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Host Maggie Smith is your daily poetry companion. Poetry is one of the greatest tools we have to wield our own attention — to consider our own lives and the lives of others, to help us live creatively and compassionately, to use that attention to lean into wonder, and joy, and truth, and to find hope — to keep hoping. The Slowdown community knows that reflecting on a poem, every weekday, can connect us to our inner world and the world around us. Listen as you make your morning coffee, as you ...
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Poetry Off the Shelf

Poetry Foundation

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Producer Helena de Groot talks to poets about language, dreams, love and loss, identity, connection, anger, discomfort, the creative process, the state of the world and the world of the soul. Hard conversations are welcomed—laughter is, too.
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Occupied Thoughts

Occupied Thoughts by FMEP

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From the Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP), Occupied Thoughts amplifies the voices of FMEP grantees and partners, offers critical framing, and promote new ideas and new angles on the many issues connected to achieving justice, security, and peace for Palestinians and Israelis. FMEP works to defend and support Palestinian rights, end Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem, and ensure a just and secure future for Palestinians and Israelis. FMEP advances this ...
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VS

Poetry Foundation

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The VS podcast is a bi-weekly series where poets confront the ideas that move them. Hosted by poets Ajanaé Dawkins and Brittany Rogers, produced by Cin Pim/Ombie Productions, and presented by the Poetry Foundation.
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Oddball Show

Jason Wright and Guests

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A humorous and thought-provoking interview show hosted by Jason Wright founder of Oddball Magazine, your favorite literary magazine, and Oddball Foundation, a 501(c)3 built to make a difference through creative mental health advocacy.
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Toast to The Arts & Parks

Big Blend Radio Network

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Big Blend Radio’s 1st Friday ”Toast to The Arts & Parks” Show features interviews and panel discussions with National Parks Arts Foundation artists-in-residence, along with other artists connected with parks, which include artists in the world of visual and performing arts, books and poetry, music, and more.
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PoetryNow

Poetry Foundation

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PoetryNow is a weekly four-minute radio series featuring some of today’s most accomplished and innovative poets who offer an acoustically rich and reflective look into a single poem.
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Poetry Lectures

Poetry Foundation

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Talks given by notable scholars and critics on poets, poetry, and their intersections with other art forms. Features recordings from historic archives and live events.
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Myth Matters

Catherine Svehla

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Welcome to Myth Matters, a thought-provoking exploration of myth in contemporary life and the intersection of myth, creativity, and consciousness. Host Catherine Svehla PhD. shares her knowledge of mythology and depth psychology to find insight and explore possibilities. Member of the Joseph Campbell Foundation MythMaker℠ Podcast Network. Learn more at www.mythicmojo.com and keep the mystery in your life alive.
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Poem Talk

Poetry Foundation

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Kelly Writers House impresario Al Filreis leads a lively roundtable discussion of a single poem with a series of rotating guests including Tracie Morris, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, erica kaufman, Charles Bernstein, Sawako Nakayasu, Simone White, and others.
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From the neighborhood library of Gwendolyn Brooks, to the Union Stock Yards, where Chicago became Carl Sandburg’s “Hog Butcher for the World,” to the birthplace of slam poetry, the Chicago Poetry Tour explores the city’s history through its dynamic poets and poetry.
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Essential American Poets

Poetry Foundation

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Listen to Donald Hall's selection of classic American poets reading from their work. These recordings are being made available as the result of a collaboration between US and UK poet laureates Donald Hall and Andrew Motion.
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Avant-Garde All the Time

Poetry Foundation

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Poet Kenneth Goldsmith presents selections from UbuWeb, the learned and varietous online repository concerning concrete and sound poetry, experimental film, outsider art, and all things avant-garde.
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Foundations

Bryce Roberts and Rebecca Przybylski

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A Podcast of Foxwood Counseling and Consulting focusing on all things related to self-awareness. Our hope is that this podcast will help you on your journey and exploration of who you are, what makes you tick, and how you might live a life more rooted in a sense of meaning and purpose.
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Welcome to Keepin' It Teal, the voices of LaFASA, where amazing things happen. That's not just the standard fill text. Amazing things really do happen at LaFASA, the Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault. LaFASA is committed to empowering survivors of sexual assault, engaging advocates, and changing systems and social norms to end sexual violence in Louisiana. We meet incredible people who have been through unimaginable journeys and people who are paving paths to improve life for every ...
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The Boundless Book Club

Emirates Literature Foundation

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From Russian tragedies to Australian comedies, via Emirati slam poetry and Saudi science fiction, our appetite for words knows no bounds. In our day jobs at the Emirates Literature Foundation, you'd normally find us planning the next Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, but the rest of the time we're guessing whodunnit, debating the ultimate feel-good novel, or reading the stacks of books that line our office walls. As we are here in Dubai, one of the best connected cities in the world, ...
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Eibhlinn An Calleach

Teresa Countryman

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Poetry of ALL kinds... Words of magic to heal, inspire, and help unwind... Songs from the soul for all... A Spirit that bleeds poetic words - a poets great call... I will be reading my own great poetic creations... I am willing to read other poets masterpieces too... Words are our greatest foundation. I hope you enjoy this podcast too..... This Podcast is Really New and I AM STILL LEARNING too.... Please be kind... Thank You....
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The New Monastics

Charis Foundation for New Monasticism & Interspirituality

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We dialogue with some of today's leading spiritual teachers and thinkers on all aspects of the contemplative life, with a special focus on interspirituality and new monasticism. Amid continuing changes to our spiritual and religious landscape, we explore the tenets of living a life dedicated to spiritual development and truth.
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Presentations of Poems, Stories, and Arcana – Exploring weird fiction, war, lore, fantasy, horror, literary theory, history, philosophy, mythology, science fiction, esoterica, and exotica in search of Truth, Meaning, Meaninglessness, Beauty, and the Unexplainable. Featuring Bierce, Burns, Lovecraft, Dunsany, Millay, Shakespeare, Whitman, Owen, Andreyev, Wikipedia, The SCP Foundation, contemporary writers, original pieces, and more. Divine the darkness.
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Social Sofrito!

Social Sofrito!

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This is not your average social media podcast. This show mixes conversations around poetry, music, storytelling, art, culture and brand building. These conversations highlight creators that can inspire our audience to create a stronger foundation for their brands, helping them build relationships that transcend social platforms into real-life communities. Hosted by George Torres, a digital nomad with a passion for tech, travel, speaking, teaching & community building in the Latino / LatinX c ...
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In the Margins

tatestreet.org

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Get inspired! Produced by tatestreeet.org, “In the Margins” is a biweekly dialogue with Abigail Browning and special guests about the creative process of writing, publishing, and the inside knowledge of the literary world. Listeners of all skills, backgrounds, and interests are invited to share in the conversation with editors, writers, and creative minds. Tate Street is an organization that follows and decodes writing trends in the literary industry. Visit us online at tatestreeet.org for i ...
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Learning Forward

The best podcast for schools and schooling

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The best podcast for schools and schooling, the students and interns of My Good School produce podcasts with élan. Listen to heartwarming stories and feel their passion for education #JoyOfLearning #MyGoodSchool #HappyTeachers. Connect with us if you wish to participate or use our content for distribution. © Learning Forward India Foundation. www.gsi.in
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Ethics Talk

AMA Journal of Ethics

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High-stakes ethics decisions are common in health care. What should you do? Each month, the AMA Journal of Ethics’ podcast, Ethics Talk, features interviews with influential experts and leaders on a wide range of cultural, historical, legal, and social topics in health care ethics. We sort through interesting, important, and difficult questions, talk about how to weigh competing values, and offer strategies for navigating real world tough cases.
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Subterranea

KCSN 88.5-FM / Matt

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Matt brings you an hour of thematic free-association through spoken word and the best music from Portland, from around the world, from across the century. It's neo-beatnik, it's post-surreality, it's your guide through the Singularity.
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Yoga Sesh

Caitlin Rose Kenney

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A library of Yoga & Mindfulness practices guided by me — Caitlin Rose Kenney! Enjoy Yin, Regenerating, Flow and Meditation. Classes are accessible, creative and clearly instructed. I love supporting people who are navigating thresholds — from creative sabbaticals, to fertility journeys, periods of healing, navigating cancer and transitions into a new season of life. Tell me about your journey, leave a review or write a private note at caitlinrosekenney.com/contact Caitlin Rose Kenney/Yoga Se ...
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Today’s poem is Wind, Blue Sky by Susan Aizenberg. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “Today’s poem speaks to the challenge of staying in the present moment, and having gratitude for that moment, when memory is always doing what it does best: calling to us from afar.” Celebrate the power of poems with a gift t…
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Today’s poem is Lotioning My Mother’s Back by Ama Codjoe. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “The world feels like a hard place right now—a not very soft and tender place. In times that feel difficult, it’s tempting to retreat, to harden ourselves, to “numb out.” But I think, more and more, that tenderness is …
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In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Peter Beinart speaks with UC Berkeley Professor Ussama Makdisi, who was recently informed that UC Berkeley shared his name, along with those of 159 other Berkeley faculty & students, with the federal government for "alleged incidents of antisemitism." Peter & Ussama discuss the absurdity of experien…
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Today’s poem is Parts of a Body House by Erika Meitner. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “It struck me recently how much technology has changed our relationships with our bodies. There are devices that tell us how well (or poorly) we slept the night before, how many steps we took in a given day, what our hea…
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Today’s poem is Country Night by Laura Newbern. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “Today’s poem touched me because it made me think of my grandmother. It made me think of her care, but also about the life she had after her marriage ended. I know her life didn’t look the way she’d expected it would. I wish it …
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In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellows Ahmed Moor and Peter Beinart speak about the new developments with Palestinian statehood and their meaning and implications. They also discuss American politics and culture, discussing the shifts on the Right regarding Israel and looking ahead at the 2026 midterms.Peter Beinart is a Non-Resident Fe…
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In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Hilary Rantisi speaks with zehra imam, who launched Poetry of the Camps, a poetry program in Gaza with young writers. Basman Aldirawi and Duha Hassan Al Shaqaqi, former participants in the program who have become co-leaders of it, joined in the conversation. Basman and Duha shared what it meant for …
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Send Catherine a text Message "We are all taking everything that we've learned from the past, and we're reformulating what we want to do with that and how we want to live. And so, one of the ideas that's embedded in that, for me, is that when you're in this period of history, like we are now, with AI and with the digitization of everything and with…
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Today’s poem is The Song of Songs of Songs of Songs by Jeremy Radin. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “Today’s poem is one of my favorite kinds of poems—a list. And not any list, but a list of similes. This poet builds bridge after bridge, line after line. Don’t worry—I won’t give you homework, but maybe, ju…
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In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Peter Beinart speaks with David Adler, co-general coordinator of the Progressive International, who is currently on the Global Sumud Flotilla, a humanitarian convoy currently on its way to Gaza. They discuss the remarkable cross-section of people who have joined the flotilla and what they hope to ac…
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Today’s poem is Rancho Bar by Margot Kahn. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “Today’s poem looks, tenderly, at two siblings attempting to close the distance between them. The poem is made even more poignant by the fact that its setting, a bar in California, has since burned down in a wildfire.” Celebrate the …
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