Two teachers from very different cultural backgrounds share their thoughts on the power and impact of words in shaping our identities, beliefs and experiences. Each episode focuses on a different word and through a range of readings, poems and texts the pair explore how these words have had an impact on their thoughts, emotions and actions.
Words That Make Us
Claim This Podcastby Tony Bailey and Rama Shaar
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Two teachers from very different cultural backgrounds share their thoughts on the power and impact of words in shaping our identities, beliefs and experiences. Each episode focuses on a different word and through a range of readings, poems and texts the pair explore how these words have had an impact on their thoughts, emotions and actions.
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December 4, 2024
16. Words That Make Us: Home
Rama and Tony explore the concept of 'Home' discussing nationalities, Feng Shui, Stoic perspectives, and cultural differences in home ownership.
November 12, 2024
15. Words That Make Us: Sickness
Season 2, episode 15: In this episode of the "Words That Make Us" podcast, Rama and Tony discuss the topic of “Sickness”. This promises to be an episode of fun discussions, varied readings of pain and hilarity, and a few statistics to boot! They discuss questions such as: why do men not go to the doctor’s? Can prayer really relieve pain? What poems, depressing and funny alike, have they found for you? And what are some funny stories doctors have told about patients? Also, what would Marcus Aurelius say about sickness if he was alive today? Men don’t go to the doctor https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1121551/ Dr Gabor Mate on addiction https://www.thesunmagazine.org/articles/23606-what-ails-us Tulips by Sylvia Plath https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49013/tulips-56d22ab68fdd0 Sick by Shel Silverstein https://poets.org/poem/sick Funny stories by doctors: https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-doctor-patient-stories/ Stoic response to sickness - an AI Marcus Aurelius response https://www.stoicsimple.com/stoic-advice-on-health-problems-illness-ask-marcus-aurelius/#:~:text=Instead%20of%20dwelling%20on%20your,the%20natural%20order%20of%20things. On Pain by Gibran Khalil Gibran https://poets.org/poem/pain-1 Assisted suicide In Germany https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1000135?form=fpf https://www.dw.com/en/assisted-suicide-germany-weighs-autonomy-and-ethics/a-66111477 In sickness and in health https://www.structuralheartjournal.org/article/S2474-8706(24)00034-4/fulltext https://www.diw.de/documents/publikationen/73/diw_01.c.801752.de/diw_sp1110.pdf Walking Around by Pablo Neruda https://allpoetry.com/Walking-Around If you have any ideas, suggestions or feedback, please send us an email at: wordsthatmakeus@gmail.com
October 29, 2024
14. Words That Make Us: Cake
In this episode of the "Words That Make Us" podcast, Rama and Tony discuss the topic of “Cake”. Listen to them as they discuss their cake eating and baking preferences all while discussing “Let them eat cake!” and why baking shows became so popular. Would you call the sweet little baked goodness Jaffa cake or biscuits? Why does it matter? And of course, here is some poetry in there for you! No one said “Let them eat cake”! https://www.britannica.com/story/did-marie-antoinette-really-say-let-them-eat-cake Betty Crocker cake mix story https://cantrell.medium.com/the-myth-of-the-instant-cake-mix-a45aaac8b302 https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/something-eggstra/ Chocolate Cake by Michael Rosen https://www.uv.mx/personal/jomartinez/files/2011/08/Chocolate-Cake.pdf The most difficult cakes to make: https://www.findcourses.co.uk/inspiration/hobby-fun-leisure-articles/how-to-make-the-worlds-most-difficult-cakes-17573 Simnel cake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simnel_cake The Jaffa Cake Story https://www.kerseys.co.uk/jaffa-cakes-cakes-biscuits/#:~:text=During%20the%20court%20battle%20between,recognised%20as%20chocolate%20covered%20cakes. Cake idioms https://www.ihpalermo.com/Cake-Biscuit-Idioms Sister’s cake By Eugene Field https://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/sisters_cake_605 Cake by Roger Mcgough https://allpoetry.com/poem/14373247-Cake-by-Roger-McGough If you have any ideas, suggestions or feedback, please send us an email at: wordsthatmakeus@gmail.com
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