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Conversations with ParentsChris Hadfield: 'I have an Irish granddaughter and I couldn't be more delighted'Chris Hadfield has a granddaughter in China and, as of earlier this year, another granddaughter here in Ireland. But despite the distance, the retired astronaut says they are very much in each others lives. And after all, "I've been around the world in 90 minutes, it's just a little place," he jokes. In this episode, the world's most famous living astronaut sits down with Jen Hogan to talk about how he's managed to juggle such a successful career with parenting. Chris discusses his own upbringing and how it influenced his parenting, how his best intentions may not always have come...
2025-10-2833 min
Scottish Poetry Library PodcastFrom the Archive: Best Scottish Poems 2012Best Scottish Poems is the Scottish Poetry Library’s annual online anthology of the 20 Best Scottish Poems, edited each year by a different editor. Bookshops and libraries – with honourable exceptions – often provide a very narrow range of poetry, and Scottish poetry in particular. Best Scottish Poems offers readers in Scotland and abroad a way of sampling the range and achievement of our poets, their languages, forms, concerns.
It is in no sense a competition but a personal choice, and this year’s editors, the novelists Louise Welsh and Zoë Strachan, checked and balanced each other’s predilections. Their intro...
2025-03-2354 minScottish Poetry Library PodcastFrom the Archive: Best Scottish Poems 2012Best Scottish Poems is the Scottish Poetry Library’s annual online anthology of the 20 Best Scottish Poems, edited each year by a different editor. Bookshops and libraries – with honourable exceptions – often provide a very narrow range of poetry, and Scottish poetry in particular. Best Scottish Poems offers readers in Scotland and abroad a way of sampling the range and achievement of our poets, their languages, forms, concerns.
It is in no sense a competition but a personal choice, and this year’s editors, the novelists Louise Welsh and Zoë Strachan, checked and balanced each other’s predilections. Their intro...
2025-03-2354 min
The Church Times PodcastLent Poetry Podcast revisited: 'Paternoster' by Jen HadfieldOn the podcast this week, Mark Oakley reflects on “Paternoster” by Jen Hadfield. This episode was first broadcast in 2023 as part of the Church Times Poetry Podcast for Lent series.
“Paternoster” is published in Jen Hadfield’s collection Nigh-No-Place (Bloodaxe Books, 2008), which won the T.S. Eliot Prize. We are grateful to Bloodaxe Books for giving permission to play a recording of Jen Hadfield reading the poem. https://www.bloodaxebooks.com
The material in this podcast is taken from Mark Oakley’s book The Splash of Words (Canterbury Press), winner of the 2019 Michael Ramsey Prize for Theological Writing.
Artwork by Emily Noyce
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2025-03-2115 min
FilkCastFilkCast Episode 280, December 25, 2024Send us a textMusicSpecial Guest Theme MusicJen Midkiff - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemenhttps://jenmidkiff.bandcamp.comMeg Davis - Christmas at Sea - My Winter Rosehttps://megdavis.com Alexander James Adams - Here We Come A'Wassailing - Wintertidehttps://alexanderjamesadams1.bandcamp.comCathy McManamon - Come, All Ye Shepherds - A Little Bit of Christmashttps://cathymcmanamon.bandcamp.comLambda Miners - Lost At Whamageddon - L...
2024-12-2557 min
The Windham-Campbell Prizes PodcastJen Hadfield on Annie Dillard's PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEKJen Hadfield (winner of a 2024 Windham Campbell Prize for Poetry) joins Michael Kelleher to wade through Annie Dillard's dense yet rewarding classic, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. They discuss difficult reading experiences, poetic attempts to unlock the ineffable and immense, the book's intense relationship to the natural world and how that has impacted Hadfield's own work, and more.Reading list: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard • Walden by Henry David Thoreau • Storm Pegs by Jen Hadfield • "An Transparent Eyeball" by Ralph Waldo EmersonFor a full episode transcript, click here.
2024-07-2432 min
Ignite The Full Audiobook Everyone Is Talking About — So Inspiring!Storm Pegs: A Life Made in Shetland by Jen HadfieldPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/706013to listen full audiobooks.
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Author: Jen Hadfield
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Length: 10 hours 38 minutes
Release date: July 11, 2024
Genres: Animals & Nature
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This audio edition is read by the author and was recorded in a remote studio in Shetland. 'Storm Pegs perfectly captures the knotting of language and landscape. I was transported.' - Katherine May, Sunday Times bestselling author of Wintering From the winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize and the Highland Book Prize What if the answer to ‘Where am I?’ is ‘...
2024-07-1110h 38Experience The Full Audiobook That Keeps Story Seekers Hooked.Storm Pegs: A Life Made in Shetland by Jen HadfieldPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/706013to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Storm Pegs: A Life Made in Shetland
Author: Jen Hadfield
Narrator: Jen Hadfield
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 38 minutes
Release date: July 11, 2024
Genres: Memoirs
Publisher's Summary:
This audio edition is read by the author and was recorded in a remote studio in Shetland. 'Storm Pegs perfectly captures the knotting of language and landscape. I was transported.' - Katherine May, Sunday Times bestselling author of Wintering From the winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize and the Highland Book Prize What if the answer to ‘Where am I?’ is ‘heaven...
2024-07-1110h 38Explore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Animals & NatureStorm Pegs: A Life Made in Shetland by Jen HadfieldPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/706013to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Storm Pegs: A Life Made in Shetland
Author: Jen Hadfield
Narrator: Jen Hadfield
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 38 minutes
Release date: July 11, 2024
Genres: Animals & Nature
Publisher's Summary:
This audio edition is read by the author and was recorded in a remote studio in Shetland. 'Storm Pegs perfectly captures the knotting of language and landscape. I was transported.' - Katherine May, Sunday Times bestselling author of Wintering From the winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize and the Highland Book Prize What if the answer to ‘Where am I?’ is ‘...
2024-07-1110h 38
Fuel Your Mind With Your Ears To A Must-Listen Full Audiobook.Storm Pegs by Jen HadfieldPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/62301to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Storm Pegs
Author: Jen Hadfield
Narrator: Jen Hadfield
Format: mp3
Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
Release date: 07-11-24
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 1 rating
Genres: Outdoors & Nature
Publisher's Summary:
In her late twenties, celebrated poet Jen Hadfield moved to the Shetland archipelago to make her life anew. A scattering of islands at the northernmost point of the United Kingdom, frequently cut off from the mainland by storms, Shetland is a place of Vikings and myths, of ancient languages and old customs, of breathtaking landscapes and violent weather. It has long...
2024-07-1110h 38Absorb A Life-Enhancing Full Audiobook On Your Commute.Storm Pegs by Jen HadfieldPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/62301to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Storm Pegs
Author: Jen Hadfield
Narrator: Jen Hadfield
Format: mp3
Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
Release date: 07-11-24
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 1 rating
Genres: Outdoors & Nature
Publisher's Summary:
In her late twenties, celebrated poet Jen Hadfield moved to the Shetland archipelago to make her life anew. A scattering of islands at the northernmost point of the United Kingdom, frequently cut off from the mainland by storms, Shetland is a place of Vikings and myths, of ancient languages and old customs, of breathtaking landscapes and violent weather. It has long...
2024-07-1110h 38Download High-Quality Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, MemoirsStorm Pegs: A Life Made in Shetland by Jen HadfieldPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/706013to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Storm Pegs: A Life Made in Shetland
Author: Jen Hadfield
Narrator: Jen Hadfield
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 38 minutes
Release date: July 11, 2024
Genres: Memoirs
Publisher's Summary:
This audio edition is read by the author and was recorded in a remote studio in Shetland. 'Storm Pegs perfectly captures the knotting of language and landscape. I was transported.' - Katherine May, Sunday Times bestselling author of Wintering From the winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize and the Highland Book Prize What if the answer to ‘Where am I?’ is ‘heaven...
2024-07-1110h 38
Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, MemoirsStorm Pegs: A Life Made in Shetland by Jen HadfieldPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/706013 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Storm Pegs: A Life Made in Shetland Author: Jen Hadfield Narrator: Jen Hadfield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 38 minutes Release date: July 11, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: This audio edition is read by the author and was recorded in a remote studio in Shetland. 'Storm Pegs perfectly captures the knotting of language and landscape. I was transported.' - Katherine May, Sunday Times bestselling author of Wintering From the winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize and the Highland Book Prize What if the answer to ‘Where am I?’ is ‘...
2024-07-1105 min
Open Book UnboundAugust 2023: ReverieWhat is nostalgia, and what happens when our memories aren't accompanied by the rose-tinted memories typically associated with the feeling?
As Open Book welcomes the new theme of nostalgia for this month's sessions, Claire and Marjorie read short story 'Reverie' by Kimberley White and 'Nigh No Place' by Jen Hadfield.
Open Book will be at Edinburgh International Book Festival at various dates throughout August. Come along to one of our free (ticketed) shared reading sessions, where our Lead Readers will be exploring the writings of debut authors visiting the festival. Join us at the café in Edinburgh College of Art f...
2023-08-0729 min
Georgia's Poetry WorkshopCabbage ImageI chat about cabbage poems and give a first-line prompt.References: 'The Vegetable Garden and the Runaway Horse' from Some More of Me Poetry by Pam Ayres / 'Skunk Cabbage' from The Stone Age by Jen Hadfield / 'If the Night Could Get Up & Walk' and 'One Must Try Behind the Hills' by Jonathan Williams from 'Beat' Poets selected by Gene Baro. Music by Portamento. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2023-07-0617 min
Sad Girls Who ReadJen Beagin's "Big Swiss"The Sad Girls are getting all up in Big Swiss by Jen Beagin this week. This book made us *cackle* and also *ponder life* within the same sentence, which is pretty iconic. The Sad Girls are also both particularly unhinged this week— tune in to see why ;).
Follow us on Instagram at @sadgirlswhoread and TikTok at @sadgirlsgoodbooks
Theme music by Taylor Peckham
Episodes edited by Donny Hadfield
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This podcast is made possible by NOCD: www.treatmyocd.com
2023-06-0752 min
1000 Better StoriesNo Nurture for Nature - an interview with Jo GilbertWe cross over from our 1000 Better Stories Blog today as Joana Avi-Lorie interviews another one of our mini-grant recipients, Jo Gilbert. Jo is a spoken word artist and writer from Aberdeen, who writes in Doric and English. They talk about their journey into poetry, class, challenges in connecting to nature, and the importance of diversity of voices in conversations about climate action.
This is a companion interview to the “No Nature to Nature” poem which will be published in full Doric and English versions on our 1000 Better Stories blog in April.
Credits
Interview and recor...
2023-02-2833 min
The Church Times PodcastLent poetry podcast: Mark Oakley on Paternoster by Jen HadfieldWe are pleased to present a new poetry podcast for Lent, in association with Canterbury Press.
This week, Canon Mark Oakley reflects on “Paternoster” by Jen Hadfield. "Paternoster" is published in her collection Nigh-No-Place (Bloodaxe Books, 2008), which won the T.S. Eliot Prize. We are grateful to Bloodaxe Books for giving permission to play a recording of Jen Hadfield reading the poem. bloodaxebooks.com.
“‘Paternoster’ is, to my mind, one of her most beautiful poems,” Mark says. “It is a prayer of a draughthorse in which she reworks the texture and rhythm of the Lord’s Prayer through the horse’s heart. . . If yo...
2023-02-2315 min
Northern Bibliosphere9: Highland Bookprize Shortlist Special #2: Jen Hadfield on The Stone AgeA mini-series in conversation with the finalists of the Highland Book Prize 2021 ahead of the awards ceremony on May 26.
This week we have the pleasure to sit down with Jen Hadfield and talk about her poetry in her latest collection The Stone Age, in which she explores the wild landscape of Shetland and most importantly the consciousness of all things (living and not).
You can find out more about The Stone Age and read an extract at highlandbookprize.org.uk/2021-shortlist/the-stone-age-by-jen-hadfield
(They are available for all the 2021 shortlisted books!)
Do yo...
2022-05-0536 min
The VerbExtremesIan McMillan goes to the extremes this week to explore writing from the edges of time and place with Shetland based poet Jen Hadfield, John Henry Falle aka The Story Beast, Penelope Shuttle who's latest poetry collection explores Lyonesse, a lost and mythical land that once formed the land's end of Cornwall and Jon Ransom who's debut novel is a visceral and poetic story set in the wide expanses of Norfolk.
2022-02-2544 min
Know That: A Real Housewives PodcastAnarchy & Appropriation (RHSOCL 2.19 w/ Aarti & Noor of "The Reality Is" Podcast)It's Cinco de Mayo (it's not, but Jen Shah wants to throw a Mexican-themed party in lieu of the problematic things Mary said about her. This seems like a great, not tone-deaf-at-all idea!), and Noor and Aarti of "The Reality Is" podcast join Donny and Quin to celebrate.
They choose which of the excursions from Hell they would have went on and discuss Lisa's iconic (is it?) hot mic moment, as well as give Whitney some advice on how to have a conversation with Meredith that won't end in her disengaging. Then, the group learns how to...
2022-02-021h 01
Frank Skinner's Poetry PodcastJen HadfieldFrank heads North with the amazing Jen Hadfield. The collection referenced is The Stone Age by Jen Hadfield. The individual poems referenced are Hardanger Fiddle & Nyckelharpa, (Lighthouse) and (Erratic) by Jen Hadfield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2022-01-2649 minFrank Skinner's Poetry PodcastJen HadfieldFrank heads North with the amazing Jen Hadfield. The collection referenced is The Stone Age by Jen Hadfield. The individual poems referenced are Hardanger Fiddle & Nyckelharpa, (Lighthouse) and (Erratic) by Jen Hadfield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2022-01-2651 min
Know That: A Real Housewives PodcastVailhouse Rock (w/ @wespeakhousewives)Donny and Quin open their "dysfunctional Bravo marriage" up for the day to host of the "I Speak Bravo" podcast, Emily Hanks (@wespeakhousewives), to... speak Bravo. They discuss Meredith's bubbly greeting to her Winter House on crack and the group's reaction to Jen's arrest. When the topic of Lisa Barlow's saved contacts comes up, Donny confesses how Quin is saved in his phone. Then, they break down part II of the Potomac reunion.
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Want something to listen to besides Housewives podcasts? Check out the co-hosts' other endeavors!
"This Is Gonna Be Good,"...
2021-11-171h 03
Is This Real Life? With Mandy SlutskerEpisode 167 - 'The Power of God...and the SDNY' with Donny Hadfield-Smith and Quinten LamarThis week Mandy is joined by the hosts of Know That: A Real Housewives Podcast, Donny Hadfield-Smith and Quinten Lamar - who also happen to be celebrating their wedding anniversary! They start off with a quick chat about part 1 of the RHOP reunion, Candiace’s theatrics, and wonder whether Mia will come back for another season. Then they dive into this week's explosive RHOSLC, including the assertion that Mary holds the power of God, and Jen Shah’s attempt to outrun the feds. Plus, Mandy uncovers the darkest part of the online Bravo universe.
Listen to Know That...
2021-11-141h 07
Dual Poetry PodcastNature Poetry and The Climate EmergencyThis week the Dual Poetry Podcast is focusing on nature poems.In the shadow of the climate emergency poems about the natural world take on a new significance, so during the second week of the 2021 COP 26 conference in Glasgow, we consider now contemporary poets are taking on and reshaping the traditional subject of nature.Setting aside red roses, summer flowers, floral metaphors about love or odes to the glories of the countryside, rather we are looking to nature as a site of political encounter. So on this weeks podcast our poems in Turkish, Somali and Chinese are offered in that...
2021-11-1214 min
DUAL Poetry PodcastNature Poetry and The Climate EmergencyThis week the Dual Poetry Podcast is focusing on nature poems. In the shadow of the climate emergency poems about the natural world take on a new significance, so during the second week of the 2021 COP 26 conference in Glasgow we consider now contemporary poets are taking on and reshaping the traditional subject of nature. Setting aside red roses, summer flowers, floral metaphors about love or odes to the glories of the countryside, rather we are looking to nature as a site of political encounter. So on this weeks podcast our poems in Turkish, Somali and...
2021-11-1214 min
Know That: A Real Housewives PodcastHalloween GVOAnthony, Donny, and Quin are back and trying to figure out what Erika will be damned for NOT doing in Beverly Hills as well as marvel over Crystal’s Chinese New Year party before heading over to Potomac, where they still think Candiace is awful but at least attempt to understand her (if not the Candee stans). Then they tackle the Jen/Brooks sit-down in Salt Lake City, bask in the glow of Mary’s storytelling skills, and unpack the Whitney vs. Lisa dynamic. Wear your seat belt!
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2021-10-1351 minKnow That: A Real Housewives PodcastCandee, Man.Quin, Donny, and Anthony are on fire this week! First, they discuss Jen’s unwillingness to take responsibility for her social media presence and the Angie/Lisa/Whitney situation in SLC before heading over to Beverly Hills, where they tackle Kyle’s impressions, Rinna’s bad bathing suit move, and Sutton’s killer one liners. They finish in Potomac, where they wonder if everyone is being too hard on “G” and agree to not say Candiace's name five times unless they're answering the question: "Which housewife hasn’t learned anything from last year?"
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2021-10-0647 minKnow That: A Real Housewives Podcast50 Reasonable Shades of G (w/ Lisa Delcampo of 'The Circle')Hot off of their national TV tour (Quin on The Tameron Hall Show, Donny on WWHL and The TONY Awards), our hosts are joined by Lisa Delcampo of The Circle season 2, and before breaking down this week's Housewives episodes, they draft a pitch letter to email about the show that Bravo is severely lacking. They discuss the Reasonably Shady launch party in Gizelle's driveway and contemplate if Candiace is in on the joke that is her family unit before heading to Beverly Hills to break down the bully and what it takes to be a friend of Garcelle's before...
2021-09-291h 07Know That: A Real Housewives PodcastOooooohhh... On the SLC TipQuin, Anthony, and Donny are fresh from diggin' on you at the TLC concert in Coney Island, and they're ready to ask the Bravo ladies "What about your friends?" They start in Beverly Hills, where Dorit & Kyle finally start to see the cracks in Erika's stories with the help of their husbands. Then, they drive back (in the passenger side of their best friend's ride) to Potomac just in time for Candiace's "Fast and the Furious" themed video shoot... with no cars. Lastly, they check in on the Salt Lake ladies, where Heather proves she ain't 2 proud 2 beg for...
2021-09-2257 minKnow That: A Real Housewives PodcastTo Surry, with Love (w/ Krystina Arielle Tigner)To help celebrate the triumphant return of Salt Lake City, your favorite privileged twinks are joined by Krystina Arielle Tigner (@krystinaarielle)! They unpack the glorious first two minutes of the premiere, Mary’s fake podcast, Whitney’s cake-carrying skills, and whether Brooks is a fair target for Jen. They also discuss Dorit’s downfall and Erika’s rage in Beverly Hills and finally land in Potomac, where they tackle Karen as the Surry County ambassador, Candiace’s goddess wig, why Wendy disrupts the franchise mold and which Potomac Housewife Krystina has a connection to.
Want somet...
2021-09-151h 15
Common Room Philosophy10| How to listen better: to poetry and philosophy- with Karen SimecekFor the first episode of the second season of Common Room Philosophy, I interview Professor Karen Simecek. Karen is currently writing a book on the use of the lyrical voice in poetry; for this podcast we discuss ideas from that work such as the role of voice in poetry and the ethical relationship between the performance poet and the audience member. We then apply these insights to the subject of philosophy, discussing how to make our conversations more kind and our practices more collaborative. Listen to this episode if you are interested in having better conversations about philosophy or...
2021-06-191h 01
Beszélő kockák[ISM.] 7. – Egy úr az űrből (Eredeti publikálás dátuma: 2013. május 15.)[Egy tematikába nem illeszkedő ismétlés csak ha már a zűr témájánál járunk.]Hetedik rész, amelyben Gábor nem tudja palástolni a Nemzetközi Űrállomás iránti lelkesedését, Geri Marsra utazós valóságshowról számol be, András Farkas Bertalant kiált, és amelyből megtudjuk, hogy Krisztiánnak anno nem tetszett az Egy úr az űrből című sorozat. A felvétel az adás vége felé egy pillanatra megszakad, de ez már-már elvárható egy az űrállomásról szóló podcast-tól...
2021-04-0459 min
Truly AnythingREALITY RETROSPECTIVE - The Real World: San Francisco, Ep. 2 (w/ Kendrick Tucker of "Me & You, The Housewives, & Marvel Too")This week, Donny is joined by Kendrick Tucker of "Me & You, The Housewives, and Marvel Too" (@housewivesmarvelpodcast) to discuss episode 2 of "The Real World: San Francisco." It's another 21 minutes of... practically nothing, but Donny & Kendrick somehow fill a half hour breaking it down.Before getting into the episode, they have to touch on the news story that is shocking (but also not) everyone - the Jen Shah & Stuart scam. Once they get that out of their system, they move on to other unlikeable jail birds: Puck. Puck's lack of manners makes up most of the episode, and...
2021-04-0230 min
Know That: A Real Housewives PodcastGranddaddy Junk (w/ @dcsupcouple)Anthony, Donny, and Quin are joined by Meredith and Scott Jorss (@dcsupcouple). They discuss the third part of the Salt Lake City reunion, including Coach Shah’s missed calling as a motivational speaker, an unlikely truce between Mary and Jen, why Heather is in for a rough second season, and finally, Whitney’s breasts. Then the boys tackle New Jersey, where Teresa would be best served to listen to the wise Gia, whether the husbands and boyfriends deserve a spin off, and if Margaret will have to answer for her allegiance to Jackie. In Atlanta, the women emerge from the...
2021-03-031h 31
Know That: A Real Housewives PodcastHow Do You Understand Crazy? (with Kiki Monique of @thetalkofshame)It's a great question, and Quin, Donny, and Anthony attempt to answer it with Kiki Monique (@thetalkofshame). They dive into Jen's bizarre and problematic behavior, on and off the show, and ponder whether she has what it takes to withstand reality TV. In Dallas, everyone is happy to see more of Tiffany's daughters and less of Brandi's, and they discuss what kind of backwoods performance art D'Andra is attempting this season. Over in South Carolina, all 97 of the Atlanta ladies try to enjoy Kenya's trip complete with a half-assed murder mystery and take-out for one. But the real entertainment...
2021-02-031h 18
Know That: A Real Housewives PodcastSurprise! No Biden. (w/ Nikki Blonsky)Good Morning, Baltimore! Donny, Quin, and Anthony are joined by "Hairspray" actress, singer, and host of the Nikki Nights podcast, Nikki Blonsky (@nikkiblonsky)! She catches them up on her latest projects and reveals what role she'd love to tackle in a movie musical (hint: Luann would be proud). They discuss the hypocrisy surrounding Brandi's racist video and explain why they are Team Dr. Tiffany Moon right out of the gate in Dallas, and Nikki sheds some light on if women who don't know each other are running around showing each other private body parts. In Salt Lake City, Anthony...
2021-01-131h 21
The YourShelf Podcast#10 Poetry Book of the Year 2020 with Seán HewittTo support our work and listen to additional content from previous episodes, see here: https://patreon.com/yourshelf and follow us on social media @_yourshelf_ (note: there is no Patreon episode for either of our Books of the Year 2020 episodes). In our latest, tenth episode of The YourShelf Podcast, Poetry Book of the Year 2020, our chief curator Juliano Zaffino (Jay) catches up with Seán Hewitt to discuss Seán's book Tongues of Fire, the work of Gerard Manley Hopkins, Hewitt's forthcoming memoir (due 2022), and a recap of the best books of 2020. For full show notes, see here: https://po...
2021-01-041h 05
Know That: A Real Housewives PodcastGrandfather MF***er (w/ Sonia Sells of "Rewind the Love" Podcast)Anthony, Donny, and Quin are joined by the hilarious and outspoken Sonia Sells from the Rewind the Love podcast, who helps Quin give Anthony an education on the old-school VH1 reality shows where faded musicians looked for love in all the wrong places. After recalling the circumstances regarding one contestant's reluctant stairwell defecation, the group celebrates the Real Housewives of Atlanta premiere by commending Porsha for her work as part of the Black Lives Matter movement, and ponder the appropriate age for helping your child get plastic surgery. In Potomac, they discuss Michael Darby going off the rails out...
2020-12-091h 32
London Review Bookshop PodcastScottish Spirits: Robin Robertson, Jen Hadfield and Alasdair RobertsAs the nights close in, what could be better than to gather around the (virtual) hearth and consider multi-award winning poet Robin Robertson's shadow-wracked new collection, Grimoire (Picador).A grimoire is a manual for invoking spirits, and in Robertson's intense Celtic take, it tells stories of ordinary people caught up, suddenly, in the extraordinary: tales of violence, madness and retribution, of second sight, witches, ghosts, selkies, changelings and doubles, all bound within a larger mythology. This is a book of curses and visions, gifts both desired and unwelcome, full of the same charged beauty as the Sc...
2020-12-021h 06
Know That: A Real Housewives PodcastI Paid the Bill. F*** You! (w/ Emily O'Connor)Quin, Donny, and Anthony are joined this week by the endlessly-charming Emily O'Connor, co-founder of Viridian Coast Studios, who shares the path she took to becoming a brand ambassador for Mingle Mocktails, including the great lengths she went to in order to be noticed by Real Housewives of New Jersey's Margaret Josephs. Back in Potomac, the group discusses one of the darkest family photo shoots in history, Karen's cringe-inducing seduction of Ray, and how Monique's lack of airtime is weakening the franchise. Then in Salt Lake City, they discuss Jen's controversial high kick scene as though it's an arthouse...
2020-12-021h 02The VerbBirdsongHow have humans interpreted and been inspired by birdsong? Ian is joined by musician and song collector Sam Lee, who discusses the magic that happens on his annual Singing with Nightingale walks, TS Eliot award winning poet Jen Hadfield on the birds of her beloved Shetland and Richard Smyth, author of 'A Sweet Wild Note' reminds us that birdsong really has very little to do with music.Presenter: Ian McMillan
Producer: Cecile Wright
2020-05-1553 min
Life Handmade by Scrapbook.comCards for Kindness, Staying Home and Staying InspiredIn today’s special episode of Life Handmade: At-Home Edition, we discuss how you can get involved with our Cards For Kindness initiative while staying home and staying inspired. Discover new ways to celebrate the small things in life and enjoy time with yourself and your family. We also dive into dozens of fun, crafty resources that Scrapbook.com offers to begin your creative journey or continue crafting through the tough times.More Info on the Life Handmade Podcast SubscribeScrapbook.com: Store and Community for CraftersFree classes at Scrapbook.comStep-By-Step Cardmaking Techniques with Simon HurleyHow to Begin Cardmaking Lik...
2020-04-2030 min
Dual Poetry PodcastGrowing Up In Two Dreams by Bejan MaturTranslated by Jen Hadfield and Canan Marasligil.Bejan Matur is the most illustrious poet among a bold new women’s poetry emerging from the Middle East. Her poetry engages directly and concretely with the struggles of her people, and yet there is also a mysticism in her writing, a closeness to nature, an embracing of mythology – a dialogue with God.This poem and many others that appear in Bejan's PTC World Poets Series book 'Akin to Stone' with translated by TS Elliot Award-winning poet Jen Hadfield and bridge translator Canan Marasligil.This is part of our new rebranded weekly release: the...
2020-02-2003 min
DUAL Poetry PodcastGrowing Up In Two Dreams by Bejan MaturBejan Matur is the most illustrious poet among a bold new women’s poetry emerging from the Middle East. Her poetry engages directly and concretely with the struggles of her people, and yet there is also a mysticism in her writing, a closeness to nature, an embracing of mythology – a dialogue with God. This poem and many others that appear in Bejan's PTC World Poets Series book 'Akin to Stone' with translated by TS Elliot Award-winning poet Jen Hadfield and bridge translator Canan Marasligil. This is part of our new rebranded weekly release: the Dual Poetry...
2020-02-2003 min
Life Handmade by Scrapbook.comJen Hadfield: Navigating Hardships and Rediscovering CreativityOn this episode of Life Handmade, we sit down to tackle some tough subjects with the inspirational Jen Hadfield (aka "Tater Tots and Jello). She discusses depression, divorce, and anxiety and how they impacted her creativity. Learn how Jen discovered journaling as a beneficial outlet on her road to creative success and what inspires her to create some of your absolute favorite collections for Pebbles.More Info on the Life Handmade Podcast SubscribeScrapbook.com: Store and Community for CraftersJen’s WebsiteThis Is Family Collection by Jen HadfieldHey, Hello Collection by Jen HadfieldJen’s InstagramJen’s online recipe bookPodcast Music b...
2020-02-0729 min
Dual Poetry PodcastEvery woman knows her own tree by Bejan MaturTranslated by Jen Hadfield & Canan Marasligil. This week's poem is by Bejan Matur. The poem is read first in English translation by Jen Hadfield and then in Turkish by Bejan herself.Bejan Matur is the most illustrious poet among a bold women’s poetry emerging from the Middle East. Her poetry engages directly and concretely with the struggles of her Kurdish people, and yet there is also a mysticism in her writing, a closeness to nature, an embracing of mythology – a dialogue with God.This poem and many others that appear in her PTC chapbook 'If This is a Lamnet' were...
2020-01-2302 min
DUAL Poetry PodcastEvery woman knows her own tree by Bejan MaturThis week's poem is by Bejan Matur. The poem is read first in English translation by Jen Hadfield and then in Turkish by Bejan herself. Bejan Matur is the most illustrious poet among a bold women’s poetry emerging from the Middle East. Her poetry engages directly and concretely with the struggles of her Kurdish people, and yet there is also a mysticism in her writing, a closeness to nature, an embracing of mythology – a dialogue with God. This poem and many others that appear in her PTC chapbook 'If This is a Lamnet' were tran...
2020-01-2302 min
DUAL Poetry PodcastCeremonial Robes by Bejan MaturBejan Matur is the most illustrious poet among a bold new women’s poetry emerging from the Middle East. Her poetry engages directly and concretely with the struggles of her people, and yet there is also a mysticism in her writing, a closeness to nature, an embracing of mythology – a dialogue with God. This poem and many others that appear in her PTC chapbook 'If This is a Lamnet' were translated by TS Elliot Award-winning poet Jen Hadfield and bridge translator Canan Marasligil. This is part of our new rebranded weekly release: the Dual Poetry Podcast...
2019-09-1905 min
Dual Poetry PodcastCeremonial Robes by Bejan MaturTranslated by Jen Hadfield and Canan Marasligil.Bejan Matur is the most illustrious poet among a bold new women’s poetry emerging from the Middle East. Her poetry engages directly and concretely with the struggles of her people, and yet there is also a mysticism in her writing, a closeness to nature, an embracing of mythology – a dialogue with God.This poem and many others that appear in her PTC chapbook 'If This is a Lamnet' were translated by TS Elliot Award-winning poet Jen Hadfield and bridge translator Canan Marasligil.This is part of our new rebranded weekly release: the Dual Po...
2019-09-1905 min
Get BookedPioneer LiveJournalAmanda and Jenn discuss fascinating nonfiction, plane reads, pioneer adventures, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.This episode is sponsored by our Mystery/Thriller Giveaway, Recommended, and Forged Through Fire by Mark McDonough.Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website.FeedbackThe Alp...
2019-09-0546 min
Dual Poetry Podcast3 Short Poems by Bejan MaturTranslated by Canan Marasligil and Jen Hadfield. This week's poem podcast contains three short poems by Kurdish-Turkish Poet Bejen Matur, translated by Canan Marasligil and UK poet Jen Hadfield. The poems are 'Dead Sun', 'There is no Sun' and 'Truth'.Bejan Matur’s enthralling visceral poems are among the most imaginatively potent being written anywhere in the world. She is one of the leading voices of a bold new women’s poetry emerging from the Middle East. Her award-winning poems describe a delicate space between concrete realism and mystical reflection, engaging with the struggles of the Kurdish people of Turkey.The...
2019-05-3002 min
DUAL Poetry Podcast3 Short Poems by Bejan MaturThis week's poem podcast contains three short poems by Kurdish-Turkish Poet Bejen Matur, translated by Canan Marasligil and UK poet Jen Hadfield. The poems are 'Dead Sun', 'There is no Sun' and 'Truth'. Bejan Matur’s enthralling visceral poems are among the most imaginatively potent being written anywhere in the world. She is one of the leading voices of a bold new women’s poetry emerging from the Middle East. Her award-winning poems describe a delicate space between concrete realism and mystical reflection, engaging with the struggles of the Kurdish people of Turkey. The PTC's intr...
2019-05-3002 min
Dual Poetry PodcastIn the temple of a patient god by Bejan MaturBejan Matur is an award-winning Kurdish-Alevi poet from Turkey writing in Turkish and Kurdish. Her poetry has been translated intomore than twenty languages. She currently lives in London.Her poems were translated by Jen Hadfield and Canan Marasligil.
2017-11-1603 min
Dual Poetry PodcastEvery woman knows her own tree by Bejan MaturBejan Matur is the most illustrious poet among a bold new women’s poetry emerging from the Middle East. Her poetry engages directly and concretely with the struggles of her people, and yet there is also a mysticism in her writing, a closeness to nature, an embracing of mythology – a dialogue with God.This poem and many others that appear in her PTC chapbook 'If This is a Lamnet' were translated by TS Elliot Award-winning poet Jen Hadfield and bridge translator Canan Marasligil.If you enjoy this poem and would like to support the Poetry Translation Centre please visit our Just...
2017-09-2802 min
Dual Poetry Podcast3 Short Poems by Bejan MaturThis week's poem podcast contains three short poems by Kurdish-Turkish Poet Bejen Mature, translated by Canan Marasligil and UK poet Jen Hadfield. The poems are 'Dead Sun', 'There is no Sun' and 'Truth'.You can buy a chapbook of Bejan's poems entitled 'If This Is a Lament' from the PTC shop.If you would like to support the Poetry Translation Centre please visit poetrytranslation.org/support-us.
2017-09-1602 min
Festival 201706. Bejan Matur and Jen HadfieldAcclaimed Kurdish poet Bejan Matur presents a new chapbook of her poems, in English translation by T.S. Eliot Prize-winning poet Jen Hadfield.
This was an electrifying hour of poetry in Kurdish, Turkish and English, by a pair of poets whose work explores the language of landscape and of home.
Presented in partnership with The Poetry Translation Centre.
2017-07-0158 min
Dual Poetry PodcastCeremonial Robes by Bejan MaturBejan Matur is the most illustrious poet among a bold new women’s poetry emerging from the Middle East. Her poetry engages directly and concretely with the struggles of her people, and yet there is also a mysticism in her writing, a closeness to nature, an embracing of mythology – a dialogue with God.This poem and many others that appear in her PTC chapbook 'If This is a Lamnet' were translated by TS Elliot Award-winning poet Jen Hadfield and bridge translator Canan Marasligil.If you enjoy this poem and would like to support the Poetry Translation Centre please visit our Just...
2017-06-2905 min
The Poetry SocietyJen Hadfield on Maria Merian, death and her poem 'The Lantern Fly'Jen Hadfield was commissioned by The Poetry Society and the Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace, to write her poem, ‘The Lantern Fly’, inspired by an exhibition of paintings by the German artist and entomologist Maria Merian. She talks to Judith Palmer about the “jewelline, sparkling” natural world of her home on Shetland, and how Merian’s pioneering spirit and paintings inspired a poem in which death is represented by the lantern fly, “unable to find the person that it’s meant to be ministering to”. She also reads her poem 'Lichen'. To connect with more poetry, visit poetrysociety.org.uk
2016-07-0514 min
The Poetry SocietyJen Hadfield reads 'The Lantern Fly'Listen to Jen Hadfied's entrancing reading of her new poem, 'The Lantern Fly', commissioned by The Poetry Society and the Royal Collection Trust, and inspired by Maria Sibylla Merian's painting of a lantern fly. The exhibition of Merian's paintings, Maria Merian's Butterflies, was first shown at The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse, and continues at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, until 9 October 2016. This recording was made on 26 May 2016 at The Poetry Society premises. To connect with more poetry, visit poetrysociety.org.uk
2016-06-2001 min
AWESOME ASTRONOMY#42 - December 2015 The Discussion: In this Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy contrived episode we look back over the movie The Martian, meeting Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, we gloss over the Bayesian statistics in Jen's data analysis work and hear about a mathematics-based nightmare that's been keeping Jen awake but should have mathematicians rolling in the aisles! The News: This month we revisit that alien megastructure around a distant star with an unusual light curve and reveal what alien signatures SETI have discovered. We take a look at the possible future of cheap access...
2015-12-011h 25
21 Revolutions Podcast – Glasgow Women's Library21 Revolutions Podcast: Jen Hadfield: InfestationIn the sixteenth of our Glasgow Women’s Library podcasts Jen Hadfield reads her 21 Revolutions piece, Infestation - A Memoir of Pests and talks about her inspiration behind the work.
2013-12-2100 min
Edinburgh International Book Festival *Elsewhere* storiesFrom My Vow by Jen HadfieldJen Hadfield reading From My Vow. Part of an engaging and varied series of podcasts of leading authors reading their remarkable new stories, poems or essays on the theme of ‘Elsewhere’. Commissioned by Edinburgh International Book Festival and supported by the Scottish Government’s Edinburgh Festivals Expo Fund. You can read or download the Elsewhere stories, listen to more Elsewhere podcasts or watch the videos of events filmed live at the Book Festival on www.edbookfest.co.uk.
2011-04-2200 min
Stanza Poetry Festival PodcastsStAnza Podcast 2010 21st MarchIn our Sunday podcast, we include highlights from the Border Crossings event with Canadian Gaelic poet Lewis Mackinnon and Croatian Mario Susko. Rob A Mackenzie reads a poem which could not have existed without the internet. Director's Cut poet Jen Hadfield reads some poems about Canada and Shetland and we include two poems from Mario Petrucci on science and love.
2010-03-2124 min