Episode 36b: Pádraig Ó Tuama: In the Shelter of Each Other & Saying Hello to the Questions (Rebroadcast)

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

The TenX9 Storytelling Project

Corrymeela

Morton Deutsch

Billy Collins

Six Feet Under

“If You’re Going To Look Like a Wolf They Have to Love You More Than Fear You”

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