In this episode, Greg introduces himself and explains what this show is all about—namely, the joy and magic of language. Also in this episode: while Christmas shopping, Greg’s friend Alex sends him an unforgettable text message, and Tim (another friend of Greg’s) says poetry is “the perfect technology” to meet a very specific psychological need that we all have.

Fire Bones (Greg’s online narrative series)

book of stories by Alex Taylor

Tim Cassedy’s book

Greg’s books

Yeats’s poem “Vacillation”

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music by Beekeeper Spaceman