Edicts on E. Dicks- A podcast about the Apple TV+ show "Dickinson" and the poems of Emily Dickinson

Edicts on E. Dicks- A podcast about the Apple TV+ show "Dickinson" and the poems of Emily Dickinson

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Edicts on E. Dicks- A podcast about the Apple TV+ show "Dickinson" and the poems of Emily Dickinson episodes

  • For mine – to listen when I liked, The Podcast would strike me dead –

    Aaaaaand we're back! Season 2 Episode 1 of Apple TV+'s "Dickinson" kicks off with a hell of a montage that sets the theme, the tone, and demonstrates the well-oiled machine that is the second season of this show. Have Ben and I learned our lessons from the end of Season 1 and gone full "Dick-heads" on this show? It's possible. In our discussion of this episode, we dive into Sue's incredible wardrobe, questions of the news and artistry (We are living in an Information Age, people!), and Hailee Steinfeld's gradual transformation into the Emily we know and adore. 

    If you don't watch the show, go ahead and skip to 39:25 to hear our discussion of Emily's poem of the episode compared with a section of Walt Whitman's Song of the Open Road (with some Lao Tsu for good measure). 

    As always, reach out to us via our email: [email protected]


    Here's Emily's poem for the episode:

    Before I got my eye put out –

    I liked as well to see
    As other creatures, that have eyes –
    And know no other way –

    But were it told to me, Today,

    That I might have the Sky
    For mine, I tell you that my Heart
    Would split, for size of me –

    The Meadows – mine –

    The Mountains – mine –
    All Forests – Stintless stars –
    As much of noon, as I could take –
    Between my finite eyes –

    The Motions of the Dipping Birds –

    The Morning’s Amber Road –
    For mine – to look at when I liked,
    The news would strike me dead –

    So safer – guess – with just my soul

    Opon the window pane
    Where other creatures put their eyes –
    Incautious – of the Sun –

    1 hr 1 min
  • Wild Nights With Emily

    Hello listeners, 

    Today a special bonus episode. We take a break from watching Dickinson, and turn instead to the 2018 film 'Wild Nights With Emily' directed by Madeleine Olnek. We discuss the legacy of Emily Dickinson in more depth, and consider the villainy of one Ms. Mabel Loomis Todd. We heartily recommend giving this one a watch if you can. 

    Trailer:


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u36bKgONkfI

    As always you can contact us at [email protected]. 

    1 hr 27 min
  • A Quiet Passion... FINALLY

    Well, we FINALLY get to discussing Terence Davies's take on Emily's life, A Quiet Passion. And our verdict is... it's good? And surprisingly funny? And tremendously sad? And might prompt an existential crisis in you? But is totally worth watching? But only if you're in a good mental state? Are any of us in a good mental state these days? Why is this episode description phrased entirely in question form? Is it a reflection on Emily's state of mind in this film? Faced with profound questions that will likely never be answered in the course of our lifetimes? Maybe?

    Anyway, enjoy!

    The Trailer for A Quiet Passion:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKJpx8FYp54

    Thanks as always to our listeners. You can contact us directly at [email protected].

    56 min
  • I Felt a Finale, In My Brain

    A wedding, a funeral, a breakdown, a trip across America and a horny Falconer. "Dickinson" reaches its first season finale and the two of us have THOUGHTS. Is this a sign of Emily growing up? Is Mr. Dickinson still a jerk? Is Austin acting out of character for the sake of moving the plot along? I mean, probably. But the answers to all these and more in our latest episode of Edicts on E. Dicks. 

    Thanks as always to our listeners. You can contact us directly at [email protected]. 

    1 hr 20 min
  • Between the Heaves of Storm -

    Hello everyone,

    Today Kyle and Ben watch episode 9 of Dickinson, in which Emily confronts the spectre of death in her life and grapples with the concept of faith. Also, maybe we need a spin-off show about Lavinia Dickinson?


    Emily's Poem this episode is a good-un:


    I heard a Fly buzz - when I died -

    The Stillness in the Room
    Was like the Stillness in the Air -
    Between the Heaves of Storm -

    The Eyes around - had wrung them dry -

    And Breaths were gathering firm
    For that last Onset - when the King
    Be witnessed - in the Room -

    I willed my Keepsakes - Signed away

    What portion of me be
    Assignable - and then it was
    There interposed a Fly -

    With Blue - uncertain - stumbling Buzz -

    Between the light - and me -
    And then the Windows failed - and then
    I could not see to see -



    1 hr 9 min
  • Winter Afternoons –

    It's Christmas time in Amherst and the Dickinson clan assembles with choice guests for our entertainment. Can Emily host a successful dinner?

    Also, Louisa May Alcott is badass.

    Emily's poem for the day: 


    There's a certain Slant of light,
    Winter Afternoons –
    That oppresses, like the Heft
    Of Cathedral Tunes –

    Heavenly Hurt, it gives us –

    We can find no scar,
    But internal difference –
    Where the Meanings, are –

    None may teach it – Any –

    'Tis the seal Despair –
    An imperial affliction
    Sent us of the Air –

    When it comes, the Landscape listens –

    Shadows – hold their breath –
    When it goes, 'tis like the Distance
    On the look of Death –

    1 hr 9 min
  • Nobody knows politics--

    Hello everyone,


    We apologise for the long break. Over the COVID-19 crisis we paused all production. But we are back discussing episode 7 of Dickinson, in which an election takes place, and Emily takes a difficult trip to the circus. If you have any feedback or would like to ask a question do email us at [email protected]. Thanks to Alena Smith, the cast and everyone who works so hard to bring us Dickinson. 

    Emily's poem this episode: 

    Nobody knows this little Rose --

    It might a pilgrim be
    Did I not take it from the ways
    And lift it up to thee.
    Only a Bee will miss it --
    Only a Butterfly,
    Hastening from far journey --
    On its breast to lie --
    Only a Bird will wonder --
    Only a Breeze will sigh --
    Ah Little Rose -- how easy
    For such as thee to die!

    1 hr 7 min
  • It was not Death, The Truth's superb surprise

    Hello everyone, thanks for listening. In todays episode of Dickinson Emily takes a sick day, and meets a Kindred spirit. Thanks to Alena Smith and everyone at Apple TV+ who produces the show for all us viewers. If you like listening to our discussion, or have some feedback please feel free to email us at [email protected]. We love to hear from you. 

    OG Emily Dickinson furnishes us with two fantastic poems today: 


    Tell all the truth but tell it slant —

    Success in Circuit lies

    Too bright for our infirm Delight

    The Truth's superb surprise

    As Lightning to the Children eased

    With explanation kind

    The Truth must dazzle gradually

    Or every man be blind —


    and:


    It was not Death, for I stood up,

    And all the Dead, lie down -

    It was not Night, for all the Bells

    Put out their Tongues, for Noon.


    It was not Frost, for on my Flesh

    I felt Siroccos - crawl -

    Nor Fire - for just my marble feet

    Could keep a Chancel, cool -


    And yet, it tasted, like them all,

    The Figures I have seen

    Set orderly, for Burial

    Reminded me, of mine -


    As if my life were shaven,

    And fitted to a frame,

    And could not breathe without a key,

    And ’twas like Midnight, some -


    When everything that ticked - has stopped -

    And space stares - all around -

    Or Grisly frosts - first Autumn morns,

    Repeal the Beating Ground -


    But most, like Chaos - Stopless - cool -

    Without a Chance, or spar -

    Or even a Report of Land -

    To justify - Despair.

    1 hr
  • I am afraid to own a piano-

    Hello everyone,


    It's Dickinson episode 5. This week the gang is performing Shakespeare's Othello. A difficult episode today, and we have some thoughts. Maybe you do too. Contact us on [email protected], we want to hear from you. Thanks again to Alena Smith and everyone at Apple TV+ for bringing us this episode of Dickinson.

    Emily's poem today:

    I am afraid to own a Body—
    I am afraid to own a Soul—
    Profound—precarious Property—
    Possession, not optional—

    Double Estate—entailed at pleasure
    Upon an unsuspecting Heir—
    Duke in a moment of Deathlessness
    And God, for a Frontier.

    Again, the music at the top of the episode was Hailee Steinfeld's 'Afterlife'. 

    1 hr 6 min
  • Alone I cannot bee-For podcast Hosts-do visit me-

    Hello everyone, 

    Ben and Kyle here, back with our fourth episode of Edicts on E. Dicks. Today we watch Dickinson episode 4 and discuss.


    Emily's poem for the day:

    Alone, I cannot be—

    For Hosts—do visit me—
    Recordless Company—
    Who baffle Key—

    They have no Robes, nor Names—
    No Almanacs—nor Climes—
    But general Homes
    Like Gnomes—

    Their Coming, may be known
    By Couriers within—
    Their going—is not—
    For they've never gone—

    Thanks to Alena Smith and everyone at Apple TV for the show! More cats please! Check it out listeners. Also the music at the top is Afterlife, by the lovely Haliee Steinfeld. 

    49 min

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