Newfoundland Boy
▬ ME AND NL ▬
Newfoundland Boy is a podcast about me and the Canadian province of Newfoundland.
▬ WHERE TO LISTEN ▬
There's a new episode every Tuesday. Listen wherever you find your podcasts. Or at the host site https://newfoundlandboy.buzzsprout.com/. And even on YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/@waynejonespodcasts/podcasts. Full transcripts also available for most episodes.
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▬ ABOUT ME ▬
I’m a writer, freelance editor, and podcaster. I was an academic librarian for over 30 years, working at university and research libraries in several cities in Canada and the US. After I retired, I moved to St. John’s, Newfoundland, in 2023. I’ve indie-published four books, have hosted a few other podcasts, and have done a lot of writing and editing, both professionally and personally. You can find more info and links to it all at WayneJones.ca.
▬ Music: "Spirit Blossom" by Roman Belov via Pixabay ▬
Episodes
27 episodes
Where Is Home? What Is the Place You Love?
I'm not attached to any one place, but I am attached to my friends
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Episode 27
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9:01
I Feel Like I’m Changing
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. || ▬
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Episode 26
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10:15
The Killing Type
An excerpt from my novel The Killing Type ▬ Source: → Wayne Jones, The Killing Type. 2015. William & Park, 2023, https://...
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Episode 25
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17:55
How Do You Pronounce N-E-W-F-O-U-N-D-L-A-N-D Anyway?
Accent on the first or last syllable; never the middle; and no mumbling ▬ Sources: → The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, 2nd ed., 2005,
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Episode 24
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8:48
The Renaming of Newfoundland
Newfoundland is actually Newfoundland and Labrador. Sort of. ▬ Sources: → Canada Gazette, Part II, December 6, 2001, ht...
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Episode 23
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6:55
Newfoundlanders and Bologna: A Love Story
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-obses...
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Episode 22
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18:11
A Few Things about Newfoundland English
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 New...
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Episode 21
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11:03
Secular Jones Visits St. Jones Within
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...
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Episode 20
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8:24
Standup Comedy in St. John’s
▬ 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. ▬▬ Josh Menchions ▬https://josh...
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Episode 19
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15:42
The Republic of Newfoundland
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 perspe...
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Episode 18
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28:08
Me and Minimalism and Discarding People
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...
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Episode 17
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10:13
My Trip to Dildo
My day trip to Dildo, Newfoundland ▬ Sources: → Jarvis, Dale. Place Names of Newfoundland and Labrador. Flanker Press, 2022. → My Photos:
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Episode 16
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6:47
Newfie Jokes
Newfie jokes from my childhood and the book I am working on ▬ Sources: → Folklore and Language Archive, Memorial University, https://www.mun.ca/munfla/ ▬
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Episode 15
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7:06
Newfoundland and the Catholic Church
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 o...
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Episode 14
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8:26
Take a Piece of My Art Home with You
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:
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Episode 13
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28:19
Moving Home
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 Provi...
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Episode 12
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7:21
Memoir of a Secretive Mother
My interview with Marjorie Doyle, author of Mary Foley, Mary Doyle (Boulder Books, 2024) ▬ Sources: ○ Marjorie Doyle’s site: https://www.marjoriedoyle.ca/&nbs...
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Episode 11
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22:32
Excellent Service vs. Don’t-Give-a-Fuck’edness
Degrees of good and bad service exist everywhere, but in St. John’s at least, they seem to be extreme ▬
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Episode 10
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7:11
Tons a Stuff, My Dear: An Archive of Newfoundland Culture and Language
My interview with Nicole Penney, Assistant Archivist at MUNFLA, Memorial University’s Folklore and Language Archive ▬ Sources: ○ Memorial University, MUNFLA, h...
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Episode 9
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27:20
I Finds Me Bird
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...
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Episode 8
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7:30
Mothers Day in Corner Brook
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,”
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Episode 7
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6:34
Newfoundland and St. John’s: Names and Dates
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 &...
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Episode 6
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7:03