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The Greg Brownderville Dimension

Greg Brownderville

This channel celebrates and investigates the magic of language in folklore, mysticism, music, poetry, and everyday life. Greg Brownderville—the host—is the lead singer of Beekeeper Spaceman, the creator of Fire Bones, the author of three books of poetry, Editor-in-Chief of Southwest Review, and Professor of English at SMU in Dallas.

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45:55

GBD30: My Weird Experience in Wales

The Greg Brownderville Dimension ·

2025/07/21

In this episode, I'm joined by Nicole Morris for a discussion of my recent trip to Wales and the strange and fascinating experience I had there.

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GBD29: Love in Vain

The Greg Brownderville Dimension ·

2025/06/21

In this episode I introduce a new series called Let's Talk Lyrics, beginning with "Love in Vain," a great blues song by Robert Johnson. As a native of the Delta region, I have been listening to, and playing, blues songs all my life. This song by Robert Johnson has been a big inspiration to me. In this new series, Let's Talk Lyrics, I discuss songs that have influenced me as a lyricist. I'll also introduce pieces of literature that relate to the songs and discuss the relationship between poet...

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GBD28: A Crack in the Pavement

The Greg Brownderville Dimension ·

2025/03/07

#ritaguerrero #sergioloo #mexicanpoetry #mexicanrock #mexicocity #cdmx #santasabina In this episode I explore the poignant story of how Mexican rock star Rita Guerrero's life intersected with that of Mexican poet Sergio Loo. Have a look at _Southwest Review_: https://southwestreview.com/ Subscribe to _Southwest Review_ here: https://southwestreview.com/subscribe/

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49:57

GBD27: How I Became a Poet

The Greg Brownderville Dimension ·

2024/10/10

In this episode I am interviewed by Robert Ehlert of the SMU Perspectives podcast.

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29:03

GBD26: Speaking in Tongues and Cultural Recovery

The Greg Brownderville Dimension ·

2024/07/29

In this episode I discuss the connection between ecstatic worship practices in twelfth-century Wales and those of twentieth-century Wales. I show how Pentecostal worship in the early twentieth century brought Welsh worshippers closer to their own ancestral language and its rich literary history. Later in the video, I link Welsh and Lebanese Pentecostal worship practices and discuss how speaking and singing in tongues has helped Pat Davis—a Lebanese-American man in Mississippi—connect with the...

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GBD25: Mysterious Welsh Bread

The Greg Brownderville Dimension ·

2024/06/29

In this episode I offer a new way of interpreting the fascinating and mysterious bread imagery in folktales about marriages between Welsh faery women and mortal men.

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GBD24: Let's Try This Again

The Greg Brownderville Dimension ·

2024/06/14

A number of people in nineteenth-century Wales claimed faery ancestry. Specifically, they said a woman of the tylwyth teg (the "beautiful family," or Welsh faeries) had married a mortal Welshman, and that they were her descendants. In this episode I point up some parallels between these nineteenth-century oral histories and much earlier Welsh stories about the origins of the British people.

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GBD23: Experience the 2024 Eclipse Through Poetry

The Greg Brownderville Dimension ·

2024/05/23

In this episode my poetry students at SMU invite you into the experience of 2024's total eclipse in Dallas, Texas, which occurred last month. The students talk about what it was like to see the eclipse, and then they read poems they wrote only fifteen minutes after totality.

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GBD22: Getting Married to Faeries, Magical Pigs, and...

The Greg Brownderville Dimension ·

2024/05/13

In this episode I respond to questions from viewers, discussing (1) the faery blood running in Welsh veins, (2) the magical pigs in The Four Branches of the Mabinogi and the connection between dreams and myths, and (3), just for fun, the upcoming Mike Tyson / Jake Paul fight and how it relates to Beowulf, Toby Keith, and the Spoon River Anthology.I also tell the story of my days as a member of a blues band in the Arkansas Delta. Here's the essay I wrote about blues singer J. R. Hamilton, who ...

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37:37

GBD21: Welsh Magic

The Greg Brownderville Dimension ·

2024/05/06

In this episode I discuss the meaning of the magical force of awen in Welsh culture and interpret a few stories about the tylwyth teg (the Welsh faeries).

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Ep. 20: The Magic of May Day

The Greg Brownderville Dimension ·

2024/05/01

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Ep. 19: Celebrating Hen Galan, the "Old New Year," in...

The Greg Brownderville Dimension ·

2024/03/31

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Ep. 18: A Pumpkin Bend Christmas

The Greg Brownderville Dimension ·

2023/12/27

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Ep. 17: Working Men, Fighting Men (featuring Johnson,...

The Greg Brownderville Dimension ·

2023/12/12

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Ep. 16: How to Celebrate Michaelmas, a Forgotten Fall...

The Greg Brownderville Dimension ·

2023/10/28

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Ep. 15: Poems for Autumn

The Greg Brownderville Dimension ·

2023/09/10

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Ep. 14: The Bead Spitter

The Greg Brownderville Dimension ·

2023/05/27

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Ep. 13: The Case for Dylan Thomas

The Greg Brownderville Dimension ·

2023/05/23

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Ep. 12: Living the Lore (with Ronald Hutton)

The Greg Brownderville Dimension ·

2023/05/02

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Ep. 11: The Magic of May Day

The Greg Brownderville Dimension ·

2023/04/26

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