Podcasts about Aja

Alaska and Willam goss about queens on the carpet at the VMA's, Madonna and friends on stage, and Aja's new face. Then they unpack the drama surrounding a covid-conscious lesbian bar in Western Massachusetts and take an inventory of all the states they've performed in. And it's time for another Drag Race UK recap as they discuss the Rusical challenge and Anita's clear straps.Check out Willam's Drag Sale - Oct 7th in LAListen to Race Chaser Ad-Free on MOM PlusFollow us on IG at @racechaserpod and click the link in bio for a list of organizations you can donate to in support of Black Lives MatterRainbow Spotlight: Nicole Kidman by AdelaFOLLOW ALASKAhttps://twitter.com/Alaska5000https://www.instagram.com/theonlyalaska5000https://www.facebook.com/AlaskaThunderhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9vnKqhNky1BcWqXbDs0NAQFOLLOW WILLAMhttps://twitter.com/willamhttps://www.instagram.com/willamhttps://www.facebook.com/willamhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrO9hj5VqGJufBlVJy-8D1gRACE CHASER IS A FOREVER DOG AND MOGULS OF MEDIA (MOM) PODCASTSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Vous savez exactement quoi dire quand votre sœur, votre fille ou une amie a mal. Mais quand c'est vous qui avez mal, qui est là dans votre tête ? Dans cet épisode de The Queen Reset, la coach certifiée en santé holistique Aja Diack raconte ce qu'elle a compris le jour où elle a cessé d'être celle qui appelle toujours la première, et ce qu'elle a découvert quand elle a eu elle-même besoin de soin. Vous découvrirez la différence entre vous aimer et rester loyale envers vous-même, comment séparer un fait d'un verdict quand la vie se passe mal, ce que veut dire vous laisser tomber et une petite façon de rester fidèle à vous-même cette semaine, et comment faire puis tenir une promesse envers vous-même. Cet épisode ne dit pas qu'il faut se passer des autres. Il parle d'aimer les gens sans vous abandonner. Résumé court : Aja raconte ce qu'elle a compris en cessant d'appeler toujours la première, et propose trois petites pratiques pour rester loyale envers vous-même : séparer le fait du verdict, cesser de vous laisser tomber pour ménager les autres, tenir une promesse.  

You know exactly what to say when your sister, your daughter or a friend is hurting. But when you are the one hurting, who shows up inside your own head? In this episode of The Queen Reset, certified holistic health coach Aja Diack shares what she learned when she stopped being the one who always reached out first, and what she found when she needed care herself. You will learn the difference between loving yourself and staying loyal to yourself, how to separate a fact from a verdict when life goes wrong, what leaving yourself looks like and one small way to stay on your own side this week, and how to make and keep one promise to yourself. This episode is not about needing nobody. It is about loving people without abandoning yourself. Short summary: Aja shares what she learned when she stopped always reaching out first, and three small practices for staying loyal to yourself: separate the fact from the verdict, stop leaving yourself to keep others comfortable, and keep one promise.  

This week's selection of spiritual jazz, contemporary fusion, soulful rare grooves, and avant-garde jazz. Our tracklist blends classics (like Don Cherry and Lonnie Liston Smith) with brilliant modern ensembles (like Ancient Infinity Orchestra, Nimbus Sextet, and Clear Path Ensemble) and all bit's in between.Aja & ClaireShips Of The Pharaohs -Seasons (feat. Red Bird)Nuovi Fratelli with Nimbus Sextet (featuring Russell Stewart & lissappear) - Searching (Full-Length Version)Raphael Meleteas - Day Off [Veego Records]Miguel Scott - Coffee & LoopThe Solomon Gundy Band - Hancestry (for Zora Neale Hurston )Jordan Corda - The Continent.Don Cherry Ft Leon Thomas - Eastern Flute SongDogu - Nase Avatar-Gulu City.Ancient Infinity Orchestra - Celebrating the Beautiful Lineage of Sound & Hypnotic States.Mike Casey - Valencia.Clear Path Ensemble - Black Sand Lonnie Liston Smith - My LoveThe Modern Beat Combo - Song for McCoy Tyner -The GreetingJordan Corda - It Will Forget Us Aquarian Dream - Yesterday (Was So Nice Today)Tom Browne -Promises For SpringEmanative feat. Jessica Lauren - Om Supreme (Hector Plimmer Remix) [Compost Records]Kei Chaney - La De Ya-(Jazzy Remix)Leonardo Cesari - Blind Streets.Miguel Scott - TurntableQuintetto X - ... Pema (2026 Remaster)Tubby Tooba - Coming For You Art Bleek - I Wish We Could

In this episode, we welcome four-time Emmy Award winner David X. Cohen, co-creator, executive producer and head writer of Futurama. David takes us inside the making of the iconic animated series, from its origins and his longtime collaboration with Matt Groening on The Simpsons, to the creative process behind Futurama and its new season. He also shares insights and advice for today's writers and creators developing their own original work.“The Making Of” is presented by AJA:Tackle production problems head-on with AJA's latest productsFrom FS8 to OG-FiDO-4, AJA's newest products address modern production demands. A 12G-SDI/SMPTE ST 2110 Media Processor, FS8 delivers powerful tools for navigating mismatched frame rates, rasters, and color spaces, streamlining audio routing, and more. OG-FiDO-4 openGear four-channel SDI/Fiber conversion cards let teams extend SDI infrastructure over fiber. Explore hereVimeo Announces 2nd Annual Short Film GrantLaunched in 2025, this initiative supports the production of artistically driven short films by awarding five emerging filmmakers with money, mentorship, and access to gear for the production of their next short film projects.Following this open call for submissions, a dream team jury featuring Koganada, Josephine Decker, Pete Ohs, Sarah Winshall, and Jomo Fray, ASC will select five winners to each receive a $60,000 cash production grant, access to select Panavision camera packages and OWC storage, one-on-one mentorship with the jury, screenings, distribution and promotion on Vimeo, and more.With support from Panavision, OWC, AJA Video Systems, and ShotDeck.Explore herePost|Production World New YorkOct. 20-21 | New York, NYPost|Production World New York returns to NAB Show New York, Oct 20-21 at the Javits Center. Two days of high-impact training in editing, motion graphics, AI workflows, & visual storytelling, taught by the industry's leading trainers in Premiere, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, and Cinema 4D. Discount Code: PPWTMOVisit hereBuild Your RAID. Save While You Do It.The OWC Express 4M2 gives video and post professionals a flexible four-slot NVMe RAID solution with speeds up to 3200MB/s, support for up to 32TB today, and near-silent adaptive cooling. Choose your own NVMe drives and configure the storage your workflow needs. Right now, the Express 4M2 enclosure is on sale starting at just $178.99Explore hereCineverseOct. 16-17 | Rome, ItalyCinematography, technology, and the next generation - at the iconic Cinecittà Studios, Rome. Join us for Cineverse from 16–17 October 2026. Two days of exhibition, technology, AIC IMAGO panels, Frame Bar sessions and networking. Discover the people, ideas and innovations shaping the future of cinematography, from established industry voices to the next generation of talent.Visit hereWhat's Better Than Royalty Free Music?Music That Enhances Your Creative Experience.Unlimited music. Unlimited productions. One straightforward license.CSS Music gives filmmakers and content creators access to music from human composers, backed by a broad standard license with unlimited uses, unlimited productions, and no time limits.Find the right track faster with 8 powerful search options, then customize it for your production with custom-length and stem extraction tools. Plus, easily create playlists and generate cue sheets—all designed to make music licensing and production simpler.No hassles. No surprises. Just great music and tools built for creators.Explore hereZEISS Introduces Horizon Anamorphic: Full-Frame 2x Anamorphics with a New Lens Technology PlatformZEISS unveils the Horizon Anamorphic series, a new lineup of full-frame 2x anamorphic cinema lenses designed to deliver a distinctive cinematic look along with a new lens technology platform that answers the need for speed and precision demanded by contemporary production workflows.Spanning 35mm to 200mm across seven focal lengths, Horizon lenses combine their anamorphic look—incorporating a pronounced oval bokeh and stretched sense of spatial depth—with a lightweight, fully integrated motorized system that eliminates the need for external focus or iris motors. Visit hereMeet G-RAID PROJECT 2G-RAID PROJECT 2 delivers high-performance storage for demanding video workflows. With dual 7200RPM Ultrastar enterprise-class drives, Thunderbolt 3, and capacities up to 52TB, it's built for 4K, 8K, VR, and content-intensive projects. Shop at Videoguys or call 800-323-2325 for expert advice. Visit herePodcast Rewind:Sept. 2026 - Ep. 151.Partner with The Making Of:Reach 275,000 film industry, broadcast pros, and content creators reading this newsletter. To explore advertising opportunities, please email mvalinsky@me.com Get full access to The Making Of at themakingof.substack.com/subscribe

"Kui minu ema oli õpetaja, käis laste kasvatamine nii, et laps peab kuuletuma. Aja jooksul on tulnud rohkem seletamist ja selgitamist. Kui midagi nõuad, pead ära põhjendama," võrdleb Tiia Kadalipp kahte ajastut: esmalt aega, mil ta ise oli laps ning siis hiljem, kui temal sündisid lapsed.

En 'Futuro Sostenible', Federico Quevedo y Fernando Prieto, CEO del Observatorio de Sostenibilidad (OS), hablan sobre la arquitectura y la sostenibilidad. Con Agustín Hernández Aja, arquitecto y catedrático de la UPM

In this 1972nd episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with musician Don Breithaupt about his song-writing, winning an Emmy for writing the 6Teen theme song, all the great artists he's collaborated with, his love for Steely Dan's Aja and his induction into the Mississauga Music Walk of Fame.A version of this podcast without programmatic ads is available to all Toronto Mike'd Patrons at patreon.com/torontomike.Toronto Mike'd, an award-winning podcast, is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Ridley Funeral Home, Nick Ainis, and RecycleMyElectronics.ca.If you would like to support the show, we do have partner opportunities available. Please email Toronto Mike at mike@torontomike.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of The Making Of, we're joined by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, the writer-director team behind Vacation, Game Night, and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, to go behind the scenes of their latest film, Apple TV's MAYDAY, starring Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh. John and Jonathan take us inside the making of MAYDAY, reflect on the creative partnership they've built across more than a decade, and share advice for the next generation of filmmakers.“The Making Of” is presented by AJA:Tackle production problems head-on with AJA's latest productsFrom FS8 to OG-FiDO-4, AJA's newest products address modern production demands. A 12G-SDI/SMPTE ST 2110 Media Processor, FS8 delivers powerful tools for navigating mismatched frame rates, rasters, and color spaces, streamlining audio routing, and more. OG-FiDO-4 openGear four-channel SDI/Fiber conversion cards let teams extend SDI infrastructure over fiber.Explore hereWhat's Better Than Royalty Free Music?Music That Enhances Your Creative Experience.Unlimited music. Unlimited productions. One straightforward license.CSS Music gives filmmakers and content creators access to music from human composers, backed by a broad standard license with unlimited uses, unlimited productions, and no time limits.Find the right track faster with 8 powerful search options, then customize it for your production with custom-length and stem extraction tools. Plus, easily create playlists and generate cue sheets—all designed to make music licensing and production simpler.No hassles. No surprises. Just great music and tools built for creators.Explore here Post|Production World New YorkOct. 20-21 | New York, NYPost|Production World New York returns to NAB Show New York, October 20-21 at the Javits Center. Two days of high-impact training in editing, motion graphics, AI workflows, and visual storytelling, taught by the industry's leading trainers in Premiere, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, and Cinema 4D.Discount Code: PPWTMORegister hereA Solution Built Around Your WorkflowThe OWC Express 4M2 Ultra is available in a range of configurations to fit your workflow and budget. Choose from ready-to-run solutions with up to 32TB of high-performance NVMe storage, giving you the speed, capacity, and reliability needed for everything from multi-camera editing to demanding VFX and finishing workflows. Available now. Explore hereZEISS Introduces Horizon Anamorphic: Full-Frame 2x Anamorphics with a New Lens Technology PlatformZEISS unveils the Horizon Anamorphic series, a new lineup of full-frame 2x anamorphic cinema lenses designed to deliver a distinctive cinematic look along with a new lens technology platform that answers the need for speed and precision demanded by contemporary production workflows.Spanning 35mm to 200mm across seven focal lengths, Horizon lenses combine their anamorphic look—incorporating a pronounced oval bokeh and stretched sense of spatial depth—with a lightweight, fully integrated motorized system that eliminates the need for external focus or iris motors. Visit hereMeet G-RAID PROJECT 2G-RAID PROJECT 2 delivers high-performance storage for demanding video workflows. With dual 7200RPM Ultrastar enterprise-class drives, Thunderbolt 3, and capacities up to 52TB, it's built for 4K, 8K, VR, and content-intensive projects. Shop at Videoguys or call 800-323-2325 for expert advice. Visit herePodcast Rewind:Sept. 2026 - Ep. 150.Partner with The Making Of:Reach 275K film industry, broadcast pros, and content creators reading this newsletter. To explore advertising opportunities, please email mvalinsky@me.com Get full access to The Making Of at themakingof.substack.com/subscribe

Danger is back from the dead; Diarra gets an unannounced visit from Cartier all while inching closer to finding Dunc's treasure; Aja's hair mystery is solved, enjoy ✌

Vous vous asseyez enfin. Rien n'est urgent. Personne n'a besoin de vous à cet instant précis. Et pourtant, en quelques secondes, votre esprit commence déjà à dresser la liste de tout ce que vous devriez faire à la place. C'est la culpabilité liée au repos. Dans cet épisode de The Queen Reset, Aja Diack explore pourquoi s'arrêter peut sembler inconfortable, irresponsable, voire presque interdit lorsqu'on a passé des années à être celle qui gère, celle sur qui tout le monde compte, celle qui tient tout ensemble. Nous allons regarder les règles apprises qui se cachent derrière cette culpabilité : l'idée qu'il faut mériter le repos, qu'être responsable veut dire être disponible en permanence, ou encore que notre valeur diminue dès que nous cessons de produire. Aja partage plusieurs pratiques simples pour commencer à changer ce rapport au repos : Identifier la règle ou la voix précise qui se manifeste dès que vous vous arrêtez. Commencer par le test des cinq minutes plutôt que de forcer une heure de repos vécue dans la lutte intérieure. Utiliser une phrase de permission avant de se reposer : « J'ai le droit de m'arrêter avant d'y être forcée. » Observer ce que cette culpabilité vous coûte réellement : sommeil, présence, santé, temps avec les personnes que vous aimez. Vous demander : « À quelle règle suis-je en train d'obéir ? » Aja revient aussi sur la différence entre responsabilité et disponibilité permanente, et explique pourquoi apprendre à se reposer peut être une véritable pratique de limites personnelles, pas un problème de productivité. Si le fait de vous arrêter provoque une anxiété persistante, de l'angoisse ou la peur que quelque chose de grave arrive si vous cessez de faire, il peut être utile d'en parler avec un thérapeute, un psychologue ou un autre professionnel de santé mentale qualifié. L'accompagnement holistique peut venir en complément d'un soutien professionnel adapté ; il ne le remplace pas. Si cet épisode vous aide à mettre des mots sur quelque chose que vous ressentez depuis longtemps, abonnez-vous à The Queen Reset et partagez-le avec une femme qui a peut-être besoin d'entendre qu'elle a, elle aussi, le droit de s'arrêter. The Queen Reset avec Aja Diack Résumé court Pourquoi est-il parfois plus difficile de s'asseoir que de continuer à faire ? Aja explore la culpabilité liée au repos, les règles apprises qui relient notre valeur à la productivité et à la disponibilité constante, puis propose des pratiques concrètes pour apprendre à s'arrêter avant d'arriver à l'épuisement.  

You finally sit down. Nothing is on fire. No one needs you in this exact moment. And within seconds, your mind starts building a list of everything you should be doing instead. That is rest guilt. In this episode of The Queen Reset, Aja Diack looks at why stopping can feel uncomfortable, irresponsible, or even unsafe when you have spent years being the capable one, the dependable one, or the woman everyone counts on. This episode explores the learned rules underneath rest guilt, including the belief that rest has to be earned, that being responsible means being constantly available, and that your value disappears the moment you stop producing. Aja shares practical ways to begin changing that pattern: Name the specific rule or guilty voice that shows up when you stop. Try the five-minute rest test instead of forcing yourself into an hour you spend fighting internally. Use a simple permission sentence before you rest: "I'm allowed to stop before I am forced to." Notice what guilt is actually costing you, including sleep, presence, health, and time with the people you love. Ask yourself: What rule am I obeying right now? Aja also explains the difference between responsibility and constant availability, and why learning to rest can sometimes be a boundary practice rather than a productivity problem. If resting brings up persistent anxiety, dread, or a sense that something bad will happen if you stop, consider speaking with a therapist, counselor, or qualified mental-health professional. Holistic coaching can work alongside appropriate professional care; it does not replace it. If this episode helps you put language around something you have been feeling, follow The Queen Reset and share this episode with a woman who may need permission to stop. The Queen Reset with Aja Diack                                                                                   Short description / summary Why can sitting down feel harder than staying busy? Aja explores rest guilt, the learned rules that tie worth to productivity and constant availability, and practical ways to practice stopping before you reach empty.  

In this episode, we sit down with filmmaker Carlson Young to discuss her latest feature, The Last Sunrise, and her evolution from actor to director. Carlson reflects on her early years in front of the camera, including Scream: The TV Series and Emily in Paris, and how those experiences shaped her instincts as a filmmaker. She also takes us inside the making of The Last Sunrise, her collaboration with cinematographer Rob Givens, and shares advice for emerging filmmakers building their own careers.“The Making Of” is presented by AJA:Tackle production problems head-on with AJA's latest productsFrom FS8 to OG-FiDO-4, AJA's newest products address modern production demands. A 12G-SDI/SMPTE ST 2110 Media Processor, FS8 delivers powerful tools for navigating mismatched frame rates, rasters, and color spaces, streamlining audio routing, and more. OG-FiDO-4 openGear four-channel SDI/Fiber conversion cards let teams extend SDI infrastructure over fiber. Explore here OWC @ IBC 2026OWC is bringing new storage and connectivity built for demanding video workflows to IBC 2026, including the Thunderbolt 5 Dock with Dual HDMI and the USB4 Hub. Stop by the booth to go hands-on with the gear and talk shop with the team.Learn more hereSportStreamSept. 15 | VirtualSportStream is a three-day event featuring vendors and experts focused on the impact of live streaming and production in today's dynamic world of sports. Discover tips, tricks, and tools for remote production, live video streaming, professional graphics, and instant replay — all designed to help you capture the action and excitement of every game. From schools to pro leagues, we're here to provide you with everything you need to elevate your sports productions and live streams. Join us September 15 – 17th, 2026! Your FREE one-time registration gains you access to three days of informative webinars, interviews with industry guests, live demos, chances to win great prizes, and more!Register hereZEISS Introduces Horizon Anamorphic: Full-Frame 2x Anamorphics with a New Lens Technology PlatformZEISS unveils the Horizon Anamorphic series, a new lineup of full-frame 2x anamorphic cinema lenses designed to deliver a distinctive cinematic look along with a new lens technology platform that answers the need for speed and precision demanded by contemporary production workflows.Spanning 35mm to 200mm across seven focal lengths, Horizon lenses combine their anamorphic look—incorporating a pronounced oval bokeh and stretched sense of spatial depth—with a lightweight, fully integrated motorized system that eliminates the need for external focus or iris motors. Visit hereMeet G-RAID PROJECT 2G-RAID PROJECT 2 delivers high-performance storage for demanding video workflows. With dual 7200RPM Ultrastar enterprise-class drives, Thunderbolt 3, and capacities up to 52TB, it's built for 4K, 8K, VR, and content-intensive projects. Shop at Videoguys or call 800-323-2325 for expert advice.Visit herePodcast Rewind:Aug. 2026 - Ep. 149.Partner with The Making Of:Reach 275,000 film industry, broadcast pros, and content creators reading this weekly newsletter. To explore advertising opportunities, please email mvalinsky@me.com Get full access to The Making Of at themakingof.substack.com/subscribe

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Vous dormez, mais vous vous réveillez encore épuisée. Parfois, cette fatigue ne vient pas seulement du manque de sommeil. Elle peut aussi être liée à tout ce que votre esprit porte en permanence : les rendez-vous, les décisions, les besoins des autres, la charge émotionnelle et toutes ces choses auxquelles vous pensez pour que personne d'autre n'ait à le faire. Dans cet épisode de The Queen Reset, Aja Diack parle de charge mentale, de travail invisible et de ce qui peut arriver quand être « celle qui gère tout » finit par nous coûter trop cher. Vous repartirez avec trois choses concrètes à essayer cette semaine : Mettre des mots sur votre charge invisible. Faire une pause avant de dire oui automatiquement. Protéger une heure qui n'appartient à personne d'autre. Aja rappelle également qu'une fatigue persistante, soudaine ou importante mérite d'être évaluée par un professionnel de santé. Une approche holistique vient en complément des soins médicaux appropriés, pas à leur place. The Queen Reset avec Aja Diack

You can sleep eight hours and still wake up exhausted.Sometimes the tiredness is not only about sleep. It can also come from everything your mind is holding: the appointments, the decisions, the emotional labor, the people you check on, the things you remember so nobody else has to.In this episode of The Queen Reset, Aja Diack talks about mental load, invisible labor, and what can happen when being "the capable one" quietly becomes too much.You'll leave with three practical things to try this week:Name the invisible load you are carrying.Pause before automatically saying yes.Protect one hour that does not belong to anyone else.Aja also explains why persistent or severe fatigue should not simply be pushed through. Fatigue can have physical causes, and holistic support works alongside appropriate medical care.If this episode names something you have been carrying quietly, send it to a woman who may need to hear it too.The Queen Reset with Aja Diack

In this episode, we welcome Sara DeWitt, SVP & GM of PBS KIDS and Education, for a wide-ranging conversation about her background and career, her leadership role at PBS KIDS, and the organization's mission to educate and inspire children nationwide. We discuss current and back-to-school programming, supporting early literacy, and how PBS KIDS is navigating funding challenges while continuing its educational mission. Sara also shares her perspective on the future of children's media, education, and much more.“The Making Of” is presented by AJA:Futureproofing with IP videoAs production workflows rapidly evolve, IP video is key to building more scalable, future-ready pipelines. To get up to speed on the IP fundamentals and gain insights into the various IP paths – like ST 2110, NDI, Dante AV, and SRT – download AJA's free IP video white paper today.SportStreamSept. 15 | VirtualSportStream is a three-day event featuring vendors and experts focused on the impact of live streaming and production in today's dynamic world of sports. Discover tips, tricks, and tools for remote production, live video streaming, professional graphics, and instant replay — all designed to help you capture the action and excitement of every game. From schools to pro leagues, we're here to provide you with everything you need to elevate your sports productions and live streams. Join us Sept 15–17th! Your FREE registration gains you access to three days of informative webinars, interviews with industry guests, live demos, chances to win great prizes, and more! Register hereA Solution Built Around Your WorkflowThe OWC Express 4M2 Ultra is available in a range of configurations to fit your workflow and budget. Choose from ready-to-run solutions with up to 32TB of high-performance NVMe storage, giving you the speed, capacity, and reliability needed for everything from multi-camera editing to demanding VFX and finishing workflows. Available now. Explore hereElgato Prompter XLThe Elgato Prompter XL is a professional all-in-one teleprompter with a 15.6” removable display and a reading range of up to 15 feet. Featuring USB 3.2 connectivity and broad compatibility, it's ideal for live productions and content creation. Available now at Videoguys.com—call 800-323-2325 to learn more.Learn more hereZEISS Introduces Horizon Anamorphic: Full-Frame 2x Anamorphics with a New Lens Technology PlatformZEISS unveils the Horizon Anamorphic series, a new lineup of full-frame 2x anamorphic cinema lenses designed to deliver a distinctive cinematic look along with a new lens technology platform that answers the need for speed and precision demanded by contemporary production workflows.Spanning 35mm to 200mm across seven focal lengths, Horizon lenses combine their anamorphic look—incorporating a pronounced oval bokeh and stretched sense of spatial depth—with a lightweight, fully integrated motorized system that eliminates the need for external focus or iris motors. Explore herePodcast Rewind:Aug. 2026 - Ep. 148.Partner with The Making Of:Reach 275,000+ film production industry, broadcast pros, and content creators reading this weekly newsletter. To explore advertising, please email mvalinsky@me.com Get full access to The Making Of at themakingof.substack.com/subscribe

What if some of the wellness foods being marketed to us as new discoveries were already part of our families' lives generations ago? In this episode of The Queen Reset, Aja explores the foods, plants, and everyday wellness knowledge many of us grew up with before moringa became a supplement, baobab became a superfood, and traditional grains started appearing on wellness shelves. From moringa, known in her childhood as "never die," to baobab, fonio, and kenkeliba, this conversation goes beyond nutrition. It is about memory. It is about belonging. It is about the aunties who made sure you ate. It is about the recipes nobody wrote down. And it is about learning to recognize the value in what was already ours before someone else renamed, packaged, and sold it back to us. Aja also shares a practical way to reconnect with ancestral foods without romanticizing the past or rejecting modern nutrition. You will explore four questions: What did my family actually use this food or plant for? What does it provide nutritionally? What does modern research support, and what remains traditional knowledge? Does it fit my body and my life today? You do not have to choose between ancestral wisdom and modern information. You can use both. This week's Queen Reset practice: Choose one food, drink, recipe, grain, leaf, or plant from your childhood or lineage and bring it back into your week. Ask an elder about it. Learn how it was traditionally used. Write the recipe down while you still can. And then ask yourself: What did we know that is still worth knowing? If this episode brings a memory back for you, share the food, drink, or plant from your childhood that the rest of the world suddenly seems to have discovered.

In this episode, we welcome Sophie Darlington ASC, an award-winning cinematographer whose remarkable career has taken her around the world capturing wildlife and the natural world. In our conversation, she takes us behind the scenes of LION, sharing how she filmed the documentary over the course of four years in the wild, and what went into bringing the Jon Favreau–executive-produced project to life. She discusses the technologies used to craft the film's stunning imagery, along with the challenges of this type of production. “The Making Of” is presented by AJA:Futureproofing with IP videoAs production workflows rapidly evolve, IP video is key to building more scalable, future-ready pipelines. To get up to speed on the IP fundamentals and gain insights into the various IP paths – like ST 2110, NDI, Dante AV, and SRT – download AJA's free IP video white paper today.Post|Production World New YorkOct. 20-21 | New YorkSharpen your edit, your motion graphics, and your AI workflow in two days. Post|Production World New York brings certified trainers and working pros to NAB Show New York, October 20-21, with hands-on sessions in Premiere, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, and Cinema 4D. Registration includes show floor access.Discount Code: PPWTMORegister hereA Solution Built Around Your WorkflowThe OWC Express 4M2 Ultra is available in a range of configurations to fit your workflow and budget. Choose from ready-to-run solutions with up to 32TB of high-performance NVMe storage, giving you the speed, capacity, and reliability needed for everything from multi-camera editing to demanding VFX and finishing workflows. Available now. Explore hereElgato Prompter XLThe Elgato Prompter XL is a professional all-in-one teleprompter with a 15.6” removable display and a reading range of up to 15 feet. Featuring USB 3.2 connectivity and broad compatibility, it's ideal for live productions and content creation. Available now at Videoguys.com—call 800-323-2325 to learn more.Explore hereZEISS Introduces Horizon Anamorphic: Full-Frame 2x Anamorphics with a New Lens Technology PlatformZEISS unveils the Horizon Anamorphic series, a new lineup of full-frame 2x anamorphic cinema lenses designed to deliver a distinctive cinematic look along with a new lens technology platform that answers the need for speed and precision demanded by contemporary production workflows.Spanning 35mm to 200mm across seven focal lengths, Horizon lenses combine their anamorphic look—incorporating a pronounced oval bokeh and stretched sense of spatial depth—with a lightweight, fully integrated motorized system that eliminates the need for external focus or iris motors. Read more herePodcast Rewind:July 2026 - Ep. 147.Partner with The Making Of:Reach 275,000+ film industry, broadcast pros, and content creators reading this weekly newsletter. To explore advertising, please email mvalinsky@me.com Get full access to The Making Of at themakingof.substack.com/subscribe

Please email ppls.adhdstudy@ed.ac.uk if you would like to learn more.Why do so many young people with ADHD find it harder to bounce back from difficult emotions — and what can actually help?This episode of the Mind the Kids podcast features Professor Aja Murray, Professor of Developmental Psychology of Mental Health at the University of Edinburgh's School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. Aja's research examines mental health across the lifespan, with a particular focus on the links between ADHD symptoms and co-occurring mental health issues such as anxiety and depression, especially during adolescence.Hosted by Mark Tebbs, the conversation explores the Mental Health in the Moment ADHD (MHIM-ADHD) programme of research, funded by the Medical Research Foundation, conducted with colleagues including Dejla Hoxha and Daria Melashenko at the University of Edinburgh and Amanda Russell at Northumbria University, alongside guidance from the project's young person and lived-experience advisory group.The discussion opens by unpacking two key terms: ADHD, characterised by difficulties with attention, hyperactivity and impulsivity and diagnosed in up to around 8% of children and adolescents globally, and emotion dysregulation, the breakdown of the processes people use to identify, manage and respond to their emotions. Aja explains how emotion dysregulation, while not a core symptom of ADHD, is a commonly associated feature that can show up as intense or changeable emotions, emotions that take longer to settle, or emotionally driven behaviour such as lashing out.Drawing on ecological momentary assessment methods that capture emotion regulation as it unfolds in daily life, alongside longitudinal data, Aja shares findings on how emotion dysregulation sits on the pathway between ADHD symptoms and elevated risk of anxiety and depression, and how patterns like rumination are a particularly important feature of this pathway. The conversation also explores rejection sensitivity dysphoria — the tendency to anxiously or angrily anticipate social rejection — a concept gaining significant attention within the ADHD community. The project's lived-experience advisory group specifically recommended including a measure of rejection sensitivity, informed by broader work on co-producing adolescent mental health research with young people (Health Expectations). Findings show rejection sensitivity dysphoria is linked to more negative emotions day to day, but that positive peer interactions can buffer this effect, pointing to peer acceptance as a promising avenue for support.Aja also sets out practical, evidence-based strategies for adolescents with ADHD and the adults who support them, including cognitive reappraisal, techniques for interrupting rumination, acceptance, square breathing, and the "grounding" 5-4-3-2-1 technique. The conversation covers the crucial role of parents and caregivers in modelling emotion regulation, understanding how the ADHD brain processes emotion, and responding supportively rather than dismissively to emotional expression — plus a look at positive emotion regulation, including noticing, savouring and sharing good moments. Aja closes with an update on the team's emerging work on teacher relationships, autistic traits, and a co-produced digital emotion regulation app for adolescents with ADHD.This conversation is essential listening for clinicians, researchers, educators, and parents and caregivers interested in child and adolescent mental health, ADHD, emotion regulation, and rejection sensitivity dysphoria. It offers a clear, hopeful message: emotion regulation is a skill that can be learned, practised, and strengthened over time.Learn more about the MHIM-ADHD study protocol: 'Illuminating the daily life experiences of adolescents with and without ADHD: protocol for an ecological momentary assessment study', Aja Murray, Lydia Speyer, Melissa Thye, et al. BMJ Open, published 29 September 2023. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077222Get a free CPD/CME certificate for listening to this podcast by registering for a FREE ACAMH Learn account at https://bit.ly/4fF4BBWDon't miss our webinar on 04/11/26 Led by leading expert Dr. Alessio Bellato 'Assessment Tools and Interventions for Emotion (Dys)Regulation: Practical Approaches'. Emotion regulation is a key skill for well-being, yet individuals, particularly those who are neurodivergent, may experience unique challenges in managing emotions in daily life. This two-part short course provides a practical approach to understanding, assessing, and providing personalised support across diverse populations.Visit https://www.acamh.orgFacebook and LinkedIn search / ACAMHInstagram https://www.instagram.com/assoc.camhBluesky https://bsky.app/profile/acamh.bsky.socialX https://x.com/acamh

On this episode of Music Matters with Darrell Craig Harris, we welcome rising R&B artist Aja Maria, a Baltimore-born singer whose soulful sound blends vulnerability, confidence, and timeless influences including Anita Baker, Sade, Brandy, and Tank. Aja began performing at an early age, making her Broadway debut at just 12 years old, and now steps into an exciting new chapter with her sultry new single "Congratulations." The hypnotic R&B slow-burn explores love, reconnection, and the hopeful belief that what's truly meant for you can find its way back. We talk with Aja about her journey from Broadway to recording artist, the influences that shaped her musical identity, and the story behind "Congratulations." The single is part of her forthcoming debut full-length project, produced by King Midas, whose credits include Tory Lanez, Teyana Taylor, and Justin Bieber. With recognition from Ones to Watch, Earmilk, and more, Aja Maria is emerging as an exciting new voice in contemporary R&B-and she joins Music Matters to share the music, the journey, and what comes next. Social Media www.Instagram.com/iamajamaria Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/7aLDrFJeq0frWc9RMKXWo4?si=CEAIv6NoSCOh7UXH0hTHOw About Music Matters with Darrell Craig Harris The Music Matters Podcast is hosted by Darrell Craig Harris, a globally published music journalist, professional musician, and Sports Illustrated photographer. Music Matters is now available on Spotify, iTunes, Podbean, and more. Each week, Darrell interviews renowned artists, musicians, music journalists, and insiders from the music industry. Currently, over 1.2 million global downloads in 40 countries. Visit us at: www.MusicMattersPodcast.com Follow us on Twitter: www.Twitter.com/musicmattersdh  Instagram: www.Instagram.com/musicmatterspodcastofficial For inquiries, contact: musicmatterspodcastshow@gmail.com Support our mission via PayPal: www.paypal.me/payDarrell Episode editing and Voice intro by Nigel J. Farmer of Voice Wrap Studios Representation:  Yvette Morales | YM & Associates PR Beverly Hills, CA YM-PR.com Email: YMoralesY@ym-pr.com                      

This is a fantastic, deeply curated music tracklist featuring an incredible blend of nu-jazz, neo-soul, classic jazz-fusion, electronic downtempo, and rare groove gems.Aja & ClaireTa-Ku - Tall Black Guy Presents- SmileSlowerpace 音楽 - The Coming OffensiveSubverse - Flame of Mine (Burn One Down Mix) [Colour and Pitch]Skinny Hightower - HypnoticDee C'rell - Near DetroitJack Wyllie - Juniper.Clear Path Ensemble -Good Time For Good ThingsErykah Badu - Witch Doctor  ft. The AlchemistAngela Bofill - Under The Moon And Over The SkyThe Carmets - Silver Moon BeachRyo Kawasaki - Trinkets & Things (1978 Demo )George Duke - MalibuWillie Hutch - I Wanna Be Where You AreBella Brown & The Jealous Lovers - Stay Too LongInfinite Sound - Spanish Tale (Afro Spiritual Jazz)Gary Bartz - Medley Rise - Celestial Blues, The Sounding Song , Incident ,Uhuru Sasa (Live, Bremen)Rotterdam Jazz Quintet - Keep SearchingPart Time Heroes - All This Time Feat. Lucy Kitchen (Original Mix)Erik Thompson - Nu Jazz (Original Mix)Streeton Ft David Kayode - Where We StartedMarley Carroll - Chroma FallsEWF - Sunshine

Introducing the Band: Your hosts Scot Bertram (@ScotBertram) and Jeff Blehar (@EsotericCD) with guest Eli Lake. Eli is a columnist for The Free Press, contributing editor at Commentary, and host of Breaking History. You can follow him on Twitter/x @EliLake. Eli's Music Pick: Steely Dan In what is likely the last of our past episodes to be completely re-recorded, we present a totally new edition of our look at the music and career of Steely Dan. Jeff long has despised the sound of his microphone on the original show (our version of a Katy Lied-esque mishap), which also was recorded in a back-up studio. It makes sense to get something on tape that will stand the test of time.  There may not be a more unlikely story in rock history than Steely Dan, more specifically the braintrust of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. Michael McDonald, who provided backing vocals for the band later in its career, wrote that Fagen had the "physique of an 80-year-old woman" and Becker gave off the distinct vibe of a "lab technician working on some nefarious government experiment." These two guys, who famously didn't even like the idea of being in a conventional rock band, somehow became one of the most distinctive and enduring acts of the 1970s. They took the sounds of jazz, R&B, soul, blues, pop, and rock, ran them through a filter of studio perfectionism and darkly funny songwriting, and came out with something that sounded like nobody else. And somehow, against all odds, some of the most musically complicated songs of their era became radio staples.  The Steely Dan story is also a story of constant reinvention. From the sly pop-rock of Can't Buy a Thrill and Countdown to Ecstasy, through the increasingly ambitious Pretzel Logic, Katy Lied, and The Royal Scam, Becker and Fagen gradually turned the recording studio into their own musical laboratory. Then came Aja, the masterpiece that may be the ultimate expression of their obsession with precision, groove, and impeccable musicianship. The term “Yacht Rock” might as well have been born right then and there. Gaucho pushed that approach even further, even as the band's perfectionism and internal tensions reached a breaking point.  We dig into the music, the personalities, the bizarre characters, the legendary studio sessions, and the songs that make Steely Dan so endlessly rewarding. Because beneath all the perfectionism and complexity, Steely Dan always understood one fundamental thing: A great song still needs a great groove. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Peut-on aimer profondément sa culture tout en questionnant certaines des choses qu'elle nous a transmises ? Pour beaucoup de femmes, la réponse n'est pas si simple. Remettre en question une tradition, une attente familiale ou une croyance avec laquelle nous avons grandi peut rapidement faire naître de la culpabilité. « C'est comme ça chez nous. » « Tu as changé. » « Tu es devenue trop occidentale. » « Chez nous, ça ne se fait pas. » Et parfois, personne n'a même besoin de le dire. Nous avons déjà appris à nous censurer nous-mêmes. Dans cet épisode de The Queen Reset avec Aja Diack, nous explorons cette tension entre appartenance et évolution. Comment honorer d'où nous venons sans considérer que tout ce qui nous a été transmis doit automatiquement être conservé ? Comment faire la différence entre la sagesse ancestrale, une tradition qui mérite d'être protégée, et une habitude héritée que personne n'a jamais eu l'espace de questionner ? Dans cet épisode, Aja vous propose un cadre simple pour examiner ce que vous avez reçu : Le garder. Ce qui vous nourrit, crée de l'appartenance et mérite d'être transmis. L'adapter. Ce dont la valeur reste importante, mais dont la manière de l'exprimer doit peut-être évoluer. Le laisser partir. Ce qui exige le silence, l'effacement, la souffrance ou la disparition de soi. L'examiner. Ce que vous ne comprenez pas encore suffisamment pour décider s'il faut le garder ou le rejeter. Nous parlons aussi de : la culpabilité que l'on peut ressentir lorsqu'on choisit différemment de sa famille ; la pression d'être considérée comme « irrespectueuse », « trop indépendante » ou « trop moderne » ; la différence entre respecter ses aînés et ne jamais pouvoir les contredire ; les attentes imposées aux « bonnes filles », aux épouses et aux mères ; pourquoi tout ce qui est ancien n'est pas automatiquement sage ; pourquoi tout ce qui est moderne n'est pas automatiquement meilleur ; comment savoir si vous choisissez réellement selon vos valeurs ou simplement par peur de ce que les autres vont penser ; et comment faire évoluer certaines traditions sans avoir à rejeter toute votre culture. Parce qu'il existe une différence essentielle entre dire : « Je choisis cela parce que cela correspond à mes valeurs. » et : « Je choisis cela parce que j'ai peur de ce qu'on va dire si je fais autrement. » Et cette différence compte. Vous pouvez honorer les femmes qui vous ont précédée sans reproduire toutes les conditions dans lesquelles elles ont dû vivre. Vous pouvez aimer ce qu'elles vous ont transmis sans porter absolument tout ce qu'elles ont porté. Et vous pouvez respecter votre culture tout en décidant consciemment de ce que vous souhaitez transmettre à la génération suivante. La question à vous poser après l'épisode Choisissez une croyance, une phrase, une attente ou une tradition avec laquelle vous avez grandi. Puis demandez-vous : Qu'est-ce que cela protégeait ? Et ensuite : Qui est-ce que cela protégeait ? Les réponses ne seront pas toujours les mêmes. C'est là que commence le discernement.

In this episode, we welcome co-directors Christian Hurley and Ben Oliphint, and producer Matt Wassong—the filmmakers behind the horror feature A Most Atrocious Thing, made for just $8,000 and ultimately landing distribution on Roku and other platforms. In our conversation, the team shares the inspiration behind the film, writing it during the pandemic, shooting the feature on a shoestring budget, and navigating its evolving post-production process. They also demystify indie film distribution—sharing their experiences on the festival circuit, making a key connection at Tubi, and other secrets behind the film's success.“The Making Of” is presented by AJA:Futureproofing with IP videoAs production workflows rapidly evolve, IP video is key to building more scalable, future-ready pipelines. To get up to speed on the IP fundamentals and gain insights into the various IP paths – like ST 2110, NDI, Dante AV, and SRT – download AJA's free IP video white paper today.Screamfest 2026October 6-15 | Los Angeles, CAReady for a thrill? Screamfest returns October 6–15 with ten nights of spine-chilling world premieres, terrifying shorts, and exclusive filmmaker Q&As and panels. Catch the newest discoveries in horror on the big screen before anyone else. Don't wait—secure your festival passes and tickets today before they sell out! Learn more hereA Solution Built Around Your WorkflowThe OWC Express 4M2 Ultra is available in a range of configurations to fit your workflow and budget. Choose from ready-to-run solutions with up to 32TB of high-performance NVMe storage, giving you the speed, capacity, and reliability needed for everything from multi-camera editing to demanding VFX and finishing workflows. Available now. Explore hereZEISS Introduces Horizon Anamorphic: Full-Frame 2x Anamorphics with a New Lens Technology PlatformZEISS unveils the Horizon Anamorphic series, a new lineup of full-frame 2x anamorphic cinema lenses designed to deliver a distinctive cinematic look along with a new lens technology platform that answers the need for speed and precision demanded by contemporary production workflows.Spanning 35mm to 200mm across seven focal lengths, Horizon lenses combine their anamorphic look—incorporating a pronounced oval bokeh and stretched sense of spatial depth—with a lightweight, fully integrated motorized system that eliminates the need for external focus or iris motors. Read more hereElgato Prompter XLThe Elgato Prompter XL is a professional all-in-one teleprompter with a 15.6” removable display and a reading range of up to 15 feet. Featuring USB 3.2 connectivity and broad compatibility, it's ideal for live productions and content creation. Available now at Videoguys.com—call 800-323-2325 to learn more.Explore herePodcast Rewind:July 2026 - Ep. 146.Partner with The Making Of:Reach 275K film production industry, broadcast pros, and content creators reading this newsletter. To explore advertising, please email mvalinsky@me.com Get full access to The Making Of at themakingof.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode of The Unfolding: Presented by The Loveland Foundation Podcast, host Rachel Keener sits down with licensed mental health counselor and financial therapist Aja Evans, author of Feel Good Finance, to explore the emotional side of money.Aja breaks down how our early experiences and beliefs about money shape the way we spend, save, avoid, and plan—and why taking care of your finances can be a form of self-care, especially for Black women. Rachel and Aja also unpack the shame and silence around money, emotional spending, and the pressure to have it all figured out.The conversation offers practical ways to build a healthier relationship with money, from checking in with your accounts to making small, consistent changes and finding other ways to cope that don't involve spending. At its core, this episode is about creating a financial life that supports what matters most to you.Listen in for an honest conversation about money, self-worth, and the small steps that can lead to meaningful change.More about Aja Evans:Aja Evans is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, speaker, and writer specializing in Financial Therapy. With over a decade of experience, Aja is determined to get more people engaged in talking about their feelings about money. In addition to her practice, Aja serves on the board of the Financial Therapy Association, consults to FinTech companies, and is penning her debut book, Feel Good Finance. She has been featured in a variety of major news outlets including The New York Times, Business Insider, NerdWallet, and CNBC. Aja is on a mission to get more people engaged in living their best lives while attuning to their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors around money. Outside of work, you can find Aja chasing after her two young children as they hunt down the next delicious place to eat.Website: https://ajaevanscounseling.com/–The Unfolding: Presented by The Loveland Foundation podcast is an additional resource not only to the public but also to our therapy fund cohort members. The Loveland Foundation therapy fund and resources are only made possible through support from our community. At The Loveland Foundation, we are committed to showing up for communities of color in unique and powerful ways, with a particular focus on Black women and girls. Our resources and initiatives are collaborative and they prioritize opportunity, access, validation, and healing. Since our founding, the Therapy Fund has provided financial support for therapy to over 26,936 Black women, girls, and non-binary individuals across the country.Links:Join The Abundance Collective: https://thelovelandfoundation.org/abundanceSupport the show: https://thelovelandfoundation.org/donorbox/Follow Aja on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ajaetherapy/Follow The Loveland Foundation on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelovelandfoundation/Visit the Loveland Foundation's website: https://thelovelandfoundation.org/Support the show

In this episode, we welcome the creative team behind the 19-time Emmy-nominated Apple TV series Widow's Bay—cinematographer Christian Sprenger ASC, editor Isaac Hagy ACE, and production sound mixer Kevin S. Parker. In our conversation, Christian, Isaac, and Kevin take us behind the scenes of the series, sharing how they helped create its distinctive blend of horror, comedy, mystery, and character. They break down the elements that shape the world of Widow's Bay, while exploring their collaboration, and the tools and techniques behind some of the series' most memorable moments. They also offer advice for students and filmmakers looking to improve their craft and grow their careers.“The Making Of” is presented by AJA:Futureproofing with IP videoAs production workflows rapidly evolve, IP video is key to building more scalable, future-ready pipelines. To get up to speed on the IP fundamentals and gain insights into the various IP paths – like ST 2110, NDI, Dante AV, and SRT – download AJA's free IP video white paper today.A Solution Built Around Your WorkflowThe OWC Express 4M2 Ultra is available in a range of configurations to fit your workflow and budget. Choose from ready-to-run solutions with up to 32TB of high-performance NVMe storage, giving you the speed, capacity, and reliability needed for everything from multi-camera editing to demanding VFX and finishing workflows. Available now. Learn more hereElgato Prompter XLThe Elgato Prompter XL is a professional all-in-one teleprompter with a 15.6” removable display and a reading range of up to 15 feet. Featuring USB 3.2 connectivity and broad compatibility, it's ideal for live productions and content creation. Available now at Videoguys.com—call 800-323-2325 to learn more. Explore hereZEISS Introduces Horizon Anamorphic: Full-Frame 2x Anamorphics with a New Lens Technology PlatformZEISS unveils the Horizon Anamorphic series, a new lineup of full-frame 2x anamorphic cinema lenses designed to deliver a distinctive cinematic look along with a new lens technology platform that answers the need for speed and precision demanded by contemporary production workflows.Spanning 35mm to 200mm across seven focal lengths, Horizon lenses combine their anamorphic look—incorporating a pronounced oval bokeh and stretched sense of spatial depth—with a lightweight, fully integrated motorized system that eliminates the need for external focus or iris motors. Read more herePodcast Rewind:July 2026 - Ep. 145.Advertise with The Making Of:Reach 270K film production industry, broadcast professionals, and content creators reading this newsletter. To explore advertising, please email mvalinsky@me.com Get full access to The Making Of at themakingof.substack.com/subscribe

HAWK ROCK SUMMER ends here with a quick Hawk Rock Taste of some of the bonuses you get on the Hawk Patreon! Classic Albums! Where Geoff Garlock and Jason Gore go deep on a Classic Rock STAPLE, Greg Lemonsour-style.This week, Hawk Rock Summer wraps with a deep dive into the 1977 classic many Dads would fight you over, "Aja" by Steely Dan!NEXT WEEK! SERIES SEVEN PREMIERE! Rekha Shankar (Dropout, Smartypants, Game Changer) returns to 108.9 The Hawk! Keep The Transmitter PoweredListen to every free episode of 108.9 The Hawk and Hawk Rock Talk at 1089thehawk.com.Support the station at patreon.com/1089thehawk.Tell your friends! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is another classy selection from us 2 Including : jazz-electronica, deep house, jazz funk, and contemporary vocal jazz. and soulful beats and everything in between.Aja & ClaireDeejay Moe, Raheem Kashon - An Artist ManifestKhutšo Chuma - DreamerClara Hill x Crackazat - I Want You To Know (My Heart Beats Slow)  [Sonar Kollektiv]Milo Jax - Tell Me The TruthKontakt Vystymas - Jazz Electronica Fewer Notes - Electronic Jazz for Gentle Dads - Alien CostumeThe Modern Beat Combo - Song for McCoy Tyner -The Greeting - ( Marimbas )Skinny Hightower - NimbusMultibeast feat. TOS - Hold Me Down [Sonar Kollektiv]Gretchen Parlato - Capricorn (feat. Alan Hampton)Kellee Paterson - See You LaterElizabeth Shepherd - On Our WayKellee Patterson - Maiden VoyageAhmad Jamal - The Good Life (Live) (Original Mix)The Blackbyrds - A Hot Day Today (Original Mix)Guru, Lonnie Liston Smith - Down The Backstreets (Original Mix)Ottis Blake - Jazz BlissMax Marinacci, Franco Marinacci - Smoking Yazz (Late night Swing Mix)Melchyor A - Devotion (Melchyor A's Jazz Mix)Mary Olivetti - Nuyorican Soul featuring George Benson - You Can Do It BabyPanaphonic - Misterios ProfundosJazz Room Records - LENINGRAD ENSEMBLE - WHAT IS LOVEMitchum Yacoub - Cumbia No Get Enemy Oneness Of Juju - African RhythmsManu Dibango - Africa BoogieAncient Infinity Orchestra - Celebrating the Beautiful Lineage of Sound & Hypnotic States.

A live recording from The Big Romance about a 2008 Sub Pop-released classic album of the 2000s. Listen on Apple | Android | Patreon | Pocketcasts | CastBox | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS Feed | Podlink Step into a world of misty melodies and cavernous echoes with Seattle band Fleet Foxes' landmark debut – a defining record of the late-2000s indie folk revival. Led by Robin Pecknold, the album blends the lush, pastoral harmonies of the 1960s with a haunting baroque-pop sensibility and lyrical themes rooted in nature, tradition, and introspection. Like the Bruegel painting on its cover, every track reveals a dense, beautiful world that evokes a timeless – almost mythic Americana sound. This podcast episode is a live recording from our listening party in The Big Romance in April, with guest journalist and Fleet Foxes fan Aoife Barry. Our next Listening Party is Smashing Pumpkins later this month and it's sold out. Listen Closely: Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes (2008) A Nialler9 listening party, hosted by Niall Byrne with guest Aoife Barry. Before the album Niall: Hello everyone, how are you? Welcome to the Listen Closely album listening party. I'm Niall, and this is Aoife Barry. Aoife: Hello. Niall: We're here tonight because Aoife picked this album, as she has before. You picked Jeff Buckley last year. Aoife: Yeah, and we ended up doing three of them. Niall: We did, we went to Cork. We did two here and then we went to Cork to talk about Jeff Buckley. And you were at the My Bloody Valentine listening party last year as well, back in October. Aoife: It must have been October, yeah. Niall: Well, obviously we're here for a very different album tonight: Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes, from 2008. As you heard there, we played a bit of the Sun Giant EP by the band, which came out a few months before this album, because we want to give the album its full due. They're a little different, and we'll talk about that. But yeah, you picked the record. Aoife: I did. I obviously must like it. And it's such an incredible record. Is there anybody here who hasn't heard it? That's really exciting, if so. I'm excited for you to hear it. You got a sneak peek there of what the vibe is going to be. I picked it because I love this record, but I also had a funny story about how I first heard them. Back in 2008, when this record came out, I'd read about this band called Fleet Foxes in a music magazine. I don't even think I'd heard a song yet, this is back in the day. And I was on holidays in Berlin, and in the tiny little hostel we were staying in, they had a sign up on the wall: "Who's playing tonight? Fleet Foxes, Café Zapata." I said to my boyfriend, "I think that's a band I read about in the magazine, will we go see them?" And he was like, "Grand." So we went, and they were unbelievable. It was so good. Beach House were supporting them. So it was 2008 smacking you in the face. Niall: Come on. Aoife: And I took photos, which I found. I have photos. Artifacts. One is terrible, the other one's not so terrible, taken on one of those little Canon digital cameras. And I still have the ticket, I kept the ticket, I'm one of those hoarders who keeps all their gig tickets. But it was so good: the venue they played in had a dragon that breathed fire out every fifteen minutes. Niall: So they'd be playing and this dragon… Aoife: I'm not even exaggerating. Fire would just shoot out of this mechanical dragon. It was so Berlin. And Fleet Foxes were so stunning, and Beach House were so stunning. I love Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, I love all those harmony vibes, I wish I was born in the seventies, sadly I was not. So I fell in love with them immediately, and I've been a big fan ever since. Although I'll say I probably dipped a little bit around the Crack-Up era, their third album, but then I saw them when Shore came out, their most recent album, and fell right back in love with them. Niall: We're going to talk about all the albums that come afterwards, but we'll start with this one, because this is presumably your favourite, or one of them. Aoife: Shore is up there as well for me, but yeah. Niall: So what was it about Fleet Foxes at the time? For context: in 2008 there was quite a lot of this kind of music around. We previously did Bon Iver's For Emma, Forever Ago as a listening party, and the funny thing, which I only found out when we did this, is that they have the same origin story in a way. Both songwriters went to a cabin in the woods to pour their heart out and write the songs. Aoife: I think Justin Vernon just got there first in terms of the marketing. Niall: So they must have pulled back on talking about it too much, because it's basically the same thing. They never really talked about Robin Pecknold's writing process in those terms. Aoife: For Emma was such a massive moment, everybody was obsessed with this guy who broke up with a girl and went to a cabin and wrote a record about it. It was the ur indie-folk album. Niall: What was really appealing about Fleet Foxes is that they were so young, between about twenty-two and twenty-seven, and Robin Pecknold was twenty-one when he wrote the record. Which is frankly offensive, you shouldn't be allowed to be so talented at twenty-one. Aoife: I know. And they were clearly these people from Seattle, which we associate with grunge, and then it becomes this place where they're bringing out all the pastoral, outdoorsy, mountain-and-sea vibes of the Washington area. They're obviously really influenced by the seventies too, by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, by Laurel Canyon, but also by Appalachian folk. There's a real purity to what they're doing. The harmonies are unbelievable, there's even a bit of a gospel feeling. So these young guys made this album that was being called an iconic American record on release. The Guardian called it a landmark American album, something like that. And that's special, because you don't get that many records immediately being called landmark. Niall: It was a very exciting time for music around then. I actually brought some records. We mentioned Beach House and Teen Dream earlier, that's a bit later, 2010. I wanted to do a listening party for that at some point, that'd be good craic. Around that time you had Animal Collective and Panda Bear, Person Pitch was right there, that was the apex for that very experimental scene. A few years later we had Sufjan, our very first listening party. And Bon Iver, of course. There's also stuff like Neutral Milk Hotel very much of that vibe. Aoife: I've noticed people covering Neutral Milk Hotel more now. Niall: I think when we got to it, it was on its second go-round, and now it's getting a third, which is great. It's a great record. So, the band were from Seattle, they had a bit of the scruffy flannel-shirt look, but obviously didn't sound like that. The album was written in the woods, in the cabin, brought to the band, and recorded with Phil Ek. Aoife: Who did a lot of stuff with Built to Spill. Niall: Yeah, and he worked with The Shins, and Modest Mouse, a really long history. Aoife: Are The Shins from Seattle as well? Niall: I think they might be. Band of Horses is another one. So they recorded it themselves with Phil Ek, paid for it all themselves, and then the local major independent label Sub Pop came calling. Obviously known for a lot of grunge traditionally, but they'd clearly been releasing this kind of music around then too, The Shins had been on the label for a few years, Band of Horses. When it came to it, they signed to Sub Pop. Apparently there was a bidding war. Aoife: They'd become quite popular on MySpace. Anybody remember MySpace? Every time I do one of these I feel older and older, mentioning the top eight, the randomers you'd put in your top eight. Word could spread quite quickly once you got popular on MySpace. Niall: What I thought was really interesting, that I discovered when I was researching, is that recording the album was actually a total pain for them. They didn't have much money, so they ended up recording a lot of it in their houses, or in Robin Pecknold's family home. And he re-did all the vocals right before they mastered the record, because he'd been sick during the initial sessions and his voice wasn't in great shape. They recorded it all in one go, scrapped that, did another version, and kept moving the running order around. I'm always fascinated by albums where the creation was a total pain and they had no idea it would even work out. Robin Pecknold actually said, "I hope nobody cares about this album, because I just want to move on to the next one." And then it becomes this iconic record. Aoife: Isn't every artist sick of their album by the time it's done? You're like, "my paintings." Yeah. Niall: 2008 was an interesting time for it to land. The album draws on the Beach Boys and Brian Wilson, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Nick Drake, Simon & Garfunkel, Fairport Convention, Judee Sill, very much old-timey or sixties folk and pastoral stuff. And in 2008 there's a financial crash. The album was worked on before that, but it was released into that environment, and a lot of this music seemed to catch. When things go bad, we retreat, we dream, we listen to music that's maybe the opposite of what we're feeling. There was a gentleness, an unhurriedness to it that resonated. Aoife: Grizzly Bear is another band from that time. When Jay-Z and Beyoncé went to see Grizzly Bear in Brooklyn, that was kind of where all the indie music peaked. Niall: And the other part of it, which I was involved in, was the MP3 blogs, that's where you'd hear this music. Especially the American and Canadian stuff, no one was promoting it over here yet, so you'd be months ahead. You'd hear Fleet Foxes in these MP3 formats. That was a mad period, it showed how the internet could collapse geography, a song could spread really quickly on the blogs. And in an American context, this came out post-Bush, with the Obama era coming in, a more hopeful tone. You had the Lehman Brothers crash, these global pressures, and then these hopeful times too. It's interesting to wonder whether these albums are a reaction to it, or whether they appeal to us because we want nice, happy things. I feel like Fleet Foxes have so much emotional depth: there's yearning, sadness, hope, nostalgia. Aoife: I loved Yellow House by Grizzly Bear, their first record, a complex, complicated, almost jazzy thing that sounded beautiful but had a lot going on. We weren't going for simplistic music, but we wanted music that gave us depth and beauty. Is art a solution to the world collapsing? Niall: We could be answering that in 2026. We live in a cursed timeline, as I keep saying. That's all I'm going to say. But what else happened in 2008 in the wider circle of music? Portishead returned with Third. TV on the Radio released Dear Science. MGMT released Oracular Spectacular, 'Kids' and all that. Cut Copy released In Ghost Colours, Indie Sleaze night on Saturday, folks, come on. Kanye put out 808s & Heartbreak, that was November that year. Rihanna was at the peak of her powers. Aoife: Katy Perry appeared that year. And 'American Boy'. Niall: 'American Boy', still one of the best pop songs, fire. Iron & Wine was the other one I forgot to mention. So it was a really vibrant, varied year. As you heard, there's the Sun Giant EP too. Aoife: The thing about that is it came out before the album, but was recorded after. The album was done, in the bag. Niall: They decided to go into the studio and record Sun Giant, a collection of songs intended to sell on tour. It ended up being quite popular, and for a lot of people it was their first time discovering Fleet Foxes. Aoife: It wasn't like The Coronas' 'San Diego Song', their summer-holiday anthem, or anything like that. But it came out before the album, and then the album arrives. Niall: So what was the reaction at the time? Was it immediate? Aoife: Things happened really quickly. In January that year they got all the MySpace attention, and by June the album was coming out. Really, really quick. There was so much chatter about them, which is partly why I'd seen the name, and a music blog like yours would have seen it too, and known they were one of the big bands. In a way that's harder now. Niall: These days you see bands like Geese getting a lot of attention because they use companies that help them go viral. You didn't really have that then. Now you'd dress yourself up in some gimmick, polka dots, whatever, and go viral all over the internet for it. I couldn't imagine these lads doing that. Aoife: No. But maybe in a way they were cosplaying living in the forest, on the Puget Sound. Niall: Anyway, when the album came out, people loved them, and it really hit it off. Because they sound so seventies, your parents would love the records and you'd love the records. There's almost a lullaby quality to the folk stuff too. The music is applicable to anybody of any generation, and there's something lovely about nostalgic music that reminds you of a better time. To finish on that point: I think there's something very mysterious about Fleet Foxes, they feel out of time. They're these young, scruffy lads with the beards, but there's a mystery to them. They didn't come across as the hipster end of things, they weren't leaning into anything. They were presented as the kind of band that wouldn't have had phones, would have lived off-grid, which is funny because they were a MySpace band. They're the most un-MySpace band you can imagine. Surprise people, do something a bit different, don't be exactly what people want you to be, and they'll love you for it. And then your songs are unbelievable too, soaring and stunning. Can we talk for a second about the cover? It's an original painting from 1559 by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Netherlandish Proverbs. It depicts a densely populated Flemish village scene illustrating 126 folk proverbs. There's a lot there. Some on this side are cut off, but for example, this woman here, she's putting the blue cloak on her husband, meaning she deceives him. This guy is casting roses before swine, wasting effort on the unworthy. And right at the top there's a man running through a field with his arse on fire, chasing pigs, "he who eats fire craps sparks," do not be surprised at the outcome if you attempt a dangerous venture. There are 126 of those. Aoife: The interesting thing is that the band managed to get permission to use it. Really unusual to be allowed use it as commercial artwork. Niall: And apparently the museum that holds the artwork were delighted. A lot of stars aligned for them. It's an iconic cover because it's so different from what anybody else was doing, clearly of a particular period, and it has that Where's Wally quality. I have a quote about it. Robin said: "We were trying to figure out what we wanted to do, and my brother had been working some stuff out, when I saw this Bruegel painting in a book my girlfriend had. I liked that it had a really intriguing meaning, there's a story to each little scene, which felt fitting for the record. It was dense but unified, not a collage. It has a Where's Waldo quality, something you could look at for a long time on a vinyl sleeve and keep finding new little things. It was very easy to get the museum in Berlin that has it to say yes, they were super excited the band wanted to use it, and put it in their newsletter. When you open it up, on the inside there's a Paisley pattern traced from the back of a book that Skyler's mum got me. We wanted two very different feelings." So, what to look out for when we press play very shortly? Aoife: When I was going back to this, I had it in my head that every song was one of these big songs, because there are so many big moments. But actually there are two tracks that are pretty much acoustic, so it's interesting to notice how they go from the big sound to the small. And for me they're a real emotion-and-feeling band, so notice how you feel listening to it. I always feel this swell of emotion with Fleet Foxes, I was walking down the road listening to Shore and I was like, my God. So lean back and feel into the emotions they're bringing you. And listen to the lyrics if you can make them out, because they're so out of time, all about pack horses and this amazing imagery. Robin Pecknold said he didn't write about a lot of personal stuff because he didn't have enough life experience yet, so instead he wrote these beautifully poetic narratives about pastoral and rural life. So I'd say the lyrics and the feelings are the two things. Niall: Track two, 'White Winter Hymnal', is probably the biggest one, watch out for that. And a few other people thanked and cited as influences, for some extra context: Brian Wilson, Joanna Newsom, Bob Dylan, Noah Lennox and all the lads from Animal Collective, Levon Helm and Robbie Robertson of The Band, Blitzen Trapper, who they toured with at the time and who were bigger than them then. For some reason Joni Mitchell and Neil Young are listed together, which is fair enough. Marvin Gaye, Damien Jurado, Paul Simon and John Lennon listed together. Townes Van Zandt, a legend. Vashti Bunyan, and Van Morrison. There's a nice quote from Robin Pecknold I'll read afterwards. Let's just open it up and listen. I'll play it at full volume, it's about thirty-nine minutes, two sides. Close your eyes, whatever you want to do, vibe away in your own way. [The album plays: Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes, 39 minutes.] After the album Niall: It's quite an economical album, isn't it? It doesn't stick around long, thirty-nine minutes. Aoife: I like an economical album. It's also one of the first fairly short records we've done here. Niall: That's part of why I was thinking about Sun Giant in that context too. I'm going to read a bit from the liner notes, because for an album that's very much about feelings, with only a few direct songs, some of what's written here is interesting: "My first memory has always been of me and my mom on a cold grey day down at some beach in Washington, along the Puget Sound somewhere near Seattle. I would be around two or three years old, and we were with a friend of mine from the neighbourhood and his mom, walking among the driftwood looking for crabs. Even now I can remember the smell and temperature of the air, the feeling of the sand and the swaying tall grass. I can even remember looking over at my friend and how his face looked when he smiled back at me. Another memory I'll sometimes recall as my first is dressing up in the dead of summer as Jack London, with tennis rackets on my feet and wearing my dad's hiking pack, after seeing Disney's terrible version of White Fang. Or the memory of stealing my neighbour's Big Wheel and riding it halfway down the block before getting caught and having to turn around defeated. Or wearing a fireman's outfit while washing my parents' car, or eating an orange popsicle from the ice cream truck. These have always been some of my most distinct and persistent memories of childhood. So it came as a disappointment when, one day as a teenager, I opened up a photo album and found pictures of each and every one of these memories. I didn't have a single memory that didn't belong to, or somehow grow from, those pictures my parents had. I guess I've seen all these photographs at some point, forgotten they were just photographs, and over time made them into my most tangible memories. That's scary to me in a way. This leads me to something weird about the power music has: its transportability. Any time I hear a song or record that meant a lot to me at a certain moment, I'm instantly taken back to that place in full detail. Whenever I hear 'Feel Flows' by the Beach Boys, I'm taken straight to the back of my parents' car on the way to my grandparents' place, with Surf's Up in my Walkman and the Cascade Mountains going by in the window. Any song off Radiohead's Kid A brings back the airport near Seattle, from when we were on the way to Colorado for a wedding and Kid A was the only record I brought or wanted to bring. 'Crayon Angels' by Judee Sill is the whole winter of last year. And Brian Wilson's solo version of 'Surf's Up' takes me back to driving my parents' car around town alone at sixteen, windows down at night. I can't ascribe exact memories to songs by The Microphones, Joni Mitchell, Built to Spill, Dungen, Harry Nilsson and so many others, and it's a form of recall I can actually trust, there's no visual element to complicate things, no chance of a planted memory that wasn't actually supposed to be there. Maybe I should be concerned that I'm alone in almost all of these memories, but I guess I was just a private kid, and music was a private experience for me. Music activates a certain mental freedom in a way nothing else can, and that is so empowering. You can call it escapism if you like, but I see it as connecting to a deeper human feeling than the one found in the day-to-day world." Aoife: That's lovely. It's a nice addendum. And he was only twenty-one. Niall: For some reason it's signed "Warren Gamaliel Bancroft Winnipeg Harding," Warren G. Harding being the 29th president of the United States. I don't know why, he thought it was funny. Dated April 6th, 2008, Chicago, Illinois. So, any particular highlights, anything that stood out? Aoife: I was reminded how much I love 'Blue Ridge Mountains', the second-to-last song. I just love those four- and five-part harmonies so much. There's something that really gets me about beautiful harmonies stacked on each other that sound so natural. My dad was really into Neil Young and all of that era, my mum's really into Simon & Garfunkel, so I feel like I came out of the womb going, this is the music I love. Niall: There was another one I meant to mention. Aoife: I'm really bad at remembering song names, which isn't great for an arts journalist. They go in one ear and out the other. Niall: 'He Doesn't Know Why'. Aoife: That was it. I always forget the name of that one, and it's an absolute banger. It's quite a direct song, the last one on the first side. Niall: He mentions his brother Sean in 'Blue Ridge Mountains', which is interesting. And Oliver James is his younger brother, that's the last song. Aoife: His sister is Aja, after the Steely Dan album. The parents were really into them. Niall: It holds up so well. The harmonies and vocals sound incredible, there are those beautiful little flourishes, a flute on one of the tracks, the guitar is stunning, lovely little bass lines. I love the way Robin Pecknold and the band hear music. There's a really good Song Exploder episode with him talking about a song from Crack-Up, and the way he thinks about translating his thoughts and emotions into music is so illuminating. He has a beautiful melodic flow that's really similar to the flow of water and nature. There are so many nature references, it's almost parody there are so many. Aoife: You could do a Portlandia sketch about it. "Power of nature, man." "Come down from the mountain, you've been gone too long." Niall: In terms of the line-up: alongside Robin Pecknold on vocals there was Skyler Skjelset on lead guitar, his best friend from Nathan Hale High School, later joined by Casey Wescott, Christian Wargo on bass, and Nicholas Peterson on drums, who left after this album. Aoife: And who came in as the drummer? Niall: A man who's been a main character in one of these listening parties himself: Josh Tillman, Father John Misty, played drums with them. Aoife: For how long? Niall: Only a year or two, pretty short. As I said, main character, he was making his own record. Any Father John Misty fans? He writes really good songs and he's handsome, so we all love him, but he's also a bit of a pain, and he didn't get on very well with Robin Pecknold, which isn't surprising. When I was looking back at the Pitchfork interview they did in 2008, a few months after the album came out, it was a big joint interview with Robin and Josh Tillman, and Tillman is answering the questions at the start. That's confidence. Do you want to hear a quote from what Robin Pecknold said? I've written it in my little notebook, so old-school, that's the only way I remember these things. In a 2020 Reddit AMA, Pecknold said that on that tour, the Helplessness Blues tour, Tillman was supposed to bring out his own record, but his label said he could only release it after the tour. So he was on tour thinking, "I want to bring out my own record, I'm tired of Fleet Foxes." Pecknold said he "had to endure being around a lot of substance abuse, sabotaged shows, general ill treatment and shit-talking, all while paying him for songs he didn't have anything to do with. It sucked." And then Tillman left the band. Whereas in that Pitchfork interview he'd said, "I love playing in this band, these are all my friends, I'm having the best time, I'm sorry if that's a corny quote, but that's the best thing about this experience right now." Aoife: So he was lying through his teeth. I think he's the kind of person who really has to be a solo artist, too iconic a personality. You wouldn't want to wrangle him out of bed to get to the next show. Niall: Too big a price. You mentioned Pitchfork, the album was number one on their end-of-year list in 2008, and they listed Sun Giant alongside it, breaking the traditional conventions of end-of-year lists. What they said was: listing Fleet Foxes' debut album and EP together may be awkward, but it just feels right, they're two sides of a coin that equally express the band's mastery, "a catch-all Americana that takes a wide slice of our popular music spectrum and pulls it through a reverse prism to create a gorgeous and focused sound of the band's own. The threads of Brian Wilson's coastal pop, Appalachian folk, modern indie rock, Grateful Dead jams and other influences are masterfully synthesised in the band's harmonies." Robin Pecknold's sense of dynamics, they said, flows like a river, wild and free but logical, filling what needs to be filled and moving on. I swear I didn't rip that off Pitchfork, I came up with something similar on my own. Aoife: Very good. Niall: It was Uncut's album of the year too. But more than anything, and this is a strange accolade, the album was ranked number 36 on Rolling Stone's list of the greatest stoner albums. Aoife: I don't think Robin Pecknold was a stoner. It doesn't really fit. He's a reader. Niall: So what came after? Helplessness Blues, which is really difficult to say, in 2011, then Crack-Up in 2017, then Shore in 2020. Big long gaps, some personnel changes. And Robin Pecknold, as we've established, is a very literary guy, he went to Columbia to do an undergrad in English literature, because he'd left high school early and gone to a community college, and he really wanted that college experience. So that was part of the break. He's also had difficult times, he's spoken about mental health issues and suicidal ideation, many tough experiences that contributed to the gaps too. They haven't released anything since 2020, and he does a lot of cover events. There are two live records. He's actually playing a gig tonight, I think, where he covers Judee Sill. Any Judee Sill fans? Aoife: Oh my gosh, she's amazing. Nobody ever knows Judee Sill. If you listen to anything, listen to Heart Food, it's iconic. He loves her, mentions her on this record. She's the one who does 'The Kiss', people might have seen her perform it on the Old Grey Whistle Test, it's on YouTube. She had a really tragic life. Niall: One of those I've been meaning to listen to properly for years. She only has two records, so it's easy to get into. There's a documentary about her as well, which I haven't seen. Aoife: She's one of those ill-fated seventies musicians, really religious imagery, did a lot of drugs, really interesting. Niall: Did you get to see them again after your first foray in Berlin? Aoife: I saw them when they toured, though it's really bad when you can't remember what you were doing in the 2010s. Niall: Did anybody see them at that Dublin gig, the outdoor one in 2022? Wasn't it amazing. They've played here a fair bit: Vicar Street in 2008, Electric Picnic 2009, The Marquee in Cork 2011, the Iveagh Gardens in 2017. I don't know if I've missed any, maybe you can tell me. So if you were to pick, is there any further listening or reading you'd suggest to somebody, not necessarily Fleet Foxes? Aoife: Some of it is obvious. As I said, I'd definitely check out Judee Sill, because if you really like Fleet Foxes you'd really vibe with her. And he mentions Harry Nilsson, also unbelievable, more well known than Judee Sill, did the cover of 'Everybody's Talkin''. I'd also mention a guy people would have known at one point but isn't very well known now: Richard Swift. He sadly passed away a couple of years ago. He was friends with Robin Pecknold, a hugely talented musician who struggled with addiction. He has an amazing double album from around 2005 or 2006 that's brilliant, and a record called The Hex, which is referenced on 'Sunblind' on Shore, that's the song where Robin name-checks a lot of musicians he loves, like Elliott Smith, David Berman and Richard Swift. It's such a beautiful record for finding new people to listen to, and it's lovely to hear a musician pay tribute to musicians he loves. The imagery is him talking about this beautiful day where he'll go for a swim and listen to all these beautiful bands, an ecstatic kind of song. So check out all of those records, but Richard Swift deserves more fans, and The Hex is really, really good. Niall: Good shout. What we'll do now is play a tune, and then maybe give Sun Giant another go if you want to stick around. Our next listening party is on the 27th of May, and it's an indie-rock album very close to my heart: Broken Social Scene's You Forgot It in People. I've been wanting to do this one on record for a long time. They're playing here later in the year, but I want to give this record its flowers, it's incredible. My niece has just turned seventeen and I bought her a copy, because it's an anthemic record for a seventeen-year-old. I can't believe that band are still going, which is kind of mad, but it's hard to underline what Broken Social Scene meant to a certain segment of indie. Aoife: And there's four hundred of them on stage. They're from Canada, and we were all like, my God, these people are the best. Niall: For me it's the MP3 times again, we'll talk about this next month. I heard about them through the music blogs, and then I got to see them in the Button Factory, which was the Temple Bar Music Centre at the time. It was one of the first things I ever wrote about, back in 2005. A transcendental experience. Aoife: They're so good live. Niall: I once DJ'd in Galway after one of their gigs, and one of the members of the band, I'll leave him nameless, came over and turned off the decks while I was DJing. Aoife: On purpose? Niall: He was that drunk. I can't remember what I was playing, but I was like, great, DJing after Broken Social Scene and then a band member ruins it. I don't think he liked it. No, I think he was just really drunk and thought it was funny. Thumbs down to him. In a way it's surprising a man like that has managed to persist in a band with so many members. Anyway, I digress. We'll talk about it next month, May 27th. Aoife: I cannot wait. I've been listening to it a lot lately again, it's fantastic. Niall: Thank you for being here. Let's play a bit of this and see what happens. Thanks for being here, appreciate it.

Breaking Through the Dream: Discovering What's Real|Aja Emmanuel IntroductionAja Emmanuel is the Vice President of Strategic Growth at Art+Logic, one of America's oldest and most respected custom software development firms. For more than 30 years, Art+Logic has helped startups, enterprises, and organizations solve complex challenges through custom software, AI, hardware, and emerging technologies.Aja specializes in helping entrepreneurs transform ideas into investable businesses by combining technology strategy, product development, storytelling, and market positioning. Throughout his career, he has worked on major enterprise technology initiatives, including billion-dollar implementations, giving him a unique perspective on what it takes to build, scale, and successfully bring innovative ideas to market.Innovation has been a lifelong theme for Aja. He is the co-founder of BKE Tech, an award-winning music technology company created alongside legendary producer Bob Ezrin, known for his work with artists including Pink Floyd, KISS, and Alice Cooper, and Grammy-winning producer Dallas Austin, known for his work with artists including TLC, Boyz II Men, and Michael Jackson. Together, they developed groundbreaking tools at the intersection of music and technology.Links:https://www.artandlogicvf.com/TagsAI & Data ScienceSupport PEG by checking out our Sponsors:Download and use Newsly for free now from www.newsly.me or from the link in the description, and use promo code “GHOST” and receive a 1-month free premium subscription.The best tool for getting podcast guests:https://podmatch.com/signup/phantomelectricghostSubscribe to our Instagram for exclusive content:https://www.instagram.com/expansive_sound_experiments/Subscribe to our YouTube https://youtube.com/@phantomelectricghost?si=rEyT56WQvDsAoRprRSShttps://anchor.fm/s/3b31908/podcast/rssSubstackhttps://substack.com/@phantomelectricghost?utm_source=edit-profile-page

Summer may be winding down, but that doesn't mean the breezy vibes are going away as today, Frizz and Bob set sail and dive into Steely Dan's amazing Aja. And, to help celebrate, Frizz enjoys a classy canned cocktail, and Bob gets JACKED on a cheap canned cocktail. 

In this episode, we welcome Lowell A. Meyer, cinematographer of Other Mommy, Tuner, Knock at the Cabin, Thunder Road, and the Apple TV+ series Servant. In our conversation, Lowell shares his early inspirations, his journey to becoming a feature film cinematographer, and about the making of Tuner and Other Mommy. He also breaks down the tools and techniques used on Tuner, offering behind-the-scenes insights into his creative process, as well as invaluable advice for the next generation of filmmakers.“The Making Of” is presented by AJA:Futureproofing with IP videoAs production workflows rapidly evolve, IP video is key to building more scalable, future-ready pipelines. To get up to speed on the IP fundamentals and gain insights into the various IP paths – like ST 2110, NDI, Dante AV, and SRT – download AJA's free IP video white paper today.A Solution Built Around Your WorkflowThe OWC Express 4M2 Ultra is available in a range of configurations to fit your workflow and budget. Choose from ready-to-run solutions with up to 32TB of high-performance NVMe storage, giving you the speed, capacity, and reliability needed for everything from multi-camera editing to demanding VFX and finishing workflows. Available now. Learn more hereCost Effective Sports Video Production GuideHosted by Key Code MediaThursday, August 6 | 1-2PM EDTMid-tier sports programs, college athletics departments, and K-12 media teams are being asked to produce more live content for traditional and emerging sports with less time, fewer staff, and tighter budgets. The challenge is not just finding the right gear. It is building a production workflow that looks professional, is easy to operate, and can be used consistently by staff, students, and volunteers without requiring a large technical team.In this Broadcast2Post Live Podcast, host Michael Kammes will be joined by Dennis Trapani, Associate Athletics Director for Broadcast and Video Production at the University of Wyoming. Together, they will explore how schools and organizations are creating broadcast-quality sports productions using cost-effective tools, practical system design, and streamlined workflows. Register hereZEISS Introduces Horizon Anamorphic: Full-Frame 2x Anamorphics with a New Lens Technology PlatformZEISS unveils the Horizon Anamorphic series, a new lineup of full-frame 2x anamorphic cinema lenses designed to deliver a distinctive cinematic look along with a new lens technology platform that answers the need for speed and precision demanded by contemporary production workflows.Spanning 35mm to 200mm across seven focal lengths, Horizon lenses combine their anamorphic look—incorporating a pronounced oval bokeh and stretched sense of spatial depth—with a lightweight, fully integrated motorized system that eliminates the need for external focus or iris motors. Read more hereElgato Prompter XLThe Elgato Prompter XL is a professional all-in-one teleprompter with a 15.6” removable display and a reading range of up to 15 feet. Featuring USB 3.2 connectivity and broad compatibility, it's ideal for live productions and content creation. Available now at Videoguys.com—call 800-323-2325 to learn more. Explore herePodcast Rewind:July 2026 - Ep. 144.Explore a Partnership with The Making Of:Reach 270,000 film production industry, broadcast professionals, and content creators reading this weekly newsletter. To learn more, please email mvalinsky@me.com Get full access to The Making Of at themakingof.substack.com/subscribe

The fastest way a jail gets dangerous isn't a single riot or headline event, it's the quiet drift: missed checks, inconsistent rules, sloppy units, and leaders who stop sweating the small stuff. We sit down with Major Sean Klucznik, Jail Administrator at the Hernando County Sheriff's Office and immediate past president of the American Jail Association, to talk about what actually stabilizes a facility when staffing is tight, budgets are political, and public trust is fragile.We get into what he saw while traveling during his AJA presidency, including the funding battles agencies face nationwide, the importance of professional networking in corrections, and how relationships can turn into real outcomes like regional training partnerships. Sean shares how connecting with NYC corrections led to the launch of the Northeast Regional Correctional Training Center and why “back to basics” direct supervision still matters when everything feels like it's changing.Then we go deep on his book, Broken Windows Behind Bars: Transforming Jail Operations Through Order and Accountability. The core idea is simple and hard at the same time: consistent standards prevent bigger problems. We talk mentorship, first-line supervision, ethics as a slow creep, micro training that supervisors can run every shift, and why line staff can shape culture by “setting the tone” with professionalism, presence, and follow-through.Subscribe for more real-world corrections leadership conversations, share this with a partner who cares about doing the job right, and leave a review so more officers can find it. What's one small standard you'd enforce tomorrow to make your facility 1% better?You can reach Shaun - Email - shaunk@aja.orgLinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/shaunklucznikWebsite - https://www.keeperofthekeysleadership.com/Send us Fan Mail PepperBallFrom crowd control to cell extractions, the PepperBall system is the safe, non-lethal option.Command PresenceBringing prisons and jails the training they deserve!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the showNEW RELEASE — The Weight of Justice: Leadership Lessons from Inside America's Toughest Prisons: A Correctional Officer's JourneyBuy on Amazon or Kindle: https://amzn.to/3PLr5tRAvailable worldwide through Books2Read: https://books2read.com/WeightofJusticePOWER SKILLS: Emotional Intelligence and Soft Skills for Correctional Officers, First Responders, and BeyondAvailable on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4mBeog5See Michael's books and author updates at: www.CantrellWrites.com

In this episode, we welcome Natasha Braier ASC, ADF, the cinematographer behind acclaimed films such as She Said, Honey Boy, The Neon Demon, Gloria Bell, and I Love Boosters. In our conversation, Natasha shares her journey from her roots in Argentina to building a career in Los Angeles, along with a behind-the-scenes look at the making of I Love Boosters, directed by Boots Riley. She also discusses DeepLight, the cinematography community she founded, and offers thoughtful advice for the next generation of filmmakers.“The Making Of” is presented by AJA:Futureproofing with IP videoAs production workflows rapidly evolve, IP video is key to building more scalable, future-ready pipelines. To get up to speed on the IP fundamentals and gain insights into the various IP paths – like ST 2110, NDI, Dante AV, and SRT – download AJA's free IP video white paper today.A Solution Built Around Your WorkflowThe OWC Express 4M2 Ultra is available in a range of configurations to fit your workflow and budget. Choose from ready-to-run solutions with up to 32TB of high-performance NVMe storage, giving you the speed, capacity, and reliability needed for everything from multi-camera editing to demanding VFX and finishing workflows. Available now. Learn more hereIntelligent Production HubNew this summer from the Intelligent Production Hub: hands-on training in the AI and real-time tools working productions run on.Intro to NVIDIA NvRTX (Jul 29), AI Video Creators Workshop (Aug 7), AI Creativity with Comfy (Aug 12), plus role-based AI sessions for editing, VFX, sound, and design.See the full schedule hereZEISS Introduces Horizon Anamorphic: Full-Frame 2x Anamorphics with a New Lens Technology PlatformZEISS unveils the Horizon Anamorphic series, a new lineup of full-frame 2x anamorphic cinema lenses designed to deliver a distinctive cinematic look along with a new lens technology platform that answers the need for speed and precision demanded by contemporary production workflows.Spanning 35mm to 200mm across seven focal lengths, Horizon lenses combine their anamorphic look—incorporating a pronounced oval bokeh and stretched sense of spatial depth—with a lightweight, fully integrated motorized system that eliminates the need for external focus or iris motors. Read more hereElgato Prompter XLThe Elgato Prompter XL is a professional all-in-one teleprompter with a 15.6” removable display and a reading range of up to 15 feet. Featuring USB 3.2 connectivity and broad compatibility, it's ideal for live productions and content creation. Available now at Videoguys.com—call 800-323-2325 to learn more.Explore herePodcast Rewind:July 2026 - Ep. 143.Explore a Partnership with The Making Of:Reach over 270,000 film production industry, broadcast professionals, and content creators reading this newsletter. To learn more, please email mvalinsky@me.com Get full access to The Making Of at themakingof.substack.com/subscribe

This episode's Community Champion Sponsor is Ossur. To learn more about their ‘Responsible for Tomorrow' Sustainability Campaign, and how you can get involved: CLICK HEREEpisode Overview: Millions of people are prescribed GLP-1 medications and then left entirely on their own, navigating confusion, stigma, and unanswered questions with no structured support in sight. Aja Beckett, Founder and CEO of Shotsy, is closing that post-prescription gap from the inside out. As both an iOS engineer and a GLP-1 user herself, Aja brings a rare combination of technical depth and lived experience to one of healthcare's most urgent challenges. Having built her career across Apple, CNN, TED, and The New York Times, she now channels that expertise into Shotsy, the number one companion app helping users turn every injection into a step toward lasting change. Join us to discover how community-driven innovation, empathy, and thoughtful technology are making the GLP-1 journey feel less lonely and more empowering. Let's go!Episode Highlights:Aja lost 90 pounds on GLP-1 medication, inspiring her to build Shotsy for others on the same journey.Shotsy filled a real gap, gaining 50 beta testers in 90 minutes and earning revenue on day one.The app normalizes the GLP-1 experience through celebratory design, reducing shame and loneliness for users.Community-driven beta testing serves as Shotsy's product team, shaping features for a truly global audience.Aja envisions Shotsy as the go-to companion for the full GLP-1 journey, prioritizing support over clinical replacement.About our Guest: Aja brings the rare perspective of being both an iOS engineer and a GLP-1 user, now leading one of the fastest-growing health apps in the space. Her journey in tech spans some of the industry's most influential companies, including Apple, CNN, TED, and The Athletic/The New York Times.As a founder, Aja created Civil, a groundbreaking platform that garnered attention from major publications like WIRED, The Guardian, and TechCrunch. Her approach to product development emphasizes community-driven innovation and user-centric design.Today, she's channeling her expertise into Shotsy, revolutionizing how people manage their GLP-1 medication journey through thoughtful technology and data-driven insights.Links Supporting This Episode: Shotsy website page: CLICK HEREAja Beckett LinkedIn page: CLICK HEREShotsy LinkedIn page: CLICK HEREMike Biselli LinkedIn page: CLICK HEREMike Biselli Twitter page: CLICK HEREVisit our website: CLICK HERESubscribe to newsletter: CLICK HEREGuest nomination form: CLICK HERE

This weeks tracklist  blends deep house, contemporary jazz, global soul, hip-hop, and vintage funk. It reads like a curated playlist for a late-night underground radio show or a high-end crate-digger's DJ set, pulling from iconic labels like Sonar Kollektiv, Brownswood Recordings, and Mr Bongo are amongst some of the classic labels that are featured.Aja & ClaireNapoli Underground, Jo Paciello - The Songbird Song (Original Mix)Melchyor A - Devotion (Melchyor A's Jazz Mix) Nuyorican Soul - The Nervous Track Ballsy Mix - Harry Romero EditMultibeat - Use Your Noggin [Sonar Kollektiv]Wonky Logic - Underneath The Same Sky (feat. Vanessa Rani) [Brownswood Recordings]Doooo - のらりくらり feat. PES & 鎮座DOPENESSDee C'rell - Pool Urbano (Urbano Edit).Ghost Funk Orchestra - OcotilloShirley Scott-Big George.George E. Johnson - Wake Me UpDave Holland Sextet- Mr B.Blue Mode - Smells Like Teen SpiritMatekita - Lost QueenThee Sinseers Joey Quiñones - Did Ya Know.Jazz Room Records - Approval - AffirmationJoyce e Tutty Moreno & Adrian Younge - FingersCurio╠ü Curio╠ü - Amizade [Mr Bongo]Amy Gadiaga - PetiteGretchen Parlato - Rainbow

A curation of modern jazz, global fusion, latin rhythms, and soulful grooves. It perfectly captures the vibe of a sophisticated contemporary jazz broadcast, blending pioneering veterans with cutting-edge modern artists.Aja & ClaireScrimshire - With Our Eternal Hope And JoyClear Path Ensemble  Best LifeTenderlonious - AfricaRodney Franklin - Return To The Source (RIP)Paulinho Da Costa - Deja VuRoger Glen -  Zambo's Mambo.Onward International - Samba Doo Bonnay (Re- Master)Ahmed Siirour - Brooklyn BossaThe Womack Sisters - If I Let You !Kotoa-Butterfly House Syeda & Lewis Motteram - KijaniAmy Gadiaga -  Paloma Negra.Catch92 -PeaceButton Masher House Party feat Amanda BariseJulie Kelly - Better Than Anything Charles Toliver - Earls WorldTommy Chase - Double SecretOuter Worlds Jazz Ensemble - MoleculesJulie Kelly - Freedom Jazz DanceP Jazz - Alien West (Original Mix)Tenderlonious - Blues MinorSecret Garden - Surf

What if your intuition isn't something you have to find, but something you simply need to trust?In this magical, expansive, and deeply practical episode of the High Vibin' It Podcast, Kelsey Aida and Lynnsey Robinson sit down with Aja Daashuur, medium, spiritual teacher, and creator of the Spirit Guide Oracle to explore what it really means to develop your intuition and create a genuine relationship with the spirit world.Aja shares how childhood experiences of communicating with spirits eventually led her to merge life coaching with mediumship, despite fears of being judged. Together, they unpack how intuition grows through practice, why connecting with yourself comes before connecting with your guides, and how trust, not perfectionis the foundation of every spiritual journey.Throughout the conversation, Aja offers practical exercises for strengthening intuition, explains the different psychic abilities (the "clairs"), shares guidance on communicating with spirit guides, and even delivers live oracle card readings that reveal timely messages about transformation, self-discovery, and embracing your authentic path.Whether you're just beginning to explore your intuition or looking to deepen your spiritual practice, this episode will leave you feeling more connected, empowered, and inspired to trust the wisdom already within you.✨ What You'll Discover:How Aja went from childhood mediumship to spiritual teacheWhy your relationship with yourself comes before your relationship with spiriHow to begin communicating with your spirit guideWhy intuition grows through consistency, not quick answerThe importance of building trust with your inner knowingHow to identify your strongest intuitive giftsUnderstanding claircognizance, clairvoyance, and clairsentiencePractical ways to strengthen your intuition every dayWhy fear is a natural part of spiritual developmentHow oracle cards can deepen your connection with spiritThe role of boundaries when working with spiritual guidanceWhy slowing down helps you receive clearer messages✨ Want More?In the extended Patreon episode, Aja continues channeling intuitive guidance, gives personalized oracle card readings for Kelsey and Lynnsey, explores how to receive messages more clearly, and shares even more wisdom on working with spirit guides, intuition, and energetic healing. Join us on Patreon for early access, extended episodes, exclusive oracle card readings, bonus content, and behind-the-scenes fun—all for just a few bucks a month. The first 50 members will receive a FREE Manifestation Toolkit when we hit our community goal!

What does excellence sound like? In this episode of Vinyl Riffs with Sean Gaillard (shared here on Leadership Liner Notes), I revisit Steely Dan's "Aja," an album often celebrated for its remarkable musicianship and meticulous craftsmanship. While some hear perfectionism, I hear something deeper: a group of extraordinary collaborators committed to creating a masterpiece together. As I reflect on a season marked by both meaningful opportunities and unexpected disappointments, "Aja" reminds me that excellence isn't about flawless performance or immediate recognition. It's about showing up, honoring your craft, trusting your collaborators, and continuing to pursue your best work even when the applause is quiet. Join me as I explore the breathtaking instrumental passage that continues to stop me in my tracks, the leadership lessons hidden within the grooves of this classic album, and why masterpieces are never created alone. Whether you're leading a school, a team, an organization, or simply navigating your own journey, "Aja" offers a timeless reminder that rejection doesn't lower the standard. It simply invites us back to the work. Keep Spinning. Keep Grooving. Keep Believing. What about this episode inspired you? Please share and tag me on Instagram @smgaillard or LinkedIn at Sean Gaillard.    Please be sure to subscribe to this episode and share a positive comment. It does help.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Showcasing a sophisticated blend of contemporary jazz, broken beat, spiritual jazz, global grooves, and electronic soul. Aja & ClaireFour Tet - Sing (Floating Points Remix)Dj Sun - Dubai (Genre Jazz Remix)Clear Path Ensemble - Best LightTenderlonious - GreensleevesEYM Trio -  CasablancaScrimshire - Asleep, A DreamSkyjack - Let The Sky Open Under Your Feet.?Biomania - DangerDavid Versace - Year of The HorseRichard Spaven - Let Me Say It For You.Kennedy John Charles - Find Me (LeLanga Remix)Jimetta Rose - Somebody Else's IdeaSpiritual Concept - Let's Take It All (Original Mix)Amy Gadiaga - All Black Everything Ella Thompson - Dandelion [Mr Bongo]Jill Peacock - Up In the Air.Josef Leimberg - As I Think Of YouAmana Melomé -Lock & Key Mark de Clive-Lowe (Remix).Black Zone Ensemble Ft  Valentina Grande  - Na Hora CertaLucas Arruda - Sambadi (Album Version)Zy the Way - Ten Acres  (Mark de Clive-Lowe RemixThe Disclosure Project -Down TimeHUG [Gyan Riley, Devendra Banhart & Noah Georgeson] - Cow With Half Moon Parasol

Det bästa Alfons vet är när vuxna leker. Men idag vill pappa bara vara ifred. Får jag ha verktygslådan? ber Alfons. Mmm, säger pappa, men akta dig för sågen. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. När pappor vill vara i fred, bryr de sig inte så noga om vad man gör. Idag är det så. Alfons tar pappas verktygslåda ur garderoben. Men vad ska han bygga för någonting?"Aja baja, Alfons Åberg" är en saga om att bege sig ut på en resa i fantasins värld. En värld de vuxna kanske borde besöka oftare. Och när de väl gör det, ja då blir det ofta ganska bra. Eller hur pappa Åberg!?En mysig inläsning med Björn Gustafson från 1979 av Gunilla Bergströms bilderboksklassiker från 1973 om Alfons som bygger en helikopter. I sagan hörs även fin musik av Georg Riedel.Om serien Alfons ÅbergDe första böckerna om Alfons Åberg lästes in redan 1979. Björn Gustafson är för många en välbekant röst och har ni sett TV-serien från samma år känner ni säkert igen berättarrösten och musiken när ni lyssnar på sagorna om Alfons.MedverkandeFörfattare och bokomslag: Gunilla BergströmUppläsare: Björn GustafsonAlfons: Charlie ElvegårdAlfons pappa: Lars Erik BengtssonMusik: Georg RiedelProducent: Nicke Wöhrmann

This is an incredible selection of tracks that spans acid house, nu-jazz, broken beat, deep house, and classic spiritual jazz. We have curated a sophisticated, rhythmic, and deeply atmospheric playlist.Here is a breakdown of our playlist,Aja & Claire808 State - Pacific State (Original Extended Version)Basement Jazz Ensemble feat Claire Simone - You Got To Know (Main mix)Afterlife - ParkourAtjazz-  All ThatSt. Germain - Forget ItHypnotic Jazz -  Ft Billie Holiday, Erykah Badu & Common -Jazz Do It Vocal)Freddie Hubbard & Al Jarreau -  Little SunflowerHorace Silver - Won't You Open Up Your SensesThe Dining Rooms - Pure & EasyThe Cinematic Orchestra - Awakening of a WomanInnerzone Orchestra - Bug in the Bassbin (jazz version)St. Germain - Forget ItMind Pleasure & Friends - Où es-tu mon amourSecond Sky- Dragon FlyArt Blakey & The Jazz Messengers -Oh By The WayPhiladelphia Experiment - Ille IfeDavid Diggs - Gentle ThoughtsStanley Turrentine featuring Jean Carne - Night BreezeIncognito-Wake Up The CityJazzanova - Behold These Days, Berlin '74

On this week's Talkhouse Podcast we've got a deep, enlightening conversation between two talented wordsmiths who also happen to be admirers of each other's work: Mick Jenkins and Aja Monet. Mick Jenkins first found some notice a little over a decade ago with a mixtape called The Waters, a sophisticated, politically minded group of songs that sounded wiser than his years and got him tons of attention from his homebase of Chicago and beyond. Early collaborators include Chance the Rapper and and Vic Mensa, which should tell you a little bit about what to expect from Jenkins' sound, but not the whole story: He's since released a bunch of records that take plenty of left turns, including last year's jazzy A Murder of Crows, made with producer EMIL. Check out “Worker's Comp” from that album right here. Speaking of jazzy, the other half of today's conversation is Aja Monet, who's taken her poetry from the page and straight readings to a place bursting with music and rhythm on a pair of albums, including a brand new one called The Color of Rain. Jenkins and their mutual friend Vic Mensa join on one song, “Melting Clocks” but it's most Monet's show throughout, with her poetry set over zigzagging instruments and tempos. It never feels forced, but rather a natural extension of what she's all about—complex, lyrical, and sometimes intense. Check out “Melting Clocks” right here. This conversation starts a little slowly—Jenkins is just waking up and has been having a rough few months. But these two draw inspiration and life from chatting with each other: They cover Jenkins' early years, when he wasn't sure if his religion would allow him to pursue secular music; and they get deep into how to deal with the crazy world we're living in at the moment—specifically how to manage anger. It's a deep conversation with a lot of wisdom coming from both directions. Enjoy. 0:00 Intro 3:04 Start of Conversation 3:29 On new projects and working through grief with family 4:53 On things women weren't told about, and learning about ourselves 6:27 On the broken healthcare system, and prioritizing wellness with age 9:23 On self-care, supporting friends, and community 11:25 On expanding your worldview while traveling, and healthcare abroad  18:21 On reacting to US politics and “righteous rage” 22:29 On power dynamics and understanding experiences with anger 26:40 On how Aja's art expresses anger and love 27:24 On Mick's career, and what he wanted to express with his early work 29:19 On seeing love in nature, and unique expressions of anger in art 29:56 On reaching people with deeply personal and honest art, and how Mick's background influences his music 37:10 On feeling afraid of speaking up, and grappling with spirituality 39:45 On empathy, giving others grace, and Aja's religious upbringing 42:37 On living your truth, growing as a person, and recognizing ignorance 45:07 On finding balance, being humbled by nature, and “warrior spirits” 47:32 On being peers, and learning from each other Thanks for listening to the Talkhouse Podcast and thanks to Aja Monet and Mick Jenkins for chatting. If you liked what you heard, please follow Talkhouse on your favorite podcasting platform and check out all the great stuff at Talkhouse.com. This episode was produced by Myron Kaplan, and the Talkhouse theme was composed and performed by the Range. See you next time! Find more illuminating podcasts on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠Talkhouse Podcast Network⁠⁠⁠⁠. Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠Talkhouse.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ to read essays, reviews, and more. Follow @talkhouse on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter (X)⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Threads⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Adam and Logan discuss the top candidates for WNBA end-of-season awards, the sad state of the Los Angeles Sparks and Chicago Sky, a proposed 50 game season, the Project B league, and the right wing meltdown over Caitlin Clark's waning popularity.Reference Links:Six Weeks Into the Season Awardshttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/one-month-2026-wnba-season-110000564.htmlThe Sparks are Not Great This Season, But They Aren't Chicago Sky Not Great At Leasthttps://www.wnba.com/news/2026-wnba-power-rankings-week-6Caitlin Clark Is Not As Popular As She Used To Be and the Right Wingers Can't Take Ithttps://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/wnba-wont-grow-season-mean-girls-race-bullies-wont-accept-caitlin-clarkhttps://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/wnba-wants-bigger-story-caitlin-clark-tv-ratings-keep-pointing-backhttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/caitlin-clark-early-star-voting-032553747.html50 Game Seasonhttps://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/49096227/wnba-schedule-expands-50-games-starting-2027-new-cbaUnrivaled vs. Project Bhttps://frontofficesports.com/unrivaled-project-b-wnba-winter-calendar/https://www.reuters.com/sports/azzi-fudd-chooses-project-b-over-unrivaled--flm-2026-06-19/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/you-don-t-even-like-sports--7047637/support.

Ross Hudgens sits down with Aja Frost, Sr. Director of Global Growth & Paid at HubSpot, to open up the playbook behind one of the most advanced GEO/AEO programs in SaaS. Aja shares how HubSpot has been investing in answer engine optimization since early 2023 and how the company turned a very public blog traffic decline into a "Phoenix from the ashes" story, becoming the single most visible CRM in LLMs. They get tactical on writing for the bot (her "B2B2C" framing and "tofu with a twist" content strategy), why visibility beats citation share as a KPI, how HubSpot tracks prompts down to the feature level, and why audience size barely predicts who gets cited. Aja also breaks down HubSpot's creator and affiliate strategy, the durable (and not-so-durable) ways to earn off-site mentions, a deep dive on doing Reddit authentically, and how she reorganized her 65-person team around products instead of web properties. Show Notes 0:00 – HubSpot's GEO playbook 2:21 – Why AI evaluation predicts purchase intent 03:48 – Becoming the top CRM in LLMs 06:31 – Writing for the bots 11:07 – How HubSpot tracks its prompts 18:16 – Audience size doesn't predict citations 25:15 – Affiliates and valuing a citation 37:30 – The Reddit deep dive 49:27 – Inside HubSpot's reorg   Show Links Aja on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajafrost/ Aja's website: https://ajafrost.com/ Aja on The HubSpot Marketing blog: https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/author/aja-frost AEO Sensor: https://www.hubspot.com/aeo-sensor   Subscribe today for weekly tips: https://bit.ly/3dBM61f Listen on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/content-and-conversation-seo-tips-from-siege-media/id1289467174 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1kiaFGXO5UcT2qXVRuXjsM Listen on Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9jT3NjUkdLeA Follow Siege on Twitter: http://twitter.com/siegemedia Follow Ross on Twitter: http://twitter.com/rosshudgens Directed by Cara Brown: https://twitter.com/cararbrown Email Ross: ross@siegemedia.com #seo | #contentmarketing

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by the incredible musician and poet AJA MONET!To use a couple of words to sum up the essence of someone is a strange thing indeed, and this subject comes up in this chat too. The idea of indentity versus what one strives for. This is most definitely an episode for the appreciators of the craft of poetry, but not ONLY that - it's more like a demonstration of why everything else around it matters so much, and how poetry is achieved by plugging into community, society, and life its very self. It's fascinating hearing about Aja's New York upbringing, and how exposure to the urban envrionment and the people within it helped cultivate the person she would grow into - Aja really does live and embody the life of a creator, and the self-proclaimed status of 'surrealist blues poet' is perfect indeed. You'll definitely get a huge amount from the chat if you yourself are involved in words, but if you're in the least bit creative and find that side of your life as crucial as air and water, you'll get so much from the chat. Peep the new album 'The Color Of Rain' at your nearest opportunity in the links below!PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting natureNEW ALBUM HERE!INSTAGRAMWEBSITESPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTOREPIP TWITCH • (music stuff)PIP INSTAGRAMPIP TWITTERPIP PATREONPIP IMDB Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.