http://www.cynthiagustavson.com/podcast Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:53:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 8/03/08 Sweet Corn Tune into my new podcast and hear me read my poem "Corn Silk," and talk about sweet corn and August and FSA's and ethanol. Corn isn't so simple any more, but it still tastes yummy on the cob right from the farm or garden. Cynthia cornsilk.mp3 http://www.cynthiagustavson.com/podcast/2008/08/04/sweet-corn/ Filling Sandbags   6/14/08 Check out my new podcast where I read the poem "Prisoner" about filling sandbags along with a prisoner in the 1965 flood. Hope all of you are safe from the floods of this year.Filling_Sandbags_for_the_flood.mp3 http://www.cynthiagustavson.com/podcast/2008/06/14/filling-sandbags-for-the-flood/ Forgive My Trespassing  5/14/08 I will be at the White Pine Arts Festival in Stillwater, MN June 17 - 22. It is a fabulous festival of poetry and music in the gorgeous setting of the St. Croix Valley. I have written a book full of poems since I was there last year, ... http://www.cynthiagustavson.com/podcast/2008/05/14/white-pine-arts-festival/ April 09, 2008 I have written a poem in anger over the ELCA's refusal to accept GLBTQ people as full partners in humanity. Their recent statement is nothing new and is just another way to keep people in the church who threaten to leave over this issue. If the Lutheran Church ... http://www.cynthiagustavson.com/podcast/2008/04/09/response-to-elca-human-sexuality-study/ I Don't Write Love Poems 2/6/08 This is my third valentines day podcast. But there is always something new to say about love. Click here for the podcast: i_don't_write_love_poems.mp3 http://www.cynthiagustavson.com/podcast/2008/02/06/i-dont-write-love-poems/ New Year 1/09/08 Click here to listen to my podcast about changes for the new year, and listen to the poem "Frozen Ground." You will also find a poetry prompt in this podcast.Frozen_Ground_podcast.mp3 http://www.cynthiagustavson.com/podcast/2008/01/09/new-year/ Quiet Christmas 12/4/2007 Do you control your holiday, or does it completely take over, and get out of control? Tune in to my podcast, called Quiet Christmas, and hear a poem about my childhood Christmas, and a discussion about how to bring the holidays under control again. Have ... http://www.cynthiagustavson.com/podcast/2007/12/04/quiet-christmas/ Thanksgiving and Food 10/14/07 Listen to the podcast to hear a discussion about comfort foods, and the use and misuse of food at holidays. What are your comfort foods? Do you control your intake of them, or do they overpower you? What are you thankful for? Do you ... http://www.cynthiagustavson.com/podcast/2007/10/24/thanksgiving-and-food/ Loss, 10/3/07 In this podcast I read a poem called Loss, and discuss what loss means to us in our culture, and how we are expected to "get over it." Tune in:loss_podcast.mp3 http://www.cynthiagustavson.com/podcast/2007/10/03/loss/ Body Image 9/12/07 What do you think about your own body? Too fat? Too thin? Satisfied? What is healthy for you? Do you have an eating disorder? Listen to my podcast where I read my poem "Image," from my book Re-Versing the Numbers: A Poetry Workbook for Eating Disorders, and ... http://www.cynthiagustavson.com/podcast/2007/09/12/body-image/