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A self mastery, business, and social justice education space for creative entrepreneurs founded by touring poet Ashlee Haze. Making education accessible in non-traditional environments. Together we are learning better, doing better, and being better.

Ashlee Haze


    • Jan 13, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 22m AVG DURATION
    • 43 EPISODES


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    Season 4 Finale (Finally!)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2023 11:21


    In this episode, host Ashlee Haze gives an update after an 18-month hiatus from Moderne Philosophy and a look at the podcast's future. Leave us a message! anchor.fm/modernephilosophy Follow us on Instagram! @modernephilosophy Theme Music: "No Worries" by The Band of Brothas --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/modernephilosophy/message

    Mid Season Address

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2021 4:32


    Host Ashlee Haze makes an important announcement about the Moderne Philosophy podcast and the importance of rest, recalibration, and asking for help. Visit www.ashleehaze.com/modernephilosophy or www.ashleehaze.com/support to learn more about ways to support the podcast and other endeavors. Follow us on Instagram! @modernephilosophy. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashleehaze/message

    Mod Mamas Pt. 1: A Conversation on Mothering and Self Care

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2021 21:34


    Host Ashlee Haze talks with series regular coach Pam Iverson about her motherhood journey and how she prioritizes self care as a mom of 3. Follow us on Instagram! @modernephilsophy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashleehaze/message

    Moderne Philosophy: Bringing Your Slash Back

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2021 42:52


    Host Ashlee Haze talks with touring poet/photographer/ designer/ ninja Asia Samson about storytelling and the importance of cultivating multiple passions. Follow us on Instagram! @modernephilosophy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashleehaze/message

    Moderne Business: Breaking into a Creative Career after 30

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021 25:19


    Host Ashlee Haze talks with Jeannelly Jay of Ivy Leaf Interior about her journey of launching a creative career in her 30's and the everyday challenges of creative entrepreneurship. Follow us on IG @modernephilosophy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashleehaze/message

    So You Want to be a Poet? Pt. 2 w/ gripp

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2021 52:27


    Host Ashlee Haze talks racism in the film industry, poetry as catharsis, and the value of independent production with writer / programmer / educator Marshall "gripp" Gillson for the second installment of "So you want to be a Poet?" Follow us on IG @modernephilosophy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashleehaze/message

    Intro to Season 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2021 8:29


    Host Ashlee Haze is back for season 4 with a new name, a new career, and a new attitude! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashleehaze/message

    Understanding the Paycheck Protection Program and the EIDL

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2021 14:52


    In this episode Ashlee Haze provides an overview of the forthcoming Paycheck Protection Program and the current Economic Injury Disaster Loan program. Follow us on Instagram! @hazeshigherlearning Visit https://www.sba.gov/page/covid19 For the most up to date information on these programs. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashlee-haze/message

    Holiday Special: The Dope List

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2020 7:28


    In this Holiday Special, host Ashlee Haze talks about how to cope with the holidays during a pandemic and a few of her favorite things. Follow us on Instagram @hazeshigherlearning --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashlee-haze/message

    Season 3 Finale- Artistic Marketing w/ Creative Director Ian A. Louis

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2020 31:51


    Host Ashlee Haze discusses the evolution of the Ashlee Haze brand, Haze's Higher Learning, the future of podcasting, and the importance of advertising with her creative director and New Orleans native Ian A. Louis. Follow us on instagram @hazeshigherlearning --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashlee-haze/message

    Cuffing Season 101

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2020 14:16


    This week host Ashlee Haze discusses the cuffing season playbook and how to create transparency and ease in our dating experiences. Follow us on instagram @hazeshigherlearning --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashlee-haze/message

    Savings, Investments & Insurance with Financial Advisor Ryan Walker

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2020 44:19


    "Should I invest during a pandemic?" "Is it too late to start saving?" This week host Ashlee Haze answers your finance questions and talks finances, investing, saving, and insurance with her friend and Edward Jones Financial Advisor Ryan Walker. Ryan is based in Atlanta and is a graduate of Tuskegee University. Follow us on instagram @hazeshigherlearning --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashlee-haze/message

    Higher Learning Electives: Cannabis Club Pt. 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2020 51:54


    This week is the first installment of Higher Learning Electives and we started with the cannabis club! Host Ashlee Haze talks cannabis reform, education, and politics with her best friend of over 20 years Biyi who is a cannabis consultant and operator of @tha_pass Bonus: The Song of the week is "The High Life" by the Band of Brothas. Follow us on instagram! @hazeshigherlearning --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashlee-haze/message

    From Toxic masculinity to Divine masculinity w/ poet Rasheed Copeland

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2020 38:36


    In this episode, poet Ashlee Haze is in conversation with poet Rasheed Copeland about a collective shift in the way we define and value masculinity, what black women have taught him, and the work of Bell Hooks. Bonus: Rasheed shares a poem as a call to action for his "mans n' nem." Follow us on instagram! @hazeshigherlearning --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashlee-haze/message

    Intellectual Property w/ Attorney Edward G. Lance IV

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2020 32:31


    This week host Ashlee Haze talks frankly her godfather, attorney and professor Ed Lance IV about intellectual property, understanding authors rights, and social justice in publishing. Follow us on instagram! @hazeshigherlearning --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashlee-haze/message

    Creative Entrepreneurship w/ Creative Director Spinxx

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2020 43:51


    In this episode, host Ashlee Haze talks with creative director Spinxx in his LA home about harsh realities of being a creative entrepreneur. Spinxx is one half of the production team Verbal Slick. Follow us on instagram! @hazeshigherlearning --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashlee-haze/message

    Black Love in the midst of Revolution w/ Relationship Coach Pam Iverson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2020 31:24


    In this episode, host Ashlee Haze discusses ethical non-monogamy and love in the midst of revolution with relationship and life coach Pam Iverson. Also in this episode is a special segment on relationships and communication with creative director Spinxx of content brand Verbal Slick. Follow us on instagram! @hazeshigherlearning --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashlee-haze/message

    Effective Communication Pt. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2020 11:29


    In this episode, host Ashlee Haze talks candidly about communication in the midst of a pandemic. She also revisits tools on how to lean in to tough conversations and how to manage emotional communication and setting new boundaries. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashlee-haze/message

    So You Want to be a Poet Pt. 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2020 31:41


    In this episode poet Ashlee Haze talks with anthropologist and poet Mia S. Willis @poetinthehat about approaching poetry as a career and restorative social justice in academia. Mia also reads selected poems as a call to action. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashlee-haze/message

    Balancing the Scales: Social Justice w/ Architect Denver Terrance

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2020 35:50


    In this episode, poet Ashlee Haze has a candid conversation with Washington DC based architect and founder of the Denver Smith Foundation, Denver Terrance about police brutality, social justice in education, and the #cre8change art initiative. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashlee-haze/message

    Intro to Season 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2020 19:23


    Poet Ashlee Haze talks about adjusting to a new normal with the implementation of social distancing and a change in the touring market. This episode includes a season syllabus for upcoming episodes. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashlee-haze/message

    Season 2 Finale

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2020 7:16


    Ashlee Haze recaps principles from seasons 1 & 2 and provides tools and tips to assist us during this period of uncertainty and physical distancing. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashlee-haze/message

    Social Distancing & Availability

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2020 8:00


    Ashlee Haze gets real about social distancing and managing availability while we have an unprecedented amount of collective free time. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashlee-haze/message

    Creative Project Management

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2020 13:22


    Ashlee Haze talks about recording her submission the the NPR Tiny Desk Contest and how to deal with the frustrations of collaboration. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashlee-haze/message

    COVID-19 and Managing Fear

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2020 8:07


    This episode addresses the public fear around COVID-19 and how to manage fear around the pandemic. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashlee-haze/message

    Learn to Leave the Table

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2020 10:01


    This week we talk about the concept of leaving the table and making tough decisions. Host Ashlee Haze talks about turning down a book deal and being ghosted in dating. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashlee-haze/message

    The Fundamentals of Art as Business

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2020 11:57


    This episode will cover understanding business basics such as taxes and accounting, what tools and solutions I use to run my business, who the key players are in my business, and what things to consider when launching or re-introducing your creative business. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashlee-haze/message

    Touring 101

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2020 10:49


    This week is all about Touring! Ashlee Haze talks about the logistics of traveling and things to consider while on the road. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashlee-haze/message

    The Cost of Doing Business

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2020 11:18


    In this episode touring poet Ashlee Haze gets transparent about how much being a creative entrepreneur costs and how shifts in the market effect income. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashlee-haze/message

    Episode 14- Season Finale

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2019 6:06


    In this episode we wrap up season 1 and look forward to 2020 and what's to come in season 2. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashlee-haze/message

    Episode 13- Alternative Spirituality

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2019 56:48


    In this episode host Ashlee Haze is joined by astrologer Aishat Oduola-Owoo and Tarot practitioner and poet Toluwanimi Obiwole in an in-depth discussion on spirituality, divinity, and mysticism. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashlee-haze/message

    Episode 12- He's Just Not That Into You

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2019 30:05


    This week Haze's Higher Learning welcomes special guest Pam Iverson of Girls Growing as a part of a conversation on self respect and boundary setting in dating. Learn how to use your energy wisely and hold on to those who hold on to you. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashlee-haze/message

    Episode 11- Re-Parenting Yourself

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2019 16:34


    In this episode we discuss the process of re-parenting yourself and how experimenting and self-care can help us heal our inner child. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashlee-haze/message

    Episode 10- The Science of Rejection

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2019 8:35


    This week we investigate what it means to have a fear of rejection and the subtle art of taking an "L." --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashlee-haze/message

    Episode 9- Emotional Intelligence

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2019 12:25


    In this episode we sort through our emotions and focus on how to identify and process what we feel. By understanding the function of grief, anger, fear, joy, surprise, and other emotions, we learn how to master ourselves and our responses to experiencing these emotions. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashlee-haze/message

    Episode 8- Forgiveness & Accountability

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2019 12:23


    In this episode we learn to integrate accountability and boundaries into our collective definition of forgiveness and further understanding how to heal what hurts. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashlee-haze/message

    Episode 7- Healing Trauma

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2019 27:13


    We are all surviving something. In this episode we learn how to name what hurts and how to heal emotional wounds. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashlee-haze/message

    Episode 6- The Five Levels of Attachment

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2019 27:15


    In this episode we discuss Don Miguel Ruiz, Jr.'s Book "The Five Levels of Attachment." We will walk through how to be your authentic self and reconcile preference, identity, internalization, and fanatacism. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashlee-haze/message

    Episode 5- The Four Agreements

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2019 22:07


    In this episode we will cover concepts from Don Miguel Ruiz's book "The Four Agreements." We will learn how to engage with people without taking things personally or assuming while learning to be impeccable with our word and always doing our best. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashlee-haze/message

    Episode 4- Effective Communication

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2019 26:23


    In this episode we discuss how to communicate our needs and desires effectively. We discuss ineffective behaviors such as yelling and coercion and gain tools to show up for difficult conversations and communicate in love. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashlee-haze/message

    Episode 3- All About Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2019 23:52


    This week we are continuing the process of laying a foundation for higher learning by defining love. We will get into the work of Bell Hooks and her book “all about love.” We’ll talk about the ethics of love, what is not love, love languages, and shifting to love based decisions from a culture of fear based decisions. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashlee-haze/message

    Episode 2- Emotional Safety

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2019 31:58


    In this episode we talk about remaining emotionally safe in our day-to-day interactions. We learn how fear, shame, and judgement shape how we interact with the world and introduce new tools such as boundaries and forgiveness to keep us safe. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashlee-haze/message

    Episode 1- Intro to Haze's Higher Learning

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2019 15:31


    Touring poet Ashlee Haze introduces Haze's Higher Learning and the mission for the podcast. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashlee-haze/message

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