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What Acting Taught Me About Poetry
Welcome to Twice 5 Miles Radio. I'm your host, James Navé.
What can acting teach us about poetry and living a more authentic life?
In this solo episode, I explore acting not as a profession but as a way of understanding ourselves. Drawing on decades of performing memorized poetry, studying theater, and learning from master acting teacher Susan Batson, I reflect on what it really means to create a believable character—and why the hardest character we ever play may be ourselves.
Along the way, I unpack Robert Frost's Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, examine the difference between…
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