Field of Streams Janeen McCrae

Scientists recently discovered that rats may have imaginations. Now I'm wondering what they're imagining. Is world domination on their mind? With this discovery, rats have been forced to reveal their plans for global domination. The representative rat, Vernor, will no proceed to hip you to their plans via this address, which I will read to you now.

News story about the rat imagination research.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/nov/02/rats-may-have-power-imagination-research

Go behind the scenes of this piece of creative writing and watch the companion video here
https://janeenmccrae.substack.com/p/behind-the-streams-rat

This is an audio reading of the post "Welcome to the Rat-ture" originally published on November 6, 2023. Additional creative inspirations can be found at that link. 
https://janeenmccrae.substack.com/p/rat
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About Field of Streams
This podcast provides audio readings of The Stream newsletter's main feature. The Stream is written by Janeen McCrae, and aims to provide a weekly dose of personal essays and creative inspirations that'll get you revved up to 'make the thing.'

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Written around Mother's Day in 2023, this episode digs into the who, what, where when, and why of Mother. What does the word Mother mean to you? Take a listen. Happy Mother's Day, everyone, and to all those with complicated relationships or missing their mother today, go easy on yourself. 

Watch the Behind the Scenes video and review supplementary material that goes with this episode at this link:
https://janeenmccrae.substack.com/p/behind-the-streams-mother

This is an audio reading of the post "O Mother, Where Art Thou?" originally published on May 15, 2023. Additional creative inspirations can be found at that link.
https://janeenmccrae.substack.com/p/oh-mother-where-art-thou


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About Field of Streams
This podcast provides audio readings of The Stream newsletter's main feature. The Stream is written by Janeen McCrae, and aims to provide a weekly dose of personal essays and creative inspirations that'll get you revved up to 'make the thing.'

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Part poetry slam, part Mad Magazine Fold In, today's episode is kinda out there in terms of trying to make a high-falutin' concept work. It works much better as a visual piece than audio, and you can go see what it look like (and watch the video I mentioned where I break it down) at the link below.

CORRECTION FOR AUDIO: I state that I wrote this is May 2022 in the intro, shortly after Mad Magazine Fold In inventor and illustrator, Al Jaffee, passed, but it was actually May 2023. I just mispoke. 

Behind the Streams "Fold 'Em"
https://janeenmccrae.substack.com/p/behind-the-streams-fold-em

I prefer the folded in version of the poem, how about you? Shorter. Punchier. Better.

This is an audio reading of the post "You gotta know when to fold 'em" originally published on May 1, 2023. Additional creative inspirations can be found at that link. 
https://janeenmccrae.substack.com/p/you-gotta-know-when-to-fold-em


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About Field of Streams
This podcast provides audio readings of The Stream newsletter's main feature. The Stream is written by Janeen McCrae, and aims to provide a weekly dose of personal essays and creative inspirations that'll get you revved up to 'make the thing.'

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Does your outer match your inner? When it comes to the work you're producing, is it playing for your heart or for the algorithm? In this episode, I dig into what it means to find your line of compromise.

This is an audio reading of the post "Live your vision" originally published on May 20, 2022. Additional creative inspirations can be found at that link. 
https://janeenmccrae.substack.com/p/vision
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About Field of Streams
This podcast provides audio readings of The Stream newsletter's main feature. The Stream is written by Janeen McCrae, and aims to provide a weekly dose of personal essays and creative inspirations that'll get you revved up to 'make the thing.'

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In the 90s, Pablo Escobar imported four hippos for his personal zoo. After his death, the hippos flourished in the jungles of Colombia and four hippos grew to 170, now dubbed the "Cocaine Hippos". Inspired by the story of how they're looking to sterilize these hippos, I wrote about "Thought Hippos" which are the invasive thoughts in your brain, and created a guide on how to identify and eradicate them. Fun!

As mentioned in the episode, there is a behind the scenes video that goes with it. It talks about how I wrote the post and is just PACKED with juicy hippo info.
https://janeenmccrae.substack.com/p/behind-the-streams-hippo

Pablo Escobar's Cocaine Hippos story:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/pablo-escobars-multiplying-cocaine-hippos-will-be-sterilized-in-colombia-180983316/

This is an audio reading of the post "How to Sterilize a Thought Hippopotamus" originally published on November 27, 2023. Additional creative inspirations can be found at that link. 
https://janeenmccrae.substack.com/p/hippo
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About Field of Streams
This podcast provides audio readings of The Stream newsletter's main feature. The Stream is written by Janeen McCrae, and aims to provide a weekly dose of personal essays and creative inspirations that'll get you revved up to 'make the thing.'

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Did you know that from 1896 to the 1930s, there was a traveling show that purposefully smashed locomotives together - head on - for the entertainment of massive crowds? It got me to thinking about how smashing two ideas together can be just a fun, and you can never quite predict what you'll get from the wreckage.

Atlas Obscura story: For 40 Years, Crashing Trains Was One of America’s Favorite Pastimes
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/staged-train-wrecks

This is an audio reading of the post "The Gentle Art of the Art Smash” originally published on May 23, 2022. Additional creative inspirations can be found at that link. 
https://janeenmccrae.substack.com/p/smash
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About Field of Streams
This podcast provides audio readings of The Stream newsletter's main feature. The Stream is written by Janeen McCrae, and aims to provide a weekly dose of personal essays and creative inspirations that'll get you revved up to 'make the thing.'

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