Newfoundland Boy
Newfoundland Boy is about the Canadian province of Newfoundland. There's a new episode every Saturday, available (with transcripts) wherever you get podcasts. Logo art: Untitled painting by Wayne Jones ››› Music: "slowmotion montage where we fall in love" by human gazpacho, via Free Music Archive under CC BY-NC Creative Commons license ››› © 2025 by Wayne Jones
Episodes
37 episodes
The Need for an Update to the Newfoundland Dictionary
The state of the Dictionary of Newfoundland English and other books about and including Newfie words — Sources■ “About the OED,” Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University...
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9:02
An Accidental Foray into the Newfoundland Bible Belt
SHOW NOTESI unknowingly happen to rent an Airbnb place in the heart of Pentecostal Newfoundland. — Sources››› “Bible Belt,” Wikipedia, June 11, 2025,
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7:27
An Eerie Visit to Placentia and Argentia
A friend and I discover the military past and the industrial past on Placentia Bay |Sources› “Argentia,” Wikipedia, updated September 3, 2024, https://en.wi...
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Episode 35
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8:48
The Prodigal Newfoundland Boy Returns
I return after a seven-month hiatus to weekly podcast episodes every Saturday.Subscribe wherever you get podcasts or list here: https://newfoundlandboy.buzzsprout.com/
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Episode 34
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1:25
Bye, B'y
Wayne says a brief goodbye in this final episode of the podcast ▬ Source→ Wayne Jones’s website, WayneJones.ca ||
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Episode 33
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0:58
What Makes a Great Movie Anyway?
Wayne talks about the subjectivity of film and the common habit of not distinguishing the world of the of the movie from the real world> Wayne's movie list:https://www.waynej...
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Episode 32
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25:53
One Year and Three Days in a New City
Wayne talks about the one-year anniversary of his move from Ottawa to St. John’s ▬
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Episode 31
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7:39
Short Fiction, Long Life
Wayne reads three of his works of short fiction ▬ Source→ Wayne Jones, "Short Fiction," https://www.waynejones.ca/writing/short-fiction/ || ▬ ...
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Episode 30
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24:30
Textured and Abstract Painting
Wayne Jones talks to St. John's artist Emilee Hickey about her painting ▬ LINKS Wicked Winds Art Studio (Instagram), https://www.instagram.com/wickedwindsartstudio ...
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Episode 29
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18:21
Dating When You’re a Senior
Seniors still hope for love after the experience of never having had it or of losing it ▬ Sources→ Boswell, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson, edited David Womersley. London: Penguin Random House, 2008...
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Episode 28
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10:36
Where Is Home? What Is the Place You Love?
I'm not attached to any one place, but I am attached to my friends
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Episode 27
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9:01
I Feel Like I’m Changing
SHOW NOTES ▬I’m changing partly because I am trying to tell the truth all the time ▬ Source→ Jordan B. Peterson. 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote for Chaos. Random House Canada, 2018. || ▬
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Episode 26
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10:15
The Killing Type
An excerpt from my novel The Killing Type ▬ Source: → Wayne Jones, The Killing Type. 2015. William & Park, 2023, https://...
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Episode 25
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17:55
How Do You Pronounce N-E-W-F-O-U-N-D-L-A-N-D Anyway?
Accent on the first or last syllable; never the middle; and no mumbling ▬ Sources: → The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, 2nd ed., 2005,
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Episode 24
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8:48
The Renaming of Newfoundland
Newfoundland is actually Newfoundland and Labrador. Sort of. ▬ Sources: → Canada Gazette, Part II, December 6, 2001, ht...
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Episode 23
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6:55
Newfoundlanders and Bologna: A Love Story
Newfies like their own kind of steak ▬ Sources: → Coles, Terri. “Why Newfoundland Is Obsessed with Bologna.” MyRecipes, February 13, 2018, https://www.myrecipes.com/extracrispy/why-newfoundland-is-obses...
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Episode 22
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18:11
A Few Things about Newfoundland English
There is not just “one” Newfoundland English. There are many variations in vocabulary and pronunciation and grammar across the province. But some things are very common. ▬ Sources: → The Dialect Atlas of New...
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Episode 21
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11:03
Secular Jones Visits St. Jones Within
SHOW NOTES ▬I take a day trip to a community with my last name, but a name that’s not the name of a saint: St. Jones Within ▬ Sources: → Blue Star Juniper. “St. Jones Within.” YouTube, Apr...
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Episode 20
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8:24
Standup Comedy in St. John’s
▬ My guest is Josh Menchions, who’s a standup comedian and also runs the open mic called Last Minute Comedy at the Peter Easton Pub every Wednesday night. ▬▬ Josh Menchions ▬https://josh...
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Episode 19
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15:42
The Republic of Newfoundland
I interview a scholar about the Republic of Newfoundland. I slso spent a great deal of time trying to convince the person who runs the Republic of Newfoundland Instagram page to be a guest on the show as well, to tell listeners about his perspe...
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Episode 18
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28:08
Me and Minimalism and Discarding People
The source of my minimalistic tendencies in both my domestic space and my personal relationships ▬ Sources: → Jordan B. Peterson [DrJordanBPetersonClips]. “Say the truth and nothing else.” YouTube...
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Episode 17
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10:13
My Trip to Dildo
My day trip to Dildo, Newfoundland ▬ Sources: → Jarvis, Dale. Place Names of Newfoundland and Labrador. Flanker Press, 2022. → My Photos:
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Episode 16
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6:47
Newfie Jokes
Newfie jokes from my childhood and the book I am working on ▬ Sources: → Folklore and Language Archive, Memorial University, https://www.mun.ca/munfla/ ▬
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Episode 15
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7:06