Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAda Limón with Krista Tippett — “To Be Made Whole”
Season 6 Episode 25
Friends, we are awakening your Poetry Unbound feed for a moment to share this episode from the big, beautiful new season of On Being. And Pádraig’s h…
2 years, 10 months ago
BONUS: A conversation with Lorna Goodison – and the humans behind Poetry Unbound
Season 6
As part of a celebratory launch party for the new Poetry Unbound book, Pádraig welcomed Lorna Goodison, former Poet Laureate of Jamaica, into a joyfu…
3 years ago
Danusha Laméris — Bonfire Opera
Season 6 Episode 24
A younger woman looks at an older woman, admiring her beauty, skill, and freedom. Older now, she thinks of how hard-won such freedom is.
Also: singin…
3 years, 1 month ago
Rumi — You wake the dead to life
Season 6 Episode 23
Who brings you to praise? Rumi’s great poem of praise to the “you” is to his great friend Shams, and through that friendship, to God.
Rumi was a 13th-…
3 years, 1 month ago
Naomi Shihab Nye — I Feel Sorry for Jesus
Season 6 Episode 22
What’s it like to be owned by the world, to have populations claiming you, to have millions speaking on your behalf? Naomi Shihab Nye takes a close l…
3 years, 1 month ago
Victoria Adukwei Bulley — not quiet as in quiet but
Season 6 Episode 21
Quiet. Shhh. Softly. Don’t make a fuss. Don’t upset the authorities. Victoria Adukwei Bulley unquiets the quiet.
Victoria Adukwei Bulley is a poet, wr…
3 years, 1 month ago
Benjamín Naka-Hasebe Kingsley — small talk or in my hand galaxies
Season 6 Episode 20
On the day you wake to a broken window in your car, what do you do? And what happens when the woman repairing that window offers a glimpse of somethi…
3 years, 1 month ago
Dan Vera — Norse Saga
Season 6 Episode 19
When you move to a new place, everything seems different. Hell’s not hot anymore; it’s freezing. A poem of strangeness and wonder.
Dan Vera is a writ…
3 years, 1 month ago
Solmaz Sharif — Self-Care
Season 6 Episode 18
Who decides what’s self care and what isn’t? Who benefits? Who pays? Upon whom does the burden of self care rest? Solmaz Sharif excavates.
Solmaz Shar…
3 years, 1 month ago
Dunya Mikhail — Eva Whose Shadow Is a Swan
Season 6 Episode 17
Some friendships are built on small encounters and last a lifetime. Two women — from across culture, location, and age — spend a lifetime in communic…
3 years, 1 month ago