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The Poet Laureate Podcast
THE POEM IS LISTENING. Each month: one poet, one moment.
A sonic sanctuary hosted by Kyeren Regehr, 7th Poet Laureate of Victoria.
Season Two is made possible through a project grant from the Canada Council for the Arts, supporting our transition into a professionalized audio-first publication venue.
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien.
Episodes
10 episodes
Toussaint St. Negritude: Season 2 Episode 1
In this rich and sweeping conversation, Kyeren Regehr speaks with poet and bass clarinetist, Toussaint St. Negritude about poetry as ritual and risk, liberation as artistic practice, and the living intersections of Blackness, queerness, place, ...
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The 2025 Community Episode: Lorne Daniel, Zoe Dickinson, Jeremy Loveday, Tracy Wai de Boer
Poet Laureate Podcast: Inaugural Community Episode (2025)Featuring: Lorne Daniel, Jeremy Loveday, Zoe Dickinson & Tracy Wai de BoerRecorded live in the Garden Studio at Haus of Owl Creation Lab, this episode cele...
Joanna Streetly Season 1 Episode 8
Poet Laureate Podcast – Episode Eight Joanna Streetly | Deep Time, Transformation, and the Ethics of PlaceIn this eighth episode, Kyeren Regehr sits down with Joanna Streetly—poet, memoirist, and the inaugural Poet Laureate of Tofino. Wr...
Yvonne Blomer Season 1 Episode 7
In this seventh episode, Kyeren Regehr welcomes Yvonne Blomer—poet, editor, and the fourth Poet Laureate of Victoria. With nuance and urgency, Yvonne speaks to reimagining myth through a feminist lens...
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Drew Lavigne Season 1 Episode 6
Poet Laureate Podcast – Episode Six Drew Lavigne | The Aesthetic PullIn this episode, Kyeren Regehr welcomes Drew Lavigne—poet laureate of Moncton, poetry editor at The Fiddlehead, curator of the Attic Owl Read...
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Fiona Tinwei Lam Season 1 Episode 5
Episode 5: Fiona Tinwei Lam on Poetry as Ritual, Film, and Public Art The Poet Laureate Podcast with host Kyeren RegehrIn this episode, former Vancouver Poet Laureate Fiona Tinwei Lam joins Kyeren Regehr to exp...
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Steven Ross Smith Season 1 Episode 4
Poet Laureate Podcast – Episode Four Steven Ross Smith | Writing Like Jazz In this fourth episode, Kyeren Regehr welcomes Steven Ross Smith — poet, mentor, arts leader, and former Poet Laureate of Banf...
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John Barton: Season 1 Episode 3
In this third episode Kyeren Regehr welcomes John Barton—poet, editor, essayist, and the fifth Poet Laureate of Victoria, BC. With unflinching grace and poetic precision, John speaks to the evolution of queer poetics in Canada, the intimate dis...
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