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 as he shares his relationship with art, reconciliation and the ongoing road toward finding ourselves in an episode so big, we had to split it into two. 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. Part 2 will be available on October 26.

Links mentioned in the show:
Padraig's Website
The TenX9 Project
Corrymeela
Morton Deutsch
Billy Collins

Episode Credits

• A Bend in the Road is written, hosted and produced by Roberta Panjwani and created by Roberta Panjwani and Diane Sims
• Our Assistant Producer is me, Elias Rosner 
• Our Technical Directors and Audio Engineers are Charles Gallo and Elias Rosner
• Our Editor is Elias Rosner 
• Original Music is written and performed by Diane Sims
• Our Digital Media producer is Elias Rosner and Sabrina Garcia 
• Logo and Website created by Parker Gaidimas
• Please join us again in a week for Part 2 of Diane’s conversation with Pádraig Ó Tuama.