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The Echo Chamber

Series 11

Episode 2: Caroline Bird and Kaveh Akbar

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Caroline Bird and Kaveh Akbar talk addiction, writing and recovery with Paul Farley and read poems from their collections, In These Days of Prohibition and Calling a Wolf a Wolf. Show more

The Echo Chamber

Series 4

Episode 2: The Knowledge

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Paul Farley does the Knowledge, collecting taxi poems and sounds from all over London. Including poems by John Challis, Sean O'Brien and David Harsent and cab shelter performances. Show more

The Echo Chamber

Series 3

Episode 1: Derek Walcott

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Paul Farley presents a series showcasing the best in new poetry, beginning with a conversation about poems and flying fish with Derek Walcott, at his home on St Lucia. Show more

The Echo Chamber

Series 1

Episode 2: Borders Met and Crossed

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Paul Farley presents poems about borders, met and crossed. Among the subjects, the River Styx where the dead arrive and the shape-shifting places where people become other animals. Show more

The Echo Chamber

Series 2

Episode 3: The Waste Remains

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Paul Farley introduces new poems on the old theme of autumnal rot and mulch, from Alice Oswald, Steve Ely, Maurice Riordan, Frances Leviston and Robert Wrigley. Show more

The Echo Chamber

Series 10

Andrew Motion

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Paul Farley hears Andrew Motion read excerpts from a new long poem about his parents: Essex Clay. The first part tells the story of his mother's riding accident and slow death. Show more