The Brightly Human Podcast

July Westhale

This podcast is an offshoot of the Brightly Human empire created by author + teacher July Westhale. Covering everything under the umbrella of writing, teaching, creativity, craft, and much, much more.

19 Episoden

S2 E4: Instructions on Not Giving Up
28.4.2022
13:49
Today we look at Ada Limon’s poem “Instructions on Not Giving Up” and discuss the strange idea of continuous living.
Season 2, Episode 3: generation of feeling
1.3.2022
15:56
Today we look at Marwa Helal’s poem “generation of feeling” and talk isolation, connection, and verse.
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S2E2: break your heart, break mine
18.1.2022
19:40
Texture, white space, lyricism via Carl Phillips’ “Radiance versus Ordinary Light.
Season Two, Episode One: We Can May Share
4.1.2022
15:28
We read Bob Hicok’s “What the great apes call the philosophy of life”
Episode Fifteen: Is It a Burden
7.12.2021
17:56
In this episode, we discuss Dorothea Lasky’s “Is it a Burden”, perfection, and taking oneself too seriously.
Episode Fourteen: Famous to the Fish
2.11.2021
20:55
In this episode, we discuss Naomi Shihab Nye’s poem “Famous” and talk about relationship to self, interiority, and the outside world
Episode Thirteen: As a Child, You Worried You Would Be an Orphan
22.9.2021
16:33
Today we look at “As a Child, You Worried You Would Be an Orphan” by Charlotte Pence and discuss mortality, origin story, and the grief of equinox.
Episode Twelve: Making Anew
14.9.2021
16:48
Today we discuss Danes Smith’s “The 17-Year-Old & the Gay Bar”, + queerness, baptism, & the academic year.
Episode Eleven: On Self-Eros
30.8.2021
17:37
In the last episode of our Hot Summer Nights Series, we explore Diane Seuss’s poem “I Have Lived My Whole Life in a Painting Called Paradise”.
Episode Ten: Praise the Rain
11.8.2021
17:25
This week, we take a look at Joy Harjo’s “Praise the Rain”, and talk about insatiably, Eros, and the daily.

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The Brightly Human Podcast

July Westhale

19 Episoden

S2 E4: Instructions on Not Giving Up

Season 2, Episode 3: generation of feeling

S2E2: break your heart, break mine

Season Two, Episode One: We Can May Share

Episode Fifteen: Is It a Burden

Episode Fourteen: Famous to the Fish

Episode Thirteen: As a Child, You Worried You Would Be an Orphan

Episode Twelve: Making Anew

Episode Eleven: On Self-Eros

Episode Ten: Praise the Rain