In this episode Mark discusses the importance of libraries, bookstores, stories, and books in general on people and on the world. Mark also discusses his love of the book 'Fahrenheit 451' by Ray Bradbury and its 1966 film adaptation. And Mark recites his poems "Reading Is Believing" and "The Book People" from his book The Dreamer and The Dream.

In this episode Mark discusses his writing process - including where he writes and why. And Mark also recites a poem from his 2015 book "The Dreamer and the Dream", 'The Feeling', and also one of his most recent poem that he has written, "Eyes", and talks about how his writing style may have evolved over the years.

In this episode Mark reads the introduction from his book of poetry "The Dream and the Dream" which was published in 2015, and he recites the first poem that he ever wrote, "Blessed". Mark also reads a poem from his book "The Dreamer and the Dream" called 'Garden of Inspiration'.

In this episode Mark discusses his collaboration with Seen, an independent electronic artist from the U.S., and the journey that a simple poem that Mark wrote 10 years ago took to become one heard by the world in the form of a song called "Sunrise".

In the premiere episode of his podcast, poet, writer, author, Mark Hastings, discusses what is important to him and why it is important to stay hopeful and optimistic, despite what the world is currently going through - which is sometimes hard to contend with. And Mark also discusses what writing means to him and he recites one of his most recent poems, "A Summer Like No Other", which captures what the world is going through.