Podcast in A minor

Amy Zoellers
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Hello! I’m an okay songwriter. Join me on a songwriting journey with songwriter insight, a little musical commentary, and a whole lot of life and weirdness. Hop in!

  1. May 17

    144 ~ The 28 Riddles

    Riddle me this, my brother—Riddles! Can you handle it? The car-ride quip of a Favorite Anonymous Artist births a song that is a riddle unto itself! Plus, we explore an Ancient Greek riddle, The Riddler’s riddles from Batman, and a few sinister detective riddles from Granddad’s lamp-table copy of Reader’s Digest! And finally—are you the die-hard fan who can solve the riddle of the lost Podcast in A Minor episode, and its connection to the last verse of the opening song? https://www.rd.com/list/detective-riddles/ https://steemit.com/whalepower/@watch-chronolog/riddler-s-riddles-answers

    13 min

  2. Apr 29

    143 ~ I Drink Your Wristbones

    Well, as another National Poetry Month dwindles to a close, we take a deep lungful of Surrealist love poetry—with this weird love song! What better anniversary gift for the man who has it all—the wrist bones, the eyes, the eyelash mites…oh! So romantic. We drink ‘em right in, along with love poems from Surrealist masters — AND from your podcast host! Love songs for Weirdos—and it’s not even February! AND check out a new episode of Poetry Freaks the Podcast—wherever you get your podcasts! https://press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/098710.html&title=Three+Poems+from+Surrealist+Love+Poems&desc=+-+Poems+by+Jacques-Bernard+Brunius,+Paul+Eluard+and+Joyce+Mansour+in+English+translation https://allpoetry.com/Lady-Love Andre Breton’s Manifesto of Surrealism https://www2.hawaii.edu/~freeman/courses/phil330/MANIFESTO%20OF%20SURREALISM.pdf

    17 min

  3. Apr 22

    142 ~ The Poet Tells Many Lies

    Poets tell lies? What?? Philosopher Plutarch sure thought so! And occasionally, Bjork! “Many lies the poets tell” said the philosopher—-We’ll dig into all that–AND revisit the 1989 film of films, Say Anything. It’s still National Poetry Month! WOOOT and huzzah! Poets Lie when They Cry—-Plutarch https://sententiaeantiquae.com/2015/09/21/before-you-read-a-poem-know-that-poets-are-liars-plutarch/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CFirst%20of%20all%2C%20it%20is,some%20willingly%2C%20and%20others%20unwillingly. https://firstthings.com/the-poets-tell-many-lies/ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/69375/the-defence-of-poesy Bjork and the Television https://blog.ourstage.com/2013/11/19/bjorks-theory-of-television/ Joe Lies When he Cries https://www.moviescriptsandscreenplays.com/johncusack/scripts/sayanything.txt#:~:text=Corey%20continues%20her%20song%20as,about%20you.%20They're%20all%20about Plutarch: How to Study Poetry https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Moralia/Quomodo_adolescens*.html

    16 min

  4. Apr 15

    141 ~ Vase of 100 Pens

    Where did my vase of 100 pens go? It vanished! Was it burglars? Phroggers? Or did I stash it in the fridge in a poetic haze? OR did the ghosts desperately need pens to write their unearthly sonnets? This episode contains TWO songs on the subject—on autoharp--and will the vase ever reappear? A National Poetry Month mystery! Writers and their favorite tools https://lithub.com/writers-and-their-favorite-tools/ https://medium.com/the-coil/writers-favorite-pens-291dfe5b677f

    23 min

  5. Apr 8

    140 ~ Lemon Cake (A Lost Poem)

    National Poetry Month charges headlong into our hearts with a lost poem about a lemon cake—which leads us down the winding path from lost poetry to found poetry to cut-up poetry to Surrealist Automatism to 7-Up Cake! Grab your poetry hat, let’s go!! Transfusion Poetica https://a.co/d/0gy2iYMu 7-Up Cake https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/234867/7-up-cake/ How to Write Found Poetry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuZlMBtVwdM Surrealist Automatism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrealist_automatism Johnson’s Dictionary  https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=plaintive To Make a Dadaist Poem https://www.google.com/search?q=tristan+tzara+to+make+a+dadaist+poem&oq=tristan+tzara+to+make+a+d&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCAgBEAAYFhgeMgYIABBFGDkyCAgBEAAYFhgeMggIAhAAGBYYHjIKCAMQABiABBiiBDIHCAQQABjvBTIHCAUQABjvBdIBCDU5NDJqMGo3qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#sv=CAMSZxowKg5hbWR5ckRpelZQbDFnTTIOYW1keXJEaXpWUGwxZ006Dk9XdEhNR0tkb3EyX2FNIAQqLwobX1ZmbWNhWkM3RTVHenF0c1B6X0NWOFFFXzk4Eg5hbWR5ckRpelZQbDFnTRgAMAEYByCkh6b4DjACSggQAhgCIAIoAg

    24 min

  6. Apr 1

    139 ~ Culture & Dream

    What are the ingredients of poetry? National Poetry Month 2026 is here at last, so we’d best find out! Well, the ingredients of poetry are legion, but lets start with culture and dreams! Complicated front-yard gardens…dreams about jobs long abandoned…Kansas City as old-movie shorthand for “sleaze”….and a little more Rilke!! Poet’s Bowl https://a.co/d/04KNi5Bs Hot Breakfast Coffee https://a.co/d/07bAN9nH Poetry Hats https://a.co/d/0iA0OQ2R Sweater Poems https://a.co/d/0fXidaJE Best of Rilke https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/288587-the-best-of-rilke-72-form-true-verse-translations-with-facing-originals

    18 min

  7. Mar 23

    138 ~ The Third Time

    The third time Phyllis saw him she exploded!!! What did THAT sculpture look like? Was the summer rather light on Podcast in A Minor episodes? That’s because I broke a little bone in my foot in June, and my healing leaned heavily on old 20th-century horror flicks—one of which germinated into this song! More importantly, National Poetry Month 2026 is right outside the door! Wiping her feet, ringing the doorbell! We celebrate her nearness with a look at “beatnik” poets in the popular culture. It’s one dreamy wonderland in here, cats. Yeah. beat poets in tv and movies https://www.imdb.com/list/ls079682707/ A Bucket of Blood https://www.tcm.com/articles/179096/a-bucket-of-blood\ The Munsters Poetry Party https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7WH_pxtWPU So I Married an Axe Murderer—poem scene https://youtu.be/Qae03boj7lU?si=7jG_0yDpm4uova34

    17 min

  8. Mar 16

    137 ~ I Don’t Wanna Know

    Ahh, the glamorous life of a substitute teacher! The twisting, turning, wholly unfamiliar hallways! The shame of mispronouncing a name! Settle in for substitute horror stories, sub-versive poetry, and a favorite cartoon substitute and her dollhouse murders! Substitute Horror Stories https://www.reddit.com/r/Teachers/comments/13zx6c4/lets_hear_your_substitute_horror_stories/

    26 min
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Hello! I’m an okay songwriter. Join me on a songwriting journey with songwriter insight, a little musical commentary, and a whole lot of life and weirdness. Hop in!

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  • Creator
    Amy Zoellers
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    148
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Amy Zoellers
  • Show Website
    Podcast in A minor