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The Mark Hastings Podcast

The podcast of author Mark Hastings. Mark has been life-long fan of books, films, TV shows that have opened his mind to the wonder of infinite possibilities in infinite complexity and combinations - because Mark loves stories that inspire him and gift him with a new way of looking at the world. Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/markthepoet/subscribe

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00:04:55

Christmas Poems: My Poem “The Great Gift Giver”

The Mark Hastings Podcast ·

2025/12/19

In this episode, Mark recites one of his Christmas themed poems. In this episode Mark reads his poem “The Great Gift Giver” written in 2024.

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00:04:04

Christmas Poems: My Poem “Mad Rush”

The Mark Hastings Podcast ·

2025/12/18

In this episode, Mark recites one of his Christmas themed poems. In this episode Mark reads his poem “Mad Rush” written in 2022.

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00:03:42

Christmas Poems: My Poem “The Gift Of You”

The Mark Hastings Podcast ·

2025/12/17

In this episode, Mark recites one of his Christmas themed poems. In this episode Mark reads his poem “The Gift Of You” written in 2021.

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00:02:33

Christmas Poems: My Poem “Jingles”

The Mark Hastings Podcast ·

2025/12/16

In this episode, Mark recites one of his Christmas themed poems. In this episode Mark reads his poem “Jingles” written in 2021.

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00:04:06

Christmas Poems: My Poem “There Is Always Hope”

The Mark Hastings Podcast ·

2025/12/15

In this episode, Mark recites one of his Christmas themed poems. In this episode Mark reads his poem “There Is Always Hope” written in 2020.Listen, Like, and Subscribe to my podcast on Spotify and on iTunes.

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00:03:08

Christmas Poems: My Poem “The Merry Go Around”

The Mark Hastings Podcast ·

2025/12/14

In this episode, Mark recites one of his Christmas themed poems. In this episode Mark reads his poem “The Merry Go Around” written in 2020.

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00:02:54

Christmas Poems: My Poem “The Season Of Perpetual Hope”

The Mark Hastings Podcast ·

2025/12/13

In this episode, Mark recites one of his Christmas themed poems. In this episode Mark reads his poem “The Season of Perpetual Hope” written in 2019.

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00:04:26

Christmas Poems: My Poem “Beacons of the Season”

The Mark Hastings Podcast ·

2025/12/12

In this episode, Mark recites one of his Christmas themed poems. In this episode Mark reads his poem “Beacons of the Season” written in 2019.

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00:04:14

Christmas Poems: My Poem “Lights”

The Mark Hastings Podcast ·

2025/12/11

In this episode, Mark recites one of his Christmas themed poems. In this episode Mark reads his poem “Lights” written in 2018, which was included in his 2020/2024 poetry collection ‘The Rambler’.

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00:10:30

A Journey Through Poetry #38: Begin Again

The Mark Hastings Podcast ·

2025/12/09

This episode is a part of Mark’s “A Journey Through Poetry” – a personal reflection of his life as a poet, a writer, and an author – in which he recites a different poem from every one of his poetry collections. In this episode Mark recites his poem ‘Begin Again’, from his poetry collection The Sound of Mark, and he gives some insight and some context into why he was inspired to write this poem in particular.

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00:13:09

Christmas At Mistletoe Cottage - December 24

The Mark Hastings Podcast ·

2025/12/07

On December 24th (Christmas Eve), my short story ‘Christmas At Mistletoe Cottage’ will be available to buy from Amazon as an ebook for Kindle.“A heartbreaking short-story of a woman, a mother, a friend, a daughter, a werewolf, Olivia Hunter, as she faces spending Christmas alone, in her home of Mistletoe Cottage, and as she reflects upon feelings of loss, sadness, loneliness, and regret that plague her, and so many others, over the festive period.”And accompanying my short story, there will also be

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00:35:26

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (Film Review)

The Mark Hastings Podcast ·

2025/12/06

Mark's review of 'Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair' - written, directed and produced by Quentin Tarantino: the 20th Anniversary cinema presentation and experience that combines 2003's Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and 2004's Kill Bill: Vol. 2, starring Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Lucy Lui, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, Vivica A. Fox, Sonny Chiba.

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00:30:28

Conventions and Conversations

The Mark Hastings Podcast ·

2025/12/02

In this episode Mark talks about recently attending Birmingham Comic Con and getting the opportunity to talk to English writer, director, television producer and author, Doug Naylor (best known as the co-creator of the cult British sci-fi comedy series Red Dwarf) about his new book Sin Bin Island and about writing, storytelling, and inspiration - including how they both approach writing a story. And Mark also talks about the three books that he currently plans to publish in 2026.

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00:21:47

A Journey Through Poetry #37: Halcyon

The Mark Hastings Podcast ·

2025/12/01

This episode is a part of Mark’s “A Journey Through Poetry” – a personal reflection of his life as a poet, a writer, and an author – in which he recites a different poem from every one of his poetry collections. In this episode Mark recites his poem ‘Halcyon’, from his poetry collection Poet of the Sphere, and he gives some insight and some context into why he was inspired to write this poem in particular.

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00:19:01

A Journey Through Poetry #36: Divergence

The Mark Hastings Podcast ·

2025/11/24

This episode is a part of Mark’s “A Journey Through Poetry” – a personal reflection of his life as a poet, a writer, and a author – in which he recites a different poem from every one of his poetry collections. In this episode Mark recites his poem ‘Divergence’, from his poetry collection The Storyteller, and he gives some insight and some context into why he was inspired to write this poem in particular.

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00:17:38

A Journey Through Poetry #35: The Other Side Of The...

The Mark Hastings Podcast ·

2025/11/17

This episode is a part of Mark’s “A Journey Through Poetry” – a personal reflection of his life as a poet, a writer, and a author – in which he recites a different poem from every one of his poetry collections. In this episode Mark recites his poem ‘The Other Side Of The World’, from his poetry collection The Pathfinder, and he gives some insight and some context into why he was inspired to write this poem in particular.

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00:14:22

A Journey Through Poetry #34: The Time is Now

The Mark Hastings Podcast ·

2025/11/10

This episode is a part of Mark’s “A Journey Through Poetry” – a personal reflection of his life as a poet, a writer, and a author – in which he recites a different poem from every one of his poetry collections. In this episode Mark recites his poem ‘The Time Is Now’, from his poetry collection The Comeback Kid, and he gives some insight and some context into why he was inspired to write this poem in particular.

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00:19:00

A Journey Through Poetry #33: Quintessence

The Mark Hastings Podcast ·

2025/11/03

This episode is a part of Mark’s “A Journey Through Poetry” – a personal reflection of his life as a poet, a writer, and a author – in which he recites a different poem from every one of his poetry collections. In this episode Mark recites his poem ‘Quintessence’, from his poetry collection Poet of the Multiverse, and he gives some insight and some context into why he was inspired to write this poem in particular.

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00:14:04

My New Book: The Affair - Out Now

The Mark Hastings Podcast ·

2025/10/31

My new book The Affair is now available to buy in hardback and as an ebook from Amazon.This is a true story. This is the story of a relationship, and an account of things and events that happened, which should never have happened. This is the story of two people whose bond was doomed from the start.This is the story of two people who were meant to meet and to fall in love with one another, but whose affair with one another would leave a lasting scar for one of them more than the other.The story of

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00:53:16

Short story: Nora

The Mark Hastings Podcast ·

2025/10/28

Mark’s short-story “Nora”, taken from the 2024 hardback edition of his short-story collection ‘Too Close To The Sun’.

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