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Estimated from 3 chart positions in 3 markets.
By chart position
- 🇦🇺AU · Religion#1125K to 30K
- 🇮🇹IT · Religion#3330K to 100K
- 🇳🇱NL · Religion#3330K to 100K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
33K to 115K🎙 Weekly cadence·8 episodes·Last published 10mo ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
65K to 230K🇮🇹43%🇳🇱43%🇦🇺13% - Active Followers
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20K to 69K
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Shifting Imagery (Ps 23) - Brent Strawn
Sep 3, 2025
19m 48s
A Dark Poem from Within the Depths (Ps 88) - Brent Strawn
Mar 2, 2022
20m 54s
One Doozy of a Last Line (Ps 137) - Brent Strawn
Feb 16, 2022
24m 18s
A Somewhat Confusing Poem about God and Justice (Psalm 82) - Brent Strawn
Feb 9, 2022
17m 20s
The Body, Love, Land, and Secrecy - Brent Strawn
Feb 2, 2022
14m 08s
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/3/25 | Shifting Imagery (Ps 23) - Brent Strawn | With a biblical poem that shifts imagery (Ps 23), and another (Robert Hayden’s ”Those Winter Sundays”) that provides perspective, Brent Strawn takes us into an ”uber-famous” biblical poem-this ”nightingale of the Psalms” (Henry Ward Beecher)-that needs to be heard again. Themes of life, death, and asylum redound. Enjoy this last episode of Season 1 of our podcast In Parallel. | 19m 48s | |
| 3/2/22 | A Dark Poem from Within the Depths (Ps 88) - Brent Strawn | A journey into the psalter’s darkest poem (Psalm 88) to explore tone and emotional state in poetry. This episode engages Linda Pastan’s poem ”Why are Your Poems So Dark?” Thanks to Linda Pastan for permission to use her poem, which was first published in Poetry Magazine in 2003, and in her collection A Queen of a Rainy Country, published by W. W. Norton. | 20m 54s | |
| 2/16/22 | One Doozy of a Last Line (Ps 137) - Brent Strawn | What are we to make of the brutal last line in Psalm 137? ”A blessing on the one who seizes your children and smashes them against the rock!” This episode explores unspeakable events, justice, revenge, death, and ... blessing. This episode engages John Savoie’s poem ”Trimmed and Burning.” | 24m 18s | |
| 2/9/22 | A Somewhat Confusing Poem about God and Justice (Psalm 82) - Brent Strawn | A reflection on Psalm 82, a somewhat confusing poem about God and justice, and poetic adventures in missing the point. The episode discusses Mitch Roberson’s ”Every Day We Are Dancers” and Billie Collins’ ”Introduction to Poetry.” | 17m 20s | |
| 2/2/22 | The Body, Love, Land, and Secrecy - Brent Strawn | Brent talks about the celebration of the body in Song of Songs and Sharon Olds’ ”Topography,” in a series of what he calls ”Whoohiya!” moments. | 14m 08s | |
| 1/25/22 | A Poem about Love and Death (Song 8:6-7) - Brent Strawn | A meditation on Song of Songs 8:6-7, a poem about love and death, written and narrated by Brent Strawn. | 14m 05s | |
| 1/19/22 | A Time for Everything (Ecclesiastes 3) | A poetic reflection on Ecclesiastes 3 by Brent A. Strawn. In Parallel is a new podcast that explores biblical and contemporary poetry. | 12m 43s | |
| 9/27/21 | Season 1 Trailer | ***Note: The podcast has been renamed In Parallel since the publication of this trailer*** Welcome to In Parallel, a podcast that explores biblical and contemporary poetry. This podcast is hosted by Brent Strawn of Duke Divinity School, and is produced by Keith Willis. | 3m 04s |
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Chart Positions
3 placements across 3 markets.
Chart Positions
3 placements across 3 markets.