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Producer Helena de Groot talks to poets about language, dreams, love and loss, identity, connection, anger, discomfort, the creative process, the state of the world and the world of the soul. Hard conversations are welcomed—laughter is, too.

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Our Marvelous Existence

Elisa Díaz Castelo on vertigo, breaking a chicken, and her grandmother's advice for a good life.

33 min
19 NOV

Spirit Times

Violeta Orozco on the US presidential election, leaving Mexico, and her connection to deep time.

43 min
11 NOV

Fool’s Errand

Idra Novey on exile, stereotypes, and making art the center of your life.

47 min
8 NOV

Painting From Life

Garth Greenwell on shame, small acts of love, and the patch of snow inside us.

1h 1m
24 OCT

Trial and Error

Helena and Nicholson Baker on drawing your loved ones, the horrors of the world, and finding your way back to beauty.

55 min
22 OCT

Misclassified

Tyler Mills on the truth, how to love a cockroach, and her grandfather's silence about the bomb.

51 min
18 OCT

Rise Together

Perry Janes on Hollywood, ego, and trying not to break his NDA.

58 min
8 OCT

Where I Live

A.B. Spellman on Jim Crow, alligator suede shoes, and shaking up the art of the castle.

1h 5m

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Producer Helena de Groot talks to poets about language, dreams, love and loss, identity, connection, anger, discomfort, the creative process, the state of the world and the world of the soul. Hard conversations are welcomed—laughter is, too.