{"podcast":{"title":"The Failing Writers Podcast","slug":"the-failing-writers-podcast-3571374","podcast_index_feed_id":3571374,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/66202cf262f822001203895b","website_url":"https://www.failingwriterspodcast.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/66202cf262f822001203895b/1774252797881-8978c666-7232-4bd8-a257-0baa322169ea.jpeg","author":"The Failing Writers","episode_count":163,"summary":"Becoming a better writer, writing a novel, being a successful author - whatever your writing goal is, we’re here for you! Join two struggling writers learning everything there is to know about writing. They talk to best-selling authors, screenwriters and poets - people who actually know what they’re talking about. The award-winning Failing Writers Podcast is the best writing podcast around. Why? It’s funny, informative and could help you get over writer’s block, finish that novel, get a literary agent and achieve your writing goals. (Oh, and they do silly little songs too) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-06T04:19:51.659016+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-failing-writers-podcast-3571374"},"episode":{"title":"S5 Ep7: Open Mic Poetry Night","slug":"s5-ep7-open-mic-poetry-night","published_at":"2025-06-23T00:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-failing-writers-podcast-3571374/s5-ep7-open-mic-poetry-night","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-failing-writers-podcast-3571374","url":"https://shows.acast.com/failing-writers/episodes/s5-ep7-open-mic-poetry-night","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66202cf262f822001203895b/e/68529eba002f9da49ae11ec7/media.mp3","summary":"Poetry, as Percy Bysshe Shelley once said, lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar . And so, off we go, to try and defamiliarise the things which stare us in the face every blummin’ day. Relationships. Words. Coffee. Social Media. Prejudice. Siblings. Aging. Home. Industrial Estates. Nature. Sex. Love. Yep. We’re off to a poetry night, aren’t we? To find out what they’re all about. Who goes to them. What the poetry is like, and whether it’s something every writer should have a go at. Poetry Jam in Durham to be precise. Wish us luck!   Here’s Kate Fox’s lovely new book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sycamore-Gap-2024-celebration-those/dp/0008735611   Here’s organiser Steve Urwin: @urwin_steve on X. http://steveurwintalkingpen.blogspot.com/   And here are the guest poets:    Rach Lydon.  Insta & Threads:  @rachwritesreal   Gaeron Southern:  https://gaeransouthern.wordpress.com   Julie Egdell:   https://aliceinwinterland.weebly.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Poetry, as Percy Bysshe Shelley once said, lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4456,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-failing-writers-podcast-3571374/episodes/s5-ep7-open-mic-poetry-night/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-failing-writers-podcast-3571374/s5-ep7-open-mic-poetry-night.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}