QUOTATIONS

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QUOTATIONS

Quotations is about words, written and spoken throughout history. Words speak to us through our eyes and our ears. They enrich our lives, allow us to communicate thoughts to others, and sometimes, last for generations. This podcast explores not only the words, but the speaker, author, figure, or character who originated them. To whom were they said or written? What was their intended effect and on whom? What was the originator thinking? Find out each episode and we discover new quotations, some familiar, some not!

  1. 03/06/2024

    Episode 192 - Romain Gary on the Value of Humor

    Romain Gary was a successful author and man of mystery and intrigue.  He even tricked the nation of France into awarding him two of the same award, normally only given to a person once in a lifetime.  His autobiography is seen to be somewhat inflated and enhanced, but his observations on the value of humor to our lives is profound.

    12 min

  2. 02/14/2024

    Episode 191 - David Whyte's Consolations - Part 5: Disappointment

    In the final episode of this 5-part series on David Whyte’s book Consolations. This week, we discuss disappointment, an integral part of any journey of self improvement. We need not reject it or avoid it, but instead embrace it as a catalyst to our transformation. It reveals the potential future us, perhaps beyond what we could have imagined.

    16 min

  3. 01/24/2024

    Episode 190 - David Whyte's Consolations - Part 4: Confession

    In this, the 4th of 5 episodes on David Whyte's book Consolations, we examine confession.  Not the religious form, but the broadly applicable form.  It is a type of self-aware rejection of the old ways and an adoption of the new, even at the expense of image or prestige.

    13 min

  4. 01/17/2024

    Episode 189 - David Whyte's Consolations - Part 3: Love

    In this, the 3rd of 5 episodes on David Whyte's Consolations, we explore love and closeness.  They are not without risk, but the potential beauty in the act of laying down our arms and dropping our defenses can be incredible.

    16 min

  5. 01/10/2024

    Episode 188 - David Whyte’s Consolations - Part 2: Anger

    In the 2nd episode of this 5 part series, we examine anger through author David Whyte's words, both its origins and its impacts to identify that which we hold most dear.  It's an important lesson as life is full of opportunities to be angry and therefore opportunities to grow and to learn.

    12 min

  6. 01/03/2024

    Episode 187 - David Whyte’s Consolations - Part 1: Courage

    David Whyte is an author and poet and his book Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words is one of my very favorite books.  In this series we will explore his words and seek deeper meaning.  We begin the new year with, appropriately, a quote on Courage.

    13 min

  7. 12/28/2023

    Episode 186 - Bill Whitaker on Dark Days

    Bill Whitaker is a host of the critically acclaimed 60 Minutes broadcast and has covered many challenging stories for years.  He has seen the best and worst of humanity through the lens of a camera and at the end of a microphone.  His message from a 2021 episode of the show is as accurate and encouraging today as it was then.

    6 min

  8. 12/20/2023

    Episode 185 - Charlotte Perkins Gilman on Duty to Society

    Charlotte Perkins Gilman lived around the turn of the 20th century and was a strong advocate for social change.  She edited and published a magazine entitle The Forerunner and in it she explored a wide range of topics.  She challenged the status quo for parents and children and the world took note.  Her quote on a young person's duty to society is the topic of today's episode.

    12 min
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Quotations is about words, written and spoken throughout history. Words speak to us through our eyes and our ears. They enrich our lives, allow us to communicate thoughts to others, and sometimes, last for generations. This podcast explores not only the words, but the speaker, author, figure, or character who originated them. To whom were they said or written? What was their intended effect and on whom? What was the originator thinking? Find out each episode and we discover new quotations, some familiar, some not!

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    quotationspod
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    101
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