All Episodes

Be True, Episode 129: How to Be Discriminating

Be True, Episode 128: Oh, That Sinful Fruit

Be True, Episode 127: An Earth Day Message

Be True, Episode 126: On Telling Ourselves Better Lies

Be True, Episode 125: An American in Athens

Be True, Episode 124: Thought is Not a Luxury

Be True, Episode 123: A World Wide Web of Consequence

Be True, Episode 122: Who Finds a Melody?

Be True, Episode 121: Get Your Sh* t Together or Die Faster

Be True, Episode 120: Never Again On Earth Responding

Be True, Episode 119: "I compose poems, refuse talk"

Be True, Episode 118: Enemies of the People

Be True, Episode 117: My Destiny with the Poor People

Be True, Episode 116: The Truth Sets Us Free

Be True, Episode 115: An Immigrant Nation Inherits the World

Be True, Episode 114: The Nonviolent Struggle Over Meaning

Be True, Bonus Episode: "An Evening with M. Poe"

Be True, Episode 113: We Hold These Truths

Be True, Episode 112: No Choice But to Trust Our Feet

Be True, Episode 111: The City Will Be Following You

Be True, Episode 110: The Brawling Laughter of Youth

Be True, Episode 109: None May Teach It Anything

Be True, Episode 108: Restless Wanderers on the Earth

Be True, Episode 107: "Your Strength Meant Nothing, Then"

Be True, Episode 106: Found and Lost

Be True, Episode 105: People Trying to Stay Alive

Be True, Episode 104: The Sounds of the Harlem Night

Be True, Episode 103: How it Started, How it's Going

Be True, Episode 102: Finding What We Need When We Need It

Be True, Episode 101: I See So Many…Things Here

Be True, Episode 100: An Alternative Energy Appears in the World

Be True, Episode 99: "During the Dread Reign of the Cholera"

Be True, Episode 98: Most People are Good People

Be True, Episode 97: No Kings

Be True, Episode 96: Letting the Cat Out of the Bag

Be True, Episode 95: Let’s Give ‘Em Somethin’ To Talk About

Be True, Episode 94: Full Disclosure

Be True, Episode 93: It's Alright, Ma

Be True, Episode 92: Literature at the Crossroads

Be True, Episode 91: Responsible Humans in a Meatpacking Culture

Be True, Episode 90: Time is Wisdom

Be True, Episode 89: Don’t Forget the Homefront

Be True, Episode 88: Flying Unfriendly Skies

Be True, Episode 87: The Heart of the Matter

Be True, Episode 86: Taking Up “Wickedness” Again

Be True, Episode 85: Renewal From Every Angle

Be True, Episode 84: Words as Weapons

Be True, Episode 83: "We Aged a Hundred Years"

Be True, Episode 82: Auditions for Battle

Be True, Episode 81: The Poor Are With Us

Be True, Episode 80: “When I Saw It Was You, I Cried”

Be True, Episode 79: The Idiocy That Surrounds Us

Be True, Episode 78: We Are the Mad Ones

Be True, Episode 77: An Original Relation to the Universe

Be True, Episode 76: The Real Self-Help

Be True, Episode 75: Why Don’t You All Fade Away

Be True, Episode 74: This Poem is for the Birds

Be True, Episode 73: What Do You Believe?

Be True, Episode 72: Worthy Disciples and the Weary

Be True, Episode 71: A Poem About Hard Work and Weekends

Be True, Episode 70: Why Isn’t Your Book Funny?

Be True, Episode 69: The Prophecies of Harry Partch

Be True, Episode 68: When Buddha Chooses Resistance

Be True, Episode 67: If We Can Make It There

Be True, Episode 66: We’re Finally On Our Own

Be True, Episode 65: What It Means To Be True

Be True, Episode 64: The Writer at 50

Be True, Episode 63: Ecology and Generosity

Be True, Episode 62: Love One Another

Be True, Episode 61: When In Doubt, Go Big

Be True, Episode 60: Vistas of the Mind

Be True, Episode 59: Now Free With Me

Be True, Episode 58: Art in a Time of Crisis

Be True, Episode 57: So Listen Up ‘Cause You Can’t Say Nothin’

Be True, Episode 56: Poetry is B******t

Be True, Episode 55: Get Behind Me

Be True, Episode 54: We Discover the I Together

Be True, Episode 53: The Compassion of Darkness

Be True, Episode 52: The Last Gasp For Gutenberg

Be True, Episode 51: Let’s Defy Common Sense

Be True, Episode 50: Eve Battles the Bullies

Be True, Episode 49: The Fear of Flying Free

Be True, Episode 48: Our Time is Ours

Be True, Episode 47: Hooked on a Feeling

Be True, Episode 46: Skeletons in the Desert

Be True, Episode 45: Sexy Saints and Sinful Symbols

Be True, Episode 44: Illuminations and Cover Versions

Be True, Episode 43: Hard Work and Hoop Dreams

Be True, Episode 42: Some Sympathy for the Devils

Be True, Episode 41: On Having Friends Who Hate Poems

Be True, Episode 40: “The Potter” from The Americans

Be True, Episode 39: “Marsyas” from We Are Becoming Unbound

Be True, Episode 38: "Renaissance" from Body Songs

Be True, Bonus Episode: "Prophesy II, Chapter 3"

Be True, Episode 37: "Niches" from All the Lonely American Roads

Be True, Episode 36: "Arcturus"

Be True, Episode 35: "Acknowledgements"

Be True, Episode 34: "Palo Alto Nocturne" from The Americans

Be True, Episode 33: “We limited our liability” from My City of Yesterday

Be True, Episode 32: "Bridge and Tunnel" from On Self-Expression After the Revolution

Be True, Episode 31: "Saturday Morning, Massachusetts" from The Americans

Be True, Episode 30: “Sunday Morning, Long Island” from Sometimes I Still Pray

Be True, Episode 29: “Beneath the Manhattan Bridge, Just Before Sunrise” from On Self-Expression After the Revolution

Be True, Episode 28: “After Climbing” from The Americans

Be True, Bonus Episode: “Amygdala”

Be True, Episode 27: “Vespucci in a moment of lonesome clarity,” from the new Wee Sparrow anthology

Be True, Episode 26: “Mazda Marimba” from Parchment: A Prayer Quintet

Be True, Episode 25: “Capuchin”

Be True, Episode 24: “I can never know how I will feel tomorrow,” from I Sit At This Desk and Dream

Be True, Episode 23: “Downstairs, Aisle Five” from The Americans

Be True, Episode 22: “I’m told the rubble of war,” from For a minute there, it seemed like something was happening.

Be True, Episode 21: “I have adjusted my expectations” from On Self-Expression After the Revolution

Be True, Bonus Episode: “And to all, a good night.”

Be True, Episode 20: “Mr. Harvey’s Advice”

Be True, Episode 19: “That Ribbon of Highway” from The Americans

Be True, Episode 18: “This is my father’s city” from I Sit At This Desk and Dream

Be True, Episode 17: “Harmony” from The Americans

Be True, Episode 16: “A crane in the distance” from All the Lonely American Roads

Be True, Bonus Episode: “Somehow I made it home okay,” a preview of The Americans

Be True, Episode 15: “Chromolodeon” from Parchment: A Prayer Quintet

Be True, Episode 14: “Shaken earth was not his enemy” from My City of Yesterday

Be True, Episode 13: “Marching past the flags” from For a minute there, it seemed like something was happening.

Be True, Bonus Episode: “Cycles”

Be True, Episode 12: “I am trying to be philosophical” from I Sit At This Desk and Dream

Be True, Episode 11: “There is no bruise without blood” from Body Songs

Be True, Episode 10: “There was no perfection” from For A Minute There, It Seemed Like Something Was Happening.

Be True, Episode 9: “Easter 2020”

Be True, Episode 8: “The Narrow Gate” from All the Lonely American Roads

Be True, Episode 7: “Such bitterness is how we express our frailty” from We Are Becoming Unbound

Be True, Bonus Episode: “Blue and Brown”

Be True, Episode 6: “When you saw me the first time” from My City of Yesterday

Be True, Episode 5: “Sweating” from Sometimes I Still Pray

Be True, Episode 4: “It is easier to be earnest,” from For a Minute There, It Seemed Like Something Was Happening.

Be True, Episode 3: “One hopes for age appropriate” from I Sit At This Desk and Dream

Be True, Episode 2: “New Harmonic Canon” from Parchment: A Prayer Quintet

Episode 1: “Dress Up” from Sometimes I Still Pray: A Family Album