Frank Skinners podcast

How many poets does it take to change a light bulb?
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ton321
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Sun Sep 17, 2023 1:03 am

Anyone listened to Franks podcast about poetry? I think it's rather great, and he has admitted that he is more proud of it than the comedy work he used to do. There's none of the over intellectualization that poetry seems to attract. Just his response to words on a page, said in an understandable language. You can feel his love and enthusiasm.

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Counting the beats,
Counting the slow heart beats,
The bleeding to death of time in slow heart beats,
Wakeful they lie.

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Sun Sep 17, 2023 4:46 am

Sounds interesting! But I've never listened to a podcast. How do they cast the pod?

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Sun Sep 17, 2023 3:27 pm

ton321,

I've heard Frank talk of his podcasts before but only just got round to listening to some of them today after seeing your post. I'm very much enjoying listening to his interpretation of various famous poems.

Thanks for prompt, it's been a revelation.

John, you can find them on Spotify. I don't pay a subscription or anything.
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Sun Sep 17, 2023 6:19 pm

I've heard that these are good, but haven't listened to one yet.
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He may know a rondeau from a sonnet
but still, he supports West Bromwich...
I'm out of faith and in my cups
I contemplate such bitter stuff.
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What's a podcast exactly? A video published on a web site? How is a podcast different from YouTube? Do you download a podcast, or watch it on the site?
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Sat Sep 30, 2023 11:58 am

Yeah, and his insights and crits about each chosen poet and poems are excellent. He knows his stuff.
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