{"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":"Poetry Unbound in Conversation — Lorna Goodison","slug":"poetry-unbound-in-conversation-lorna-goodison","published_at":"2025-12-12T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/poetry-unbound-104007/poetry-unbound-in-conversation-lorna-goodison","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/82f3eb04-4cb6-480d-8bcc-884398727350/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=49fe14cf-8aef-4a4f-83ca-a3ac86a522d8&awEpisodeId=82f3eb04-4cb6-480d-8bcc-884398727350&feed=p9JRgDEG","summary":"“Spending time in hell is not my idea of something that one should do,” says poet Lorna Goodison, yet she immersed herself there for years to create her extraordinary modern Jamaican translation of Dante’s Inferno. We are thrilled to offer this conversation between Pádraig and Lorna, recorded as an online component of the Greenbelt Festival in England in 2025. She reads from her work, and together, they discuss Lorna’s inspiration for her underworld undertaking, how she found her Virgil, and why she calls The Inferno “bitter, necessary medicine for now.” 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":"“Spending time in hell is not my idea of something that one should do,” says poet Lorna Goodison, yet she immersed herself there for years to create her e…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3251,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/poetry-unbound-104007/episodes/poetry-unbound-in-conversation-lorna-goodison/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/poetry-unbound-in-conversation-lorna-goodison.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}