The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily
American Public Media
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. Make us a part of your routine as you drink coffee in the morning, as you take a walk in nature, or as you wind down to go to sleep in the evening. With host Major Jackson, we collectively take a moment to calm, to inspire, to learn, and to engage with the best emerging poets and established writers of our time and generations past, from Emily Dickinson to Danez Smith, from Amanda Gorman to Mary Oliver.
Listen to our back catalog for episodes by our previous hosts, Tracy K. Smith and Ada Limón, as well as guest hosts Jenny Xie, Brenda Shaughnessy, Tina Chang, Nate Marshall, Shira Erlichiman, and Jason Schneiderman. Our hosts and production team select poems that move them, and we hope they move you, too.
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390: Cascades 501
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05/22/20 • 5 min
Today's poem is Cascades 501 by Rick Barot.
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875: Olympians vs. Modernity
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05/11/23 • 9 min
Today’s poem is Olympians vs. Modernity by Adelaide Sendlenski. This week’s episodes are for, and feature, young poets.
Adelaide, today’s co-host, is a dedicated tennis player. She’s so busy with school and sports that she writes poetry in the minutes between, thinking up lines while in motion. Today’s poem is one of her own, a poem which deftly connects the power of the Greek gods to the power we aim to claim through consumer culture.
We would love to hear your thoughts on these special episodes for young people. Please go to slowdownshow.org/survey to tell us what you think!
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693: Portrait of the Artist
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06/09/22 • 5 min
Today’s poem is Portrait of the Artist by Dorothy Parker.
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704: Hunter's Moon
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06/24/22 • 6 min
Today’s poem is Hunter's Moon by Ansel Elkins.
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742: In the end we are humanlike: Blade Runner 2049
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08/17/22 • 4 min
Today’s poem is In the end we are humanlike: Blade Runner 2049 by Nina Mingya Powles.
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716: Without
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07/12/22 • 4 min
Today’s poem is Without by Joy Harjo.
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389: Kissing the Opelu
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05/21/20 • 5 min
Today's poem is Kissing the Opelu by Donovan Kūhiō Colleps.
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384: And We Love Life
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05/14/20 • 5 min
Today's poem is And We Love Life by Mahmoud Darwish.
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405: We Are Not Responsible
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06/12/20 • 5 min
Today's poem is We Are Not Responsible by Harryette Mullen. This episode originally aired October 31, 2019.
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414: Full Capacity
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06/25/20 • 5 min
Today's poem is Full Capacity by Rose McLarney.
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The podcast is about Podcasts, Arts and Performing Arts.
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The average episode length on The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily is 5 minutes.
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When was the first episode of The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily?
The first episode of The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily was released on Apr 18, 2019.
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