Literary Nomads for Teachers

  10 Oct 2025 Episode 0.3 – Literary Nomads for Teachers   What is this podcast? I recommend you start here, with this introduction to Literary Nomads and get a taste of what the larger series offers! And, to be sure I’ve sold you, we’ll offer some fresh approaches to the most-taught poem in the US, Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken.” Listen and find out how we’re doing a different kind of reading and learning from everybody else. And you know why? “That’s just the way it is.” Bruce Hornsby’s “The Road Not Taken”:  www. youtube.com/watch?v=C555rExz4ds CHAPTERS 00:00     Hornsby Meets Frost Meets Us 04:13     Opening Theme 04:47     Frost a la Mode 13:05     Reading – Frost: “The Road Not Taken” 14:20     The Basics, Wrong and Less Wrong 22:46     Unresolved Tension 32:12     Aporia 39:41     Darker Cynicism 45:19     Over My Abjections 51:13     Critical Shifts 54:47     Closing Credits === New to Literary Nomads? You may also want to check out episode 5.00 to find out what we’re all about: https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/an-introduction-and-irony/ Have a Question? Literary Nomads Mailbag: https://forms.gle/WKGp1YWrazNZ3TLt8  Transcript:  https://waywordsstudio.com/general/transcript/0-3-literary-nomads-for-teachers === Literary Nomads is the primary program of Waywords Studio (https://waywordsstudio.com). The podcast posts new material each week, with thought-provoking examinations of literature around selected questions or themes and several smaller supplemental episodes in between the larger programs: history, writing, and contemporary applications of ideas. Visit us for expanded resources for guests and the Waywords community, for other programs and writing, and for opportunities to support our goal to expand reading. Resources available can include full bibliographies of material referenced, full and partial texts, annotated editions, supplemental and expanded episodes, fictional explorations, teaching and learning resources, additional essays, and online courses. Website:  https://waywordsstudio.com Newsletter: https://waywordsstudio.kit.com/ Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Tumblr, and LinkedIn:  @ Waywords Studio CREDITS: Original music by Randon Myles (https://randonmyles.com/) Chapter headings by Natalie Harrison and Sarah Skaleski USING THIS WORK: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. It is open to be used and adapted for all not-for-profit uses with proper attribution. MLA CITATION: Chisnell, Steve. “Literary Nomads for Teachers,” Literary Nomads. Waywords Studio, 10 Oct 2025, https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords-podcast/