"Having a Coke with You," Frank O'Hara; Podcast Week

Today's poem is presented here by its author in one of the view videos available of him reading his own work.  Watching it is one of the best ways to get a feel for the conversational insouciance of O'Hara.  He's both breezy and deeply affecting at the same time, and it looks easier to pull off than it is.

This week at The Spartan Reader is Podcast Week.  Instead of your usual shortlist, I will provide you with a short list of This American Life podcasts that you can choose from and prepare an interpretive response to for submission #3, which will be due on Monday of next week. 

Today, we will watch a video version of one of their stories that appeared on their Showtime television show.