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Spoken Word

Di Cousens, Indrani Perera, Tina Giannoukos, and Waffle IronGirl

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A program dedicated to the eclectic world of poetry and performance. Guests are contemporary poets who read and discuss their works.
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The Ethically Immoral Podcast

Hosted by: Mike Payne

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The Ethically Immoral Podcast is a program dedicated to long-form conversations with poets, spoken word artists, authors, and creatives who use language as a tool for truth-telling, healing, and resistance. Hosted by Mike Payne, the show travels beyond the typical interview to explore the personal histories, artistic philosophies, and cultural contexts that shape the voice of the Creatives we welcome. It’s not just about poetry or performance — it’s about the people behind the pen. We talk a ...
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Apples and Snakes is England's leading spoken word poetry organisation, with artists at its heart. Spoken word trailblazers, we exist to champion the development of extraordinary artists, amplify ignored voices and to challenge expectations of what poetry is and can be. Our latest audio project – Apples and Snakes: The Podcast, explores what it means to be Black, British and a poet or spoken word artist. Apples and Snakes: The Podcast was produced by Natalie Fiawoo, with audio production by ...
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The mission of this Music Poetry Podcast is to provide the essence of poetry in motion promoting peace, love and growth for the existence of humanity and the culture. This show will motivate, educate and inspire you with spoken word through cultural expression. It consists of musical poetry reads and storytelling from various talented poets and artists along with power messages to uplift our listeners. This is Next Man Up, Poetry In Motion.
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Since 2007, the Greenhouse Effect Open Mic has been an underground destination for artists around the USA. Every week, poets, musicians, storytellers, and regular folks gather for this community open mic night to share and express themselves. It serves as a community workshop space, a 3rd space, and a public square. This podcast documents these community members and their work. When All You Have Is Fire is the sound of a community experiencing itself. Hosted and produced by RJ Walker
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Parlando - Where Music and Words Meet

Parlando featuring Frank Hudson and Dave Moore, poets and musicians

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Poetry has been defined as "words that want to break into song." Musicians who make music seek to "say something". Parlando will put spoken words (often, but not always, poetry) and music (different kinds, limited only by the abilities of the performing participants) together. The resulting performances will be short, 2 to 10 minutes in length. The podcast will present them un-adorned. How much variety can we find in this combination? Listen to a few episodes and see. At least at first, the ...
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The Poetry's Dead Podcast

Ryan Duggins and Leon Dunne

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Ryan and Leon are delighted to bring you your NEW favourite poetry podcast, exploring the work of poets old and new, with a little bit of craic mixed in. We'll share our love of poetry every week, taking you on a journey through work from poets you'll have heard of, as well as poets you may not have heard of and even people you had no idea wrote poetry.! We'll also help with our Agony Poet part of the show where we'll accept any challenge of solving a problem with a poem. Nothing is too triv ...
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Reach - Then Teach

Derrick Brown

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"Reach - Then Teach" offers host Derrick Brown's wisdom earned through life lessons learned about mentoring, mediation, and problem solving. The show uses "standup storytelling" (commentary, teaching, spoken word (poetry), rap, and song) to deliver compelling, thematic, personal narratives about love, change, equality, power, (self-)control, and purpose. Popular segments include "Dear Hannah (Letters To My Daughter)", "Fight The Good Fight", "LEarning", and "The BIG Picture." Visit reachthen ...
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Glasgow Sessions

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🎙️ The Glasgow Sessions celebrates the authentic heart of Glasgow's live music and poetry scene through raw performances, real venues, and true stories. Join host Richard Lee as he ventures into beloved local spots across the city, capturing original spoken word and live music from passionate performers 🎤🎵. Each episode features exclusive recordings of poets, musicians, and artists sharing their craft in intimate venue settings, alongside candid interviews that reveal the stories behind the ...
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Bonding wit Boogie

Boogie Ogun, Precious, FC Network

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Bonding wit Boogie is for music lovers, poets and visual and auditory artists of all sorts. Boogie's love for music, poetry and spoken word is evident as he takes his audience on a journey through music history and education, while being entertaining. He is joined by Precious who brings his unique perspective to the show with "a Precious Perspective." The audience can expect artist trivia, exploring multiple genres of music, artists and poets interviews and more. Follow the hosts: @boogie_og ...
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Poetry2u

Poetry 2u

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A podcast all about glorifying Christ with the art of spoken word poetry. Cover art photo provided by Aaron Burden on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@aaronburden
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Conovision is all about stories — and the storytellers who bring them to life. Stories about art, culture, and philosophy. Stories that inform, entertain, and inspire. Stories that invite us to reflect on who we are and where we’re going. Hosted by Jim Conrad — a seasoned broadcaster and voice actor with over 40 years of experience, giving voice to the visions of others in film, radio, and television for a global audience — Conovision marks a new chapter: a platform for Jim to share the stor ...
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Cavalcade

Harbor Repertory Theater

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It's the art of audio variety; writing, music, and the spoken word from Plymouth, Minnesota–and all over the world: comedy, drama, suspense, stories, poetry, songs and sketches by Harbor Repertory Theater.
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Welcome to the Breathe: Faith and Creativity Podcast where we explore the intersection of faith and creativity. We interview artists from all walks of life to discover how faith plays a role in their art and in expression, hoping to encourage you to live a life of creativity and faith. The Breath Podcast streams in 25 countries; including the United States, the Philippines, Canada, Australia, Germany, and Africa. We’re always looking to connect and to invite guests to share their creative jo ...
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P_G_Poetry 🎙

Prince-Gauthier

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If you’re ready for raw, one-take spoken word that dives deep into love’s highs, heartbreak’s depths, and those moments that lift the soul, so tune in. ✍🏽🎙️✨ Here, words flow unfiltered, just for you.🗣 🎤
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MacDonald:Podcast

Michael MacDonald

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Experimental fiction, prose, poetry; influenced by William S. Burroughs, H.P Lovecraft, Michael McClure, Jim Morrison, among others too numerous to list. New content added every Wednesday.
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The Gingerlicious Company loves plays, poetry, storytelling and just about anything to do with the written and spoken word. We will be sharing them all in abundance for your pleasure and entertainment. Keep an eye out for episodes of, The Writers Bookshelf, as this will feature interviews from wonderfully talented artists coming from a multitude of backgrounds who create on different platforms. To find out a little more, visit: www.daviddriverauthor.com
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Word Spoken

Henry Beckwith

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Spoken word artists have their own unique combination of lyricism, storytelling and performance. In each episode you'll hear 3 performances alongside an interview, a free write challenge and more. From the comedic and entertaining to the passionate and purposeful, poetry is healing for both the writer and the listener. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Words take the form of an art when spoken from one's heart. They're like little flowers that grow on you gradually but permanently. They have the power to make or break something or someone. FNP Media presents to you a series of spoken word poetries that capture the essence of love, life and more
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Become a Paid Subscriber: https://anchor.fm/spokenwordpoetrypodcast/subscribe Welcome to Spoken Word Poetry Podcast. Listen in as Poet and Artist, Ariana R Cherry features words written from her heart and performed from her soul. Every week, you will hear original poetry spoken through performance art . Ariana also shares stories and a bit of life advice. Tune in every time she posts a new episode! http://arianarcherry.wordpress.com
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Sundown Lounge

Larry Winfield

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Sundown Lounge is a laid back (and often explicit) weekly podzine of music, spoken word, progressive politics, weird science, and occasional vignettes from the west coast open mic scene, etc.
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Bigkas Pilipinas

Kooky Tuason, Marty Tengco and Collab Asia

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What started as the first spoken word show on prime time radio in the Philippines, is now widening its influence to a larger market by reaching out to international shores. Hosted by Spoken Word Artist Kooky Tuason together with Percussionist Marty Tengco, they will both feature Spoken Word acts, as well as tackle topics that keep the mic alive and the community of artists inspired.
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Di Cousens OAM is a poet and photographer based in Melbourne. Past poetry publications include Days Pass Without Name, Free Text Space, House Red and The Freedom to Be. She is also the author of academic articles and a book in Tibetan studies. Her poetry has been published in journals and anthologies and her photographic portraits of poets are used…
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Her poems are gritty and fierce, and she is a bold and fearless author, memoirist, broadcaster and poet of Jamaican-Irish heritage. Salena Godden and Yomi get to grips in an intimate conversation around the duality of the artist - from writing monster to gigging monster, and the solitude of creation against the performance on stage. She performs he…
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This is a contemporary poem written this autumn by American poet Henry Gould. The musicality and lush imagery of this short poem so captured me when I read it on Halloween night that rushed to do a song setting the next morning. Gould has been generous enough to allow me to share it with the Parlando Project listeners. The Parlando Project combines…
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Donavan LeDean hosts "Next Man Up, Poetry in Motion," a program focused on promoting mental health through spoken word. Guest poet Jenny Uddin, a criminal justice major, shares her journey of returning to poetry after witnessing the traumas of her field. She recounts a particularly impactful experience working with women in a jail, which led her ba…
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OK fair, we are a few days late, but keep the skeletons out for a bit longer as we bring you our Halloween special! Frankenstein, Dracula, the Rock DJ video where we strips his skin off, we leave no tombstone unturned as we take you to the darkest corners of horror with a few poems in the couldron thrown in The podcast builds up to Leon reading one…
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Here's delightfully wicked little poem written by Vachel Lindsay now made into a short song for Halloween. The Parlando Project combines various words (mostly literary poetry) with original music in differing styles. We've done over 850 of these combinations, and you can hear any of them or read more about our encounter with the words at our blog a…
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An ode to the static, heart, and magic of radio’s past. It begins in the color between colors — a tribute to Word Jazz pioneer Ken Nordine and Beige, the anti-color, the void, the quiet hum between stations. There, Jim slips into a broadcast daydream where words melt into jazz and voices bend reality like soundwaves in a tin antenna. Suddenly, the …
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Join us as we continue to share artists from all over the world! The Sankofa Section is based on shows and artists from our past that have helped to shape and build the show to what it is today! We are excited to grow and expand, but want to make sure we pay homage to the artists that paved the way. Let us know what you think about this Episode.…
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To make this I joined a short plaintive piece of new music with some lines excerpted from Sylvia Plath's poem. The full poem is longer and deals in greater detail with the state of awakening from sleep. To fit the music and as part of our series for Halloween and the Days of the Dead, I selected lines from Plath's poem that I heard as speaking of d…
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Filmmaker, poet and writer for all ages, award-winning Dean Atta is also a member of Malika’s Poetry Kitchen and a patron of LGBT+ History Month. He encourages writers to lean all the way into topics they love, no matter how small or niche. His works are celebrated for tackling themes of racism and self-acceptance. He’s the author of the poetry col…
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Join us this week for a special men's mental health podcast in collaboration with Movember. It's not easy out there. Juggling responsibilities, craving rest where there is little time, keeping struggles to yourself. Life can be a very difficult thing to navigate, and today's episode we hope to help with some honest chat interwoven between poems fro…
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Here's a poem turned into a little song for the more light-hearted side of Halloween. English Romantic-era poet Leigh Hunt tells us about fairies' mischief in the apple orchard. The Parlando Project takes various words (mostly literary poetry) and combines them with original music in differing styles. We've done over 850 of these combinations, and …
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George Vassilacopoulos was born in Greece and migrated to Australia in 1974. He taught philosophy at La Trobe University, and has published books and articles on (European) philosophy, Indigenous sovereignty, and (Greek Australian) history. Ashpoems (re.press, 2025) is his fifteenth poetry collection, the first in English.Ashpoems is available here…
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This is a poem about Autumn by Minnesota poet Phillip Dacey, who wrote many poems about marriage and family that gracefully combine clear surfaces and images with more complex undercurrents. The Parlando Project has done over 850 of these sorts of combinations, talking mostly literary poetry and performing it with original music in differing styles…
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Kareem Parkins Brown joins Yomi and together they share how humour, grief and real life have influenced his writing. Kareem’s work often touches on nostalgia and friendship, with surrealism playing a major role in his existential poetry talk show. He performs his poem ‘What I’ve Learned (after Aja Monet), a poem that looks at memory and social comm…
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🎙️ This week on Glasgow Sessions, host Richard Lee sits down with the brilliantly talented Emry Beattie (@lochlurker) — a Glasgow-based poet whose words move, challenge, and inspire 💫 📝 Emry is the host of Poet’s Corner at Hillhead Bookclub, where every Wednesday from 8pm–10pm, voices rise, emotions flow, and poetry takes centre stage 🎤✨ In this ep…
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I translated Paul Eluard's French poem about natural law into English for this new song. The Parlando Project combines various words (mostly literary poetry) with original music in differing styles. We've done over 850 of these combinations, and you can hear any of them or read about our encounter with the words at our blog and archives located at …
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‘where the lazy susan spins tirelesslycarrying the love you put on plates’- from Photograph by Lynette Natasha In this episode of 3CR's Spoken Word show which aired on Thursday 16 October 2025, you will hear poet Lynette Natasha talk about politics, performance and playwriting. During the podcast, Lynette Natasha talks about Cartograpgy of the Void…
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When machines learn to tell stories, what do they reveal about us? Once upon a bandwidth, the machines began to talk back. Conovision turns its curious eye toward the age of artificial intelligence — where machines think, talk, and maybe even dream about ruling the world at the inaugural A.I. G7 summit, hosted by the ghost of Stephen Hawking. We dr…
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In our last piece I wrote about finding some old writing by my late wife who died decades ago. I was charmed by this poem, which was likely written while she was in college in the mid-1970s and studying writing with Howard Mohr and Phil Dacey. I performed this a spoken word piece to my own music, and yes, yes it was rewarding to inhabit words she w…
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We are paying tribute this week to the late writer and researcher of all things Irish, Manchán Magan who has departed our current world for the next one. We talk about his influence on the recent fire under the belly of Irish culture and share a few pages of his book '99 Words For Rain'. Good news for the artists of Ireland came in the form of the …
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In Volume Six: Chapter Eleven of The Program, we welcome a Hamilton, Ontario–based educator, writer, poet, essayist, composer, and musician Gary Barwin. With a BFA and BA from York University and a PhD in Music Composition from SUNY Buffalo, Barwin has built a career that refuses to stay in one lane. He’s the author of more than thirty books and ch…
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Donavan LeDean hosts "Next Man Up, Poetry in Motion," a program promoting mental health through spoken word. Guest Rachel De Vera, a Filipina American poet and UNLV employee, discusses her journey into poetry, inspired by a positive experience in eighth grade. She emphasizes the importance of poetry in reflecting societal issues and promoting menta…
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Dear Hannah ... If you are wondering ... "What do you DO with all these songs ...?" Thanks for asking. I have a catalog of 45 of these #Autoethnographies (self-reflective "studies") that anchor a yearlong (two-semester) course I developed called #TheSeeSayShow. Sharing them lets me see which ones "slap" (resonate with unprompted, diverse audiences)…
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Here's a short poem I wrote about an old man going through storage boxes and finding things his late wife had packed away in the 1980s. The Parlando Project combines various words (usually literary poetry) with original music in differing styles. We've done over 850 of these combinations, and you can hear any of them at our blog and archives locate…
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In Volume Six, Chapter Ten we welcomed Hoboken, New Jersey–based educator, poet, writer, and author Isabella DeSendi. A 2024 Pushcart Prize nominee, 2024 Ruth Lilly Fellowship finalist, 2024 Best New Poets selection, and 2025 New Jersey Fellowship finalist, Isabella earned her MFA from Columbia University. Her 2020 chapbook Through the New Body won…
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Alright, alright, alright...it was too tempting to type so leave us alone. How else do you expect us to start this podcast description when we're celebrating the poetry of Matthew McConaughey? Exactly. There are many poems we could have shared from his new books 'Poems and Prayers' but we went with Tips Included. Its a 2 hour listen to complete the…
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Dear Hannah, Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation where someone makes another person doubt their own judgment, perception, or sanity. It is heinous (wicked), pernicious (harmful), prevalent, and *effective*. How do you combat something so powerful? How do you resist (refuse to accept or comply ... not be affected)? I can "see" the li…
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A twisted fairytale and a radio legend remind us why storytelling is the truest spirit of Conovision. What makes a story come alive? In this episode, we wander through the soul of storytelling itself — how tales give shape to the invisible, clothe metaphors in color, and connect us in ways nothing else can. First, a fractured fairytale: Hansel and …
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Date: 9/13/2025Venue: All City Homes, 3401 2nd Ave., Sacramento, CA Series: Mahogany Urban Poetry SeriesHost: J. RoweProject: Poetry On BlastFeature: Shawn WilliamPoem: Splitting Image - My SonNotes: I found his poetry delivery style interesting. He melted each poem into his talk, and you didn’t quite know when the poem started. It became this holi…
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Humorist and poet Dorothy Parker presented this sly account that I suspect many other creatives will recognize. Well, I got around to setting it to music. The Parlando Project combines various words (mostly literary poetry) with original music in differing styles. We've done over 850 of these combinations, and you can hear any of them and read abou…
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In June 2023, The Computer History Museum (Mountain View, CA) published my oral history (https://bit.ly/CHMOH_DB_YT) for my contributions to the computing world as an Internet strategist for The Universal Black Pages (an Internet directory of African-related content), and as the founding director of KnowledgeBase’s Project CHIP (which refurbished a…
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