18 episodes

Listen to the companion podcast to the blog Intensity Without Mastery, where I dabble in many things yet master none of them. I would call myself a dilettante, but can a working-class, middle-aged woman from the Rustbelt really be one? Doesn't such a term imply independent means?

Intensity Without Mastery Michelle Cole

    • Society & Culture

Listen to the companion podcast to the blog Intensity Without Mastery, where I dabble in many things yet master none of them. I would call myself a dilettante, but can a working-class, middle-aged woman from the Rustbelt really be one? Doesn't such a term imply independent means?

    Tinnitus and Lucid Dreams

    Tinnitus and Lucid Dreams

    Do you have any oddball symptoms that herald a night with lucid dreams? #dreams This episode is also available as a blog post.

    • 2 min
    Pandemic Memories

    Pandemic Memories

    Listen to some of my more melancholy reflections on what it was like to be an essential worker at the height of the U.S. Covid-19 pandemic. #covid #pandemic #essentialworker #capitolsiege #grief #workingclass



    This episode is also available as a blog post: http://intensitywithoutmastery.com/2021/06/26/pandemic-memories/

    • 6 min
    Elegy in a Court Churchyard

    Elegy in a Court Churchyard

    In this episode, I offer musings on death sprung from mishearing the title of a poem. Per usual, I try to offer some levity when discussing heavy subjects. Sometimes the results are somewhat irreverent. The mishearing of song lyrics is a much-discussed experience, but I've misheard audio in most forms imaginable. #death #memoir #loss #blog

    This episode is an autoconversion of one of my blog posts: https://intensitywithoutmastery.wordpress.com/2016/09/02/elegy-in-a-court-churchyard/

    • 6 min
    The Fashion Fiasco of 1987

    The Fashion Fiasco of 1987

    This episode an autoconversion of a blog post I wrote nearly five years ago. I wish that there was an option to vocode the synthetic voice, for it would be a fitting choice for this episode. #fashion #memoir #fashionfails #humor

    This episode is also available as a blog post: https://intensitywithoutmastery.wordpress.com/2016/07/05/the-fashion-fiasco-of-1987/

    • 3 min
    Sweet Dreams Are Made of This

    Sweet Dreams Are Made of This

    Early 80's videos made impressions so deep they could seep into the subconscious. #memoir

    This episode is also available as a blog post: https://intensitywithoutmastery.wordpress.com/2016/07/25/sweet-dreams-are-made-of-this/

    • 1 min
    Memory of Haunting Thoughts about Time Travel

    Memory of Haunting Thoughts about Time Travel

    This episode is an auto-conversion of a post from my blog Intensity Without Mastery. In the beginning I refer to a photo I took. If you'd like to see the photo, please follow the link below.
    #memoir #80s #timetravel This episode is also available as a blog post: http://intensitywithoutmastery.com/2021/06/12/memory-of-haunting-thoughts-about-time-travel/

    • 2 min

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