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Simon Sweetman hosts Sweetman Podcast, a arts show with 326 episodes published.
Here we are with our first-recorded podcast of 2026, and our second episode shared for the year. It’s time we got a move on, but thanks for sticking with us. We had a big one here! IT — very much the most popular and inf
Well, it was time to host the second “Say The Thing” of 2026. We had a strong card of about 20 readers of poetry, stories, and essays at MEOW — and as the host and MC I decided to read a couple of new poems as part of my
I haven’t done a video for a while — so here are six poems from the last year or so, read out by me in a one-take video. I’ll link to the poems as they originally appeared here for those that want to read them instead, o
My first time back at Poetry in Motion for 2026. I took the opportunity to plug our upcoming “Say The Thing” open mics for this year, at new venue, MEOW. And I read three new poems from, seemingly, a series of bus-stop p
We are back with the 13th episode of We All Float Down Here — A Stephen King podcast. Our last of 2025 (on YouTube) and first of 2026 (here on other podcast services and Substack) is our second “Richard Bachman” episode.
Snag is a nasty wee story that includes violence and discussion of sexual assault. It’s flippant, provocative, and probably downright brutal. But that’s up to each individual to decide. So if you think you’re better off
This time last year we launched my second book of poetry, The Richard Poems. The launch was at the clothing and barber store, That Was Then This Is Now, not only a magical place to get a great haircut or some snazzy thre
Sounds Good! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Most people think the “Mary, Mary, quite contrary” thing is just a rhyme — a cute lit
It’s been five years since we launched my first book of poetry, The Death of Music Journalism. I did a little audio podcast at the time sharing some of the story behind the writing of the poems, the making of the book, a
Here’s a reading of a short story (which might also be a poem, depending on how you hear it) called Bumper Boats. You can read below an earlier version of this — there are some slight changes in the reading vs. this text
We are back with the 11th episode of We All Float Down Here — A Stephen King podcast. Our third of 2025 is our first “Richard Bachman” episode. King famously wrote a bunch of books as Richard Bachman, later publishing th
Here is a podcast recording of my short story ‘Reverie Gone Astray’, from the third ‘Say The Thing’ spoken word evening, recorded, July 23, 2025. You can listen to it here on Substack, or wherever you get podcasts — Amaz
We are back with the eleventh episode of We All Float Down Here — A Stephen King podcast. Our third of 2025 is King’s first collaboration, The Talisman, written with fellow horror scribe, Peter Straub. There would be a s
You can read the text below — and/or click on the arrow above to listen to the podcast of the story (also available on Sweetman Podcast on Spotify, Amazon, Apple and wherever you get your podcasts) Michaela remembers whe
Here’s three brand new poems from me at the regular Poetry in Motion open mic at the Fringe Bar in Wellington. My first time reading there in a couple of months. I debuted three new poems which you can click on below for
Just mucking around with stories — so these are two different readings of the same story. The audio and video are separate recordings, so you can listen to the audio above on its own, or with reading the story below. Or
I haven’t made a bit of music for a while. Some would say I never have — including after hearing any of the pieces. Fair enough. With that in mind, here’s my most recent. A wee piece I call New Coat. I guess I tried to a
I always knew when my grandfather had come home too boozed, or sometimes it was even on a night when he’d just drift in his chair. The whiskey had done a number on him again. There’d be some noise and then my grandmother
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