Whatever happens and however you decide to participate in NaPodPoMo, the key is to have fun.įirst of a series of interviews with some of the most engaging people whom Paul O'Mahony, poet, knows. Maybe you will discover a new way to record or a new show format. Nice, huh?Īt the end of it all who knows what else you will have won. Thanks to Laura Ross aka you will have earned the right to show the world this nifty NaPodPoMo badge on your site. Isn’t a virtual high five and a sense of accomplishment enough? Oh, all right. If on November 30th you have recorded 30 shows, then you win. There are no hard and fast rules as to how you do this.

For others, it is a chance to try out a new platform or start another show. The goal of NaPodPoMo is to use the challenge of podcasting daily as a form of podcasting bootcamp.įor some, NaPodPoMo may be their first foray into podcasting. From full production studio to iPhone app and just about anything in between. The difference? Well, instead of writing a 50,000-word novel, you podcast every day for 30 days from November 1st-30th. NaPodPoMo is a month-long event along the same vein as National Novel Writing Month aka NaNoWriMo. Created by Jennifer Navarrete as an answer for an audio version to other 30 day challenges happening in the month of November. In 2007, 50 podcasters participated in the first-ever National Podcast Post Month aka NaPodPoMo. Rainer Maria Rilke formulated the drive towards such self-training in the early twentieth century in the imperative 'You must change your life'. For it is not religion that is returning rather, there is something else quite profound that is taking on increasing significance in the present: the human as a practising, training being, one that creates itself through exercises and thereby transcends itself. Peter Sloterdijk presents a critique of myth - the myth of the return of religion. In his major investigation into the nature of humans,

Nonetheless, they fell into an instantaneous friendship and would work closely together as master and disciple for the next few years, as Rodin showed Rilke how to become the writer he wished to be.īook No 2 is by the German philosopher Peter Sloterdijk. The two were almost polar opposites: Rodin in his sixties, notoriously carnal, revered Rilke in his twenties, delicate, unknown. In 1902, Rilke broke and suffering from writer’s block, accepted a commission to go to Paris to research and write a short book about the sculptor Auguste Rodin. In You Must Change Your Life, debut author Rachel Corbett tells the remarkable, long-buried story of where Rilke’s ideas originated. It has sold millions of copies and inspired generations with its galvanizing wisdom on how to lead an artistic life. Rainer Maria Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet is one of the most beloved books of the twentieth century. The extraordinary story of one of the most fruitful friendships in modern arts and letters.

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