This is the introductory segment to this week's series of podcasts including:

The word for this week: SUBSIDE and

The thought for the week: Amanda Gorman - "We lay down our arms so we can reach out our arms to one another"

Amanda Gorman is the US Youth Poet Laureate and this is an extract from the poem she read at the inauguration of President Biden.

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This is part 1 from Programme 27 of 2020/21 season - published on January 22nd with Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produced by Moira O’Brien.

The show is in four parts and usually has this format:

(1) Introducing a “Thought for the Week” and a “Word of the Week” together with general conversation arising out of these two topics. Published at 4pm on Fridays.

(2) Either an Interview, the recording of a speech or external media. Published at 4pm on Saturdays.

(3) Discussion on a topic usually led by Paul. Published at 4pm on Sundays.

(4) Discussion on a topic usually led by Paul. Published at 4pm on Mondays

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