Podcasts

I listened to Carl Sandberg at the Schubert theater in Chicago.  He read two poems; sang a couple of songs, and accompanied himself on the guitar.  His conversation was about modern life, circa 1956.  He said we are a nation of media addicts.  TV, radio and movies are irreparably changing the country, and the loss of solitude is a crisis.  He quoted Paganini when he was asked what "The Secret" to his great work was.  He said just three things: "toil, solitude, and prayer."
Sandberg had recently watched the world series on TV and got the impression: "there were millions of men running around, wondering what to shave with."
Another memorable quote;  "What you can explain is not poetry"
He warned of the military of the military/industrial complex.  He said that the Military is not just in politics but also in Business.  "MacArthur has left the army and now works for the Rand Corporation.  He's not a business man he's a military man."
Also heard a Robert Pinsky pod-cast.  He talks about memory, poetry & music.  He loves Keats' line:  "You were not born for death, no hungry generation tread thee down.", from "Ode to a Nightingale".  Not born for death means to him that man has a need and a purpose to create memories for the next generation.  He also loves a sentence said by a Zulu "Zu go-mo", a Zulu fortune teller, who communicates with the ancestors.  The Zu go-mo quote that impressed him:  "We do not worship our Zulu ancestors, we consult them."
From Ezra Pound:
"Music atrophies when it grows too far away from dance, and poetry atrophies when it grows too far away from music."