Interesting People Reading Poetry is a short, sound-rich podcast created by Brendan & Andy Stermer. In each episode, an artist or luminary reads a favorite poem and shares what it means to them. Guests include U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar, Song Exploder host Hrishikesh Hirway, painter Enrique Martínez Celaya, and photographer Alec Soth, among many others. Interesting People Reading Poetry has been featured by the CBC Podcast Playlist, MPR News, Los Angeles Review of Books Podcast Review, Irish Independent, and elsewhere.
Listen to the latest episode, featuring Roy Foster, Emeritus Professor of Irish History at the University of Oxford, reading “Sailing to Byzantium” by William Butler Yeats:
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