Will Small, Australian spoken word poet and storyteller interviews a diverse range of interesting people who have found a home on the Central Coast and then writes spoken word poetry that brings their unique story to life in a fresh way.
This show has been proudly supported by the Central Coast Council.
YO! Here's a one-off special edition episode for ya, featuring some delightful chats I recently got to have as part of 'Neighbourhoods', a new event in Long Jetty that launched in June 2021.
Go check out @neighbourhoods_cc on Instagram if you haven't already!
As part of this epic creative smorgasboard I got to be part of a cool creative experiment. I sat in the back of a cafe for the morning and recorded live conversations with different creatives/photographers. I'm briefly resurrecting this podcast channel to share them with you. Listen in to hear my chats with:
Grace Picot
Coastal Incidental
Danielle Higgins
Reed Plummer
Tim Freer
Shout-out to Sharon Aldrick, who I also had a beautiful chat with on the morning, but due to some technical difficulties the recording of her chat was sadly lost. Go support her work, as well as all these other legends, and get behind your local artists of all stripes.
Big love also to Tim Boreham (go back and listen to that legend's episode of Poetic Beings), who was the driving force behind Neighbourhoods. And Central Coast Council who supported this event.
23 Jun 2020
Mental health and isolation beyond the pandemic with Dylan Nunn
FRIENDS. This is the last episode of Poetic Beings....maybe not forever, but at least for a while.
I'm going to be giving more dedicated time and energy to Man;Kind poddy (so go over there if you want to keep hearing my voice) - all links at leadbystory.com.au/mankindpodcast.
But, THIS is a special episode to finish my season of 'poems for a pandemic'. My mate Dylan gets real and shares openly and vulnerably about his experience of the pandemic in relation to his mental health, as well as giving us a poem he wrote. Our conversation is a window into some of the challenges that many people were experiencing prior to COVID-19 - and maybe it could be a wake-up call to us, to look out for people in our context, who could use some connection.
Thanks so much for listening to Poetic Beings! I may not be recording any new episodes now, but there's a solid back-log there, so please share with your friends, family, English teachers, strange poet friends etc.
You can buy the Poetic Beings book here: https://www.willsmall.com.au/store/p4/poeticbeingsbook.html
6 Jun 2020
The Poetry of Science with Dr. Sam Illingworth
I've been lucky enough to interview some incredible humans in recent years, but this one is pretty dang special. I recently connected with Sam Illingworth, who has a PhD in atmospheric physics, and a passion for connecting science and the arts. He makes a brilliant poddy called 'The Poetry of Science', and uses poetry to facilitate learning experiences for both scientists and non-scientists. I loved hearing Sam's thoughts on the valuable relationship science and poetry are able to have, and I'm sure you will also.
If you enjoy the Poetic Beings podcast, I'd love it if you would take 2 minutes to leave a rating/review on apple podcasts or share this episode with someone you think would dig it!
Huge gratitude to my Patreon community who generously support the creation of this show: www.patreon.com/willsmall
Search 'The Poetry of Science' to check out Sam's podcast, or connect with his work here: https://www.samillingworth.com/
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