Literary Nomads for Readers

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Literary Nomads

Steve Chisnell

60 episodes

3 days ago

Join us as we find and lose meaning across modern and classic tales, through ancient and distant verse, atop everything in our many cultures which might be read. Explore familiar and unfamiliar reads, discovering ways to read, ways to know, and ways to make meaning. For teachers, students, and lovers of literature, Waywords can be listened to on its own but also comes with a host of bonus materials on its website for those who wish to go further.
I can’t promise what we’ll find along our paths each time, only that we will meet it together.

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Literary Nomads for Readers

Literary Nomads

47 minutes 15 seconds

1 month ago

Literary Nomads for Readers

26 Sept 2025

Episode 0.1 - Literary Nomads for Readers

What is this podcast? I recommend you start here, with this introduction to Literary Nomads and get a taste of what the larger series offers!

And, to be sure I've sold you, we're looking at one of the lamest choices for literary discussion, the much-overtaught "The Road Not Taken," by Robert Frost. And if that's not a reason for you to move on quickly . . . but wait! Here's something you may not have considered . . .

CHAPTERS

00:00 Introduction
01:02 On Pipes and Mirrors
08:33 Opening Theme
09:07 A Lame Beginning
16:32 Reading: Frost - "The Road Not Taken"
17:51 The School Interpretation
25:36 A Bit Further Than School
35:14 Reading the Road
41:12 How to Read with Literary Nomads
45:02 Closing Credits
45:21 Y Puns
47:09 Closing Credits Again

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New to Literary Nomads? You may also want to check out episode 5.00 to find out what we're all about: https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/an-introduction-and-irony/

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Transcript: https://waywordsstudio.com/general/transcript/0-1-literary-nomads-for-readers

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Literary Nomads is the primary program of Waywords Studio (https://waywordsstudio.com). The podcast posts new material each week, with thought-provoking examinations of literature around selected questions or themes and several smaller supplemental episodes in between the larger programs: history, writing, and contemporary applications of ideas.

Visit us for expanded resources for guests and the Waywords community, for other programs and writing, and for opportunities to support our goal to expand reading. Resources available can include full bibliographies of material referenced, full and partial texts, annotated editions, supplemental and expanded episodes, fictional explorations, teaching and learning resources, additional essays, and online courses.

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CREDITS:

Original music by Randon Myles (https://randonmyles.com/)

Chapter headings by Natalie Harrison and Sarah Skaleski

USING THIS WORK:

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. It is open to be used and adapted for all not-for-profit uses with proper attribution.

MLA CITATION:

Chisnell, Steve. “Literary Nomads for Readers,” Literary Nomads. Waywords Studio, 26 Sept 2025, https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords-podcast/