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Paul Seawright is Professor of Photography and Deputy Vice Chancellor at Ulster University in Northern Ireland. His photographic work is held in many museum collections including The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Tate, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, International Centre of Photography New York, Arts Councils of Ireland, England and N.Ireland, UK Government Collection and the Museum of Contemporary Art Rome. In 2002 he was commissioned by the Imperial War Museum London to undertake a war art commission in Afghanistan and his photographs of battle-sites and minefields have subsequently been exhibited in North America, Canada, Ireland, Spain, France, Germany, Korea, Japan and China. In 2003 he represented Wales at the Venice Biennale of Art and in 1997 won the Irish Museum of Modern Art/Glen Dimplex Prize. He is represented by the Kerlin Gallery Dublin.Paul was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to higher education and the arts. In episode 258, Paul discusses, among other things:The influence of studying at Farnham..and Martin Parr……And being at NewportNot taking a position‘Allusive documentary'The danger of losing the meaningThe ethical considerations of working on foreign soilThe essential business of researchHow do you find your next project?His USA projects Volunteer and Things Left UnsaidThe importance of titlesHis work from Rwanda, Beasts of Burden Referenced:Thomas Joshua CooperAnna Fox (Ep. 166)Ken Grant (Ep. 128)Chris ShawMartin Parr (Eps. 91 & 197)Peter Fraser (Ep. 172)Paul Graham (Ep. 149)Jem Southam (Ep. 174)Chris Killip (Ep. 94)Victor BurginAnne WilliamsNewportDaniel Meadows (Ep. 116)Clive LandenIvor Prickett (Ep.204)Anastasia Taylor Lind (Ep.68)Rich GilliganJames MollisonPaul VirilloParr and BadgerRobert Adams, The New WestIan Walker, Desert Stories, or Faith In FactsBaudrillardCalvino, Invisible CitiesGilles Peress The SilenceAlfredo JaarFergal KeaneBrian Keenan Website | Instagram EPISODE SPONSOR: CHARCOAL WORKSHOPS. THE ‘SUMMER SERIES' TAKING PLACE IN PORTLAND, MAINE, SEPTEMBER 15-19, 2025. FEATURING: ANTOINE D'AGATA, TODD HIDO AND CHRISTIAN PATERSON. SIGN UP AT THE LINK! “‘Allusive documentary' is probably a good way to think about it. For me, it's really about - and this is the bit that goes back to my experience of photography in Northern Ireland, which was all about dramacentric imagery - how you can make photographs that have a documentary subject (that might be the closest I come to being a documentarian, that I work with the subject of documentary photography) but with the methodology of an artist. That's kind of the way I like to frame it, and I think that follows through to the work which is nearly always conceived for the gallery wall.” Become a A Small Voice podcast member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of 200+ previous episodes for £5 per month.Subscribe to my weekly newsletter here for everything A Small Voice related and much more besides.Follow me on Instagram here.Build Yourself a Squarespace Website video course here.

Featuring:Francis HodgesonMaria SukkarSophie ParkerAmi BouhassaneTom HunterSilvana Trevale (but not Gabriel Pinto).Zed Nelson Featured in the Positions exhibition:Adam Rouhana (@adam.rouhana), Aikaterini Gegisian (@aikaterini_gegisian), Babak Kazemi (@babakkazemi1), Bibi Manavi (@bibimanavi), Ippolita Paolucci (@ippolitapaolucci), Kalpesh Lathigra (@kalpeshlathigra), Karim El Hayawan (@karimelhayawan), Mieke Douglas (@miekedouglas) and Roberto Conde (@robconde33) Photo London Website | InstagramPeckham24/A Bigger Book Fair Website | Instagram Become a full tier 1 member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of previous episodes for £5 per month.For the tier 2 archive-only membership, to access the full library of past episodes for £3 per month, go here.Subscribe to my weekly newsletter here for everything A Small Voice related and much more besides.Follow me on Instagram here.Build Yourself a Squarespace Website video course here.

London-born British photographer Marc Wilson's images document the memories, histories and stories that are set in the landscapes that surround us. His long term documentary projects include The Last Stand (2010-2014), A Wounded Landscape - bearing witness to the Holocaust (2015-2021) and The Land is Yellow, the Sky is Blue (2021-2023).Marc's aim is to tell stories through his photography, focusing at times on the landscape itself, and the objects found on and within it, and sometimes combining landscape, documentary, portrait and still life, along with audio recordings of interviews and sounds, to portray the mass sprawling web of the histories and stories he is hoping to tell.Marc has published 6 photo books - Travelogue 2 (2024), The Land is Yellow, the Sky is Blue (2023), Remnants (2022), A Wounded Landscape - bearing witness to the Holocaust (2021), Travelogue 1 (2018), and The Last Stand (2014).Solo exhibitions include those at Impressions Gallery, Bradford, Side Gallery, Newcastle, The Royal Armouries Museum and Focal point Gallery in the UK and Spazio Klien in Italy.Marc's work has been published in journals and magazines ranging from National Geographic, FT Weekend, Leica LFI, Source, Raw Magazine, Wired, Dezeen and others, he also works as a visiting lecturer at various universities in the UK and has given talks about his work both in the UK and abroad.In episode 256, Marc discusses, among other things:What he's working onGetting arrested in MoldovaHis work in UkraineNew book Travelogue 2 - A Thousand Days of LongingTravelling 25,000 miles for his project The Last StandHis initial failed attempt at shooting his holocaust project A Wounded LandscapeHis adventures in self-publishing and tips for those considering itHis route into photographyLoneliness and ‘wandering lost'His project RemnantsWebsite | Instagram Become a full tier 1 member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of previous episodes for £5 per month.For the tier 2 archive-only membership, to access the full library of past episodes for £3 per month, go here.Subscribe to my weekly newsletter here for everything A Small Voice related and much more besides.Follow me on Instagram here.Build Yourself a Squarespace Website video course here.

Dans cet épisode de Build Yourself, je reçois Laura Aimé Lewis, fondatrice de Néesens et créatrice du podcast du même nom. Laura partage son parcours inspirant : celui d'une ingénieure en Formule 1 devenue accompagnante périnatale, guidée par son intuition et l'envie profonde d'accompagner les femmes vers une maternité plus sereine.

Mackenzie Calle is a freelance documentary photographer and National Geographic Explorer based in Brooklyn. In 2024, she was awarded first prize in the World Press Photo Open Format category award (North & Central America) for her project the Gay Space Agency, and was a finalist for the Sony World Photography Awards.She was selected as a Magnum Foundation Counter Histories Fellow in 2022. That same year, she was named one of the Lenscratch 25 to Watch and was shortlisted for the PhMuseum Women Photographers Grant. In 2023, she was named as a Lens Culture Emerging Talent Award winner and received the Dear Dave Fellowship.Mackenzie is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts with a degree in Cinema Studies and was awarded the Director's Fellowship to attend ICP's Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism Program. She was selected to Eddie Adams Workshop class XXXV. She is an Adjunct Lecturer at CUNY's College of Staten Island. Prior to her freelance career, she was a photo producer at NBC Universal. Her work has been exhibited at Fotografiska Stockholm, Photoville, Pride Photo Festival, and Noorderlicht International Photo Festival. Clients include National Geographic, The Washington Post, GAYLETTER, Discovery, MSNBC, and The Wall Street Journal.  In episode 255, Mackenzie discusses, among other things:Winning the WPP open categoryTangible and intagible benefits of winningHer journey to photographyHow the idea for the Gay Space Agency came aboutHow she set about making images to tell the storyThe goal to disseminate the story as widely as possibleHer experience of doing the Eddie Adams WorkshopLetting the story tell her what it wantsExperimentation being the fun partHer love of sport......and TV Referenced:Sally RideFrancis FrenchBillie Jean KingChristina De MiddelErika Larson Website | Instagram“For me, it's letting the story tell me what it needs. So it's not so much going in with a preconceived notion. You obviously go into most stories with some idea of what you're going to do, but every idea I have, that work in itself almost reveals or tells me kind of what it should be. So sometimes that means fiction, sometimes that does mean straight photojournalism, sometimes that means entirely imagined and staged projects…” Become a full tier 1 member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of previous episodes for £5 per month.For the tier 2 archive-only membership, to access the full library of past episodes for £3 per month, go here.Subscribe to my weekly newsletter here for everything A Small Voice related and much more besides.Follow me on Instagram here.Build Yourself a Squarespace Website video course here.

Tomasz Tomaszewski has a Ph.D from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, and is a member of the Union of Polish Art Photographers, the Visum Archiv Agency of Hamburg, Germany, the National Geographic Creative Agency of Washington D.C., and the American Society of Media Photographers.He specializes in journalistic photography and has had his photos published in major newspapers and magazines worldwide including National Geographic Magazine, Stern, Paris Match, GEO, New York Times, Time, Fortune, Elle, Vogue. He has also authored a number of books, including Remnants: The Last Jews of Poland, Gypsies: The Last Ones; In Search of America, In the Centre, Astonishing Spain, A Stone's Throw, Overwhelmed by the Atmosphere of Kindness, Things that last, and has co-illustrated over a dozen collective works.He has held numerous individual exhibitions in the USA, Canada, Israel, Japan, Brazil, Madagascar, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy, Indonesia and Poland. Tomasz is the recipient of many Polish and international awards for photography. For over thirty years he has been a regular contributor to National Geographic Magazine USA in which eighteen of his photo essays have been published. Tomasz has taught photography in Poland, the USA, Germany and Italy.Tomasz's most recent book, The World Is Where You Stop was published in 2023 by Blow Up Press. In episode 254, Tomasz discusses, among other things:His insecurity about his EnglishTruthThe wisdom of ageHis father's advice ‘don't forget about art'ProgressHis discovery of photographySpending five years working on his first book, smuggled to the states and published in NY.Spending time in the USAHis new book The World Is Where You StopMetaphorPhotography not being dialecticalThe appeal of a good single maltHis teaching academyBravery as the mother of all qualitiesHis dream to play the piano and how music is pure mathematicsReferenced:Raymond ChandlerAristotleUffizi MuseumSusan SontagNasim TalebJames NachtweyGarry WinnograndCartier BressonKeith Jarrett Website | Instagram | Interview in ‘Hot Mirror' “Most of the time when I was working for Geographic, I wanted my photographs to serve a purpose, to tell a story, or explain a person to another human being. But this time I only wanted to capture surprise, maybe, wonder, occassionally joy, amusement, but also discomfort. In short, anything but a desire to tell a story.” Become a full tier 1 member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of previous episodes for £5 per month.For the tier 2 archive-only membership, to access the full library of past episodes for £3 per month, go here.Subscribe to my weekly newsletter here for everything A Small Voice related and much more besides.Follow me on Instagram here.Build Yourself a Squarespace Website video course here.

Katrin Koenning is a visual artist from Germany whose work travels across still and moving images and text, at times including found materials, painting and collage. Pursuing intimacy and interconnection her work centres around practice as relational encounter. Most stories evolve through years and use returning as a way of drawing closer. Different series often intersect, merging in and out of each other. In her extended image-dialogues, Katrin uses fragments and slippages to suggest narrative spaces, communities and lived experiences that are allied, fluid and multiplicit. Many of her series render non-human human entanglement and intimate kin, positing imaginaries with a greater-than-human world.Katrin has been the recipient of multiple awards, such as the Bowness Photography Prize. Her work is regularly exhibited in Australian and international solo and group exhibitions including presentations at Ishara Art Foundation Dubai, Chobi Mela, Paris Photo, Hamburg Triennial of Photography, Museum of Australian Photography, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Australian Centre for Photography and the National Gallery of Victoria (2023). Koenning's images have been published in The New Yorker, Vogue.com, Zeit Magazine, The Guardian, New York Times, Esquire Italy, Der Spiegel, Yucca Magazine, California Sunday and many other places. Her work is held in numerous institutional and private collections both in Australia and abroad; most recently her large-scale installation While the Mountains had Feet [2020 — 2022] was acquired in whole by the National Gallery of Victoria.Katrin regularly teaches workshops in photographic practice and thinking, working closely with many institutions and festivals locally and across the Asia-Pacific region such as Angkor Photo Festival (Siem Reap Cambodia), Photo Kathmandu (Kathmandu, Nepal), The Lighthouse (Calcutta, West Bengal), Myanmar Deitta (Yangon, Myanmar), Australian Centre for Photography, Perth Centre for Photography, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Museum of Australian Photography,  Palmtree Workshops (Santorini Greece, forthcoming),  and others.Katrin lives and works in Naarm (Melbourne) on unceded Boon Wurrung Woi Wurrung Country. In episode 253, Katrin discusses, among other things:Ankor Photo Festival in CambodiaWorking on her practice dailyComing out of “the most difficult year of her life”Why she chose to shoot Polaroids during that timeResponding to the suicide of her cousin's husbandHow the sudden death of her best friend put her on the path of photographyHow she took pictures with the camera she inherited from him which were all blankHaving a ‘web' of ‘projects'Her practice as a relational encounterHer new book Between The Skin and SeaHer engagement with environmental issuesYounger photographers being more inward lookingHer current engagement with the indigenous community of Riverdale Referenced:Photo KatmanduChobi MelaRMITNational Gallery of Victoria Website | Instagram “This is always the way that I work, I look at what the thing is that is at stake, and what am I trying to talk about? And actually also very much like I'm listening to the thing that I'm trying to talk to. So what does it want from me? You know, what does the story want from me and what does the situation around it ask of me? And therefore how do I need to approach it?” Become a full tier 1 member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of previous episodes for £5 per month.For the tier 2 archive-only membership, to access the full library of past episodes for £3 per month, go here.Subscribe to my weekly newsletter here for everything A Small Voice related and much more besides.Follow me on Instagram here.Build Yourself a Squarespace Website video course here.

Ian Macdonald (b. 1946) is an internationally acclaimed photographer born and raised in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, UK. He studied Graphic Design and Printmaking at Teesside College of Art in 1968 and went on to study Painting and Photography at Sheffield School of Art, Photography and Graphic Design at Birmingham Polytechnic and Education at Lancaster University. He pursued photography alongside drawing – his first love - painting and printmaking.Since 1968, Ian has consistently photographed the people and places of Teesside, one of Europe's most heavily industrialised areas in the north east of England. His love of the region, the beauty of the landscape – great expanses of wildness nestling among industrial settings - and his solid admiration for the people working and living amongst this environment has resulted in a completely honest and passionate depiction of a place and its community.“The most successful of my photographs seem to be a product of an exploration into my environment and the people I live and work amongst and an excitement generated in me by what I confront. Sometimes by-product would seem a more appropriate term, because only rarely do images really come near to saying anything about the strength, humour, vitality, atmosphere, pathos and despair which seems to make up what goes on around us all. Always, I am spurred on by a tingling sensation at the possibility, this time, perhaps, the image may really say something”.Ian's work has been included in various publications, such as England Gone, Smith's Dock Shipbuilders, Images of the Tees, Eton and The Blast Furnace. His work has been exhibited internationally and is included in many private and public photography collections around the world. In 2024 Ian had a major retrospective entitled Fixing Time, covering the first twenty years of his work, displayed across two venues in the north east of England - Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens and Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art.Ian is currently working on a series of forthcoming books with GOST Books. In episode 252, Ian discusses, among other things: His recent dual exhibitions, Fixing Time, in the North East of EnglandHow his fascination for drawing took him to art collegeHis discomfort with his work being put in the documentary pigeonholeFinding it hard to approach your subjectsA brief description of the area he grew up and photographed inHis transition from drawing to photographyGreatham Creek and the portrait (above) that made him excitedHis early memories of his grandfather and father and wanting to celebrate and document their historyHis year spent as artist in residence at Eton CollegeHis reasons for choosing to teach in a school and not at art college Referenced:Len TabnerCesare PaveseBruce DavidsonBill BrandtVic Allen, Dean Clough GalleryGraham SmithMartin ParrChris KillipTom WoodMax BeckmanGoyaTitianDelacroixWebsite | Short film about Ian by Jamie Macdonald“When I first went to Greatham Creek, there was no history anywhere about it. I couldn't find anything written down. So I wrote a lot down. I talked to people. I went into pretty deep research into archives in the local library and stuff like that. And I guess this was part of the drive for [photographing] both the shipyard and the furnace. Because maybe I did have an inkling, because there was nothing about the creek - where's the stuff about the furnace?… about the men who worked there, like my dad and granddad? Where is their history? And I wanted to celebrate their history. I wanted to celebrate what they were. I wanted a record, a document, a memory of them. And that's what drove me to do it.” Become a full tier 1 member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of previous episodes for £5 per month.For the tier 2 archive-only membership, to access the full library of past episodes for £3 per month, go here.Subscribe to my weekly newsletter here for everything A Small Voice related and much more besides.Follow me on Instagram here.Build Yourself a Squarespace Website video course here.

British photographer Mike Abrahams has worked as a freelance photographer for over 40 years having become renowned for his sensitive eye in documenting the lives of ordinary people often in extraordinary situations.In 1981 he was a cofounder of Network Photographers the Internationally renowned picture agency and his work has taken him around the world. His photographs have been published in all the major international news media. In 2024, Mike's much anticipated book This Was Then, was published by Bluecoat Press and has been described as a lyrical portrait of humanity in adverse circumstances. It features photographs taken from 1973 to 2001 in cities from Liverpool to Glasgow. Blackburn to Bradford, Northern Ireland to the coalfields of Kent and London.Mike's work on Faith - A Journey with Those Who Believe, published in 2000, was the culmination of five years work, documenting the extremes and passion of Christian devotion throughout fourteen countries. Awards for this work included the World Press Photo Award in 2000, and the book Faith designed by Browns, was a finalist in the Design Week - Editorial Design: Books. It has been widely exhibited throughout the UK and Europe.Colin Jacobson, picture editor of The Independent Magazine, described Mike's body of work from the conflict in Northern Ireland and published in the book Still War, in 1989 as "Documentary photography at its best - imaginative, comprehensive, confident and concerned". His coverage of the troubles in Northern Ireland was the subjects of a Television documentary Moving Stills.Other important assignments have included coverage of the division of Cyprus, Migrant labour in Southern Africa, the Intifada in the Occupied Territories, the Berlin Wall, the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe, the rise in the influence of the religious in Israeli politics, the Cult of Assad in Syria, Northern Ireland and documenting Another Britain. In episode 251, Mike discusses, among other things:Discovering the darkroom at 12Growing up in post-war LiverpoolThe infamous Toxteth Riots of the early 80sNetwork Photographers agencyThe story of the IRA bombingHis interest in religious ceremonyGoing back to his archive of British work for the new book, This Was ThenThe impetus behind itThe sustainability of of a long-term careerPersonal work that he is still doingReferenced:Eugene SmithDavid Douglas DuncanLarry BurrowsTim PageNetwork PhotographersJohn SturrockMike GoldwaterJudah PassowChris DaviesLaurie SparhamSteve BenbowMartin SlavinBarry LewisRed SaundersSid SheltonRoger HutchinsChris KillipDaniel MeadowsPeter MarlowPeter Van AgtmaelWebsite | Instagram“You can go here, there and everywhere, and I have travelled a lot and it's been interesting and fascinating, but you're always the outsider coming in. You don't really know the story. It's glamorous, it's exotic, it's fascinating, but I think it's much harder to photograph your home turf. You come to it with quite an honest perspective. It's the land you're living in, you're conscious of the differences in the country between the north, south, east and west, the regions… it's kind of embedded in you, the differences.” Become a full tier 1 member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of previous episodes for £5 per month.For the tier 2 archive-only membership, to access the full library of past episodes for £3 per month, go here.Subscribe to my weekly newsletter here for everything A Small Voice related and much more besides.Follow me on Instagram here.Build Yourself a Squarespace Website video course here.

Joseph Michael Lopez - JML, (b. 1973) is an independent photographer born in New York City to a Puerto Rican father and a mother who escaped the Cuban Revolution in 1967. He earned his MFA in 2011 at Columbia University. Lopez began his career as an analog cinematographer on the critically acclaimed Bruce Weber film, Chop Suey (2001). Currently, Joseph divides his time between long-form projects, teaching, and commercial work. His photographs have appeared on the covers of M, The Magazine for Leica M Photography, Leica Fotografie International, The Sunday Review of The New York Times, New York magazine and The New Yorker, among others.Joseph's photographs were on exhibit in “Cuban Photography after 1980: Selections from the Museum's Collection”, at The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. In 2016, a commissioned series of his photographs of New York neighborhoods, “New York at Its Core: Future City Lab”, was installed at The Museum of the City of New York. Photographs from JML NYC, the series from which this commission originated, have also been published in the book Bystander: A History of Street Photography, by Colin Westerbeck and Joel Meyerowitz. JML's first book JML NYC 02-23 was published by GOST in the fall of 2024.  In episode 250, Joseph discusses, among other things:Relocating to Rome from NYCHis intro to NYC via assisting Bruce WeberHis early career as a professional assistantShooting with his Leica as a ‘coping mechanism'The challenge of creating a cohesive narrative from 20 years of single imagesHis Dear New Yorker projectWhy B&W is where his heart is atHow what we see is who we areHis approach towards light and sunUsing digital vs. filmAssisting Mitch EpsteinHow his opinion on grad school has changedControversy surrounding Columbia University prof. Thomas RomaHis plans for working in Rome and going forward Referenced:Bruce WeberDanny Lyon, Knave of HeartsTodd PapageorgeChuck Kelton's darkroomMitch EpsteinThomas RomaMohammad Rasoulof Website | Instagram“Essentially, it's about saying something and having a voice and having a perception of the world that is, like singing a loud song you know, your pictures have to say something. And how do you separate yourself from all the noise that's out there already? You have to have an obsessive, empahtic way to perceive things. I think to a certain extent what we see is who we are in a way.” Become a full tier 1 member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of previous episodes for £5 per month.For the tier 2 archive-only membership, to access the full library of past episodes for £3 per month, go here.Subscribe to my weekly newsletter here for everything A Small Voice related and much more besides.Follow me on Instagram here.Build Yourself a Squarespace Website video course here.

Dina Litovsky is a Ukrainian-born photographer living in New York City since 1991. Dina's imagery can be described as visual sociology. Her work explores the idea of leisure, often focusing on subcultures and social gatherings.Dina is a regular contributor to National Geographic, The New York Times Magazine, TIME, New Yorker, GQ and New York Magazine. In 2020 Dina won the Nannen Prize, Germany's foremost award for documentary photography. Other awards include the PDN 30, New and Emerging Photographers to Watch; POYi; NPPA Best of Photojournalism, International Photography Awards and American Photography.Selected exhibitions include group and solo shows at the Museum of the City of New York; Noordelicht Festival, Netherlands; Annenberg Space for Photography, LA and the Anastasia Photo Gallery, NYC.In 2022 she started writing the Substack newsletter In The Flash, an ongoing dialogue about the art and craft of creating and thinking about images. In her weekly posts, she discuses the creative process, focusing on the WHY of photography — intent, meaning, and inspiration. She shares her insights into the world of a professional photographer as well as all the things that make her tick and inspire her to create, from photography to art to music.Dina holds a bachelor in psychology from NYU and an MFA in photography from the School of Visual Arts, NY. In episode 248, Dina discusses, among other things:Moving to the U.S. from Ukraine at 12 years oldThe immigrant dream of her parents for her to study medicineThe formative experience of earning her first $40 for shooting a portraitWhy she couldn't hold down a job in her early lifeComing out of wedding photography retirement to write a piece about itHow working on personal work was the key to getting good editorial clientsUntag This Photo and Bacherolette being the projects that got her attentionHow her background in psychology plays into the way she approaches shooting her projectsHer experience of being questioned in a classroom setting - why she does the newsletterHer post about why photographers should stop calling themselves artistsHer approach to Instagram and how she set out to build a huge audienceHow her Substack newsletter began with an invitation from MetaHer strategy around building community rather than earning incomeWhy working for exposure is photography's bigges Ponzi schemeThe importance of pursuing personal workHer projects Fashion Week and MeatpackingWebsite | Instagram“I'm an introvert with a social phobia. So I would never draw attention to myself. But with a camera I could actually go where I wanted to go and photograph and confront people, with a shield. And so I think I was using it more as my own self therapy, like I wanted to be in the middle of the party, and I wanted to be on this dancefloor with the young women, but I couldn't. And so with a camera I was there just photographing it.” Become a full tier 1 member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of previous episodes for £5 per month.For the tier 2 archive-only membership, to access the full library of past episodes for £3 per month, go here.Subscribe to my weekly newsletter here for everything A Small Voice related and much more besides.Follow me on Instagram here.Build Yourself a Squarespace Website video course here.

Ian Howorth is a documentary photographer based in Brighton, UK. His work deals with themes of identity and culture. Through Setanta Books, Ian sold out his first book, Arcadia, in 2019 and published his second, A Country Kind of Silence, in 2023. Ian's work has been featured in publications including The Guardian, The New York Times, It's Nice That and Huck.In episode 248, Ian discusses, among other things:Striving to spend as much time as possible not compromisingThe benefits of having a full-time jobHis Instagram strategyHis previous life as a videographerAn early fascination for film stockInfluence of cinemaThe contrast between his trips to Peru and CubaHis first book ArcadiaHis origin story in which he lived in 9 homes across 3 countriesHis adventurous dad's influence on him (and his brothers)Having to adapt to a move from Peru to Miami at 12His relationship with England and the things he is drawn to photograph thereCombining documentary with fiction and not wanting to feel constrictedHis second book A A Country Kind of Silence Referenced:Zed NelsonPhil ToledanoRobbie LawrenceMax MiechoswskiStephen ShoreWilliam EgglestonJohn DivolaGregory CrewdsonSean TuckerWillam VerbeeckNational Film & Television SchoolParis TexasTania Franco KleinBill Callaghan Website | Instagram“Wim Wenders and Robby Müller [In Paris Texas] happened to hit on something that made sense artistically but also looks beautiful aesthetically, and that for me is the perfect marriage. Not everyone can achieve it, but that to me became very important. I wasn't doing that. I wasn't smart enough to do that. But at the same time I knew the power of colour - I knew what it did, I understood my emotional response to it. And that was enough for me to pursue it at the time, and I would figure it out later.” Perello Family's Go Fund Me pageBecome a full tier 1 member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of previous episodes for £5 per month.For the tier 2 archive-only membership, to access the full library of past episodes for £3 per month, go here.Subscribe to my weekly newsletter here for everything A Small Voice related and much more besides.Follow me on Instagram here.Build Yourself a Squarespace Website video course here.

Ed Sykes is a photographer and visual artist based in London.Ed's practice focuses on landscape and changes to the environment as a result of natural processes and human activity. This approach is in conjunction with a re-working of photographic materials and a disruption of traditional photographic production. The processes and effects of climate change are often replicated during the image making process itself. The series 1000 Degrees used a blow torch to melt photographic negatives at a heat similar to the furnaces that propelled the Industrial Revolution. The work Hanging By A Thread pushed this same notion to the picture frames which were sourced secondhand and then the wooden surrounds were charred in a similar way to the subject matter of wildfires. Other approaches have involved sanding and abrasion echoing the effects of coastal erosion and also the use of soluble paper, the dissolution of an image in water, mimicking flood damage.Ed was the recipient of an Arts Council grant for the project Eco Matters and Sustainable Processes. This saw Ed travel along Britain's east coast and to some of Europe's fastest eroding coastlines, embedding a new creative approach to climate change, environment and the anthropocene. In 2021 he was nominated for Prix Pictet Award with1000 Degrees, a response to the historical, industrial exploitation of natural resources in UK. In episode 247, Ed discusses, among other things:Early days on The IndependentGoing to Somalia for ‘Operation Restore Hope' and being disillusioned by itMoving towards portraiture for magazines……and fashionHaving to take a day job and the feelings that brings upResetting, getting a 4x5 and doing it ‘without compromise'.Environmental themes and concernsDarkroom practiceHis Arts Council grant to pursue the project Eco Matters and Sustainable ProcessesUsing plant-based developer and Agfa Record Rapid paper for the project RockAccepting and embracing mistakes as part of the creative process Referenced:Brian HarrisKalpesh LathigraJames NachtwheyPaul LoweChris Steele PerkinsDelilah SykesRodrigo Arantia Website | Instagram “As a photographer, you want something that drives you on. You need to find something that is close to your heart. And if you have that, you're gonna go the distance. You're gonna persevere, you're gonna get up at four in the morning with the slim chance of getting one picture, because it's important to you.” Become a full tier 1 member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of previous episodes for £5 per month.For the tier 2 archive-only membership, to access the full library of past episodes for £3 per month, go here.Subscribe to my weekly newsletter here for everything A Small Voice related and much more besides.Follow me on Instagram here.Build Yourself a Squarespace Website video course here.

Featuring:Richard KalvarNatalie KeyssarLorenzo CastoreEdward BurtynskyMitch EpsteinNicole TungLinda TroellerValerie BelinMichael AckermanJulia KochetovaChloé JaféDebi CornwallLouis QuailAbdul KircherDiana MatarKiana HayeriRobbie LawrenceAgnieszka SosnowskaPolly BradenStephan Vanfleteren Become a full tier 1 member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of previous episodes for £5 per month.For the tier 2 archive-only membership, to access the full library of past episodes for £3 per month, go here.Subscribe to my weekly newsletter here for everything A Small Voice related and much more besides.Follow me on Instagram here.Build Yourself a Squarespace Website video course here.

Natural Intelligence Guest Cory Edmund Endrulat, Teacher of Natural Law, Integrative Health Coach and Author Humans invent synthetic technologies with the intention of solving problems and making life easier, yet there are many instances where these so-called advances have ended up creating more problems and complicating life. Pesticides, plastic packaging and processed foods are all prime examples of inventions that have fostered tremendous environmental and health challenges. Do these matters indicate that humans have lost touch with their natural intelligence - that innate ability to coexist in natural balance with all other life forms on earth? Guest Cory Endrulat, author of Natural Intelligence: The Technology of Peace joins us to talk about the natural intelligence of permaculture and voluntaryism as solutions to many of our modern world problems. Permaculture is a form of agriculture that mimics a natural ecosystem, in which each species contributes to the natural process of growing food - channeling rainwater, fixing nitrogen into the soil, helping the soil retain water, creating or decomposing compost and so on. Nature nourishes itself. Voluntaryism is the doctrine that relations among people are cooperative, accomplished with mutual consent. Voluntaryists are advocates of nonpolitical, non-violent strategies to achieve a free and smoothly functioning society. Cory helps us explore the natural and philosophical parallels between permaculture and voluntarism. He is a Teacher of Natural Law, an Integrative Health Coach, a practitioner of permaculture and a video content creator. His content covers health, education, freedom, morality, philosophy and taking action, and this work connects his mission and his message: "Nature Is The Answer," to inform us of a movement created for anyone to use in sharing timeless and universal knowledge. EXTENDED LEARNING RESOURCES View a remarkable photo demonstrating a squirrel's natural intelligence - https://netwalkri.com/walking-journal/f/nuts Follow the work of Cory Endrulat - https://taplink.cc/coryhealth Learn how to create a voluntary world with Liberator News - https://www.theliberator.us/ Join Nature is the Answer, a movement to evolve consciousness - https://www.nita.one/ Check out Cory's new Health Revealed youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@Health-Revealed FOOD FOREST PODCASTS Food Forest Gardening with Green Teacher - https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-f56t7-1296ecc Food Forest Abundance with Jim Gale - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/food-forest-abundance/ Enchanted Edible Forest with Dani Baker - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/dani-baker-author-home-scale-forest-garden/ Agrohomeopathy with Kristina White - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/agrohomeopathy-for-healthier-farms-and-gardens/ How to Build Yourself a Food Forest with Graham Towerton - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/build-food-forest/ Boston Food Forest Coalition - https://www.youtube.com/@bostonfoodforestcoalition9227 NATURAL AWAKENINGS ARTICLES Natural Awakenings Boston November digital issue - https://issuu.com/naboston/docs/gbri_1124 Blissful Bowls: Celebrating with Seasonal Soups -https://www.naturalawakeningsboston.com/2024/10/31/509821/blissful-bowls-celebrating-with-soup Read about DIPG: Eternal Hope Versus Terminal Corruption by Dean Fachon begin to uncover the truth about cancer - https://dipgbook.com/ Learn more at https://netwalkri.com email wendy@netwalkri.com or call 401 529-6830. Connect with Wendy to order copies of Fiddlesticks, The Angel Heart or Storywalker Wild Plant Magic Cards. Subscribe to Wendy's blog Writing with Wendy at www.wendyfachon.blog. Join Wendy on facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/StoryWalkingRadio

Featuring:Bieke DepoorterJesse LenzLucas FogliaSergio PurtellRichard SharumMark McClennanAlex WebbRebecca-Norris WebbMichal IwanowskiDragana JurisicLisa BarlowToma GerzhaGregory HalpernMark SteinmetzMaxime Riché Website | Instagram Become a full tier 1 member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of previous episodes for £5 per month.For the tier 2 archive-only membership, to access the full library of past episodes for £3 per month, go here.Subscribe to my weekly newsletter here for everything A Small Voice related and much more besides.Follow me on Instagram here.Build Yourself a Squarespace Website video course here.

Stephan Vanfleteren's career began as a staff photographer for the Belgian newspaper De Morgen. He continued to contribute to its weekend magazine as a freelancer until 2009.His radical black and white social documentary work covers the disappearing phenomena of everyday life in his homeland, Belgium. Over the years, Stephan has worked in conflict zones such as Kosovo, Rwanda and Afghanistan and he is a six time winner of the prestigious World Press Photo awards among a number of other international prizes.Stephan's intense portrait photography captures the essence of humanity in subjects ranging from the ordinary man to top politicians, sports idols and celebrities.He has exhibited in Brussels, Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris, London, Liverpool and Verona and his books include: Elvis & Presley (Kruse Verlag, 2001) a road trip across America dressed as Elvis Presley with photographer Robert Huber; Flandrien (Mertz, 2005) on the Flemish obsession with cycling; Belgicum (Lannoo 2007) an enigmatic portrayal of Belgium and Portret 1989-2009 (Lannoo 2009). His most recent books are Atelier published by Hannibal Books, an ode to the ability to observe, represent, elevate, and ultimately, connect, and Present, a journey through his oeuvre, with expansive personal reflections and stories from three decades of encounters and photography, from street photography in world cities like New York to the genocide of Rwanda, from storefront façades to the mystical landscapes of the Atlantic wall, from still lifes to intense portraits, and Charleroi – Il est clair que le gris est noir.In episode 244, Stephan discusses, among other things:MemoryPhotographing (older) menSkin… and lightCutting his teeth in the newspaper worldFlandrien bookRwandaBeing scared of successStill getting nervousAtlantic WallThe intensity of collaboration with a subjectBeing perceived as a ‘traitor' for shooting colourHis project with Robert Huber, Elvis and PresleyDead animalsPhotographing his dad post mortemMoving to digital from filmCharloi residency and his book Charleroi – Il est clair que le gris est noirReferenced:SebastiãoSalgadoJames NachtweyGilles PeressRobert Huber Website | Instagram“I was very scared of success. That was maybe my luck. Success was something I had difficulty dealing with. People are complimenting you on your work at the beginning and I'm just accepting that but it was difficult. And it helped me because I never arrived. I was on my way and the doubts were still there. If you think you know how to do it, it's time to leave. Sometimes if I think ‘ok, I can do that pretty well, Of course other people can do it better, but it's time to change, to have another approach…' So I had that in the early beginning, that feeling that I have to change. I love to begin something new.” Become a full tier 1 member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of previous episodes for £5 per month.For the tier 2 archive-only membership, to access the full library of past episodes for £3 per month, go here.Subscribe to my weekly newsletter here for everything A Small Voice related and much more besides.Follow me on Instagram here.Build Yourself a Squarespace Website video course here.

Featuring:Javier Hirschfeld MorenoFrancesco ZizolaMelissa SchriekChilli PowerSelf Publishers UnitedBryan SchutmaatTiffany JonesAtong AtemWebsite | Instagram Become a full tier 1 member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of previous episodes for £5 per month.For the tier 2 archive-only membership, to access the full library of past episodes for £3 per month, go here.Subscribe to my weekly newsletter here for everything A Small Voice related and much more besides.Follow me on Instagram here.Build Yourself a Squarespace Website video course here.

Polly Braden is a documentary photographer whose work features an ongoing conversation between the people she photographs and the environment in which they find themselves. Highlighting the small, often unconscious gestures of her subjects, Polly particularly enjoys long-term, in depth collaborations that in turn lends her photographs a unique, quiet intimacy. She works on long-term, self-initiated projects, as well as commissions for international publications.Polly has produced a large body of work that includes not only solo exhibitions and magazine features, but a number of books published by Dewi Lewis, including Holding The Baby (2022), Out of the Shadows: The Untold Story of People with Autism or Learning Disabilities (2018), and China Between (2010), and two published by Hoxton Mini Press: London's Square Mile: A Secret City (2019) and Adventures in the Lea Valley), (2016).Polly teaches regularly at The University of Westminster and London College of Communication (LCC), she is a winner of the Jerwood Photography Prize, The Guardian Young Photographer of the Year, 2002, and the Joanna Drew Bursary 2013. Polly is nominated by Hundred Heroines 2020 and she has exhibited at numerous venues internationally. Her most recent solo exhibition, of her project Leaving Ukraine, just ended at the Foundling Museum in London, where it was on show from March 15th to October 20th 2024. In episode 242, Polly discusses, among other things:Exhitibition at the Foundling Museum, Leaving Ukraine and how it came aboutSome of the people she focussed onHolding The Baby , her project on single parentsJena's storyWhy she has started working with film projectsHer introduction to photographyHer first trip to China: “an exercise in isolation”Her project on Chinese factories and their workersGreat Interactions book on people with learning disabilitiesHer current project she's working onSecuring funding, building partnerships and being an entrepreneurReferenced:Patrick SutherlandCheryl NewmanKatz PicturesBecky Sexton Website | Instagram “I'm not someone who wanted to just jump in, point a camera at someone and walk away. I think I've always been someone who wanted it to feel very collaborative. Whether you're on the street and you've made eye contact and you feel like someone's ok with it, at the very basic level, to now as I get older, when I'd be as interested in someone doing all the work and me just being a vehicle through which someone can tell their story.” Become a full tier 1 member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of previous episodes for £5 per month.For the tier 2 archive-only membership, to access the full library of past episodes for £3 per month, go here.Subscribe to my weekly newsletter here for everything A Small Voice related and much more besides.Follow me on Instagram here.Build Yourself a Squarespace Website video course here.

Agnieszka Sosnowska was born in Warsaw, Poland and was raised in Boston, Massachusetts. She earned a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and a MFA from Boston University. She is currently an elementary school teacher. She lives on farmin East Iceland. She is recognised for her self portraits that span 30 years. Currently she is working on series that embodies her life as an immigrant in Iceland. She uses the camera to take inspiration from a land that is otherworldly.“I grew up in Boston and traveled to Iceland 25 years ago on a whim”, says Agnieszka. “I fell in love and remained. With my Icelandic husband I chose to live in nature, not visit it. This decision has not been without tests. Together we have made a life that I feel we are only beginning. Everyday, I search for corners of quiet. When there, I stop and listen for a long time. These places exist around our farm, with friends, and the students I teach. These places are my everyday. They are my everything.”Agnieszka has been the recipient of a number of grants, including a Fulbright Scholars Fellowship to Poland and an American Scandinavian Fellowship to Iceland. She was awarded the Hjálmar R. Bárðarson Photography Grant by the National Museum of Iceland. Her series was awarded the Director's Choice by the Center awards in 2017 and she has been in the Top 50 of Critical Mass on three occasions. Her work has been exhibited in the National Museum of Iceland and the Reykjavik Museum of Photography. She is represented exclusively by Vision Neil Folberg Gallery in Jerusalem.Earlier this year, Agnieszka released her debut photobook, För, published by Trespasser Books and already sold out.Her collaboration with Icelandic poet Ingunn Snædal, entitled RASK, is currently being exhibited at the Reykjavik Museum of Photography until Decembet 2024.In episode 241, Agnieszka discusses, among other things:Early years travelling to Communist PolandWanting to assimilate into the USA as an immigrantEarly education in photography at Mass. ArtHer early interest in self-portraitureNot having a plan… but being a hard workerThe trip to Iceland that changed her life……and her decision to move thereA description of where she livesThe hardest thing to adapt to being the WintersThe first things she started to photograph thereSelf-portaiture and the suckiness of documenting ageingThe freedom of realising that you don't have to work on distinct ‘projects'‘Myth of a Woman' - her attempt at exploring the experience of womanhoodCollaborating with her students on portrait sessionsThe last picture in the bookHer collaboration with Icelandic poet Ingunn Snædal, RASK, currently an exhibition at the Reykjavik Museum of PhotographyReferenced:Cindy ShermanMargaret JohnsonLaura McPheeIngunn SnædalBarbara BosworthWebsite | Instagram“I wanted to grow. I just didn't know how. And I think the only way you grow is not by thinking about it but by doing it and making the mistakes. And I made a lot of mistakes. And thank God I did because in doing the mistakes I started to get more to having the self-portraits be more real. And that's really hard to do. Especially I think as me having done it for so long, and also getting older in front of a camera, as a woman, it's hard.” VOTE HERE FOR ALETHEIA CASEY TO HAVE A SOLO SHOW AT PARIS PHOTO!!Become a full tier 1 member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of previous episodes for £5 per month.For the tier 2 archive-only membership, to access the full library of past episodes for £3 per month, go here.Subscribe to my weekly newsletter here for everything A Small Voice related and much more besides.Follow me on Instagram here.Build Yourself a Squarespace Website video course here.

Let's focus on financial wellbeing today, and specifically financial wellbeing in relation to women. Recent figures show that women need to work an extra 19 years to close the gender pension gap. Joining Paulina Kuchorew on the Happy Hour to talk about where these gender disadvantages stem from and also how this inspired her to write a book empowering women to take control of their finances is author and award winning Chartered Financial Planner Amanda Redman. Amanda's book: 'Dare To Be Fair: How to Know Your Worth and Build Yourself a Better Financial Future' is available on kindle. For more information visit:  https://dare2befair.com/  Image: A photo of Amanda. She's smiling and posing in front of a white background. Her hair is short and auburn and she's wearing a V-neck blue long-sleeve top. [Credit: Emily Brown Photography]

Robbie Lawrence is a London based Scottish photographer and director represented by Webber Represents. Robbie is acutely attentive to the way images tell a story. Working with a painterly softness and sensitivity to his subjects, he deals in detail and nuance. From portraiture, travel and documentary to editorial work, he places the human experience front and centre to create thoughtful, abstract images, with an emphasis on narrative.Recent books include Blackwater River and A Voice Above The Linn published by Stanley/Barker. Stills gallery in Edinburgh hosted the first UK institutional solo exhibition by Robbie in 2022, bringing together a snapshot of life post-Brexit across Scotland's cities, rural locations and coastal towns.Robbie's new book, Long Walk Home, was just released (September 2024) by Stanley/Barker.Clients Include: UN, Apple, Nike, Hermes, Gucci, The New Yorker, Du Monde, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, I-D and many others. In episode 240, Robbie discusses, among other things:His recent assignment at The OlympicsHis internship in Paris and his time in New YorkHis relationship to painting and writingBuilding a career to encompass commercial and personal workHow working commercially can be a ‘relief'.His ‘macrojournalistic approach'His first book project, Blackwater RiverHis second book, A Voice Above The LinnCollaboration with poet John BurnsideHis new book about the Highland Games, Long Walk Home.Why he threw away three years worth of work and began againWorking digitally with ‘manual' lensesThe difference between myth and historyA reading from John Burnside's essay in the bookReferenced:The Tokyo Olympiad, Kon IchikawaThe French, William KleinJohn BurnsideRenton's rant on why it's ‘shite being Scottish' from the movie Trainspotting Website | Instagram“I like the variety […] I like being on set. You become more like a director. As a photographer you're almost the emotional heartbeat of a set. It's interesting because at school and university I really found exams hellish from an expectation point of view. Like, I would put myself under a lot of pressure. And I would describe some of those more pressurised commercial jobs almost like a school exam where you expected to produce something of quality under a very tight time constraint. As a physical experience it can feel similar, and I suppose maybe it's just experience that I can now recall moments where I've overcome those kind of stresses. So I like the shift.” VOTE HERE FOR ALETHEIA CASEY TO HAVE A SOLO SHOW AT PARIS PHOTO!!Become a full tier 1 member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of previous episodes for £5 per month.For the tier 2 archive-only membership, to access the full library of past episodes for £3 per month, go here.Subscribe to my weekly newsletter here for everything A Small Voice related and much more besides.Follow me on Instagram here.Build Yourself a Squarespace Website video course here.

Visual storyteller Kiana Hayeri grew up in Tehran and moved to Toronto while she was still a teenager. Faced with the challenges of adapting to a new environment, she took up photography as a way of bridging the gap in language and culture. In 2014, a short month before NATO forces pulled out, Kiana moved to Kabul and stayed on for 8 years. Her work often explores complex topics such as migration, adolescence, identity and sexuality in conflict-ridden societies.In 2014, Kiana was named as one of the emerging photographers by PDN 30 Under 30. In 2016, she was selected as the recipient of Chris Hondros Award as an emerging photographer. In 2017, she received a grant from European Journalism Center to do a series of reporting on gender equality out of Afghanistan and received Stern Grant in 2018 to continue her work on the state of mental health among afghan women. In 2020, Kiana received Tim Hetherington Visionary award for her proposed project to reveal the dangers of dilettante “hit & run” journalism. Later that year, she was named as the 6th recipient of the James Foley Award for Conflict Reporting. In 2021, Kiana received the prestigious Robert Capa Gold Medal for her photographic series Where Prison is Kind of a Freedom, documenting the lives of Afghan women in Herat Prison. In 2022, Kiana was part of The New York Times reporting team that won The Hal Boyle Award for The Collapse of Afghanistan and was shortlisted under International Reporting for the Pulitzer Prize. In the same year, she was also named as the winner of Leica Oskar Barnack Award for her portfolio, Promises Written On the Ice, Left In the Sun, an intimate look into the lives of Afghan from all walks of life.Kiana, along with her colloaborator, the researcher Mélissa Cornet, is recipient of the 2024 Carmignac Photojournalism Award for the reportage No Woman's Land, an investigation into the plight of women in Afghanistan under the Taliban and the work will be showcased in a double exhibition this Autumn - from October 25th to November 18th - at the Réfectoire des Cordeliers in Paris as part of the Photo Saint Germain festival.Kiana is a Senior TED fellow, a National Geographic Explorer grantee and a regular contributor to The New York Times and National Geographic. She is currently based in Sarajevo, telling stories from Afghanistan, The Balkans and beyond. In episode 239, Kiana discusses, among other things:Her story for the NYT about FGM in GambiaGender apartheidHer take on winning awards as a photojournalistHaving to Google what the Robert Cap Gold Medal was - having won itHer book When Cages FlyMoving to Canada from Iran as a teenagerHow photography helped her bridge the ‘culture and language gap'.Being at a ‘gifted' schoolHer first trip to AfghanistanComparisons with Iran in terms of relative ‘liberalism'.Her first commission from National GeographicHer story on women in Herat prisonThe moment Afghanistan fell to the Taliban and her guilt over leaving friends behindGender apartheid in Afghanistan specificallyThe dangers of ‘dilettante hit and run journalism' Referenced: Eddie Adams workshopsDominic NahrKitra CahanaEd OuGuy MartinStephen MayesMélissa CornetSarah Leen Website | Instagram “I tell people having a camera is like living a thousand different lives, but you have that camera as an excuse to immerse yourself into something, live it for a while and then walk away when you're ready.” VOTE HERE FOR ALETHEIA CASEY TO HAVE A SOLO SHOW AT PARIS PHOTO!!Become a full tier 1 member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of previous episodes for £5 per month.For the tier 2 archive-only membership, to access the full library of past episodes for £3 per month, go here.Subscribe to my weekly newsletter here for everything A Small Voice related and much more besides.Follow me on Instagram here.Build Yourself a Squarespace Website video course here.

Using photography, testimony and archive, Diana Matar's in-depth bodies of work investigate themes of history, memory and state sponsored violence. Grounded in heavy research and often spending years on a project, Diana attempts to capture the invisible traces of human history and produces installations and books that query what role aesthetics might playin the depiction of power. A graduate of the Royal College of Art, Diana has received the Deutsche Bank Pyramid Award for Fine Art; the International Fund for Documentary Photography; a Ford Foundation Grant for artists making work on history and memory; and twice been awarded an Arts Council of England Individual Artist Grant. Her work is held in public and private collections and has been exhibited in numerous institutions including Tate Modern, London; The National Museum of Singapore; Museum Folkswang, Essen, Germany; The Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris; The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago; and Musee de la Photographie a Charleroi. Her monograph Evidencewas published in 2014 by Schilt Publishing Amsterdam to critical acclaim and chosen by New York Times Photography critic Teju Cole as one of two best photography books of the year. In 2019 Matar was appointed Distinguished Artist at Barnard College Columbia University, New York. In April 2024 Diana's most recent book, My America, was published by GOST Books.  In episode 238, Diana discusses, among other things:Early experiences in Panama and Latin America.How an errand to buy a lightbulb changed everything.A brush with Manuel Noriega.How she met her Libyan husband, the writer Hisham Matar.Why she found doing her M.A. ‘really, really challenging'.Her first book project, Evidence.The inclusion of her own writing in the book.Her latest book, My America.Some of the key factors around the issue of police shootings.The complexities of the subject.How she has “intermalised a European sense of America.”Why she shot the project on her iPhone and the rules she imposed on herself.Whether photographs can ‘bear the burden of history.'What she is currently working on.Her reaction to the bonus questions. Website | Instagram“I think I internalised a European sense of America in several different ways. When I was out on the road a lot of things seemed exotic to me, things that I'd grown up with and were just part of being: the long distances; these buildings that just pop up in the middle of nowhere; the emptiness; the scale… the kind of watching of movies of what is the American west. The internalisation I think has something to do with scale. I live in London - the small streets, you're around people all the time, and then being in this openness, which i miss and i love, but I did find it unnerving and it effected how I made the work actually.” Become a full tier 1 member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of previous episodes for £5 per month.For the tier 2 archive-only membership, to access the full library of past episodes for £3 per month, go here.Subscribe to my weekly newsletter here for everything A Small Voice related and much more besides.Follow me on Instagram here.Build Yourself a Squarespace Website video course here.

A ton more new finds, including a new one sent in by Fuzzed Atrocities (Japan) label (@farcompany_ on Instagram). New Razored Raw (NZ) and some oi! from BGP's neck of the woods: Sonoma's Flat Earth Bootboys. Hit us up at brothersgrimpunk@gmail.com and download our music on our Bandcamp page.468 Playlist:The (punk) Word is the byrd...Fill In The Blanks 1:17 Active Minds Split EP w/ Sanctus Iuda UK BLAME 1:19 NARKOTYK NARKOTYK DEMO USA Clock In, Clock Out 1:37 MASSDEAD Compostable Billionaire Bones Pissing It Down The Drain 1:45 The Wankys American WankDetroit TECHNOPHOBiC DiSASTER 3:05 PLATiNUM CRACK! HELL RiDE EP Razored Raw NZ Famine As A Weapon Of War 1:57 Barren Hellscape Anti-Genocide (Demo) Belgium Fuck That Weak Shit 1:06 Röt Stewart 3 Tattoos & A Road Tax Bill Philly MF Recs FUCKSHIT 1:32 GEN GAP Hanging out with GEN GAP Upset Conditions IN RAT RACE 1:29 MISSILE STRATEGY MISSILE STRATEGY UK Violent Mercy    2:08 State Sanctioned Violence State Sanctioned Violence Sweden Drone 1:01 Trench Rot Self-Entitled Sweden Don't get stabbed tonight 2:11 Boredom Boys Total Boredom Austin TX ROCK N ROLL HIGH SCHOOL 1:50 D.A.R.Y.L. ROCK N ROLL HIGH SCHOOL The DiMarcos (bkgrd) from PoDunk Radio Punk Rock Comp Vol. 2 Mexico City Side A song 5:55 Flores Nucleares ST Fuzzed Atrocities MX Basura 1:52 Disakuerdo Sin olvido sin perdón Peru Undead 1:52 VORÁGINE LOBOTOMIA NC Three Day Weekend 1:33 On The Block Gritted Teeth Tampa Lost Cause 1:04 Yield To None Both Demos Calgary Human Regress 1:30 Syphon Demo '24  KC Smoker's Cough 0:59 Failure Drill Visions of War KC I Have a Gun 1:38 CHEESE MAN  Demo Sampler LinkSonoma It's Fuckin Flat! 1:12 Flat Earth Bootboys Bandcamp Singles F*ck What You Heard (bkgrd) 3:15 Fight Music Poster Boys For Birth Control Bring Back Arnie 1:56 Mad Ax 40 Years, 40 Beers, 10 Bad Songs I don't need your help 0:50  Shut the Fuck Up - The Curse of Thinking You're Smart Oakland Legal Terrorists 1:50 Prosthetic Theory of Pain Pitts Atrocious Humanity 0:29 NASTY NANCY Hardcore Hotel WA DC Simulation 0:47 Hologram Build Yourself up so Many Times Only to be Brought Down Again and Again 7” WA DC Brain On Fire 1:34 Kombat In Death We Are All The Same 7" Copy Bands 2:01 Fatal Rage S/T LP 1983 Gee Doc, Thanks 1:33 Scroungers Satan! Satan! Satan! Oi! Oi! Oi! Simi Valley Wanna Be a Slug 1:27 Witch Piss Slugs  Lunchadores and Fight Plan (bkgrd) from PoDunk Radio Punk Rock Comp. Vol. 3 TN Travinski's Got a Pencil Bat 1:13 Vista Blue Help Me, Ron Other ways to hear BGP:Archive.org#468 on ArchiveApple PodcastsYouTube PodcastsPunk Rock Demonstration - Wednesdays 7 p.m. PSTRipper Radio - Fridays & Saturdays 7 p.m. PSTContact BGP:brothersgrimpunk@gmail.com@Punkbot138 on Instagram@BrosGrimPunk on XMore Music:Bandcamp - Follow us and download our albums: Brothers Grim Punk, Fight Music, and more!YouTube - tons of our punk playlists, from Anarchy to Zombies!

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Lancer un blog, se lancer dans l'entrepreneuriat, créer un podcast (Build Yourself), écrire un livre (Build your podcast), créer des formations : Safia a été précurseure dans le monde du business en ligne.Dans ce podcast, tu entendras parler Safia Gourari de son passage dans la trentaine, de l'équilibre vie pro / vie perso, de sa définition du succès.Et de tant d'autres sujets. C'était une discussion que j'ai adoré avoir ! Instagram de Safia : https://www.instagram.com/safiagourari/Site web de Safia : https://safiagourari.fr/Me contacter : myriamzen.coaching@gmail.comSi tu souhaites bénéficier d'un accompagnement en 1:1 avec moi : https://calendly.com/myriamzen-coaching/appel-eclair-de-confianceSi tu souhaites recevoir les e-mails ensoleillés, que j'envoie une fois par semaine sur l'estime de soi, les relations et d'autres sujets : https://elixir.myriamzen.com/les-emails-ensoleillesInstagram : by_myriamzen Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Episode 108: Attracting and Retaining Midcareer WomenWhy are leadership-track women in architecture leaving their firms?Throughout 100+ episodes of Practice Disrupted, we've touched on the missing middle, burnt-out architects, and the challenges in navigating career growth in practice. We wanted to dedicate an entire episode to exploring and understanding why midcareer and even senior-level women are considering leaving their firms. We'll look also discuss the core issues driving retention in the field.We invited career and executive coach Maya Sharfi on the show to discuss her new whitepaper titled, 'Attracting and Retaining Leadership-Track Women in Architecture & Planning.' Maya has been working extensively with women across practice on training and career development. In this episode, she shares her insight and provides recommendations.Guest:Maya Sharfi is a career and executive coach and the founder of Build Yourself. She helps women in design, tech, and innovation advance their careers on their own terms and helps companies grow and promote their rising women leaders through coaching, training, and consulting.Companies Maya has worked with have seen a 3x increase in the rate of women promoted, and 18% of women are more likely to recommend their companies to other women. They've seen more women owning and leading initiatives and setting boundaries that make projects more effective and grow junior staff. Maya's individual clients achieve results like moving into senior director roles, launching new, innovative programs, and achieving $25,000 raises.Maya has trained national industry groups, like Women in Innovation and the American Institute of Architects, and works with leadership and staff at global design and innovation companies such as Stantec, Gensler, and HOK, and she helps women become principals and partners at their firms.

I am a American Artist looking to share my journey as I build my own personal brand.The intent behind this podcast is to create a community of like minded individuals that are looking to seek their potential in life.With the podcast I intend to share everything I learn as I grow from a business, fitness and mindset perspective. Hope you have a great 2024 and get after whatever it is that you want in life, and that 2024 marks the beginning of a journey that its worth sharing.checkout some of the available art at www.walterivanzamora.comSupport the show

Want to know how to invest $10K, $25K, $50K, or even $100K? The average American household has $41,600 saved. While that's a decent chunk of cash, it's not working very hard for you by sitting in a savings account, is it? Fortunately, there are all types of ways to invest that money and grow your nest egg much faster! Welcome back to the BiggerPockets Money podcast! In this “sequel” to our $100-$5,000 episode, we're looking at ways to invest a much larger amount of money—$10,000-$100,000. Scott and Mindy are joined by guest hosts Kyle Mast and James Dainard, who share their own expertise on where to allocate your capital. Even with the diverse perspectives, all of our hosts agree: don't just sink your money into your primary residence or fancy car and call yourself a millionaire! The moves you make today could determine your financial future. Stay tuned as our hosts offer active and passive investing ideas to consider, depending on your risk tolerance. You'll also learn how to get one-hundred percent financing for real estate deals, ways to build (or buy!) a profitable business, and essential tax planning tips at various income levels! In This Episode We Cover The best ways to invest with $10,000, $25,000, $50,000, or $100,000 Active and passive investment opportunities at every level How to build a nest egg that allows you to live off passive income in retirement Getting one-hundred percent financing for a house flip through hard money and private money How to start and build a profitable business with zero startup costs Strategic tax planning tips to consider at different income levels  And So Much More! Links from the Show BiggerPockets Money Facebook Group BiggerPockets Forums Finance Review Guest Onboarding Join BiggerPockets for FREE Mindy on BiggerPockets Kyle's Website Clarity Financial Kyle's Twitter James on BiggerPockets James's Website Grab Scott's Book, “Set for Life” Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Apply to Be a Guest on The Money Show Podcast Talent Search! Money Moment The Beginner's Guide to Investing (Start with Just $100!) Codie Sanchez: These “Boring Businesses” Will Make You Rich How to Build Yourself a 6-Figure Income Stream Click here to check the full show notes: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/money-448   Interested in learning more about today's sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email us: moneymoment@biggerpockets.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dans cet épisode on parle du pouvoir du podcasting comme outil marketing ou comment propulser ton entreprise et tes ventes grâce à ton podcast avec la boss du game Safia Gourari ✨

This week, Ty discusses everything you need to know about thought leaders in Web3. What they are, why Web3 thought leadership is important, and how you can become a thought leader yourself. Key Takeaways: 0:00 Being seen as a thought leader 0:26 What does thought leadership mean? 0:55 Main benefits of being a thought leader 1:52 Examples of thought leaders 2:22 Top Tactics to Build Yourself as a Thought Leader 5:24 Working with an Agency 7:27 Conclusion Resources ► Connect with Ty: https://twitter.com/tydanielsmith ► Check out our crypto marketing agency, Coinbound: https://coinbound.io ► Check out our Twitter: https://twitter.com/coinboundio ► More about the Crypto Marketing Podcast: https://coinbound.io/podcast ► Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://coinbound.link/podcast-apple ► Join the #1 NFT Newsletter: https://NFTLately.com/#cryptomarketing #cryptomarketingstrategy #cryptomarketingagency #nftmarketing #nftmarketingstrategy #nftmarketingagency #nftmarketing101 #web3marketing #web3marketingstrategy #thoughtleaders #markcuban #kevinoleary

How to Design and Build Yourself a Food Forest Guest Graham Towerton, Design Team Leader, Food Forest Abundance A well-designed permaculture food forest incorporates multiple layers of edible plants, including fruit and nut trees, shrubs, herbs, vines, rhizomes, mushrooms, and perennial vegetables. This episode focuses on the food forest design, planning and installation process. Food forest designs are fully customized to each client's climate, planting zone, topography and space, as well as to the client's functionality, culinary and aesthetic desires. With 34 years experience as a chemical engineer and over 40 years of gardening and small farm experience, in Australia and the US, Graham Towerton recently retired to become a full-time permaculture designer and installer. For Towerton, a full-time permaculture consultancy was a logical second career; he is practical, knowledgeable and passionate about food forest gardening. He obtained his certification as a Permaculture Design Consultant from Geoff Lawton's Discover Permaculture school in October, 2021, and then he joined Food Forest Abundance as a designer in January, 2022. Having completed over 30 designs individually and a dozen more as collaborations, Towerton is now one of two global design team leaders for Food Forest Abundance. He provides sage advice as he leads listeners through the steps of the entire process. INFORMATION RESOURCES Purchase a Food Forest Design and work with a certified permaculture designer to start the design process – https://foodforestabundance.com/get-started/?ref=WENDYFACHON Learn more through Graham Towerton's Permaculture Adventures Linktree Page which has links to his social media pages and FFA blog articles - https://linktr.ee/permacultureadventures Read Wendy's Food Forest Article - https://www.naturalawakeningsboston.com/2023/02/28/426799/food-forest-gardening-grows-in-rhode-island Follow the Story Walking Radio Hour and Food Forest Abundance on the UNITE multimedia channel - https://unite.live/channels/story-walking-radio-hour/story-walking-radio-hour Join the Story Walking Radio Hour group on facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/StoryWalkingRadio Listen to related podcasts Food Forest Abundance with Jim Gale - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/food-forest-abundance/ The Enchanted Edible Forest with Dani Baker - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/dani-baker-author-home-scale-forest-garden/ Backyard Farming for Self-Sufficiency - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/backyard-farming-for-self-sufficiency/ Why Eating Organic is Crucial to the Future of the Planet - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/eating-organic-crucial-future-planet/ Learn more at www.storywalking.com ,  https://netwalkri.com email wendy@netwalkri.com or call 401 529-6830. Connect with Wendy to order copies of Fiddlesticks, The Angel Heart or Storywalker Wild Plant Magic Cards. Subscribe to Wendy's blog Writing with Wendy at www.wendyfachon.blog. Join Wendy on facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/StoryWalkingRadio

Episode 108: Attracting and Retaining Midcareer WomenWhy are leadership-track women in architecture leaving their firms?Throughout 100+ episodes of Practice Disrupted, we've touched on the missing middle, burnt-out architects, and the challenges in navigating career growth in practice. We wanted to dedicate an entire episode to exploring and understanding why midcareer and even senior-level women are considering leaving their firms. We'll look also discuss the core issues driving retention in the field.We invited career and executive coach Maya Sharfi on the show to discuss her new whitepaper titled, 'Attracting and Retaining Leadership-Track Women in Architecture & Planning.' Maya has been working extensively with women across practice on training and career development. In this episode, she shares her insight and provides recommendations.Guest:Maya Sharfi is a career and executive coach and the founder of Build Yourself. She helps women in design, tech, and innovation advance their careers on their own terms and helps companies grow and promote their rising women leaders through coaching, training, and consulting.Companies Maya has worked with have seen a 3x increase in the rate of women promoted, and 18% of women are more likely to recommend their companies to other women. They've seen more women owning and leading initiatives and setting boundaries that make projects more effective and grow junior staff. Maya's individual clients achieve results like moving into senior director roles, launching new, innovative programs, and achieving $25,000 raises.Maya has trained national industry groups, like Women in Innovation and the American Institute of Architects, and works with leadership and staff at global design and innovation companies such as Stantec, Gensler, and HOK, and she helps women become principals and partners at their firms.

Camonghne Felix is the author of the memoir Dyscalculia: A Love Story of Epic Miscalculation, available from One World Press. Felix, poet and essayist, is the author of Build Yourself a Boat, which was longlisted for the National Book Award in Poetry, shortlisted for the PEN/Open Book Award, and shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Awards. Her poetry has appeared in or is forthcoming from Academy of American Poets, Freeman's, Harvard Review, LitHub, The New Yorker, PEN America, Poetry Magazine, and elsewhere. Her essays have been featured in Vanity Fair, New York, Teen Vogue, and other places. She is a contributing writer at The Cut. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Launched in 2011. Books. Literature. Writing. Publishing. Authors. Screenwriters. Etc. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi's email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch @otherppl Instagram  YouTube TikTok Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In conversation with Sharon G. Flake Camonghne Felix is the author of Build Yourself a Boat, ''an exquisite and thoughtful'' (Bustle) poetry collection that was longlisted for the National Book Award in poetry and shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award, among other honors. A contributing writer at The Cut, her poetry has appeared in or is forthcoming in numerous places, including The New Yorker, Poetry Magazine, and Harvard Review. In Dyscalculia, Felix uses her childhood learning disorder that caused difficulties with math to explore the trauma of a monumental breakup, past troubles, and the concepts of self-love and acceptance. Acclaimed as a modern classic for middle and high school students, Sharon G. Flake's 1998 debut novel The Skin I'm In depicts the travails of a seventh grader dealing with self-esteem issues connected with race, economics, and academic success. It has been translated into several languages and has sold more than one million copies worldwide. Flake is also the author of a dozen other books of fiction, short stories, and poems, including Money Hungry, You Don't Even Know Me, and The Life I'm In, a companion piece to The Skin I'm In published in 2021. Her many honors include two Coretta Scott King Awards, the John Steptoe Award for New Talent, and the YWCA Racial Justice Award. (recorded 3/1/2023)

Je suis RAVIE de recevoir sur Build Yourself mon éditrice, Emilie Lerebours ! Si vous vous êtes déjà demandé : Comment devenir éditeur.ice Quels sont les tenants et aboutissants de ce métier Ou encore comment se faire éditer... C'est l'épisode à dévorer ! Pour découvrir mon livre : https://amzn.to/3Qmo4Lg Si vous avez apprécié cet épisode, et que vous souhaitez soutenir gratuitement le podcast, n'hésitez pas à laisser 5 étoiles et un commentaire sur Apple Podcast

Dans cet épisode j'ai l'honneur d'accueillir Genevieve Gauvin, Animatrice, podcasteuse et business baddie, Gen est insatiable: plus de temps, plus d'argent, plus de liberté et pourquoi pas tout ça en même temps avec un drink en main? En affaires sur le web depuis 2013, elle gère maintenant une entreprise qui génère dans les 7-chiffres et organise le bundle de formations annuel Ka-Ching. C'est aussi la voix qui anime les podcasts Effrontée et Les Vraies Affaires. Tu l'as peut-être déjà entendue sur les podcasts francophones J'peux Pas, J'ai Business, Build Yourself, Altitude, Scotch et Domination Mondiale, L'Accélérateur, et bien d'autres.  Elle a formé plus de 2800 entrepreneurs au marketing en ligne et a été citée sur des sites comme Forbes France, Jump ou encore Le Blog du Modérateur. Aujourd'hui elle te partage:  Ce que signifie pour elle, avoir un Business au service de son lifestyle.  Comment l'infoprenariat a changé sa vie  ? Comment bâtir un Business au service de son lifestyle ? pour retrouver Genevieve sur Instagram clique ici: https://www.instagram.com/_genevievegauvin/  pour découvrir son Podcast Effrontée clique ici: https://genevievegauvin.com/effrontee-podcast  --- Cet épisode t'a plu ? Tu souhaites soutenir Ambition Digitale

In this week's episode of the Get Lit Minute, your weekly poetry podcast, we spotlight the life and work of poet, Camonghe Felix. She is the author of Build Yourself a Boat (Haymarket Books, 2019), which was longlisted for the 2019 National Book Award in Poetry. The 2013 winner of the Cora Craig Award for Young Women, Felix has received fellowships from Cave Canem, Callaloo, and Poets House. SourceThis episode includes a reading of her poem, "Thank God I Can't Drive,"  featured in our 2021/23 Get Lit Anthology."Thank God I Can't Drive"My brain is trying so hard to outrun this. It is doing more work than the lie.I could go to jail for anything. I look like that kind of girl. I only speak one language. I amof prestige but can't really prove it. Not if my hands are tied. Not if my smartphone isseized. Not if you can't google me. Without an archive of human bragging rights, I'm[   ] nobody, an empty bag, two-toned luggage. I'm not trying to be sanctimonious,I just found out that I'm afraid to die, like, there goes years of posturing about, beating itlike I own it, taking it to the bathroom with the tampons—like, look at me, I am so agentand with all this agency I can just deploy death at any time. The truth isthat I'm already on the clock, I'm just a few notches down on the “black-girl-with-badmouth” list, the street lights go out and I'm just at the mercy of my own bravery andtheir punts of powerlessness, their “who the hell do you think you are's?”Support the show

Si tu souhaites développer ton entreprise par le biais d'un podcast, tu vas adorer cet épisode. De bonnes raisons d'écouter cet épisode: On te parle de plusieurs façons possibles de monétiser ton podcast. Comment t'organiser pour rester productive dans ta création d'épisode. On t'aide à anéantir ta peur de te lancer une bonne fois pour toute. Twittable: « Continue, persévère et tu verras ça prendra comme de la chantilly.» Boost ta business avec les stratégies gratuites de 16 experts de l'entrepreneuriat en ligne. C'est par ici : https://kaching.ca/exkc23-effic Tu peux retrouver Safia Gourari ici: Site Web: https://safiagourari.fr/ Son podcast: Build Yourself; https://safiagourari.fr/podcasts ———————— Ressources : Télécharge GRATUITEMENT mon planificateur de priorité ici: https://karineruel.com/planificateur-de-priorites Mon site Web: https://karineruel.com/ Retrouve-moi sur Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/karineruelofficiel Retrouve-moi sur Pinterest: https://pin.it/7oRUELy Retrouve-moi sur Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karine_ruel/ Retrouve-moi sur YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/karineruel

Dans cet épisode j'ai l'honneur d'accueillir Safia Gourari, autrice, formatrice en marketing digital et hôte du podcast Build Yourself (+1 million de téléchargements).  Elle a formé plus de 2800 entrepreneurs au marketing en ligne et a été citée sur des sites comme Forbes France, Jump ou encore Le Blog du Modérateur. Aujourd'hui elle répond aux questions que tu te poses sûrement concernant l'emailing:  Qu'est ce que c'est et en quoi ça peut être un réel Game changer pour ton Business ?  Pourquoi coupler ta stratégie emailing et ta stratégie Instagram ? Quand lancer ton Projet liste emails ? pour retrouver Safia sur Instagram clique ici: https://www.instagram.com/safiagourari/   --- Cet épisode t'a plu ? Tu souhaites soutenir Ambition Digitale

[This blog will always be free to read, but it's also how I pay my bills. So, if you like what you read, please consider a paid subscription.]The Junk Drawer is back! This is a feature of my blog I intended to do regularly when I began it last year, and things just got terribly busy with the midterms. So, it's become one of my goals this year to reignite the feature.It's about odds and ends: random musings, things I'm reading and watching, stuff I found interesting, and updates on my work.Enjoy!The Ballad of the Nosey BalloonThe surveillance balloon fiasco over the past week has been embarrassing for pretty much everyone involved. Embarrassing for China in their clumsy espionage and laughable response. Embarrassing for the U.S. government in the revelation that, apparently, several of these were tracked during the Trump Administration, and Trump declined to do anything about them. Embarrassing for political media's inability to clarify the situation for Americans, instead leaning into a framing of partisan jousting.Per usual, on matters of national security, the smartest voices seem to be the peripheral of cable news. I found this Twitter thread by NatSec expert William Kim particularly insightful.If nothing else, with the successful shoot-down of the balloon by an air-to-air missile from an F-22 Raptor (the first such recorded kill by the fighter jet model), notch this as a victory in President Biden's war on inflation. Another Award Show You Probably Don't Care About But Here's Why You ShouldThe 65th Annual Grammy Awards are being broadcast this evening. Most of you probably don't care about it. I will admit that I love awards shows; from the fashion to the high drama, I find them delicious.But this year's Grammys have a particularly sharp significance. Beyoncé leads with nine nominations for her album Renaissance, an instant cultural landmark that is widely considered her most complete record. It also lifted her to 88 career nominations, tying her with husband Jay-Z for the most Grammy nominations by an artist ever. And with 28 Grammy wins under her belt already, she's the most awarded singer in the Academy's history.Here's the problem: Beyoncé rarely wins the big general awards (Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year). She's been previously nominated six times for Record of the Year, winning none; five times for Song of the Year, winning once; and most glaringly, three times for Album of the Year as a lead artist and once as a featured artist, winning none. She wasn't even nominated for Best New Artist during her time with Destiny's Child or after her solo debut, which was a stunning critical and commercial success.The Grammys have always been suspect, and there's long been debate over how much critical favor is weighed against sales and certifications. What makes Beyoncé a point of considerable debate is that she's been consistently both: highly praised for her artistry and highly lucrative as an entertainer. Her Album of the Year losses have occurred in years in which she found near-universal favor among reviewers and near-universal adulation among listeners. So, which is it? That's not to say the artists to whom she lost were undeserving, but it's become a highly suspect pattern in which Beyoncé releases a beloved album that's critically and commercially successful, only to lose to a white artist whose album would not be assessed similarly, at least to that degree.Tonight, if Beyoncé doesn't win at least one of the three major awards, there's gonna be a lot of understandable chatter about misogynoir among Academy voters.What I'm Reading“The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams” by Stacy Schiff — One of the most interesting biographies I've read in a while. Schiff has a hell of a bibliography, with classics like “Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov)” (winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography) and “The Witches: Salem, 1692”, and her latest work on forgotten founding father Sam Adams is thoroughly fascinating. (https://bit.ly/SamAdamsBook)“Dyscalculia: A Love Story of Epic Miscalculation” by Camonghne Felix — I was lucky enough to score an advance copy of Felix' latest work, set for release this Valentine's Day. She won rave reviews for “Build Yourself a Boat” (2017), which was longlisted for the National Book Award, among other recognitions. She's one of those writers that makes me wanna write. (preorder here: https://bit.ly/PreorderDyscalculia)“Master of the Senate” by Robert A. Caro — This is the second time I've read Caro's third work in the LBJ biography quintet (the fifth part, we are told, will eventually be published when he's damn good and ready). If you want to understand how the Senate got to be so thoroughly complicated and counterproductive (to put it mildly), Caro's history of the chamber is, alone, worth reading this. It's a big one, I won't lie. You'll need to dedicate at least a few weeks to it. But the understanding you'll glean about American politics is indispensable. What I'm Watching“Fleishman Is in Trouble” (Hulu) — Adapted from the book of the same name by Taffy Brodesser-Akner (who also executive produces). It's a great miniseries. Lizzy Kaplan and Claire Danes give exceptional performances, and the writing is brilliant. It's a bit dark but in the best way.“The Last of Us” (HBO) — I'll be real with you: as much as I love Pedro Pascal, I wasn't especially motivated to start watching this. I've kinda had my fill with post-apocalyptic narratives. But then, the third episode, centered around guest actors Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett, was released last weekend to rave reviews, so I finally watched it. I'm glad I did. The love story between these two men is one of the finest episodes of television I've ever seen. Absolutely brilliant. “80 for Brady” (Paramount) — Oh god, I so wanted to hate this damn movie. Metro Weekly offered to pay me to review it, and when I realized it would give me a chance to trash Tom Brady, I gladly accepted their commission. And then, must to my surprise, I quite enjoyed it. Ugh, I hate it when that happens. To read my review, click here. What I'm WritingThe week before last, I published this essay on an interview Pope Francis did with the Associated Press, in which he called for homosexuality to be decriminalized. My take is this simple: it's very good news when a global religious figure takes an LGBTQ-affirming stance, especially right now, and it should be encouraged. Last week, I wrote a satirical article about Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announcing a statewide ban on Pink Floyd. I honestly thought it was a bit over-the-top and wouldn't gain much attention. I was wrong. It went super viral. It's one of the most widely-read pieces I've written for my blog, mostly because a lot of folks readily believed that DeSantis would do something like this. In fact, it gained so much traction that Snopes published an article in response, confirming that its satire. And, of course, the aforementioned review of “80 for Brady,” which you should definitely read. Where I'm Gonna Be3/2/23: “Gabrielle Blair, In Conversation with Charlotte Clymer” at D.C.'s historic Sixth & I Synagogue — When my friend Gabrielle Blair asked me to join her for a one-on-one discussion on her bestselling book “Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion,” I thought I might be dreaming. For those who aren't in D.C., Sixth & I is considered one of the premiere venues for book events. This will be my first event on the stage instead of in the audience, and I am so damn excited to talk about Gabrielle's brilliant book. (Tickets here: https://bit.ly/GabrielleBlairEvent)3/9/23: 2nd Annual Democracy Solutions Summit — RepresentWomen is hosting its second annual virtual summit on how to safeguard democracy. On its final day, I'll be moderating a fantastic panel on the Fair Representation Act. It's free! (Register: https://bit.ly/DemocracySolutionsSummit)4/28/23: 17th Annual Freedom Rising Conference — On the last day of this much beloved annual gathering organized by NYC's iconic Middle Church, I'll be participating in the segment “How Christian Fascism Made a Home Within Our Government” with Melissa Harris-Perry and Robert P. Jones. I have so much respect and admiration for Middle Church, particularly Dr. Rev. Jacqui Lewis. I'm looking forward to this. Join us! (Tickets here: https://bit.ly/FreedomRisingConference)Personal NewsIn case you missed it, Charlotte's Web Thoughts was nominated for Outstanding Blog at the 34th Annual GLAAD Media Awards. This is an enormous honor, and I can't thank you all enough for supporting this little blog/newsletter of mine. I'm grateful for your support. Truly.For those of you who have been following the ‘80s movie guessing chaos, I have some good news: we've raised over $9,000 for Team LPAC. Almost there! Once we hit $10k, I'll be publishing my review of the movie, thus finally revealing the answer. Shout-out to my friend Amanda Hite for her substantial donation toward that total. Please join her and donate (https://bit.ly/ProjectLPAC). Bonus: anyone who donates at least $50 will get followed back on Twitter; just send me the receipt at cmclymer@gmail.comI joined Spoutible, the new social media platform created by Christopher Bouzy, the gentleman who accurately nailed the outcome of the midterms election long before mainstream political punditry caught up. And I really love it. Come join us. You can find my profile here. Charlotte's Web Thoughts is a reader-supported publication. 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Avec cette reprise des interviews pour le podcast, j'ai aujourd'hui le plaisir d'accueillir Safia Gourari, entrepreneure et podcasteuse pour Build Yourself et autrice d'un guide pour apprendre à créer son podcasteuse et en faire un outil buisiness nommé Build Your Podcast. Safia vient nous raconter son expérience d'écriture d'un premier roman de non-fiction avec des délais très courts. Vous pouvez retrouver Safia sur Instagram. N'hésitez pas à soutenir cet épisode et ce podcast en laissant 5 étoiles et un commentaire sur Apple Podcast et sur Spotify ✨ → Pour plus de contenus sur l'écriture et l'entrepreneuriat pour les auteurs : Cliquez ici pour vous inscrire à la liste d'attente "Auteur du web" Retrouvez-moi sur Instagram Recevez chaque mardi matin de nouveaux conseils écriture et marketing grâce à ma Newsletter

Avec le boom de l'utilisation des réseaux sociaux et la multiplication des plateformes, il y a plein de moyens aujourd'hui de se faire connaître et en même temps énormément de concurrence pour capter l'attention de potentiels clients. Dans ce contexte il n'est pas facile de faire connaître son offre, son talent ou son business sans être bruyant, provoquant, insistant ou sans se perdre soi-même dans une course à une communication à outrance. Alors comment alors se démarquer, se faire connaître de façon éthique auprès des bonnes personnes, des membres d'une communauté engagée et engageante ? On en parle cette semaine avec Safia Gourari qui est entrepreneur et podcasteuse au travers de Build Yourself : un podcast sur l'entrepreneuriat au feminin qui t'aide à développer un business en ligne et créer une communauté engagée grâce notamment au podcast. Sur cet épisode on verra notamment :Comment se faire connaître et faire connaître son business quand on est une personne introvertieQuelles sont les sources de revenus disponible dans le business en ligne et lesquels choisir en fonction de sa personnalité et de ses zones de compétences ?Quel est l'avantage du podcast comparé aux autres plateformes de média et pourquoi tu devrais toi aussi t'y intéresser. Comment gérer l'effet d'essoufflement qui peut apparaître (dans le podcast ou la création de contenu de manière générale) et repartir du bon piedComment créer une communauté qui nous ressemble (pas forcément qui plait à tout le monde) et mettre en place un marketing plus humain pour vendre de façon éthiqueEnfin pourquoi le passage à l'action reste le meilleur moyen de réussir pour profiter des opportunités uniques que continue à offrir le web aujourd'hui. Si l'idée de créer un side-business en ligne te trotte dans la tête mais que tu es une personne introvertie ou que les stratégies marketings agressives alors écoute bien cet épisode – tu y trouveras des pistes pour te lancer et rester aligné avec tes valeurs tout en prenant du plaisir à te développer (une très bonne composante de la réussite) Retrouve Safia sur : Son site web (safiagourari.fr)Son profil instagram et le profil instagram de son podcast (Build Yourself)Son podcast Build YourselfRetrouve Les Investisseurs 4.0 :Sur Instagram, Twitter ou LinkedInLe podcast te plait ? : Fais-le savoir auprès de ton entourage et et laisse un commentaire 5 étoiles inspiré sur apple podcast ou sur podchaser, ça m'aide beaucoup à le faire connaitre ;) Toutes les notes et références de l'épisode sur : investisseurs40.com/079 Voir Acast.com/privacy pour les informations sur la vie privée et l'opt-out.

Episode 11: Should You Go Freelance? Welcome to the eleventh episode of the Cocktails & Content Creation Podcast! For this episode, we're talking about going freelance, a huge subject that many content creators face at some point in their careers. And we're chatting about it with Mia Scharphie, who coaches women at all points of their careers whether they're working the 9 to 5, thinking about going freelance, or have established their own business. In our eleventh episode you'll learn: What going freelance really means and why it isn't just about being able to “be your own boss” and “name your own workdays and salary” Why a huge step to going freelance is combating your inner critic as well as how to overcome those insecurities by pushing yourself to venture outside of your comfort zone Why you should have a long term vision with short term approaches to really understand what steps you need to talk to get there  How to rely on relationship building to get clients within your existing network  Why having a business bestie for accountability and to bounce ideas off of can be a huge help in your freelance career Why your first step to career happiness may be checking in with your boss before you make the jump to freelancing Why you should set boundaries with your clients, even when you're just starting out About our Guest: https://www.instagram.com/mia.scharphie (Mia Scharphie) is a creative agent of change, a do-er, and a big-picture thinker. She founded http://buildyourselfworkshop.com/ (Build Yourself) to help women in creative fields, design and engineering move past the obstacles that hold them back in their businesses and careers, and to make their industries and workplaces better places for women's talent. Named a 'cheerleader with devil horns' by students, Mia is skilled at helping ambitious and creative women see beyond limiting mindsets to envision--and achieve--more than they thought was possible for themselves--on their own terms. Mia is a trained facilitator, who's run a research effort on women in social impact design for the Harvard Business School. She's a founding member of the Equity Roundtable at the Boston Society of Architects and was named as one of https://alumni.gsd.harvard.edu/alumni_updates/alums-named-to-impact-design-hubs-40-under-40/ (Impact Design Hub's Social Impact Design 40 under 40).  Thanks for Listening! Join our https://www.facebook.com/groups/1051582601952303 (Facebook Community) for more tips and tricks on how to easily create content and chat with other content creators! And make sure to follow our https://www.instagram.com/cocktailsandcontentcreation/ (Instagram).  Links & Resources: http://buildyourselfworkshop.com/ (Build Yourself Workshop) https://twitter.com/miascharphie (Mia Scharphie on Twitter) https://www.instagram.com/mia.scharphie (Mia Scharphie on Instagram) https://www.linkedin.com/in/miascharphie (Mia Scharphie on LinkedIn) Email Mia http://buildyourselfworkshop.com/candc/ (Mia's Cocktails & Content Creation guide to identifying your top limiting beliefs) Until next time, cheers to your next cocktail and happy content creating! http://www.fashionablykateandcompany.com/ (Kate) & http://www.jessiewymanphotography.com/ (Jessie) Hosts of “The Cocktails and Content Creation Podcast”

Do you ever hear a shitty inner voice in your head that tells you that you aren't worthy of things, or that you can't accomplish something for one reason or another? That voice is called your Inner Critic. It's created by the voices you hear when you are in the formative years of your childhood. It could be the voice of your past, your mother, your father, an aunt, or a school bully. This voice can grow loud and paralyzing if you don't discover ways to silence. So, how do you arm yourself with ways to overcome this voice in your head - because not only is this voice a real asshole, it's a liar, liar pants on fire!  Welcome to Episode 25 where my special guest Mia Scharphie joins us to teach you how to silence your inner critic and move beyond the shitty narrative it plays in your head! Mia is a trained facilitator, the founder of the Build Yourself workshop- a programme that helps women build the dynamic, powerful and meaningful careers and businesses they want,​ and has run research efforts for the Harvard Business School. In this episode, we discuss why accountability and trust are key to building your career and how to find the “right” accountability partner for your business, why your inner critic does not serve you any functional purpose and how to mute that shitty voice. Your inner critic gives you a skewed perception of reality. Only you can acknowledge that this voice is not based in reality. If you write down the things that this voice says to you and then read them out loud, you will discover what complete and total bullshit it really is. Perhaps you should name your inner critic and then tell it to shut the fuck up repeatedly until it doesn't talk to you anymore. Tune in. We could help you do that! Drink of the Week: Rombauer Chardonnay I do not understand the ABC people - the anything but chardonnay people. I absolutely love it and this is one of my favorite Chardonnays. If you liked what you heard today, please leave a review and subscribe to the podcast. Also, please remember to share the podcast to help it reach a larger audience. And if you would like a shout out for tipping your bartender and contributing to the ever growing This Sh!t Works bar tab click ​https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/JulieBrownBD?locale.x=en_US (HERE) to make a donation. No amount is too small, it will get drunk! Relevant Links: Mia Scharphie- https://www.instagram.com/mia.scharphie/?hl=en https://www.linkedin.com/in/miascharphie/ http://buildyourselfworkshop.com/ https://twitter.com/miascharphie?lang=en Mindset (Limiting Beliefs Guide) -​http://buildyourselfworkshop.com/jmindset  Accountability (Accountability Partnership Guide) -​http://buildyourselfworkshop.com/jaccountability JULIE BROWN https://juliebrownbd.com/ ​(Website) https://www.instagram.com/juliebrown_bd/ ​(Instagram) https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-brown-b6942817/​ (LinkedIn) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIwWVdayM2mYXzR9JNLJ55Q​ (Youtube) https://www.facebook.com/juliebrownbd/​ (Facebook) 

https://entrearchitect.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/miaheadshot.jpg ()How to Integrate Thought Leadership into your Architecture Business Growth Strategies As an expert in the architecture field, you have knowledge that gives you the authority to be a thought leader in your profession. What steps can you take to create a strategy to effectively communicate as a thought leader? This week on EntreArchitect podcast, How to Integrate Thought Leadership into your Architecture Business Growth Strategies with Mia Scharphie of Build Yourself. Learn more about Mia at http://buildyourselfworkshop.com (BuildYourselfWorkshop.com), or connect with her on https://twitter.com/MiaScharphie (Twitter) and https://www.linkedin.com/in/miascharphie/ (LinkedIn). http://BuildYourselfWorkshop.com/creativeearchitect (Click here) to access Mia’s cheat sheet to developing creative content. Are you a Gābl Member? https://preview.convertkit-mail.com/click/dpheh0hz/aHR0cDovL2VudHJlYXJjaGl0ZWN0LmNvbS9nYWJsbm93 (Gābl Members) is a way for you to help us build Gābl Media (our new media network for podcast and video production) into a network that will truly change the world. As a Gābl Member, you will always gain first access to new shows and have an opportunity to provide feedback on the content we currently have in development. We are building this media network for you, so you should have an opportunity to help us build it. If you are ready to support Gābl Media, just https://preview.convertkit-mail.com/click/78i7h8hv/aHR0cDovL2VudHJlYXJjaGl0ZWN0LmNvbS9nYWJsbm93 (click here) and join Gābl Members as a Charter Member for only $19 per year. Visit Our Platform Sponsors ARCAT has huge libraries of free content, Specs, CAD, BIM and more. No registration required. Want to collaborate with colleagues in real-time? Visit https://entrearchitect.com/arcat (EntreArchitect.com/ARCAT) and click Charrette for more information. Gusto offers easy online payroll, benefits, and HR built for modern small businesses like ours. Learn more at http://EntreArchitect.com/Gusto (EntreArchitect.com/Gusto) Monograph is a time tracking and project management tool built by architects for architects. Visit https://entrearchitect.com/monograph/ (EntreArchitect.com/Monograph) to learn more and try it for free today. Mentioned in this Episode https://entrearchitect.com/podcast/entrearch/public-interest-design-firms/ (EA148: Public Interest Design Firms) https://entrearchitect.com/podcast/entrearch/how-to-start-a-public-interest-design-firm/ (EA278: How to Start a Public Interest Design Firm) The post https://entrearchitect.com/podcast/entrearch/how-to-integrate-thought-leadership/ (EA336: How to Integrate Thought Leadership into your Architecture Business Growth Strategies) appeared first on https://entrearchitect.com (EntreArchitect // Small Firm Entrepreneur Architects).