The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily
A podcast by American Public Media
1635 Episodes
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1435: ars poetica, 2019 by Airea D. Matthews
Published: 15/01/2026 -
1434: Waiting for the Call I Am by Wyatt Townley
Published: 14/01/2026 -
1433: Given to Rust by Vievee Francis
Published: 13/01/2026 -
1432: The Good Guy by Blas Falconer
Published: 12/01/2026 -
1431: Going Home by Joan Kwon Glass
Published: 09/01/2026 -
1430: Earth Shovel by Dan Albergotti
Published: 08/01/2026 -
1429: Midlife Crisis by Jane Zwart
Published: 07/01/2026 -
1428: In Defense of “Candelabra with Heads” by Nicole Sealey
Published: 06/01/2026 -
1427: A toast to something beautiful flapping in the wind by J. Hope Stein
Published: 05/01/2026 -
1426: One-Way Gate by Jenny George
Published: 02/01/2026 -
1425: The Ship by Bianca Stone
Published: 01/01/2026 -
1424: White Hot Star by W. Todd Kaneko
Published: 31/12/2025 -
1423: Puzzle by Randall Mann
Published: 30/12/2025 -
1422: Dear Delinquent by Ann Townsend
Published: 29/12/2025 -
1421: My 1994 by Stephanie Burt
Published: 26/12/2025 -
1420: Losing the Band by Ashley D. Escobar
Published: 25/12/2025 -
1419: Ladies' Arm Wrestling Match at the Blue Moon Diner by Jenny Johnson
Published: 24/12/2025 -
1418: Whitetail in the Rain Moving About by Melissa Ginsburg
Published: 23/12/2025 -
1417: My Mother's Love by James Allen Hall
Published: 22/12/2025 -
Bonus Episode: Maggie Smith on This Old House Radio Hour
Published: 20/12/2025
Host Maggie Smith is your daily poetry companion. Poetry is one of the greatest tools we have to wield our own attention — to consider our own lives and the lives of others, to help us live creatively and compassionately, to use that attention to lean into wonder, and joy, and truth, and to find hope — to keep hoping. The Slowdown community knows that reflecting on a poem, every weekday, can connect us to our inner world and the world around us. Listen as you make your morning coffee, as you go on a walk in your neighborhood, as you pull away from the to-do list, as you resist the dismal, endless scroll to share five minutes of perspective through the lens of poetry, from poets old and new, well-loved and emerging onto the scene. Brought to you by American Public Media, in partnership with the Poetry Foundation.
