The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily
A podcast by American Public Media
1628 Episoade
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1428: In Defense of “Candelabra with Heads” by Nicole Sealey
Publicat: 06.01.2026 -
1427: A toast to something beautiful flapping in the wind by J. Hope Stein
Publicat: 05.01.2026 -
1426: One-Way Gate by Jenny George
Publicat: 02.01.2026 -
1425: The Ship by Bianca Stone
Publicat: 01.01.2026 -
1424: White Hot Star by W. Todd Kaneko
Publicat: 31.12.2025 -
1423: Puzzle by Randall Mann
Publicat: 30.12.2025 -
1422: Dear Delinquent by Ann Townsend
Publicat: 29.12.2025 -
1421: My 1994 by Stephanie Burt
Publicat: 26.12.2025 -
1420: Losing the Band by Ashley D. Escobar
Publicat: 25.12.2025 -
1419: Ladies' Arm Wrestling Match at the Blue Moon Diner by Jenny Johnson
Publicat: 24.12.2025 -
1418: Whitetail in the Rain Moving About by Melissa Ginsburg
Publicat: 23.12.2025 -
1417: My Mother's Love by James Allen Hall
Publicat: 22.12.2025 -
Bonus Episode: Maggie Smith on This Old House Radio Hour
Publicat: 20.12.2025 -
1416: Nursery by Kiki Petrosino
Publicat: 19.12.2025 -
1415: Elephants Born Without Tusks by Alison C. Rollins
Publicat: 18.12.2025 -
1414: This dark is the same dark as when you close by R.A. Villanueva
Publicat: 17.12.2025 -
1413: On Proliferation by Cass Donish
Publicat: 16.12.2025 -
1412: Ledge (ars poetica) (love poem) (true story) by Amorak Huey
Publicat: 15.12.2025 -
[encore] 1376: Laura, I Want You Pulling Your Hair Back by Natalie Dunn
Publicat: 12.12.2025 -
[encore] 1343: /’mīgrent/ by Tiana Nobile
Publicat: 11.12.2025
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.
