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Celebrate Creativity

This podcast is a deep dive into the world of creativity - from Edgar Allan Poe and Walt Whitman to understanding the use of basic AI principles in a fun and practical way.

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29:26

Poe and the Outsider

Celebrate Creativity ·

2024/11/18

Send us a textWelcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 291. Poe and the OutsiderIn the previous episode the character of the ghost of Mr. Poe and I first discussed the Alien and Sedition Acts. First, I’d like to apologize I have a cold/flu, and just listened to my recorded voice - you will just have to bear with me. Of course, that gives the voice of the ghost of Mr. Poe - a Southern accent tooAnd here's the ghost of Mr. Poe -Hello, Mr. Bartley - I believe you want to talk about the Al...

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21:40

Alien

Celebrate Creativity ·

2024/11/13

Send us a textWelcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 290 - Alien - or perhaps more accurately Poe and The Alien and Sedition Acts. And no, I am not going to talk about little creatures from outer space.This podcast will deal with Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 - acts which very well may have affected Poe - but first I want to talk about those acts as they have recently been discussed by President-Elect Trump.

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32:13

Election Conflict, Part 2

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2024/11/09

Send us a textIn the previous episode, the ghost of Mr. Poe and I began a discussion of the presidential election of 24 - 1824 that is - an election that the young Poe would have been familiar with. And if you have not heard that podcast episode, I encourage you to go back and listen to it. It only tells 1/4th of the story - keep listening and I think you will see what I mean.

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25:26

Election Conflict, Part 1

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2024/11/09

Send us a textWelcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 288 - Election Conflict, Part 1You are probably sick and tired of hearing and reading about election conflicts and disagreements - I know that I am. But in this episode, the ghost of Mr. Poe and I would like to take you back to a rather dramatic and controversial Presidential election that most historians believe Edgar Poe would have known about.

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28:46

Poe’s Views on Democracy and Donald Trump

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2024/11/03

Send us a textWelcome to Celebrate Poe - this is episode 287 - Poe’s Views on Democracy and Donald Trump.When I started this weekly podcast over 4 years ago, my original intentions were to keep Poecentric - meaning only about the works, times, and life of America’s Shakespeare - that grew to some of the literary influences on his works. Even though I have strong religious and political beliefs,, I wanted to concentrate on Edgar Poe as much as possible. But for this election season...

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65:08

Politics and the the Pendulum

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2024/10/30

Send us a textWelcome to Celebrate Poe - this is episode 286 - an examination from a contemporary standpoint of one of Edgar Poe’s most famous stories - The Pit and the Pendulum. And as you will hear very soon, this episode also marks the return of the Ghost of Mr. Poe.Even tho The Pit and the Pendulum story was first published in 1842, the tale certainly has the elements of any great story - the dynamics of the tale are not necessarily confined to any specific historical period. ...

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27:09

Clinton and Collins: The Language of God

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2024/10/27

Send us a textWelcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 286 - Clinton and Collins: The Language of GodBefore we jump into this episode, I want to announce what is perhaps the most ambitious undertaking that Celebrate Poe has ever published - the 2024 Halloween episode - combining appropriate sound effects with Poe’s story. This Halloween episode combines The Pit and the Pendulum with some observations regarding contemporary politics, and I decided to go ahead and call it Politics and the the P...

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27:59

Continuity and Progres

Celebrate Creativity ·

2024/10/24

Send us a textWelcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 284 - Continuity and Progress. This will mark the third and final episode - for now - dealing with President Obama - and I would like to look at Obama’s second Inaugural Address - a speech that covers a wide variety of issues - but first I want to make some comments regarding the speech in hope that they help clarify some of Obama’s ideas.But before continuing, I wanted to announce what is perhaps the most ambitious undertaking that Celeb...

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49:42

Healthcare and the Character of a Country

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2024/10/22

Send us a textI have been going over the speeches of Barack Obama, and found some real jewels. I started reading a speech given to Congress hesitant to use it in a podcast episode because it was almost 50 minutes long. But by the end of the address, I knew that I had read a masterpiece.President Obama was offering a solution to the seemingly insurmountable problem of Health Care that was compassionate, intelligent, practical, and very moving. I originally intended to split t...

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10:43

Obama: Hope in Action

Celebrate Creativity ·

2024/10/20

Send us a textWelcome to Celebrate Poe - this is episode 282 - Obama: Hope in ActionYou know, I have found that President Obama’s addresses seem to speak for themselves - there might be a temptation to add comments but Obama is arguably one of the greatest orators of our time, and his word choice, pacing, and delivery cause the listener to realize that you are in the presence of a master communicator.What follows is Barack Obama’s first inaugural address as President of the United States - de...

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35:23

Let Us Continue!

Celebrate Creativity ·

2024/10/18

Send us a textWelcome to Celebrate Poe - this is episode 281- Let Us Continue! And just in case you are wondering, I am taking a break from episodes about Edgar Poe until election day, and devoting that time to great words from other notable Americans - especially in the political area.Now in the previous episodes, I looked at John Kennedy’s 1960 Inaugural Address - followed by an episode devoted to his Civil Rights Address. And this episode is largely devoted to an address ...

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28:20

The Power of Words

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2024/10/14

Send us a textWelcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 280 - The Power of Words: JFK and the Fight for Equality. This episode continues an examination of some of the outstanding addresses given by great Americans - in this case Presidents of the United States who were deeply concerned about the United States and use their talents to affect positive change that resulted in a more perfect union - not that the United States will ever be a perfect country - but should always aspire to be s...

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27:44

The Power of We: JFK's Call to Action

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2024/10/11

Send us a textThis podcast episode deals with President Kennedy’s 1960 Inaugural address. On January 20, 1961, John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK), a Democrat from Massachusetts, was inaugurated as the 35th president of the United States. Taking office at the age of 43, he remains the youngest person in the history of the United States to be elected to that role.

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26:39

Whitman on Democracy

Celebrate Creativity ·

2024/10/08

Send us a textWelcome to Celebrate Poe - this is episode 278 - Whitman on Democracy - and This is the final episode - for now - about Walt Whitman.Walt Whitman wrote many lengthy poems about democracy - in fact I found a great poem about Democracy that would take almost two hours to read — but I am going to try and confine the poems in this episode to some of those on the shorter side - starting with the three-line poem - To Foreign Lands. Here he simply states that he heard other count...

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21:18

O Captain, My Captain - A Journey Through Love and Loss

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2024/10/06

Send us a textIt is generally agreed that O Captain, My Captain is Walt Whitman’s masterpiece. But to understand this poem you need to look at the connections between Abraham Lincoln, Walt Whitman, and Whitman’s love, Peter Doyle.

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20:44

Beat! Beat! Drums!

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2024/10/04

Send us a textWelcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 276 - Beat! Beat! Drums!After three episodes on President Abraham Lincoln, I would like to delve into arguably America’s greatest poet - a man whose entire outlook on life was intertwined with this positive views of and strong belief in democracy - Walt Whitman. Art historian Mary Berenson wrote, "You cannot really understand America without Walt Whitman, without his classic Leaves of Grass... He has expressed that civilization, 'up to da...

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22:33

With Malice Towards None

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2024/10/04

Send us a textOn the fourth day of March, 1865, the President of the United States stood on the east steps of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. to deliver his second inaugural address. Now Four years earlier, Abraham Lincoln delivered his first inaugural address as disaster loomed. The divided nation had that sent him to the White House after the divided election of 1860 was slowly but surely headed to war against itself. Now, four years and approximately 600,000 casualties later, Abra...

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22:47

A Two-Minute Masterpiece: The Gettysburg Address...

Celebrate Creativity ·

2024/09/30

Send us a textWelcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 274 - A Two-Minute Masterpiece: The Gettysburg Address ExplainedThis episode delves briefly into Edward Everett's two hour speech at Gettysburg prior to President Lincoln's two minute address, and breaks down Lincoln's words and concepts in his address.

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21:35

The Better Angels of Our Nature

Celebrate Creativity ·

2024/09/25

Send us a textWelcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 273 - The Better Angels of Our NatureFor the next three episodes, I would like to delve into three speeches by Abraham Lincoln - not only because of their excellence but because of how conditions in Lincoln’s time can be compared to many political challenges of today.

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35:14

The Hypocrisy of American Slavery

Celebrate Creativity ·

2024/09/19

Send us a textWelcome to Celebrate Poe - this is episode 272 where I look at Frederick Douglass, and yes, a little about Edgar Allan Poe. Now while Poe and Douglass came from vastly different backgrounds with fascinating writing styles, they both share a mastery of suspense in their respective works. In this episode, I want to concentrate on Douglass’s ideas and writing style in addition to some comments about Poe, ending with Douglass’s masterful “The Hypocrisy of American Slavery.”

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