A hug from the moon.: Recent Episodes
Leon the poet
A weekly poetry podcast with your favourite cult spoken word artist Leon the poet. Follow on Instagram @thehugfromthemoon
This week our cult poet with a croaky throat reads some of his favourite poems from his poetry collection and airs a brand new poem ‘Mr Velcro man’
This week our cult poet shares poems on the national service, shouty singer songwriters and a ode to his home town in the style of under the bridge!
This week our cult poet talks about the importance of connection and shares 3 brand new poems. (Who remembers stickle bricks?)
This week our cult poet shares 3 brand new poems, discusses Russell Brands conversation to Christianity and finds the link between his dog and the gospels.
This week our cult poet talks about how capitalism kills creativity and shares 3 new poems! Expect the usual rambling
This week our intrepid cult poet chats about Rishi’s break from reality, the meta reality of TV and shares 3 brand new poems.
This week our cult poet talks about his love of sandwiches, the moment James Acaster told him he stunk and the nightmare of ordering in subway. Also 2 brand new poems
This week our cult poet shares a special episode, a narrative spoken word Episode called ‘Glue’ . A show about mental health, fatherhood and the callous and casual brutality of childhood .
This week our intrepid poet talks about his latest gig, gives some tips on how to navigate this bizarre world of social rites and rituals and shares a brand poem on school.
Your cult poet favourite is back in the podcast chair after a mid season hiatus ! Talking about the new book he’s in and sharing some poems .
This week our cult poet unashamedly dunks on the party of government, and shares 2 brand new poems ‘ the tories on tour and lifestyle choice ‘
This week our cult poet talks about childhood, describes how the movie gremlins is a metaphor for parents fears around kids growing up and shares 2 brand new poems !
This week our intrepid cult poet turns his attention to fatherhood /masculinity and god himself with 2 brand new poems and some rambly chat. Featuring the poems ‘the number 1 father of the year and god is dead ‘
This week our cult poet shares 2 poems ‘eulogy for the living’ and ‘open secrets, invertebrates and fundamentalist Christian’s’ and ponders the latest celeb scandal .
This week our cult poet talks about how his Dads neurodivergent brain directly inspires his poetry, shares an unfocused masterpiece called FYI and talks about a drunken brush with pseudo-nirvana fan , featuring the titular poem.
This week our cult poet rants against toxic positivity, shares a tribute to Sinead O’Connor and makes his case for what a true artist should be . Featuring the poems ‘the happiest man in all the land and ‘the artists manifesto’
This week our favourite cult poet rambles about the slippery slope that is complaining about modern music , shares some poems and tries and fails not to mention the G word.
This week our cult poet shares his 16 point plan on how to deal with imposter syndrome as a creative. Featuring the poem ‘do you ever feel like you’ve been cheated?’
This week our cult poet grapples with his own mortality while battling a case of that most comical illness . Gout. Featuring the poems ‘there’s so many things I’ll never be ‘ and ‘the flower’.
This week our ramshackle poet returns from his self imposed hiatus to offer up another slice of poetical ramble pie goodness featuring the poem ‘400 metre champion’
This week our cult poet rambles about the slippery eel that is memory, shares 2 of his poems and reads an exclusive poem from this weeks featured poet ‘Barry king’
This week our cult poet rambles about fame, juxtaposes Andy Murray’s post Wimbledon victory tears with a man who died nameless, and throws in 2 poems just to treat you!
This week our cult poet takes a shambling amble down memory lane and talks about his foray into the job world . Featuring the titular poem !
This week our cult poet rambles about the recent Roald Dahl controversy, shares an extract from David Walliams latest book and airs a brand new poem.
This week our cult poet reflects on the importance of truth in art and shares a tribute to friendship penned by our featured poet Helen Williams.
In a special episode our cult poet presents a 20 minute entirely spoken word show. ‘The elephant’
This week our cult poet rambles about anxiety , talks with attempted sincerity about the importance of marching to the beat of your own drum and shares a brand new poem ‘the artist / narcissist’
In this weeks edition our cult poet shares his thoughts on a recent poetry gig, rambles about control issues and shares a new personal poem.
This week our poet takes a ramble through his recent hiatus , shares a story of growing up in a religious cult and reads a brand new poem. (Contains some swearing)
In the last episode of the year, our cult poet shares a whimsical poem about a soft play area and explains his finest moment as a dad. Featuring the poems ‘soft play tales and F### them’ ( episode contains some swears)
This week our cult poet takes a ramble down memory lane, and considers his formative relationship with his older brother through the medium of a ear splitting 80s pop song . Featuring the poem ‘madness’
This week our cult poet shares a little ditty called ‘make it happen’ and rambles about family , poetry as catharsis and the World Cup
This week our cult poet picks his 3 favourite poems from the poetry book ‘back to life’ by fellow cult nature nerd poet Ally Hammock. Expect the usual rambling x
This week our cult poet / Hope detective sets off on a journey of hope discovery , panning for gold in the wilderness of 2022 with guest poets Ricci Read and Dawn Vincent.
This week our cult poet flies the flag for the all geeks , nerds , weirdos , waifs and strays with his ramshackle take on outsider life . Featuring the poems ‘square’ and ‘the cool kid ‘
A look back at the inspiration for this pod with a deep dive into the soon to be classic poem ‘ a hug from the moon’
This weeks episode of the cult poetry podcast sees our poet try his hand at flash fiction, sharing twin tales of parental abandonment with his stories ‘The time capsule and Boyd and Ray’ There’s the usual behind the scenes rambling and the featured poet/writer of the week is the superb Alice violet
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In this weeks episode of the hug from the moon podcast, our cult poet encounters a discount , B+M Bargains, sunday bootsale Moses, and tells a tale of Jesus Christ being transported back down to earth and into the body of a homeless man to fix the problems of 2022. Levity and Grace is provided by this weeks featured poet of the week ‘Ally Hammock’
Your favourite cult poetry podcast from your favourite cult poet is back with the ear splitting crack of an 80s cap gun!
This week 2 brand new poems and some brand new chatter about it too . ‘Man flu’ and ‘Parker pens’ and ‘labelled with fine’ by our featured poet of the week Laura Bradley
In a week where women’s rights have been set back 50 years by a rabid right wing Christian movement in America , everyone’s favourite cult poet nails his views to the cross in this season 2 finale!
In this episode our cult poet shares a poem about his Dad and rambles about fatherhood .
This weeks our cult poet laments a tough gig , considers giving up altogether and reaches out to the loving arms of the poetry community.
This week our cult poet, plants his decrepit size 9s in the dirt and reads a poem of rare absolute sincerity, hears a poem of stunning grace by Ella rose , before wondering into the sea off mersea , in search of the white light .
In this weeks episode our cult poet makes a plea for self care , ponders the loss that comes with loving someone with your whole heart and hears from a bearded Tit.
Recorded at the end of another mental health awareness week, our cult poet posts a tribute episode to an old friend who died too soon and ponders grief , suicide, love, regret and appreciation. ( contains some swears)
This week our cult poet interviews one of his featured poets of the week, the brilliant Joy M Louisa. Joy shares her creative journey and also the poem which started it all for her aged 14. ‘The rose’
This week our foolhardy and shambling ragged boneyard poet, staggers from bar to bar , finds some courage in his soul, meets a bearded tit and tells a story about cops , cuffs and chaos.
This week our cult poet premiers a brand new poem about the perils of social media, describes depression as a lethal dose of honesty and uses the format of a classic poem to fashion a plea for self contentment in ‘ I don’t wanna be yours’
This week in a brand new feature , everyone’s favourite cult poet sits down with the earth man himself Ricci read to geek out over one of his favourite poems ‘tulips’ by Sylvia Plath .
This week everyone’s favourite cult poet shares some personal poems about family and plagiarises his hero Jerry springer. Enjoy !
Helen is a talented poet and passionate advocate for books ! We talk about what inspires her to write, how she gets into the headspace to create and the meaning of life . (Maybe)
Our cult poet reacts to the recent events at the Oscars with his own polemic take "Hollywood stands for nothing"
This week our intrepid cult poet desperately tries to write a Mother’s Day poem with the help of guest poets Ricci Read, Helen Williams and Joy M. Louisa
This week our intrepid and asthmatic poet exhumes the dust filled relics of his subconscious looking for more answers to life’s big questions. Featuring Ellie cornel
In this weeks episode our foolhardy cult poet dips his toes into the bubbling broth of the culture wars , picks a fight with Jordan Peterson , campaigns for a ceasefire on social media and sings a song about breaking free from the chains of ideology.
Featuring guest poet of the week Ricci read with his poem ‘war’
More melancholy verbosity from your favourite cult monstrosity leon helsby! Featuring Ricky frost !
This week our grizzled and wizened poet attempts to figure out his aversion to writing sincerely about love with the assistance of our featured poet of the week, Ellie Cornell .
This week our favourite cult poet explores masculinity in the form of a childhood brush with malevolence & a story about a friends jollity while regaling a story of casual violence. Featuring Helen Williams.
In this weeks episode our poet dives into the subject of mental health and gets confessional. Featuring Ricci Read
This week our favourite cult poet flexes his interview chops in a conversation with featured poet of the week Ricci Read.
Everyone's favourite cult poet casts his critical gaze over the Novak Djokovic saga and delivers his take.(warning contains some swears)
This week our jaded bloodied and bruised poet dives into the subject of lost friends and finds a reason to still believe in the joy of friendship in the form of our featured poet of the week ‘joy’ m Louisa.
This week everyone's favourite cult poet rewrites a cloakroom punchup from his youth, tells 2 tales of doomed love and shares a short story from his favourite up and coming writer Mae Scott.
This week our intrepid hope detective pans for gold in the subjects of ‘old age, the pandemic & a near death experience’ . Featuring guest poet of the week Ricky Frost !
This week, everyone's favourite cult poet reads out 2 of his poems, introduces the world to the featured poet of the week and sings a song about attachment disorder called 'stay'
Poem number 8. A tale of fisticuffs in the cloakroom starring our somewhat ill equipped narrator .