Poetry on the Aire

Season 2: Episode 1

All things SLAM

Join Jack Collins and Poppy Jennings as they chat with Rebecca Kenny about indie publishing, northern writing and the inspiration behind Bent Key Publishing.

Season 1: Episode 2

Judge-cast 2023

Jack and Poppy are joined by lecturer and poet Nasser Hussain and student poet Abbie Nolan for the second episode of Poetry on the Aire. They'll be chatting about exciting forms of poetry, rule-breaking, education and the changing focus on spoken word.

Season 1: Episode 3

Coming to a nightclub toilet near you.

Jack and Poppy-Lee are joined by Izzy Brittain and Louise Fazackerley for a discussion on poetry and movement, and how they explore different forms of motion in their own practices as multi-disciplinary performing artists.

Season 1: Episode 5

Write-along with Poppy & Jack

Jack and Poppy-Lee are hosting this special write-along podcast episode, exploring place, environment and how to engage our surroundings when writing poetry.

Season 1: Episode 4

For the outsiders and the weirdos.

Spoken word is making huge waves across the poetry world and Jack Collins is chatting with Matt Abbott, wondering why it’s such an important art form, and how it connects to the history of the oral form.

Season 1: Episode 1

What does it mean to be Northern?

Join Jack Collins and Poppy Jennings as they chat with Rebecca Kenny about indie publishing, northern writing and the inspiration behind Bent Key Publishing.

Season 1: Episode 2

What are the rules and can we break them?

Jack and Poppy are joined by lecturer and poet Nasser Hussain and student poet Abbie Nolan for the second episode of Poetry on the Aire. They'll be chatting about exciting forms of poetry, rule-breaking, education and the changing focus on spoken word.

Season 1: Episode 3

‘No’ is a full sentence.

In this episode Poppy sits down with Rachel Hall, Issie Bond and Leonie Howell. Content Warning: this podcast episode discusses sexual assault, violence against women, sex education and writing in response to trauma.

Season 1: Episode 4

Re-Queering the flag.

Jack Collins and Poppy Jennings are joined by queer artist, Elijah East! They're chatting about queer spaces, queer poetry and the ideas behind Virtues, Elijah's brand new zine.