{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Variety Show","title":"Judge the Poet on living the artists way and why creatives shouldn't fear AI","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2389,"description":"To stay updated on future episodes, follow us on:\nTikTok\nInstagram\nYouTube\nIf you have any comments about the podcast or are a performer who wants advice please do email info@thevarietyshowpodcast.co.uk\nArtist bio\nJudge the Poet is a London-born spontaneous improvised poet who has been creating rhyming poems on the spot for over three decades. A performer and writer with a background in English literature, he has taken his act around the world, appearing on TV, performing at private and public events, and writing his own book of poetry. His work blends quick-thinking craft with audience-reading empathy, turning live moments into tailored poems that tell real stories.\nFor more on Judge the Poet visit:\nhttps://www.instagram.com/judgethepoet/\nEpisode summary\nIn episode 2, Adam Sternberg welcomes Judge the Poet for a deep dive into the unusual art and business of improvised poetry. Judge opens by demonstrating his spontaneous poet skill, asking Adam for three random prompts, Christmas, entertainment, and pink, then instantly shaping them into a coherent rhyming poem.\nFrom there, Judge shares how he has been making up poems since primary school, how he trained his craft like a musician or athlete, and how he built a career the hard way by knocking on doors, taking low-paid early gigs, and growing through word of mouth. They explore the two sides of performance, technical skill and stagecraft, plus the reality of resilience, instability, and why live entertainment matters, especially post-COVID.\nThe conversation also tackles poetry’s image problem in schools, why poetry should be felt like music rather than solved, and how rhyme and rhythm pull language into the heart. They also discuss AI, why it can imitate poems but cannot truly read the room. Judge closes by improvising a final poem that sums up the episode’s themes, poetry, variety, and AI.\n\n10 YouTube chapters (timestamps)\n00:00 Cold open poem and quick intro\n00:45 Who Judge is and what a spontaneous poet does...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/JHRDqil-H1p__PcBxkFKeWgvmzANKXqZzhsKiqUP0gc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mODc5/NmZkY2I4Nzk5OWNi/MjFiNDFhNzY5MTNi/NzI1Ni5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}