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Modern Wisdom
It was given to the podcast host by his speech coach and he reads a couple of poems before each episode to help with vocal diction and precision.
It sits on the desk next to where I record my podcast. And just by having that there, it was given to me by my speech coach. And I read a couple of poems before I start the episode because it's whimsi...
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It was given to the podcast host by his speech coach and he reads a couple of poems before each episode to help with vocal diction and precision.
It sits on the desk next to where I record my podcast. And just by having that there, it was given to me by my speech coach. And I read a couple of poems before I start the episode because it's whimsical and it's good for vocal diction and precision and stuff like that. But the main reason is that that is a physical representation of, I care about precision in speech. And by having it there, every time that I go into the room, I go, you must remember to be precise when I speak.
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Sheehan mentioned the Tim Burton book as a fun and witty graphic novel, noting its depth and humor.
I mentioned to you that I'd read some Tim Burton, The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy, which is really great and fun.
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He highlighted the book as a poetry collection that his speech coach recommended for its unusual rhythms.
I've got here The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy by Tim Burton, which is poetry. And this is from my speech coach, and he's been getting me to do poetry because it's got these sort of weird rhythms to it. And it's great. I learned the word bivalve the other day, which is, I think, kind of like a clam. Yeah, it must be because he's an oyster, obviously. But just it's cool.