Keeping Dad Alive

Keeping Dad Alive

By Margaret PoethigSociety & CultureRelationshipsPersonal Journals
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Keeping Dad Alive episodes

  • Episode 2 – On pulsars, wavelengths, and beating hearts
    Richard and his daughter Johanna explore the physical, emotional, and spiritual planes of human existence while exercising on Zoom. Richard brings a poem to read aloud. The poem, titled “Star with a Secret,” is by American anthropologist and natural science writer Loren Eiseley.
    Music credits: The music in this episode is the piece “Invention No. 1” by the composer and performer Chris Brown. Used with permission.
    Links:
    Chris Brown, composer and performer: https://cbmuse.com
    Loren Eiseley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loren_Eiseley
    "Arecibo Observatory Telescope Collapses, Ending An Era Of World-Class Research," December 1, 2020. https://www.npr.org/2020/12/01/940767001/arecibo-observatory-telescope-collapses-ending-an-era-of-world-class-research
    9 min
  • Episode 1 – Interference
    Recording the podcast presents hilarious challenges for Margaret and Richard.
    Music Credits: The music is “Horrible” from the album Mela 2 by the Mela Ensemble. https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Mela/Mela_two
    Links to Richard's websites:
    http://www.onthesidewalksofnewyork.com/index.html
    http://richardpoethig.com/index.html
    7 min
  • Introducing the Keeping Dad Alive podcast
    Six months into the coronavirus pandemic, Margaret's 95-year-old dad Richard was cheerfully riding it out in his senior living residence. But things change. This podcast captures the voice of a father and his five children, as they cherish their time together on earth.
    1 min
  • Introducing the Keeping Dad Alive podcast
    Six months into the coronavirus pandemic, Margaret's 95-year-old dad Richard was cheerfully riding it out in his senior living residence. But things change. This podcast captures the voice of a father and his five children, as they cherish their time together on earth.
    1 min
  • Introducing the Keeping Dad Alive podcast
    Six months into the coronavirus pandemic, Margaret's 95-year-old dad Richard was cheerfully riding it out in his senior living residence. But things change. This podcast captures the voice of a father and his five children, as they cherish their time together on earth.
    1 min

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Conversations between a dad and his children capture the sheer joy of talking, singing, and laughing with Richard, a man of simple pleasures, expansive intelligence, historical perspective, and…