Storytelling

The podcast

The Windows, told aloud—with the pauses, laughter, and occasional sighs that don’t quite fit on the page.

Windows on the Way Podcast

Every Window, told aloud.

The podcast is the spoken expression of the stories gathered under Windows on the Way—not a separate body of content. Each episode opens one ordinary moment and stays with it long enough for grace, humor, grief, or wonder to come into view.

Listen here, or follow the show on Spotify or Apple Podcasts so each new Window arrives when it is released.

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Episodes

Choose a Window below to listen here, open it in Spotify, or read the written story.

A Freedmen’s menu featuring a portrait and history of Reverend Jacob Fontaine

Window 11 Episode 11 7:17

The Unmarked Grave

A walk through an Austin cemetery and lunch at Freedmen’s reveal the difference between making a name and making a difference.

Blue the Border Terrier looking up from a paved path

Window 10 Episode 10 6:32

What Blue Knew

Still wondering what to do with your life? Maybe we should take a few clues from Blue the Border Terrier.

A wedge of Roquefort cheese and a knife on a wooden board

Window 9 Episode 9 11:21

Roquefort

A first taste of French cheese becomes a window into wonder, gratitude, and learning to receive the world as a gift.

A pair of black Rollerblades resting on a carpeted floor

Window 7 Episode 7 10:32

The Rollerblades in the Trunk

A bruising lesson in competence, shame, and the courage to stay long enough to become a beginner.

Wendell Berry reading in a chair beside a window

Window 6 Episode 6 14:29

Wendell Berry

A small testimony to the writer who taught me that everything signifies because everything belongs.

Windows on the Way

Trailer 2:12

Welcome to Windows on the Way

A brief introduction to the stories, the podcast, and the invitation to see what we usually walk past.