You Could Make This Beautiful: Henry Winkler & Saeed Jones

In this first episode of "You Could Make This Beautiful," actor Henry Winkler tells hosts Maggie Smith and Faith Salie about the poetry he's found in everything from fly fishing, to the music of Lin-Manuel Miranda, to the acting performances of the late Robin Williams.

Poet and teacher Saeed Jones declares that "Nobody loves us the way poetry loves us," he reads us one of his poems, and he talks about the chemical reaction that poems set off in our brains and bodies.

And Maggie and Faith offer a "poetry prescription" to a fan of theirs in Ohio who's seeking steadiness in her life.

Show Notes (in chronological order):

"I'm Nobody! Who are you?" by Emily Dickinson

"Good Bones" by Maggie Smith

"Parent Effectiveness Training" by Dr. Thomas Gordon

Henry Winkler's "Launce and the dog" monologue from William Shakespeare's "Two Gentlemen of Verona"

"My Shot" from the musical Hamilton

Henry Winkler's novels with Lin Oliver

"Alive at the End of the World" by Saeed Jones

"Snow for Wallace Stevens" by Terence Hayes