Jun 21, 20211 minTender Buttons #7: Poetry as Magic, Witches and the Non-HumanIn this episode, we chat to poet and essayist Rebecca Tamás about the figure of the witch and the power of language to manifest change.
Jun 13, 20211 minTender Buttons #6: Petrol Girls Cut, Stitch, Make, DoIn this episode we talk to Ren Aldridge, artist, writer and singer in feminist post-hardcore band Petrol Girls about her art and politics.
Jun 7, 20211 minTender Buttons #5: Thin Placeswe chat to writer Kerri ní Dochartaigh about her new book Thin Places (Canongate) and its powerful weaving of memoir, history, and folklore.
May 31, 20211 minTender Buttons #4: The Poetry of The MundaneIn the first of our Bristol-based episodes, we speak to graphic novelist, musician, educator and all-round local legend Joff Winterhart.
May 24, 20211 minTender Buttons #3: Flesh, Meat and Fighting the Guerrilla Culture WarWe chat to writer Huw Lemmey about queer desire, shame, a politics of bodily love and ways to fight the British culture war.
May 17, 20211 minTender Buttons #2: Slippery DesiresFor Tender Buttons' second episode, they spoke to writer Catherine Madden about form, sexuality, and childhood.
May 11, 20211 minTender Buttons #1: It Begins With Our BodiesTender Buttons is a Bristol-based podcast chatting to writers and artists about their ideas, process and politics.