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The Greg Brownderville Dimension
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 13 ต.ค. 2022
This channel celebrates and investigates the magic of language in folklore, mysticism, music, poetry, and everyday life. Greg Brownderville-the host-is the lead singer of Beekeeper Spaceman, the creator of Fire Bones, the author of three books of poetry, Editor-in-Chief of Southwest Review, and Professor of English at SMU in Dallas.
GBD29: How I Became a Poet
In this episode I am interviewed by Bob Ehlert of the SMU Perspectives podcast about how I became a poet and a songwriter.
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GBD28: Speaking in Tongues and Cultural Recovery (for Welsh and Lebanese-American Pentecostals)
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#pentecostal #pentecost #wales #christianity #lebanon #lebanese #maronite #catholic #literature #welshmythology In this episode I discuss the connection between ecstatic worship practices in twelfth-century Wales and those of twentieth-century Wales. I show how Pentecostal worship in the early twentieth century brought Welsh worshippers closer to their own ancestral language and its rich litera...
GBD27: Mysterious Welsh Bread
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In this episode I offer a new way of interpreting the fascinating and mysterious bread imagery in folktales about marriages between Welsh faery women and mortal men.
GBD26: Aphrodite Spotted in Nineteenth-Century Wales?
มุมมอง 2075 หลายเดือนก่อน
#fairytales #fairies #welshmythology #aphrodite #greekmythology A number of people in nineteenth-century Wales claimed faery ancestry. Specifically, they said a woman of the tylwyth teg (the "beautiful family," or Welsh faeries) had married a mortal Welshman, and that they were her descendants. In this episode I point up some parallels between these nineteenth-century oral histories and much ea...
GBD25: The Mystery of the Sky
มุมมอง 1246 หลายเดือนก่อน
In this episode my poetry students at SMU invite you into the experience of 2024's total eclipse in Dallas, Texas, which occurred last month. The students talk about what it was like to see the eclipse, and then they read poems they wrote only fifteen minutes after totality.
GBD24: Why Faery Brides Leave Their Human Husbands
มุมมอง 5196 หลายเดือนก่อน
#fairies #tylwythteg #fairybride #celticculture #faeries In this episode I respond to questions from viewers, discussing (1) the faeries who marry human beings, (2) the magical pigs in The Four Branches of the Mabinogi and the connection between dreams and myths, and (3), just for fun, the upcoming Mike Tyson / Jake Paul fight and how it relates to Beowulf, Toby Keith, and the Spoon River Antho...
GBD23: Welsh Magic
มุมมอง 6486 หลายเดือนก่อน
#fairies #tylwythteg #awen #celticculture #faeries In this episode I discuss the meaning of the magical force of awen in Welsh culture and interpret a few stories about the tylwyth teg (the Welsh faeries).
GBD22: The Magic of May Day (with Ronald Hutton)
มุมมอง 5K6 หลายเดือนก่อน
#ronaldhutton #mayday #mayeve #britishfolklore #celticculture In this episode I talk with renowned British historian Ronald Hutton about May Eve and May Day. Ronald offers tips as to how we might celebrate this wondrous holiday and weave it into our lives.
GBD21: Celebrating Hen Galan, the "Old New Year," in Wales
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In this episode I tell about my recent experience celebrating a West Wales holiday called Hen Galan ("the Old New Year"). The centerpiece of the episode is my conversation with a young man named Carwyn, for whom Hen Galan and the historic pub where it is celebrated are of deep emotional and cultural importance. Bessie Davies, the woman and pub owner who did so much to keep Hen Galen alive, had ...
Pour the Night (official music video)
มุมมอง 4909 หลายเดือนก่อน
Starring: Claire Jones Greg Brownderville Spencer Kenney Assistant cameraman: Andrew Davis Colorist: Neil Anderson Directed, shot, and edited by Kyle Montgomery (song by Beekeeper Spaceman)
GBD20: A Pumpkin Bend Christmas
มุมมอง 10010 หลายเดือนก่อน
For this special Christmas edition of GBD, I set up in my dad's shop in Pumpkin Bend, Arkansas, and talked with him about what Christmas has meant to him through the different stages of his life.
GBD19: The Lost Highway: How Hank, Jr., Creatively Misinterprets His Father
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In this episode I describe the beautiful and fascinating way Hank Williams, Jr., reimagines the meaning of a lyric written his famous father.
GBD18: Working Men, Fighting Men (featuring Johnson, Dylan, Haggard, and Heidegger)
มุมมอง 11511 หลายเดือนก่อน
In this episode I discuss the personalities of professional fighters Alexander Volkanovski and Tyson Fury in connection with three songs by Robert Johnson, Merle Haggard, and Bob Dylan. Purchase Beekeeper Spaceman here: shop.bandwear.com/products/bee001 "Workin’ Man Blues" by Merle Haggard: th-cam.com/video/6EwK0NsKdDY/w-d-xo.html "Workingman's Blues #2" by Bob Dylan th-cam.com/video/kGT7XQ9XdK...
GBD17: How to Celebrate Michaelmas, a Forgotten Fall Holiday
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GBD17: How to Celebrate Michaelmas, a Forgotten Fall Holiday
"All and Only" by Beekeeper Spaceman (live performance)
มุมมอง 130ปีที่แล้ว
"All and Only" by Beekeeper Spaceman (live performance)
"Icicles" by Beekeeper Spaceman (live performance)
มุมมอง 249ปีที่แล้ว
"Icicles" by Beekeeper Spaceman (live performance)
GBD16: Poems to Give You That Fall Feeling
มุมมอง 158ปีที่แล้ว
GBD16: Poems to Give You That Fall Feeling
GBD15: A Glimpse into the Future of Storytelling
มุมมอง 140ปีที่แล้ว
GBD15: A Glimpse into the Future of Storytelling
GBD14: Horses in British Folklore (with Ronald Hutton and Hugh Lupton)
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GBD14: Horses in British Folklore (with Ronald Hutton and Hugh Lupton)