Best Jack Brush Podcasts (2024)

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The Doomed regard the Sunrise 1:49

2h ago1:49

1:49

Goth Emily Dickinson again, with a poem about what stirs the sharpness of our attention now turned into a song. The Parlando Project combines words (usually literary poetry) with original music in various styles. You can find more than 750 of these combinations at our blog and archives located at frankhudson.org…

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The art of the TV debate 44:44

4h ago44:44

44:44

Days before this general election's first television debate, host Aggie Chambre looks back at the history of debates in this country and asks how politicians go about winning them. ITV's Julie Etchingham, who will host the first debate Tuesday, recalls being asked to take on the gig, explains what she's thinking during these set piece events and re…

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Step into Healthier Living through the Science of Grounding - Earth Energy!! with Dr. Laura Koniver 42:00

1h ago42:00

42:00

When you've tried everything else, and you're still not well, try grounding! And if you're perfectly well and want to stay well, keep grounding! Peer reviewd studies have shown Grounding can improve sleep, reduce inflamation, and resolve metabolic issues. Embark on an eye-opening exploration of the myriad health benefits grounding can offer, from t…

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William Carlos Williams' The Birds 1:28

8h ago1:28

1:28

Williams melds birdsong, rain, and dawn into one instantaneous thing. I turned his poem into a short musical performance.By Frank Hudson for the Parlando Project

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The media and the UK election: Can Fleet Street still win it? 39:12

7d ago39:12

39:12

Will the Sun win it? After Rishi Sunak called a shock general election, host Aggie Chambre set out to discover just how much influence newspapers will have in this campaign. Former Labour Leader Neil Kinnock tells her what it was like being attacked in the press in the run up to the 1992 election. Former Sun editor David Yelland reminisces about Ru…

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A little Madness in the Spring 1:45

3h ago1:45

1:45

American poet Emily Dickinson's enigmatic short Spring poem performed with new music as a Spring song. For more than 750 other combinations of various words (usually literary poetry) with original music visit our blog and archives located at frankhudson.orgBy Frank Hudson for the Parlando Project

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Sexton! 1:33

10h ago1:33

1:33

Your presenter with an acoustic guitar galloping through Emily Dickinson's exhortation of Spring today.By Frank Hudson for the Parlando Project

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Is the Bank of England really a secret political player? 44:07

6d ago44:07

44:07

Just how much power do the economists of Threadneedle Street really wield? As the Bank of England grapples with whether to keep interest rates at an all time high, host Sascha O’Sullivan goes on a mission to find out. In this week’s episode, she speaks to those who have been at the very heart of Westminster's relationship with the Bank for the last…

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How to prepare a secret Tory leadership campaign 44:01

7d ago44:01

44:01

After the Tories' drubbing in the local elections and the many, many rumors about efforts to unseat Rishi Sunak, Aggie Chambre talks us through how to prepare a secret Conservative leadership campaign. Former No. 10 head of political comms Adam Jones takes us inside Liz Truss's "fizz with Liz" soirees, explains why she took *that* picture in the ta…

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Pea Brush 2:53

8d ago2:53

2:53

Robert Frost tells a little tale of nature and gardening for May. Being that it's Frost, there's a sharp observation woven into the story about man and nature. The Parlando Project combines various words (usually literary poetry) with original music in different styles. We've done over 750 of these combinations, and you can hear them and read more …

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Inside the Westminster honey trap scandal 51:32

18d ago51:32

51:32

In the first episode of season 14, host Aggie Chambre tells the inside story of how POLITICO broke the Westminster honey trap story, and goes in search of who is really responsible. She hears from most of the key characters involved in the scandal that rocked SW1. Two victims tell Aggie about their messages and one of them explains what happened wh…

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John Sinclair writes 2 poems of Thelonious Monk 2:05

6d ago2:05

2:05

John Sinclair (who died during this National Poetry Month) did a lot of things in his life, generating so many stances and actions that I suspect no one can agree with all of it. But one thing he did throughout his life was write Jazz Poetry, and so for International Jazz Day this year I thought I'd seek out and perform a couple of his poems. The P…

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The Fairies Have Never a Penny to Spend 2:04

7d ago2:04

2:04

Rose Fyleman wrote charming and popular children's poems in the early 20th century, like this one. I set her poem for performance in a jaunty rock'n'roll trio as I approach the end of my National Poetry Month look-back at poems aimed at children in the first half of the 20th century. The Parlando Project combines various words (mostly literary poet…

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Dover Beach 3:56

8d ago3:56

3:56

I continue to examine poems from a pair of books of verse meant for the children who grew up to become "The Greatest Generation." This one's not a sunny day holiday for the kids: Matthew Arnold's at the beach, he puts a seashell to his ear, and hears....the future, or perhaps time itself, and it's harrowing. The Parlando Project takes various words…

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Pippa Passes 1:58

9d ago1:58

1:58

A short Spring poem with a famous ending couplet that seems to be about contentment -- and after all, I found it inside a 1922 book of verse for children I'm looking at for National Poetry Month. In the context of the longer work Browning placed it in, it may not be that simple, but I perform it today as if it was. The Parlando Project combines var…

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The Wind 2:03

11d ago2:03

2:03

For National Poetry Month this year I've been looking at poems from a pair of 1920s books of verse for children. Today's selection is a charming poem by Robert Louis Stevenson performed with an electric folk-rock band. The Parlando Project does this, takes words (mostly literary poetry) and combines them with original music. We've done over 750 of …

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Child #4 at 50! Loving Life and Changing the World thru Wellness! with Dr. Jack Wolfson 39:47

1M ago39:47

39:47

From their 1st child to their 4th, at age 50 for Jack, doctors Jack and Heather have embraced a holistic approach to health and family. From home birth, to avoiding all pharmaceuticals , this family focuses on optimal health. And good thing, because balancing two bustling careers with the demands and pleasures of a growing family requires the ongoi…

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Hills: Children's poetry, but written by a child 2:34

15d ago2:34

2:34

To observe this National Poetry Month I've been diving into a pair of poetry anthologies for children published in the 1922/1923. One poet included in them was an unusual case: Hilda Conkling, a child herself. That this grade-schooler was composing poems that often seemed to share Imagism's approaches intrigued some Modernists. Here's one of her po…

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The Coromandel Fishers 2:40

18d ago2:40

2:40

Sarojini Naidu's poem of stalwart Bengali fishermen asked to be sung, so I sang it. The author may have had a melody in mind, as she published this in a section of her poetry she called "Folk Songs." Naidu began as a promising poet ("The Nightengale of India") but left verse to for work for women's suffrage and Indian independence. The Parlando Pro…

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The World Is Too Much With Us 2:04

1M ago2:04

2:04

William Wordsworth's well-known sonnet performed, as the word sonnet means, as a little song. Within the next 24 hour or so, I hope to have more to say about what you may have overlooked in this short poem on the Parlando Project's blog (see below). We've got a lot at the blog celebrating poetry and National Poetry Month. The Parlando Project combi…

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The Minstrel Boy 2:14

2M ago2:14

2:14

For National Poetry Month this year I'm looking at and performing poems found in a pair of 1920s anthologies of verse for children. The Girls of Verse and The Boys Book of Verse. Though "The Minstrel Boy" was included within books of poetry, this poem by Irish poet Thomas Moore was quicky adapted as a song and is best known as such today. Which sav…

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Each in His Own Tongue 2:29

2M ago2:29

2:29

Today I read a summary of poet Mary Oliver's approach by poet and critic A. M. Juster. He concluded: "I also think her spirit wanted to write religious poetry, but her mind wouldn't let her." Lo & behold I was working this week on a singable version of this 1906 poem that I found in a collection of verse for children published in the 1920s that I'm…

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Sea Fever 2:14

2M ago2:14

2:14

We're celebrating National Poetry Month with musical presentations of poems taken from a gendered pair of 100-year-old anthologies published as The Girls and The Boys Book of Verse. Today's is John Masefield's famous poem of seafaring. The Parlando Project takes words (usually literary poetry) and combines them with original music we write and perf…

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There is no Frigate like a Book 2:01

30d ago2:01

2:01

We continue our National Poetry Month feature examination of a pair of century-old children's poetry anthologies with this famous invocation of book-fed imagination. The Parlando Project combines various words (usually literary poetry) with original music in different styles. We've done over 700 of these things, and you can listen to them and find …

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Piping Down the Valleys Wild 2:33

1M ago2:33

2:33

My feature this National Poetry Month is going to be examination of two 1920's poetry anthologies, one for girls and one for boys. This William Blake poem invoking childhood visions bringing joy was in the opening section of the girl's volume and it seems like an apt poem to set to music and lead off our celebration this month. The Parlando Project…

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Singing at Dusk 2:33

1M ago2:33

2:33

Emmy Hemmings is a forgotten Dada artist, launching the famous Cabaret Voltaire during WWI as am organizer, performer and poet -- yet no one translated her poetry from German until this century. I just got done doing a somewhat free translation of one of her poems, and since Hennings was a performer, it seems fitting to present her work here in the…

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Whispering Often 1:58

1M ago1:58

1:58

Here's a poem for March, for Spring, and for Easter now turned into a song, The words were written about a hundred years ago by a largely forgotten Midwestern American poet Edwin Ford Piper. This month I wrote music for Piper's words, and today's piece is taken from a demo session where I recorded the freshly made song. The Parlando Project does st…

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The Healing Power of Intuition and Nutrition. Transforming Lives Through Gut Health! with Josh Dech 49:09

2M ago49:09

49:09

Prepare to challenge everything you know about the food you eat, as our candid conversation with Josh Dech, unveils the hidden dangers lurking in common food ingredients and the surprising ways they can affect your wellbeing. Josh, a holistic nutritionist and gut health authority, covers the significance of gut health in overall wellness and the pi…

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Cool Tombs 1:56

1M ago1:56

1:56

Poet Carl Sandburg goes gothic-graveyard for this poem about Love & Death. I decided to accompany my performance of it with some new music in my "punk orchestral" style, which means it's short, not-to-fancy, and uses whatever virtual orchestral instruments I can figure out something for them play. The Parlando Project takes various words (usually l…

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The secrets of the pollsters 49:05

2M ago49:05

49:05

Host Sascha O'Sullivan delves into the secrets of the polling industry and asks — if the polls were wrong before, could they be wrong again? David Cameron's former pollster Andrew Cooper tells Sascha how the Conservatives upstaged the polling industry in 2015 and pulled an unexpected election victory out of the bag. Labour polling stalwart Stan Gre…

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The Wind Didn't Come from the Orchard Today 3:54

2M ago3:54

3:54

Here's a playful and mysterious Emily Dickinson poem for World Poetry Day. The Parlando Project enlists The LYL Band in this one to create a full-band folk-rock song out of Dickinson's poem. The Parlando Project has done that sort of thing for several years, taking words (usually literary poetry) and combining them with music in different styles. W…

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Leak inquiry: what happens when Westminster's secrets are spilled 38:40

2M ago38:40

38:40

This week, Aggie Chambre looks at the art of the leak and asks — why do people do it, and what happens when your political secrets are exposed? Former Deputy Prime Minister Damian Green talks about helping to leak Home Office secrets when Labour was in charge. Aggie hears from journalist and author Isabel Oakeshott about her controversial decision …

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The Drunken Singer 4:11

2M ago4:11

4:11

I remind myself today that I sometimes write lyrics, so here's a piece that features my own words and music. What the Parlando Project usually does is combine other people's words (usually literary poetry) with the variety of original music we compose and make. You can hear over 700 examples of that at our blog and archives located at frankhudson.o…

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The Late Singer 2:06

3M ago2:06

2:06

William Carlos Williams' Spring poem reminds us that it's never too late to sing. I had to cancel a more pristine time in a recording space this week but produced this quick & dirty version of this song using Williams' words instead. Spring itself, has a way of being quick & dirty -- and I'll remind you of the musicians' and composers' prayer: "May…

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How Westminster fell in love with Australian politics 51:12

3M ago51:12

51:12

New host Sascha O'Sullivan explores Westminster's obsession with all things Australia — and considers the lessons British politics might learn from down under. From the U.K. Tory party's succession of Aussie campaign chiefs to the varying attempts to deploy Australian-style immigration policies, Westminster has held an enduring fascination with its…

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The Last Antelope 4:23

2M ago4:23

4:23

Edwin Ford Piper is an early 20th century Midwestern American poet who's largely been forgotten. I've only started to read him this week, but this poem captured me immediately and I had to perform it with music, Parlando style. The Parlando Project combines various words (usually literary poetry) with original music in different styles. We've done …

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How to prepare for opposition 40:37

2M ago40:37

40:37

By now, surely everyone in Westminster knows how to get ready for government — but have enough considered how to prepare for opposition? In this week's episode, host Aggie Chambre tackles the conundrum of how to prepare for the one job in politics no one wants. She speaks to former opposition leader Neil Kinnock about his time in charge, including …

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When the Dream Outruns the Real 4:09

2M ago4:09

4:09

Poet Dave Moore's song about when "Follow your dream" or "Do what you love..." meets up with reality. Here's the cool thing about this piece: it's not a put-down. I play on it with The LYL Band, and I think the song applies to me. One of the Parlando Project's mottos is "All Artists Fail." You have to accept that and do what you choose to do anyway…

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Great Smile for Great Health! Brushing Up on Dental Hygiene! with Teresa Yang, DDS 44:27

3M ago44:27

44:27

When it comes to keeping those pearly whites, well, pearly, it turns out the devil's in the details, including good nutrition, avoiding sugar, and embracing a daily dental routine. Dr. Yang, a seasoned dentist shares pearls of wisdom with us about all things dental including how to brush and floss, electric compared to manual toothbrushes, water fl…

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Two Aunties by Fenton Johnson 3:37

2M ago3:37

3:37

Black Chicago poet Fenton Johnson published these two free-verse poetic portraits in Others magazine in 1919, gaining him some notice as an Afro-American who was working in the avant-garde forms of Modernism. I performed his two poems with a rock band accompaniment for today's example of what the Parlando Project does: combining various words (most…

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How a small town in England opened its arms to Ukraine 54:55

3M ago54:55

54:55

As the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine approaches, Jack Blanchard returns home to the north of England to hear the stories of the refugees who arrived there in 2022 — and of one small town community which opened its arms to help. Jack meets those who hosted Ukrainian people in their homes, and hears from the Ukrainians themsel…

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The Prodigal Son 3:58

3M ago3:58

3:58

Pioneering Black Chicago Poet Fenton Johnson termed this poem a literary spiritual in his 1915 collection Visions of the Dark. I read it as predecessor to later Gospel songwriting, and so set it to music for this spare solo performance with just acoustic guitar and voice. This is one example of what the Parlando Project does. We explore various wor…

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Diary of a by-election 37:14

4M ago37:14

37:14

As the people of Wellingborough headed to the polls for a historic vote, hosts Aggie Chambre and Sascha O'Sullivan took a train to the East Midlands to see how by-elections really play out on the ground. Over the course of a month, they went door-knocking with the candidates, spoke to disenfranchised voters and, finally, stayed up all night to watc…

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Bonus Track: Mistah Witch as a simulated worn 78 RPM record 2:06

4M ago2:06

2:06

BONUS TRACK Black Chicago poet Fenton Johnson was using Blues Language as early as his 1913 poetry collection "A Little Dreaming." That could make this poem an early example of a literary page poet using Blues Language. Just for fun I decided to create one of our rare Parlando Bonus Tracks. This version has been made to sound like an old, somewhat …

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Mistah Witch 2:03

3M ago2:03

2:03

Even in 1913, Black Chicago poet Fenton Johnson was already using Blues-language in his literary poetry. In this poem he printed in dialect from his first book-length poetry collection "A Little Dreaming" Johnson may be encoding a message not every listener will understand. There will be a discussion of that and more than 700 other combinations of …

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The Wraithie's Message 3:22

3M ago3:22

3:22

Early 20th Century Afro-American poet Fenton Johnson again shows his range with this Celtic dark fantasy poem that I've turned into a song. That "turned into a song" is something the Parlando Project does. We've created over 700 combinations of various words (mostly literary poetry) with original music in various styles. You can find them at our bl…

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A boozy lunch with Tim Shipman 50:10

4M ago50:10

50:10

Host Jack Blanchard goes for lunch with the Sunday Times' chief political commentator, Tim Shipman, as the deadline for his new Brexit tome approaches. Over a bottle of claret and (medium) rare steak, Shipman discusses the art of long-form political writing; recalls his best and worst interview experiences, from Donald Trump to Theresa May; conside…

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Waters of Forgetfulness 3:14

3M ago3:14

3:14

Early 20th Century Black Chicago poet Fenton Johnson's dream poem references Virgil's "The Aeneid." I've turned it into a song as part of my month-long celebration of this lesser-known Midwestern poet who preceded the Harlem Renaissance. That's what the Parlando Project does: it takes other peoples words (mostly literary poetry) and combines them w…

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Fenton Johnson's "Dunbar" 2:20

4M ago2:20

2:20

In 1906, Paul Laurence Dunbar, the first Afro-American poet to receive substantial notice, died, only 33 years old. Only a few years later in 1913, a 24 year old Black poet from Chicago, Fenton Johnson, publishes his first poetry collection which in which he pays tribute to Dunbar as he tries to pick up the standard from the fallen Dunbar. I've mad…

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Inside GB News 56:58

3M ago56:58

56:58

For the first episode of the year, host Aggie Chambre goes inside right-wing TV channel GB News and investigates the role it might play in shaping the future of the U.K. Conservative Party. And she looks at the scandals, controversy and culture that has surrounded the channel so far. With the help of the channel's chief executive Angelos Frangopoul…

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