We revisit Dante’s Inferno, looking at Canto 3, which features the forbidding words at the Entrance, and the mass of unlived lives just following what they’re told to follow, and the chattering crowd waiting to cross over into Hell itself. Come along; it’s not quite as dreadful as you might think – not for us, at least. [As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]
We attend to Ehud, whose story is tucked away in a few verses in the Book of Judges – a trickster hero. And a modern fairy tale where the nasty pseudo-trickster gets his come-uppance. You are invited to attend. [As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]
We attend to a fable about a distinguished stranger visiting from a neighbouring planet, then move to Mose Allison, and Whitman, and Bernstein, and Alexander Pope, then the Kinks, and the late Bobby Rydell, Chuck Berry, Al Green, Leonard Cohen. With lots in between, including three appearances from Neil Henry. You are invited to attend. [A slightly longer version than was first heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]
We attend to crabby old people criticising the young, the young rebelling against crabbed age, age not crabby reaching out to youth in one way or another, being rejected, accepted and, in the end “because of a few songs, wherein I spoke of their mystery, women have been exceptionally kind to my old agee”. You are invited to attend.
[As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]
Light verse and wry fable by Robert Louis Stevenson, from the newly published book Aesop in the Fog (see https://www.thelamplightpress.com/aesop), and assorted songs on yellow and various true and false healings. [First heard (a little abridged) on Cambridge 105 Radio]
Attending to John Steinbeck, Woody Guthrie, Wendell Berry, Walt Whitman. Some fine, and pertinent writing to discuss here. You are invited to attend.
With Emily Dickinson and others we attend to some voices tasting paradise, or longing to, or maybe letting heaven wait for a bit. You are invited to attend. [First heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]
From the Archives, attending to Rapunzel, which is more than just a prince climbing up on the girl’s very long hair to get into her tower. Come along and see this story of a girl’s transformation from adolescence into womanhood. (As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio)
At a time of the Full Moon, we attend to some aspects of the moon, in drama, mythic, story. Music from the Marvelettes (in memory of Wanda Young), the Beatles, the Kinks, Van Morrison, Emma Chapourian, and more. You are invited to attend. [First heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]
To begin a new year, we pull out of the archives this show attending to Thresholds, both seasonal and mythical. You are invited to attend. [As heard first on Cambridge 105 Radio]
