The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily
A podcast by American Public Media
1600 Episodes
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[encore] 996: Portable Paradise
Published: 2/23/2024 -
[encore] 1008: Kinds of Silence
Published: 2/22/2024 -
[encore] 923: A Funeral Ending with Beyoncé
Published: 2/21/2024 -
[encore] 990: Feeding the Koi
Published: 2/20/2024 -
[encore] 929: this is a library
Published: 2/19/2024 -
[encore] 966: Love Poem, with Birds
Published: 2/16/2024 -
[encore] 955: Love Sits by My Father
Published: 2/15/2024 -
[encore] 807: Short Essay on Love
Published: 2/14/2024 -
[encore] 1003: Without Name
Published: 2/13/2024 -
[encore] 917: Love and the Deli Counter
Published: 2/12/2024 -
1060: Perhaps
Published: 2/9/2024 -
1059: Love and the Moon
Published: 2/8/2024 -
1058: The Dangers of Contemplation
Published: 2/7/2024 -
1057: Facebook Status
Published: 2/6/2024 -
1056: Ghazal for Mothers & Tongues
Published: 2/5/2024 -
1055: Dancing at The Get Down by Cat Wei
Published: 2/2/2024 -
1054: Hunger
Published: 2/1/2024 -
1053: Why Write Love Poetry in a Burning World
Published: 1/31/2024 -
1052: Body's Ken
Published: 1/30/2024 -
1051: Venus's Flytraps
Published: 1/29/2024
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 go on a walk in your neighborhood, as you pull away from the to-do list, as you resist the dismal, endless scroll to share five minutes of perspective through the lens of poetry, from poets old and new, well-loved and emerging onto the scene. Brought to you by American Public Media, in partnership with the Poetry Foundation.
