Ranked #1

Bonding with Art and Artists W/Luc Travers
Bonding with Art and Artists W/Luc Travers
Nathaniel Branden, a psychologist and pioneer in the study of self-esteem, said that artists and creators have an above ... Read more
16 Apr 2020
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1hr 8mins
Ranked #2

The Poetry of Walls: Donald Trump and Robert Forst
The Poetry of Walls: Donald Trump and Robert Forst
Robert Frost and Donald Trump would have been great friends. They have so much in common: They were both born in big Ame... Read more
18 Jan 2019
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11mins
Ranked #3

Quarantine Nation! A Conversation with Rucka Rucka Ali
Quarantine Nation! A Conversation with Rucka Rucka Ali
You know him as the youtube sensation taking over the minds of young people like a ... Well I won't talk like that right... Read more
18 Mar 2020
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2hr 28mins
Ranked #4

The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe
The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe
A prosperous prince isolates himself in his castle along with 1,000 revellers, while a plague devastates the country-sid... Read more
4 Apr 2020
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59mins
Ranked #5

On Dealing With Fear: Motorcycles, The Iliad and Plagues
On Dealing With Fear: Motorcycles, The Iliad and Plagues
On this episode I spend some time discussing my observations from talking to people during this crisis and I share my pe... Read more
24 Mar 2020
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1hr 31mins
Ranked #6

Artful Convo: Wicca, Sci-Fi and more w/Diane Morrison
Artful Convo: Wicca, Sci-Fi and more w/Diane Morrison
You can find DIane's work at Dianemorrisonfiction.comWe had a great conversation that began with a scan of her room and ... Read more
25 Jan 2019
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1hr 27mins
Ranked #7

The Artist of the Beautiful by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Artist of the Beautiful by Nathaniel Hawthorne
This is the reading for part 4 of the four part series on Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Birth of Sci Fi.I have decided to ... Read more
1 Feb 2019
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1hr 10mins
Ranked #8

The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
Poe was a proponent of a "single unified effect" in his fiction work. Some emotion that all of the parts of the story le... Read more
14 Mar 2020
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18mins
Ranked #9

Making Art Personal with Luc Travers
Making Art Personal with Luc Travers
Luc Travers and I just had a fantastic discussion about various artworks and how to look at a paintings. It often feels ... Read more
25 Mar 2020
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1hr 18mins
Ranked #10

Enjoying Sculptures with Dianne Durante
Enjoying Sculptures with Dianne Durante
Traveling is a big value for people today. It's one of the great benefits of being alive today. It is so easy and afford... Read more
6 Apr 2020
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1hr 30mins
Ranked #11

Jordan Peterson's 6th Rule, School Killers, The Pebble and the Clod
Jordan Peterson's 6th Rule, School Killers, The Pebble and the Clod
Eric Harris, one of the Columbine killers, was a young man who had his house in order. He was good with the ladies. He h... Read more
8 Jun 2018
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2hr
Ranked #12

Romantic #5: The Tyger by William Blake & The Problem of EVIL
Romantic #5: The Tyger by William Blake & The Problem of EVIL
Today we will explore how a philosopher would explain the famous "problem of evil" and how a poet would discuss the same... Read more
10 Jun 2018
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30mins
Ranked #13

The Practical Value of Reading Literature W/ Deanna Heikkinen
The Practical Value of Reading Literature W/ Deanna Heikkinen
Ask someone the following two questions. First, "Is reading literature a good thing?" Then, "Do you read literature?" An... Read more
28 May 2020
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1hr 11mins
Ranked #14

The Clod and the Pebble by William Blake
The Clod and the Pebble by William Blake
Poets are thinkers. We don't see them as thinkers. But great poets have a special way of thinking that can benefit us al... Read more
10 May 2020
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16mins
Ranked #15

Holy Thursday by William Blake
Holy Thursday by William Blake
In this episode I have a movie recommendation too!There are two Holy Thursdays, one in The Songs of Innocence and anothe... Read more
16 Feb 2020
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47mins
Ranked #16

A Cradle Song by William Blake
A Cradle Song by William Blake
This is a very simple poem about a mother who sits by her infant's cradle while he sleeps and sings him a song. The deep... Read more
9 Feb 2020
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30mins
Ranked #17

The Roots of Progress With Jason Crawford
The Roots of Progress With Jason Crawford
I had the pleasure to sit down with Jason Crawford of The Roots of Progress to discuss human progress in the arts and sc... Read more
5 Feb 2020
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1hr 37mins
Ranked #18

The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe (PT 1)
The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe (PT 1)
Next to The Tell-Tale Heart, this short tale by Poe is one of his most famous today. It is the story of a man captured b... Read more
3 Feb 2020
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48mins
Ranked #19

Response to Yaron Brook's review of The Irishman
Response to Yaron Brook's review of The Irishman
This is an audio version of the video you can find at troubadourmag.com or on Facebook or Youtube:In this video I discus... Read more
31 Dec 2019
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1hr 31mins
Ranked #20

SMP #30 Introduction to the Songs of Innocence by William Blake
SMP #30 Introduction to the Songs of Innocence by William Blake
William Blake was the most eccentric of the Romantics. He was equally important in visual arts as well as poetry. His bo... Read more
8 Dec 2019
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39mins