Latest Episodes
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Episode 9: With Chicago Legend Tony Fitzpatrick
Artist-poet-actor-and-raconteur Tony Fitzpatrick stops by to talk with Marc and Mark about the history of the Slam and how it’s changed since 1986. He...
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Episode 8: The Famous Billy Lombardo (Part 2)
The episode opens with Billy performing his quintessentially Chicago classic: Poem for Lennard. Then he continues the conversation with Marc and Mark about his...
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Episode 7: The Famous Billy Lombardo (Part 1)
Poet, short story writer and novelist (Morning Will Come), Billy Lombardo, joins Marc and Mark for the first of two conversations about the history...
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Episode 6: The Italian Job (with special guest Eleonora Fisco)
Sicilian slam poet and scholar, Eleonora Fisco, joins Marc and Mark to discuss slam poetry in Italy and perform one of her own compositions....
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Episode 5: The Slam Goes International
In this episode, Marc and Mark discuss how the Slam grew from Chicago to Tours, France and Osaka, Japan and many cities in-between. How...
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Episode 4: Poetry – Straight, no chaser
The relationship between poetry and alcohol is a complicated one. In this episode, Marc and Mark discuss the early, inebriated years of the Poetry...