The Troubadour Podcast

Nathaniel Branden, a psychologist and pioneer in the study of self-esteem, said that artists and creators have an above ... Read more

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

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

A prosperous prince isolates himself in his castle along with 1,000 revellers, while a plague devastates the country-sid... Read more

On this episode I spend some time discussing my observations from talking to people during this crisis and I share my pe... Read more

You can find DIane's work at Dianemorrisonfiction.comWe had a great conversation that began with a scan of her room and ... Read more

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

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

Luc Travers and I just had a fantastic discussion about various artworks and how to look at a paintings. It often feels ... Read more

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

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

Today we will explore how a philosopher would explain the famous "problem of evil" and how a poet would discuss the same... Read more

Ask someone the following two questions. First, "Is reading literature a good thing?" Then, "Do you read literature?" An... Read more

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

In this episode I have a movie recommendation too!There are two Holy Thursdays, one in The Songs of Innocence and anothe... Read more

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

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

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

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

William Blake was the most eccentric of the Romantics. He was equally important in visual arts as well as poetry. His bo... Read more