Literary Nomads for Students

 

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.

Visit us for expanded resources for guests and the Waywords community, for other programs and writing, and for opportunities to support our goal to expand reading. Resources available can include full bibliographies of material referenced, full and partial texts, annotated editions, supplemental and expanded episodes, fictional explorations, teaching and learning resources, additional essays, and online courses.

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CREDITS:

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

Chapter headings by Natalie Harrison and Sarah Skaleski

USING THIS WORK:

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. It is open to be used and adapted for all not-for-profit uses with proper attribution.

MLA CITATION:

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