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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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THE PAST

THE PAST

Teaser*: excerpts from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1925.

Song 1: History, Mystery, Love by John V. Modaff

Poem 1: “Girl with Red Scarf” by Barbara Rockman, published in bosque journal, iss…

00:36:37  |   Sat 20 Nov 2021
Landscape: Real & Imagined

Landscape: Real & Imagined

Teaser:  from a journal entry by Henry David Thoreau, American author, 1859.

 

Song 1: “Blue Train” by John V. Modaff, from the cd POD ONE

 

Poem 1: “Letter from a Place I’ve Never Been,” title poem of H…

00:33:46  |   Tue 05 Oct 2021
What Is Work?

What Is Work?

Teaser: Sinclair Lewis, American writer, 1915, “The Trail of the Hawk: A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life”

Song 1: Good Time written and performed by John V. Modaff

Poem 1: “Reasons the Suggestion Box…

00:39:22  |   Sun 05 Sep 2021
The Journey

The Journey

Show artwork, Lynda Miller 

Teaser, excerpt from Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman, 1855 

"Time to Go," song by John V Modaff, 2005, performed with Good Enough on More Than A Line

"Fade and Erase," poem by T…

00:43:12  |   Thu 29 Jul 2021
THE SHADOW

THE SHADOW

Episode art work by Lynda Miller

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1886, excerpt.

“EmmaJo,” song by John Modaff.

“Pursuit,” poem by Scott Wiggerman, originally publi…

00:41:15  |   Wed 30 Jun 2021
ART AGAINST THE MADNESS

ART AGAINST THE MADNESS

The Wizard of Oz, (brief teaser,  L. Frank Baum, 1900)

The Roof of the Jewel, song by  John Modaff

“Advice to a Stalker of Sekhmet, from Ra, Who Understands Her Best,” poem by Mikki Aronoff,  (publishe…

00:41:38  |   Mon 24 May 2021
HOME

HOME

Our sincere thanks to all contributors, even Henrik Ibsen, who might be beyond caring.

A Doll's House, excerpt, by Henrik Ibsen

Up & Left, song by Mark E. Collins and John Modaff (Good Enough)

Pale Blue

00:37:02  |   Mon 19 Apr 2021
LOVE, ROMANCE and MARRIAGE

LOVE, ROMANCE and MARRIAGE


Excerpt from The Age of Innocence, a novel by Edith Wharton, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1920

“What I Married Into” poem by Barbara Rockman, from To Cleave, University of New Mexico Press, 2019  

"More Th…

00:37:18  |   Mon 22 Mar 2021
CARNIVAL: The Human Comedy

CARNIVAL: The Human Comedy

Featured Pieces:

The Importance of Being Earnest (excerpt, Oscar Wilde)
Wander (song,  jvm)
Is It Really You? (story excerpt,  Lynn C. Miller)
Meet & Greet (song, Red Fire)
The Salesman (poem, Jon Kelly Y…

00:34:52  |   Sun 28 Feb 2021
The In-Between

The In-Between

The In-Between

Featuring:

Alice Chats up a Cat (excerpt from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll)

The 10th Hour (song, John Modaff)

The Unmasking (novel excerpt and commentary, Lynn C. Miller

00:31:55  |   Fri 05 Feb 2021
GLIMMERING

GLIMMERING

The show rundown includes:
"Soldiers Home" (song, John Modaff)
"Noir by Night" (short story, Lynn C. Miller), 
"Raymond Chandler Drafts My Obit" (poem, Scott Wiggerman)
"River Roses" (poem by DH Lawrence…

00:32:56  |   Fri 22 Jan 2021
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