Wayne says a brief goodbye in this final episode of the podcast ▬ Source → Wayne Jones’s website, WayneJones.ca ||

Wayne talks about the subjectivity of film and the common habit of not distinguishing the world of the of the movie from the real world > Wayne's movie list: https://www.waynejones.ca/movies/movies/

Wayne talks about the one-year anniversary of his move from Ottawa to St. John’s ▬

Wayne reads three of his works of short fiction ▬ Source → Wayne Jones, "Short Fiction," https://www.waynejones.ca/writing/short-fiction/ || ▬

Wayne Jones talks to St. John's artist Emilee Hickey about her painting ▬ LINKS Wicked Winds Art Studio (Instagram), https://www.instagram.com/wickedwindsartstudio ▬ Wicked Winds Art Studio (Facebook), https://www.facebook.com/people/Wicked-Winds-Art-Studio/61550806900534/?mibextid=LQQJ4d ▬ PAINTING From the Heart, painting by Emilee Hickey, https://photos.app.goo.gl/h2Tjx7rQTZPLzrnd6 ▬

Seniors still hope for love after the experience of never having had it or of losing it ▬ Sources → Boswell, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson, edited David Womersley. London: Penguin Random House, 2008. || → Jones, Wayne. My Sam Johnson: A Biography for General Readers. William & Park, 2023. || ▬

I'm not attached to any one place, but I am attached to my friends

SHOW NOTES ▬ I’m changing partly because I am trying to tell the truth all the time ▬ Source → Jordan B. Peterson. 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote for Chaos. Random House Canada, 2018. || ▬

An excerpt from my novel The Killing Type ▬ Source: → Wayne Jones, The Killing Type. 2015. William & Park, 2023, https://williamapark.com/index.php/the-killing-type/. || ▬

Accent on the first or last syllable; never the middle; and no mumbling ▬ Sources: → The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, 2nd ed., 2005, https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780195418163.001.0001/acref-9780195418163. || → Davy Holden [@davyholden]. “How to Pronounce ‘NEWFOUNDLAND’ for Dummys,” TikTok, March 8, 2023, https://www.tiktok.com/@davyholden/video/7208255890695212293?lang=en. || → Introduction. Dictionary of Newfoundland English, edited by G.M. Story, W...

Newfoundland is actually Newfoundland and Labrador. Sort of. ▬ Sources: → Canada Gazette, Part II, December 6, 2001, https://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2001/2001-12-06-x1/pdf/g2-135x6.pdf.|| → “List of Administrative Divisions by Country,” Wikipedia, August 25, 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_administrative_divisions_by_country. || → Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada, https://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com/. || → Newfoundland ...

Newfies like their own kind of steak ▬ Sources: → Coles, Terri. “Why Newfoundland Is Obsessed with Bologna.” MyRecipes, February 13, 2018, https://www.myrecipes.com/extracrispy/why-newfoundland-is-obsessed-with-bologna. || → Nolan, Dick. “Piece of Bologna.” The Best of Dick Nolan. 1975. YouTube, September 24, 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k2bgRLF8lc. || → Phillips, Kevin. The Bologna Cookbook. Flanker Press, 2014. || → Smellie, Sarah. “Beautiful Bologna: N.L. ...

There is not just “one” Newfoundland English. There are many variations in vocabulary and pronunciation and grammar across the province. But some things are very common. ▬ Sources: → The Dialect Atlas of Newfoundland and Labrador. Memorial University. 2012. https://dialectatlas.mun.ca/. || → Dictionary of Newfoundland English. 2nd ed. with supp., edited by G. M. Story, W. J. Kirwin, and J. D. A Widdowson, 1990. https://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/. || → “NL Sayings Bars.” ...

SHOW NOTES ▬ I take a day trip to a community with my last name, but a name that’s not the name of a saint: St. Jones Within ▬ Sources: → Blue Star Juniper. “St. Jones Within.” YouTube, Apr. 26, 2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkQ8bosW5Ik. || → Chris Anderson. “St. Jones Within.” YouTube, Deb. 11, 2021, https://youtu.be/t0LGLHGw9bM?si=HseRQMxJgg35LCb9. || → Juanita Mercer. “Rural Reality: Finding Serenity—and Change—in the Small N.L. Community of St. Jones Within.” Saltwire,...

▬ My guest is Josh Menchions, who’s a standup comedian and also runs the open mic called Last Minute Comedy at the Peter Easton Pub every Wednesday night. ▬ ▬ Josh Menchions ▬ https://joshmenchions.ca | https://campsite.bio/joshmenchions || ▬ STAND-UP NEWFOUNDLAND ▬ https://standupnfld.ca/ | https://www.instagram.com/standup_nfld/ | https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094050367607 | || ▬ OPEN MICS ▬ ▬ Last Minute Comedy ▬ https://lastminutecom...

I interview a scholar about the Republic of Newfoundland. I slso spent a great deal of time trying to convince the person who runs the Republic of Newfoundland Instagram page to be a guest on the show as well, to tell listeners about his perspective on what he calls “the movement.” You can see the show notes for the detail—screenshots of my Instagram DM chat with him. He started off cooperative, then refused, then threatened me, and ultimately blocked me from his Instagram page. I did conduct...

The source of my minimalistic tendencies in both my domestic space and my personal relationships ▬ Sources: → Jordan B. Peterson [DrJordanBPetersonClips]. “Say the truth and nothing else.” YouTube, July 11, 2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_so2g0sH3vY&ab_channel=JordanBPetersonClips → Wayne Jones. Less and Less: Personal Minimalism. 2013. William & Park, 2023. https://williamapark.com/index.php/less-and-less-personal-minimalism/▬

My day trip to Dildo, Newfoundland ▬ Sources: → Jarvis, Dale. Place Names of Newfoundland and Labrador. Flanker Press, 2022. → My Photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/YBfcufrFBdYX1jbRA ▬

Newfie jokes from my childhood and the book I am working on ▬ Sources: → Folklore and Language Archive, Memorial University, https://www.mun.ca/munfla/ ▬

The St. John’s Diocese of the Catholic Church has to pay over $100 million to settle sexual abuse claims at an orphanage ▬ Sources: → John Gushue and Terry Roberts, “$104M awarded to sexual abuse victims of Mount Cashel and N.L. priests,” CBC News, July 5, 2024, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/church-mount-cashel-settlement-1.7255755 → “List of wealthiest religious organizations,” Wikipedia, updated July 5, 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wea...