{"podcast":{"title":"Don't You Dare To Think Out Loud!","slug":"don-t-you-dare-to-think-out-loud-6458124","podcast_index_feed_id":6458124,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/1750192.rss","website_url":"https://javiertruben.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/1750192/4aec56d502b2e413b3f779d2c6fc9e94.jpg","author":"Javier Truben","episode_count":47,"summary":"A transnational author and voice crafter. Wrote a few novels and a medieval trilogy. And works hard to upload them on ACX before the inevitable vocal folds atrophy.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/don-t-you-dare-to-think-out-loud-6458124"},"episode":{"title":"Half rant, half rendition","slug":"half-rant-half-rendition","published_at":"2025-11-05T20:40:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/don-t-you-dare-to-think-out-loud-6458124/half-rant-half-rendition","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/don-t-you-dare-to-think-out-loud-6458124","url":"https://javiertruben.substack.com/p/half-rant-half-rendition","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/178086479/b624ee102ff59144b5ebe0e7abc5b705.mp3","summary":"What can I write about Lorca? He was not just a poet; he was also a dedicated pianist. Manuel de Falla was his mentor, and he learned from him about the profound songs known as Cante Jondo. Therefore, reading Lorca is an experience that evokes a deep sense of Duende, an ethereal quality that transcends mere poetry. Many scholars believe that translating Lorca into American English is an impossible task. However, if you dare to attempt it, I highly recommend reading this translation by Sarah Arvio while having a glass of red wine and some delicious Serrano ham. And perhaps, for a moment, you can channel the spirit of that young boy who found inspiration in music and transformed it into poetry. This voice crafter you are hearing will provide you with a full-blown rendition, taking advantage of my privileged condition as a transnational author. See, the translator thought Lorca never used commas or periods or full stops, but he certainly did. Like Emily Dickinson used dashes, including long ones, to create pauses, separate ideas, and add ambiguity to her poetry, a feature often lost in standardized printed versions but present in her manuscripts. I hope you find a suitable time to listen, not because you need to open the doors of perception with red wine and Serrano ham – and prosciutto does not count, because it is sweeter and more tender with a buttery texture, while Serrano ham is from Spain, is saltier and more intensely flavored, and has a firmer texture. The reason for such preliminaries is because of the magnitude of Lorca as a poet. And the tragic fate he found in the first days of the Spanish Civil War, assassinated in cold blood at the wee hours by a bunch of fascists in an unmarked place between the infinite olive trees of Granada, where since then nobody could…","meta_description":"What can I write about Lorca? He was not just a poet; he was also a dedicated pianist. Manuel de Falla was his mentor, and he learned from him about the p…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":455,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/don-t-you-dare-to-think-out-loud-6458124/episodes/half-rant-half-rendition/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/don-t-you-dare-to-think-out-loud-6458124/half-rant-half-rendition.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}