The Verb Podcast
Radio 3's cabaret of the word, featuring the best poetry, new writing and performance
Episodes to download
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Writing Technology - Experiments in Living
Fri 30 Apr 2021
Isy Suttie and other writers on how technology shapes our time and thinking.
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Pausing and Punctuation - Experiments in Living
Fri 23 Apr 2021
Ian McMillan punctuates with Kei Miller, Angela Leighton, Eley Williams and Kate Fox.
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Determination in Writing - Experiments in Living
Fri 16 Apr 2021
Ian McMillan is joined by guests including Paula Byrne and Iona Lee.
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Planets - Experiments in Living
Fri 2 Apr 2021
Planets and poetry with Ian McMillan and guests including Bettany Hughes and JO Morgan.
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Spring Poetry: ambivalence and beauty
Fri 26 Mar 2021
Ian McMillan is joined by Paul Farley, Caleb Femi and Penelope Lively to celebrate spring.
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Writing at Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ - Experiments in Living
Fri 19 Mar 2021
Ian McMillan on 'writing at home' with Maggie O'Farrell and Brian Bilston.
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The Great Gatsby
Fri 12 Mar 2021
Ian McMillan is joined by Sarah Churchwell, Inua Ellams, LJ Rich and Jonathan Bate.
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Gratitude - Experiments in Living
Fri 5 Mar 2021
Ian McMillan with Michael Symmons Roberts, Leafcutter John, Jack Bernhardt and Kate Fox.
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T.S. Eliot Prize
Fri 29 Jan 2021
Ian McMillan presents readings from poets shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize.
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Writing the Weather - Experiments in Living
Fri 22 Jan 2021
Ian McMillan talks to Jenny Offill, Alice Oswald and Wayne Binitie about weather language.
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Optimism in Stories for Children - Experiments in Living
Fri 8 Jan 2021
Ian McMillan with Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Gaia Vince, Smriti Halls and Kate Fox.
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Christmas Lights Verb - Experiments in Living
Fri 18 Dec 2020
The Christmas Verb, with Floella Benjamin, John Cooper Clarke and Susie Dent.
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Brazil - Experiments in Living
Fri 11 Dec 2020
Ian McMillan’s guests celebrate and explore the writers of Brazil.
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Margaret Atwood - Experiments in Living
Fri 4 Dec 2020
Ian McMillan talks to Margaret Atwood about her writing process.
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Zero-Growth Writing - Experiments in Living
Fri 27 Nov 2020
Zero-Growth with Yanis Varoufakis, Patrick McGuinness, Jade Cuttle and Seren Griffiths.
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Green Memoir - Experiments in Living
Fri 13 Nov 2020
Ian McMillan and guests on 'green' memoir, our intimacy with landscape and its language.
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The Changing Language of Veganism: Experiments in Living
Fri 6 Nov 2020
With Benjamin Zephaniah, Jonathan Safran Foer, Agustina Bazterrica and Rachael Allen
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Comedy writing in difficult times: Experiments in Living
Fri 30 Oct 2020
Ian McMillan is joined by Ben Schott, Kate Fox, Grainne Maguire and Matt Winning
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The Poetry of Walls: Inside Out at the Southbank Centre
Fri 23 Oct 2020
New poetry inspired by the limestone and concrete walls of London's Southbank Centre.
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Oil Stories - Experiments in Living
Fri 16 Oct 2020
Ian McMillan and guests look at the way poets have written about oil and the oil industry.
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Claudia Rankine - Experiments in Living
Fri 9 Oct 2020
Ian McMillan is joined by the American poet Claudia Rankine to explore her writing.
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Landscape & Language: Experiments in Living
Fri 2 Oct 2020
Record at the Contains Strong Language Festival.
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Wordsworth: Experiments in Living at Contains Strong Language
Fri 25 Sep 2020
The Verb comes from Grasmere to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Wordsworth's birth.
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Nature Poetry: Experiments in Living
Fri 18 Sep 2020
With Simon Armitage, Moniza Alvi and Jade Cuttle
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Salman Rushdie
Fri 17 Jul 2020
Ian McMillan talks to Salman Rushdie about his writing process and 'cancel culture'.
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Domestic Violence - in language, myths, and fairy stories
Fri 10 Jul 2020
Ian McMillan and guests on the language and myths of domestic violence.
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The Ledbury Festival
Fri 3 Jul 2020
With Carolyn ForchΓ©, Kaveh Akbar, Juana Adcock and Sandeep Parmar.
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The Octopus Verb
Fri 19 Jun 2020
With Peter Godfey Smith, Matthew Welton, Kate Fox, Catherine Ayres and Tania Hershman.
The Verb: Something New – The Poems
New poems commissioned by The Verb for the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ centenary.
35 Years of Spoken Word
A season of Poetry and Performance from Hull.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Arts
Explore the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Arts website and discover the best of British art and culture.
The Dylan Thomas Collection
Listen to programmes, poetry readings and commentary from Radio 3's Dylan Thomas Day.
