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Chapters & Chords

Chapters & Chords

By: Michael Brown
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Where stories sing and poems breathe.
Welcome to a podcast where literature, poetry, and music intertwine to stir your soul. Each episode is a journey through pages, verses, and melodies celebrating the beauty of words and the rhythm of sound.

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Episodes
  • OUTWITTING THE DEVIL
    Jul 23 2025

    This Podcast presents excerpts from Napoleon Hill's "Outwitting the Devil," a self-help work structured as a confessional interview with the Devil himself. The podcast explores Hill's personal journey through adversity and indecision, highlighting the pivotal moments where he discovered his "other self" and the power of definitive thought. Through the Devil's forced admissions, the podcast exposes common human weaknesses like drifting, fear, and lack of self-discipline, attributing them to the Devil's influence on individuals and societal institutions like education and religion. Ultimately, the source reveals Hill's seven principles for achieving spiritual, mental, and physical freedom, emphasizing accurate thinking, definiteness of purpose, self-control, and learning from adversity as antidotes to the Devil's schemes and pathways to success.

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    24 mins
  • DON'T B E L I E V E E V E R Y T H I N G Y O U T H I N K
    Jul 22 2025

    This podcast is a discussion of Joseph Nguyen's book "Don't Believe Everything You Think," centers on the premise that human psychological and emotional suffering stems solely from thinking, not from external events. Nguyen, influenced by Sydney Banks' Three Principles (Universal Mind, Consciousness, and Thought), argues that thoughts are natural and creative, while "thinking" actively engaging with and judging thoughts is destructive and the root of suffering. His book emphasizes that positive emotions are our natural state, accessible through "non-thinking," a state of flow and intuition where one connects with infinite intelligence. It explores how to foster this state, for instance, by distinguishing between goals born from desperation (thinking-driven) and those from inspiration (thought-driven), and by creating environments conducive to clarity. Ultimately, this podcast encourages listeners to cultivate awareness of their thinking patterns to alleviate suffering and access an inherent state of peace, joy, and love.

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    45 mins
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