3 Oct 2025



Episode 0.2 - Literary Nomads for Students

 



What is this podcast? I recommend you start here, with this introduction to Literary Nomads and get a taste of what the larger series offers!



And, to be sure I've sold you, we're looking at one of the lamest choices for literary discussion, the much-overtaught "The Road Not Taken," by Robert Frost. And even though you just winced at the choice, I know that this moment is a node in the universe which cannot be altered. Now listen. And while you do, here's something about the poem you may not have considered . . .



 



CHAPTERS



00:00      Wrecking Our Choices

07:35      Opening Theme

08:09      Promises, BTS, and Lame Beginnings

13:30      Reading Frost: "The Road Not Taken"

14:51      The Basics, Wrong and Less Wrong

23:04      Ego-Maniacs

30:28      Philosophy On the Road

35:04      Other Routes

39:57      Critical Shifts

44:25      Closing Credits



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New to Literary Nomads? You may also want to check out episode 5.00 to find out what we're all about: https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/an-introduction-and-irony/



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Transcript:  https://waywordsstudio.com/general/transcript/0-2-literary-nomads-for-students



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Literary Nomads is the primary program of Waywords Studio (https://waywordsstudio.com). The podcast posts new material each week, with thought-provoking examinations of literature around selected questions or themes and several smaller supplemental episodes in between the larger programs: history, writing, and contemporary applications of ideas.



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CREDITS:



Original music by Randon Myles (https://randonmyles.com/)



Chapter headings by Natalie Harrison and Sarah Skaleski



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MLA CITATION:



Chisnell, Steve. “Literary Nomads for Students,” Literary Nomads. Waywords Studio, 3 Oct 2025, https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords-podcast/