Newfoundland Boy (Wayne Jones)
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| 30 Apr 2024 | Who Am I and What Is Newfoundland? | 00:08:30 | |
▬ A bit about me, a bit about Newfoundland and this podcast, and a story about my mother’s and my adventure at a skeety donut shop ▬ Sources ▬ ○ “Skeet (Newfoundland),” Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeet_(Newfoundland) ○ Dictionary of Newfoundland English, edited by G.M. Story, W.J. Kirwin, and J.D. A. Widdowson, 2nd ed. with supplement, https://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/ ○ A Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles, 2nd edition, editor-in-chief, Stefan Dollinger, http://apps.plotandscatter.com:8080/dchp2/ | |||
| 04 May 2024 | Being the New Guy in My Old Birthplace | 00:07:42 | |
I haven’t been from Newfoundland in a very long while ▬ Sources ▬ ○ “List of municipalities in Newfoundland and Labrador,” Wikipedia, November 1, 2023, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ List_of_municipalities_in_Newfoundland_and_Labrador ○ Newfoundland and Labrador, Department of Immigration, Population Growth and Skills, St. John’s Population and Labour Market Overview Census Metropolitan Area (CMA), February 2023, https://www.gov.nl.ca/labourmarketinformation/files/Census-2021-Profile-St.-Johns-CMA.pdf ○ Newfoundland and Labrador Statistics Agency, St. John’s Census Metropolitan Area, 2016, https://www.stats.gov.nl.ca/Maps/pdfs/StJohnsCMA.pdf ○ Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population: Profile Table, Newfoundland and Labrador, February 1, 2023, https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Newfoundland%20and%20Labrador&DGUIDlist=2021A000210&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 ▬ | |||
| 07 May 2024 | Tension | 00:10:10 | |
How I became calm ▬ Source ▬ ○ Georgios Kakarinos and Theodoros Koutsomitros, “Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP),” July 7, 2019, in EFPT Psychotherapy Guidebook, https://epg.pubpub.org/pub/istdp/release/5 | |||
| 10 May 2024 | You Should See the New Ones We Got Comin’ In | 00:07:19 | |
Sarcastic greeting cards and good people ▬ Sources ▬ ○ Photos of a restaurant, greeting cards, and a dress, https://photos.app.goo.gl/KkXdgY4he9sTwA2U8 ○ Oxford Dictionary of English, 3rd edition, 2015, https://doi.org/10.1093/acref/9780199571123.001.0001 ○ “Tilt Cove,” Wikipedia, February 20, 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilt_Cove ▬ | |||
| 14 May 2024 | Wass Ya Doin’ Daday, B’y? | 00:09:18 | |
Some notes about driving across Newfoundland ▬ | |||
| 17 May 2024 | Newfoundland and St. John’s: Names and Dates | 00:07:03 | |
Is St. John’s the oldest city in North America? ▬ Sources ▬ ○ Joan Rusted. St. John’s: A Brief History. Breakwater Books, 2011 ○ Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada, https://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com/ ○ “List of Oldest Continuously Inhabited Cities,” Wikipedia, May 15, 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_continuously_inhabited_cities | |||
| 21 May 2024 | Mothers Day in Corner Brook | 00:06:34 | |
I celebrate Mothers Day in person with my mother ▬ Sources ▬ ○ Mike Ellis, Newfoundland Slanguage: A Fun Visual Guide to Newfoundland Terms and Phrases, Gibbs Smith, 2019 ▬ ○ “molasses,” Dictionary of Newfoundland English, edited by G.M. Story, W.J. Kirwin, and J.D.A. Widdowson, 2nd edition with supplement, 1990, https://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/#2921 ▬ | |||
| 28 May 2024 | I Finds Me Bird | 00:07:30 | |
Newfoundland English, a puzzling complaint for a Zimbabwean doctor to hear, and my own experience with health care in St. John’s ▬ Sources: ○ Canadian Medical Association, How Is Health Care Funded in Canada?, https://www.cma.ca/how-health-care-funded-canada ○ CBC Radio, “Dr. Mohamed-Iqbal Ravalia’s Journey from Zimbabwe to Newfoundland to the Canadian Senate,” The Sunday Magazine, June 15, 2018, https://www.cbc.ca/radio/sunday/the-sunday-edition-june-17-2018-1.4692469/dr-mohamed-iqbal-ravalia-s-journey-from-zimbabwe-to-newfoundland-to-the-canadian-senate-1.4707848 ○ CBC Radio, “My Own Private Twillingate,” The Sunday Edition, https://www.cbc.ca/nl/features/privatetwillingate/ ○ “Is ‘Dicky Bird’ a Newfoundland Thing?,” Reddit, 2022, https://www.reddit.com/r/newfoundland/comments/ukn276/comment/i7ra458/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button ○ Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism, Welcome to Twillingate, https://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com/destinations/twillingate ○ “Twillingate Islands,” Wikipedia, August 23, 2023, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twillingate_Islands ○ “Twillingate,” Wikipedia, April 24, 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twillingate ▬ | |||
| 04 Jun 2024 | Tons a Stuff, My Dear: An Archive of Newfoundland Culture and Language | 00:27:20 | |
My interview with Nicole Penney, Assistant Archivist at MUNFLA, Memorial University’s Folklore and Language Archive ▬ Sources: ○ Memorial University, MUNFLA, https://www.mun.ca/munfla/ ○ Painting of W.J. Kirwin, one of the editors of the Dictionary of Newfoundland English, located at the Folklore and Language Archive, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pZaFYY8MQ46hB_IeRKlYE4Kv36QC-D7k/view?usp=sharing ▬ | |||
| 11 Jun 2024 | Excellent Service vs. Don’t-Give-a-Fuck’edness | 00:07:11 | |
Degrees of good and bad service exist everywhere, but in St. John’s at least, they seem to be extreme ▬ | |||
| 18 Jun 2024 | Memoir of a Secretive Mother | 00:22:32 | |
My interview with Marjorie Doyle, author of Mary Foley, Mary Doyle (Boulder Books, 2024) ▬ Sources: ○ Marjorie Doyle’s site: https://www.marjoriedoyle.ca/ ○ Boulder Books: https://boulderbooks.ca/product/mary-foley-mary-doyle/ ○ Amazon.ca: https://www.amazon.ca/Mary-Foley-Doyle-Unravelling-mothers/dp/1989417914/▬ | |||
| 25 Jun 2024 | Moving Home | 00:07:21 | |
SHOW NOTES ▬ Is home the place where you were born, the place where you’ve lived your life, a place that you love, or a place you never really find? ▬ Sources: → “ Government Unveils New Provincial Licence Plate for Come Home Year,” VOCM 16 Nov. 2021, https://vocm.com/2021/11/16/government-unveils-new-provincial-licence-plate-for-come-home-year/ → Samuel Johnson, The Rambler, number 6, 7 Apr. 1750, Eighteenth Century Collections Online, pp. 46–47, University of Michigan Digital Collections, http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004772607.0001.001 → “Tomorrow Land,” Mad Men, created by Matthew Weiner, season 4, episode 13, Lionsgate Television, 17 Oct. 2010. ▬ | |||
| 02 Jul 2024 | Take a Piece of My Art Home with You | 00:28:19 | |
My interview with Nadine Baldow, a Berlin-based artist whose show Alive Matter runs in St. John’s, Newfoundland, from May 24 to July 6 ▬ Sources: → I visit the exhibition: https://www.instagram.com/p/C8t4qmXugYl/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== → Eastern Edge Artist-Run Centre, “Nadine Baldow: Alive Matter,” https://easternedge.ca/nadine-baldow-alive-matter/ → Nadine Baldow’s website: https://www.nadinebaldow.com/ ▬ | |||
| 09 Jul 2024 | Newfoundland and the Catholic Church | 00:08:26 | |
The St. John’s Diocese of the Catholic Church has to pay over $100 million to settle sexual abuse claims at an orphanage ▬ Sources: → John Gushue and Terry Roberts, “$104M awarded to sexual abuse victims of Mount Cashel and N.L. priests,” CBC News, July 5, 2024, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/church-mount-cashel-settlement-1.7255755 → “List of wealthiest religious organizations,” Wikipedia, updated July 5, 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wealthiest_religious_organizations → Newfoundland and Labrador Statistics Agency, “Population by Religion and Gender, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John’s (CMA), 2021 Census,” 2021, https://www.stats.gov.nl.ca/Statistics/Topics/census2021/PDF/REL_Religion_NL_2021.pdf → Newfoundland Boy, “NLBoy - Episode 14 - Photo from Signal Hill,” Google Photos: Wayne Jones, https://photos.app.goo.gl/xawTi9R18HYNA1YKA → Rosie Mullaley, “Clients relieved after courts order $100-million payout for abuse by Catholic clergy, lawyer says,” NTV News, July 7, 2024, https://ntv.ca/clients-relieved-after-courts-order-100-million-payout-for-abuse-by-catholic-clergy-lawyer-says/ → “A society, not a monolith: what the Catholic Church is, and is not,” The Pillar, February 4, 2021, https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/a-society-not-a-monolith-what-the → “The Vatican’s wealth: a closer look,” Medium, September 21, 2023, https://medium.com/@contactjosey/the-vaticans-wealth-a-closer-look-22e12dc7bc7d ▬ | |||
| 16 Jul 2024 | Newfie Jokes | 00:07:06 | |
Newfie jokes from my childhood and the book I am working on ▬ Sources: → Folklore and Language Archive, Memorial University, https://www.mun.ca/munfla/ ▬ | |||
| 23 Jul 2024 | My Trip to Dildo | 00:06:47 | |
My day trip to Dildo, Newfoundland ▬ Sources: → Jarvis, Dale. Place Names of Newfoundland and Labrador. Flanker Press, 2022. → My Photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/YBfcufrFBdYX1jbRA ▬ | |||
| 30 Jul 2024 | Me and Minimalism and Discarding People | 00:10:13 | |
The source of my minimalistic tendencies in both my domestic space and my personal relationships ▬ Sources: → Jordan B. Peterson [DrJordanBPetersonClips]. “Say the truth and nothing else.” YouTube, July 11, 2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_so2g0sH3vY&ab_channel=JordanBPetersonClips → Wayne Jones. Less and Less: Personal Minimalism. 2013. William & Park, 2023. https://williamapark.com/index.php/less-and-less-personal-minimalism/▬ | |||
| 06 Aug 2024 | The Republic of Newfoundland | 00:28:08 | |
I interview a scholar about the Republic of Newfoundland. I slso spent a great deal of time trying to convince the person who runs the Republic of Newfoundland Instagram page to be a guest on the show as well, to tell listeners about his perspective on what he calls “the movement.” You can see the show notes for the detail—screenshots of my Instagram DM chat with him. He started off cooperative, then refused, then threatened me, and ultimately blocked me from his Instagram page. I did conduct, however, an interview with a scholar of Newfoundland studies, diaspora, and globalization. ▬ Sources: | |||
| 13 Aug 2024 | Standup Comedy in St. John’s | 00:15:42 | |
▬ My guest is Josh Menchions, who’s a standup comedian and also runs the open mic called Last Minute Comedy at the Peter Easton Pub every Wednesday night. ▬ https://www.instagram.com/standup_nfld/ | https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094050367607 | ▬ OPEN MICS ▬ ▬ Last Minute Comedy ▬ https://lastminutecomedy.ca/ | https://www.instagram.com/lastminutecomedy_/ | https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094085761312 | https://www.instagram.com/foggedupcomedy/ | https://www.facebook.com/FoggedUpComedy | ▬ NewFunny Crowd ▬ https://www.instagram.com/newfunnycrowd/ | https://www.facebook.com/NewFunnyCrowd | ▬ Two Idiots Comedy ▬ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092277514540 | ▬ Downtown Comedy ▬ https://www.facebook.com/Downtowncomedynl |
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| 20 Aug 2024 | Secular Jones Visits St. Jones Within | 00:08:24 | |
SHOW NOTES ▬ I take a day trip to a community with my last name, but a name that’s not the name of a saint: St. Jones Within ▬ Sources: → Blue Star Juniper. “St. Jones Within.” YouTube, Apr. 26, 2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkQ8bosW5Ik. || → Chris Anderson. “St. Jones Within.” YouTube, Deb. 11, 2021, https://youtu.be/t0LGLHGw9bM?si=HseRQMxJgg35LCb9. || → Juanita Mercer. “Rural Reality: Finding Serenity—and Change—in the Small N.L. Community of St. Jones Within.” Saltwire, July 17, 2024, https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/lifestyles/rural-reality-finding-serenity-and-change-in-the-small-nl-community-of-st-jones-within-100980117/. || → “Saints & Angels.” Catholic Online, https://www.catholic.org/saints/. || → South West Arm Historical Society. “St. Jones Within.” South West Arm Historical Society, https://swahsociety.com/communities/histories/st-jones-within. || → “St. Jones Within.” Decks Awash, vol. 15, no. 6, Nov.–Dec. 1986, p. 7, https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_decks/id/5022. → “St. Jones Within, Newfoundland.” Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/groups/5390826529/. || → Statistics Canada. Census Profile, 2016 Census: Hillview-Adeytown-Hatchet Cove-St. Jones Within. Updated July 12, 2024. https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=DPL&Code1=100374&Geo2=PR&Code2=10&SearchText=Hillview-Adeytown-Hatchet%20Cove-St.%20Jones%20Within&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=100374&TABID=1&type=0. || → Wayne Jones, Photos of St. Jones Within, August 17, 2024, Google Photos, https://photos.app.goo.gl/tCgXVh3MRKJaNnJ49. || ▬ | |||
| 27 Aug 2024 | A Few Things about Newfoundland English | 00:11:03 | |
There is not just “one” Newfoundland English. There are many variations in vocabulary and pronunciation and grammar across the province. But some things are very common. ▬ Sources: → The Dialect Atlas of Newfoundland and Labrador. Memorial University. 2012. https://dialectatlas.mun.ca/. || → Dictionary of Newfoundland English. 2nd ed. with supp., edited by G. M. Story, W. J. Kirwin, and J. D. A Widdowson, 1990. https://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/. || → “NL Sayings Bars.” Newfoundland Chocolate Company, 2024, https://www.newfoundlandchocolatecompany.com/collections/newfoundland-sayings-bars. || ▬ | |||
| 03 Sep 2024 | Newfoundlanders and Bologna: A Love Story | 00:18:11 | |
Newfies like their own kind of steak ▬ Sources: → Coles, Terri. “Why Newfoundland Is Obsessed with Bologna.” MyRecipes, February 13, 2018, https://www.myrecipes.com/extracrispy/why-newfoundland-is-obsessed-with-bologna. || → Nolan, Dick. “Piece of Bologna.” The Best of Dick Nolan. 1975. YouTube, September 24, 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k2bgRLF8lc. || → Phillips, Kevin. The Bologna Cookbook. Flanker Press, 2014. || → Smellie, Sarah. “Beautiful Bologna: N.L. Restaurant Making Artisanal Version of Beloved Meat Stick.” The Canadian Press, January 10, 2021. || → Red Island. In Pursuit of the Wild Bologna. Clode Sound, 1978. ||▬ | |||
| 10 Sep 2024 | The Renaming of Newfoundland | 00:06:55 | |
Newfoundland is actually Newfoundland and Labrador. Sort of. ▬ Sources: → Canada Gazette, Part II, December 6, 2001, https://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2001/2001-12-06-x1/pdf/g2-135x6.pdf.|| → “List of Administrative Divisions by Country,” Wikipedia, August 25, 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_administrative_divisions_by_country. || → Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada, https://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com/. || → Newfoundland & Labrador Tourism, TV Ads, High Quality, Newfoundland and Labrador, January 15, 2024, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE1BB7A8A2F97332B. || → “What Countries Have States in 2024?,” World Population Review, 2024, https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/what-countries-have-states. || ▬ | |||
| 17 Sep 2024 | How Do You Pronounce N-E-W-F-O-U-N-D-L-A-N-D Anyway? | 00:08:48 | |
Accent on the first or last syllable; never the middle; and no mumbling ▬ Sources: → The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, 2nd ed., 2005, https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780195418163.001.0001/acref-9780195418163. || → Davy Holden [@davyholden]. “How to Pronounce ‘NEWFOUNDLAND’ for Dummys,” TikTok, March 8, 2023, https://www.tiktok.com/@davyholden/video/7208255890695212293?lang=en. || → Introduction. Dictionary of Newfoundland English, edited by G.M. Story, W.J. Kirwin, and J.D.A. Widdowson, 2nd ed with suppl., 1982, https://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/introduction-page-four.php. || → “newfoundland, n.” Dictionary of Newfoundland English, edited by G.M. Story, W.J. Kirwin, and J.D.A. Widdowson, 2nd ed with suppl., 1982, https://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/#3057. || → “Newfoundland, noun.” Merriam-Webster Unabridged, 2024, https://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/unabridged/newfoundland. || → “Newfoundland, noun.” OED: Oxford English Dictionary, 2024, https://www.oed.com/dictionary/newfoundland_n?tab=pronunciation#34723601. || → Vocab Today. “How to Pronounce Newfoundland,” YouTube, Sept. 27, 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrdNJah3A1c.||▬ | |||
| 24 Sep 2024 | The Killing Type | 00:17:55 | |
An excerpt from my novel The Killing Type ▬ Source: → Wayne Jones, The Killing Type. 2015. William & Park, 2023, https://williamapark.com/index.php/the-killing-type/. || ▬ | |||
| 01 Oct 2024 | I Feel Like I’m Changing | 00:10:15 | |
SHOW NOTES ▬ I’m changing partly because I am trying to tell the truth all the time ▬ Source → Jordan B. Peterson. 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote for Chaos. Random House Canada, 2018. || ▬ | |||
| 08 Oct 2024 | Where Is Home? What Is the Place You Love? | 00:09:01 | |
I'm not attached to any one place, but I am attached to my friends | |||
| 15 Oct 2024 | Dating When You’re a Senior | 00:10:36 | |
Seniors still hope for love after the experience of never having had it or of losing it ▬ Sources → Boswell, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson, edited David Womersley. London: Penguin Random House, 2008. || → Jones, Wayne. My Sam Johnson: A Biography for General Readers. William & Park, 2023. || ▬ | |||
| 22 Oct 2024 | Textured and Abstract Painting | 00:18:21 | |
Wayne Jones talks to St. John's artist Emilee Hickey about her painting ▬ | |||
| 29 Oct 2024 | Short Fiction, Long Life | 00:24:30 | |
Wayne reads three of his works of short fiction ▬ Source → Wayne Jones, "Short Fiction," https://www.waynejones.ca/writing/short-fiction/ || ▬ | |||
| 05 Nov 2024 | One Year and Three Days in a New City | 00:07:39 | |
Wayne talks about the one-year anniversary of his move from Ottawa to St. John’s ▬ | |||
| 12 Nov 2024 | What Makes a Great Movie Anyway? | 00:25:53 | |
Wayne talks about the subjectivity of film and the common habit of not distinguishing the world of the of the movie from the real world | |||
| 19 Nov 2024 | Bye, B'y | 00:00:58 | |
Wayne says a brief goodbye in this final episode of the podcast ▬ Source → Wayne Jones’s website, WayneJones.ca || | |||