The Poetry's Dead Podcast
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 trivial or too serious.
Ryan Duggins is a published English poet based in Dublin, with work found in journals Dreich, Flare and his first collection 'You're Never Too Old To Know Better' was published in April '23. He's also performed at Electric Picnic and is a regular on the open mic scene in Dublin
Leon Dunne is a spoken word artist and cornerstone of the poetry scene in Ireland. He is the 2022 All Ireland Poetry Slam Champion and co-founder of Rising Tide, an events company hosting the best spoken word performers the country has to offer out of Pearse Street library
Both of them are more fun than these descriptions would have you believe
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Original music by Matthew Keating
Introduced and co-produced by Lisa Downey
The Poetry's Dead Podcast
Latest Episodes
Michael Jackson, Road Dahl & Poetry From Jessie Buckley's Dad
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Baz Luhrmann, 'The Matchmaker' Willie Daly And Intrusive Thoughts
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Seamus Heaney, John Keats And What Ever Happened To Timbaland?
This week's show we keep it a little lighter, but I think in doing so we accidentally got a bit macho. Nightmare really. Especially that chat we have about what dog should you aspire to be. That was definitely a toxic conversation lol.An...
James Plunkett, Banjo Paterson And CNN's Expose On Rape Academy
Trigger warning: This episode includes subjects that some listeners might find difficult to listen to, including sexual assault and rape.If you are a long-time listener, you'll know that we like to keep it light. However, we felt after r...
T.S Eliot, Morgan Freeman And Remembering Things That Didn't Happen
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