Rattlecast

A Livestreaming Poetry Reading and Podcast

We’re bringing a new poet into your pocket every week with the Rattlecast. Part interview and part reading, with a prompt-based open mic, it’s a casual way to hangout with Rattle editor Timothy Green and all of our friends in poetry around the world. The Rattlecast livestreams—usually Mondays at 8pm ET / 5pm PT, though the schedule sometimes varies. Please go to our YouTube channel and click “Subscribe.” Every show is simulcast to Facebook and Twitter. An audio version is available on iTunesSoundcloudSpotify, Amazon, and other podcasting apps—search for “Rattlecast” on your favorite.

Each Rattlecast begins with a Poets Respond Live segment, featuring poems about the news, and also features a writing prompt at the end of the show, and open lines for poems written for the last week’s prompt or anything else the audience would like to share. To participate, just send your poem to openmic [at] rattle [dot] com so it can be shown on-screen. If you can read it yourself, join in on Zoom during the last half of the show—a like will be provided in the chat windows on YouTube and Facebook.

Next Week’s Prompt: Write about a stranger you encounter this week. How are they the same as you? How are they different?

Upcoming Schedule

(all times Eastern, unusual times bolded)

Monday, June 5th, 8pm: Shawn R. Jones
Monday, June 12th, 8pm: Ruth Bavetta
Monday, June 19th, 8pm: Barbara Hamby
Monday, June 26th, 8pm: No Show!
Monday, July 3rd, 3pm: NFT Poets
Monday, July 10th, 8pm: Virgil Suárez
Monday, July 17th, 8pm: Bruce Weigl
Monday, July 24th, 8pm: Sasha Stiles

Archive

Ep. Guest Audio/Video
#197 Shawn R. Jones YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#196 Francesca Bell YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#195 Anne Casey YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#194 Frank Dullaghan YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#193 Michael Favala Goldman YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#192 New Voices YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#191 Tresha Faye Haefner YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#190 Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#189 Alexis Rhone Fancher YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#188 Dick Westheimer YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#187 John W. Evans YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#186 Rachel Custer YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#185 Jennifer Reeser YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#184 James Davis May YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#183 Abby E. Murray YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#182 Sarah Etlinger YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#181 Open Lines YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#180 Michael Dylan Welch YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#179 Nicelle Davis YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#178 A.E. Hines YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#177 Sonia Greenfield YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#176 Angela Voras-Hills YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#175 Emily Ruth Hazel YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#174 John Brehm YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#173 Dion O’Reilly YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#172 Elaine Sexton YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#171 Joan Kwon Glass YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#170 Rick Lupert YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#169 Nicole Caruso Garcia YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#168 David James YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#167 David Bowles YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#166 Jeannine Hall Gailey YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#165 Cindy Veach YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#164 Robert Pinsky YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#163 Nikita Parik YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#162 Bruce Bennett YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#161 Jill Kandel YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#160 Jessy Randall YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#159 January Gill O’Neil YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#158 Rachel Mallalieu YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#157 Linda Nemec Foster YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#156 Prisoner Express YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#155 Cati Porter YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#154 Raquel Franco YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#153 Heather Altfeld YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#152 Anna M. Evans YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#151 Troy Jollimore YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#150 Alexis Sears YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#149 Katie Bickham YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#148 Mark Gibbons YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#147 Campbell McGrath YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#146 Nancy Miller Gomez YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#145 Alexis V. Jackson YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#144 Mike White YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#143 Chris Anderson YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#142 Erin Murphy YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#141 Janice N. Harrington YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#140 Kate Gale YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#139 Todd Davis YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#138 Elizabeth Johnston Ambrose YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#137 Kim Stafford YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#136 Susan Vespoli YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#135 Kevin Clark YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#134 Kashiana Singh YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#133 Roberta Beary YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#132 Marjorie Saiser YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#131 Zilka Joseph YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#130 William Logan YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#129 Lester Graves Lennon YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#128 Bill Glose YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#127 Marcela Sulak YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#126 Grant Quackenbush YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#125 Amanda Newell YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#124 José A. Alcántara YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#123 Sophia Naz YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#122 Jim Daniels YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#121 Tishani Doshi YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#120 David Kirby YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#119 Brittney Corrigan YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#118 Ananda Lima YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#117 Clemonce Heard YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#116 Ernest Hilbert YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#115 Jenny Qi YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#114 Joseph Fasano YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#113 Mark Jarman YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#112 Marissa Davis YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#111 Deborah P Kolodji YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#110 Vince Gotera YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#109 Gil Arzola YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#108 Brendan Constantine YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#107 Marcela Sulak YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#106 Edison Jennings YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#105 Maria Gillan YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#104 Roy Bentley YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#103 Jack Ridl YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#102 Ace Boggess YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#101 Bro. Yao (Hoke S. Glover III) YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#100 Alison Luterman YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#99 Tina Parker YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#98 Wyn Cooper YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#97 Lance Larsen YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#96 Melissa Balmain YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#95 Supriya Kaur Dhaliwal YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#94 Kerrin McCadden YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#93 Martin Willitts Jr. YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#92 Michael Mark YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#91 Tanya Ko Hong YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#90 Janée J. Baugher YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#89 Eugenia Leigh YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#88 Kim Addonizio YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#87 Alice Pettway YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#86 Denise Duhamel YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#85 Lois Baer Barr YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#84 Wendy Videlock YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#83 Anthony Tao YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#82 A.E. Stallings YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#81 Derek Sheffield YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#80 Rebecca Starks YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#79 Alison Townsend YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#78 Russell Brakefield YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#77 Dana Gioia YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#76 Jennifer Jean YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#75 Alexis Rotella YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#74 Marjorie Lotfi YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#73 Skye Jackson YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#72 Amy Miller YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#71 Sarah P. Strong YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#70 Alan W. King YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#69 Jim Peterson YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#68 Steve Henn YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#67 Brian Sonia-Wallace YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#66 Fiona Sze-Lorrain YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#65 Jan Beatty YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#64 David Mason YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#63 Jessica Goodfellow YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#62 A.M. Juster YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#61 Molly Fisk YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#60 Kathleen McClung YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#59 Taylor Mali YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#58 Gregory Loselle YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#57 Alejandro Escudé YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#56 Jennifer Perrine YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#55 Amit Majmudar YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#54 Paul E. Nelson YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#53 Rhina P. Espaillat YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#52 James Ragan YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#51 Courtney Kampa YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#50 David Romtvedt YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#49 Tom C. Hunley YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#48 Kari Gunter-Seymour YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#47 Ron Koertge YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#46 Erik Campbell YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#45 Marc Alan Di Martino YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#44 Dorianne Laux YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#43 John Philip Johnson YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#42 Meg Eden YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#41 Rosemerry Trommer YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#40 Danusha Laméris YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#39 William Trowbridge YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#38 George Bilgere YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#37 Charles Harper Webb YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#36 Katherine Barrett Swett YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#35 Wendy Barker YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#34 Jimmy Pappas YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#33 Ellen Bass YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#32 Lola Haskins YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#31 Rachel Custer YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#30 Kelly Grace Thomas YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#29 Susan Browne YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#28 Christina Olson YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#27 Michael T. Young YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#26 Kathleen Balma YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#25 Chaun Ballard YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#24 Clint Margrave YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#23 Barbara Crooker YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#22 Peter E. Murphy YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#21 Tony Gloeggler YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#20 Naomi Shihab Nye YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#19 Bob Hicok YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#18 Nickole Brown YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#17 Wally Swist YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#16 Lynne Knight YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#15 Francesca Bell YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#14 Janet Fitch YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#13 Aaron Poochigian YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#12 Bro. Yao (Hoke S. Glover III) YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#11 Jamey Hecht YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#10 Al Ortolani YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#9 Alexandra Umlas YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#8 Kat Lehmann YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#7 Kim Dower YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#6 Richard Gilbert YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#5 Pavana Reddy YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#4 Elizabeth S. Wolf YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#3 David Berman Tribute YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#2 Lynne Thompson YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#1 Benjamin Aleshire YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3