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This series of podcasts comprise a seductive selection of interviews, poems, snippets of events and music.

Produced by Colin Fraser and introduced by Ryan Van Winkle, with incidental music by Ewen Maclean. If you would like to send a question, suggestion or just a hello to Ryan or Colin, please get in touch.

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	David O'Doherty David O'Doherty chinwags with Ryan about jazz, literature, comedy, the pressures of working in the creative industries, good stand-up, his favourite poetry and much else...
	Kevin MacNeil Poet, playwright, bicyclist and novelist Kevin MacNeil chats to Ryan about why he's glad he started off life as a poet, the challenges of performance and why he describes himself as a "writer" rather than a "poet turned novelist...
	Gerry Cambridge Ryan and Gerry Cambridge talk about how the Dark Horse magazine got started, whether it is possible to say what an editor is looking for in a magazine and muse the general state of literary magazine culture in the UK and the US...
	Kei Miller SPL poet of month for July, Kei Miller, reads from his new book A Light Song of Light at last month's West Port Book Festival...
	West Port Book Festival SPL and West Port Book Festival's Peggy looks back at the poetry of last year's fest, and forward to what's coming this year...
	Chase Twichell Ryan chats to Chase Twichell about ecological views, the intricacies of the poetry publishing world in the US and what it's like to release a collected works...
	Rab Wilson Mining, Pablo Neruda, Scots poetry, Arabic translation and more with Rab Wilson and Ryan...
	Jed Milroy Do not adjust your dial! Musician Jed Milroy live from the WSPL Radio: Real Poetry Radio with Ryan 'the Wolf' Van Winkle and Colin 'the Copter' Fraser...
	Sally Evans Poet, publisher, bookseller and beekeeper Sally Evans talks and reads from her own work...
	Humberto Ak'abal A reading from celebrated Guatemalan Maya Indian poet Humberto Ak'abal together with his Scots translator James Robertson and English translator Rosemary Burnett.
	William Letford & My Kappa Roots Talking to exciting new poet William Letford, a few jazzy words from Jim Carruth and a track from My Kappa Roots
	Edwin Morgan Celebrating Edwin Morgan's 90th birthday on 27 April 2010 in Glasgow...
	Southbank Ryan visits the Southbank Centre and talks with many fascinating creative folk. Also features Bellowhead's wonderful 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner collaboration
	Tim Turnbull The Clark Gable of poetry speaks to Ryan about music, comic books and more.
	Dennis O'Driscoll & Penelope Shuttle StAnza and poetry festivals, how poetry has reacted to the increased popularity of readings, Cornish ice-cream and what it's like to publish a first collection...
	Tom Pow Tom Pow talks to Ryan about his Dying Villages project, his imminent residency at the SPL, and various other projects...
	StAnza 2010 Some of the atmosphere at Scotland's International Poetry Festival, StAnza, with comments from poets Jim Carruth, Karen Solie and Jay Bernard
	Owen Sheers Ryan chats to poet and actor Owen Sheers about his 'Poet's Guide to Britain' series for BBC TV, and about his early career...
	Aiko Harman and Dave Coates Ryan chats with recent creative writing poetry graduates Aiko Harman and Dave Coates about poetry, the challenges of getting into the poetry scene and what it means to be "a Poet". Also featuring Sheila K Cameron track, 'Two Inches Tall', read by Tom Conti...
	Stuart Kelly Ryan chats with editor and author Stuart Kelly about the poet John Berryman and they muse the current state of modern poetry, its future, the purpose of the critic and chew the literary cud...
	White Heath Alastair White and Sean Watson from Edinburgh based band White Heath chat music, metal, poetry and their Carry A Poem picks, and we offer you our pub quiz and a belated chance to join in and win!
	Ron Butlin Ryan sits down with Edinburgh Makar Ron Butlin, to talk about the place his poems come from and what it's like to write for musicians. Also features excerpt from the short opera 'The Voice Inside' by composer Lyell Cresswell...
	Carry a Poem Special Colin takes in the atmosphere at the One Book One Edinburgh Carry a Poem Campaign launch, chatting to people about the poems they carry, and being quizzed by Ryan about the ones he carries...
	John Glenday and Kim Edgar John Glenday talks about and reads from his new collection Grain (Picador) and we hear Kim Edgar's wonderful musical response to John's poem 'Nothing to Hold Onto'...
	Maoilios Caimbeul and Mark O. Goodwin Maoilios Caimbeul (Myles Campbell) and Mark O. Goodwin chat to Ryan about their recent book, The Two Sides of the Pass (Two Ravens Press, 2009), a conversation in poems across two languages and the landscape of the Isle of Skye...
	Hamish MacDonald Poet, novelist and playwright Hamish MacDonald, director of creative writing centre Moniack Mhor talks to Ryan during a recent trip north. We also have a haunting track from Shelia K Cameron, "Last Night I Dreamed About Doris Lessing"...
	Twas the Night Before Festivus Ryan and SPL director Robyn Marsack speak about their journeys from the U.S. and New Zealand respectively, and the poems they've carried with them, and there's a specially commissioned interpretation of Clement Clarke Moore's 'Visit From St Nicholas'...
	Kapka Kassabova Christmas poetry pressie recommendations from Ryan and SPL staff, then Kapka Kassabova tells us her thoughts on poetry, in conversation with Ryan...
	Francis Bickmore, Toby Mottershead and Black Diamond Express Francis Bickmore of Canongate Books and Toby Mottershead of Black Diamond Express have an appreciation of 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' in common. They tell Ryan all about it...
	Chemical Poet Alasdair Maloney and actors Gilchrist Muir and Jamie Gordon Bumper edition in which Ryan shoots the breeze with actors Gilchrist and Jamie, and featuring a fascinating chat with and track from Chemical poet Alasdair Maloney...
	Emily Ballou and Bluegrass Emily Ballou, author of The Darwin Papers, contemplates the meaning of home and Charles Darwin, and Ryan performs his poem 'Bluegrass', with musical accompaniment from Jed Milroy...
	Julia Bird, Andrew Philip and GPS Ryan talks to poet Andrew Philip, Colin talks to poet and live literature organiser Julia Bird, and we find out more about the project known as the Global Poetry System (GPS)...
	Jen Hadfield An interview with Jen Hadfield, gorgeous music from Lise Sinclair and the poems Ryan carries with him...
	Witching Hour Number 6 sees Ryan in conversation with poet Kona Macphee, and Kim Tebble performs his "The Raven, the Knight and the Queen of the Birds"...
	Reel Iraq at the Golden Hour Podcast number 5 features an interview Ryan conducted with Iraqi poet and novelist Sinan Antoon, and hip hop track 'Sunshine' by Mammoth...
	Beyond the Boundaries Our fourth podcast is born! From William Blake's sick rose to Robert Alan Jamieson's Shetland, with fine tuning from Edinburgh based band Saint Jude's Infirmary and musings upon donkeys and art to boot...
	Inside the SPL The third poetry podcast, with Burns - new responses, sung, recited from memory and read in Czech... from Douglas Dunn to Poetry Schmoetry, feast your ears!
	Opening Lines Ryan talks to J L Williams, plays tracks by Laertes, Why Are You Crying? and spoken-word artist Myra Davies' 'Goodbye Belfast', and starts a quest for his favourite opening line...
	It starts here In our first podcast, Ryan Van Winkle recommends books by Sam Meekings and Sharon Olds, and reads some Hart Crane. Hear songwriter Billy Liar on Stevenson, plus a live performance of his new single "It starts here."

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