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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.!

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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

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Raising Men's Mental Health Awareness With Movember

October 27, 2025 • Ryan Duggins and Leon Dunne

Join us this week for a special men's mental health podcast in collaboration with Movember.

It's not easy out there. Juggling responsibilities, craving rest where there is little time, keeping struggles to yourself. Life can be a very difficult thing to navigate, and today's episode we hope to help with some honest chat interwoven between poems from both established voices and new writers sharing gifts to help through darker days.

A special thank you to Daragh Fleming who has created a poetry anthology with Movember where you can find all the poems we share and a heap load more.

MO Poems by Movember and Daragh Fleming is available now and all proceeds go to the Movember charity. If you'd like a copy, click the link in our bio or drop us a message.

I know we all say its time to talk, but doing that isn't easy. Hopefully this podcast starts a few more conversations from anyone struggling.

Ryan and Leon

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Poems from the show:

Lee Sheridan - Why Men Have Nipples

https://www.writing.ie/member-authors/lee-sheridan/

Ryan Duggins - Peace

https://amzn.eu/d/jh45bB2

Phil Scully - Other Men

https://www.instagram.com/philscully

Myla Kortaba - Pulse

Leon Dunne - This Existence