Tracey Smith
KZOO POETRY SLAM-CAST
The Kalamazoo Poetry Slam was founded in 1998. Our goal was to bring a community together, to promote and celebrate the art of poetry through performance. Our primary venue was Kraftbrau Brewery where we thrived for eight years. Each show consisted of an open-mic, a slam competition (where poets perform original works and volunteer judges from the audience score them on a scale from 1-10), and a feature artist. Feature artists were sometimes local poets or musicians, but more often than not poets on tour from other cities around the U.S. For nine years Kalamazoo sent a team of poets to the Nat...
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Episodes
147. KZOO POETRY SLAM FINALS w/ DAWN SAYLOR pt.1 23.09.2025 35:25
The prodigal daughter of the Kzoo Slam returns to host the 2005 finals.
146. 2005 SEMI-FINALS ROUND 3 pt.2 16.09.2025 39:03
Ann Arbor slam guru Larry Frances guest hosts the 3 rd round of the 2005 Kzoo Poetry Slam Semi-Finals.
145. 2005 SEMI-FINALS ROUND 3 pt.1 09.09.2025 31:40
Ann Arbor slam guru Larry Frances guest hosts the 3 rd round of the 2005 Kzoo Poetry Slam Semi-Finals.
144. 2005 SEMI-FINALS ROUND 2 pt.2 02.09.2025 39:20
Elizabeth and Christopher Bullmer guest host round two of the 2005 Kzoo Poetry Slam Semi-Finals.
143. 2005 SEMI-FINALS ROUND 2 pt.1 26.08.2025 35:46
Christopher and Elizabeth Bullmer guest host round two of the 2005 Kzoo Poetry Slam Semi-Finals.
142. ROUND 1 OF 2005 SEMI-FINALS WITH GUEST HOSTS LUCY ANDERTON & NICK FOX (pt.2) 19.08.2025 30:40
Part two of the first round semi-finals to choose the 2005 Kzoo Slam Team, with guest hosts Nick Fox and Lucy Anderton.
141. 2005 ROUND 1 SEMI-FINALS WITH LUCY ANDERTON & NICK FOX (pt.1) 12.08.2025 34:10
It’s part one of round one of the semi-finals to pick the 2005 Kalamazoo Slam Team, with special guest hosts, Lucy Anderton and Nick (the voice of god) Fox.
140. LAURA MORAN 05.08.2025 30:16
This episode opens with a poem from Kzoo’s own Karrie Waarala, followed by a feature set from one of the best poets to ever play the game, grand slam champion of both Providence and Seattle, Laura Moran.
139. MIKE SWINKEY 29.07.2025 28:02
A feature set from Mike Swinkey, the top scoring poet in 2004’s Kzoo Slam Finals.
138. OPEN-MIC 22.07.2025 25:09
I’m pretty sure this was recorded in January of 2005. The open-mic features Charlie Burgess, Dave Amaluxen, Jakie Sekola and Dan Carol.
137. M.P.S.L. KZOO VS CHICAGO (pt.2) 15.07.2025 24:50
The second half of the Midwest Poetry Slam League bout between Kalamazoo and Chicago.
136. M.P.S.L. KZOO VS CHICAGO (pt.1) 08.07.2025 26:36
Midwest Poetry Slam League bout between Kalamazoo and Chicago.
135. DAWN SAYLOR HOSTS, WICKER PARK FEATURES (pt.3 of 3) 01.07.2025 44:52
Dawn Saylor is back in town to guest host, and the slam team from Chicago’s Wicker Park features.
134. DAWN SAYLOR HOSTS, WICKER PARK FEATURES (pt.2 of 3) 24.06.2025 46:51
Recorded in August of 2004 shortly after the National Poetry Slam in St. Louis. Dawn Saylor is back in town to guest host, and the slam team from Chicago’s Wicker Park features. . . with apologies for the background hum, I filtered it out as best I could. This episode is mostly the open-mic portion of the show, and features a rare visit from an old friend, Marc Hassett (a.k.a. Bear) from our Dirty...
133. DAWN SAYLOR HOSTS, WICKER PARK FEATURES (pt.1 of 3) 17.06.2025 46:54
Recorded in August of 2004 shortly after the National Poetry Slam in St. Louis. Dawn Saylor is back in town to guest host, and the slam team from Chicago’s Wicker Park features. . . with apologies for the background hum, I filtered it out as best I could.
132. KZOO POETRY SLAM TEAM 2004 pt.2 10.06.2025 45:27
So, I forgot to label last week’s episode as part one, nevertheless, here’s the conclusion of Mike, Sarah, Greg and Jackie, hosting the final show before heading off to compete at the National Poetry Slam.
131. KZOO POETRY SLAM TEAM 2004 03.06.2025 37:01
Jackie, Greg, Sarah and Mike take over the show. It was tradition at the Kzoo Poetry Slam for each year’s team to host the final show before heading off to compete at the National Poetry Slam.
130. FEATURE POET: MARC BEAUDIN 27.05.2025 51:45
Poet/activist Marc Beaudin stops by the Kzoo Poetry Slam.
129. MUSICAL EPISODE: LOVE LIGHT EXCHANGE 13.05.2025 45:19
Local Kzoo musicians Dave Amuluxen and Dale Johnson aka. The LoveLight eXchange, take the stage for another 100% musical episode.
128. MUSICAL EPISODE- CHARLIE BURGESS 06.05.2025 32:39
Recorded two weeks after the 2004 Kzoo Slam Finals, this episode features 100% Charlie Burgess music.
127. 2004 KZOO POETRY SLAM FINALS pt.2 29.04.2025 38:08
This is the second round of the 2004 Kzoo Poetry Slam finals that picked the team that went to the infamous National Poetry Slam in St. Louis.
126. 2004 KZOO POETRY SLAM FINALS pt.1 22.04.2025 40:48
This is the first round of the 2004 Kzoo Poetry Slam finals that picked the team that went to the infamous National Poetry Slam in St. Louis.
125. ‘04 SEMI-FINALS w/ CHRISTOPHER BULLMER pt.2 15.04.2025 38:43
OG slam host and two-time member of the Kzoo Slam Team returns to host round two of the 2004 Semi-finals.
124. ’04 SEMI-FINALS w/ CHRISTOPHER BULLMER pt.1 08.04.2025 37:00
OG slam host and two time member of the Kzoo Slam Team, Christopher Bullmer returns to host round two of the 2004 Semi-finals.
123. 2004 SEMI-FINALS w/ DAWN SAYLOR pt.2 01.04.2025 40:33
It’s part two of round one of the 2004 Kzoo Poetry Slam Semi-Finals with guest host Dawn Saylor.
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