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
Carol Ann Duffy joins Paul Farley in the Echo Chamber to share poems from Sincerity, her final collection as Poet Laureate. Show more
Paul Farley listens to old and new poetry of extinction, 100 years after the death of Martha, the last ever passenger pigeon. Show more
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
Terrance Hayes and Danez Smith, two of the most exciting voices in American poetry, share poems of rage and tenderness and talk about Trump, race and oppression. Show more
Paul Farley is joined by Jacob Polley, Caroline Bird, Wayne Holloway-Smith and Mary Jean Chan at the BBC Contains Strong Language Festival in Hull. Show more
Sean Borodale shares poems from his collection Asylum, written deep within the caves of the Mendip Hills in Somerset. He is joined by Holly Corfield Carr. Show more
A mix-tape of new poems from two American poets: Daisy Fried and Brenda Shaughnessy. Paul Farley presses play and record. Show more
Stones - a new long poem from Matthew Hollis and new watery work from Fiona Sampson. Paul Farley is all ears. Show more
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
Paul Farley hears new work from two young American poets: Tracy K Smith and Patricia Lockwood. Show more
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
In New York City, Paul Farley hears some new odes from Sharon Olds addressed to bodies and body parts, both shoddy and enduring. Show more
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
A new programme introduced by Paul Farley featuring the best of poetry now. The first in the series looks at the body in question - the shapes of poems and the people in them. Show more
Fiona Benson takes us to her favourite swimming spot on the River Exe and shares poems of motherhood, depression and renewal from her forthcoming collection, Vertigo & Ghost. Show more
Paul Farley meets Robin Robertson, who steps into the Echo Chamber to share extracts from his new noir narrative, The Long Take. Show more
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
2014 was a momentous year in Scotland. The poet Kathleen Jamie decided to keep a poetic diary and wrote a poem a week. She shares some of them with Paul Farley. Show more
Paul Farley hears new poems from Wendy Cope and Lachlan Mackinnon at their home in Ely. Show more