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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts | Castbox |
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| Oct 27 | #117 | #83 | — |
| Oct 26 | #141 | #112 | — |
| Oct 25 | #171 | #141 | — |
| Oct 24 | #158 | #128 | — |
| Oct 23 | #172 | #142 | — |
| Oct 22 | #161 | #131 | — |
| Oct 21 | #167 | #136 | — |
| Oct 20 | #162 | #132 | — |
| Oct 19 | #153 | #123 | — |
| Oct 18 | #181 | #151 | — |
| Oct 17 | #123 | #93 | #98 |
| Oct 16 | #130 | #96 | — |
| Oct 15 | #136 | #106 | — |
| Oct 14 | #154 | #123 | — |
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1352: [encore] Blue by Jodie Hollander
October 26, 2026 · 6 minToday’s poem is Blue by Jodie Hollander. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “Today’s poem speaks to how we all see the world—and our lives—with completely unique eyes. With a vision colored by our…
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1351: [encore] The Happy Middle by Hedgie Choi
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1350: [encore] Real Estate by Richard Siken
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1349: [encore] Sati by Vandana Khanna
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1345: [encore] Arrangements by Adrienne Chung
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1344: [encore] Cento Between the Ending and the End by Cameron Awkward-Rich
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About the show
Host Maggie Smith is your daily poetry companion. Poetry is one of the greatest tools we have to wield our own attention — to consider our own lives and the lives of others, to help us live creatively and compassionately, to use that attention to lean into wonder, and joy, and truth, and to find hope — to keep hoping. The Slowdown community knows that reflecting on a poem, every weekday, can connect us to our inner world and the world around us. Listen as you make your morning coffee, as you go on a walk in your neighborhood, as you pull away from the to-do list, as you resist the dismal, endless scroll to share five minutes of perspective through the lens of poetry, from poets old and new, well-loved and emerging onto the scene. Brought to you by American Public Media, in partnership with the Poetry Foundation.