Comments on: Woodrat Podcast 3: Rachel Barenblat on Embodied Miracles

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:35:13 +0000

Thanks, q.r.! Podcasting is a blast so far, especially with guests as easy to talk to as Beth and Rachel. Now if I can just keep from getting bogged down in technical difficulties here at La Casa Negativa…

By: Rachel Barenblat

Rachel Barenblat — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:38:54 +0000

Thank you for the kind words, quiet regular! Dave is indeed excellent at this.

By: Rachel Barenblat

Rachel Barenblat — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:38:32 +0000

Lost/buried in translation — yes, absolutely!

Thank you so much for the kind words, JMartin.

By: Rachel Barenblat

Rachel Barenblat — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:38:00 +0000

Jean, thank you so much for listening and for these comments. The interview was a real pleasure, and now knowing that people are listening and responding is its own kind of pleasure, too.

By: Rachel Barenblat

Rachel Barenblat — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:37:16 +0000

Thank you so much for listening, Beth! I’m tremendously moved by the end of your comment here — the notion that I’m giving women permission to speak in a new way about spirit and emotion and our embodied lives — thank you so much for saying that; I needed to hear it.

By: quiet regular

quiet regular — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:56:21 +0000

It’s such a pleasure to hear you both and the topic was equally interesting. thank-you Dave. Rachel is a gift to her community and Dave, you are good at this!

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:37:27 +0000

Jean, it’s very gratifying to hear you say all this. I hope the podcast continues to satisfy, though I’m sure I won’t get too many more guests as adept at interviewing themselves as Rachel was! The next couple episodes should be almost entirely secular in content, but I hope to be able to return to religious questions for time to time, especially considering the nature of the parent blog. So glad to know you’ll be listening.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:33:13 +0000

I agree — Drew’s vocalizations were the crowning touch here. We honestly didn’t set out to come up with such a symmetrical and thematically unified podcast; I didn’t send Rachel any questions in advance. She’s just that good.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:29:50 +0000

Yeah, me too! Thanks for listening, Julia.

By: JMartin

JMartin — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:03:35 +0000

Tremendously engaging and illuminating. God of mountains, God of breasts! How satisfying to recapture what has been lost (intentionally buried) in translation.

I also loved the discussion of prayer/poetry without ceasing, extending to the bathroom stall wall. What could deserve words of gratitude and awe more than the bowel?

Rachel, I envy your future congregation.