The hug from the moon podcast

A post gig reflective episode on becoming the poet/performer/human being you want to be. With Leon the poet.

This week our cult poet takes a ramble down memory lane via the nostalgia train and tells a story about his English teacher and shares a brand new poem

A special edition of the podcast where our cult poet talks about his debut poetry collection ‘Sometimes I’m the Bull, sometimes I’m the China Shop’ which has been published by Earth Island Books. https://www.earthislandbooks.com/product-page/sometimes-i-m-the-bull-sometimes-i-m-the-china-shop-by-leon-the-poet

This week our cult poet dissects the psyche of being English, takes potshots at Eastenders and the tabloids and shares a brand new poem.

This week our cult poet ponders the importance of good endings, chats about the election results and shares a poem from the featured poet of the week. Emma smith (@emzmariepoems)

This week our cult poet learns about the importance of pride month during an interview with his daughter.

This week our cult poet with a croaky throat reads some of his favourite poems from his poetry collection and airs a brand new poem ‘Mr Velcro man’

This week our cult poet shares poems on the national service, shouty singer songwriters and a ode to his home town in the style of under the bridge!

This week our cult poet talks about the importance of connection and shares 3 brand new poems. (Who remembers stickle bricks?)

This week our cult poet shares 3 brand new poems, discusses Russell Brands conversation to Christianity and finds the link between his dog and the gospels.

This week our cult poet talks about how capitalism kills creativity and shares 3 new poems! Expect the usual rambling

This week our intrepid cult poet chats about Rishi’s break from reality, the meta reality of TV and shares 3 brand new poems.

This week our cult poet talks about his love of sandwiches, the moment James Acaster told him he stunk and the nightmare of ordering in subway. Also 2 brand new poems

This week our cult poet shares a special episode, a narrative spoken word Episode called ‘Glue’ . A show about mental health, fatherhood and the callous and casual brutality of childhood .

This week our intrepid poet talks about his latest gig, gives some tips on how to navigate this bizarre world of social rites and rituals and shares a brand poem on school.

Your cult poet favourite is back in the podcast chair after a mid season hiatus ! Talking about the new book he’s in and sharing some poems .

This week our cult poet unashamedly dunks on the party of government, and shares 2 brand new poems ‘ the tories on tour and lifestyle choice ‘

This week our cult poet talks about childhood, describes how the movie gremlins is a metaphor for parents fears around kids growing up and shares 2 brand new poems !

This week our intrepid cult poet turns his attention to fatherhood /masculinity and god himself with 2 brand new poems and some rambly chat. Featuring the poems ‘the number 1 father of the year and god is dead ‘

This week our cult poet shares 2 poems ‘eulogy for the living’ and ‘open secrets, invertebrates and fundamentalist Christian’s’ and ponders the latest celeb scandal .

This week our cult poet talks about how his Dads neurodivergent brain directly inspires his poetry, shares an unfocused masterpiece called FYI and talks about a drunken brush with pseudo-nirvana fan , featuring the titular poem.

This week our cult poet rants against toxic positivity, shares a tribute to Sinead O’Connor and makes his case for what a true artist should be . Featuring the poems ‘the happiest man in all the land and ‘the artists manifesto’

This week our favourite cult poet rambles about the slippery slope that is complaining about modern music , shares some poems and tries and fails not to mention the G word.

This week our cult poet shares his 16 point plan on how to deal with imposter syndrome as a creative. Featuring the poem ‘do you ever feel like you’ve been cheated?’

This week our cult poet grapples with his own mortality while battling a case of that most comical illness . Gout. Featuring the poems ‘there’s so many things I’ll never be ‘ and ‘the flower’.