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S4E50 This Capacious Life - Ellen Bass

This Capacious Life - Ellen Bass Episode 50 "Thanks" by W.S. Merwin Poem read at 14:41 https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57937/thanks "Any Common Desolation" by Ellen Bass Poem read at 24:28…

S4E49 The Holiness of Showing Up - Matthias Roberts

The Holiness of Showing Up - Matthias Roberts Episode 49 "Atheist Out of Necessity" by Jay Hulme Poem read throughout The Backwater Sermons Poems by Jay Hulme IG: @matthiasroberts…

S4E48 After the Fire: Just BE - Jen Argue

After the Fire: Just BE - Jen Argue Episode 48 "Put Your Records On" By Corinne Bailey Rae https://open.spotify.com/track/2nGFzvICaeEWjIrBrL2RAx?si=5bb3000214b04bad Lyrics read throughout Online…

S4E47 The Rule of Law - Homer Moyer

The Rule of Law - Homer Moyer Episode 47 "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poem excerpt recited at 12:35 https://www.millerchevalier.com/professional/homer-e-moyer CEELI Institute:…

S4E42 Love is the Best Motivator - Hallie Waugh

Love is the Best Motivator - Hallie Waugh Episode 46 "Filling Station" by Elizabeth Bishop Poem read at: 14:05 https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52193/filling-station Poems by Elizabeth Bishop…

S4E45 Hope Does Not Dominate - Elisabeth Cunningham

Hope Does Not Dominate - Elisabeth Cunningham Episode 45 "Hope" by Emily Jane Brontë https://allpoetry.com/poem/8438205-Hope-by-Emily-Jane-Bront%C3%AB Poem read at 5:31 "'Hope' is the thing with…

S4E44 Web of Questions - Karen Wright Marsh

Karen Wright Marsh | Web of Questions Episode 44 "A Gift" by Denise Levertov https://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/Poets/L/LevertovDeni/AGift/index.html poem read at 12:33…

S4E43 2:00 a.m. - Scott Gibson

Scott Gibson | 2:00 a.m. Episode 43 "The Well of Grief" by David Whyte https://allpoetry.com/poem/15379848-The-well-of-grief-by-David-Whyte poem read at 18:03 Love You Forever by Robert Munsch and…

S4E42 Oh Good, It's Bad Bunny! - Kelsey Colón-Schwenk

Kelsey Colón-Schwenk | Oh Good, It's Bad Bunny! Episode 42 "Lo Que Le Pasó a Hawáii" by Bad Bunny https://open.spotify.com/track/1Hg0e997pObvZ91w1FCPFk?si=c1b94d0ce8134abd translated lyrics read at…

S4E41 Eyes Wide Open - Lane Cowin

Lane Cowin | Eyes Wide Open Episode 41 [you fit into me] by Margaret Atwood https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/151653/you-fit-into-me read at 15:00 and 20:39 "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes A…

S2E22 Replay: Available to Surprise with Luci Shaw

"The Old Barns of Skagit County" (2025) read at 05:45 "Pleasures" (2025) read at 19:25 "Anticipation" (2020) read at 33:38 https://lucishaw.com/ An Incremental Life (2025) Reversing Entropy (2024)…

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S3E40 Gifts of Boredom - Carla Funk

Carla Funk | Gifts of Boredom Episode 40 "The Book of Knowledge" by Patrick Lane read at 17:20 Patrick Lane https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/patrick-lane "Fumbling Towards the Star" by Carla…

S3E39 Be Still & Know I am Lost - Corey Widmer

Corey Widmer | Be Still & Know I am Lost Episode 39 "Lost" David Wagoner poem read at 10:18 Traveling Light: Collected and New Poems (1999) Corey leads a brief Centering Prayer Practice Psalm 46:…

S3E38 Laughing Over the Bass Solo - Evan Cunningham

Evan Cunningham | Laughing Over the Bass Solo Episode 38 "1960" by Billy Collins The Rain in Portugal: Poems by Billy Collins, 2016 poem read at 15:00 "Favorite Poet" by Evan Cunningham read at 26:10…

S3E37 Let Doves Come - Gail Worsham Pitt

Gail Worsham Pitt | Let Doves Come Episode 37 "Let Evening Come" by Jane Kenyon, Otherwise, 1996 poem read at 6:36 https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46431/let-evening-come Dovehouse Ministries,…

S3E36 In the Laboratory of God - Pádraig Ó Tuama

Pádraig Ó Tuama | In the Laboratory of God Episode 36 "Emerging" by RS Thomas read at:08:21 "Do You Believe in God?" by Padraig Ó Tuama read at: 21:13 Kitchen Hymns by Pádraig Ó Tuama (2025) RS…

S3E33 Kendrick Lamar: Dollars & Change - Vanessa Sadler

Vanessa Sadler | Kendrick Lamar: Dollars & Change Episode 35 contains explicit language and mature lyrical content Kendrick Lamar "How Much a Dollar Cost" from To Pimp a Butterfly …

S3E34 Chaotic Incidents & Detained Immigrants - Scott Sawyer

Scott Sawyer | Chaotic Incidents & Detained Immigrants Episode 34 The House that Love Built by Sarah Jackson with Scott Sawyer, 2020 excerpt read at 18:12 Chuck Prophet, "It's a Good Day to Be…

S3E33 A Healing Hum - Heather Stringer

Heather Stringer | A Healing Hum Episode 33 This episode contains material of a sensitive nature. "Hum, Hum" by Mary Oliver, A Thousand Mornings: Poems, 2013 poem read at 16:36 Life in Ritual…