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After two years, two seasons and 443 episodes, Major Jackson is stepping down from the host chair. 


A Farewell to Major Jackson

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[encore] 684: I Would Do Anything For Love, But I Won't by Traci Brimhall

Today’s poem is I Would Do Anything For Love, But I Won't by Traci Brimhall.


Today’s poem is I Would Do Anything For Love, But I Won't by Traci Brimhall.
The Slowdown is currently taking a break. We’ll be back soon with new episodes from a new host. This week, we’re going back into the archive to revisit Ada Limón’s time as host. Today’s episode was originally released on May 27 2022. In this episode, former host Ada Limón writes… “I am often laughing with my husband about our own idiosyncrasies. The part of us that only we know, the things that could never be said to anyone else but each other. I love that private language. That lexicon. My private moments, his private moments. I have it with good friends too, the things that don’t require explanation. That’s the real history of us.”
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[encore] 531: anti-immigration by Evie Shockley

Today’s poem is anti-immigration by Evie Shockley. 


Today’s poem is anti-immigration by Evie Shockley. 
The Slowdown is currently taking a break. We’ll be back soon with new episodes from a new host. This week, we’re going back into the archive to revisit Ada Limón’s time as host. Today’s episode was originally released on October 26 2021. In this episode, former host Ada Limón writes… “In today’s complex poem, we see what hateful stereotypes might do. Poet Evie Shockley reimagines what would happen if everyone packed up and left this country, took with them every stereotype, every oversimplified image, and left.”
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[encore] 676: Last Sundays at Bootleggers by Carlos Andrés Gómez

Today’s poem is Last Sundays at Bootleggers by Carlos Andrés Gómez.


Today’s poem is Last Sundays at Bootleggers by Carlos Andrés Gómez.
The Slowdown is currently taking a break. We’ll be back soon with new episodes from a new host. This week, we’re going back into the archive to revisit Ada Limón’s time as host. Today’s episode was originally released on May 17 2022. In this episode, former host Ada Limón writes… “Sometimes when I am nostalgic for my past, I’m not actually nostalgic for my youth, but for what I thought was my wisdom, for what I thought was my beautiful righteousness. I knew so much about life. I knew the problems with the world, and I even knew some of the answers. I knew that when you were too down to want to leave the apartment, you should actually leave the apartment, or blast music as loud as you can to change your brain waves.”
Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a difference: https://tinyurl.com/rjm4synp

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[encore] 684: I Would Do Anything For Love, But I Won't by Traci Brimhall

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A Farewell to Major Jackson

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[encore] 684: I Would Do Anything For Love, But I Won't by Traci Brimhall

[encore] 531: anti-immigration by Evie Shockley

[encore] 676: Last Sundays at Bootleggers by Carlos Andrés Gómez

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Announcements

A Farewell to Major Jackson

Supported in Part by National Endowment for the Arts

Produced in Partnership With the Poetry Foundation

Other APM Podcasts

Truth Be Told

Ripple

The Splendid Table