alice Weiss.Support the show

Walk With God
"Partners In The Gospel" | CHRISTMAS SPECIAL! - Peace On Earth

Walk With God

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2024 15:30


CHRISTMAS SPECIAL! "Peace On Earth"SCRIPTURE: Luke 2:10-15SHOW NOTES: For encouragement on your spiritual journey, we invite you to visit our ministry website, Discover God's Truth, where you can access additional resources to support your Walk with God. Christmas looks different for everyone around the world. Whether you live in a small town or a large city, your Christmas traditions are likely distinct from those in my family. Yet, many centuries ago, the angels announced this message to the shepherds: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.”In this podcast, Brenda shares phrases from the renowned poem “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day," by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Despite being surrounded by tragedy and sorrow, Longfellow's words of hope flowed from his pen, and today, we sing the song inspired by his poem. We want to encourage you to listen to the song today: "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZtNlZmnEMU

WBZ NewsRadio 1030 - News Audio
Cambridge School Committee Decides To Close Kennedy-Longfellow School

WBZ NewsRadio 1030 - News Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 0:52 Transcription Available


Some Cambridge families are upset, as the district decides to close an elementary school. WBZ's Madison Rogers reports.

SLOW FLOWERS with Debra Prinzing
Episode 695 – New Cut Flower Seeds for 2025 + Flower Breeding News with Hillary Alger, Joy Longfellow, and Lindsay Wyatt of Johnny's Selected Seeds

SLOW FLOWERS with Debra Prinzing

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2024 67:13


Back by popular demand, we’re hosting Johnny’s Seeds’ floral experts, Joy Longfellow and Hillary Alger, who will introduce some of Johnny’s Selected Seeds’ 40-plus new flower seed varieties for 2025! Hillary and Joy take us behind the scenes to learn more about the dazzling selections of floral varieties and mixes for 2025 – from the subtle to the vibrant, […] The post Episode 695 – New Cut Flower Seeds for 2025 + Flower Breeding News with Hillary Alger, Joy Longfellow, and Lindsay Wyatt of Johnny's Selected Seeds appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.

Dakota Datebook
December 16: Wild Rose

Dakota Datebook

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2024 2:56


What do James Russell Lowell, Edward Greenleaf Whittier, and Longfellow all have in common? Apart from being renowned poets, they all had the pleasure of sharing company with Wild Rose, also known as Anna Dawson, a young Boston socialite and a member of the Three Affiliated Tribes. She would later become an activist during the relocations caused by the Garrison Dam.

Art Hounds
Art Hounds: Chamber singers, dreamy art and an arts retreat

Art Hounds

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2024 4:12


From MPR News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what's exciting in local art. Their recommendations are lightly edited from the audio heard in the player above. Want to be an Art Hound? Submit here.An arts retreatAndrew Rosendorf of Minneapolis says he wouldn't be the playwright he is today without the support he received early in his career from the Tofte Lake Center.He wants artists at all levels of their career to know that applications for next summer's artist retreats are open now through the end of December. Andrew says: I just want you to imagine going to a pristine lake near Ely, Minnesota, that's adjacent to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. You paddleboard, you canoe, you wade feet into the lake. You sit around a fire pit at night looking up at the crystal-clear night sky, like you're at a planetarium. And you also get a work on your art surrounded by a community of artists. That's Tofte Lake Center. I find it's a soul-centering place that leaves lives and breathes the value that nature is nurture. It gives access to artists at all levels of disciplines, and identities: those who are emerging, parents, BIPOC artists, arts educators who need time to center their own work and small collaborative teams. I first got introduced to Toffee Lake Center because about 15 years ago, when I was in my late 20s, I went there to work on a play, and Liz Engelman, who is the founder and who runs Tofte Lake Center, said, “Come work on your play. We believe in you and your voice.” And for any artist starting out, there's a huge sense of imposter syndrome, and here was a place early in my career telling me I belong, and that's kind of everything for an artist.— Andrew RosendorfGratitude and celebrating loveKerry Johnson is the high school choir director in Worthington. This Sunday, she's headed to the Worthington Chamber Singers' Christmas concert. The theme of the concert is “Love Came Down,” and for this 30th anniversary performance they will sing a work they commissioned from Venezuelan composer Reinaldo Moya, entitled “Ya Germinaba.” The concert is Sunday, Dec. 8 at 2 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Worthington. The concert is free, with a free-will offering. Kerry adds: Eric Parrish, the director, just really kind of has a knack for choosing themes and music that just really become more timely as the process of preparing that music goes on. This year, the focus is on hope and on gratitude and on celebrating love, and the fact that we are more similar than we're not. And I think this fall, especially, that's an important message to to put out into the world, just that we have a lot of common ground that we need to tap into. — Kerry JohnsonEscape into the world of dreams Mabel Houle appreciates the vibrant community of artists living in her Longfellow neighborhood of Minneapolis, and she recently got a sneak peek at a show by three local artists at the Vine Arts Center. “Dreams and Abstract Schemes” features the works of Kim Pickering, Susan Kolstad and Karen Brown. It will be on view for the next three Saturdays, including during this Saturday's Seward Frolic. Mabel appreciates art that transports us away from reality and into another world. Mabel says: I find Susan's collages of these earthy landscapes very soothing, very comforting. Her paper has such wonderful textures, and the colors are just calm and peaceful; and that's quite different [from] Kim's vivid dream images, which are more mind-bending, very colorful, very, very abstract — just beautiful images of something that's not in this world. Karen creates these very unique sculptures that are not completely human and not completely animal.— Mabel Houle

WBZ NewsRadio 1030 - News Audio
Cambridge Superintendent On The Future Of Kennedy-Longfellow Elementary

WBZ NewsRadio 1030 - News Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2024 0:50 Transcription Available


Cambridge Interim Superintendent Dave Murphy addresses the uncertain future of Kennedy-Longfellow Elementary School. For more, ask Alexa to play WBZ NewsRadio on #iHeartRadio.

ThoughtCast®
Blacksmith House Poetry Series: Carl Phillips and Penelope Pelizzon

ThoughtCast®

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2024 54:22


The Blacksmith House Poetry Series at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education has been bringing established and emerging poets to Harvard Square since its founding by Gail Mazur in 1973. The series is named after the Blacksmith House at 56 Brattle Street, site of the village smithy and the spreading chestnut tree of Longfellow's 1839 poem "The Village Blacksmith." Earlier this week, series director Andrea Cohen introduced the poets -- Carl Phillips and Penelope Pelizzon -- who read from their new collections. Carl read from Scattered Snows, to the North, and Penelope read from A Gaze Hound That Hunteth By the Eye. Next week, on December 9, 2024, two more writers will be featured. David Semanki will read from his debut collection of poems, Ghost Camera, and Jason Schneiderman will read from his latest collection: Self Portrait of Icarus as a Country on Fire. Click here: to listen.

The Daily Poem
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Snow-Flakes"

The Daily Poem

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2024 10:57


New-fallen snow can be a kind of blank canvas for the poet. In yesterday's poem, Stevenson wrote over it in whimsical metaphor and simile; in today's, Longfellow finds the reflection of his own troubled heart. Happy reading. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

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O Holy Night from Christmas Carols 'For Beginners', coll.2 for piano solo - Mp3 audio file

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2024 1:09


70's Weekly Countdown with Mark and Pete
Episode 82: The Week Ending October 19, 1974 Can't Get Enough of Nothing from Nothing

70's Weekly Countdown with Mark and Pete

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 140:23


Well it may seem like this podcast is an overnight sensation, but actually, it took an everlasting love and devotion for the need to be the best that got us here. Sure you may be saying “What? You haven't done nothin'!”.  Well to that we say, you ain't seen nothing yet. Our 2 listeners can't get enough of the show, and they consider us the kings of the party. This week the Billboard Top 40 from the week ending October 19, 1974 makes me feel like I got the music in me! So much so that we may just break into our Longfellow serenade, that one is my melody of love. Link to a listing of the songs in this week's episode: https://top40weekly.com/1974-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_19th_October_1974 Data Sources: Billboard Magazine, where the charts came from and on what the countdown was based. Websites: allmusic.com, songfacts.com,  wikipedia.com (because Mark's lazy) Books: “Ranking the 70's” by Dann Isbell, and Bill Carroll “American Top 40 With Casey Kasem (The 1970's)" by Pete Battistini. Rejected Episode Titles: Things we talked about in the episode: “Straight Down the Middle” Bing Crosby song /video: https://youtu.be/XDkV_41qEVM?si=O6x9Qh2GZOcpMD6d James Brown's Celebrity Hot Tub Party - SNL: https://youtu.be/xeSwrFKFNFw?si=YgPjkvg9kHyrDgkp  

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Pat A Pan from Christmas Carols, coll.2 for flute, violin and cello - Mp3 audio file

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024


The Way We Haunt Now
Episode Thirty-Two – The Homecoming

The Way We Haunt Now

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2024 26:31


Episode Thirty-Two - The Homecoming As Frankie and Josie make their way home from Portland, Alicia and Danny trek to their childhood home to finally confront the poltergeist that took their granddad. Transcript here! The Way We Haunt Now is supported in part by an award from the Vermont Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. This episode of The Way We Haunt Now was written by Courtney Floyd and Georgia Mckenzie, with sound design by Brad Colbroock and voice acting by: Alex Bui as The Drivers Ali Hylton, Jeff Goldman, Kirsty Woolven, and Natalie Hunter as the Apartment Ariane Marchese as TV Voices Becca Marcus as Lota Courtney Floyd as Eulalie Danny Spiller as Aaron Eleanor Grey as Frankie Gabriel Perez as Granddad Georgia Mckenzie as Josie James Molloy as TV Voices Julian Dailey, Maritza Rodriguez, Gabriel Perez as Poltergeist 0 Jess “Bear” Winston as Alicia Kira Apple as The Narrator and Mary Lindsay Zana as Danny Marnie Warner as Parker Ray O'Hare as Longfellow's Ghost Tim Lowe as Jon Harker There's no need to bust out your Ouija board to keep in touch. Whether you're new to the spirit world or simply a ghost in need of some entertainment, you can visit www.hauntnowpod.com for information about our cast and crew, content warnings, and transcripts. Many thanks to this episode's Spectral Sponsor: Georgia P. Mckenzie and Uni Media. Keep listening after the credits for a preview of their show, Fast Track to 40. You can also find us screaming into the void of social media at, you guessed it, @HauntNowPod. Remember to HAUNT RESPONSIBLY. Support The Way We Haunt Now by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/the-way-we-haunt-now

Warm Thoughts
Episode 238: Make a Difference Day

Warm Thoughts

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2024 2:48


One of the very faithful readers of this Warm Thoughts column recently sent me an article entitled, "You Can Make a Difference." It was an article informing the public to take action on October 26th and make that day a day of caring, a national day to inform us that the Make a Difference Day can help everyone to help others. The sixth annual event, in partnership with the Points of Light Foundation, takes place on October 26th. Mark your calendar! How do you plan to spend Make a Difference Day? It may be a month away, but it is not too early to think about what you can do to help your community pull together a project for the day. You can also make a difference in the life of even one lonely shut in, give a helping hand to a busy mother, write a letter of cheer to someone in need of an encouraging word, or touch the life of a child by sharing the gift of time with that child. Perhaps Saturday, October 26th does not fit into your schedule. Then make it October 17th for a day that will also make a difference day for you or someone in need.There is no age limit for this Make a Difference Day. The stories of volunteers are very heartwarming. In Maryland, 10 year olds gave personal items to an older friend. Two retired teachers in Selma, Alabama befriended a 96 year old widow, helping her to continue to live independently. And in Washington State, friends celebrated their 50th birthday by collecting 7,500 pounds of food, clothing, and blankets for an emergency network. Perhaps this Make a Difference Day can focus on your regular service project in the church or community. If you want a big impact on Make a Difference Day, pull the community together to blitz a needed project or solve an existing need in the community. Just think about it. Will you make a difference? One person can make a difference. Will it be you? Warm Thoughts to Ponder: Give what you have to someone, it may be better than you dare to think. Longfellow. Remember October 26th is Make a Difference Day! Warm Thoughts from the Little Home on the Prairie Over a Cup of Tea by Dr. Luetta G WernerPublished in the Marion Record, September 19th, 1996.Download the Found Photo Freebie and cherish your memories of the past.Enjoy flipping through the Vintage Photo Book on your coffee table.I hope you enjoyed this podcast episode! Please follow along on this journey by going to visualbenedictions.com or following me on Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest. You can listen to the podcast on Apple Podcast,Spotify,Stitcher, and Overcast. And don't forget to rate and review so more people can tune in! I'd greatly appreciate it.Till next time,Trina

Hi Line Ministries
The Bible!

Hi Line Ministries

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 33:16


The Bible is also known as the Word of God, the Holy Scriptures, the Good Book, a Treatise, the Holy Writ, the Living Word, and an anthology.  It's power, influence and endurance is unmatched by anything!  The Bible is not just a collection of writings from a group of authors like Chaucer, Shakespeare, Longfellow, Dickens, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Louisa May Alcott but it is handbook for living life in harmony with our Creator not only in this life but in the life hereafter as well.

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We Gather Together To Ask The Lord's Blessing from Christmas Carols, coll.2 (parts) for brass quintet - Mp3 audio file

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2024 2:28


Zeitsprung
GAG466: Julia Felix und das Ende Pompejis

Zeitsprung

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2024 57:44


Wir sprechen in dieser Folge über den Untergang der antiken Stadt Pompeji, aber auch über die Ausgrabungen, die die Stadt nach hunderten von Jahren wieder zutage förderten. Im Zuge dieser wurden nicht nur die diversen Tempel, das Forum oder öffentliche Bäder, sondern auch ein ganz bestimmter Gebäudekomplex ausgegraben. Es ist die Anlage der Julia Felix, über die wir zwar relativ wenig wissen, deren unternehmerische Tätigkeiten uns aber Aufschluss sowohl über die Möglichkeiten von Frauen in der antiken römischen Gesellschaft, als auch über einen ansonsten wenig beleuchteten Teil der römischen Gesellschaft geben. Zu hören ist auch Dr. Emma Southon, die in ihrem Buch "A History of Rome in 21 Women" über Julia Felix geschrieben hat. // Literatur - Emma Southon. A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women. Simon and Schuster, 2023. - D'Ambra, E. ‘Real Estate for Profit: Julia Felix's Property and the Forum Frieze.' In "Women's Lives, Women's Voices. Roman Material Culture and Female Agency in the Bay of Naples", edited by B. Longfellow and M. Swetnam-Burland, 85–108. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2021. - Emanuel Mayer. The Ancient Middle Classes. Harvard University Press, 2012. - Mary Beard. Pompeji. Das Leben in einer römischen Stadt: Das Leben in einer römischen Stadt. FISCHER E-Books, 101 n. Chr. - Parslow, Christopher. „Documents illustrating the excavations of the Praedia of Julia Felix in Pompeii“. Rivista di Studi Pompeiani 2 (1988): 37–48. - Zanker, Paul. "Stadtbilder als Spiegel von Gesellschaft und Herrschaftsform" // Erwähnte Folgen - GAG435: Die Schlacht bei Carrhae – https://gadg.fm/435 - GAG183: Agrippina die Jüngere, mächtigste Frau der frühen Kaiserzeit – https://gadg.fm/183 - GAG288: Der Senat, der über Leichen ging – https://gadg.fm/288 Das Episodenbild zeigt einen Ausschnitt des Freskos im Anwesen der Julia Felix: ein Bäcker, der Brot verkauft. //Aus unserer Werbung Du möchtest mehr über unsere Werbepartner erfahren? Hier findest du alle Infos & Rabatte: https://linktr.ee/GeschichtenausderGeschichte //Wir haben auch ein Buch geschrieben: Wer es erwerben will, es ist überall im Handel, aber auch direkt über den Verlag zu erwerben: https://www.piper.de/buecher/geschichten-aus-der-geschichte-isbn-978-3-492-06363-0 Wer Becher, T-Shirts oder Hoodies erwerben will: Die gibt's unter https://geschichte.shop Wer unsere Folgen lieber ohne Werbung anhören will, kann das über eine kleine Unterstützung auf Steady oder ein Abo des GeschichteFM-Plus Kanals auf Apple Podcasts tun. Wir freuen uns, wenn ihr den Podcast bei Apple Podcasts oder wo auch immer dies möglich ist rezensiert oder bewertet. Wir freuen uns auch immer, wenn ihr Euren Freundinnen und Freunden, Kolleginnen und Kollegen oder sogar Nachbarinnen und Nachbarn von uns erzählt! Du möchtest Werbung in diesem Podcast schalten? Dann erfahre hier mehr über die Werbemöglichkeiten bei Seven.One Audio: https://www.seven.one/portfolio/sevenone-audio

SNL Hall of Fame
Introduce Yourself

SNL Hall of Fame

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2024 36:41


Meet Joe and Shari as they assemble around the SNL Hall of Fame watercooler to discuss a variety of things relating the SNL and its Hall of Fame. Transcript:Track 2[0:22]All right. Welcome to the SNL Hall of Fame Water Cooler Podcast. I'm Joe Gannon and I'm sitting at the water cooler with...Track 3[0:30]Me, Shari Fasco. I'm very excited to be here. I've got my cup and I'm filling it up.Track 2[0:38]All right. And then there I go. All right. Let's get into it. All right. So on On this podcast, we're going to be talking about the SNL Hall of Fame and who we believe should and shouldn't be in it. But first, let's kind of just introduce ourselves. I'm Joe Gannon. I've been an SNL fan since, I guess, 1991. 91 and what I enjoyed about it was as I was watching it like as it was going on since 91 I got to watch the reruns like on Comedy Central E and whatnot so it's kind of cool seeing a show develop and then learn its history at the same time and I just found it absolutely fascinating about how important it is to our society about because the show makes fun of our society and politics, and everything. And the last thing is, I grew up in the central time zone, so the TV show was on at 10.30 to midnight. So to me, it was like a show that waited until the last hour and a half of the week to make fun of the previous week. And you, Sherry, introduce yourself.Track 3[2:00]Hi, I'm Shari, rhymes with Starry, as I tell everybody, and I am a Michigan native, and I have been into Saturday Night Live probably since I was about nine, since it started in 75. I was really, really young in 75, so I don't remember it that young, but I definitely, definitely remember watching it at like eight, nine, ten. I was really into Mr. Bill. I vaguely remember having a Mr. Bill t-shirt. I just always loved the show and it's always been like a rock for me. It's been something that I've always come back to when things are good and when things are not so good. My husband is also into it. He's been watching a lot of sketches with me lately, getting ready for this podcast. And it's just, it's really just, it's comfort food. Just like what Joe's saying, it's comfort food. It's something that's always been there. and now it's going into its 50th year. I'm 54. It's kind of incredible. It's kind of crazy to think that it's been around. So I'm really excited to be here with Joe. I think both of us are super excited to be talking about these incredible people. I think we're ready to get into it. Are we ready, Joe?Track 2[3:15]I believe so.Track 3[3:16]We're going to talk about the season six draft. We're each going to do the two people we would like to see get in. And then the two that we don't think really have much of a chance of getting in possibly. I will let you go ahead and go first, Joe, and then I'll go after you.Track 2[3:33]Okay. So the first person I think should get in is Lorraine Newman. I believe that the only reason why she hasn't gotten in sooner is there's just a series of people that are a little bit more obvious. Uh you know that just i feel like should be uh you know people that just feel like they should be in uh like will ferrell but um as far as the original cast like obviously everyone from the original five years should be in um as far as where lorraine is in that uh group she's not She's not really a household name. She wasn't a Ghostbuster. She wasn't a Blues Brother. She didn't have a sitcom afterward. Everyone knows Aykroyd, Murray, Jane Curtin, Chevy Chase, John Belushi. And I feel like Lorraine Newman, who is extremely talented, just doesn't have that star power name. So when people are voting and they see her name... It just doesn't connect, or they don't immediately remember all of the great sketches that she was a part of. Or, if they do, they remember someone else that was in that sketch.Track 2[5:01]So that's why I chose Lorraine Newman. All right, and who's your pick?Track 3[5:06]My pick, I just stuck to strictly the season six draft. So I went with one, two of the draftees for this coming season that I would like to seek it in that I'm not really hopeful about. But my first is Sherry O'Terry. For all of the reasons you just said about Lorraine, I think Sherry is very, very, very, very, very underappreciated. She is absolutely hilarious. hilarious she stands up against the likes of will freaking farrell and holds her own yes even though she's this diminutive little she can't be more than five two but against will farrell who's like i don't know six four she still holds her own her comedic chops are that strong that she can hold her own and i feel that way in the zimmermans with chris katan i i watched her playing against Sylvester Stallone in one of her Rita sketches. And she really is amazing and so funny and so able to bring real relatability to these outrageous characters that she plays.Track 3[6:19]And I'm feeling like I don't think she's going to get in on the first ballot, but I do hope that The people remember her. I know she was a long time ago. I remember her vividly because I was in college. And that's the time when you remember the gas.Track 3[6:38]So I hope there's a lot of Gen Xers and a lot of Zs and millennials that are going back and watching and listening to our great guest. And Thomas, of course, make an excellent argument for her this season, I'm sure. So that's my first choice. Now back to you.Track 2[7:01]You made a great point, and the only word I want to add to it, just literally one word, is energy. She was full of energy in pretty much everything she did. I mean, with the exception of maybe Barbara Walters, but that's because it wouldn't fit. But if you look at all of her characters, that's the common theme, is that she was almost like twitchy.Track 3[7:23]I totally agree.Track 2[7:24]But, yeah. That's an excellent, excellent pick. Okay, so I'm going to go with my one, and we're going to continue the female trend. Someone a little bit more current. I'm going to go with Kate McKinnon.Track 3[7:41]Absolutely.Track 2[7:42]She, yes, yes, yes. She is one of those people, she reminds me of Amy Poehler in the sense that her talent seems to have been made for Saturday Night Live. Um now just i want to say this on our first episode uh to me the three things that make up a great snl cast member are characters impressions and hosting we can update not doing characters but hosting now you don't need to do all three to be great sometimes you can like jimmy fallon will ferrell dan ackroyd uh sometimes you can do just one dennis miller however when you do two or three, that shows that you're able to play any position.Track 2[8:31]So with that being said, with Kate McKinnon, she did characters and impressions extremely well.Track 2[8:39]The various characters, like the alien abductions sketch, that to me is timeless. That is one of the latest great reoccurring sketches. Sketches um and then as far as her impressions uh you look at amy puller who did like you know hillary clinton um and ever uh ever levine um kate mckinnon said hold my beer and then did uh not only female impressions but male she did rudy giuliani uh and such and a bunch of other politicians um and just i mean i'm having a hard time thinking of all you know it's trying to like name all the santa's reindeer or the seven dwarves you know you like you get down a few or you're like wait uh there's also uh you know so i'm i don't want to um take up too much time saying a lot of urs and ums as i try and think of them all but she is just where she just blended into those impressions and then characters and she was like Phil Hartman where she could be in she could do the whole show, you know she could do and it was almost unfair to the other cast members I don't want to overhype her too much you can't overhype her but.Track 2[10:02]I will. I do, but I want to be fair to everyone else. I want to be fair. I don't want to make it seem like the rest of the cast that they were less. I don't want to make them seem like they were less than they were.Track 3[10:16]But she's amazing.Track 2[10:18]But she was just, Kate McKinnon was just, her talent was made for Saturday Night Live. And I'm not going to lie, I miss her.Track 3[10:28]She definitely left a hole and she was part of a she was part of a trinity when you talk about her and cecily 80 unbelievable with things like twin bad i mean back home ballers just amazing the three of them together will just fire so excellent choice joe i'm gonna shake things i'm gonna shake things up a little i'm gonna i'm gonna break i'm finally gonna break up our like female male domination that's going on, which I love, but I'm going to break it up a bit. Like I said, I chose two from season six because that's where my head was at, and I chose a musical act, and I know J.D. Mentions this. Thomas mentions this.Track 3[11:12]Musical guests don't seem to get into the Hall of Fame. I think Paul Simon might be the only one still. Dave Grohl is knocking on the door, and he's he's on my list but the act i want to talk about they're coming up this season like i said is one of my favorite bands and remember i'm a gen xer so i know you know joe who i'm talking about uh you too you do i mean i watched a couple of performances it's hard to find musical performances especially when you don't have peacock which i know right i know snl fan without peacock But anyways, I love you two. I could not believe how amazing they were on that 8-H stage. Thomas made a really good point in the draft episode.Track 3[12:03]They were selling out stadiums at this time. I mean, they were huge at this time. But then they could bring it down and be right on that 8-H stage and be intimate and personal. And Bono, let's face it, it's the Bono show, right? The man can sing. He has charisma oozing out of his pores. And he just captivates. And that's exactly what he did. it. These days on current SNL, the musical acts are really getting out of control. And I know they talk about this in several of the podcasts I listen to. They're throwing all these dancers and visual effects and explosions. You don't need it. If you can sing and you're talented, you don't need it. U2 does not need it. I'd love to see them get in at some point. I hope they get at the 10% to at least stay on the ballot. But after Dave Grohl, I think they should be in next because they're just amazing. So those are my two.Track 2[13:07]All right. So let's get into the two that we think definitely won't. I just want to go first because I want to continue the trend of what we're talking about with the musical guests. Now, you said that it's going to be really hard for musical guests to get into the Hall of Fame, because they're not really a major part of the show. They're rememberable, but not as much as the cast, the writing, the host. So they're kind of like the fourth tier. But they're very important, don't get me wrong. It's just not one of the initial people that you think of when you think of the show. So as far as my first pick, I'm going to say Randy Newman. I agree with everything that was said when they were doing the ballot show. I agree with Randy Newman's great toy story. I love L.A. He's funny. When he accepted an Oscar, I don't remember specifically what he said, but he had a great Oscar speech.Track 2[14:10]Let's just put it this way. When you're voting for an SNL Hall of Fame, you know, person, I doubt that you're going to vote for Randy Newman. I mean, there's just a lot of people ahead of him in line, you know, like, you know, like the people that we're saying, you know, and then there's you got, you know, you got hosts that are well known. You got cast members that are well known. Writers are kind of a gray area, you know. And then musical guests are just hard to get into, period. And then Randy Newman is, you know, like people might know him from Toy Story and such, but they might not know him that well, or at least current people or whatnot. And I'm not saying anything, I don't want to say anything too much, too negative about him, but he's just not really a household name anymore. So with that being said, like it would be hard to vote him in the snl hall of fame so yeah i don't i don't know what more i could say after that it's just kind of kind of cut and dry i guess like you know like it's hard for a musical guest to get in and he's not really that well known as a musical guest so agreed.Track 3[15:30]In fact i agree so much my first totally won't get in was also randy newman and i'm not gonna to rehash it because you said it well. And even when J.D. nominated him in the draft, he said that he wondered if people would remember because he hasn't been... I mean, I'm sure he's still doing music for movies and doing movie songs and things, but you don't hear about him much. Like, I don't know if he had a new song in the new Pixar movie, the one that just came out or not. But yeah, I'm not going to go into it too much since you did a great job. I will go on to my second person and then I'll throw it back to you. My second person is a writer and I have to disagree with you a little bit. I actually, well, I don't know quite how you feel about writers, but you kind of sounded like you thought they were gray area. I don't think they're gray area. I think writing comes first. Great writing.Track 2[16:34]I don't think it's important. It's just not, the writers might not be well known.Track 3[16:38]Oh, I agree with that. But I feel that writers are the most important. They're that base ingredient. read yet. I don't care if you have the best cast in the world, if the sketch sucks and is poorly written and the characters aren't well-developed, nobody's going to be able to bring that to life. Whereas if you have a great sketch or a great script, a so-so actor, like say even myself, could do a good job with it. I think writing is essential. I don't think writers get enough love in the Hall of Fame. I don't think they get enough love in general. So that all being said, I'm going to talk about Alan Zweibel. Unfortunately, unlike Jim Downey, who I'm so happy got in, he doesn't have name recognition. He's done a lot. I've been reading a lot about him, and I was sent a list of the sketches he's worked on. I mean, Roseanne, Rosanna, Dana, Anna, Letella, Emily Letella. He worked very closely with Gilda, very close with Gilda. He was very, very, very, very essential to those early years.Track 3[17:56]Unfortunately, and I worry about this with Garrett Morris, too. I don't want to get off track, and Lorraine. People don't have long memories always. And especially these days, Joe, you know the kids are jumping on, they're watching sketches, they're watching the Beavis and Butthead sketch, they're not watching the whole show. So it's very different now. And I feel like writers like Alan Zubow have been lost to the anals of time, unfortunately. And maybe I'll be wrong. I hope I am wrong, but I feel like there's other writers ahead of him a bit. However i'd be thrilled if he got in i'd like to see writers get more love but i don't think it's happening so now i'm gonna throw it back over to you.Track 2[18:41]I just want to add on a little bit to that because i think he might have been a cast member in season five because okay yeah everyone started leaving so they just started pulling people from like the writers and like because like i think paul schaefer was a cast member in season five so season five was It was just kind of that running on fumes before everyone left. And then also, I just want to mention, as far as the Gildan Radner connection, I just love this memory, which is her last television appearance, which was on It's a Gary Shandling Show. And I know this isn't Saturday Night Live, but um uh he gary shanley uh developed that show with alan's i or uh zybel and uh after, gildan ran there was um she had a pause where she started to look good uh health-wise and so she showed up on that show and i just wanted to recommend people to look that moment up because it's such a gift from alan and gilda um so i know it's outside saturday night live but uh, But anyway, to segue to my pick, I also picked a writer for the same reason. Again, writers, it would be cool if writers, if you could see their name on the sketch.Track 3[20:04]Right.Track 2[20:04]That would be great. You know, that way, you know, like the only one that I think of is Jack Handy, The Deep Thoughts. You saw his name on that sketch. Right. So that kind of made you familiar. Now, anyway, my pick is Julio Torres, who is more recent. I just don't, he's not like John Mulaney, where he's a recent writer who has standout specials or hosted the show and all this stuff. I'm sure he's a great writer. He's just not well known. I think he's the least known person on the list.Track 3[20:41]I think you're right. He does have that I'm a Stone Actress sketch, which was great. But, yeah, he's not really talked about as much.Track 2[20:49]I mean, I don't want to, I literally don't have anything negative to say about him other than the fact that he's not known enough. And I'm sure people found out, you know, what sketches he wrote. They'd be like, oh, yeah, absolutely. I love that. But at this point, you know, I mean, you know, I just can't see people looking at this list and voting for him. I mean, and I'm not saying anything negative about him. I just don't see him being well known enough.Track 3[21:23]Now, let's reveal our ballots. Do you mind if I go first, Joe?Track 2[21:27]Yes, please.Track 3[21:28]I'm just going to zoom through it. But my 15, and I did use all 15. I know some people don't, but I had a hard time keeping it to 15. I could have gone to 16 or 17. My ballot is... And a guest hire, Sherry O'Terry, Dave Grohl, Vanessa Bayer, Rosie Schuster, and Paula Pell, both writers. Candice Bergen, Rachel Dratch, Dick Ebersole, Herb Sargent, Lorraine Newman, Buck Henry, Jack Handy, Tracy Morgan, and you too. Those are my 15. And let me tell you, I didn't really know who Buck Henry was. I didn't know much about Dick Ebersole, rather. Then I listened to this podcast, and it changed my voting. And I put these two on. This is the first time I've put them on because I think they're essential to the show's history. So thank you, SNL Hall of Fame. Thank you, Thomas. Thank you, JD. Thank you, Matt, for making me a more educated viewer. Now your turn, Joe.Track 2[22:39]All right. So with me, I just went with 10. My brain just works in the DECA system. So shout out to the Romans. um so the list goes paul rudd dick ever saw dave grohl paul lapel lorraine newman kate mckinnon adam samler martin short chris parnell and john malane um i just and to me that would almost be a great show all of himself they were together so that's my time agreed well Well.Track 3[23:10]I'm surprised at like how similar our lists are because I think we have slightly different tastes, but I think we're ready to move on. Beck Bennett is our first season six nominee. And the way this is going to go every episode is one of us is going to be pro and one of us is going to be con. It does not reflect our true feelings, but we're arguing the side we're arguing, and that's how it's going to go. And are we ready to get started? Do you want to start, Joe? You're the con and I'm the pro. What do you think?Track 2[23:50]Well, how about this? we'll go pro just to kind of introduce him and then uh i'll do con.Track 3[23:55]Okay we'll just throw it back and forth how's that sound yes sounds good all right so i am arguing the pro for mr beck bennett eight seasons that alone meets one of my criteria i feel like a great cast member has to have at at least five. Beck has eight. Eight seasons, and he came out of the gate on fire. He brought ideas to the show. He, of course, had a relationship with Kyle Mooney, and they came with sketches. So that's my first pro. Want to give a con, Joe?Track 2[24:37]Yes. Yes. So now, first off, let me just say I agree with every positive thing. However, my assignment is to come up with cons. So I agree with everything that you're saying and everything on the podcast. However, for the con, I feel like he was a part of a big cast.Track 3[25:01]True.Track 2[25:02]And he didn't really pop. He didn't really stand out. So to give an example or demonstration of this, imagine if he came back to host, you know, people wouldn't be saying, oh, I hope he does this sketch, you know, like, or I hope he does this character. There wasn't anything. He did Baby Boss, but that wasn't rememberable. I don't think people are going to be quoting or re-watching that on YouTube. A lot of the Kyle Mooney pre-taped stuff is funny, don't get me wrong, but not rememberable. He didn't you know he just didn't pop and then um he also did a lot of the straight man stuff which is a thankless task like he did a lot of uh game show hosts and you know so i just that's my con he just didn't pop he didn't stand out i i just i can't make a list of uh stuff i would want him to do again if he came back to host so that's my con all.Track 3[26:09]Right so i i just want to add I've got a few more things for the, for the pro. Let's talk about his pre-tapes. I mean, he and Kyle came with the SoCal boys, kind of the clueless boys who were all over the internet at that time. They're probably still all over the internet. And they just nailed it. And it was so funny. I just rewatched a couple of those SoCal boys pre-tapes and they were hilarious. But I just want, I have to mention my, one of my absolute favorite pre-tapes, which is the Leslie Kyle back.Track 3[26:48]Triangle specifically the one with the masquerade with the eyes wide shut for those of you young listeners it's a movie that came out a long time ago watch the sketch watch the pre-tape i i can't even do it justice so funny even colin jost gets into the act it is hilarious i just think beck was one of those in the clutch performers who could come and be the straight man and all the the craziness could bounce off of him against Santa Baby with Gosling and Vanessa Bayer. They're going nuts about Santa, and Beck has to play the straight dad role. Like you said, Joe, always having, often having to be the one that everybody else sort of plays. He's sort of the canvas, and they play off. He's just so perfect at that. And they mentioned so many good examples in the Hall of Fame episode that I don't think I need to do anymore. So that's my wrap up. I think he deserves a shot. And I was very happy I got to be pro because I know, Joe, that you struggled with the cons. But I think you did an excellent job and made some excellent points about why maybe he is not quite Hall of Fame material.Track 3[28:13]All right, Joe, I think it's time for our final, final segment, our hopes for the 50th season. And the theme for this, this week's our first is which two cast members do we want to see more of? All right, I'll start. Let me tell you, I had two, I had two people. One, I didn't change. One, I did. Guess why? Why? Because my buddy Joe and I had a conversation and he made me rethink and I'm like, he's right. I need to go with my gut and I need to say a regular cast member. I was going to do a newer cast member, but instead I'm going with a I believe she's going into her sixth year.Track 3[28:59]She's getting the screen time. But thank you, Mike Murray, on Saturday night or Saturday as an on the Saturday Night Network. Network yeah because mike murray if you haven't listened and i'm assuming if you're listening to this podcast you listen to the hasn't on uh mike murray does a great stats breakdown and he gave me some stats and he's he talks a lot about uh minutes per episode and i don't think i don't think she's getting enough time on screen and he has solidified that for me i'm talking about the the one, the only, the incredible Ego Nwudum. She is my favorite cast member, bar none, hands down.Track 3[29:45]I think she's absolutely hilarious in every sketch she's featured in. She just holds her own so beautifully against the likes of Kenan and Mikey Day and Heidi Gardner. Ego stands tall and proud. She's amazing. I'm really happy she got one of the first reoccurring characters in a long time, Lisa from Temecula, and she delivers. And I'm thrilled that she's got a TV show now, I believe on Peacock. I think it's called The Throwback, but I might be messing up the name. But I'm really, I'm thrilled that she has a show and I want to see her. I hope that doesn't mean she's going to get less screen time i want to see her get more screen time okay joe.Track 2[30:33]Who do you want to see more of again i guess this is a very female themed episode because my first one is my comedy crush uh and by that i mean i love her comedy is sarah sherman uh.Track 2[30:53]So I just love she is so unique, but I'm also glad she could blend in to the cast. Like, I'm glad that she could do both her unique style and, you know, that doesn't alienate her from everyone else. She's able to be in sketches that don't work, you know, that aren't about her unique sense of humor. She is so she has such a unique identity. She just does goes with her gut and just and then on top of that. And then the second point is I want to see her on Weekend Update. She did Sarah's News, I believe was the segment. But most importantly, and I do mean this, which is important to me. I want to see her roasting Colin Jost because she is aside from those swap joke swaps that he does with Michael J. I love seeing Colin Joe's get roasted by Sarah she just does it in this goes for the jugular just really you know she did one where she went backstage in his dressing room and there was like yeah this is where he keeps the interns in the cage and stuff like that and she, chef's kiss I mean I just love her unique sense into humor and I love seeing her roast Colin Jost. So yes, that's my first pick. And now yours.Track 3[32:19]My second is a little newer and he just nailed it this past season. I think he's getting more time, but again, thank you Mike Murray. His screen time is not where it needs to be. His Tim Scott is one of my favorite political impressions currently. Of course, I'm talking about the fabulous Devin Walker. I think Devin is fantastic. I love Marcelo Hernandez, don't get me wrong, but he seems to be the newbie getting the most love, and I'd like to see the love spread a little evener for Longfellow as well, but really for Devin. I think this is Devin's season to shine. I hope so. I hope they give him more impressions. I hope they put him on update. Let him have Devin's take, kind of like they did with Longfellow and let him give his takes on certain cultural happenings in the zeitgeist. Yeah, I want more Devin Walker this season. A lot more than last season.Track 2[33:16]So my second pick is Michael Longfellow. It's just real... Yes. It's just real simple. I just look at that guy and I know this is kind of a part of the con that I said about Beck Bennett, but he has great deadpan.Track 3[33:34]Yes.Track 2[33:34]So and that is really one of the thankless tasks of a cast member is looking at the other ones, looking at the character and just, you know, acting, you know, and just having a facial expression that says you're weird and stuff like that.Track 3[33:51]Yes.Track 2[33:52]You know and then um how about this is what came to me i can't believe it was an snl cast member or or anything but it keaton has this thing where he just goes no no and michael longfellow just has that in his face where he's able to do that without saying anything like you're weird you're just he's got it in his eyes it reminds me of like dave foley from news radio um he just he's He's able to look at the joke and not say anything. And to me, it's more important to act instead of saying, you know, like, you know, brevity is the soul of wit. So just to be and I just like seeing that from him. So that's what I'm hoping to see more of from him.Track 3[34:33]OK, so I think the moral of our episode today is we want more women getting involved and we want the newbies getting some love because both Devin and Michael came in. And Marcelo seems to be getting all of the love, which he's super talented. But like I said, I'd like to see them spreading it out a little more. Okay. I cannot believe that this is the end already, Joe. This is so much fun. You are so much fun to talk to because you're as geeky, passionate about SNL as I am. And so thank you.Track 2[35:10]Yes. And I believe you have excellent taste. No, no, you're great. You know, you have mountains and mountains of information and passion. So, yeah, this is great. You know, I hope to be doing this every week. We will be doing this every week right here at the Butter Cooler.Track 3[35:26]We're throwing our cups away until next week when they'll be, when Thomas will be joined by another great guest on the SNL Hall of Fame. Well, they'll be talking about the one and only, and we talked about her today, right, Joe?Track 2[35:41]Yes, we did.Track 3[35:41]The fabulous sherry o terry very.Track 2[35:47]Energetic a mountain yeah we got a lot to get into on.Track 3[35:50]Yeah looking forward to it but for now leaving the water cooler till next time throwing out the cup.0:00 / 36:410.5x0.75x1.0x1.25x1.5x1.75x2xSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/snlhof/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2024 1:21


Dead Writers – a show about great American writers and where they lived

Tess and Brock get to know Henry Wadsworth-Longfellow, the so-called hometown poet of Portland, ME. To find out whether Longfellow's fame is justified, Tess and Brock head down to the Wadsworth-Longfellow house in the center of town. Longfellow wrote his first poem and other works in the house, but the house doesn't just honor him but the whole Longfellow family.Tess and Brock also talk with Ari Gersen, the owner of Longfellow Books in Portland, and ask what the “aura” of the name does for the shop. Does having a great poet's name on the door help sell any books?Mentioned:“The Battle of Lowell Pond” by Henry Wadsworth-Longfellow“The Rainy Day” by Henry Wadsworth-Longfellow“A Psalm of Life” by Henry Wadsworth-Longfellow“The Courtship of Miles Standish” by Henry Wadsworth-Longfellow“The Song of Hiawatha” by Henry Wadsworth-LongfellowLongfellow BooksThe house:Wadsworth-Longfellow house in Portland, METess Chakkalakal is the creator, executive producer and host of Dead Writers. Brock Clarke is our writer and co-host.Lisa Bartfai is the managing producer and executive editor. Our music is composed by Cedric Wilson, who also mixes the show. Ella Jones is our web editorial intern, and Mark Hoffman created our logo. A special thanks to our reader Aidan Sheeran-Hahnel.This episode was produced with the generous support of our sponsors Bath Savings and listeners like you.

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Episode 1251 - "e"-readers - 4th - The spirit of '76 - The roles of my lifetime - Acting presidents

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2024 7:21


Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1251, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: E-Readers. With E in quotes 1: This novel by Sinclair Lewis caused an uproar for its satiric indictment of fundamentalist religion. Elmer Gantry. 2: The original title of this Steinbeck novel was "Salinas Valley". East of Eden. 3: Longfellow's "Tale of Acadie", it begins, "This is the forest primeval". Evangeline. 4: Thomas Gray said, "The paths of glory lead but to the grave" in this sad poem "Written in a Country Churchyard". Elegy. 5: Hana is the nurse who takes care of the nameless and terribly burned man in this novel by Michael Ondaatje. The English Patient. Round 2. Category: 4Th 1: 1983's "Billie Jean" was his 4th solo No. 1 hit. Michael Jackson. 2: When it held its 1904 exhibition, this Missouri city was the USA's 4th largest. St. Louis. 3: No joke, it's the 4th-largest bone in the skeleton of an average adult male. the humerus. 4: In 1992 Andre Marrou came in 4th in this election with 291,612 votes. the election for the presidency of the United States. 5: In terms of area, it's the 4th largest of the 5 Great Lakes. Lake Erie. Round 3. Category: The Spirit Of '76 1: In 1976 you could reassemble the painting from 3 of these, on sale for 13 cents each. stamps. 2: The artist, Archibald Willard, didn't serve in the Revolution, but with the 86th Ohio Volunteers in this war. the Civil War. 3: An early version is in a diplomatic reception room at this cabinet department's headquarters. the State Department. 4: Hugh Mosher was the model for the man blowing on this and his family still has the instrument. the fife. 5: Appropriately, the painting first gained wide notice in this 1876 exhibition in Philadelphia. the Centennial Exhibition. Round 4. Category: The Roles Of My Lifetime 1: He put in 20 seasons as Frasier Crane and 2 as a ruthless mayor on "Boss". Kelsey Grammer. 2: Mudka's Meat Hut waitress and girl at pool were fine roles but Hannah Montana got a little more press. Miley Cyrus. 3: Who? Her, as Mrs. Which, and also as Deborah Lacks. Oprah. 4: We'd give an "A" to his work as Oscar Grant and Killmonger, but he's going to get a "B." from you. (Michael B.) Jordan. 5: High schooler Kyle and Elio Perlman; call him by his name. (Timothée) Chalamet. Round 5. Category: Acting Presidents 1: In a 1995 film he played Andrew Shepherd, "The American President" who romanced Annette Bening. Michael Douglas. 2: (I'm Sam Waterston) I starred in a 1988 miniseries based on Gore Vidal's book about this president. Abraham Lincoln. 3: James Gregory played this post-Civil War president on the classic TV series "The Wild Wild West". Ulysses S. Grant. 4: Then-president John F. Kennedy chose this actor to play him in the 1963 film "PT 109". Cliff Robertson. 5: Peter Sellers had 3 roles in this film, U.S. President Merkin Muffley, Captain Lionel Mandrake and this title character. Dr. Strangelove. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used

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Episode 1249 - Places of sport and amusement - "nea" - Get your facts straight - The rockefellers - Museums by city

Instant Trivia

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 6:32


Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1249, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Places Of Sport And Amusement 1: With 10 million gallons of water, the USA's largest one of these opened in Atlanta in 2005. an aquarium. 2: 4-letter place for "roller" fun. a rink. 3: Footwear is key at this indoor location where a turkey is cause for congratulations. a bowling alley. 4: California's official state theater is the Pasadena one; on TV, Pee-Wee Herman had a more informal one. a playhouse. 5: This word is from French and Latin words meaning "bicycle" and "course". velodrome. Round 2. Category: Nea. With Nea in quotation marks 1: This layer of the eye has no blood vessels. the cornea. 2: Mary Ann Esposito's book on 3 yeast doughs is "What You" this. Knead. 3: This pet critter is part of the cavy family. guinea pig. 4: This state capital is on the Gastineau Channel. Juneau (Alaska). 5: This Trojan hero is Aphrodite's son. Aeneas. Round 3. Category: Get Your Facts Straight 1: Carlsberg is a Danish brewery; this Swiss-style cheese from Norway has a similar name. Jarlsberg. 2: The minneola is the best-known variety of the tangelo; Minnehaha is his best gal in a Longfellow poem. Hiawatha. 3: Borax is a cleaning agent; this movie title guy journeys to "the U.S. and A." with his producer Azamat Bagatov. Borat. 4: Van Heflin was in "Shane" and "3:10 to Yuma"; this group gave us songs like "Hot For Teacher". Van Halen. 5: Ramen is a noodle; the Ramayana is an epic poem of India composed in this ancient language. Sanskrit. Round 4. Category: The Rockefellers 1: One of the world's wealthiest men, John D. Rockefeller made his fortune in this business. oil. 2: In the 1970s this member of the Rockefeller family served briefly as vice president. Nelson. 3: Abby Aldrich Rockefeller was a founder of this NYC museum in 1929 and her son David was a longtime donor and trustee. the MoMA (the Museum of Modern Art). 4: From 1985 to 2015 Jay Rockefeller, also known as John D. Rockefeller IV, was a senator from this state. West Virginia. 5: Living to the age of 97, John D. was born when this man of Dutch descent was president, and died during FDR's second term. Van Buren. Round 5. Category: Museums By City 1: Byzantine Museum,Acropolis Museum. Athens. 2: The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Washington, D.C.. 3: Anne Frank House,Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. 4: The Henry Ford Museum(don't say Detroit). Dearborn. 5: Uffizi Gallery,Bardini Museum. Florence. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used

Stuff You Missed in History Class
Historical Roads and Highways

Stuff You Missed in History Class

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2024 38:53 Transcription Available


This episode covers three examples of historically important roads. One is quite ancient, one is an important part of the development of the U.S., and the third is a more modern road that's been lauded for its design. Research: “The Ancient Ridgeway.” Friends of the Ridgeway. https://ridgewayfriends.org.uk/the-trail/the-ancient-ridgeway/· Atkins, Harry. “The Best Historic Sites in Oxfordshire.” History Hit. May 24, 2022. https://www historyhit.com/guides/the-best-historic-sites-in-oxfordshire/· “Avebury.” English Heritage. https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/avebury/ Benetti, Alessandro. “The bridge-type autogrill, infrastructure and icon of the Italian highways.” Domus. July 27, 2020. https://www.domusweb.it/en/architecture/2020/07/27/infrastructures-and-icons-the-bridge-type-autogrill-by-angelo-bianchetti-and-mario-pavesi.html Benetti, Alessandro. “Italy's ‘Sun Motorway,' the story of an exceptional infrastructure.” Domus. Aug. 5, 2023. https://www.domusweb.it/en/architecture/gallery/2021/07/16/the-sun-motorway-is-65-years-old-a-short-story-of-an-extraordinary-infrastructure.html Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "macadam". Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Aug. 2014, https://www.britannica.com/technology/macadam-road-construction Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Saxony". Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Jun. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/place/Saxony-historical-region-duchy-and-kingdom-Europe Calvano, Angela & Canducci, Andrea & Rufini, Andrea. (2023). Urban regeneration of public housing settlements, in Rome: the case study of San Basilio district. Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. 8. 10.1051/rees/2023012 Cleaver, Emily. “Against All Odds, England's Massive Chalk Horse Has Survived 3,000 Years.” Smithsonian. July 6, 2017. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/3000-year-old-uffington-horse-looms-over-english-countryside-180963968/ Ellis, Sian. “Just follow the Ridgeway, Britain's oldest highway.” British Heritage. April 30, 2024. https://britishheritage.com/travel/the-ridgeway-britains-oldest-highway Haughton, Brian. “The White Horse of Uffington.” March 30, 2011. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/229/the-white-horse-of-uffington/ Johnson, Ben. “Ancient Standing Stones.” Historic UK. https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Ancient-Standing-Stones/ “Lane Width.” U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration. https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/geometric/pubs/mitigationstrategies/chapter3/3_lanewidth.cfm Lenarduzzi, Thea. “The Motorway That Built Italy: Piero Puricelli's masterpiece is the focus of an unlikely pilgrimage.” Independent UK. Jan. 30, 2016. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/the-world-s-first-motorway-piero-puricelli-s-masterpiece-is-the-focus-of-an-unlikely-pilgrimage-a6840816.html Longfellow, Rickie. “The National Road.” U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration. https://highways.dot.gov/highway-history/general-highway-history/back-time/national-road Mclaughlan, Scott, PhD. “What were the enclosure acts?” The Collector. Nov. 12, 2023. https://www.thecollector.com/what-were-the-enclosure-acts/ McNamara, Robert. "The National Road, America's First Major Highway." ThoughtCo, Apr. 5, 2023, thoughtco.com/the-national-road-177405 “The National Road.” National Park Service. https://www.nps.gov/articles/national-road.htm “National Road Heritage Corridor.” https://nationalroadpa.org/ "The Nation's First Mega-Project: A Legislative History of the Cumberland Road" United States Department of transportation. 2021. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68561 Nifosi, Giuseppe. “Michelucci's Highway Church.” Art Unveiled.  https://www.artesvelata.it/chiesa-autostrada-michelucci/ “RESEARCH AND SOURCES FOR WAYLAND'S SMITHY.” English Heritage. https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/waylands-smithy/history/research-and-sources/ “The Ridgeway.” National Trails. https://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/trails/the-ridgeway/ “The Ridgeway Information.” National Trails. https://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/trails/the-ridgeway/trail-information/ Stenton, F. M. “The Road System of Medieval England.” The Economic History Review, vol. 7, no. 1, 1936, pp. 1–21. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/2590730 “WAYLAND'S SMITHY.” English Heritage. https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/waylands-smithy/ “Wayland's Smithy chambered long barrow, including an early barrow and Rion Age and Roman boundary ditches.” Historic England. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1008409?section=official-list-entry Whittle, Alasdair & Brothwell, Don & Cullen, Rachel & Gardner, Neville & Kerney, M.. (2014). Wayland's Smithy, Oxfordshire: Excavations at the Neolithic Tomb in 1962–63 by R. J. C. Atkinson and S. Piggott. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 57. 61-101. 10.1017/S0079497X00004515. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Instant Trivia
Episode 1233 - Siegfrieds and roys - A triangle scheme - The civil war years - The roles of morgan freeman - Nmoɋ-ǝɋisԁ∩

Instant Trivia

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2024 7:14


Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1233, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Siegfrieds And Roys 1: In an 1870s ballet, Prince Siegfried falls in love with one of these graceful birds. Swan. 2: This singer took "Oh, Pretty Woman" to No. 1 in 1964. Roy Orbison. 3: This composer of the opera "Siegfried" also named his son Siegfried. Richard Wagner. 4: Before he became the "King of the Cowboys" on film, he formed the Sons of the Pioneers singing group. Roy Rogers. 5: In a Sir Walter Scott novel, this title character is an outlaw of the MacGregor clan. Rob Roy. Round 2. Category: A Triangle Scheme 1: After 1918, no one had an eye on the USS Cyclops, one of the first U.S. ships recorded missing in this mysterious region. the Bermuda Triangle. 2: 2 interlaced triangles make up this symbol of Judaism, which dates back more than 2,500 years. the Star of David. 3: The reciprocal of cosine, it's the ratio of line AC to line AB in the triangle here. secant. 4: Longfellow detailed a love triangle between Priscilla Mullins, John Alden and this guy in "The Courtship of" him. Miles Standish. 5: The regulation of sweatshops got heavier after the 1911 fire at this factory named for the blouses it made. the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. Round 3. Category: The Civil War Years 1: War was raging when this holiday was 1st observed nationally, on the last Thursday in November 1863. Thanksgiving. 2: During his 1864 re-election bid, Lincoln said "It was not best to swap" these "while crossing the stream". horses. 3: This 4-word motto was first stamped on U.S. coins during the war, in 1864. In God We Trust. 4: U.S. diplomat Charles Francis Adams. this president's son, sought to keep the British neutral. John Quincy Adams. 5: "Little Women" author who became famous when letters she wrote as a Civil War nurse were published in 1863. Alcott. Round 4. Category: The Roles Of Morgan Freeman 1: 1989:Hoke Colburn, a chauffeur. Driving Miss Daisy. 2: 1994:Red Redding, a lifer at a Maine prison. The Shawshank Redemption. 3: 2014:Vitruvius (voice only). The Lego Movie. 4: 2013:Archie, visiting Sin City with 3 old, old pals. Last Vegas. 5: 2009:Nelson Mandela. Invictus. Round 5. Category: Nmoɋ-Ǝɋisԁ∩ 1: According to the proverb, 1 of these is "just a frown turned upside-down". smile. 2: In "Royal Wedding" we saw him dancing on the ceiling. Fred Astaire. 3: A 1918 24¢ U.S. stamp for this type of letter is valuable if the picture is upside-down. air mail. 4: Uncommon condition in which the temperature rises as you get higher in the atmosphere. inversion. 5: In 1980 this singer had a No. 1 hit with the following:"Upside down / Boy, you turn me / Inside out / And round and round / Upside down / Boy, you turn me / Inside out / And round and round...". Diana Ross. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used

MPR News Update
Storm damage reported across Minnesota. Armed man shot by Minneapolis police

MPR News Update

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 4:27


Severe thunderstorms battered much of northern and central Minnesota Wednesday afternoon and evening, knocking out power to thousands of homes. At least four preliminary tornado reports came into National Weather Service offices, including one near Camp Ripley and two near Mille Lacs Lake. And overnight, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension responded to a use-of-force incident in Minneapolis. Police Chief Brian O'Hara told local news outlets an armed man died in the Longfellow neighborhood after being shot by police.This is an MPR News morning update, hosted by Gracie Stockton. Music by Gary Meister.Find these headlines at mprnews.org.Tornadoes, wind and hail damage reported across much of MinnesotaMan fatally shot by police in south MinneapolisRead the latest edition of the AM Update newsletter.Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or RSS.

Kansas City Today
Marking Kansas City's Womontown

Kansas City Today

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2024 15:00


In the '90s, a group of queer Kansas City women were fed up with harassment and housing discrimination. So they transformed 12 city blocks in the Longfellow neighborhood into a radical enclave by and for women called Womontown. Now, a historical marker will honor the area's location and significance.

Up To Date
A new Kansas City historic marker plaque will honor the iconic Womontown community

Up To Date

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2024 16:54


Kansas City, with help from the Gay and Lesbian Archives of Mid-America, will unveil a historical marker next Thursday in the Longfellow neighborhood highlighting the historic Womontown community that once lived there.

VSM: Mp3 audio files
We Gather Together To Ask The Lords Blessing from Christmas Carols 'For Beginners', coll.2 for piano solo - Mp3 audio file

VSM: Mp3 audio files

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2024 0:38


VSM: Mp3 audio files
We Gather Together To Ask The Lord's Blessing from Christmas Carols, coll.2 for brass quartet (1) - Mp3 audio file

VSM: Mp3 audio files

Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2024 2:28


The Daily Poem
Selections From Longfellow's "Morituri Salutamus"

The Daily Poem

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2024 8:38


Today's episode features selections from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's fifty-year retrospective on his own graduation, the lengthy speech-in-verse, “Morituri Salutamus: Poem for the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Class of 1825 in Bowdoin College.” Come back tomorrow to hear the poem in full. Happy reading! Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

Judaism Unbound
Bonus Episode: The Dybbukast, Season 4 Episode 4 - At Newport

Judaism Unbound

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2024 33:27


This bonus episode of Judaism Unbound is presented in partnership with Theatre Dybbuk. We are proud to feature their fourth season's fourth episode as a bonus episode here on Judaism Unbound's feed. In each episode, they bring poems, plays, and other creative texts from throughout history to life, all while revealing their relationships to issues still present today. Subscribe to The Dybbukast on Apple Podcasts, or anywhere else that podcasts are found.---------------------------------------------In this episode, presented in collaboration with Hebrew College, we begin by exploring two poems from the second half of the 19th century by prominent American poets. One, "The Jewish Cemetery at Newport," by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, is generally thought to have been written during a visit to Newport in 1852 and was then published in 1854. The other, a response to that work by Emma Lazarus, called "In the Jewish Synagogue at Newport," was likely written in 1867 and then published in 1871.Rabbi Dan Judson, Provost of Hebrew College, discusses how the poem by Lazarus both builds upon and deviates from Longfellow's poem. He also shares about the artistic and ideological journey that Emma Lazarus, as a Jewish American writer, took over the course of her career, using her poem "The Banner of the Jew," published in 1882, as an entry point to understand this journey, and touches on the ways in which her evolution speaks to Jewish identity in America and the American experience overall.Support for this episode is provided in part by A More Perfect Union, a project of The Tides Center.

Maine Historical Society - Programs Podcast
"Sweet and Beautiful Souls: Longfellow and the Concord Writers" with Richard Smith

Maine Historical Society - Programs Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2024 51:39


Recorded March 27, 2024 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was the most popular and successful poet of his day. Living in Cambridge, Massachusetts he was a member of the literati that made Boston the literary hub of the country; Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, and John Greenleaf Whittier were all Longfellow friends or associates. But 20 miles west of Boston was a small town filled with its own poets, writers and philosophers. Concord, Massachusetts was home to not only Ralph Waldo Emerson, but Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and the Alcott family; they too all had a deep friendship or close association with Longfellow. Concord public historian Richard Smith explored the friendships between Longfellow and the Concord writers in this talk, sharing his opinions about their lives and writings.

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories
George Rex Graham and Graham's Magazine

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2024 28:50


ABC #062 - Part 1 Of the 19th century magazines out of Philadelphia, Graham's was the best, even though it only lasted a few years.  George Rex Graham would wheedle articles out of Longfellow and Thoreau and published many stories by his co-editor Edgar Allan Poe.

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories
ABC#062: Three More Philadelphia Magazines: Graham's, Peterson's, and Lippincott's

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2024 83:36


Philadelphia has always been the magazine-publishing capital of the United States.  It reached its pinnacle in the 1840s, 50s, and 60s when three popular magazines – Graham's, Peterson's, and Lippincott's - all came into existence.    Graham's was the best, even though it only lasted a few years.  George Rex Graham would wheedle articles out of Longfellow and Thoreau, and published many stories by his co-editor Edgar Allan Poe.   Peterson's magazine followed shortly and lasted a few years longer.  Charles Peterson was a lifelong friend of Graham who started his own magazine and was ready to hand it off to his son, Howard, who mysteriously disappeared during a weekend trip down the shore.  What his wife did at the time of her death 31 years later will touch your heart.   Joshua Ballinger Lippincott was a late comer with his Lippincott's magazine, but it lasted longer than the others and served as the bedrock for the famed Lippincott Publishing Company which went through several generations of family leadership.   George Rex Graham, five members of the Peterson family, and several members of the Lippincotts are featured on this month's episode of All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #062 – Three More Philadelphia Magazines: Graham's, Peterson's, and Lippincott's.   

The Constitution Study podcast
417 - Remembering the Battle of Lexington

The Constitution Study podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2024 13:51


Listen, my children, and you shall hearOf the midnight ride of Paul Revere, Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Most of us who grew up here in America learned about the battles of Lexington and Concorde from this Longfellow poem. Who does not remember, "One if by land, and two if by sea;" or Paul Revere's cries of "The British are coming! The British are coming!"? Most of the stories we have heard are not true. Whether poetic license or outright propaganda has been lost to history. However, the story behind those battles is not only well worth the telling, but of great importance to anyone today who still claims the title American.

And That's Why We Drink
E373 The Thirsty Little Rat Inn and the Coowoo Girls

And That's Why We Drink

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2024 161:06


It's episode 373 and our other car is a hoop and stick! Who else is feeling the butterflies of putting a new project out into the universe? Christine and her Etsy shop can relate (link below). This week Em takes us to Sudbury, Massachusetts (where we may or may not be currently driving through) to bring us the haunted tales of the Longfellow's Wayside Inn. Then Christine covers the wildly divisive and heartbreaking case of Anthony Broadwater and Alice Sebold. And don't forget to moisturize from the inside out... and that's why we drink! Check out Christine's Etsy store and treat yourself to that hoop and stick bumper sticker you've always wanted! thextinefiles.etsy.com

Wedge LIVE!
Melody Investigates: Special Delivery: A Cold Turkey Mystery

Wedge LIVE!

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2024 53:31


Melody Hoffman (southwestvoices.news) joins us for a conversation about serious allegations made against a US mail carrier in southwest Minneapolis. Witnesses recount a series of assaults that ultimately ended a beloved neighborhood turkey's life. First, an attack with a shovel. Then a brutal hit-and-run attack with a mail truck. We also talk about: Uber and Lyft threatening to leave Minneapolis, or the metro area entirely, due to the recently passed pay increase; the war of words between Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara and Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty; reopening Nicollet Ave at Lake St where the old Kmart stood; and John reminds people about the race for the MN House in 61A and reflects on his recent conversations with the candidates. Plus, Melody makes friends with the publisher of a Longfellow neighborhood newsletter. Watch: https://youtube.com/wedgelive Join the conversation: https://twitter.com/wedgelive Support the show: https://patreon.com/wedgelive Wedge LIVE theme song by Anthony Kasper x LaFontsee

StocktonAfterClass
Evangeline. A Poem of Love and Loss by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

StocktonAfterClass

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2024 24:25


Evangeline was a standard assignment in the 8th grade when I was a kid.  It was long and had big words but we read it because it made us better people.  This is the story of this poem, and of my experience with it.   It is also the story of Longfellow, the most popular poet of his age, and of his poems.  The Village Smith, Paul Revere's Ride, Haiwatha, and the powerful Christmas poem/song, "I heard the Bells on Christmas Day." Longfellow had a painful life, but he kept writing those wonderful poems. Have you ever read a single poem by Longfellow?  This is your chance to encounter his creativity. 

The Daily Poem
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "The Poet and His Songs"

The Daily Poem

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2024 8:51


Happy Birthday to America's great man of letters, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow!Get to know Longfellow better through his own verse, or in the pages of Nicholas Basbanes' excellent biography, Cross of Snow. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

The Paranormal 60
The Legend of the Longfellow Bells - A New England Legends Podcast

The Paranormal 60

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2024 22:07


Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger spend the holidays strolling the grounds of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's former mansion in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to witness the birthplace of a poem written Christmas morning in 1863, when Longfellow felt his hope renewed after his son had been badly injured in a Civil War battle. The poem was later turned into a holiday song that's been recorded by giants like: Burl Ives, Frank Sinatra, Harry Belafonte, Andy Williams, and Johnny Cash. The Legend of the Longfellow Bells - A New England Legends Podcast Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: https://www.patreon.com/NewEnglandLegends For more episodes join us here each Monday or visit their website to catch up on the hundreds of tales that legends are made of. https://ournewenglandlegends.com/category/podcasts/Follow Jeff Belanger here: https://jeffbelanger.com/Get Jeff's new book, The Fright Before Christmas: Surviving Krampus and Other Yuletide Monsters, Witches, and Ghosts here: https://bit.ly/3uVTRgh  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New England Legends Podcast
When Longfellow Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

New England Legends Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2023 21:59 Very Popular


In Episode 329 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger spend Christmas strolling the grounds of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's former mansion in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to witness the birthplace of a poem written Christmas morning in 1863, when Longfellow felt his hope renewed after his son had been badly injured in a Civil War battle. The poem was later turned into a holiday song that's been recorded by giants like: Burl Ives, Frank Sinatra, Harry Belafonte, Andy Williams, and Johnny Cash.    See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-329-when-longfellow-heard-the-bells-on-christmas-day/   Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: https://www.patreon.com/NewEnglandLegends

SLOW FLOWERS with Debra Prinzing
Episode 640: New Flower Introductions for 2024 with Hillary Alger and Joy Longfellow of Johnny's Selected Seeds

SLOW FLOWERS with Debra Prinzing

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2023 68:52 Very Popular


Today's episode is like a floral runway show for growers and designers alike and you'll be wowed by the new flower seed introductions for 2024, revealed by Hillary Alger and Joy Longfellow of Johnny's Selected Seeds. We are so happy to have had such a long relationship with Johnny's Seeds as a content partner and […] The post Episode 640: New Flower Introductions for 2024 with Hillary Alger and Joy Longfellow of Johnny's Selected Seeds appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.

The World and Everything In It
12.11.23 Legal Docket, Moneybeat, and Longfellow's Christmas Bells

The World and Everything In It

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2023 38:45 Very Popular


On Legal Docket, a case about an individual's right to trial by one's peers; on the Monday Moneybeat, the Senate Banking Committee grills bank CEOs on capital requirements; and on the World History Book, the trauma behind a Civil War-era Christmas carol. Plus, the Monday morning newsSupport The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donate.Additional support comes from Ambassadors Impact Network. Inviting entrepreneurs with a mission to connect with faith-based investors who share their vision. More at ambassadorsimpact.comFrom Samaritan Ministries. It's Biblical, affordable health care sharing with no network restrictions. More at: samaritanministries.org/worldpodcastAnd from WaterStone, helping believers transform non-cash assets—including real estate—into tax-deductible donations to preferred charities. More on how charitable giving can make a bigger impact at WaterStone.org.

The Daily Poem
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Tide Rises, Tide Falls"

The Daily Poem

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2023 7:53


Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator. His original works include the poems "Paul Revere's Ride", "The Song of Hiawatha", and "Evangeline". He was the first American to completely translate Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy and was one of the fireside poets from New England.Longfellow wrote many lyric poems known for their musicality and often presenting stories of mythology and legend. He became the most popular American poet of his day and had success overseas. He has been criticized for imitating European styles and writing poetry that was too sentimental.—Bio via Wikipedia Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe