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The studio produces several programs for fans of literature, from the Waywords Podcast to audio fiction and genre-bending works, as well as voice-overs and special projects. Many episodes have bonus content for our subscribers and members.

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Packing Lists Pt. 2 – Stalwart Women

by | 10 July 2026 | Podcasts, Waywords | 0 Comments

  Who carries the weight of our leisure? Some readings from the past by thoughtful and resilient women! Take in some early writing of place and circumstance, journals and reflections which reflect the jarring collisions between our travel expectations and...

Packing Lists Pt. 1: Dreams and Dirt

by | 3 July 2026 | Podcasts, Waywords | 0 Comments

  Did your horse throw ya, buddy? We investigate what we hope to achieve by literary travel . . . and why our packing cannot prepare us for it! While the global tourism industry spends billions to shape our eager expectations, what is it that we're...

Grand Tours Pt 2: Bat on the Narrow Road

by | 26 June 2026 | Podcasts, Waywords | 0 Comments

  What's the difference between being a passive tourist and a wayfarer? Follow the 17th-century footsteps of Matsuo Basho to interrogate the gap between curated tourist destinations  and the open-ended, ego-stripping realities of true travel. By...

Grand Tours Pt 1: The Postcard Illusion

by | 20 June 2026 | Podcasts, Waywords | 0 Comments

  Are we consuming an authentic place, or are we willingly participating in a beautifully staged performance designed around our own expectations? In this opening episode of Journey 7, we begin our exploration of literary tourism. When we travel to the...

Literary Tourism Trailer

by | 5 June 2026 | Podcasts, Waywords | 0 Comments

Welcome to the summer trailhead! Join Journey 7 of Literary Nomads as we explore the secrets of literary tourism and travel writing. Discover how authors like L.M. Montgomery constructed the identity of Prince Edward Island, unpack the cultural legacy of...

Nomadic Departures

by | 29 May 2026 | Podcasts, Waywords | 0 Comments

  We are left on the precipice of a severe, unavoidable aporia: when the Empire can absorb and commercialize our very language of protest, the only true ethical act of agency is to stop performing the script, reject the easy answer, and step directly out...

What I Get Wrong: Intimidation & Interpretation

by | 22 May 2026 | Podcasts, Waywords | 0 Comments

  Is our intellectual exercise just an expensive lifestyle brand that keeps our hands clean? In this raw, self-interrogating mailbag episode, we turn the lens inward for a vulnerability audit of our own political battles and pedagogical failures. Let's...

Writing Back: Guerilla Texts, BTS, and Gaye

by | 16 May 2026 | Podcasts, Waywords | 0 Comments

  Is that blank page paralyzing your activism? Is your irony a mask for your complicity? We’re using William James and David Foster Wallace to interrogate the "sneer trap" of modern irony. From Marvin Gaye’s soulful protests to BTS’s radical solidarity...

The Ethics of Reading: Frictional Thoughts

by | 11 May 2026 | Podcasts, Waywords | 0 Comments

  Is your reading just an "escape"?? Your favorite "escape" read might be a gated community for your conscience. Today, we interrogate the "Catharsis Commodity" and ask if our reading habits are just another layer of the Hideous Bargain. Explore the...

Roman Plow, Sovereign Tree: Seneca and Zhuangzi

by | 1 May 2026 | Podcasts, Waywords | 0 Comments

  Can Stoicism answer our dilemma? Is the suffering child a product of a world that demands every second and every soul be "useful"  to the state? By comparing the "Roman Plow" of duty to the "Sovereign Tree" of uselessness, we ask if our participation in...

Literary Criticism

Literary Nomads

Wanderings on Literature and Language

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Audio Fiction

Legacy

A Memoir of Sorts

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Audio Micro-Fiction

Scenes and Moments

(forthcoming)

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Literature Performance

Finnegan’s Wake

Excerpts from Joyce with original musical compositions from Randon Myles.

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