Journeyman’s Journal

Book 0 is compilation of my works and is available through my website Jmansjournal.com this entry includes recitation of the poems, reflections on the essays, and stories of the pictures in the book. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jmansjournal/message

Abandoned properties of every kind litter the landscape of rural and urban areas alike. Sometimes these places are vacant for decades and sometimes there are things left behind that should have been buried. David Bulit is the author of numerous books and a photographer cataloging abandoned places across America. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jmansjournal/message

Jordan Clark is an accomplished comic book writer who’s penned his own original comics and in 2020 wrote two issues of Aquaman. From growing up in the DMV, working teleprompters, and now writing Jordan pulls from his own life experiences and love for the genre to tell new stories in unique ways. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jmansjournal/message

Frankie G. is an accomplished visual artist based in Tampa whose blending pop-culture and Hip-Hop into his own eye catching style. His journey from Miami to Tampa had some ups, downs, and detours through the corporate world. Now he’s making art for everyone from the Houston Astros to anyone looking for a dope mailbox --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jmansjournal/message

Every year the United States Postal Service delivers billions of packages and letters. This services has been around since the founding of our nation and continues to find new ways to be relevant to our lives, businesses, and community. Al Freedman, Florida President of the National Association of Letter Carriers, gives a peek inside the postal services and the challenges they’re fa acting this election as more people than ever are voting by mail. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jmansjournal/message

I visit two places in my neighborhood, Seminole Heights, that have one thing in common sustainability. The Sustainable Living Project is a hands on urban garden that puts sustainable practices to work showing how they can be used in our own homes and communities. Heights Seafood Co is a local market where the fresh catch is 100% sustainable that way we can continue to enjoy the fish we love to eat while protecting the species and environments they come from. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jmansjournal/message

Zac Counts moved to Tampa to pursue his work as a visual and digital artist. Whether he’s painting, writing a book, or building a website for a client his work is infused with a sensibility of the power and responsibility he has as an artist. Art is not only a reflection of the world but has the power to shape it when it’s in the hands of ZCounts. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jmansjournal/message

Keystone episode give you more insight into me as your host and help to bridge past and upcoming content. I talk about what it means to be be Black at this time in America and set the stage for an upcoming series on race/racism. I have a couple short interviews with guests who also reflect on this moment in civil rights. I dive into the really of my Attention Deficit Disorder then wrap up with a preview of the next few stops on this journey. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jmansjournal/message

Education is the most powerful tool in our society to impact people and the world as a whole. I speak to middle school teacher John Meeks and student Alena Skye about the state of education and going back to school amidst the pandemic. Be sure to check out the illustration on FB, IG, or at JmansJournal.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jmansjournal/message

Decades ago Zion Cemetery an African-American graveyard was broken up, built over, and almost lost to time but it was not forgotten. Local residents, the Tampa Bay Times newspaper, and a team of archaeologists are working to resurrect Zion. Archaeologist Becky O’Sullivan with the Florida Public Archeology Network and her colleagues bring modern technology to the dirty work of unearthing the truth. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jmansjournal/message

Tampa resident Ray Reed in an effort to beautify the community uncovered long buried secrets around the city. To date he has found more than 4,000 documents greatly increasing the number of burials at known and forgotten cemeteries. Inventory of the Dead is his effort to bring dignity back to those whose resting places are hiding in plain sight. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jmansjournal/message

Naeem Willette is a Fish Biologist who works for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. His work on aging fish and shark research has taken him to some interesting places and it all began with saying yes when he didn’t even know what he was saying yes to! His work is important to the protection and conservation of fish species. Naeem wants to encourage young people, especially those in the African-American community to venture in the marine sciences as a career. If you would like to have him as a guest please email Naeem.Willett@noaa.gov --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jmansjournal/message

Chris Reynolds is an accomplished sculptor who plies his trade in trade in Georgia’s booming movie and TV production industry. Having worked on productions like Stranger Things, Goosebumps, and Guardians of the Galaxy his journey from Alaska to the big screen is a testament to the inspiration of teachers and knowing how to be a team player --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jmansjournal/message

Chef René Valenzuela has left is culinary mark on Tampa Bay for more than 20 years. His new endeavor René’s Mexican Kitchen is a throwback to classic approaches to cooking street taco’s he learned growing up and starting his restaurant in Monterrey Mexico. In this episode we learn why he goes all in making his own charcoal, how a jalapeño exporter landed in Tampa and built one of the city’s culinary staples, and what comes next. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jmansjournal/message

Ellen Hartley Frinks is an accomplished Clinical Research with years of experience doing the scientific work that turns research into medication. She gives detailed insight into the process and challenges that exists when setting up studies, collecting data, and ultimately being an advocate for her patients. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jmansjournal/message

This is a look forward at what’s coming up in season 2 and some of the other creative projects I’ve been working on for the multimedia multisensory journey. Jmansjournal.com Instagram.com/journeymans_journal --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jmansjournal/message

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I say farewell to season 1 of Journeyman’s Journal by updating you on what’s happening in my inner places and taking a trip back through the outer spaces I’ve been to. What a journey it has been! --- 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/jmansjournal/message

A mini episode featuring Christie Bird founder of Jones & Rose a boutique line of skin care products made with natural ingredients. I also take you deeper into the magic behind shea butter and how it keeps us smooth. --- 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/jmansjournal/message

Cass St Deli is a newer restaurant in the Tampa Bay area specializing in old school jewish food. I speak with owner and GM Sean O’brian and a couple of guests about what makes the food so amazing and their recommendations for a good meal. --- 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/jmansjournal/message

In this final episode of the New York Files I explored some famous places like Langstons Hughes house, walk up park avenue, talk to people about dirty underwear, and talk to someone who helped turn around main street in one of the small towns just north of NYC. It’s a packed episode. --- 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/jmansjournal/message

Rasterms is an accomplished artist who’s graffiti work has taken him around the world and expanded far beyond the concrete canvasses where he started. We discuss his art and what drew him to New York City on this special episode of Visual Voices. --- 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/jmansjournal/message

Nick B. Keller is an accomplished New Zealand based concept artist with credits like Mortal Engines and The Hobbit to his name, he has also produced album covers for heavy metal bands. Hear from him how taking a chance on a dream has become the career of a lifetime. --- 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/jmansjournal/message

Dey Job, Kenny John, Cesar and other buskers lay down some flat grooves bringing commuters to a standstill in the midsts of the the NYC subway. Enjoy some great music and hear from the artist giving the underground some sweet sounds. --- 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/jmansjournal/message

Christopher Chan is an accomplished multimedia artist who left creative work at one of the biggest brands in the world and took a chance on his own vision for the art he wanted to make. Hear his journey and learn more about his unique pieces. --- 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/jmansjournal/message

This is a collection of reflections and interviews from my first week in New York City. I met some young buskers laying down some cool jazz, talked to people in Brooklyn enjoying a showing of Boyz N the Hood, ate an amazing Lamb Bacon Ruben, and heard from a New Yorker about where the real NYC is and was treated to some great fiddle music. --- 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/jmansjournal/message

Slade Tanner is an accomplished multimedia artist living in the Tampa Bay area. I was intrigued by his mural work and learned that he is a skilled artist who also does restoration and preservation work around the country. --- 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/jmansjournal/message

A night out at the Armature Wroks’ Heights Night Market Featuring Succer for Plants, Bump Galletta, and Lida’s Jungle. LIVE IN TIME EPISODES ARE RECORDED OUT IN THE COMMUNITY WITH ALL THE AMBIANCE OF WHEREVER I HAPPEN TO BE. --- 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/jmansjournal/message

I talk with Tampa Craftsman/ Knife Maker Melvin Lozada about his journey to becoming a craftsman and the process he uses to make his amazing blades. Check him out at lozadatampaknifemaker on IG --- 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/jmansjournal/message

Sabrina is an artisanal soap maker based in Jacksonville, Florida and she shared some details about her wonderful products. I dig a little deeper with some interesting facts and details about the stuff we use everyday --- 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/jmansjournal/message

Hook em up seafood talks about their menu and I give you an after bite on their conch fritters. --- 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/jmansjournal/message

Ella Bing a fine haberdashery located in Tampa is your source for clean hats and unique wood carved bowties. Hear more about how to stay fresh and how this business got started from owner Brent. --- 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/jmansjournal/message

Florida houses one of America’s largest death row populations and has one of the most active execution schedules in history. In this entry I speak to Mark Elliott, Executive Director of Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. We discuss the history and current status of capital punishment in the sunshine state. --- 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/jmansjournal/message

The Cake Girl is a new locally owned business in Tampa’s Carrollwood community serving fresh tasty mini-cupcakes in a variety of flavors. --- 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/jmansjournal/message

I talk to the owners of Cameros, WRX, Lamborghini, FRS, and a WRX at Tampa Grand Prix’s Cars and Coffee event. --- 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/jmansjournal/message

I talk to Tampa Food Truckers Michelle Faedo’s, Sarge’s BBQ, and the Surly Mermaid. Also I talk to a Lime electric scooters and a Tampa downtown resident just about to take a ride. --- 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/jmansjournal/message

Keystone episodes are your guide to Journeyman’s Journal, here you’ll learn more about me and what you’re going to experience on the podcast. PLEASE ENJOY. --- 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/jmansjournal/message

For more than 50 years Wright’s has severed up some of Tampa’s finest deli and baked delights. I sat down with Owner/President Jeff Mount to learn more about this local staple and how they make some of the best grub in town. --- 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/jmansjournal/message

This short mediation utilizes a singing bowl which creates a powerful harmonic tone which you can listen to in silence or chant with. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jmansjournal/message

Trout Creek is located in Hillsborough County. Enjoy the sounds of the Florida Summer wildlife captured on my recent hike. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jmansjournal/message

Oronde Kairi is an accomplished visual artists based in Philadelphia, with more than 20 years of experience stylized realism aesthetic covers a wide range of subjects from sports and music to historical figures. In our conversation we discussed his influences, techniques, and how he developed his unique approach art. --- 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/jmansjournal/message

Ricky Steele is a world renown multimedia artists based in Panama City, Florida we discuss some of his works and their inspiration while at the Jacksonville Jazz Fest. --- 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/jmansjournal/message

A conversation on fatherhood with my father in law, Elmer Hartley. --- 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/jmansjournal/message

This is an easy starting point for those who are new to meditation --- 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/jmansjournal/message

This is a brief into to the podcast and preview of the first part of the journey. --- 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/jmansjournal/message

Each tone is repeated 7 times there are 2 grounding tones Lam, Vam, Ram, Yam, Ham, Sham, Ohm, Vz, Nee, Hue, Ra, and Eee --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jmansjournal/message

15 minutes of focused chanting to clear and focus the mind --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jmansjournal/message