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]]> Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18567640 Tue, 30 Dec 2025 06:00:00 -0330 74 61 full false My EXCLUSIVE Interview with President Donald J. Trump! My EXCLUSIVE Interview with President Donald J. Trump! Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18567663 Sat, 27 Dec 2025 06:00:00 -0330 544 60 full true Feeding the Hungry, Tending to the Dead Feeding the Hungry, Tending to the Dead Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18567673 Sat, 20 Dec 2025 06:00:00 -0330 436 59 full false Differences Between Newfoundland and Canada Differences Between Newfoundland and Canada Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18567679 Sat, 13 Dec 2025 06:00:00 -0330 400 58 full false Tanked: An Interview with Writer Leslie Butt Tanked: An Interview with Writer Leslie Butt Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18567687 Sat, 06 Dec 2025 06:00:00 -0330 1938 57 full false Most Things Are Like That When You Look Close Most Things Are Like That When You Look Close Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18585317 Sat, 29 Nov 2025 14:00:00 -0330 491 56 full false The Definitive Guide to the Newfoundland Cold Plate The Definitive Guide to the Newfoundland Cold Plate Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18585339 Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0330 521 55 full false Cape St. Francis: The View, the Past, and a Movie Set Cape St. Francis: The View, the Past, and a Movie Set Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18585351 Sat, 15 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0330 459 54 full false Newfoundland, Quebec, and Hydroelectricity Newfoundland, Quebec, and Hydroelectricity Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18585371 Sat, 08 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0330 370 53 full false The Sale and Management of Condos in Newfoundland The Sale and Management of Condos in Newfoundland Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18585413 Sun, 02 Nov 2025 05:00:00 -0330 472 52 full false Stand-Up Comedy in a Province without a Stand-Up Club Stand-Up Comedy in a Province without a Stand-Up Club Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18585428 Sat, 25 Oct 2025 06:00:00 -0230 1862 51 full false Bathroom Graffiti Bathroom Graffiti Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18592401 Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0230 577 50 full false Restaurants, Food Stores, and Food Trucks: Names and Locations Restaurants, Food Stores, and Food Trucks: Names and Locations – Foods you can get and not get in Newfoundland: names and locations –

]]> – Foods you can get and not get in Newfoundland: names and locations –

]]> Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18715695 Mon, 13 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0230 346 49 full false Restaurants, Food Stores, and Food Trucks Restaurants, Food Stores, and Food Trucks — Foods you can get and not get in Newfoundland — Source — Statistics Canada, “Population by Census Subdivision (CSD), Newfoundland and Labrador, 2021 Census,” February 9, 2022, https://www.stats.gov.nl.ca/Statistics/Topics/census2021/PDF/Pop_CSD_Alphabetical_2021.pdf. —

]]> — Foods you can get and not get in Newfoundland — Source — Statistics Canada, “Population by Census Subdivision (CSD), Newfoundland and Labrador, 2021 Census,” February 9, 2022, https://www.stats.gov.nl.ca/Statistics/Topics/census2021/PDF/Pop_CSD_Alphabetical_2021.pdf. —

]]> Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18651383 Sat, 11 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0230 370 48 full false Corner Brook: 100 Years with a Pulp and Paper Mill Corner Brook: 100 Years with a Pulp and Paper Mill Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18592410 Sat, 04 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0230 397 47 full false Mother-in-Law Doors Mother-in-Law Doors Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18592415 Sat, 27 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0230 452 46 full false Health Care in Newfoundland: Public and Paid, Doctors and Nurses, Waiting and Waiting Health Care in Newfoundland: Public and Paid, Doctors and Nurses, Waiting and Waiting Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18592419 Sun, 14 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0230 473 45 full false A Tiny Trip to Tiny Topsail Beach A Tiny Trip to Tiny Topsail Beach Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18592426 Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0230 262 44 full false Me, Newfoundland, and Solitude Me, Newfoundland, and Solitude Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18592439 Sat, 30 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0230 565 43 full false Where Ya At?: A Chat about Newfoundland Place Names Where Ya At?: A Chat about Newfoundland Place Names Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18592445 Sat, 23 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0230 1840 42 full false I Talk to My Cousin about Food, the Ocean, Puffins, and Did I Mention Food? I Talk to My Cousin about Food, the Ocean, Puffins, and Did I Mention Food? Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18592485 Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0230 1860 41 full false She Cape Speared Me She Cape Speared Me Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18597255 Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0230 432 40 full false Traditional Newfoundland Food: Cod and Other Seafood Traditional Newfoundland Food: Cod and Other Seafood Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18597262 Sat, 26 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0230 445 39 full false Newfoundland Food: Traditional and New Newfoundland Food: Traditional and New Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18597270 Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0230 552 38 full false The Need for an Update to the Newfoundland Dictionary The Need for an Update to the Newfoundland Dictionary Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18597280 Sat, 12 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0230 542 37 full false An Accidental Foray into the Newfoundland Bible Belt An Accidental Foray into the Newfoundland Bible Belt Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18597287 Sat, 05 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0230 447 36 full false An Eerie Visit to Placentia and Argentia An Eerie Visit to Placentia and Argentia Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18597296 Sat, 28 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0230 528 35 full false The Prodigal Newfoundland Boy Returns The Prodigal Newfoundland Boy Returns Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18597300 Mon, 23 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0230 85 34 full false Bye, B’y Bye, B’y Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18601021 Tue, 19 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0330 58 33 full false One Year and Three Days in a New City 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 — Source — Jonathan Swift. Letter to Alexander Pope. Sept. 29, 1725. In The Correspondence of Jonathan Swift, Vol. III: 1724–1731, edited by Harold Williams. Oxford University Press, 1963, p. 103.  https://archive.org/details/correspondence-of-swift-jonathan-1667-1745-4/correspondence%20of%20Swift%2C%20Jonathan%2C%201667-1745%20%5B1%5D/page/103/mode/2up| —

]]> — Wayne talks about the one-year anniversary of his move from Ottawa to St. John’s — Source — Jonathan Swift. Letter to Alexander Pope. Sept. 29, 1725. In The Correspondence of Jonathan Swift, Vol. III: 1724–1731, edited by Harold Williams. Oxford University Press, 1963, p. 103.  https://archive.org/details/correspondence-of-swift-jonathan-1667-1745-4/correspondence%20of%20Swift%2C%20Jonathan%2C%201667-1745%20%5B1%5D/page/103/mode/2up| —

]]> Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18641831 Tue, 05 Nov 2024 22:00:00 -0330 520 31 full false Dating When You’re a Senior Dating When You’re a Senior Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18601019 Tue, 15 Oct 2024 12:00:00 -0230 636 28 full false Where Is Home? What Is the Place You Love? Where Is Home? What Is the Place You Love? Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18601013 Tue, 08 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0230 541 27 full false I Feel Like I’m Changing I Feel Like I’m Changing Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18601010 Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0230 615 26 full false The Killing Type The Killing Type Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18601005 Tue, 24 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0230 1075 25 full false How Do You Pronounce N-E-W-F-O-U-N-D-L-A-N-D Anyway? How Do You Pronounce N-E-W-F-O-U-N-D-L-A-N-D Anyway? Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18601002 Tue, 17 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0230 528 24 full false The Renaming of Newfoundland The Renaming of Newfoundland Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18600998 Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0230 415 23 full false Newfoundlanders and Bologna: A Love Story Newfoundlanders and Bologna: A Love Story Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18600994 Tue, 03 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0230 1091 22 full false A Few Things about Newfoundland English A Few Things about Newfoundland English SHOW NOTES ▬

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 Newfoundland and Labrador. Memorial University. 2012.  https://dialectatlas.mun.ca/. ||

→ Dictionary of Newfoundland English. 2nd ed. with supp., edited by G. M. Story, W. J. Kirwin, and J. D. A Widdowson, 1990. https://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/. ||

→ “NL Sayings Bars.” Newfoundland Chocolate Company, 2024, https://www.newfoundlandchocolatecompany.com/collections/newfoundland-sayings-bars. ||▬ 

]]> SHOW NOTES ▬

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 Newfoundland and Labrador. Memorial University. 2012.  https://dialectatlas.mun.ca/. ||

→ Dictionary of Newfoundland English. 2nd ed. with supp., edited by G. M. Story, W. J. Kirwin, and J. D. A Widdowson, 1990. https://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/. ||

→ “NL Sayings Bars.” Newfoundland Chocolate Company, 2024, https://www.newfoundlandchocolatecompany.com/collections/newfoundland-sayings-bars. ||▬ 

]]> Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18715845 Tue, 27 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0230 634 21 full false Secular Jones Visits St. Jones Within Secular Jones Visits St. Jones Within Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18600985 Tue, 20 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0230 504 20 full false Standup Comedy in St. John’s Standup Comedy in St. John’s Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18600980 Tue, 13 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0230 942 19 full false My Trip to Dildo My Trip to Dildo Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18600971 Tue, 23 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0230 407 16 full false Newfoundland and the Catholic Church Newfoundland and the Catholic Church Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18597454 Tue, 09 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0230 506 14 full false Moving Home Moving Home  ▬ Is home the place where you were born, the place where you’ve lived your life, a place that you love, or a place you never really find? ▬ 

Sources: 

→ “ Government Unveils New Provincial Licence Plate for Come Home Year,” VOCM 16 Nov. 2021, https://vocm.com/2021/11/16/government-unveils-new-provincial-licence-plate-for-come-home-year/ 

→ Samuel Johnson, The Rambler, number 6, 7 Apr. 1750, Eighteenth Century Collections Online, pp. 46–47, University of Michigan Digital Collections, http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004772607.0001.001 

 → “Tomorrow Land,” Mad Men, created by Matthew Weiner, season 4, episode 13, Lionsgate Television, 17 Oct. 2010. ▬ 

]]>  ▬ Is home the place where you were born, the place where you’ve lived your life, a place that you love, or a place you never really find? ▬ 

Sources: 

→ “ Government Unveils New Provincial Licence Plate for Come Home Year,” VOCM 16 Nov. 2021, https://vocm.com/2021/11/16/government-unveils-new-provincial-licence-plate-for-come-home-year/ 

→ Samuel Johnson, The Rambler, number 6, 7 Apr. 1750, Eighteenth Century Collections Online, pp. 46–47, University of Michigan Digital Collections, http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004772607.0001.001 

 → “Tomorrow Land,” Mad Men, created by Matthew Weiner, season 4, episode 13, Lionsgate Television, 17 Oct. 2010. ▬ 

]]> Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18726950 Tue, 25 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0230 452 12 full false I Finds Me Bird I Finds Me Bird Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18597381 Tue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 -0230 450 8 full false Mothers Day in Corner Brook Mothers Day in Corner Brook Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18597359 Tue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 -0230 394 7 full false Newfoundland and St. John’s: Names and Dates Newfoundland and St. John’s: Names and Dates Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18597352 Fri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 -0230 423 6 full false Wass Ya Doin’ Daday, B’y Wass Ya Doin’ Daday, B’y Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18597346 Tue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 -0230 558 5 full false You Should See the New Ones We Got Comin’ In You Should See the New Ones We Got Comin’ In Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18597338 Fri, 10 May 2024 00:00:00 -0230 439 4 full false Tension Tension — How I became calm — Source — Georgios Kakarinos and Theodoros Koutsomitros, “Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP),” July 7, 2019, in EFPT Psychotherapy Guidebook, https://epg.pubpub.org/pub/istdp/release/5 

]]> — How I became calm — Source — Georgios Kakarinos and Theodoros Koutsomitros, “Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP),” July 7, 2019, in EFPT Psychotherapy Guidebook, https://epg.pubpub.org/pub/istdp/release/5 

]]> Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18645838 Tue, 07 May 2024 00:00:00 -0230 593 3 full false Being the New Guy in My Old Birthplace Being the New Guy in My Old Birthplace — I haven’t been from Newfoundland in a very long while — Sources — ○ “List of municipalities in Newfoundland and Labrador,” Wikipedia, November 1, 2023, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ List_of_municipalities_in_Newfoundland_and_Labrador — ○ Newfoundland and Labrador, Department of Immigration, Population Growth and Skills, St. John’s Population and Labour Market Overview Census Metropolitan Area (CMA), February 2023, https://www.gov.nl.ca/labourmarketinformation/files/Census-2021-Profile-St.-Johns-CMA.pdf — ○ Newfoundland and Labrador Statistics Agency, St. John’s Census Metropolitan Area, 2016, https://www.stats.gov.nl.ca/Maps/pdfs/StJohnsCMA.pdf — ○ Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population: Profile Table, Newfoundland and Labrador, February 1, 2023, https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Newfoundland%20and%20Labrador&DGUIDlist=2021A000210&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 —

]]> — I haven’t been from Newfoundland in a very long while — Sources — ○ “List of municipalities in Newfoundland and Labrador,” Wikipedia, November 1, 2023, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ List_of_municipalities_in_Newfoundland_and_Labrador — ○ Newfoundland and Labrador, Department of Immigration, Population Growth and Skills, St. John’s Population and Labour Market Overview Census Metropolitan Area (CMA), February 2023, https://www.gov.nl.ca/labourmarketinformation/files/Census-2021-Profile-St.-Johns-CMA.pdf — ○ Newfoundland and Labrador Statistics Agency, St. John’s Census Metropolitan Area, 2016, https://www.stats.gov.nl.ca/Maps/pdfs/StJohnsCMA.pdf — ○ Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population: Profile Table, Newfoundland and Labrador, February 1, 2023, https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Newfoundland%20and%20Labrador&DGUIDlist=2021A000210&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 —

]]> Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18643946 Sat, 04 May 2024 00:00:00 -0230 450 2 full false Who Am I and What Is Newfoundland? Who Am I and What Is Newfoundland? Wayne Jones Buzzsprout-18597332 Tue, 30 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0230 510 1 full false