Finding Freedom Town is the podcast of Amir Lodge - A blend of observational comedy and poetry with a hint of cynicism.
Amir latest talks about London life. The problem with hand finished chicken wraps, his first job in the city, virtue signalling in the workplace and his first week of weight watchers struggling to log scrambled eggs.
Back from a 3 year pause. Finding Freedom Town is back and continues to have no meaning or clear narrative. Amir talks about london life observations, the issue with dog ownership under lockdown and his experience of Clubhouse day 1.
Amir performs poems by Rumi, John Ashbery and Hunter S Thompson. Talks about a housemate with a hernia, the time he nearly burnt down a house and going on holiday to Alicante.
Amir performs poems by WB Yeats, Ernest Hemingway, Ralph Waldo Emerson and his own work. Talks about the Capital Ring trail, moans about commuting with familiar faces and being attacked by a man on spice.
Amir performs poems by Charles Bukowski, Gil Scott-Heron and Tupac Shakur. Talks about Prague, Performing Improv and American Gods.
Amir performs poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins and Maya Angelou. Moans about a bad wine & cheese night experience, experimenting with improv comedy but mainly about the wine and cheese night. Cover design by Peter Bazely (@PeterBazely)
Amir performs poems by Walt Whitman, Alan Seeger and Peter Wimbrow. Moans about the London marathon, poor talent shows and being called Geoff Capes among other things that irk him. Cover design by Peter Bazely (@PeterBazely)
Amir performs and ruins a poem by Sylvia Plath, recites his own work and that of Dom Moraes and W.B Yeats. talks about terrible job interviews, issues with glass meeting rooms, the Design Museum and the closure of The Society Club. Cover design by Peter Bazely (@PeterBazely)
Amir talks poems by Johnny Cash, problems with Linkedin, Job Hunting and the issues with posh food. Cover design by Peter Bazely (@PeterBazely)
Amir talks poetry, his first date, problem with prams and John Cooper Clarke. Cover design by Peter Bazely (@PeterBazely)
Debut for this podcast, no plans around it but I perform some poems and talk about the stories behind some of them. Enjoy.. /Lodge Cover design by Peter Bazely (@PeterBazely)