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PORTSMOUTH POETRY PODCASTS

OUR PODCASTS CAN BE HEARD ON 

SPOTIFY, 

APPLE PODCASTS & BUZZSPROUT

Our Latest Podcast

"The Power of the Beat: Rap & Education"

Josh Brown & Omar Lagares discuss working with pupils at Park Community School using Rap to understand poetry and Shakespeare and examine issues confronting young people followed by pupils performing the fabulous poetry, rap and song they produced

Podcast #1

"So you think you don't like poetry"

Poetry and Popular Song

This podcast can be heard on Apple Play, Spotify and at Buzzsprout

Apple and Spotify are subscription sites. You can hear the podcast on Buzzsprout for free at

https://www.buzzsprout.com/

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Josh Brown looks at poetry in popular song lyrics from Robert Burns to Eminem, via 50's Rock 'n' Roll, 60's Folk, Blues and the Liverpool Scene to the links between Shakespeare and Rap

Podcast #2

'Remembering Robert Graves'

Stuart Olesker

'A Dead Boche', 'A Slice of Wedding Cake' & 'Flying Crooked' by Robert Graves (copyright 2018) were read by permission of United Agents (www.unitedagents.co.uk) on behalf of the Trustees of the Robert Graves Copyright Trust

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In 1961 local actor Stuart Olesker met Robert Graves in Mallorca. Graves invited him to dinner. in this podcast, Liz Weston interviews Stuart about the poet and their meeting. Josh Brown, Patric Howe & Henry Oastler narrate his life and David Penrose reads his poems

This podcast was a Ports Fest 2021 event

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