Poet Major Jackson is your guide on the pathways to feel and understand our common journey – through poetry. In sharing poems, we take a moment to pause and acknowledge the world’s magnitude, and how poets illuminate that mystery. Join The Slowdown for a poem and a moment of reflection in one short episode, every weekday. Produced by APM Studios in partnership with The Poetry Foundation and supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. Ma ...
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The goal of this podcast is to make the early days of parenting more connected. In show I focus on: birth, postpartum and parent mental health. This podcast is for soon-to-be-parents and parents of babies and toddlers. Each week this show will provide tips and resources to help you take care of yourself and your little ones.
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Find us every Friday gathered around desks in a high school classroom as we bring people together through our experiences, interests... Anything and Everything! Uploads every Wednesday
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Navigating the literary landscape for you. Uncover the joy of reading with our carefully selected, top-tier book recommendations. 📖🌟 #BookCuration #Books #eBooks #Audiobooks #PDF #Kindle #Mobi #ePub Powered by Firstory Hosting
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Ramblings of voiceover actor Michael Rivkin the voice of Mr Galvin on “Big Nate” , Rooster on “Kung Fu Panda:The Paws of Destiny” and many more.
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Let’s do mom life together! Creative and innovative ways to parent. Don’t lose sight of who you are while still keeping your kids’ dreams and visions first. Subscribe to the podcast to be notified of new episodes! Follow me on my social platforms. Facebook: Melanated-momIG: Melanatedmompodcast Twitter: @melanatedmom1and on my website: Melanatedmom.com Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/melanatedmom/support
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Stand up comedian and real-ass dude Luis J. Gomez takes on real-ass topics with his co-host Zac Amico and his friends from the NYC comedy scene.
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This is Justice Matters with Tim Buxton, coming to you from Yugambeh country of the Kombumerri people of the Gold Coast, Australia. My sole aim is to share with you the conversations I get to have with inspiring people doing remarkable work to create a world where we all belong.
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Harvard University's SoundCloud channel shares audio content about life and learning that takes place here on campus and around the world. Harvard is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders in many disciplines who make a difference globally. The University has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Based in Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts, Harvard has an enrollment of over 20,000 degree candid ...
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The Group Answers Podcast is a weekly show designed to resource, train, and encourage small group leaders. Each episode considers current trends and resources as well as timeless truths and methods of discipleship. It is hosted by Brian Daniel.
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Weeding Out the Stoned - The Game Show of Sobriety Tests is hosted by Alex Grubard live from venues around the country. A pack of players enter. All of them are stoned - but one! Grubard seeks audience testimony, plays mind games and administers sobriety tests of the world's funniest comedians, celebrities and characters in order for the entire audience to eliminate the stoners and spot the sober individual. Take part in your civic duty by seeing if you can detect the sober Narc by weeding o ...
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[encore] 1093: When Your Month is Lonely… by Christine Kwon
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Today’s poem is When Your Month is Lonely… by Christine Kwon. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. We’re taking a break this week, so we’re sharing some of our favorite episodes from the archive. This episode was originally released on April 10, 2024. In this episode, Major writes… “I read all those articles that proclaim how lonely we are bec…
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[encore] 1117: I Am Waiting by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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Today’s poem is I Am Waiting by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. We’re taking a break this week, so we’re sharing some of our favorite episodes from the archive. This episode was originally released on May 14, 2024. In this episode, Major writes… “On a Saturday morning group Zoom call, I wore my Philadelphia Phillies…
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1198. Snort Cut (Chloe LaBranche and J.J. Liberman)
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Chloe LaBranche and JJ Liberman join Luis J. Gomez and Zac Amico and discuss Luis' possible book deal, getting cat called in the street, Chloe putting her name in the Kill Tony bucket again, Chloe moving to Austin, sex addictions, This Day in 2003 - when Madonna kissed Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera at the VMAs, Luis possilby being assaulted…
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Today’s poem is First Kiss by Rooja Mohassessy. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s poem reminds us that kissing is universal, but also something that is not taught, and so, we fumble our way through until we get it right.” Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation m…
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1197. Nearly Medical (Katie Boyle and Joe Gorman)
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Katie Boyle and Joe Gorman join Luis J. Gomez and Zac Amico and they discuss the legality of deepfakes, how many nudes Katie has sent to guys, Katie's new boyfriend, what makes the best nude, getting turned on by the excitement of juggling girls, Luis making it 30 days without alcohol, countries that drink the most, Ireland inventing Halloween, Dea…
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1196. Nearly Medical (Katie Boyle and Joe Gorman)
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Katie Boyle and Joe Gorman join Luis J. Gomez and Zac Amico and they discuss the legality of deepfakes, how many nudes Katie has sent to guys, Katie's new boyfriend, what makes the best nude, getting turned on by the excitement of juggling girls, Luis making it 30 days without alcohol, countries that drink the most, Ireland inventing Halloween, Dea…
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1194: Theories of Influence by Anselm Berrigan
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Today’s poem is Theories of Influence by Anselm Berrigan The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Reading is like wandering through our dreams where the details blur once we awaken yet we are still changed throughout our day. Sometimes, we want to be lost, but what is to be gained when we find where we’re going? Whe…
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1193: Chanson d’automne by Paul Verlaine, with special guest Jacques Pépin
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Today’s poem is Chanson d’automne by Paul Verlaine, with special guest Jacques Pépin. He is a French chef, author, culinary educator, television personality, and artist who has appeared on American television, has written for The New York Times and Food & Wine and has authored more than 30 cookbooks. He has been honored with 24 James Beard Foundati…
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1192: Narcissus and the Namesake River by Reginald Shepherd
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Today’s poem is Narcissus and the Namesake River by Reginald Shepherd. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s poem takes up the myth of Narcissus, the nymph who falls in love with his own image.” Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a difference: https://tiny…
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1191: For Mac Miller and 2009 by Kayleb Rae Candrilli
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Today’s poem is For Mac Miller and 2009 by Kayleb Rae Candrilli. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Because of my family’s addiction issues, I spoke out of fear to my children, and often rather harshly. I worried particularly that they would fall prey to the opioid epidemic that hit the state of Vermont, a fen…
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1195. Bone Red (Ryan Shaner and Xia Anderson)
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Ryan Shaner and Xia Anderson join Luis J. Gomez and Zac Amico and discuss Luis getting his last wisdom tooth removed and the things he's not supposed to be doing, Xia showing full nudity on OnlyFans, Luis' opinion of the trashiest drug, when Shaner used to huff paint, whether Luis can do one final coke bender, rebranding the show and call-ins from …
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1190: At the Museum of Empress Livia’s Garden Room by Pimone Triplett
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Today’s poem is At the Museum of Empress Livia’s Garden Room by Pimone Triplett. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s lyric poem walks us through a villa garden painted on a fresco. Reading the poem, it is as though we eavesdrop on the speaker’s awe, but also how a rich, imagined replica of fruit, birds,…
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1194. Discoverability (Brendan Sagalow and Scott Chaplain)
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Brendan Sagalow and Scott Chaplain join Luis J. Gomez and Zac Amico and they discuss Zac's weekend hosting the Gather of the Juggalos, the last time they went camping, Luis at Mohegan Sun with Shane Gillis, Kill Tony at MSG, Scam That, Jew - Luis's concert hack, pedophile hunters setting people up on stings, the bus driver who beat up a passenger f…
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1189: Nature Poem About Flowers by Matthew Rohrer
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Today’s poem is Nature Poem About Flowers by Matthew Rohrer. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “They say clothes make the man. Frequently though, clothes hide the person, particularly a person’s depth of feeling.” Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a difference…
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1188: In Jerusalem by Mahmoud Darwish, translated by Fady Joudah, with special guest adrienne maree brown
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Today’s poem is In Jerusalem by Mahmoud Darwish, translated by Fady Joudah, with special guest adrienne maree brown. Through her writing, which includes short- and long-form fiction, nonfiction, spells, tarot decks and poetry; her music, which includes songwriting, singing and immersive musical rituals; and her podcasts, including How to Survive th…
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Today’s poem is Picking Favorites by George Franklin. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s poem finds a capacious way of existing that honors an entire life and everyone in it.” Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a difference: https://tinyurl.com/rjm4synp…
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1186: Oh, y’know, just your standard Q&A by Alex Z. Salinas
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Today’s poem is Oh, y’know, just your standard Q&A by Alex Z. Salinas. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s poem is the kind of interview that I long to give, one full of non sequiturs and expansive evasions.” Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a differen…
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1192. Movie Theater Justice (Justin Silver, Raanan Hershberg and Andrew Youngblood)
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Justin Silver, Raanan Hershberg and Andrew Youngblood join Luis J. Gomez and they discuss how having a trimmed beard gives the illusion of being put together, whether Luis should get a beard transplant, Olympics breakdancing, amusement parks and how rides get scarier as you get older, saving someone from drowning, Eminem collabing with White Castle…
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