In this special episode Martin steps back from storytelling and poetry and joins his production team at the mic instead to have an informal chat and answer the burning question, “Whose idea was this podcast?”

Listeners are invited to a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the origins of Martin’s podcast, how it evolved and where it’s all going.

A complete list of writers & poets the special episode “Whose Idea Was This Podcast?”

“The Age Demanded” Ernest Hemingway

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This episode is full of literary works, speeches and poems by American authors and American public figures. A letter to America, if you will, the country we love, the one we criticize and the one we know can always be better, the one we are dreaming of.

Join Martin as he wishes a happy 250th birthday to America through the recitation of “America the Beautiful” and other beloved poetry. The episode concludes with a passionate and moving rendition of President Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address.

A complete list of the writers and poets from Episode 10 The American Dream

“America the Beautiful” Katherine Lee Bates

Consider This Alexander Hamilton like founding father, like son

“A Shadow” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“The Song of the Stone Wall” Helen Keller

Consider This Inauguration speeches, the short and long of it

The poem “I Am Waiting” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti from Coney Island of the Mind, copyright 1955 is included in this podcast with permission of New Directions Publishing Corporation

“Where the Mind is Without Fear” Rabindranath Tagore

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Martin recounts how after many years of searching an inner voice led him to a true turning point in his spiritual life and his return to the Catholic church. With the help of an old friend while in Paris on location for the filming of “Enigma” Martin follows his heart and discovers a revitalized and more compassionate church under the reforms of Vatican II, where he experiences peace and the joy that comes from uniting the will of the spirit with the work of the flesh.

This moving story of followed by literary works that resonate with the awakening that accompanies the search for happiness and a life more fully realized.

A complete list of the writers and poets from Episode 8 Go In Peace

The story “Transition” by Ramon Gerard Estevez AKA Martin Sheen is included here by granted copyright permission.

Consider This The Buddha “If you want to fly…”

“Blessed Among Us: Dostoevsky” by Robert Ellsberg is included here by granted copyright permission. And we thank the author for this opportunity to share his work.

“Where the Mind is Without Fear” Rabindranath Tagore

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