The Poetic Pipe Podcast

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• The Wild Things of Autumn

  October 10, 2026 · 1 hr 13 min

  Autumn is happening all around us—and not just in the changing leaves. In this episode of The Poetic Pipe Podcast, James slows down to listen to the animals that inhabit the fall woods and reflects on how our relationship with wildlife has…

• October Country

  October 3, 2026 · 1 hr 29 min

  The mornings are cooler, the leaves are beginning to turn, and squirrels are busy in the hardwoods. October has arrived. In this episode of The Poetic Pipe Podcast, James heads into “October Country” with three readings inspired by autumn…

• There and Back Again Before Supper

  September 26, 2026 · 46 min

  Inspired by Hobbit Day, we’re gathering beneath the magnolia tree to celebrate some of life’s simple pleasures: green fields, country roads, good stories, and, of course, a good pipe. For this episode, we’re filling our bowls with…

• Summer’s Last Slow Smoke

  September 19, 2026 · 58 min

  Summer never seems to leave all at once. The afternoons are still warm, the cicadas are still singing, and there’s still plenty of green beneath the magnolia, but the evenings are arriving a little earlier, and autumn is beginning to make…

• When The Smoke Clears

  September 12, 2026 · 40 min

  The Things We Don’t Say There are some things men are good at carrying quietly. Grief. Fear. Loss. The weight of expectations. The things we tell ourselves we’ll deal with later—or maybe never talk about at all. In this episode of The…

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