Podcasts

• Episode 120 In Youngsville - Tyree Daye

  2/26/2021

  Connor and Jack explore the poem "In Youngsville" by Tyree Daye. They discuss the way the poem creates a sense of place, its connections to the blues…

• Episode 119 Family Ties - Diana Khoi Nguyen

  2/12/2021

  Content Warning: Suicidality Connor and Jack think through Diana Khoi Nguyen's remarkable poem "Family Ties," part of her haunting debut collection…

• Episode 118 The Altar - Humberto Ak'abal

  1/22/2021

  Connor and Jack discuss a deceptively simple poem full of interwoven contradictions - Humberto Ak'abal's "The Altar." They discuss the multiple layers…

• Episode 117 Fuck Your Lecture On Craft, My People Are Dying - Noor Hindi

  1/8/2021

  Recorded before the attempted coup at the US Capitol, Jack and Connor discuss the poem "Fuck Your Lecture On Craft, My People Are Dying" by Noor Hindi…

• Episode 116 Those Winter Sundays - Robert Hayden

  12/25/2020

  The first ever Close Talking episode to drop on Christmas day is a fittingly wintery pick - Connor and Jack contemplate the many layers of meaning in…