The Penteract Podcast

Series 3 Episode 6 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin and Clara Etherin.

In the final ever episode of The Penteract Podcast, Anthony and Clara eat the hottest chili in the world, as they again take on First We Feast's hot wings challenge. Featuring special guest appearances from Tom Jenks, Christian Bök, Rachel Smith, Marian Christie, Moira Walsh, Richard Capener, and Franco Cortese.

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Series 3 Episode 5 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin.

In this episode, Anthony speaks with poet and mathematician Pedro Poitevin. Topics of conversation include the role of meaning in poetry and palindromes, definitions and redefinitions of the sonnet, politics and art, winning Roman coins at Palindrome Fight!, and finding sonnets in the genome of a cat.

Purchase Nowhere at Home, Pedro's first English-language poetry collection, here.

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Series 3 Episode 4 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin.

In this episode, Anthony speaks with composer, poet, and YouTuber Samuel Andreyev. Topics of conversation include the benefits and difficulties of new media for composers and poets, the role of new technology in music and poetry, and the nature of 'authenticity' in art.

Listen to Samuel's speech at the first ARC Forum here.

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Series 3 Episode 3 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin.

Happy Halloween!

In this episode, Anthony and Clara speak with poet and Hem Press publisher Richard Capener about their mutual interest in horror movies. During the conversation, they run through Empire Magazine's 50 Best Horror Movies and discuss several recent movie discoveries.

This is part two of the conversation begun in Episode 1 of this series.

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Series 3 Episode 2 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin.

In this episode, Anthony speaks with poet, translator, and copywriter Moira Walsh. Topics of conversation include Moira's Enneract Editions chapbook Earthrise,  poetry as a therapeutic exercise, realistic idealism, and translating poetry.

Purchase Earthrise from the Penteract Press Store.

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Series 3 Episode 1 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin.

In this episode, Anthony speaks with poet and Hem Press publisher Richard Capener. Topics of conversation include current events in the independent poetry press community, the role of avantgarde art, politics in art, and the futures of Hem Press and Penteract Press,

Part 2 of this conversation, a horror movie special, will air this October 31st.

Check out Hem Press here.

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Series 2 Episode 18 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin.

In the series 2 finale, Anthony and Clara steal a YouTube channel's idea and ask each other questions while eating increasingly spicy hot wings, ranging from 1,600 Scoville Heat Units to 2,000,000  Units. Topics of conversation include the state of the poetry industry, publishing with a punk rock ethos, and Clara's work in the food industry.

Series 3 begins this autumn!

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Series 2 Episode 17 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin.

In this episode, Anthony speaks with writer, copywriter, and poet Nick Asbury. Topics of conversation include the politics of the poetry world, concepts and constraints, songwriting, branding, self-directed learning, and authority.

Check out https://asburyandasbury.com/, for examples of Nick's work in branding and details on his books, including Realtime Notes and Perpetual Disappointments Diary.

Read Nick's Substack here.

Read Anthony's Substack here.

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Series 2 Episode 16 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin.

In this episode, Anthony speaks with Mick Hodgkin, limerick writer, crossword setter, and Puzzles Editor for The Times and The Sunday Times.

To mark National Limerick Day 2023, Anthony and Mick discuss limerick form and its history, share some favourite limericks, and chat about Mick's topical limerick Twitter account Mick Twister.  Other topics of conversation include crossword clues, Ximenean and libertarian crossword setting, puzzle editing, wordplay, and Wordle.

Discover more of Mick's limericks here: https://twitmericks.com/

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Series 2 Episode 15 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin.

In this episode, Anthony speaks with visual artist, poet, and educator Laura Kerr. Topics of conversation include Laura's recent entry into the world of NFTs, AI-generated art and writing, conceptual art, Twitter Blue, seeing colours differently, and drawing hands.... Anthony and Laura also discuss "Mnemonic Trains" -- Laura's recent collaboration with Nick Piombino -- which will be published by Penteract Press in July 2023.

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