Show Number 57 - October 18th 2005 - Featuring an interview with Larry Winfield, a promo for Podcast Paul, and a reminder that the Stephen Fry interview will be on the next show.

Show Number 56 - October 15th 2005 - Featuring excerpts of all 6 poems competing in Contest 6. The contestants are: "4 Days Dead" by Wolf Macfal, "Old Clothes" by Will Brown, "Behind the Mask" by Patricia Irvine, "Drink the Wine" by Larry Winfield, "When Will It Come?" by Steven F. Radzikowski, and "A Sterile And Elegant Room" by Belinda Subraman. Listen to the poems and rate them. Announcing some upcoming interviews. Plus a promo from Clever Little Pod.

Show Number 55 - October 11th 2005 - Featuring "A Sterile And Elegant Room" by Belinda Subraman. News: Thursday October 13th, 2005, 8pm, Magnolia Key Club - poetry, Jazz, 1440 East Franklin, Detroit.

Show Number 54 - October 9th 2005 - Featuring "When Will It Come?" by S. F. Radzikowski. News: Monday, October 10th, 8pm, SLAM!: Competitive poetry open mic night. Cella @ The Sanctuary, 51-55 Brunswick St. East, Hove, East Sussex. £2. Other links: GypsyMag and Bzoo HomeGrown Radio.

Show Number 53 - October 4th 2005 - Featuring "Drink the Wine" by Larry Winfield. News: Poetry Week 2005 - The Poetry Society's National Poetry Day 2005.

Show Number 52 - October 2nd 2005 - Featuring "Behind the Mask" by Patricia Irvine. News: Weekly poetry meeting at the Duke pub, Duke Street, Dublin, every Monday 7.30pm.

Show Number 51 - September 27th 2005 - Featuring "Old Clothes" by Will Brown. News: GypsyMag#2 is live. Slam Idol is now streaming on Bzoo HomeGrown Radio.

Show Number 50 - September 25th 2005 - Featuring "4 Days Dead" by Wolf Macfal. News: Thursday, September 29th, 7pm, PoetryFilm in Cardiff.

Show Number 48 - September 15th 2005 - Featuring an interview with Belinda Subraman.

Show Number 47 - September 13th 2005 - Featuring excerpts of all 6 poems competing in Contest 5. The contestants are: "Good Violence. d.u.n." by Lord Patch, "Open Your Eyes" by Belinda Subraman, "Emin-8" by Kate Fox, "2 Worms" by David Higgins, "American Dream" by Al Brenner, and "Memories" by S. F. Radzikowski. Listen to the poems and rate them.

Show Number 46 - September 10th 2005 - Featuring "Memories" by S. F. Radzikowski. News: Monday, September 12th, 8pm, SLAM!: Competitive poetry open mic night. Cella @ The Sanctuary, 51-55 Brunswick St. East, Hove, East Sussex. £2.

Show Number 45 - September 7th 2005 - Featuring "American Dream" by Al Brenner. News: Friday, September 16th, 9pm, Over The Edge and Poetry Ireland present Alan Jude Moore & Noel Monahan at the Scribbler's Cafe & Wine Bar, Galway.

Show Number 44 - September 4th 2005 - Featuring "2 Worms" by David Higgins. News: Thursday 8th to Sunday 18th September The 10th Annual Bristol Poetry Festival.

Show Number 43 - August 31st 2005 - Featuring "Emin-8" by Kate Fox. News: 5-Sep-2005 The Hammer & Tongue Monthly spoken word slam event at The Fringe Bar, 10 Kensington Gardens, North Laine, Brighton BN1 4AL. Tel. 01273 623683. The doors open at 7pm. £3 entry. Confirmed: HKB Finn and Elvis McGonagall.

Show Number 42 - August 24th 2005 - Featuring "Open Your Eyes" by Belinda Subraman, recently interviewed on Cloudy Day Art.

Show Number 41 - August 22nd 2005 - Featuring "Good Violence. d.u.n." by Lord Patch.

Show Number 39 - August 10th 2005 - Featuring an interview with Chris Mooney-Singh.

Show Number 38 - August 7th 2005 - Featuring an interview with Anthony S. Maulucci.

Show Number 37 - August 2nd 2005 - Featuring excerpts of all 6 poems competing in Contest 4. The contestants are: Anthony S. Maulucci, Paul Nicholls, Chris Mooney-Singh, Aym, Dasha Kelly, and Al Brenner. Start voting!

Show Number 36 - July 31st 2005 - Featuring "Land Mine Museum" by Al Brenner.

Show Number 35 - July 25th 2005 - Featuring "Home" by Dasha Kelly.

Show Number 34 - July 22nd 2005 - Featuring "Up North" by Aym, and a new podcast called the Rantings of a Northern Bloke. Why not leave a comment on the Britcaster.com Wiki page?

Show Number 33 - July 18th 2005 - Featuring "The Word Must Rock" by Chris Mooney-Singh.

Show Number 32 - July 15th 2005 - Featuring "Life in a Can" by Paul Nicholls.

Show Number 31 - July 11th 2005 - Featuring "We the People are waiting" by Anthony S. Maulucci.

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July 7th 2005

Show Number 29 - June 24th 2005 - Featuring excerpts of all 6 poems competing in Contest 3. Listen to the poems and rate them.

Show Number 28 - June 20th 2005 - Featuring an Interview with Drey Monserrat.

Show Number 27 - June 17th 2005 - Featuring "The Stone Heads at Mount Rushmore" by Anthony S. Maulucci.

Show Number 26 - June 13th 2005 - Featuring "Louder Than Oppression" by Tichaona M. Chinyelu.

Show Number 25 - June 10th 2005 - Featuring "Goodbye dutchess" by Roger Smalls. Congratulations to the TartanPodcast for getting to the top 10 on PodcastAlley. Keep on voting for Vobes.

Show Number 24 - June 6th 2005 - Featuring "My Girlfriend is So Fat" by Drey Monserrat. Vote for Vobes.

Show Number 23 - June 3rd 2005 - Featuring "Alone as I cry" by David Higgins.

Show Number 22 - June 1st 2005 - Featuring "The Spoken Word" by Intellect, and you can get the latest promo here.

Show Number 20 - May 21st 2005 - Featuring an interview with Jan McLaughlin, and notice to continue rating the poems, but please take the time to rate all 6 poems.

Show Number 19 - May 19th 2005 - Featuring excerpts of all 6 poems competing in Contest 2. Listen to the poems here and then start rating them at around midnight GMT on Friday night (May 20th).

Show Number 18 - May 16th 2005 - Featuring sound-seeing of a live poetry performance by Yasmin Butt, and an excerpt from The Richard Vobes Radio Show.

Show Number 17 - May 13th 2005 - Featuring "Simba's Song" by Edwin Wilson, and a promo for urbanartadventures.com Audio Book podcast of "Lady Chatterly's Lover" by D.H. Lawrence.

Show Number 16 - May 8th 2005 - Featuring "Trout Fishing in Los Angeles" by Rick Lupert.

Show Number 15 - May 5th 2005 - Featuring "Chocolate" by Will Brown. Plus thanks to Podcast Paul and Richard Vobes.

Show Number 14 - April 30th 2005 - Featuring "Tony Blair" by Aym. If you like the SlamIdol podcast, why not vote for it at podcastalley.com?

Show Number 13 - April 29th 2005 - Featuring "Compost Thunder" by Jan McLaughlin.

Show Number 12 - April 25th 2005 - Featuring "I'm A Believer" by Elvis McGonagall.

Show Number 10 - April 22nd 2005 - Keep Voting, using the panel on the right of this page! Voting ends Saturday April 23rd at midnight GMT. Show featuring a mail from Tamara Woods and an interview with Dan Adinolfi.

Show Number 9 - April 21st 2005 - Featuring an interview with AYM.

Show Number 8 - April 19th 2005 - This show features a preview of "I'm A Believer" by Elvis McGonagall. Other links: cakefolder, iPodder.

Show Number 7 - April 17th 2005 - Start Voting, using the panel on the right of this page! Plus feedback from microbie and Chris Boldiston.

Show Number 6 - April 15th 2005 - Featuring poem "Quiet" by Tamara Woods.

Show Number 5 - April 12th 2005 - Featuring poem "My Town On The Erie Canal" by Dan Adinolfi.

Show Number 4 - April 10th 2005 - Featuring poem "you gotta fight for your right to latte" by Luke Wright.

Show Number 3 - April 5th 2005 - Featuring a poem called "Hymn" by Nii Parkes, and thanks to the Florn.net Podcast, The MacCast, and Safe Digression for mentioning the SlamIdol podcast.

Show Number 2 - April 3rd 2005 - The second podcast featuring a poem called "The Better Beggar" by The Pod Poet.

Show Number 1 - April 1st 2005 - Introductory podcast featuring a poem called "Dust 2 Dust" by AYM.

Welcome to the Slam Idol podcast - the poetry slam on your iPod or other MP3 player.

You'll hear performances from a pick of the best up-and-coming performance poets.

Then you'll be able to vote to let us know which performances you preferred the most - and you'll get to hear how the poets feel about the votes you've cast.

When all the votes are in, we'll announce who will be the winner of the Slam Idol contest.

Would you like your poetry performances to be heard by hundreds of people all over the world? Why not participate in this Internet-based audio Poetry Slam?

There's no cash prize, but then there's no fee to participate!

Submit your MP3 file, CD or cassette of a performance no more than 3 minutes in length. It could be a live recording in front of an audience, or a studio recording. You choose. As people cast their votes, it would be great if we could get your feedback an e-mail, interview or audio diary.

Promote your website, your CD, your gigs. Be heard alongside some of the best up-and-coming performance poets. Maybe you'll be crowned the Slam Idol!

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