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
Special Guest Interview With Poet Mike Garry - A Conversation Of Wonderment
We have the honour and privelege to bring you to a very special conversation.
Mike Garry is a Manchester poet who's stories and perspectives on life will give you the inspiration you didn't know you needed to live your days to the fullest.
We chat to Mike about his upcoming tour around Ireland, the power of reading for the disadvantaged and his ability to speak everyone's language in a way they haven't heard before.
Alongside our chat, we discuss Wu-Tang Clan's RZA on the Stephen Colbert show and we have an unreleased track from electronic dance duo Le Boom.
Dates for Mike's tour are below so catch him and the Cassia String Quartet this May!
Pearse St Library, Dublin
Wednesday 14th May 2025
Crane Lane Theatre, Cork
Thursday 15th May 2025
Levis Corner House, Ballydehob
Friday 16th May 2025
Seamus Heaney, Homplace, Bellaghy
Saturday 17th May 2025
Workmans Club, Dublin
Monday 19th May 2025
Get your tickets by clicking this link
https://www.mikegarry.co.uk/gigs/
Original music by Matthew Keating
Artwork by Paddy Downey
Introduction and co-produced by Lisa Downey
