A. E. Stallings reads ‘Empathy’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/empathy-a-e-stallings

Mark McGuinness reads and discusses a passage from Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum by Emilia Lanyer. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/from-salve-deus-rex-judaeorum-emilia-lanyer

Z. R. Ghani reads ‘Reddest Red’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/reddest-red-z-r-ghani

Mark McGuinness reads and discusses ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’ by John Keats. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/ode-on-a-grecian-urn-john-keats

Matthew Buckley Smith reads ‘Drinking Ode’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/drinking-ode-matthew-buckley-smith

Mark McGuinness reads and discusses a passage about the Great Fire of London, from Annus Mirabilis by John Dryden. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/the-great-fire-of-london-from-annus-mirabilis-john-dryden

Carrie Etter reads ‘Pregnant Teenager and Her Mama’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/pregnant-teenager-and-her-mama-carrie-etter

Mark McGuinness reads and discusses ‘To His Coy Mistress’ by Andrew Marvell. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/to-his-coy-mistress-andrew-marvell

Luke Palmer reads ‘Homunculus by the Shore’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/homunculus-by-the-shore-luke-palmer

Mark McGuinness reads and discusses ‘Sextain’ by William Drummond of Hawthornden. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/sextain-william-drummond-of-hawthornden

Terrance Hayes reads ‘DIY Sestina: What Would You Ask the Artists?’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/diy-sestina-what-would-you-ask-the-artist-terrance-hayes

Mark McGuinness reads and discusses ‘A Crocodile’ by Thomas Lovell Beddoes. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/a-crocodile-thomas-lovell-beddoes

Martyn Crucefix reads ‘you are not in search of’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. https://amouthfulofair.fm/you-are-not-in-search-of-martyn-crucefix

Mark McGuinness reads and discusses The Maldive Shark by Herman Melville. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/the-maldive-shark-herman-melville

Mark McGuinness takes you behind the scenes of A Mouthful of Air, telling the story of the creation of the show, and how you can help us in the next phase of the podcast. For a full episode transcript go to: the-future-of-a-mouthful-of-air

Judy Brown reads ‘The Larder’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/the-larder-judy-brown

Mark McGuinness reads and discusses Astrophil and Stella, Sonnet 1 by Sir Philip Sidney. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/astrophil-and-stella-sonnet-1-sir-philip-sidney

Isobel Dixon reads ‘Bede’s Sparrow’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/bedes-sparrow-isobel-dixon

Harry Man and Endre Ruset read ‘As I push the door’ and discuss the poem with Mark McGuinness. CONTENT WARNING: the poem in this episode was written in response to the terrorist attack in Norway in 2011. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/as-i-push-the-door-harry-man-endre-ruset

Mark McGuinness reads and discusses ‘Futility’ by Wilfred Owen. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/futility-wilfred-owen

Mark McGuinness reads and discusses a passage from The Triumph of Life by Percy Bysshe Shelley. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/the-triumph-of-life-percy-bysshe-shelley

Luke Samuel Yates reads ‘Song about putting a bird in a pie’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/song-about-putting-a-bird-in-a-pie-luke-samuel-yates

Mark McGuinness reads and discusses ‘The Tyger’ by William Blake. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/the-tyger-william-blake

Tom Sastry reads ‘In the stillness of his moment, deciding’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/in-the-stillness-of-his-moment-deciding-tom-sastry