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Poems, Guitar and Meditations

by Jonah Hall

Religion

Sometimes piano, sometimes guitar, sometimes spoken meditation.Thanks for listening. If you have questions, comments, or feedback of any kind, email darkoindex at gmail dot com. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

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Episodes

  1. Learning to Be Yourself Again (Walking Meditation)

    After years of resignation and isolation, learning to connect with yourself and others again.

  2. Breathe.5.13.26

    Just breathe. Slowly.

  3. Year End, 2025 (a poem)

    Many years, many miles of driving.

  4. 10 More Ways (21-30) to Ground Yourself

    Another short episode wirh ten techniques to help ground or center yourself and decompress. Numbers 21-30

  5. 10 More Ways (11-20) to Ground Yourself

    A short meditation on grounding or centering techniques. Numbers 11-20. After you do one of these techniques, you can tell yourself, "You're Grounded!"

  6. 10 Ways to Slow Down and Ground Yourself

    In this short episode, I discuss 10 ways to relax and ground yourself in the body.

  7. Trying to Manage Frustrations With 80 Year-Old Mom Visit

    Having a conversation with Gemini about how to handle frustrations that inevitably accompany a visit from my 80 year-old mom.

  8. Walking Meditation (Citizens)

    A short walking meditation.

  9. Walking Meditation (Age and Aging)

    A short rumination on aging and mortality.

  10. Sitting Meditation (Guided Body Scan)

    A short full-body scan, breathing in and then out.

  11. Sitting Meditation (Acknowledgments)

    A short guided meditation on various acknowledgments and anxiety.

  12. Driving Meditation Sleeping In At Last)

    A short meditation on getting through the week.

  13. Driving Meditation (Peaceful Transfer)

    A short meditation on the peaceful transfer of power.

  14. Driving Meditation (New Year)

    Breathing while driving. 2025.

  15. Naturally Artificial Chat #2: On Technology, Normalizing Indefensible Behavior, Algorithms, Attention, and Why Educating the Public About AI is Absolutely Necessary

    Naturally Artificial Chat #2: On Technology, Normalizing Indefensible Behavior, Algorithms, Attention, and Why Educating the Public About AI is Absolutely Necessary I ask the vast repository of information about what happened to decency and why we have normalized indefensible behaviors. I ask…

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  16. Naturally Artificial Chat #1: Naps

    An important conversation about how to take the ideal short nap.

  17. Wrongs: Democracy, the Middle East, Elections and the People

    For a transcript of this essay, via Google doc, click here: Hello Good People, I recently listened to Ezra Klein talking with Ta-Nehisi Coates about Israel, Palestine and democracy. Coates new book, “The Message” is getting widespread attention. I’ve appreciated his writing in the past, at The...

  18. Where The Sidewalk Ends, Part One (Rebelle and Daddy Reading Shel Silverstein), P

    We've been reading Shel Silverstein's classic children's book of poems and cartoons, Where the Sidewalk Ends. We decided to record the first 34 pages of poems (most of them). Here it is. Please enjoy these poems. If you want to go to Shel's site:...

  19. On Self-Compassion (Reading Jack Kornfield and Reflections on Self-Compassion)

    Self-compassion is complicated for me. I understand I must love my self before I can love anyone else. But that love is not simple and easy. Love for myself is complicated. I value certain aspects of who I am and what I bring to the relationships in my life, my work and my creative projects...but…

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  20. Readings: On Equanimity and Balance

    In this episode, I read and reflect on the Buddhist concept of Equanimity. In short, equanimity is about finding balance and protecting yourself from attaching to external forces like praise and blame, fame and disrepute, pleasure and pain, or gain and loss. Alongside the reading: sounds of a...

  21. Walking Meditation (Being Sick, Watching NBA Playoffs With Young Child, Mother's Day, Political Fears)

    Walking Meditation (Being Sick, Watching NBA Playoffs With Young Child, Mother's Day, Political Fears)

  22. Meditation Appointment at the Beach

    Hear the waves. Calm your mind. Almost.

  23. Considering the Future with RH (Legos, Fears of Changing Voice, Growing Taller)

    Big picture questions with my 5 year-old.

  24. Walking Meditation: In the Hospital (Aging Parents, Mortality and Acceptance)

    A short walking meditation reflecting on health, mortality, and aging parents. Then a cover of "Heaven" by The Talking Heads.

  25. Walking Meditation on Self-Compassion

    Walking and talking about Self-compassion.

  26. Walking Meditation (Is Anyone Happy Right Now?)

    A tangential spoken meditation attempt/possibly amusing ramble.

  27. Driving Meditation (Email is Hell)

    A quick meditation/gebtle rant about email and attention.

  28. Instrumental Experiments (Monday Morning, Sunday Afternoon, Kalimba Patterns)

    Instrumental Experiments (Monday Morning, Sunday Afternoon, Kalimba Patterns)

  29. Walking Meditation (Stray Thoughts on the Queen's Death, Forgotten Snacks, Redwoods, Kindergarten)

    A 20-minute walking meditation. Walking Meditation (Stray Thoughts on the Queen's Death, Forgotten Snacks, Redwoods and Kindergarten)

  30. "I've Been Working On the Railroad" (Full Studio session with Rebelle Harmony)

    21 minutes of stops and starts. Fun with a 5 year-old vocalist.

  31. Steve Mason Songs: "Dry the Rain" "Needles in My Eyes" and "I Walk the Earth"

    I have loved Steve Mason's songs and subdued yet emotionally-charged delivery. It was interesting to try replicating some of the rhythms on guitar. Two Orders of Beta Band and a Side of King Biscuit Time.

  32. Walking Meditation (Mothers, Aging, Forgiveness and Memory)

    Considering aging mothers and a generation of women who did too much on their own in a culture that focuses on the individual.

  33. Poetweets, Volume 1 (Spring 2022)

    An artisanal, organic, sustainably-raised batch of 12 poem-tweets, collected into one place. To read the poems: https://darkoindex.medium.com/poetweets-volume-1-spring-2022-70ceaec3580b Thank you for listening.

  34. NBA Playoff Preview (East 1st Rd, read by British robot-human.

    To read this article, go to www.darkoindex.medium.com

  35. Short Meditation with Flowing Water

    By the creek on a sunny morning.

  36. Poems: Strolls in Memory, Make Something Poem

    A couple of poems. Time moves without effort.

  37. Poems Of The Recent Past

    From the back catalog.

  38. Yes and No.

    Agreeing to disagree. With 3 year-old.

  39. Meditations with Jonah, Ep 44 (Minus Sinus)

    Hooray for sinus infections.

  40. Meditations with Jonah ep 43 (Winds at Windows)

    Long nights and howling.

  41. Poems and Music.

    Words and music.

  42. Meditations with Jonah, Ep 42 (After the Madness)

    Thoughts on yesterday's DC chaos and the onward stroll of time.

  43. Meditations with Jonah, Ep 41 (Optimistic Realism or Realistic Optimism)

    Walking meditation

  44. November 2020 Poems and Instrumentals

    Words and Music, November 2020

  45. Meditations with Jonah, Ep 40 (Election Dust Slowly Settling)

    It's Wednesday and it's looking like we might know some things about the next four years.

  46. Meditations with Jonah, Ep 39 (Almost Election)

    Two days from the election...or will it be the beginning of the limbo of unknown results?

  47. Meditations with Jonah, Ep 38 (Sleepyhead)

    Sleep is necessary. Without it, we are off-balance and foggy.

  48. Meditations with Jonah, Ep 37 (Amygdala)

    Thoughts on dealing with our amygdalas, parenting and our views of others.

  49. Meditations with Jonah, Ep 36 (Redemption)

    Thoughts while waiting in a line of cars to redeem nine months worth of aluminum cans (mostly sparkling water).

  50. 2020 NBA Playoffs: East Finals Preview of Celtics-Heat and Eight Years Later

    An audio version of a recent Medium post on the NBA Playoffs and the Boston Celtics

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About this show

Sometimes piano, sometimes guitar, sometimes spoken meditation.Thanks for listening. If you have questions, comments, or feedback of any kind, email darkoindex at gmail dot com. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

Hosted by

Jonah Hall

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Frequently asked questions

How many episodes does Poems, Guitar and Meditations have?

Poems, Guitar and Meditations has 196 episodes on PodParley. The most recent episode was published on October 12, 2026.

What is Poems, Guitar and Meditations about?

Sometimes piano, sometimes guitar, sometimes spoken meditation.Thanks for listening. If you have questions, comments, or feedback of any kind, email darkoindex at gmail dot com. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

How often does Poems, Guitar and Meditations release new episodes?

Poems, Guitar and Meditations publishes every two weeks, based on its 196 episodes since January 2018.

Who hosts Poems, Guitar and Meditations?

Poems, Guitar and Meditations is created and hosted by Jonah Hall.
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