ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
The Poetry Exchange talks to people about the poem that has been a friend to them. In each episode you will hear our guest talking about their chosen poem and the part it has played in their life, as well as a recording of the poem that we make as a gift for them. Our podcast features conversations with people from all walks of life, as well as a range of special guests. Join us to discover the power of poetry in people’s lives. Silver Award Winner for Most Original Podcast at the British Podcast Awards 2018.
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Update frequency:
every 49 days
Average audio length:
27 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United Kingdom
106 episodes
since Nov. 24, 2015
episodic
AUDIENCE OF THIS PODCAST 🔗
~50.39% of listeners are from United States.
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US
50.39%
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GB
15.14%
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IE
4.43%
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CA
3.65%
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AU
3.13%
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2.61%
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ZA
2.61%
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IN
1.82%
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ES
1.30%
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PH
1.30%
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JP
1.04%
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FR
1.04%
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DE
1.04%
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BA
1.04%
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NL
1.04%
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IQ
0.78%
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UA
0.78%
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SE
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JO
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LK
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RU
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NO
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0.26%
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RO
0.26%
Others
0.10%
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LATEST EPISODE 🔗
Hello friends!
It's a pleasure to be back with another episode in our current series of 'Poems with Friends.'
In this episode, John catches up with the one and only Roy McFarlane - extraordinary poet, man and friend - whose beautiful voice many of you will recognise from The Poetry Exchange over th…
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PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
Hello friends!
In between our fuller episodes, in which we share a conversation with someone talking about a poem that is very special to them, we thought we'd start a new occasional offering, between friends...
Expect voices, readings, poems and stories, from our continuing adventures with The Poe…
In this latest episode in our mini series of 'Poems with Friends', John Prebble speaks with Charlie Beaumont about a poem that is keeping him company at this time: 'Irises' by Fiona Benson.
Charlie is a great friend to The Poetry Exchange - one of our most avid and closest listeners, always with su…
Hello and welcome again to The Poetry Exchange!
We're so pleased to be back with you sharing more stories of connection between people and poems in their lives.
This month we have something very special to share with you: a live recording of our event at Latitude Festival in July 2025, celebrating…
Hello friends
Welcome back for another episode in this 'mini-series' of The Poetry Exchange podcast - Poems with Friends.
In Poems with Friends, our producer John Prebble speaks with some of the amazing friends he has made through The Poetry Exchange over the last 12 years, inviting them to bring a…
Welcome back to The Poetry Exchange!
It's very special to be here with you all again.
We're excited to be returning with something a bit different...a 'mini-series' of conversations over the coming months, which we're calling 'Poems with Friends.'
In 'Poems with Friends', our Producer John Prebble …
Friends - it is our 100th episode!
We are so pleased to be here with you, sharing, listening, celebrating.
We have a very special conversation to mark the occasion: our very own Michael Shaeffer, host of The Poetry Exchange, talks about the poem that has been a friend to him - 'Having a Coke with Y…
In this episode we talk with writer and academic Serena Trowbridge about the poem that's been a friend to her: 'A Shropshire Lad 31: On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble' by A.E. Housman.
This conversation was recorded in April 2022 at the Birmingham & Midland Institute. It is very special to …
In this episode of The Poetry Exchange, poet Nick Makoha talks with us about the poem that has been a friend to him: 'White Egrets (I)' by Derek Walcott.
Nick actually joined us back in 2017 at Pushkin House, London, and we are delighted to be sharing this conversation with you now. It is very spec…
In this episode, we are joined by acclaimed poet Tamar Yoseloff, who shares with us the poem that has been a friend to her: 'Morning' by Frank O'Hara.
The conversation, like the poem, is full of joy and delight, as well as sadness and loss. Tamar spoke with Michael and Andrea in early May 2024, and…
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