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Sunday Pick: How to love your hometown (w/ Hanif Abdurraqib & Sarah Kay) | How to Be a Better Human

Loving where you live means caring for the people who make that place home, says cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib. He invites poet Sarah Kay and Chris Duffy, host of the podcast “How to Be a Better Human,” to his hometown of Columbus, Ohio, to show off what makes it so special ... Show More

15m 29s

Nov 22

4 hard truths about capitalism and climate | Steve Howard

For decades, investor and business leader Steve Howard watched companies pour money and effort into sustainability initiatives ... and still fall short. The problem isn’t a lack of will, he says; it’s that capitalism and climate have been wired to work against each other. He s ... Show More

16m 37s

Nov 21

The army of autonomous robots restoring nature | Tom Chi

Impact investor Tom Chi challenges a dangerous assumption: that economic growth and ecological health are opposing forces. He reveals how advances in AI and robotics are enabling a radical shift towards innovation as a force for restoration. Imagine mines that extract less, fa ... Show More

19m 29s

Jan 2025

Diannely Antigua — Another Poem about God, but Really It’s about Me

“You would’ve made a lousy nun.” The narrator of Diannely Antigua’s “Another Poem about God, but Really It’s about Me” overhears these words, and they jolt her into contrasting her life experience with the limited archetypes offered by her church — good daughter, good sister, hol ... Show More

16m 21s

Apr 2025

Let Yourself Rage With Poet Laureate Ada Limón

As U.S. poet laureate, Ada Limón has had a far-reaching impact. She has visited readers and writers across the country, installed poems at majestic sites in national parks, and she even wrote a poem that’s engraved inside a NASA spacecraft on its way to Jupiter.Today on ... Show More

34m 35s

Apr 2024

1142. वृद्धाश्रम पर कविता | Poem On Old Age Home

Join host Vanshika Navlani on The Best Hindi Urdu Poetry Shayari Podcast as she shares a touching poem dedicated to the residents of old age homes. This heartfelt piece delves into the emotions and experiences of those who reside in these homes, offering a gli ... Show More

5m 29s

Feb 2020

Allison Funk — The Prodigal’s Mother Speaks to God

Allison Funk’s poem “The Prodigal’s Mother Speaks to God” tells the age-old story of The Prodigal Son through a new voice: the unnamed woman of the parable. This woman is truthful, wise, and loving. She knows the dedications and limitations of love. She seeks to see clearly, even ... Show More

8m 8s

Mar 2021

Oana Aristide, Remembering Stevie Smith, and what is an NFT?

Novelist Oana Aristide discusses her debut novel Under the Blue, about a reclusive artist forced to abandon his home and follow two young sisters across a post-pandemic Europe in search of a safe place. It has been described as eco-fiction and it explores themes of environmental ... Show More

28m 23s

Sep 2019

Mary Jo Salter's "Half a Double Sonnet"

Today's poem is Mary Jo Salter's delightful, "Half a Double Sonnet." If you like this show please be sure to rate, review, and spread the word! <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style="color:grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" ... Show More

5m 28s

Aug 29

"The Unprompted," a poem that AI will never understand | Salome Agbaroji

What happens when a poet talks back to AI? In an electrifying performance, Salome Agbaroji performs her original spoken-word poem, "The Unprompted," weaving a powerful reflection on humanity, technology and what no machine can match. <hr><p style='color:grey; fon ... Show More

6m 30s

"Marigolds," a poem about wonder | Safiy...