Our tagline is a phrase from Paul Éluard: "There's another world, and it's this one." Our interest and focus is on poetry, the lyric moment, and altered states.
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Signup to Generate a PitchOur tagline is a phrase from Paul Éluard: "There's another world, and it's this one." Our interest and focus is on poetry, the lyric moment, and altered states.
Recent episodes include "S4: E3 Dion O'Reilly talks to Cole Swensen about Crows and more" (18 October 2026, 30 minutes), "S4: E2 Ryler Dustin reads his poem, "Poem With a Deadline, or, There Are Some Crocuses at the Edge of the Driveway"" (18 October 2026, 26 minutes), and "S4:E1 Ellen Bass Reads and Talks about "While My Daughter Is in Surgery I Think About a Night in a Hotel in Florence"" (30 September 2026, 33 minutes).
Trance•Cast publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 29 minutes across 9 episodes.
Booking probability for Trance•Cast is 25%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Trance•Cast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Trance•Cast's contact route on record: public web form.
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Trance•Cast is an arts show with 9 episodes published.
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Episode #3
A native of San Francisco, Cole Swensen is the author of twenty collections of poetry, most recently Veer (Alice James Books, 2026), and And And And (Shearsman Books, 2023), which was long-listed for the Griffin Prize...
Episode #2
Ryler Dustin is the author of Trailer Park Psalms , winner of the University of Pittsburgh’s 2022-2023 Starrett Prize, and Heavy Lead Birdsong (Write Bloody, 2008), forthcoming in an expanded edition this fall. He...
Episode #1
Ellen reads and disusses "While My Daughter Is in Surgery I Think About a Night in a Hotel in Florence," which first appeared in the New Yorker. Ellen Bass’s poetry collections include, Indigo, Like a Beggar, The Human...
Episode #4
<p>En•Trance Journal's contributing editor, Roxi Power, chats with Josh Brahinksy about the relationship between speaking in tongues and poetry.</p><p>Josh Brahinsky is a psychological anthropologist at McGill's...
Episode #3
<p>Danusha Laméris is a poet and essayist raised in Northern California. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Kenyon Review, and Ploughshares, among others. She is a Pushcart Prize recipient, a winner of the...
Episode #2
<p>Jane reads her poem "And if you like numbers, I will tell you that here on earth." The poem is a wonderful window into the presence that poetry can bring, even as it recounts and counts the many terrors of the world...
Episode #1
<p>Editor-at-large Paul Nelson and poet Cornelius Eady discuss "Proof," an occasional poem written for the inauguration of mayor Zohran Mamdani in New York City. </p><p><br /></p><p>Read the poem here.</p><p><br...
Episode #1
<p>Sharon Thesen grew up in small towns across Western Canada, and for many years she taught English and Creative Writing at Capilano College in North Vancouver and was an active member of the poetry scene in the Lower...
Episode #1
<p>We hear Kim read from her newest poetry collection, Exit Opera. She reads Kansas 4:00 am, which originally appeared in The New Yorker.</p><p>In this version, a sound accompaniment is provided by Kim's partner, the...
Episode #1
<p>Jan Beatty and Dion read and discuss two poems that appear in the first issue of En•Trance Journal--"Mission" and "Chalk Outline." The conversation touches on the numinous moments in the poems as well as some...
Episode #2
<p>This is a snippet of a longer conversation between Paul Nelson and Andrew Schelling. Andrew reads from his poem, "The Bristlecone"--a poem about a dream in which Michael McClure appears. </p><p><br /></p><p>Paul...
Episode #1
<p>Ellen Bass and Dion O'Reilly discuss Bass's poem, "You're the Top." We discuss the unique characteristics of the prose poem--how humble and quirky it is. </p><p><br></p><p>We take a look at the narrator's altered...
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