Poet Waffle

Poet Daniel Cockrill invites Spoken Word Artists Jess Green round his house for a chat. During this chat they explore the visceral space between fact and fiction to reveal certain truths that can’t necessarily be explained by these other fields. They also attempt to answer the Poet Waffle Big Question: What is behind charity and acts of kindness? Topics covered include: Politics, Jeremy Corbyn, Farage, Katie Hopkins, Labour Party, Audience Reaction, Dangerous Rhetoric, Sick Donkey Sanctuary, Twitter, Political Discourse, Extreme Politics, The Death of Nuance, Jon Ronson, Engaing With Trolls, Letters of Complaint, Reviews & Ratings, Uber, Workers Rights, Making a Living, No Pens Day, Food Banks, Charitable Acts, Homelessness and Making a Difference.

Poet Daniel Cockrill invites, artist, advertising man and poet, Martin Galton round his house for a chat. During this chat they explore the visceral space between fact and fiction to reveal certain truths that can’t necessarily be explained by these other fields. They also attempt to answer the Poet Waffle Big Question: Is it important that your work is considered art? Topics covered include: Armageddon, Damien Weighill, Good Titles for Books, Great Names for Bands, Late Radicals, New Ventures, Challenging The Status Quo, Ideas, Roy Oxlade, Learning How Not To Paint, Mistakes Are Good, Julian Ward, Nan Goldin, Ballad Of Sexual Dependancy, Knowing or Not Knowing The Rules, Thinking From The Gut, Writing From The Heart, Picasso, Bukowski, Brautigan, Putting Power Into What You Do, Tax Returns, Not For Profit Organisations, Retaining The Child Within, Liberation from Academia, Gentrifying Poetry and Sticking Two Fingers Up To The Norm.

Poet Daniel Cockrill invites, Poet, Lecturer in Creative Writing, Autodiadact, Niall O’Sullivan round his house for a chat. During this chat they explore the visceral space between fact and fiction to reveal certain truths that can’t necessarily be explained by these other fields. They also attempt to answer the Poet Waffle Big Question: What is the most important thing to teach a child? Topics covered include: The Sonnet, The Performance Poetry World, The Literary World, Don Patterson, Terrance Hayes, Reading & Performing a Sonnet, Fashionable & Unfashionable Poetry, Poetry Boom, Is Poetry the New Rock ‘n’ Roll?, InstaPoetry, Progressive Rock, Punk, Pub Rock, Dr Feelgood, Moments of Success, Circadian Rhythm, Audience Feedback, William Blake, Mistakes & Failures, Creativity In School, Ken Robinson, Critical Thinking, Big Ideas, Keats, Shakespeare, Imagination, Michael Rosen, Love of Learning, Lyricism, Lyric Moment and Setting Your Soul on Fire.

Poet Daniel Cockrill invites, poet, spoken word artist, writer, Maria Ferguson round his house for a chat. During this chat they explore the visceral space between fact and fiction to reveal certain truths that can’t necessarily be explained by these other fields. They also attempt to answer the Poet Waffle Big Question: What is the most valuable thing you have ever lost? Topics covered include: Rainfall, Hurricanes, Roundhouse Poetry Collective, Training As An Actor, Love Of Performing, Polarbear, Kate Tempest, Scroobius Pip, Monologues, Spokenword, Poetry Slam, Cecelia Knapp, Jess Green, Jack Rooke, Bang Said The Gun, Poet In Residence, Lemn Sissay, One Person Shows, Funding, Theatre or Poetry or Spokenword or Acting?, Lucy Bairstow, BAC, Colour Coded Post-Its, Variety, Stand Up, Naked Poetry and Naked Poets, Chris Lynam, Throwing A Baby Across The Audience, Dadaist Influence, Poetry For People Who Don’t Like Poetry, Chopping Cucumber, Poetry As A Broad Church, Raymond Antrobus, Page vs Stage, Losing

Poet Daniel Cockrill invites, poet, spoken word artist, broadcaster Laurie Bolger round his house for a chat. During this chat they explore the visceral space between fact and fiction to reveal certain truths that can’t necessarily be explained by these other fields. They also attempt to answer the Poet Waffle Big Question: What is the best thing that ever happened to you? Topics covered include: Bang Said The Gun, Introductions, Golden Gun Award, Dave Martin, Homemade Fudge, The Roebuck Pub, Hosting, Jack White, Martin Galton, Rob Auton, Touring, Loneliness On The Road, Rural Touring, The In Crowd, Reality Of Touring, Why Do We Do This?, Office Work, Hospitality Industry, Pressure, Shop Work, Luxuary Bubble Bath, Mother’s Day, Getting Out Your Comfort Zone, Getting Out Of Town, University Of Brighton, Photographic Technician, Debt, London, Poetry Community, Poetry In Education, Workshopping, Making a Living, Hosting, Stress, Jacob sam La Rose, Nick Makoha, Charlie Dark, Malika Booker, Roger Robinson,

**PARENTAL WARNING - THIS EPISODE CONTAINS VERY OCCASIONAL STRONG LANGUAGE** Poet Daniel Cockrill invites, poet, writer, performer, social commentator Byron Vincent round his house for a chat. During this chat they explore the visceral space between fact and fiction to reveal certain truths that can’t necessarily be explained by these other fields. They also attempt to answer the Poet Waffle Big Question: Should you be judged for the worst thing you have ever done? Topics covered include: What Is A poet?, Elton John, Rocket Man, Plagiarism, Tiny Dancer, Almost Famous, Jason Lee, Adele, Middle Age, Doogie Howser, Dyslexia, Growing Up On Rough Estates, Body Building Uncles, Cross Dressing, Shyness, Solvent Abuse, Addiction, Getting Clean, Finding a Voice, Embracing the Fluffiness Within, The Working Class, Linguistics, Slang, Manic Gyspy Dream Nan, Lancashire Dialect Poetry, Love of Language, Radio 4, The Benefits Of Being Working Class, Low Expectations, Fear Of Failure, Public Shaming, Redemption, Priv

Poet Daniel Cockrill invites poet, writer, artist, film maker, obsessive and magician Nathan Penlington round his house for a chat. During this chat they explore the visceral space between fact and fiction to reveal certain truths that can’t necessarily be explained by these other fields. They also attempt to answer the Poet Waffle Big Question: Do you believe in the unexplained? Topics covered include: Poetry, Live performance, Magic, Short Fuse, Bang Said The Gun, Flyering, Zines, MySpace, Facebook, Word Of Mouth, Day Time TV, Hand Made Objects, Bards In Their Eyes, Poetry Idol, Time Out, Writing Workshops, Topless Barmaids, The Hard Edge Club, The Unexplained, Charles Fort, Fortean Times, The Book of The Damned, The Supernatural, Fish Falling from the Sky, Willow The Wisp and Choose Your Own Documentary and the Rubix Cube. They also name drop all these people: Elvis McGonagall, Stewart Lee, Daniel Kitson, Rob Newman, Joshua Idehen, Scroobius Pip, Hollie McNish, Harry Baker, Tim Wells, Vic Lambr

Poet Daniel Cockrill invites comedian and poet Rob Auton round his house for a chat. During this chat they colour in the visceral space between fact and fiction to reveal certain truths that can’t necessarily be explained by these other fields. They also attempt to answer the Poet Waffle Big Question: Is it a privilege to grow old? Topics covered include: Poem Hunter, criticism, The Lovely Eggs, Neil Young, Arctic Monkeys, Jean Cocteau, Wayne Coyne and the Flaming Lips, happiness, Niall O’Sullivan and Poetry Unplugged, writing, process, Martin Galton, Bang Said the Gun, LEGO, Shopkins, ice and art.