The 6 Degrees of Edgar Allan Poe

Jeanie and Carmen with the Poe Unplugged group discuss Poe's only novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. https://www.eapoe.org/works/editions/pymbc.htm

Jeanie and Carmen discuss the three mother figures most prominent in Poe's life in this Mother's Day Special episode. References https://thezebra.org/2023/10/02/edgar-allan-poes-mother-connection-to-alexandria/ https://www.nps.gov/people/poe-francesallan.htm https://www.eapoe.org/people/clemmmp.htm https://www.nps.gov/people/poe-elizabethpoe.htm https://poemuseum.org/poes-actress-mother-pa...

Jeanette Bonner (she/ her) is a award-winning actor, host, intimacy coordinator, and creative producer working in different genres in narrative film, theater, digital content, commercials, and podcast.  She is the Executive Producer and Creator of two digital series, GHOST LIGHT (IndieFlix) and THE SCOOP (Access Video On Demand), which won a Telly Award for Best Unscripted Online Series and was a...

Jeanie and Carmen and the Poe Unplugged group discuss Poe's short story, The Oval Portrait. Chris Semtner, Curator at the Poe Museum in Richmond, VA is their special guest. References https://poemuseum.org/the-oval-portrait/ Music by <a href="https://pixabay.com/users/gregorquendel-19912121/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=1146...

Carmen and Jeanie interview author, Jackson Kuhl. Jackson Kuhl is a writer and author specializing in American history, biography, and historical fiction. His short novel  A Season of Whispers  (Aurelia Leo, 2020) is a gothic mystery set in a 19th-century utopian commune. Kirkus Reviews called it, “A slim but delightful tale of terror set in transcendentalist New England.” A second gothic novella,...

Jeanie and Carmen go back to the degree of Literature this season to celebrate National Poetry Month with a discussion on ballads. They discuss what a ballad is, the history of ballads, and how ballads connect to Poe. References Music by <a href="https://pixabay.com/users/redproductions-970568/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=15752...

Carmen and Jeanie interview Trisha Leigh Shufelt, author, artist, and poet of several books including the Ghosts of Nevermore, inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe. She won a Saturday Visiter Award (Poe House and Museum in Baltimore, MD) in 2023 for this poetry collection. Other Poe related works include the Poe Tarot, bronze winner of a Coalition of Visionary Resources Award and Saturday Visi...

Jeanie and Carmen, the Poe Unplugged group, and special guests, Mark Dawidziak and Chris Semtner, discuss the mysteries surrounding Poe's death. Music by <a href="https://pixabay.com/users/gregorquendel-19912121/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=115541">Gregor Quendel</a> from <a href="https://pixabay.com//...

Jeanie and Carmen collaborate with their brother/sister POEcast, Beyond the Oblong Box, hosted by Levi Leland and Virginia Poe, to discuss one of the Poe Places: Providence, RI. Get a glimpse of Poe's time he spent in Providence, RI as a visitor and who he visited. References https://edgarallanpoeri.com/ https://library.brown.edu/dps/curio/edgar-allan-poe-sarah-helen-whitman/ https://providenc...

Wayne O Broin is an Irish national born and raised in Dublin Ireland by his parents who hailed from the Liberties area of the inner city of Dublin. Currently residing 5 km from the birthplace of celebrated Irish Gothic novelist Bram Stoker and 140 kms from Dring Co. Cavan Ireland where Edgar Allan Poe’s Great Great Grandfather David Poe and Great Grandfather John Poe hails from. Wayne has been inv...

Carmen and Jeanie interview Holly Knightley. Holly Knightley is a supernatural suspense author and lifelong devotee of the macabre. She draws inspiration from the ethereal works of Edgar Allan Poe, whose spectral tales have ignited her love of all things dark and spooky since youth. She calls New Jersey home, where she resides with her husband and their four furbabies. She has a new book inspired...

Jeanie and Carmen, and the Poe Unplugged group discuss Poe's poem, The Sleeper , with special guest, author and poet, A. A. Rubin. References: You may find A. A. Rubin @thesurrealari on most all major social media platforms, such as X, Facebook, Instagram, TickTock, etc. His website is https://aarubin.wordpress.com/ Please go support his Backerkit for The Awful Alphabet: https://www.backerkit....

Jeanie and Carmen interview Catherine Baab-Muguira, author of Poe for Your Problems: Uncommon Advice from History's Least Likely Self-Help Guru . Catherine grew up in South Carolina and Richmond, Virginia, a middle child in a big Catholic family. She majored in English at the University of South Carolina, and did an M.A. in Creative Writing at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. As a free...

Jeanie and Carmen discuss the origins of Mesmerism and the tales where Poe incorporated Mesmerism for their Surrealism episode. References https://www.eapoe.org/papers/misc1921/cdl51c11.htm https://becker.wustl.edu/news/polarizing-remedies-attractive-cures-animal-magnetism-mesmerism-and-mind-over-matter-treatments/ https://hypnosis.edu/history/the-birth-of-mesmerism https://dictionary.apa.org/mesm...

Carmen and Jeanie interview A. A. Rubin, author and poet. He has a brand new book, The Awful Alphabet, which just launched yesterday on Backerkit (more information below). He won 1st place in our Poe-It Like Poe poetry contest last year and will be one of our judges for the 2nd Annual Poe-It Like Poe poetry contest this year. References: You may find A. A. Rubin @thesurrealari on most all major so...

Carmen and Jeanie talk with Crystal Mether, owner of Literary Flour, LLC. She creates literary themed cookies and sweet treats on her monthly menus, at pop-up events, and special orders. She is located in Middle Tennessee. She will be at Providence Wine and Spirits in Mount Juliet, TN on Friday, 2/9, and Saturday, 2/10, for a Valentine's Pop-up event. You may find her online at www.literaryflo...

Jeanie and Carmen, along with special guest, Alex Zavistovich of the National Edgar Allan Poe Theatre and the Poe Unplugged group discuss Poe's first detective story, The Murders in the Rue Morgue. Music by Raven Chronicles, Song - The Murders in the Rue Morgue http://www.ravenchronicles.net Please sign up for our monthly newsletter, The Favored Raven at this link: https://sixdegreesofpoe.com/...

Carmen and Jeanie interview Vince Wilson, magician at Poe's Magic Theatre in Baltimore and one of Poe Baltimore's Board of Director members. Follow Vince: www.vincewilsonmagic.com www.poesmagic.com Instagram - @vincewilsonmagi and @poesmagic Facebook - poesmagic Music by <a href="https://pixabay.com/users/geoffharvey-9096471/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&...

Jeanie, Carmen, and the Poe Unplugged group discuss Netflix's The Fall of the House of Usher by Mike Flanagan. Music by <a href="https://pixabay.com/users/audioera-23560896/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=169635">Aleh Mikalayeu</a> from <a href="https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_me...

Jeanie and Carmen celebrate Poe's 215th birthday with their brother/sister POEcast, Beyond the Oblong Box, friends, Levi Leland and Virginia Poe. References https://www.nancythorne.com/blog/category/birthdays-in-the-19th-century https://www.lhf.org/2013/08/a-victorian-birthday-party/ https://www.ohsu.edu/womens-health/brief-history-midwifery-america https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2000/09/1...

Jeanie, Carmen, and the Poe Unplugged group discuss "The Cask of Amontillado" with special guest, Mark Dawidziak. Mark also does a special recitation of "Eldorado," one of Poe's last poems at the end of the episode.

Chris Semtner is the curator of the Edgar Allan Poe Museum and author of several books and articles about Poe, dark history, and visual art. He has been interviewed for BBC4, NHK (Japan), PBS, Travel Channel, Military History, truTV, NPR, Czech Radio, C-SPAN, and other networks in addition to publications including the Washington Post, Huffington Post, Mental Floss, Atlas Obscura, and Forbes.com....

Jeanie and Carmen discuss Science, specifically the Pseudo-Science, Phrenology. They explain what it is, who started it, and how it connects to Poe. References https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/phrenology-the-pseudoscience-of-skull-shapes https://www.eapoe.org/papers/misc1921/cdl51c04.htm https://www.litcharts.com/lit/the-imp-of-the-perverse/symbols/phrenology https://collections.countway....

Jeanie and Carmen discuss all things Poe with author, Mark Dawidziak, who wrote A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe. https://www.amazon.com/Mystery-Mysteries-Death-Edgar-Allan/dp/1250792495/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3IVTZWRYOGZRC&keywords=the+mysteries+of+mysteries&qid=1702644276&s=books&sprefix=the+mysteries+of+mysteries%2Cstripbooks%2C178&sr=1-1 Music by: Rave...

Jeanie and Carmen interview actor Stephen Smith. Stephen (Performer / Director) grew up in Watford, UK and trained as an actor at The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA). He is an award-winning actor, theatre producer and digital theatre creator. Please watch for his amazing show, "One Man Poe," where he performs selections of Poe's tales. References: Music by <a href=&...