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The Unruly Muse

Half hour-ish podcasts that feature songs, poems, stories, and patter built around a theme each time. Modaff and Miller are writers and stage/radio performers. Contemporary and classic writers, original stories and songs are performed.

Stories Music Commentary Music Arts Performing Arts Books
Update frequency
every 31 days
Average duration
37 minutes
Episodes
51
Years Active
2021 - 2025
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Monsters

Monsters

SONG 1: "Boom" (composed and sung by John V Modaff, joined by Dan Modaff)

POEM 1: “War” by Hilda Raz. From List & Story. Also collected in Letters from a Place I’ve Never Been: Collected and New Poems

00:38:41  |   Sat 28 Oct 2023
Near Misses

Near Misses

SONG 1: Almost Blew My Face Off  (composed and sung by jvm)

POEM 1: “If Only” by Jack Cooper. First published in Spectrum 2. Anthology edited by Don Kingfisher Campbell, 2016

Author of Across My Silenc…

00:39:32  |   Sat 23 Sep 2023
Taking the Leap

Taking the Leap

Teasers by John Burroughs and Jane Francis

Song 1: "The Edge” (composed and sung by JVM)

Poem 1: “Why We Bought a Horse” by Mark Sanders. Mark lives in Nacogdoches, TX and teaches at Stephen F. Austin …

00:37:32  |   Fri 28 Jul 2023
Hauntings

Hauntings

Poem 1: “Ghosts in my Pockets” by Julie Williams, author of Escaping Tornado Season and Drama Queens in the House.

Song 1: Chalk Marks  (poem by Ivria Sackton of Austin TX, 1981, arranged and sung by …

00:36:55  |   Sat 01 Jul 2023
Friends, Lost & Found

Friends, Lost & Found

Song 1: Deaths Elsewhere (John V. Modaff)

Poem 1: “Her Brown Horse Must Rise from the Dead” by Marge Saiser. Originally published in bosque #6 literary journal. www.bosquepress.com

Short Story excerpt:…

00:35:47  |   Fri 26 May 2023
What Is Offensive?

What Is Offensive?

Song 1: “The Nasty Song” composed and sung by Dave Merrill with instrumental and vocal help from John V. Modaff and Vaughn Deel. (1984)

Poem 1: “Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home” by Mikki Aronoff. Fi…

00:41:45  |   Tue 25 Apr 2023
Strange Encounters

Strange Encounters

Teasers: Ernest Hemingway, C.S. Lewis, and Heraclitus

Song 1: Grand Prize written and sung by JVM with Dan Modaff on lead guitar

Poem 1: “Window Shopping in Guatemala” by Kelly Jon Yenser, whose new bo…

00:35:35  |   Fri 31 Mar 2023
What Is Magic?

What Is Magic?

Song 1:  Magic Word composed and performed by John V. Modaff. Viola by Dave Merrill.

Poem 1: “Abracadabra” by Sarah Kotchian. Published in ABQ inPrint issue #3, 2019. www.bosquepress.com Her new book,…

00:34:47  |   Fri 24 Feb 2023
Collecting

Collecting

Teasers by Albert Einstein, Sylvia Plath, and Mackenzie Finklea

Song 1:  Froney’s Museum (composed and performed by John Modaff with Dan Modaff on mandolin and solo guitar)

Poem 1: “The Invisible Woman…

00:33:09  |   Fri 27 Jan 2023
Food For Thought

Food For Thought

Teaser: Quotes from Ernestine Ulmer, Julia Child, and Maya Angelou

Song 1: Shaving Cream Eyes  (Robert Hopper; played by JVM and Dan Modaff)  

Poem 1: “One Toe Crooked” by Hilda Raz. Published in Lette…

00:33:13  |   Tue 27 Dec 2022
Youth and Age

Youth and Age

Teaser: Quotes from Oscar Wilde, Arthur C. Clarke, and Ernest Hemingway

Song 1: Generic Protest Song  (by jvm, performed by John Modaff & Dan Modaff)

Poem 1: “Eleanor Can’t Sleep” by Susan Aizenberg, p…

00:36:18  |   Fri 25 Nov 2022
MEMORY

MEMORY

Teaser: Quotes from Louise Glück and Milan Kundera

Song 1: “Two Trains” by written and performed by John V. Modaff and Good Enough from the CD More Than A Line(2018)

Poem 1: “All That Is Made” by Sarah…

00:40:57  |   Sat 29 Oct 2022
FAITH

FAITH

Teaser: Quotes from J.M. Barrie, Edgar Allen Poe, and the Buddha on faith and doubt.

Song 1: “To JC and the Boys” John V. Modaff (w/ Dan Modaff on banjo and mandolin.)

Poem 1: “Doubting Thomas” by Scot…

00:38:44  |   Sat 24 Sep 2022
Closets

Closets

Teaser: Quotes by George Bernard Shaw, Henry Van Dyke, Jeremiah Brent, and Roald Dahl on closets and secrets.

Song 1: “Ballad of Mollie Bean” written and performed by John V. Modaff, with Dan Modaff o…

00:41:09  |   Sat 20 Aug 2022
In/Sanity

In/Sanity

Teaser: Oscar Wilde and Agatha Christie on in/sanity

Song 1:  “Kind of Crazy” written and performed by JVM with Dan Modaff on mandolin

Poem 1: “Meditation“ by Hilda Raz. Published in Letters from a Pla…

00:33:20  |   Thu 23 Jun 2022
The Country

The Country

Teaser: Opposite takes on the country by Emily Bronte in Wuthering Heights (1847) and from Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (stories written 1887-1927).

Song 1: “Saturday” (JVM with Dave Merrill …

00:37:54  |   Fri 27 May 2022
Conversation

Conversation

Teaser:  Guy de Maupassant (1850-1853), master of the short story, on conversation.

 

Song 1: “Talking to Headstones” (John Modaff)

 

Poem 1: “Quickening” by Elise McHugh, Albuquerque poet and editor, pu…

00:37:19  |   Wed 20 Apr 2022
Dreams

Dreams

Teaser: Harriet Tubman (1820-1913), abolitionist and suffragist on Dreams.

Song 1: Just A Few of the Notes  (Paul J. Nickels & jvm)

Poem 1: “Earth’s Shadow” by Claudia Putnam from THE LAND OF STONE AND…

00:36:41  |   Mon 21 Mar 2022
Superstition

Superstition

Thoughts on superstition from Hypatia, first documented female mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher. Born 350-370––died 415 AD.

Song 1: Step On a Crack, written and performed by John V. Modaff (…

00:37:07  |   Wed 23 Feb 2022
The City

The City

Teaser: Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945), American novelist, author of Sister Carrie and An American Tragedy, on New York City.

Song 1: “Old Joe,” written and performed by John V. Modaff.

Poem 1: “Halifax,…

00:36:58  |   Sun 16 Jan 2022
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