{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"I'm So Glad You Asked","title":"Captain of my Soul","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4441,"description":"In this episode, the first in the Men's Spotlight, Mary is honored to sit down with her friend, Anthony Neri. Anthony shares how poetry played an instrumental role in his life from a young age and shaped him as a person. Pour yourself a boulevardier and enjoy this first story in the Men's Spotlight series: every man has a story and I want to hear yours.An Irish Airman foresees his DeathBY WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS\nI know that I shall meet my fateSomewhere among the clouds above;Those that I fight I do not hate,Those that I guard I do not love;My country is Kiltartan Cross,My countrymen Kiltartan’s poor,No likely end could bring them lossOr leave them happier than before.Nor law, nor duty bade me fight,Nor public men, nor cheering crowds,A lonely impulse of delightDrove to this tumult in the clouds;I balanced all, brought all to mind,The years to come seemed waste of breath,A waste of breath the years behindIn balance with this life, this death.\nInvictus\nBY WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY\nOut of the night that covers me,\n      Black as the pit from pole to pole,\nI thank whatever gods may be\n      For my unconquerable soul.\nIn the fell clutch of circumstance\n      I have not winced nor cried aloud.\nUnder the bludgeonings of chance\n      My head is bloody, but unbowed.\nBeyond this place of wrath and tears\n      Looms but the Horror of the shade,\nAnd yet the menace of the years\n      Finds and shall find me unafraid.\nIt matters not how strait the gate,\n      How charged with punishments the scroll,\nI am the master of my fate,\n      I am the captain of my soul.\nThis episode of I’m so glad you asked was edited by Josh Finfrock. \nI’m so glad you asked is a twice monthly interview podcast hosted by Mary Kruse (@mtheresafaith31), a Chicago based artist. \nInstagram: @imsogladyouaskedpodcast ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/IeeOQMt2XZeXg3torXe4x-RVJ4XydmvujOLba0egaSE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yNzdh/Zjc1NjU5YjNmYmRk/ODYwNjU4M2RkOTky/NDdmYS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}