Breaking Form: a Poetry and Culture Podcast
Hosted by Aaron and James · Aaron Smith and James Allen Hall
5.0from 139 ratings
- 265
- Episodes
- 18
- Transcribed
- 139
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About Breaking Form: a Poetry and Culture Podcast
James Allen Hall and Aaron Smith talk about their favorite poems and poets, interview amazing writers, laugh a lot, gossip, and get real about life and art.
- Publisher
- Aaron Smith and James Allen Hall
- Category
- arts · arts · arts
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 27 Nov 2021
- Latest episode
- 5 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
18 of 265 episodes have a transcript.
5 Oct 2026
Wht R U Lookin At
28 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Birth
21 Sept 2026
The Unbecoming (with Special Guest Kathy Fagan)
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Birth
Published 28 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Okay. So does Ohio have the most poets in the United States, New York or Massachusetts? Ooh, you know, I want to say Massachusetts because I know so many poets in Massachusetts. So I'm going to say, I'm going to go ahead and say Massachusetts, but it's probably Ohio. Yeah. It's actually New York. And what is fascinating is 17 poets were born in New York City. Oh, my gosh. 17. And some of them, they break it down like Harlem or Brooklyn. But if they just said New York, I assume they meant Manhattan because they didn't. They broke down the others. Nobody seemed to be from Queens or Long Island. So hard to get there. […]
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- Kathy Fagan
- Marie Howe
- Toi Derricotte
- Rigoberto González
- Lucie Brock-Broido
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 99 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 40 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 61 / 100
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- Quality
- 85
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 92
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Who hosts Breaking Form: a Poetry and Culture Podcast?
Aaron and James host the show. Published by Aaron Smith and James Allen Hall.
How often do new episodes come out?
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Does Breaking Form: a Poetry and Culture Podcast take guests?
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