The Say The Word Podcast

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 memory. Get more info and the complete show notes at www.cindygiovagnoli.com/podcast

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 is extraordinary in the ordinary. Get more info and the complete show notes at www.cindygiovagnoli.com/podcast

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 work with it. Get more info and the complete show notes at www.cindygiovagnoli.com/podcast

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 show notes at www.cindygiovagnoli.com/podcast

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 lead to regret. 

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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 can be a valuable tool in finding our way home to ourselves when that happens. 

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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 be a valuable tool in unwelcome circumstances. 

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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 ourselves and others. 

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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.

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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 curiosity to connect more deeply. 

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