In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re looking at a passage from John Paul Brammer’s memoir, ¡Hola, Papi! : How To Come Out In A Wal-Mart Parking Lot & Other Life Lessons, discussing perspective, change, and the fallibility of memor

Beyond My Imagination

Feb 18th, 2023 29m 45s

Episode description: In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re looking at a passage from Jhumpa Lahiri’s short story collection, Interpreter of Maladies, discussing how to live on the moon, the astonishment of our real lives, and what

Hurry

Feb 11th, 2023 34m 58s

In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re looking at a poem from Marie Howe’s collection The Kingdom of Ordinary Time , discussing what it means to move through our lives in a state of hurry, what it gets us (and doesn’t), and how to w

It Would Pass

Feb 4th, 2023 31m 32s

In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re looking at a passage from Louise Erdrich’s novel The Round House, discussing what it means to deal with the unavoidable, confront fear, and step into adulthood. Get more info and the complete

To Err Is To Wander

Jul 23rd, 2022 24m 45s

In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re looking at a passage from William Least Heat-Moon’s travel memoir, Blue Highways, discussing what it means to make errors, how wandering relates to creativity, and the kinds of failures that le

Undercut

May 21st, 2022 29m 45s

In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re looking at a passage from David James Duncan’s novel, The Brothers K,discussing how some issues in our lives can be subtle or invisible (until they’re not), recognizing them, and how curiosity

Hostages of Time

Oct 30th, 2021 19m 49s

In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re looking at a passage from Elisabeth Tova Bailey’s memoir, The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating, looking at what it means to have a chronic illness, our relationship to time, and how curiosity can b

Genius Encouraged

Oct 23rd, 2021 26m 11s

In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re looking at a passage from Ta-Nehisi Coates’s novel, The Water Dancer, looking at what it means to be encouraged, to recognize our own genius, and how curiosity can help us honor that genius in

Salty Grace

Oct 16th, 2021 31m 2s

In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re talking about humility and forgiveness and love as we dive into an excerpt from Brian Doyle’s essay collection One Long River of Song, and examining how curiosity can serve us in this work. Get

Islands and Walls

Aug 21st, 2021 18m 48s

In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re looking at a passage from Joan He’s young adult sci-fi novel, The Ones We’re Meant To Find, examining the difference between aloneness and loneliness, how to tear down walls, and how to use cur

Right Here

Aug 14th, 2021 33m 40s

In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re looking at a poem from Joy Harjo’s collection, An American Sunrise, examining how to find ourselves when we feel lost, get up when we stumble, and how to be right where we are. Get the complete

The Largeness Inside

Aug 7th, 2021 32m 16s

In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re looking at a passage from Sue Monk Kidd’s novel, The Book of Longings, looking at how that it means to bless the largeness within us, to be a voice, and how curiosity can help us move forward t

Residing Alongside

Jul 31st, 2021 19m 21s

In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re looking at a passage from Ellen Meloy’s essay collection Seasons: Desert Sketches, and talking about place and bearing witness and what it means to be a guest. Get the complete show notes at ww

See Me

Jul 24th, 2021 24m 55s

In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re looking at a passage from Leah Johnson’s YA novel You Should See Me In A Crown, looking at how curiosity is the key to trustworthiness and why visibility matters. Get the complete show notes at

Delight

Jul 17th, 2021 17m 8s

In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re looking at an essay from Ross Gay’s collection The Book of Delights, looking at how curiosity equips up to be delighted even in moments of learning, and why it matters to lead with our hearts.

Multifarious Possibility

Jul 10th, 2021 23m 51s

In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re digging into an excerpt from Matt Haig’s intriguing novel The Midnight Library, examining the fallacy of regret as well as why and how we all have futures of "multifarious possibility." Get the

Angels and Bodhisattvas

Jul 3rd, 2021 29m 39s

In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re talking about the teachers who surround us every day and digging into an excerpt from Brian Doyle’s essay collection One Long River of Song, examining how the mundane can offer us deep lessons

Love Begins With

May 29th, 2021 31m 18s

In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re talking about an excerpt from Renee Watson’s Love Is A Revolution, examining what it means to love in all its forms and how to get there through curiosity, and how story gives us a window to tr

Language of Home

May 22nd, 2021 30m 13s

In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re talking about the importance of language and words and digging into an excerpt from Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass, examining what it means to have and use language, why it matters,

Small Things

May 15th, 2021 27m 24s

In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re talking about enthusiasm and why being “cool” might not be worth the cost, and we’re digging into an excerpt from Kate Morton’s novel, The Secret Keeper, examining cycles, times of strife, find

Solitude

May 8th, 2021 22m 25s

In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re digging into an excerpt from Terry Tempest Williams’s Refuge, examining what it looks like when we step into our autonomy (or someone we love does), how to use curiosity to learn about what we

Forgiveness

May 1st, 2021 22m 10s

In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re talking about loss, hope, and forgiveness and digging into an excerpt from Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko, examining what it means to forgive, why it matters, and how to get there through curiosity. Ge

Querencia

Apr 24th, 2021 25m 56s

In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re talking about the idea of home and digging into an excerpt from Barry Lopez’s A Rediscovery of North America, examining the relationship between challenge and the desire for self-knowledge, and

Fuel

Apr 17th, 2021 20m 54s

In this episode of The Say The Word podcast, we’re talking about mythology and perspective and digging into an excerpt from Sabaa Tahir’s An Ember In The Ashes. We’re examining the differences between guilt, regret, and shame, and how to harnes

Chrysalis

Apr 10th, 2021 26m 21s

In this episode of The Say The Word podcast, we’re talking about Rebecca Solnit's A Field Guide To Getting Lost: what transformation can really look like, how to pump fluid into our unfurled wings, and what the word instar means. Be sure to ch