Hidden Language: Recent Episodes
Jay Varner and Scott Lunsford
A podcast about tuning into place, bodies, and time and discovering the unexpected ways their stories can be told.
Jay walks amongst the ancient trees of Rothrock State Forest to explore his, and our, relationship with wilderness.
Jay takes us along on a climb up a mountain in search of nature, solitude, and perspective.
How do the civic and societal mores of our youth shape those we hold later in life? Today, Jay goes back to where he started in search of an answer.
Scott punctuates the need to look at how we identify ourselves and what happens when others try to do so for us.
Jay tells us about concussionism, a once widely held belief that we might literally shoot rain from the sky. If that mix of unwarranted optimism and alarming violence seems perfectly American, well, you’re right. But how might that relate to our response to climate change?
Jay presents an argument in defense of Christmas music that just might make you reconsider how you view the genre.
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Scott wraps up his two-part series on the language of massage, listening to sounds — and silence — as therapy.
What do our kitchens mean to us? How do they speak to us? Today, Jay opens the fridge, the cabinets, and more in search of an answer.
Jay takes us underground as he explores the historic Blue Ridge Tunnel and stories blasted from rock.
Jay looks back on another summer in his home garden and wonders if it’s actually possible to actually hear corn grow.
Scott reflects on one way we memorialize those who died on September 11, 2001, as we mark the 20th anniversary of the attacks.
Join Scott Lunsford and Jay Varner for a podcast about tuning into place, bodies, and time and discovering the unexpected ways their stories can be told.