This epispde of Hoops Talk with Saul! gets an assist from Boston‐based voice artist Andy Robichaud.

Elderly Hoops aficionado Saul Morgenstern talks about the upcoming NBA season with his elderly cousin, his nephew and a stranger from Orlando named Rico.

Elderly NBA aficionado Saul J Morgenstern reminisces about his fantasy hoops history, dating back to 1955.

Elderly hoops aficionado Saul J. Morgenstern takes calls from NBA fans!

Four instrumental tracks.

Thoughts on the difference a year makes. Parenting a 2 yr old compared with parenting a 1 yr old. Also, after the rain.

Driving south toward San Diego, trying not to lose our minds.

On dropping RH at new preschool and accepting and improvising.

An audio version of a short essay I wrote for Splice Today about friendship, illness and baseball.

A brief meditation on clearing the wilderness and appreciating the smell of roses.

Thanks to Luke for edits on My Darling.

Walk uphill with one lazy dog, one older dog, and a 2 yr old.

Why not take something you've written and make a Scottish male robot voice say it out loud? Here are your Top 20 2019 NBA Free-Agents and their destinations.

She's been in love with buses for about 6 months now. About time we boarded one and headed to the park.

99 Degrees. Plants in danger. Stay inside. Celebrate air conditioning.

Daily life changes with a stomach flu that lasts for 10 days.

Two recent poems. Driving in the rain, protesting midday naps, preparing for near future, jobs, preschool, coping with time.

The strangest thing happened last night, while teaching.

This is a collection of more experimental recordings. The last one is from a friend who took a poem I recorded and reimagined it with a vocoder. Thanks, Luke!

A brief reflection on dealing with the anxiety of others and then a chime, and some toddler and guitar sounds.

Guitar lines.

Meditations with Jonah, Ep 23 (Animal Sounds and Strums)

Some days are not so smooth or wonderful...this Tuesday was one of those.

Piano wanderings with reverb. 

Solo piano wanderings.

This episode begins with an audio version of "Alexa is Killing Us" a story I wrote recently for Splice Today, about humans, technology, politics and psychology. It continues with a reflection on my birthday and parenting and pre-school futures. It concludes with two instrumental guitar tracks. Enjoy.

Everyone is going through something. This week, we're dealing with atmospheric inundation, molar pain, and sleep-deprivation. And we've made it to Friday. Happy weekend.

Young Old Man, Winter Walk. Days, Rain Drive.

Guitar and falsetto: Jonah. Backing vocals: Rebelle Harmony

Two poems on the abstraction of time.

Ep 19: The Self and The Weeds.

This episode is a compilation of 9 previously published episodes, and several musical interludes. If you enjoy this, please consider my book of collected poems: The Spirit In: Poems from the First Year of Fatherhood. $4 e-book, $10 paperback. http://www.blurb.com/b/8760343-the-spirit-in-poems-from-the-first-year-of-fatherh In addition, you can support the podcast via Anchor (as low as $1 per month)  or one-time only directly via PayPal. Thanks for listening. Keep breathing.

Sometimes all your ears need is rain.

Backing vocals by RH

Tapping on doors and ovens.

This is a three chord sequence I played a lot when I was teaching myself the basics. Funny how it puts me right back in 2002.

New Year, Vacation Cold

4 minutes of Early Morning Breathing with Toddler.

Breathing deliberately keeps us calm, but sometimes the air ia filled with harmful particles from horrific fires.

Sometimes the ball is lost for ten minutes, sometimes the ball is lost forever.

Sometimes, you just make it through to Friday.

5 minutes on spending 10 minutes meditation. Meta-meditation.

5 minutes in the car.

5 minutes of bliss with panting dogs.

5 minutes of early morning bliss with toddler.

5-minutes of bliss while you sit in gridlock.

Enjoy a 5-minute meditation in the bathtub.

A 5-minute meditation to cleanse your mind from all pollutants.

Jazz chords with toddler background flourishes.

The sun wanders.

Playing with Reverb.

Piano, looped with reverb.

Thursday morning rain nap (piano)

Jazz Guitar chord experiments

"Stretch"

hamonics • hamonics • harmonics

BabaJaba Sounds

"Solitude's Glory"

"Moment of Light" • "Moment of Light" (no background track)

"January's End"

"Cascading (with RH)"

"Bluster" • "88th Percentile" • "Observer in the Cart" • "High Chair" • "At the Ready" • "Independence Night"

"Required Imaginings" (What If?) • "Floating Fur" • "Patience" • "Uncle Mark" (Two Coasts) • "Overtaken" • "Midday Protest"

"Wobble" • "Hoop Women" • "Truth, In Pure Form" • "Floods, Fire & Chaos: A Love Poem"

"Tiny Dresses" • "Between" • "Miles Beneath" • "New Hands"

"Provisions" • "A Day's Plans" • "Clear Signals" • "Chapter's End"

"Baseball Bath" • "Carried In, Carried Out" • "Therapist Not Available"

"Futureyear" • "No Poem Number One" • "Monday" • "Sleeping Alone" (Eight Weeks)

"Boumie at Middle Age" • "August" (Seven Weeks) • "Unlocked" • "The Spirit In" (An Open Audience)

"Fog Drive" • "The Battle" (Three Types of Tears) • "Part Universe" (Six Weeks)

"It Becomes Real" (Four Weeks) • "Beginning of Tears" (Five Weeks) • "Ride Home With the Girls"

Introducing: The Spirit In, "One Week In" • "Learning How to Sleep" (Two Weeks) • "Visitation" (Three Weeks)