The act of waiting turned Dr. Nick Makoha into a poet. While he waits, he fills these moments of anticipation with his imagination. And from his imagination comes his latest poetry collection, ‘The New Carthaginians’ which has been nominated for the 2025 T.S Eliot Prize. In this episode, we hear how Nick sees himself as a time traveller and writes love poems that seek to pause time. Please be aware, there are mentions of police brutality, systemic racism, and the murder of George ...
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The act of waiting turned Dr. Nick Makoha into a poet. While he waits, he fills these moments of anticipation with his imagination. And from his imagination comes his latest poetry collection, ‘The New Carthaginians’ which has been nominated for the 2025 T.S Eliot Prize. In this episode, we hear how Nick sees himself as a time traveller and writes love poems that seek to pause time. Please be aware, there are mentions of police brutality, systemic racism, and the murder of George ...
In the previous episode, we met Ro: fast talking, bubbly, fitness fan from New Jersey who'd fallen in love with a man called Adam. But the slight hitch was that Adam was serving a 213 year prison sentence for multiple robberies he'd committed as a young adult. In this episode, we meet Adam and hear what it's like trying to live life inside a 213 year prison sentence. Will Adam ever be released? Will Ro and Adam get to be together outside of the prison walls? Or will the waiting be...
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The act of waiting turned Dr. Nick Makoha into a poet. While he waits, he fills these moments of anticipation with his imagination. And from his imagination comes his latest poetry collection, ‘The New Carthaginians’ which has been nominated for the 2025 T.S Eliot Prize. In this episode, we hear how Nick sees himself as a time traveller and writes love poems that seek to pause time. Please be aware, there are mentions of police brutality, systemic racism, and the murder of George ...
