The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily

The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily

American Public Media 2095 - R.K. Russell: They/Them by Danez Smith

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.
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Episodios

2095-

R.K. Russell: They/Them by Danez Smith

08 oct. 2026
2094-

1337: [encore] New York Address by Linda Gregg

07 oct. 2026
2093-

1335: [encore] Bonfire Opera by Danusha Laméris

06 oct. 2026
2092-

1334: [encore] Étude by Amy Gerstler

05 oct. 2026
2091-

David Duchovny: Dream Song 1 by John Berryman (Extended Version)

02 oct. 2026