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Listen to podcast episodes from the archive. You can subscribe to our free podcast here. Or subscribe for free at Apple, Spotify or Amazon.

If you’re looking for more poetry podcasts, publisher Pan Macmillan has a list of recommended shows here

Comedian Frank Skinner is a big fan of poetry and has his own poetry podcast.

Gaelic

Podan-craolaidh.

Am prògram claisneachd againn de bhàird, de bhàrdachd agus de naidheachdan.

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Poet Thomas A Clark sat in his library, looking thoughtful, wearing a blue jumper

Nothing But The Poem – Thomas A. Clark

December 2025
Thomas A Clark's latest poetry collection - thrums - is an experimental book-length sequence of minimalist nature verse. In this podcast Sam examines his own thoughts and experiences when connecting with thrums, as well as the opinions and feelings of...
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Head and shoulders colour photo of poet Isabelle Baafi

Nothing But The Poem – Isabelle Baafi

October 2025
This edition of Nothing But The Poem podcast features an deep dive into 2 poems by Isabelle Baafi, from her 2025 Forward Prize winning debut collection Chaotic Good.
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Juana Adcock against a white wall. He has brown eyes and hair.

Nothing But The Poem – Juana Adcock

October 2025
The latest edition of our Nothing But The Poem podcast, hosted as usual by Samuel Tongue, features two poems by Juana Adcock. “Juana Adcock is a poet who works between languages and registers and themes, ever inventive and risk-taking....
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Tony Harrison in Conversation at Edinburgh Filmhouse in 2018

October 2025
Tony Harrison was a much loved, even revered, English poet who died in September 2025. His work has been incredibly influential, not least among those who first heard his work in the 1980s, when his persona was elevated to...
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Peter Mackay and Lorna Goodison at the gate to Ellisland Farm where Robert Burns and his family lived

From the Caribbean to Caledonia: Two National Bards in Conversation

September 2025
Scotland's current Makar, Peter Mackay, and the former Poet Laureate of Jamaica, Lorna Goodison, exchanged poems, stories, thoughts and much laughter at Ellisland Farm, once home to Robert Burns and his family, where he famously composed such works as...
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Head and shoulders portrait of young poet with long dark hair, wearing black jumper and brown coat

Samuel Tongue In Conversation with Taylor Dyson

August 2025
Our resident podcast host, Samuel Tongue, speaks with the Dundee poet Taylor Dyson about her work and her appointment as the new Dundee and Angus Scots Scriever, based at the National Library of Scotland
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Sun shines over the left side of Imlah's face as he sits in front of the docks at Wapping, with the river Thames in the background

Nothing But The Poem – Mick Imlah

July 2025
In this Nothing But The Poem podcast, our usual host Samuel Tongue, with the SPL Friends Group, take a look at two poems from Mick Imlah.
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Naomi Shihab Nye photographed in 2024

Nothing But The Poem – Naomi Shihab Nye

June 2025
The prize-winning and former Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, Naomi Shihab Nye is the subject of this month’s Nothing But The Poem podcast.  Known for poetry that lends a fresh perspective to ordinary events, people, and objects, Nye has...
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Ngwatilo Mawiyoo (B&W head & shoulders photo)

Nothing But The Poem – Ngwatilo Mawiyoo

June 2025
Kenyan poet Ngwatilo Mawiyoo is the subject of this month’s Nothing But The Poem podcast.
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Norman MacCaig photographed in 1990 by Duncan Dingsdale.

Nothing But The Poem – Norman MacCaig

May 2025
The two poems featured here are generally considered among MacCaig's finest.
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Photo of an older RS Thomas seated at home

Nothing But the Poem – RS Thomas

February 2025
The famous Welsh poet RS Thomas is the subject of this month’s Nothing But The Poem podcast. Anne Stevenson of the Listener describes Thomas as a religious poet who ‘sees tragedy, not pathos, in the human condition’ … ‘He...
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Niall looking to camera in nature. He has brown hair and eyes.

Nothing But The Poem – Niall Campbell

February 2025
South Uist poet Niall Campbell is the subject of this month's Nothing But The Poem podcast
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