This is a rebroadcast of episodes 6 & 7 from October 19, 2022.

What power does poetry have to help us navigate the challenges of life? How do we approach art and how does it approach us? Join our guest host Diane Sims for a journey through these questions, and many others, with Pádraig Ó Tuama in an episode so big, we had to split it into two.

In Part 1, Pádraig Ó shares his relationship with art, reconciliation and the ongoing road toward finding ourselves.

In Part 2, we dig into the questions of acceptance and identity Pádraig grappled with as a youth growing up in Ireland, and in the tall shadow of the Catholic Church, and what innate sensibility gave him the fortitude to step into those headwinds, instead of turning away, with a brief stop in the land of knitable television near the end.

For those new to Pádraig’s work, he is an Irish poet and the host of the hugely popular podcast Poetry Unbound – now on its sixth season – as well as a theologian and conflict mediator.

Links mentioned in the episodes:

Pádraig’s Website

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Original Episode Credits:

A Bend in the Road is written, hosted and produced by Roberta Panjwani and created by Roberta Panjwani and Diane Sims
Original Music is written and performed by Diane Sims
Our Assistant Producer is, Elias Rosner
Our Technical Director and Audio Engineer is Elias Rosner
Our Editor is Elias Rosner
Our Digital Media producers are Sabrina Garcia and Elias Rosner
Logo and Website created by Parker Gaidimas
Special thanks to Pádraig Ó Tuama for talking with us today and to Shannon Hearn for her help

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