Series 3 Episode 5 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin.In this episode, Anthony speaks with poet and mathematician Pedro Poitevin. Topics of conversation include the role of meaning in poetry and palindromes, definitions and red

Series 3 - Episode 4: Samuel Andreyev (3)

Nov 29th, 2023 1h 23m

Series 3 Episode 4 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin.In this episode, Anthony speaks with composer, poet, and YouTuber Samuel Andreyev. Topics of conversation include the benefits and difficulties of new media for composers an

Series 3 - Episode 3: Richard Capener (Part 2: Scary Movies)

Oct 31st, 2023 2h 14m

Series 3 Episode 3 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin.Happy Halloween!In this episode, Anthony and Clara speak with poet and Hem Press publisher Richard Capener about their mutual interest in horror movies. During the conversat

Series 3 - Episode 2: Moira Walsh

Sep 28th, 2023 1h 6m

Series 3 Episode 2 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin.In this episode, Anthony speaks with poet, translator, and copywriter Moira Walsh. Topics of conversation include Moira's Enneract Editions chapbook Earthrise, poetry as a

Series 3 - Episode 1: Richard Capener (Part 1: Poetry & Publishing)

Aug 19th, 2023 1h 39m

Series 3 Episode 1 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin.In this episode, Anthony speaks with poet and Hem Press publisher Richard Capener. Topics of conversation include current events in the independent poetry press community, t

Series 2 - Episode 18: Anthony & Clara Eat Hot Wings

Jun 17th, 2023 1h

Series 2 Episode 18 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin.In the series 2 finale, Anthony and Clara steal a YouTube channel's idea and ask each other questions while eating increasingly spicy hot wings, ranging from 1,600 Scoville

Series 2 - Episode 17: Nick Asbury

Jun 13th, 2023 1h 54m

Series 2 Episode 17 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin.In this episode, Anthony speaks with writer, copywriter, and poet Nick Asbury. Topics of conversation include the politics of the poetry world, concepts and constraints, so

Series 2 - Episode 16: Mick Hodgkin

May 12th, 2023 59m 40s

Series 2 Episode 16 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin.In this episode, Anthony speaks with Mick Hodgkin, limerick writer, crossword setter, and Puzzles Editor for The Times and The Sunday Times. To mark National Limerick Day 2

Series 2 - Episode 15: Laura Kerr (2)

Mar 29th, 2023 1h 23m

Series 2 Episode 15 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin.In this episode, Anthony speaks with visual artist, poet, and educator Laura Kerr. Topics of conversation include Laura's recent entry into the world of NFTs, AI-generated

Series 2 - Episode 14: Christian Bök (3)

Mar 6th, 2023 2h 22m

Series 2 Episode 14 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin and Clara Daneri.To celebrate the 50th episode of The Penteract Podcast, Anthony (and, from 1.26:50, Clara) chats with the podcast's very first guest, Christian Bök.The que

Series 2 - Episode 13: Teo Eve

Feb 8th, 2023 1h 18m

Series 2 Episode 13 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin.In this episode, Anthony Etherin and Teo Eve discuss the history of the alphabet. Topics include hieroglyphs and the rebus principle; the evolution of letterforms; runes an

Series 2 - Episode 12: Sasha Stiles

Jan 18th, 2023 1h 22m

Series 2 Episode 12 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin.In this episode, Anthony meets Sasha Stiles, to discuss AI-generated poetry, NFTs, and Sasha's work with theVERSEverse. Topics include: poetry on the blockchain; the relati

Series 2 - Episode 11: Lori Wike

Oct 18th, 2022 1h 6m

Series 2 Episode 11 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin.In this episode, Anthony speaks with Lori Wike about puzzles, wordplay, and Lori's work as Principal Bassoon for the Utah Symphony Orchestra. Topics include inventing puzzl

Series 2 - Episode 10: Jack Waley-Cohen

Aug 24th, 2022 55m 26s

Series 2 Episode 10 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin.In this episode, Anthony meets Jack Waley-Cohen, Co-founder of What3Words, Question Editor for the BBC' s Only Connect, and Co-owner of QuizQuizQuiz.Topics of conversation

Series 2 - Episode 9: Marian Christie

Aug 2nd, 2022 1h 7m

Series 2 Episode 9 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin.In this episode, Anthony and Marian Christie — author of Fractal Poems (Enneract Editions, 2021) and From Fibs to Fractals (Beir Bua Press, 2021) — discuss the relationship

Series 2 - Episode 8: Mark Saltveit

Jul 6th, 2022 1h 14m

Series 2 Episode 8 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin and Clara Daneri.In this episode, Anthony and Clara catch up with comedian, writer, and palindromist Mark Saltveit, to discuss Mark's career in stand-up. Topics of conversat

Series 2 - Episode 7: Jane Espenson

Jun 1st, 2022 1h 7m

Series 2 Episode 7 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin. In this episode, Anthony speaks with Jane Espenson about her work as a writer on such shows as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Battlestar Galactica, and Once Upon a Time — other

Series 2 - Episode 6: Laura Kerr

May 9th, 2022 1h 9m

Series 2 Episode 6 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin.In this episode, Anthony speaks with visual artist, poet, and educator Laura Kerr. Topics of conversation include process art, social media, galleries, books, and NFTs.Follo

Series 2 - Episode 5: David Astle

Apr 21st, 2022 1h 3m

Series 2 Episode 5 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin."Live! David Astle melts a diva devil!""Decode! Lest David Astle decode!"In this episode, Anthony speaks with writer, presenter, and celebrated crossword setter David Astle.

Series 2 - Episode 4: Andrew Hugill & Christian Bök (Introduction to 'Pataphysics)

Apr 5th, 2022 2h

Series 2 Episode 4 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin.In this episode, Anthony speaks with Andrew Hugill, author of 'Pataphysics: A Useless Guide (MIT Press, 2012), and Christian Bök, author of 'Pataphysics: The Poetics of an I

Series 2 - Episode 3: Anthony Horowitz

Mar 11th, 2022 41m 35s

Series 2 Episode 3 of The Penteract Podcast, presented by Anthony Etherin and featuring an interview with novelist and screenwriter Anthony Horowitz. Topics of conversation include wordplay and structure, genre and tradition, and adapting novel

Series 2 - Episode 2: Merlina Acevedo

Feb 27th, 2022 58m 34s

Series 2 Episode 2 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with chess champion, artist, photographer, musician, poet, and palindromist Merlina Acevedo.In this episode, Anthony and Merlina discuss Merlina'

Series 2 - Episode 1: Ben Zimmer & Eric Chaikin (Beyond Wordplay)

Feb 18th, 2022 2h 1m

Series 2 Episode 1 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin.In this episode, Anthony meets Wall Street Journal lexicographer Ben Zimmer and Word Wars director Eric Chaikin. Together, Ben and Eric operate Beyond Wordplay, a platform d

Series 1 - Episode 36: Clara Daneri

Feb 9th, 2022 53m 23s

Episode 36 of The Penteract Podcast. For the final episode of series one, Anthony Etherin interviews Clara Daneri, discussing Clara’s interest in combining traditional and digital media, her experience as a publisher for Penteract Press, and th

Series 1 - Episode 35: Michelle Moloney King

Jan 10th, 2022 1h 5m

Episode 35 of the Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with Michelle Moloney King of Beir Bua Press. Topics of conversation include small press publishing, the British and Irish avantgarde, hypnosis and medit