The Planet Poetry podcast

The Planet Poetry Podcast is produced and presented by Robin Houghton and Peter Kenny. Selfie taken on Seaford Beach July 2024 having wrapped the fourth season.

With Robin Houghton, I present and produce the Planet Poetry podcast. Robin and I do in-depth interviews with leading poets and poetry influencers — as well as discuss books that are new to us, thorny issues and much more.

Tim Relf, writing in Poetry News, The Newspaper of the Poetry Society, in Spring ’23 said: ‘Part of its success, is the fantastic chemistry between friends Peter and Robin, whose exchanges are illuminating, frank and often amusing’.

Our guest list over the years has read like a bit of a who’s who of contemporary poetry: Pascale Petit, Clare Shaw, Katrina Porteous, Sarah Salway, Tess Jolly, Jack Underwood, Mario Petrucci, Charlotte Gann, Mary Jean Chan, Rhona McAdam, Inua Ellams, Katheryn Maris, Alireza Abix, Yang Lian, JT Welsch, John McCullough, Helen Ivory, Rishi Dastidar, Kim Addonizio, Ashanti Anderson, Martina Evans, Sharon Black, Di Slaney, Janet Sutherland, Joolz Sparkes, Hilaire, Jeremy Page, Sasha Dugdale, J.O.Morgan, Caleb Parkin, Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino, Fiona Sampson, Kim Moore, Peter Raynard, Shane McCrae, Sarah Barnsley, Matthew Stewart, Mimi Khalvati, Mark Fiddes, Robert Hamberger, Liz Berry, Clare Best, Greta Stoddart, Rachel Piercy, Kate Wakeling, Richard Skinner, Ian McMillan, Leontia Flynn, Martyn Crucefix, Jane Clarke, Tamar Yoseloff, Paul Stephenson, Roy McFarlane, Ali Lewis, Seni Seneviratne, Rory Waterman, and Jane Commane.