Walden the book & Concord the Town

Tammy Rose
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Have you read Walden yet? Hear it in its actual context and feel what it’s like to explore Concord, Massachusetts. Here are a bunch of audio visits to different spots to the historic town, famous for the American Revolution as well as the writings of the American Literary Revolution-Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Louisa May Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne and famous visitors, including Mark Twain.

  1. 02/16/2024

    Update: New Podcast coming in April about Concord’s History!

    Announcing a new podcast project slated for April 2024. A walking tour about the anniversary of the Shot Heard Round the World and Concord’s role in history. Everyone’s invited to the party!

    25 min
  2. 37. Conclusion P2 The Last Reading Episode! There is more Day to Dawn!

    02/14/2023

    37. Conclusion P2 The Last Reading Episode! There is more Day to Dawn!

    Here is the end of the 2 years, 2 months and 2 day marathon, my friends (12/12/20-2/14/2023) The end of the book, but not the end of the TranscendentalConcord.com projects & podcasts. I hope that you will write your own version of Walden, there is more day to dawn!

    42 min
  3. 36.Ch18P1 Conclusion & Main Takeaways from doing the Walden Podcast

    02/12/2023

    36.Ch18P1 Conclusion & Main Takeaways from doing the Walden Podcast

    What has Henry learned? What have I learned? What have you learned? Travel, but don’t do it to escape yourself-travel inside yourself. And don’t get into a rut.

    1h 18m
  4. 35.Ch17P2 Spring & Visiting Brister’s Woods, The Cabin & Personal Connections

    02/10/2023

    35.Ch17P2 Spring & Visiting Brister’s Woods, The Cabin & Personal Connections

    Dramatic transition from -20 degrees to springtime weather. Additional commentaries are recorded at Walden Woods Stonehenge & the replica Cabin. (I had recorded some down on the beach itself in the rain but WiFi or Spirits didn’t want it to process properly, lol)

    1h 27m
  5. 34.Ch17P1 Spring!!!

    02/08/2023

    34.Ch17P1 Spring!!!

    It’s Spring, finally, but HDT dwells on the melting ice and the transformation of sand & clay into melted forms. Deep Cut is described perfectly. And he fights with his downstairs neighbors, the red squirrels.

    1h 3m

  6. 02/05/2023

    33.Ch16P2 The Pond In Winter

    Ice ice and more ice! Ice cutting and ice ending up in India. Also, the dangers of phrenology and using pseudoscience as bad metaphors.

    43 min
  7. 32.Ch16P1 The Pond in Winter

    01/22/2023

    32.Ch16P1 The Pond in Winter

    He awakens to a question and then realizes the answer is right there. Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

    59 min
  8. 31. Ch15 Winter Animals

    01/01/2023

    31. Ch15 Winter Animals

    Henry talks about his winter observations. The squirrels performing for an unseen audience, the hounds who suddenly understand a mystery. And how Walden is a restless sleeper & bedfellow.

    53 min
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Have you read Walden yet? Hear it in its actual context and feel what it’s like to explore Concord, Massachusetts. Here are a bunch of audio visits to different spots to the historic town, famous for the American Revolution as well as the writings of the American Literary Revolution-Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Louisa May Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne and famous visitors, including Mark Twain.

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