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KZOO POETRY SLAM-CAST

The Kalamazoo Poetry Slam was founded in 1998. Our goal was to bring a community together, to promote and celebrate the art of poetry through performance. Our primary venue was Kraftbrau Brewery where we thrived for eight years. Each show consisted of an open-mic, a slam competition (where poets perform original works and volunteer judges from the audience score them on a scale from 1-10), and a feature artist. Feature artists were sometimes local poets or musicians, but more often than not poets on tour from other cities around the U.S. For nine years Kalamazoo sent a team of poets to the National Poetry Slam. We also helped to found a Midwest Poetry Slam League, and one of our former team members, Dawn Saylor, appeared twice on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam. After more than twenty years, over 150 hours of recordings from our archive are being presented in podcast form.

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159. TRACEY’S B-DAY BASH pt.2

Dec 16, 2025·—

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The second half of my 35 th birthday feature. Actually, you won’t hear any poetry from me in this half because we ran out of recording space on the disk and I can’t remember what poem I closed the show with, but you...

158. TRACEY’S B-DAY BASH pt.1

Dec 9, 2025·—

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Perhaps the most self-indulgent thing I did during my slam tenure (and there were a few) was featuring at my own show on my 35 th birthday. In that tradition, I’m going to post this episode slightly out of order. “It...

157. GREG BLISS pt2

Dec 2, 2025·—

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We begin part two mid-slam, followed by Greg’s feature... I was MC’ing the slam off stage and off mic, so I increased the volume of some of the score keeping and introductions, but some were too faint and had to be cut...

156. GREG BLISS pt.1

Nov 25, 2025·—

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When the feature that you generated press for cancels at the last minute, you call on the one guy who can bring the noise and the funk... and the meat-helmet... Greg Bliss. You’ll also get a smattering of open-mic and a...

155. CHICAGO POET MARY FONS

Nov 18, 2025·—

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In this episode, just a taste of open-mic and an amazing feature poet from Chicago, Mary Fons. Support this podcast at —

154. TEAM 2005’s 5th TUESDAY OPEN-MIC pt.2

Nov 11, 2025·—

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The conclusion of the 5 th Tuesday Fundraiser for the 2005 Kzoo Poetry Slam Team, who competed in that year’s National Poetry Slam in Albuquerque New Mexico. Support this podcast at —

153. TEAM 2005’s 5th TUESDAY OPEN-MIC pt.1

Nov 4, 2025·—

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July 2005 had five Tuesdays, so we did an extra show to raise a little scratch for our team preparing to compete at the National Poetry Slam in Albuquerque New Mexico... Also, we got an impromptu mini-feature from...

152. LITTLE BIT OF SLAM PLUS MATTHEW OLZMANN pt.2

Oct 28, 2025·—

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Just like the title says. I didn’t record the entire slam so there’d be room on the disc for our amazing feature poet, Matthew Olzmann. Support this podcast at —

151. SUMMER SMACKDOWN PLUS MATTHEW OLZMANN pt.1

Oct 21, 2025·—

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We start off this show with a one-on-one poetry duel between Karrie Waarala and Todd Bannon, followed by a couple poems from feature poet, Mattew Olzmann... and a lot of exposition from me. Support this podcast at —

150. M.P.S.L. MILWAUKEE vs KALAMAZOO pt.2

Oct 14, 2025·—

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Midwest Poetry Slam League bout between Milwaukee and Kalamazoo. Support this podcast at —

149. M.P.S.L. MILWAUKEE vs KALAMAZOO pt.1

Oct 7, 2025·—

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Midwest Poetry Slam League bout between Milwaukee and Kalamazoo. Support this podcast at —

148. KZOO POETRY SLAM FINALS w/ DAWN SAYLOR pt.2

Sep 30, 2025·—

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In April of 2005, Dawn Saylor hosted the last Kzoo Poetry Slam Finals held at Kraftbrau Brewery. Support this podcast at —

147. KZOO POETRY SLAM FINALS w/ DAWN SAYLOR pt.1

Sep 23, 2025·—

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The prodigal daughter of the Kzoo Slam returns to host the 2005 finals. Support this podcast at —

146. 2005 SEMI-FINALS ROUND 3 pt.2

Sep 16, 2025·—

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Ann Arbor slam guru Larry Frances guest hosts the 3 rd round of the 2005 Kzoo Poetry Slam Semi-Finals. Support this podcast at —

145. 2005 SEMI-FINALS ROUND 3 pt.1

Sep 9, 2025·—

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Ann Arbor slam guru Larry Frances guest hosts the 3 rd round of the 2005 Kzoo Poetry Slam Semi-Finals. Support this podcast at —

144. 2005 SEMI-FINALS ROUND 2 pt.2

Sep 2, 2025·—

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Elizabeth and Christopher Bullmer guest host round two of the 2005 Kzoo Poetry Slam Semi-Finals. Support this podcast at —

143. 2005 SEMI-FINALS ROUND 2 pt.1

Aug 26, 2025·—

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Christopher and Elizabeth Bullmer guest host round two of the 2005 Kzoo Poetry Slam Semi-Finals. Support this podcast at —

142. ROUND 1 OF 2005 SEMI-FINALS WITH GUEST HOSTS LUCY ANDERTON & NICK FOX (pt.2)

Aug 19, 2025·—

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Part two of the first round semi-finals to choose the 2005 Kzoo Slam Team, with guest hosts Nick Fox and Lucy Anderton. Support this podcast at —

141. 2005 ROUND 1 SEMI-FINALS WITH LUCY ANDERTON & NICK FOX (pt.1)

Aug 12, 2025·—

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It’s part one of round one of the semi-finals to pick the 2005 Kalamazoo Slam Team, with special guest hosts, Lucy Anderton and Nick (the voice of god) Fox. Support this podcast at —

140. LAURA MORAN

Aug 5, 2025·—

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This episode opens with a poem from Kzoo’s own Karrie Waarala, followed by a feature set from one of the best poets to ever play the game, grand slam champion of both Providence and Seattle, Laura Moran. Support this...

139. MIKE SWINKEY

Jul 29, 2025·—

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A feature set from Mike Swinkey, the top scoring poet in 2004’s Kzoo Slam Finals. Support this podcast at —

138. OPEN-MIC

Jul 22, 2025·—

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I’m pretty sure this was recorded in January of 2005. The open-mic features Charlie Burgess, Dave Amaluxen, Jakie Sekola and Dan Carol. Support this podcast at —

137. M.P.S.L. KZOO VS CHICAGO (pt.2)

Jul 15, 2025·—

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The second half of the Midwest Poetry Slam League bout between Kalamazoo and Chicago. Support this podcast at —

136. M.P.S.L. KZOO VS CHICAGO (pt.1)

Jul 8, 2025·—

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Midwest Poetry Slam League bout between Kalamazoo and Chicago. Support this podcast at —

135. DAWN SAYLOR HOSTS, WICKER PARK FEATURES (pt.3 of 3)

Jul 1, 2025·—

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Dawn Saylor is back in town to guest host, and the slam team from Chicago’s Wicker Park features. Support this podcast at —