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Deltahead episodes:
September 15, 2021Episode 5: Stardew Valley & Animal Crossing—With Sheepherder's Hands Cookie Hiponia — author, poet, and former lead editor of Destiny 2 and Mass Effect — joins to discuss the social simulation games Stardew Valley & Animal Crossing through the lens of poems about making and giving.
Barbara Jane Reyes, "Track: 'Dahil Sa Iyo,' Pinay (1998)" Pablo Neruda, "Ode to My Socks"
Cookie Hiponia We Belong at Penguin Random House Third Place Books and Elliot Bay Book Company
Music copyright by James Chandler Jr.
...more July 20, 2021Episode 4: Gone Home—Descending to the Traveller Game critic and narrative designer Michael Lutz joins to discuss Gone Home (Fullbright Games 2013) through the lens of poems about dilapidated homes and their mystique.
Walter de la Mare, "The Listeners" Æmilia Lanyer, "The Description of Cooke-ham" Downloadable PDF
Michael Lutz Ranged Touch Twitter & Patreon
Michael's 2013 Blog about Gone Home Camouflaj Radio #39 (feat. Fullbright & James Howell)
Music copyright by James Chandler Jr.
...more December 19, 2020Episode 3: Contra III—Hanging on Like Death Game developer and poet Shonté Daniels joins to discuss Contra III: The Alien Wars (KONAMI 1992) through the lens of poems about failure, loss, and love under tense circumstances.
Theodore Roethke, "My Papa's Waltz" Elizabeth Bishop, "One Art"
Shonté Daniels
Music copyright by James Chandler Jr
The specialest of thanks to Josh Trevett for editing and assembling the audio on this episode. It would still be in Audio Editing Hell without his efforts. Thanks, Josh!
...more March 30, 2020Episode 2: Bloodborne—Out of Her Chamber, the Moon Critic Joshua Trevett joins to discuss Bloodborne (FROM Software 2015) through the lens of poems about dreamspace, memory, and the horrors of marriage.
Sylvia Plath, "The Applicant" Jorge Luis Borges, "Adrogué" (Harold Morland, trans.) Percy Bysshe Shelley, "The Waning Moon"
Trucks Podcast Trucks Episode 57, featuring guest James Howell (apparently!) Joshua Trevett, YouTube. Haywire Magazine
Music copyright by James Chandler Jr.
NOTE: The Alastair Reid translation of “Adrogué” is unfortunately not available online. However, it can be read in a book.
...more January 02, 2020Episode 1: Tokyo Jungle—Red in Tooth and Claw Poet William Wright joins to discuss Tokyo Jungle (Sony 2012) in conjunction with two poems about extinction, ecology, and the imagination.
James Dickey, "For the Last Wolverine" Mary Oliver, “Wild Geese” William Wright on Amazon James Howell, "Blood Ecology" Music copyright by James Chandler Jr.
...more December 17, 2019Episode 0: Let Us Go Then, You and I A short introduction to the Deltahead podcast— its host, intentions, and format. The focus is videogames and poetry.
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The podcast currently has 6 episodes available.