Walden the book & Concord the Town
77 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingHave you read Walden yet? Hear it in its actual context and feel what it’s like to explore Concord, Massachusetts. Here are a bunch of audio visits to different spots to the historic town, famous for the American Revolution as well as the writings of the American Literary Revolution-Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Louisa May Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne and famous visitors, including Mark Twain. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/support
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Update: New Podcast coming in April about Concord’s History!
February 16, 2024 13:40 - 24 minutes - 22.9 MBAnnouncing a new podcast project slated for April 2024. A walking tour about the anniversary of the Shot Heard Round the World and Concord’s role in history. Everyone’s invited to the party! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/support
37. Conclusion P2 The Last Reading Episode! There is more Day to Dawn!
February 14, 2023 14:10 - 42 minutes - 39 MBHere is the end of the 2 years, 2 months and 2 day marathon, my friends (12/12/20-2/14/2023) The end of the book, but not the end of the TranscendentalConcord.com projects & podcasts. I hope that you will write your own version of Walden, there is more day to dawn! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/support
36.Ch18P1 Conclusion & Main Takeaways from doing the Walden Podcast
February 12, 2023 00:08 - 1 hour - 72.2 MBWhat has Henry learned? What have I learned? What have you learned? Travel, but don’t do it to escape yourself-travel inside yourself. And don’t get into a rut. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/support
35.Ch17P2 Spring & Visiting Brister’s Woods, The Cabin & Personal Connections
February 10, 2023 15:17 - 1 hour - 80.1 MBDramatic transition from -20 degrees to springtime weather. Additional commentaries are recorded at Walden Woods Stonehenge & the replica Cabin. (I had recorded some down on the beach itself in the rain but WiFi or Spirits didn’t want it to process properly, lol) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/support
Ch17P1 Spring!!!
February 08, 2023 03:39 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBIt’s Spring, finally, but HDT dwells on the melting ice and the transformation of sand & clay into melted forms. Deep Cut is described perfectly. And he fights with his downstairs neighbors, the red squirrels. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tam-ro/support
34.Ch17P1 Spring!!!
February 08, 2023 03:39 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBIt’s Spring, finally, but HDT dwells on the melting ice and the transformation of sand & clay into melted forms. Deep Cut is described perfectly. And he fights with his downstairs neighbors, the red squirrels. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/support
Ch16 P2 The Pond In Winter
February 05, 2023 18:11 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MBIce ice and more ice! Ice cutting and ice ending up in India. Also, the dangers of phrenology and using pseudoscience as bad metaphors. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tam-ro/support
33.Ch16P2 The Pond In Winter
February 05, 2023 18:11 - 42 minutes - 39.7 MBIce ice and more ice! Ice cutting and ice ending up in India. Also, the dangers of phrenology and using pseudoscience as bad metaphors. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/support
32.Ch16P1 The Pond in Winter
January 22, 2023 15:13 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBHe awakens to a question and then realizes the answer is right there. Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/support
Ch16 The Pond in Winter Part 1
January 22, 2023 15:13 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBHe awakens to a question and then realizes the answer is right there. Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tam-ro/support
Ch15 Winter Animals
January 01, 2023 15:28 - 55 minutes - 51.5 MBHenry talks about his winter observations. The squirrels performing for an unseen audience, the hounds who suddenly understand a mystery. And how Walden is a restless sleeper & bedfellow. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tam-ro/support
31. Ch15 Winter Animals
January 01, 2023 15:28 - 52 minutes - 49 MBHenry talks about his winter observations. The squirrels performing for an unseen audience, the hounds who suddenly understand a mystery. And how Walden is a restless sleeper & bedfellow. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/support
Ch14B Former Inhabitants and Winter Visitors
December 07, 2022 18:17 - 52 minutes - 48.9 MBWinter Visitors Section: I'm a hiker and spent many days cronching through the leaves, just like HDT did through the snow. Who visited him? Can you guess? Emerson, Alcott and Channing-but can you tell who they are by his descriptions? You'll be surprised. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tam-ro/support
30. Ch14P2 Former Inhabitants and Winter Visitors
December 07, 2022 18:17 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBWinter Visitors Section: I'm a hiker and spent many days cronching through the leaves, just like HDT did through the snow. Who visited him? Can you guess? Emerson, Alcott and Channing-but can you tell who they are by his descriptions? You'll be surprised. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/support
Ch14 Former Inhabitants (i.e. African American residents of Walden Woods of previous generations)
July 31, 2022 14:31 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBHDT discusses the African Americans living in Walden Woods before he built his hut. If you want more info, find Black Walden by Elise Lemire which offers a much deeper context and lots of research about the people who don’t usually get mentioned in the histories about Walden. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tam-ro/support
29. Ch14 Former Inhabitants (i.e. African American residents of Walden Woods of previous generations)
July 31, 2022 14:31 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBHDT discusses the African Americans living in Walden Woods before he built his hut. If you want more info, find Black Walden by Elise Lemire which offers a much deeper context and lots of research about the people who don’t usually get mentioned in the histories about Walden. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/support
28.Ch13P2 Housewarming
July 03, 2022 14:35 - 52 minutes - 48.6 MBHenry falls in love with his fireplace. “You can always see a face in the fire” --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/support
Ch13B Housewarming, Part 2
July 03, 2022 14:35 - 55 minutes - 51 MBHenry falls in love with his fireplace. “You can always see a face in the fire” --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tam-ro/support
Ch13A House-Warming
May 22, 2022 14:40 - 33 minutes - 31.5 MBHenry gathers food for the winter & builds his chimney out of second hand bricks. Recycling & eating wild apples before it was trendy! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tam-ro/support
27. Ch13P1 House-Warming
May 22, 2022 14:40 - 31 minutes - 29 MBHenry gathers food for the winter & builds his chimney out of second hand bricks. Recycling & eating wild apples before it was trendy! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/support
Ch12 Brute Neighbors
May 01, 2022 14:24 - 1 hour - 62.6 MBHenry writes a mini-play! Plus the history of the War of the Red Ants vs the Black Ants & his “loony” antics with a bird neighbor. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tam-ro/support
26. Ch12 Brute Neighbors
May 01, 2022 14:24 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBHenry writes a mini-play! Plus the history of the War of the Red Ants vs the Black Ants & his “loony” antics with a bird neighbor. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/support
25. Ch11 Higher Laws
March 27, 2022 13:59 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBThoreau discusses hunting, fishing, eating animals and not eating them. Is this chapter about vegetarianism or morality? Give a listen and see for yourself! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/support
Ch11 Higher Laws
March 27, 2022 13:59 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBThoreau discusses hunting, fishing, eating animals and not eating them. Is this chapter about vegetarianism or morality? Give a listen and see for yourself! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tam-ro/support
24. Ch10 Baker Farm
February 13, 2022 15:26 - 57 minutes - 53 MBHappy tree descriptions as he runs through the forest. Then he visits an Irish Family & tells them how to save their money if only they’d stop buying Starbucks. Well, kinda. It’s a difficult chapter that shows quite a bit of arrogance. See for yourself! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/support
Ch10 Baker Farm
February 13, 2022 15:26 - 59 minutes - 55.4 MBHappy tree descriptions as he runs through the forest. Then he visits an Irish Family & tells them how to save their money if only they’d stop buying Starbucks. Well, kinda. It’s a difficult chapter that shows quite a bit of arrogance. See for yourself! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tam-ro/support
Ch9 The Ponds P2 The Earth’s Eye
January 09, 2022 15:09 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBHenry dives deep into what it is like to live in relation to Walden. A huge body of water as your immediate neighbor, how sacred, and how it gets profaned. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tam-ro/support
23. Ch9P2 The Ponds: The Earth’s Eye
January 09, 2022 15:09 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MBHenry dives deep into what it is like to live in relation to Walden. A huge body of water as your immediate neighbor, how sacred, and how it gets profaned. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/support
22. Ch9P1 The Ponds
November 07, 2021 15:34 - 54 minutes - 50 MBHenry finally gets to the main character of Walden, the Pond itself! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/support
Ch9 The Ponds Part 1
November 07, 2021 15:34 - 56 minutes - 52.4 MBHenry finally gets to the main character of Walden, the Pond itself! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tam-ro/support
Ch8 The Village
September 26, 2021 14:34 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBHenry walks to town, runs the gauntlet of gossip from the townspeople. Once, he even got arrested! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tam-ro/support
21.Ch8 The Village
September 26, 2021 14:34 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBHenry walks to town, runs the gauntlet of gossip from the townspeople. Once, he even got arrested! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tam-ro/support
21. Ch8 The Village
September 26, 2021 14:34 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBHenry walks to town, runs the gauntlet of gossip from the townspeople. Once, he even got arrested! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/support
20. Ch7 The Beanfield
September 19, 2021 14:33 - 59 minutes - 55.4 MBHenry gets his hands dirty while contemplating what it means “to know beans”. Sarcasm alert! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/support
Ch7 The Beanfield
September 19, 2021 14:33 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBHenry gets his hands dirty while contemplating what it means “to know beans”. Sarcasm alert! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tam-ro/support
Ch 6. Visitors
September 12, 2021 15:15 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBThoreau tells us about the people who come by his Cabin by the Pond --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tam-ro/support
Ep 19, Ch6: Visitors
September 12, 2021 15:15 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBThoreau tells us about the people who come by his Cabin by the Pond --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tam-ro/support
19. Ch6 Visitors
September 12, 2021 15:15 - 49 minutes - 45.8 MBThoreau tells us about the people who come by his Cabin by the Pond --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/support
18. Ch 5 Solitude: Never found a companion as companionable
July 18, 2021 14:30 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBHenry talks about how he's never really alone. You can be alone in a crowd. Are you really alone when you are focused on work-studying or out in the field, or gardening? Be sure to listen for the line about his Pine Needle friends. ;) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tam-ro/support
18.Ch 5 Solitude: Never found a companion as companionable as solitude
July 18, 2021 14:30 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBHenry talks about how he's never really alone. You can be alone in a crowd. Are you really alone when you are focused on work-studying or out in the field, or gardening? Be sure to listen for the line about his Pine Needle friends. ;) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/support
Ch 5 Solitude: Never found a companion as companionable
July 18, 2021 14:30 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBHenry talks about how he's never really alone. You can be alone in a crowd. Are you really alone when you are focused on work-studying or out in the field, or gardening? Be sure to listen for the line about his Pine Needle friends. ;) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tam-ro/support
17. Sounds P2 I rejoice that there are owls!!
July 04, 2021 15:37 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBHenry talks about the sounds (snd smells) of civilization entering into his world by means of the trains. Also, owls, birds and frogs haunt him at all hours. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tam-ro/support
17.Ch4P2 Sounds: I rejoice that there are owls!!
July 04, 2021 15:37 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MBHenry talks about the sounds (snd smells) of civilization entering into his world by means of the trains. Also, owls, birds and frogs haunt him at all hours. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/support
Ch 4 Sounds Part 2 I rejoice that there are owls!!
July 04, 2021 15:37 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBHenry talks about the sounds (snd smells) of civilization entering into his world by means of the trains. Also, owls, birds and frogs haunt him at all hours. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tam-ro/support
16. Ch4P1 Sounds:Follow your genius
June 13, 2021 14:54 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBHenry discusses what it is like to let the woods tell its own story to him. He sits and lets the world go by, the trains, the animals, the pinnate leaves on the tree. What would it be like if we listened to the world WE are in? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/support
Ch4P1 Sounds:Follow your genius
June 13, 2021 14:54 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBHenry discusses what it is like to let the woods tell its own story to him. He sits and lets the world go by, the trains, the animals, the pinnate leaves on the tree. What would it be like if we listened to the world WE are in? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tam-ro/support
Ch3 Reading:Date a new era of your life from reading a book!
May 30, 2021 22:47 - 1 hour - 70.6 MBAncient Greek and Latin are Henry’s starting points. A great chapter for book nerds and those who believe we should keep learning our whole lives! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tam-ro/support
15. Ch3 Reading:Date a new era of your life from reading a book!
May 30, 2021 22:47 - 1 hour - 68.1 MBAncient Greek and Latin are Henry’s starting points. A great chapter for book nerds and those who believe we should keep learning our whole lives! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/support
14.Ch2P2: I went to the woods to live deliberately
May 25, 2021 12:34 - 57 minutes - 53 MBOne of the most dense sections, he touches upon time, trains, the news, the post office, and how to simplify, simplify, simplify! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tam-ro/support
Ch2Part2: I went to the woods to live deliberately
May 25, 2021 12:34 - 59 minutes - 55.4 MBOne of the most dense sections, he touches upon time, trains, the news, the post office, and how to simplify, simplify, simplify! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tam-ro/support