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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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24:46

Tormented

Celebrate Creativity ·

2025/05/21

Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 375 - Tormented I have the ghost of Mr. Poe here - and I would like to ask Mr. Poe a very basic question that many readers of your work have - Mr. Poe - why did you use so much gruesome imagery in your works - imagery that would be difficult for many readers in the mid19th century to handle. Ah, Mr. Bartley, my use of gruesome imagery often served as a metaphor for societal or existential concerns. For example, stories such as "The Masque of...

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27:05

Pushing The Boundaries

Celebrate Creativity ·

2025/05/18

Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate. Poe. Episode 374 - PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES where the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe and myself continue our discussion of how the writer surpassed the boundaries of Gothic literature We begin this episode by continuing our discussion on how the theater might've affected your writings. Mr. Poe: Ah, Mr. Bartley, Now the dramatic storytelling inherent in theater from parents and youth may have also contributed to my affinity for Gothic literature. My works often fe...

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29:28

What Is Gothic?

Celebrate Creativity ·

2025/05/15

Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - What Is Gothic - Episode 373 - the first of a extended series of podcasts - at least 10 podcasts under the general subject title of Poe and Gothic literature. This podcast episode begins with a few bars of “Come Rest in this Bosom.” Very calm, peaceful, and relaxing - and a medley that one of Edgar Poe’s beaus said was his favorite. You might say that such a relaxing melody is all the things that Gothic is not. And that ...

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27:08

Dracula and Doubles

Celebrate Creativity ·

2025/05/12

Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 372 - Dracula and Doubles Before we go any further, I want to give you a basic definition of a double in literature or movies - first using some fairly recent examples. Now a "double" refers to a character or figure that acts as a duplicate or counterpart to another, often embodying opposing traits or hidden aspects of the original character's personality. This motif explores duality, fragmented identity, and moral conflict, serving as a ref...

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26:27

The Black Vampyre

Celebrate Creativity ·

2025/05/10

Send us a text Welcome to Episode 371 - The Black Vampyre In this episode I would like to delve into a literary work published by C. Wiley and Company on June 23, 1819 - The Black Vampyre. Unfortunately, the story has a lot of archaic words that we just don’t use any more - so I think a better way to look at The Black Vampyre is tell its overall story - rather ahead of its time for period in which it was written.’ The full title of the short story is The Black Vampyre, and was s...

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30:41

The Judge's House, Part Two

Celebrate Creativity ·

2025/05/07

Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - This is 370 - The Judge’s House, Part Two If you have not heard the previous episode, I recommend that you listen to Episode 369. That episode has an interesting introduction to the tale, as well as the beginning of the slow-burn drama and eventual of Bram Stoker’ The Judge’s House. Tonight the rats disturbed him more than they had done on the previous night. How they scampered up and down and under and over! How they squeaked, and ...

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33:09

The Judge's House, Part One

Celebrate Creativity ·

2025/05/05

Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 369 The Judge’s House, Part One But before we go any further, I want to announce that Celebrate Poe has now had downloads in 100 countries and territories. Now I have another surprise for you from Bram Stoker’s 1914 Dracula’s Guest - a short story called The Judge’s House. I admit that I first thought about covering Dracula’s Guest in just one episode - but that made the episode way too long. So I am splitting The Judge’s House ...

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21:49

Varney VS Dracula

Celebrate Creativity ·

2025/05/03

Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe. This is Episode 368 - Varney VS Dracula This podcast has had episodes about Varney the Vampire, as well as Bram Stoker’s Dracula - but you might well be wondering - what are the realdifferences between the two vampires? Weren’t all vampires of the 19th century alike. Well, in this episode, I am going to try and compare Varney and Dracula - and there might be more differences than you think. Thank you for experiencing Celebrate Poe.

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26:31

The Blood Is the Life!

Celebrate Creativity ·

2025/04/30

Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 367 The blood is the life! Today I would like to start out by comparing Bram Stoker’s Dracula’s castle to Edgar Allan Poe’s decaying House of Usher. Both Castle Dracula and the House of Usher are iconic Gothic settings that share several key characteristics, emphasizing decay, isolation, and a sense of foreboding. However, they also have distinct features that set them apart. Castle Dracula is described as a vast, ruined structure with brok...

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24:53

Sugar with Your Flies?

Celebrate Creativity ·

2025/04/28

Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 366 - Would You Like Some Sugar with Your Flies - In this episode, I would like to zero in for a look at my favorite character in Dracula - Renfield. Now while Dracula operates in the shadows, Renfield's behavior acts as an overt "index" of the vampire's presence, making him a more visible and erratic counterpart to Dracula's subtle menace. Dracula's motivations and actions are complex and calculated, while Renfield's madness reduces him to m...

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28:42

Vampire Brides

Celebrate Creativity ·

2025/04/26

Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 365 - Vampire Brides Let’s jump into Bram Stoker’s 1897 Gothic novel - Dracula. Now the character of Count Dracula draws from draws from historical figures, folklore, and literary innovation, and is widely believed to be inspired by Vlad III Dracula (Vlad the Impaler), a 15th-century Wallachian prince known for his brutal tactics against Ottoman invaders. The name "Dracula" derives from Vlad II Dracul, Vlad III’s father, who...

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23:42

Dracula's Guest, Part Two

Celebrate Creativity ·

2025/04/23

Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 365 - Dracula’s Guest, Part Two And welcome to the second part and conclusion of Bram Stoker’s Dracula Guest. As I looked there came a cold shiver in the air, and the snow began to fall. I thought of the miles and miles of bleak country I had passed, and then hurried on to seek the shelter of the wood in front. Darker and darker grew the sky, and faster and heavier fell the snow, till the earth before and around me was a glisteni...

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27:34

Dracula’s Guest, Part One

Celebrate Creativity ·

2025/04/22

Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 363 - Dracula’s Guest, Part One Finally - this podcast is beginning a series of episodes about Bram Stoker’s Dracula. First, I am going to delve into - at some detail - what is often felt to be the first chapter of Bram Stoker’s Dracula and was first published as "Dracula's Guest” in the short story collection Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories (1914). Again, It was believed to have been intended as the first chapter for ...

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21:00

Poetry and Dreams

Celebrate Creativity ·

2025/04/20

Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 362 - Poetry and Dreams I was looking through articles about Poe to find information for a future article regarding why do so many people read Edgar Allan Poe. And I found some great stuff and certainly will be writing an episode or two about that subject. But I found an article that said that more Americans - almost 3/4 - are familiar with Edgar Poe - more than any other poet. Shakespeare is second. Now this was the episode wher...

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26:33

Vampires and Religion

Celebrate Creativity ·

2025/04/18

Send us a text Welcome 361 Vampires and Religion Now I was planning to do some Easter theme episodes on Celebrate Poe - yes there is a connection - and looked at the calendar - assuming that Easter took place in March or early April - but I was really surprised to find out that this year Easter takes place on April 20 - one of the latest possible dates for the holiday. Now this is where it really gets into the weeds - tThe timing of Easter is determined by a combination of astronomical ...

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25:06

Dracula at Church

Celebrate Creativity ·

2025/04/15

Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 360 - Dracula at Church Welcome back to Dracula at Church - and if you have not listened to the previous episode, it might really help you to understand some fascinating ideas about the unintended role of vampires in religion. Now the Church's depiction of vampires as demonic entities provided solace to believers by framing these creatures within a Christian moral and spiritual framework, offering both explanations for their - an...

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30:59

Vampires and the Last Supper

Celebrate Creativity ·

2025/04/14

Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 359 - Vampires and the Last Supper When I started this podcast, I assumed the topics of the Last Supper and Easter would have nothing to do with anything related to Poe - oh sure, we do have evidence that the Allans attended the Anglican - or Episcopal Church in Richmond - but basically we don’t really thing of anything related to religion when we think of Edgar Poe. I know I had said the we would soon delve into Bram Stoker’s Dracula - but ...

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24:55

Calling Me By Your Name

Celebrate Creativity ·

2025/04/11

Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - my name is George Bartley, and this is episode 358 - Pre Dracula 2 or Calling Me By Your Name. The title of this episode - Calling Me By Your Name - is a variation on a phrase - Call Me By Your Name - taken from the text of a letter written to Walt Whitman by one of Whitman’s admirers - none other than Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula. Now remember that Edgar Poe proceeded Bram Stoker, and never specifically used the word vampire in his works...

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28:18

Pre Dracula

Celebrate Creativity ·

2025/04/09

Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 357 - Pre Dracula I promise you that after this and the following episode, I will begin a series of episodes about the big one - at least the big one in the field of vampirism - Bram Stoker’s Dracula. You see, before there was the blood-drinking figure in a black cape, there were reanimated corpses (also known as the “undead”) who caused harm to the living. In Slavic and Germanic traditions, these beings were often blamed for disease, c...

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24:59

Poe and Vampires

Celebrate Creativity ·

2025/04/07

Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 355 - Poe and Vampires While Edgar Allan Poe didn't write about traditional vampires, his exploration of vampiric themes places his work within a broader context of vampiric literature, showcasing the versatility of the concept beyond just blood-drinking monsters. And hopefully within the next few minutes, Mr. Poe will make an appearance to address that very subject. To begin with, Poe’s story "The Fall of the House of Usher," the rela...

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