Say Owt Podcast

Say Owt, but Stay In, Tapes. Conversations with poets and spoken word artists during the global Coronavirus pandemic, hosted by Henry Raby. We chat about health, time, writing, creativity and Beamish. Plus, Henry and Hannah share some poems!

Say Owt, but Stay In, Tapes. Conversations with poets and spoken word artists during the global Coronavirus pandemic, hosted by Henry Raby. Henry chats to Leyla Josephine, a spoken word artist, screenwriter and educator, and the Repeat Beat Poet, a hip-hop poet, broadcaster and event host.

Say Owt, but Stay In, Tapes. Conversations with poets and spoken word artists during the global Coronavirus pandemic, hosted by Henry Raby. Rowan has been commissioned by Channel 4, Radio 3’s ‘The Verb’ and Poet-In-Residence for the National Trust. Genevieve heads up The Unsung, a band fusing her spoken word poetry with music. Genevieve has been commissioned to write poetry, theatre and television for organisations including The National Portrait Gallery, Sky TV and Apples & Snakes.

Say Owt, but Stay In, Tapes. Conversations with poets and spoken word artists during the global Coronavirus pandemic, hosted by Henry Raby. Dami was part of the Sheffield University UniSlam team, she’s a Say Owt Slam champion and has been commissioned by the University of Sheffield. Bridget is co-host of the Chips and Beans podcast, South West producer for For Books’ Sake and co-editor of Burning Eye Books. Themes: Performance, connection and Grease

Say Owt, but Stay In, Tapes. Conversations with poets and spoken word artists during the global Coronavirus pandemic, hosted by Henry Raby. Clive is a Portishead-based Poet-Artist and Printmaker working at a place where poetry & art collide. His poetry pamphlet "Palimpsest" was published by VervePoetryPress at the start of 2020. Mab Jones is a Cardiff-based writer, she runs Black Rabbit Press and Infinity Books. She is currently the Resident Writer of Cardiff Wetlands Nature Reserve. Themes: Health, time, space and Dystopian Fiction

Say Owt, but Stay In, Tapes. Conversations with poets and spoken word artists during the global Coronavirus pandemic, hosted by Henry Raby. Tyrone Lewis, the first ever Roundhouse Poet and a Roundhouse Poetry Slam Champion and Malaika Kegode, is a producer with Milk Poetry and spoken word artist. Themes: Grief, writing and D&D

Say Owt, but Stay In, Tapes. Conversations with poets and spoken word artists during the global Coronavirus pandemic, hosted by Henry Raby. Henry talks with Lisette Auton, a disabled writer, activist, and creative practitioner based in Darlington. Suhaiymah is a poet from Leeds and host of the Breaking Binaries podcast. Her poem This is Not a Humanising Poem has over 2 million views on Youtube. Themes include: marginalised voices, injustice, rage, binaries and Yardens.

Say Owt, but Stay In, Tapes. Conversations with poets and spoken word artists during the global Coronavirus pandemic, hosted by Henry Raby. Fay Roberts describes themselves as a queer, disabled, Welsh lover of words and spreadsheets. They run Allographic Press and the Cambridge branch of Hammer & Tongue. Sez is a slam-winning Autistic Genderqueer Poet and youth worker based in Sheffield. Themes: Going digital, managing your home space and mystical magical islands.

Say Owt, but Stay In, Tapes. Conversations with poets and spoken word artists during the global Coronavirus pandemic, hosted by Henry Raby. In this podcast, Henry chats to Hollie McNish and Jemima Foxtrot. Hollie has won a Ted Hughes Award for New Work. Jemima Foxtrot is a spoken word performer, theatre-maker and during the pandemic made the move to Berlin. Themes include: Change, mental health, motherhood and time.

Say Owt, but Stay In, Tapes. Conversations with poets and spoken word artists during the global Coronavirus pandemic, hosted by Henry Raby. In this podcast, Henry chats to Harry Baker and Amy King. Harry is a Poetry World Slam Champion and host of the Something Borrowed podcast and a Wikipedia Page. Amy is a queer, northern poet, Say Owt Slam Champion, and Kate Nash enthusiast. Themes include: Touring, performing and Andy Burnham's cagoule

Mathematician-turned-World-Slam-Champion Harry Baker chats about his love for maths, words and touring. We also catch Harry just as the Coronavirus looms across the UK, and how it's affecting gigs and the arts.

Vanessa is the Bristol City Poet-In-Residence, we chatted to her about her role, the city and being a freelancer working in the arts.

For the first time ever, Say Owt host a LIVE podcast chatting with Charly Cox on her book tour for her second release, Validate Me. General content note and trigger warning for discussions around mental health, depression, anxiety and BPD. Also Britain's Got Talent and pirates.

Lisette Auton is a poet an writer based in the North East. A disabled activist, she write about politics and solidarity. She chats with Henry in the Museum Gardens of York about making events more accessible, her novel The Wrecklings and we sing angry political songs.

Hollie McNish received the 2016 Ted Hughes Poetry Award and was the first poet to record at Abby Road Studios. Here we chat writing, nerves, the assumptions on generations and finally answer the age-old question: Would you rather be a Pirate or a Mermaid?

Jess Green is the BBC EdFringe Slam Champion and touring her show 'A Self Help Guide to Being in Love With Jeremy Corbyn'

Genevieve Carver is a poet, musician and workshop facilitator currently touring her second show, A Beautiful Way To Be Crazy with her band, The Unsung. She chats about her show platforming female voices, her first show about death and grief and how she fuses spoken word and music together.

Part 2! This time nattering about Ross' live shows

We chat with Ross Sutherland, creator, facilitator, runner and person-er of the Imaginary Advice podcast

Rowan McCabe is the world's first door-to-door poet. In this podcast he chats about his adventures, the people he met, winning slams, doing EdFringe and how poets can respond to Brexit. He also plays a game of Geordier-Than-Thou.

Henry chats with song-poet Jemima Foxtrot about her work, writing and performance, as well as her love for music and univocalisms!

Sonnet Youth is the hottest night in Glasgow, if not the UK. A poetic piss-up, we caught up with it's hosts Cat Hepburn and Kev P. Gilday to chat about variety & hosting as well as their own work.

Since 2014, Say Owt has been hosting sizzling spoken word slams. Each slam has a winner, someone who the audience have voted their favourite act of the night. Once a year we gather these Champions from across the UK in a wild night of performance poetry, spoken word and raw verse. Featuring Katie Greenbrown, Alex Tyler, Sophie Shepherd, Rose Condo, David Jarman, Katherine Watson, Samra Mayanja, Kit Rayne and Lily Luty

Jake and Tyrone run one of the most raucous poetry nights in London, and they brought the open mic to York. As we walk home, we chat about running events, promotion, safer spaces and pop into the corner shop on route.

Sara is the 2013 UK Slam Champion, Semi-Finalist in the European Slam and won 3rd place in the World Slam. Educator and host, we chat about learning, acting and the age old question: Pirate or Mermaid?

Mark went viral in 2012 when he beat Blizzard in a Don't Flop rap battle. But long before this, Mark had quit his job as an English teacher to pursue performance poetry. After guesting at Say Owt Slam #18, he sat down to natter with Henry Raby about his new poems, how he deals with trolls and the state of spoken word. Note: strong language NSFW www.sayowt.co.uk www.facebook.com/sayowt

Gemma Baker, host of Word Theatre, ATG Slam and The Poetry Gren Room in Lincoln chats about building and nurturing a scene, managing admin and arts duties and what the future holds. Also joined by Peterborough poet Alex Tyler and Say Owt Associate Artist Hannah Davies

After the biggest Say Owt gig to date, Henry & Stu chat to Sage Francs and B.Dolan from Strange Famous Records. Legends of the underground hip-hop scene, they mix story-telling with hip-hop to create heartfelt, playful and political pieces. www.sayowt.co.uk

Megan Evans is Creative Director of Deer Shed Festival, a fantastic family-friendly event. Say Owt will be running a special slam, and Megan talks about the festival and her job programming. http://deershedfestival.com/

For our Clash of Champions, we invited a whole host of previous Say Owt winners for a very special event. Beforehand, we say down with a number of them (plus other special people) for a natter. Featuring Henry Raby, Stu Freestone, Rose Condo, Katie Greenbrown, Kieren King, Sophie Shepherd, Samra Mayanja, Jake Wild Hall, Ian Winter, Tony Gadd and Alex Tyler.

Henry & Stu chat to Hannah Davies, poet, play-wright and theatre-maker about her work taking influence from acting, her writing approach and her poetry against Donald Trump that almost landed her into hot water.

Henry Raby & Stu Freestone chat in the vestry of All Saints Church with Shane Koyczan ahead of his York set. Shane has toured the world, and his videos clock millions of views. We natter about education, slam poems, touring and, of course, Neck Beards. www.facebook.com/sayowtslam

Kate Fox, poet-in-residence for Glastonbury Festival and the Great North Run, chats to Henry and Stu about feminism & stand-up.

Once we got home, we got chatting to Dave Jarman about pickle, space and the end of the world. And slippers.

Henry chats to Adele Hampton as they walk back home from Say Owt Slam #15, by the river, under the stars, near the train tracks, wearing a noisy cagoule.

Gecko is a singer-storyteller based in London who has travelled the world which his playful songs about Rapunzel, Guanabana Juice, Grant Mitchell and being quiet in a Library. He chat to Henry about the show they played in York, writing, recording and Edinburgh Fringe

Henry & Stu chat to Harry & Chris about their show, The Harry & Chris Show. Harry Baker (2012 World Slam Champ) and Chris Read (Jazz/Soul musician) discuss Edinburgh Fringe, rap battles, jazz & Pixar.

Kirsten Luckins is the Apples & Snakes co-ordinator for the North of England, supporting spoken word and poetry. A&S have been mentoring Say Owt, and we also chat about Kirsten's own poetry.

In part 2, Henry and Stu discussing more about performance poetry with Dave Jarman, including audiences, compering and their worst gigs ever

For our special double-figures number 10, we hand the reigns over to Dave Jarman to ask us, Henry Raby & Stu Freestone, questions about poetry, spoken word, slams. Expect distractions, diversions, derailment and daftness.

The colour yellow, the sky, faces, sleep, hair and woodlice. Heny & Stu chat to Rob Auton about a range of topics, some of them even related to poetry and performance.

Vanessa Kisuule sits down to talk about writing, rap battles and performing to German audiences

Henry and Stu popped over to Halifax to run a slam for Spoken Weird and chat to it's host Geneviève L. Walsh, goth poet and part of the Firm Of Poets collective.

Scott Tyrrell, 2015 BBC EdFringe Slam Champ, performs in York for the first time ever in his career and chats to Stu and Henry about comedy, the autobiographical nature of his work and the tense atmosphere backstage at the BBC Slams.

Henry & Stu chat to Huddersfield poet Rose Condo about theatre, food and screwing the patriarchy

Welcome back to another Say Owt Podcast! This episode we talked to Jack Dean about how he got to where he is now (and the pains of London open mics), the crossover of Spoken Word and Theatre, and Vampire Amy Winehouse.

Say Owt Podcast #3 is here! Things get loose and a little bit silly with Dave Jarman as we discuss Murder on the Orient Express (but with children), trying to buy pizza at a Chinese Takeaway, and knocking on strangers doors and demanding poetry from them. Oh, and of course, Spoken Word.

We're back at it again, with a podcasts featuring an interview with Dan Simpson about how the concept of the anti-slam was conceived, and it's importance in the world of spoken word. Also featured are some live snippets from the anti-slam show at The Basement in York, and the usual buffoonery from Henry and Stu.

It's finally here! Say Owt slam has dropped its very first podcast, featuring special guests Sophia Walker and Adele Hampton, who performed at our most recent event, and hosted by Say Owt founders Stu Freestone and Henry Raby. In this episodes our guests discuss their inspirations, how to avoid typical spoken word cliches, and why to avoid being a 'viral' poet.