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On the Way PodcastPádraig Ó Tuama: The Room Next To BeliefAlongside being the title of Pádraig Ó Tuama's recently released collection of poetry, Kitchen Hymns is also an informal term referring to the hymns sung in Irish homes that weren't allowed in formal church contexts, due to their being in the Irish language rather than Latin. It is this rebellious and honest flavour of sacred expression that has been at the heart of Pádraig's work for many years, and informs his new collection of poems exploring an embodied, liberated, and deeply human life of both faith and doubt. Dom joins Pádraig in his New York apartme...2025-05-0252 min
Poetry For AllEpisode 89: Pádraig Ó Tuama, excerpts from Kitchen HymnsThis episode was recorded on March 2, 2025 at the Phillis Wheatley Heritage Center in St. Louis., Missouri. In this conversation, Pádraig Ó Tuama reads several poems from Kitchen Hymns (Copper Canyon Press, 2024), his newest collection. We discuss subversive speech, belief and doubt, lyrical poetry, the psychology of poetic forms, and the power of ancient myths.
Pádraig Ó Tuama is a poet with interests in conflict, language and religion. He presents Poetry Unbound from On Being Studios, and has published two anthologies (2022, 2025, both with WW Norton) from that podcast. A freelance artist, one of Ó Tuama’s projects is poet in resi...2025-04-0354 min
A Bend in the RoadEpisode 36a: Pádraig Ó Tuama: In the Shelter of Each Other & Saying Hello to the Questions (Rebroadcast)This is a rebroadcast of episodes 6 & 7 from October 19, 2022. What power does poetry have to help us navigate the challenges of life? How do we approach art and how does it approach us? Join our guest host Diane Sims for a journey through these questions, and many others, with Pádraig Ó Tuama in an episode so big, we had to split it into two.In Part 1, Pádraig Ó shares his relationship with art, reconciliation and the ongoing road toward finding ourselves.In Part 2, we dig into the questions of acceptance and identity Pádraig grappl...2025-04-0240 minA Bend in the RoadEpisode 36b: Pádraig Ó Tuama: In the Shelter of Each Other & Saying Hello to the Questions (Rebroadcast)This is a rebroadcast of episodes 6 & 7 from October 19, 2022. What power does poetry have to help us navigate the challenges of life? How do we approach art and how does it approach us? Join our guest host Diane Sims for a journey through these questions, and many others, with Pádraig Ó Tuama in an episode so big, we had to split it into two.In Part 1, Pádraig Ó shares his relationship with art, reconciliation and the ongoing road toward finding ourselves.In Part 2, we dig into the questions of acceptance and identity Pádraig grappl...2025-04-0231 min
Everything Happens with Kate BowlerPádraig Ó Tuama: In the Name of BelongingWhat does it mean to live alongside people you don’t agree with? And love them anyway? Pádraig Ó Tuama is a poet, theologian, and conflict mediator from Ireland, where belonging has always been complicated and peace is fragile at best. In this conversation, Kate and Pádraig explore what it takes to live together in the midst of disagreement—the beauty, the cost, and the messy, sacred hope of it all. In this conversation, Kate and Pádraig discuss: Why peace is exhausting, fragile, and still worth fighting for The surprising role of curio...2025-03-2548 min
NPR's Book of the DayIrish poet Pádraig Ó Tuama writes and reads poetry that speaks to the human conditionIrish poet Pádraig Ó Tuama cataloged spreadsheets of poems to help create his new anthology, 44 Poems on Being with Each Other. The collection features writing from a variety of poets as well as reflections from Ó Tuama on the nuances of the human condition. Ó Tuama is also out with his own poetry collection, Kitchen Hymns. In today's episode, he speaks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about poetry that reflects complex emotions and about his background in theology.To listen to Book of the Day sponsor-free and support NPR's book coverage, sign up for Book of the Day+ at plus.npr...2025-02-2608 min
The Other Human in the Room155. Relating to Conflict with Pádraig Ó TuamaThe wonderful Pádraig Ó Tuama is on the podcast today! Pádraig shares how his relationship to poetry and theology shaped his work in conflict resolution. We discuss the duality of conflict as both destructive and generative, exploring how conflict can lead to positive outcomes when approached thoughtfully. I share some of the system challenges and ideological conflicts that have emerged in healthcare, and Pádraig offers wisdom and insights in how these can be navigated without causing more harm to one another. I was so nourished by this conversation, and I hope you will be too!Learn more abou...2025-01-1351 min
Adalberto Nascimento | Poesia e RecitaçãoComo [Não] ser sozinho | Um poema de Padraig Ó TuamaPadraig Ó Tuama é um poeta, teólogo e contador de histórias irlandês, conhecido por explorar temas de fé, identidade, e reconciliação. Suas obras muitas vezes abordam as complexidades da linguagem e a luta por paz interna e externa, especialmente no contexto de conflitos sociais e pessoais. Ó Tuama é autor de livros de poesia e ensaios, como "In the Shelter" e "Sorry for Your Troubles" Livros de Padraig Ó Tuama na Amazon: https://amzn.to/4e7diDR Meu trabalho: https://linktr.ee/adalbertonascimento2024-10-3106 min
Learning How to See with Brian McLarenSeeing Nature as a Poet with Drew Jackson and Pádraig Ó TuamaWhat is it about poetry that allows it to hold both beauty and disruption, and even inspire change? In this episode, Brian McLaren explores the power of poetry to help us understand and grieve for the natural world while also appreciating its beauty. He talks with poets Pádraig Ó Tuama and Drew Jackson about the importance of seeing nature holistically, and how poetry can help us grapple with the tension between destruction and renewal. The episode explores how poems can inspire action and change and encourages you, the listener, to write your own poems, especially haiku, to pra...2024-10-1048 min
London Writers' Salon#116: Pádraig Ó Tuama — Using poetry to notice the world, Knowing when a poem is done, How to strengthen your poetry writingPractical advice from Irish poet Pádraig Ó Tuama on writing and editing poetry and expanding your world with poetry. Highlights from a previous episode. For the full episode, listen to interview episode #103*ABOUT PÁDRAIG Ó TUAMAPádraig Ó Tuama is a theologian, writer, and conflict transformation practitioner. His books include In the Shelter: Finding a Home in the World; Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community; Sorry For Your Troubles; Borders & Belonging and Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World. He hosts the On Being Studios podcast Poetry Unbound with Krista Tippett’s studio.*...2024-09-1417 minLondon Writers' Salon#103: Pádraig Ó Tuama — Reading, Analysing & Writing Poetry; Making A Living as a PoetThe poet and theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama tells us about his journey into poetry, how he knows a poem is complete and how poets might practice noticing. He also reads from his collection and deconstructs his poetry. We also discuss what it means to make a living as a poet.*ABOUT PÁDRAIG Ó TUAMAPádraig Ó Tuama is a theologian, writer, and conflict transformation practitioner. His books include In the Shelter: Finding a Home in the World; Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community; Sorry For Your Troubles; Borders & Belonging and Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open...2024-04-271h 02
No Small Endeavor with Lee C. CampUnabridged Interview: Pádraig Ó TuamaThis is our unabridged interview with Pádraig Ó Tuama.
What if, to be a peacemaker, one might have to wade into trouble and stir the waters oneself? What if, to be a theologian, one might have to leave some of the most troubling questions about God unanswered? What if, to be a poet, one might have to do away with flowery abstraction and accept the nitty-gritty of real life?
Pádraig Ó Tuama, host of the podcast Poetry Unbound from On Being Studios, is all of these things - peacemaker, theologian, poet. In this episode, he shar...2024-04-161h 01
No Small Endeavor with Lee C. CampPádraig Ó Tuama: A Poet’s Work in Peace and Reconciliation (Best of NSE)What if, to be a peacemaker, one might have to wade into trouble and stir the waters oneself? What if, to be a theologian, one might have to leave some of the most troubling questions about God unanswered? What if, to be a poet, one might have to do away with flowery abstraction and accept the nitty-gritty of real life?
Pádraig Ó Tuama, host of the podcast Poetry Unbound from On Being Studios, is all of these things - peacemaker, theologian, poet. In this episode, he shares beautiful and troubling stories from his peacemaking work in Northern Ir...2024-04-1148 min
Dropping in with Omega Institute-The Video SeriesDropping In with Pádraig Ó Tuama - When a Poem Looks Back at You, What Does it See?In conversation with Omega digital media director Cali Alpert, Pádraig Ó Tuama explores the shared sources of prayers and poetry, the multiple interpretations of language and how it changes over time, and how he likes to explore scáth —which means both shadow and shelter in Irish.Pádraig opens up about his upbringing and its challenges, and how children are yearning to look at things of serious meaning, such as life and death. He says when he felt alone as a child, poetry created a space for him to have conversations with himself on the page. U...2024-03-2644 min
Calvary Episcopal Church - Memphis, TNPádraig Ó'Tuama: February 21, 2024Pádraig Ó Tuama’s interests lie in language, violence and religion. Having grown up in a place that has a long history of all three (Ireland, yes, but also Europe) he finds that language might be the most redeeming of all three of these. In language there is the possibility of vulnerability, of surprise, of the creative movement towards something as yet unseen. He is inspired by any artist of words: from Krista Tippett to Lucille Clifton; from Patrick Kavanagh to Emily Dickinson; from Lorna Goodison to Arundhati Roy. Ó Tuama loves words — words that open up the mind, the heart, the lif...2024-02-2120 minCalvary Episcopal Church - Memphis, TNDialogue: The Lenten Preaching Series Podcast with Pádraig Ó Tuama and Scott WaltersPádraig Ó Tuama’s interests lie in language, violence and religion. Having grown up in a place that has a long history of all three (Ireland, yes, but also Europe) he finds that language might be the most redeeming of all three of these. In language there is the possibility of vulnerability, of surprise, of the creative movement towards something as yet unseen. He is inspired by any artist of words: from Krista Tippett to Lucille Clifton; from Patrick Kavanagh to Emily Dickinson; from Lorna Goodison to Arundhati Roy. Ó Tuama loves words — words that open up the mind, the heart, the lif...2024-02-2143 min
Spotlight: The Oxford Media Society PodcastPádraig Ó Tuama: Exploring Language, Media & the ArtsIn this episode, Archie Pearman, HT24 Podcast Team Member, speaks to Pádraig Ó Tuama. Padraig is a writer, theologian, conflict transformation practitioner, and host of Poetry Unbound. Archie talks to Pádraig about the relationship between media and the arts, the complexities of the podcast form and the terrifying magic of language. From midnight radio listening, the unconscious imagination, homework and humility, Pádraig’s answers are full of delights.Oxford Media Society is the foremost forum within the University of Oxford for discussion about the media industry in the 21st century. The Society hosts...2024-02-1925 min
Point of Relation with Thomas HueblCreating Healing Spaces with Pádraig Ó Tuama and Thomas HüblThomas is interviewed by distinguished Irish poet, theologian and mediator, and the host of the Poetry Unbound podcast, Pádraig Ó Tuama. They discuss the relationship between spirituality, religion, and trauma, and the importance of incorporating art - including writing, poetry, and visual art - into social healing rituals. Pádraig emphasizes that “Art speaks to our being in a different way than rational words.” Their conversation also focuses on the need for structured spaces in society where people can eschew dogmatic thinking and digest fear and pain together in order to feel more grounded and gain valuable new per...2023-10-3149 min
Psalms for the SpiritEp. 23 Imagining a Listener for our Deepest Selves, with Pádraig Ó TuamaToday’s guest is Pádraig Ó Tuama, poet, theologian, host of On Being’s Poetry Unbound, and member and former leader of the Corrymeela Community. Pádraig doesn’t need much of an introduction, as his gifts for writing, and reading, and reading into poems have become widely known and admired. With his keen sense for the meaning behind a poem, his interest in language, violence, power, and religion, and his background in conflict mediation and peacebuilding, Pádraig has a way of seeing deeply into the soul of a poem, and into the people who created them, and i...2023-10-0451 min
PrincipledS2Ep2: Language As A Catalyst with Pádraig O TuamaWelcome to the Principled podcast.In this episode, Matt Hall and Naomi Ward of Making Stuff Better are joined by renowned poet and theologian, Pádraig Ó Tuama.They're kicking off their exploration of systemic and organisational health from the perspective of a poet, discussing poetry as an unpredictable language event; the important secondary purpose of all organisations that should not be overlooked; and the role of courage and innovation in teaching .--------------------------------------To get in touch with Pádraig , you can find...2023-09-2735 min
Faith ConversationsSaturday Poem/Prayer Padraig O’TuamaI’m a spiritual director and have the joy of beginning sessions with quotes or poems or prayers and I thought I’d start sharing them with you hoping it will give you a morsel to chew on during your day! This is called Morning Prayer by Padraig O’Tuama.
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2023-06-0302 minOn the Way PodcastLive at the cathedral with Pádraig Ó TuamaPádraig ÓTuama joins On the Way in St John's Cathedral for a live recording of this conversation which explores the power of language to build up or destroy, open us to curiosity or shut down understanding, to wield shame or honour the beauty of human dignity and this embodied life. Pádraig tells some of his story and reads a number of his poems that reveal the power of poetry to tell the truth about our life and humanity. Poet and theologian, Pádraig Ó Tuama’s work centres around themes of language, power, conflict and religion. He pres...2023-05-171h 04Calvary Episcopal Church - Memphis, TNMr. Pádraig Ó Tuama: The Fourth Sunday in LentPádraig Ó Tuama’s interests lie in language, violence and religion. Having grown up in a place that has a long history of all three (Ireland, yes, but also Europe) he finds that language might be the most redeeming of all three of these. In language there is the possibility of vulnerability, of surprise, of the creative movement towards something as yet unseen. He is inspired by any artist of words: from Krista Tippett to Lucille Clifton; from Patrick Kavanagh to Emily Dickinson; from Lorna Goodison to Arundhati Roy. Ó Tuama loves words — words that open up the mind, the heart, the lif...2023-03-1914 min
Behind the Mic with AudioFile MagazinePOETRY UNBOUND by Pádraig Ó Tuama, read by Pádraig Ó TuamaBased on Pádraig Ó Tuama’s popular podcast, “Poetry Unbound,” this audiobook is a fine anthology of poetry, and a very good introduction to how to think about poetry itself. Ó Tuama is an especially good interpreter of poetry, both as a critic and as a reader, and he narrates brief and insightful essays about each of the fifty poems included in the collection. Each poem is read with thoughtfulness and skill in his Irish brogue, voicing poems from Ada Limón, Ilya Kaminsky, Ocean Vuong, and more.Read the full review of the audiobook on AudioFile’s website. Pub...2023-03-1708 minCalvary Episcopal Church - Memphis, TNMr. Pádraig Ó Tuama: March 17, 2023Pádraig Ó Tuama’s interests lie in language, violence and religion. Having grown up in a place that has a long history of all three (Ireland, yes, but also Europe) he finds that language might be the most redeeming of all three of these. In language there is the possibility of vulnerability, of surprise, of the creative movement towards something as yet unseen. He is inspired by any artist of words: from Krista Tippett to Lucille Clifton; from Patrick Kavanagh to Emily Dickinson; from Lorna Goodison to Arundhati Roy. Ó Tuama loves words — words that open up the mind, the heart, the lif...2023-03-1722 min
Busy Being BlackPádraig Ó Tuama – Feed the BeastThis week, I’m in conversation with queer Black theologian and Anglican priest Father Jarel Robinson-Brown, whose theology and pastoral practice offer a re-embodied understanding of Christianity. Jarel is one of many theologians, poets and philosophers whose work has offered me an affirming and vitalising framework for understanding and practising my evolving spirituality. You’ll have heard me talk about author Sophie Strand, biological philosopher Andreas Weber and poet and theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama, who joins me today for a conversation about his new book of poetry, Feed the Beast, which features poems wrestling with sexuality and religion. Today, we dis...2023-02-2539 min
Dropping In with Omega InstitutePadriag O'Tuama - When a Poem Looks Back at You, What Does it See?In conversation with Omega digital media director Cali Alpert, Pádraig Ó Tuama explores the shared sources of prayers and poetry, the multiple interpretations of language and how it changes over time, and how he likes to explore scáth —which means both shadow and shelter in Irish.Pádraig opens up about his upbringing and its challenges, and how children are yearning to look at things of serious meaning, such as life and death. He says when he felt alone as a child, poetry created a space for him to have conversations with himself on the page. Ul...2023-01-0345 minA Bend in the RoadEpisode 7: Pádraig Ó Tuama, Part 2: Saying Hello to the QuestionsAs a youth growing up in Ireland, and in the tall shadow of the Catholic Church, Pádraig Ó Tuama grappled with questions of acceptance and identity. In part 2 of our interview with the poet and theologian, we dig into those questions and what innate sensibility gave him the fortitude to step into those headwinds, instead of turning away, with a brief stop in the land of knitable television near the end. For those just joining us, Pádraig is an Irish poet and the host of the hugely popular podcast Poetry Unbound - now on its sixth seas...2022-10-2731 minA Bend in the RoadEpisode 6: Pádraig Ó Tuama, Part 1: In the Shelter of Each OtherWhat power does poetry have to help us navigate the challenges of life? How do we approach art and how does it approach us? Join our guest host Diane Sims for a journey through these questions, and many others, with Pádraig Ó Tuama as he shares his relationship with art, reconciliation and the ongoing road toward finding ourselves in an episode so big, we had to split it into two. For those new to Pádraig's work, he is an Irish poet and the host of the hugely popular podcast Poetry Unbound - now on its sixth season - as...2022-10-1939 min
Let's Give A Damn#236 - Pádraig Ó TuamaMy guest today, Pádraig Ó Tuama, is brilliant and has done so many beautiful things in his life. I decided to share the bio from his website rather than type up my version of it. It’s better this way, trust me.
“Poet and theologian, Pádraig Ó Tuama’s work centres around themes of language, power, conflict and religion. For Ó Tuama, religion, conflict, power and poetry all circle around language, that original sacrament. Working fluently on the page and in public, he is a compelling poet and skilled speaker, teacher and group worker. He presents Poetry Unbound with On Bei...2022-08-161h 08
The Tension of Emergence: Thriving in a world that remakes, not breaksThe Art of Belonging and Our Capacity to do Unexpected Things — with Pádraig Ó’TuamaWhere do you belong? Where are your edges of belonging? Belonging/not belonging is a universal and intimate experience that shapes our identities, self-confidence, rebellion and personal evolution. In Episode 2 of Tension of Emergence, Jennifer speaks with poet and theologian Pádraig Ó’Tuama about belonging and how it's shaped by language through politics, theology and recent national events like Brexit. At the heart of this conversation, Pádraig and Jennifer discuss: how language became a source of rebellion and relief as he navigated exclusion and belonging in beloved places and institutions;the importance of truth-te...2022-05-1055 min
On Being with Krista TippettPádraig Ó Tuama — “This fantastic argument of being alive”Pádraig Ó Tuama is a friend, teacher, and colleague to the work of On Being. But before that was true, Krista took a revelatory trip to meet him at his home in Northern Ireland, a place that has known sectarianism and violent fracture and has evolved, not to perfection, yet to new life and once unimaginable repair and relationship. Our whole world screams of fracture, more now than when Krista sat with Pádraig in 2016. This conversation is a gentle, welcoming landing for pondering and befriending hard realities we are given. As the global educator Karen Murphy, another friend of...2022-04-2849 min
On Being with Krista TippettPádraig Ó Tuama — Belonging Creates and Undoes UsPádraig Ó Tuama is a poet, theologian, and extraordinary healer in our world of fracture. He leads the Corrymeela community of Northern Ireland, a place that has offered refuge since the violent division that defined that country until the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. Ó Tuama and Corrymeela extend a quiet, generative, and joyful force far beyond their northern coast to people around the world. Over cups of tea and the experience of bringing people together, he says it becomes possible to talk with each other and be in the same room with the people we talk about.Pádraig Ó Tuama...2022-04-2852 minOn Being with Krista Tippett[Unedited] Pádraig Ó Tuama with Krista TippettPádraig Ó Tuama is a poet, theologian, and extraordinary healer in our world of fracture. He leads the Corrymeela community of Northern Ireland, a place that has offered refuge since the violent division that defined that country until the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. Ó Tuama and Corrymeela extend a quiet, generative, and joyful force far beyond their northern coast to people around the world. Over cups of tea and the experience of bringing people together, he says it becomes possible to talk with each other and be in the same room with the people we talk about.Pádraig Ó Tuama...2022-04-281h 41On Being with Krista Tippett[Unedited] Pádraig Ó Tuama with Krista TippettPádraig Ó Tuama is a poet, theologian, and extraordinary healer in our world of fracture. He leads the Corrymeela community of Northern Ireland, a place that has offered refuge since the violent division that defined that country until the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. Ó Tuama and Corrymeela extend a quiet, generative, and joyful force far beyond their northern coast to people around the world. Over cups of tea and the experience of bringing people together, he says it becomes possible to talk with each other and be in the same room with the people we talk about.Pádraig Ó Tuama...2022-04-281h 41On Being with Krista TippettPádraig Ó Tuama — Belonging Creates and Undoes UsPádraig Ó Tuama is a poet, theologian, and extraordinary healer in our world of fracture. He leads the Corrymeela community of Northern Ireland, a place that has offered refuge since the violent division that defined that country until the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. Ó Tuama and Corrymeela extend a quiet, generative, and joyful force far beyond their northern coast to people around the world. Over cups of tea and the experience of bringing people together, he says it becomes possible to talk with each other and be in the same room with the people we talk about.Pádraig Ó Tuama...2022-04-2852 min