Episode 104 Bonus: Writing to Know Yourself with John Roedel

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Episode 104 Bonus: Writing to Know Yourself with John Roedel

Christie Aschwanden

Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

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John Roedel

Feb 01, 2024

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“You can write to get to know yourself,” says John Roedel. “There’s something magical about that.” In this special bonus episode with the comedian and poet, we read together Fernando Pessoa’s poem “I Don’t Know How Many Souls I Have” and discuss how this poem is currently informing and inspiring Roedel’s creative practice and sense of identity. Plus, we…

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Emerging Form is a podcast about the creative process in which a journalist (Christie Aschwanden) and a poet (Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer) discuss creative conundrums over wine. Each episode concludes with a game of two questions in which a guest joins in to help answer questions about the week's topic. Season one guests include poets, novelists, journalists, a song writer, a circus performer, a sketch artist and a winemaker.

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