Episodes: 2025

Today, we’re thrilled to share that the new host of The Slowdown is Maggie Smith.

Today’s poem is Workshop by Jacob Shores-Argüello.

Today’s poem is Nocturne by Oliver Baez Bendorf.

Today’s poem is Accessory to War by Kim Stafford.

Today’s poem is In Love by Chloe Martinez.

Today’s poem is 00000000 by Erin Marie Lynch.

Today’s poem is eco-hood by Melania Luisa Marte.

Today’s poem is Sunflowers in the Median by Natalie Homer.

Today's poem is Saudade by Silvia Bonilla.

Today’s poem is It’s 9:30am, I’ve ran four miles, cried four times, & eaten two chicken sandwiches by Christian Aldana.

Today's poem is Let Me by Camille T. Dungy.

Today’s poem is John Muir, A Dream, A Waterfall, A Mountain Ash by Robert Hass.

Today’s poem is Another Night at Sea Level by Meg Day.

Today’s poem is Climbing China's Great Wall by Afaa M. Weaver.

Today’s poem is On a Spaceship Somewhere, Long After Empire's Collapse by Jesús I. Valles.

Today’s poem is Say Thank You Say I'm Sorry by Jericho Brown.

Today’s poem is Song In Which We Yet Sidestep Disaster by Tess Taylor.

Today’s poem is Hunger by Kelli Russell Agodon.