{"podcast":{"title":"Poetry Unbound","slug":"poetry-unbound-104007","podcast_index_feed_id":104007,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/p9JRgDEG","website_url":"https://onbeing.org/series/poetry-unbound/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/8b774a2b-4c5b-4893-b25f-d045583d8230/053f0b36-2380-4f6b-b672-9abade809c59/3000x3000/3000x3000-poetryunbound-logo.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"On Being Studios","episode_count":222,"summary":"Short and unhurried, Poetry Unbound is an immersive exploration of a single poem, hosted by Pádraig Ó Tuama. Pádraig Ó Tuama greets you at the doorways of brilliant poems and walks you through — each one has wisdom to offer and questions to ask you. Already a listener? There’s also a book (Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World), a Substack newsletter with a vibrant conversation in the comments, and occasional gatherings.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T20:18:32.739578+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/poetry-unbound-104007"},"episode":{"title":"Leonard Cohen — Book of Mercy “I,8”","slug":"leonard-cohen-book-of-mercy-i-8","published_at":"2026-03-06T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/poetry-unbound-104007/leonard-cohen-book-of-mercy-i-8","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/poetry-unbound-104007","url":"https://onbeing.org/series/poetry-unbound/","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/afp-901179-injected.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/49fe14cf-8aef-4a4f-83ca-a3ac86a522d8/episodes/00749705-a84b-4342-8fd7-75120e8e0316/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=49fe14cf-8aef-4a4f-83ca-a3ac86a522d8&awEpisodeId=00749705-a84b-4342-8fd7-75120e8e0316&feed=p9JRgDEG","summary":"Have you ever watched, in awe, as a skilled gymnast or skater lifts off and completes a dizzying number of revolutions in less than a second before landing safely back down? That’s how you may feel upon reading the great Leonard Cohen’s urgent, dreamlike poem “I, 8” from Book of Mercy. In his telling of a man’s fall “from his high place” into “disgrace”, Cohen sends us on a short, 206-word journey that seamlessly weaves together narration, fiction, meditation, devotion, and prayer. We invite you to subscribe to Pádraig’s weekly Poetry Unbound Substack, read the Poetry Unbound books and his newest work, Kitchen Hymns, or listen to all our Poetry Unbound episodes.","meta_description":"Have you ever watched, in awe, as a skilled gymnast or skater lifts off and completes a dizzying number of revolutions in less than a second before landin…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":994,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/poetry-unbound-104007/episodes/leonard-cohen-book-of-mercy-i-8/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/poetry-unbound-104007/leonard-cohen-book-of-mercy-i-8.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}