Podcasts about miss lou

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2023 45:55

Miss Lou & Mr Drew are back off tour from Munich with their verdict on Chris Brown's Under The Influence show. With the passing of Bobby Caldwell, they also reveal the artists they had no idea were white and they assess the current media bashing being suffered by Chloe Bailey.Podcast intro music credit: 'Truckee' by Otis McDonaldInsta and Twitter: @musicto_ourearsFollow Mr Drew on Twitch: twitch.tv/djmrdrewuk

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Pig and Long Mout - Jamaican Folktale

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2022 9:08

Once upon a Christmas time, Anancy was up to his trickster ways... Story in this episode: Pig & Long Mout Resource: Louise Bennett Anancy and Miss Lou, Page 5 Seasons Greetings Follow us on our socials: Facebook: Talkin' Tales Instagram: @talkin_tales YouTube: Talkin' Tales www.talkintales.com #storytelling #caribbean #culture #african #worldtales #Folktales #Jamaica #Anancy #Christmas #caribbeanstrong #animalstories #caribbeanlife #Anansi #africandiaspora #Celebrate #diaspora #caribbeandiaspora #fables #folktales #blackartist #trickstertale #storytellingmatters #talkintales #stories #storiesforkids #family #qualitytime #MQT #storiesforadults #storiesforfamilies #stories #storyteller #tales #fun#caribbeanfolktales

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Episode 38: Yeezy Does It (Again)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2022 36:24

Kanye West is a man with serious issues, so why do people keep giving him a platform? Mr Drew and Miss Lou are here to talk about it. Plus, is it finally time for Lauryn Hill to retire?Podcast intro music credit: 'Truckee' by Otis McDonald Insta and Twitter: @musicto_ourearsFollow Mr Drew on Twitch: twitch.tv/djmrdrewuk

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Opal Palmer Adisa: Championing Miss Lou to the Worl'

For Posterity

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2022 42:24

In this episode I speak with Professor Opal Palmer Adisa. She is an acclaimed poet, writer, educator, feminist, mother, and cultural activist. We discuss the power of words -- in particular the words of Louise Bennett-Coverley -- to inspire voice, critique culture, and uplift the Jamaican people. Opal is building the inaugural Miss Lou Festival in Gordon Town, Jamaica on October 15, 2022. If you or your oganization is keen to contribute talent or financial support, please write to louisebennettcoverleyfestival@gmail.com. Much love. This is For Posterity.

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Cockroach and Fowl - Jamaican Folktale

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2022 6:46

Happy 103 birthday Miss Lou. September 7th is Dr. Louise Bennett Coverly's birthday. She is a national treasure and the person who brought Jamaican Patois to the world. Story retold in this episode: Cockroach and Fowl Resource: Anancy and Miss Lou by Louise Bennett Follow us on our socials: Facebook: Talkin' Tales Instagram: @talkin_tales YouTube: Talkin' Tales www.talkintales.com #storytelling #caribbean #culture #Jamaican #Jamaica #Jamaicanindependence #Jamaica60 #Anancy #MissLou #misslou #Anansi #Independence #animalstories #caribbeanlife #Trickster #africandiaspora #Celebrate #diaspora #caribbeandiaspora #fables #folktales #blackartist #trickstertale #storytellingmatters #talkintales #stories #storiesforkids #family #qualitytime #MQT #storiesforadults #storiesforfamilies #stories #storyteller #tales #fun

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Quick Note: August 23

For Posterity

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2022 8:31

I've got three bits to share with you in this Quick Note FOR POSTERITY and Beverley Manley is the thread that connects them all. Tune in then check out the Joelle Simone Powe directed four-part documentary on former First Lady Beverley Manley's life here. Rush over to 10A West Kings House Road in Kingston, Jamaica to see the 50th anniversary of The Harder They Come exhibit before it closes on Aug 28, 2022. And last, you must make sure you check back soon-soon for the full FOR POSTERITY conversation with Opal Palmer Adisa. She's a poet, educator, cultural activist, and champion Miss Lou! Good things to come.

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Episode 37: R. Kelly convicted, Omarion's watermelon and Usher's tiny success

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2022 43:22

Mr Drew and Miss Lou reflect on the official guilty verdict for disgraced R&B legend R. Kelly and what it means for the music. Plus there's a look back at the B.E.T. awards and Usher's tiny desk concert.Podcast intro music credit: 'Truckee' by Otis McDonald Insta and Twitter: @musicto_ourearsFollow Mr Drew on Twitch: twitch.tv/djmrdrewuk

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Episode 36: Grammys, Trey Songz, Easter eggs and Top Boy

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2022 43:18

Mr Drew and Miss Lou take a belated look back at the Grammys as Silk Sonic clean up at the biggest music ceremony of the year, plus they welcome back Top Boy. Finally, they ask the question is Trey Songz close to being cancelled?Podcast intro music credit: 'Truckee' by Otis McDonald Insta and Twitter: @musicto_ourearsFollow Mr Drew on Twitch: twitch.tv/djmrdrewuk

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Will Smith, Chris Rock and that Oscars Slap

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2022 52:07

Will Smith succeeded in turning the 2022 Oscars into an instant meme by slapping the holy spirit out of Chris Rock. It was a move so monumental that it bought Miss Lou and Mr Drew out of temporary podcast-retirement to discuss it on the very same day!Podcast intro music credit: 'Truckee' by Otis McDonald Insta and Twitter: @musicto_ourearsFollow Mr Drew on Twitch: www.twitch.tv/djmrdrewuk

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Migration: A 'My Nation' Fixation

Interplace

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2022 27:11

Hello Interactors,This is the last week of winter. Next week I’ll start writing about cartography. Today’s post just may whet your appetite. All of the dislocation maps resulting from the war in Ukraine got me thinking about a pervasive human behavior; the ultimate interaction of people and place – migration.As interactors, you’re special individuals self-selected to be a part of an evolutionary journey. You’re also members of an attentive community so I welcome your participation.Please leave your comments below or email me directly.Now let’s go…BOWLING FOR BALLERSI was on a walk last weekend and as I approached an Indian restaurant I noticed two families gathered a car in the parking lot. The parents were saying their goodbyes as the kids tussled about impatiently. Just then a perfectly spherical white ball of wadded up paper came rolling down the parking lot entrance and on to the sidewalk in front of me. Chasing behind was boy, maybe thirteen years old, with his shirt untucked, coat half on, and out of breath. He glanced at me, swopped up the ball, swiveled around, and threw it back toward his family like a skilled cricket bowler.A generation ago this would have been a rare sight. More likely it would have been a boy, probably White, winding up and pitching like his favorite pitcher on a baseball mound. I did a bit of pitching when I was that kid’s age. I was taller than most at that age and could throw pretty hard. So they put me on the mound. I threw hard alright, but batters trembled with fear. I had a control issues.Give me a glove today and I’ll spare you the fast ball, but I still throw a mean knuckle ball. I kept a couple gloves at Microsoft and would occasionally go out and play catch with anybody willing. It was fun introducing that sport to team members from other parts of the world. At some point we decided to introduce each other to our respective national sports. First up was India and cricket.Guess who volunteered to be the bowler – or pitcher in baseball terms. Me. The guy who pitched as a kid, but also hit a fair number of them too. We played on a patch of artificial turf on the Microsoft soccer field. That field has since been torn up to make way for more buildings and an on-campus cricket pitch. Cricket balls are quite hard and travel at great speeds so we decided a tennis ball would be best. I took to it pretty fast, according to my Indian teammate Deepak. The bowling motion is very different than a pitching motion, but he was a good coach. The arm is kept straight and is rotated around the shoulder joint. Much like Pete Townsend of The Who strumming his guitar.I loved it. Until the next day...and the next. Ok, for a full week my arm, shoulder, and back were wondering what the hell I was thinking. That was the last of cricket. The next international sport came from a Dutch teammate, Martijn. It’s called Fierljeppen (or far-leaping). It’s basically pole vaulting over a canal. We had a nearby canal designated, but a proper pole never materialized. Probably for the best. I was pushing it on the liability front. Somebody was sure to end up in the water.The would-be canal to be leapt was in Redmond, in the county’s biggest and oldest park, Marymoor Park. While Feirljeppen is unlikely to ever occur there, cricket soon will. Microsoft isn’t the only one building a cricket pitch in Redmond. Just a couple weeks ago the county approved a 20-acre Marymoor Cricket Community Park. Here’s what the King County Council Chair, Claudia Balducci, had to say,“As our region grows, we see more interest in cricket, which is one of the most popular sports in the world. I can’t think of a better place for a world-class cricket pitch than East King County and especially Marymoor Park.”When she says ‘world-class’ she means it. The city of Redmond and the county are partnering with Major League Cricket (MLC) to build the facility. Construction is expected to start in 2023 and may one day host professional cricket, the U.S. National Team, and maybe even the World Cup. If you didn’t know, the Cricket World Cup is the most watched sporting event in the world. An estimated 2.2 billion people tuned in during the 2019 cup.The first international cricket match was actually between the U.S. and Canada in 1844 and was played in New York City. It was contested at the St. George’s Club Bloomingdale Park in front of 20,000 people. That site is now the NYU Medical Center. A decade later baseball began displacing cricket as one of America’s favorite sports.American football was hitting the scene then too. It eventually displaced rugby in popularity in the U.S. after the American’s won the first gold medals in Rugby in 1920 and 1924. But like cricket, that sport is also hugely popular outside of the U.S. But rugby is again gaining popularity in the United States. One survey claims participation grew 350% between 2004 and 2011. In 2018, over 100,000 fans showed up in San Francisco for the World Cup Sevens tournament. The United States is bidding to host the Rugby World Cup in 2027.Both rugby and cricket originated in England and spread throughout the world through colonization. Baseball also started in England and American football is a derivative of rugby. The forward pass was perfected and popularized by the Indigenous American Wa-Tho-Huk, or “Bright Path.” But he was named and baptized at birth as "Jacobus Franciscus Thorpe" – Jim Thorpe.His father was half Irish and half Sac and Fox (two Great Lake area tribes forced to settle in Oklahoma) and his mother was half French and half Potawatomi. They were both practicing Catholics and so was their son until the day he died. Jim Thorpe and his Carlisle Indian Industrial School teammates are largely responsible for the style of American football you see today. Thorpe was also the first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal and was a professional baseball player.Baseball, cricket, and rugby – and it’s American Football derivative, originated in England but spread with White colonial settlers. Like a ball tossed from it’s origin to it’s destination. And now after generations of colonization, kids of parents born in those far away colonies – like the kid in that parking lot – will be tossing them to players with heritage as mixed as Jim Thorpe…on soil Bright Path’s Indigenous ancestors once called their own.Colonization really did toss people as if they were balls. It very much was an origin and destination game. Slaves and indentured workers were pulled from their homes to imperial origins while White administrators and ‘adventure’ seekers were tossed to colonial outposts to ‘settle’ land and people. And then before long, in a postcolonial world, people from those extended territories began migrating to colonial origins.It's what the Jamaican poet Louise Simone Bennett-Coverley or “Miss Lou” referred to in her poem as, Colonization in Reverse. The first stanza reads:Wat a joyful news, Miss Mattie,I feel like me heart gwine bursJamaica people colonizinEnglan in ReverseHERE, THERE, EVERYWHEREMuch of social science has dwelled on this concept of migration being about people going from ‘here’ to ‘there’. This has drawn excessive attention to these locations and the effects of the movement of people from place to place. It leads some people to wonder what will happen to that place over ‘there’ when people leave? But even more people wonder what will become of this place ‘here’ as a result of them immigrating? Immigration is one of the most polarizing and thorny societal issues wrought with emotion and socio-political implications. People seem to be most concerned with the immediate situation and seek political near term solutions fearing their own lives and cultures may be threatened.But there’s a growing number of postcolonial thinkers and researchers challenging the ‘here’ and ‘there’ obsession and the impulse to seek near-term solutions. One group of diverse cultural geographers assembled by the American Association of Geographers settled on two major themes of interrogation of postcolonial migrations. They relate to time and place:Broaden the temporal lens. Before jumping to remedies aimed to cure local symptoms of migration, reach back to its colonization origins to better understand it’s roots.Reassess the ‘here’. What is ‘here’ today is a product of the relationships it formed with ‘there’. The people and the land of colonizers have been shaped by the people and lands of those distance territories.Within this framework, ‘here’ and ‘there’ no longer exist or have lost their distinction. Centuries of colonization and migration have created a multi-faceted tapestry of trans-territorialism and mix-ethnicities in a beautiful, albeit complex, cross-cultural milieu.This blurring and multiplicity is a very hard sell in a world that is becoming increasing polarized and nationalized. Nationalists would like a Hogwarts-style sorting hat from Harry Potter fame. They’d like to place this hat upon the head of every immigrant so they may be sorted into ‘here’ or ‘there’ categories. Many immigrants, if not most, feel the pressure to act, look, and speak in ways that reduce the chances of people wondering are they one of us or one of them? They’re forced to reduce their vibrant, complex heritage to fit a binary ‘here’ or ‘there’ dichotomy with questions of race intertwined.Meanwhile, those Western colonizers who were sent or ventured to faraway lands absorbed, stole, interpreted, and profited from those distant cultures and traditions. Their kids went to school there, made friends, and maybe even stayed, married a local, and raised their own mix-ethnicity family. And of these countless families, many returned to their colonial homeland but few are asked to place the sorting hat upon their head. They then wrote books, told stories, and painted pictures of people and places of faraway lands – and still do – while the people of those lands are often denied entry to their country.And what do we make of the effects of territories carved, fractured, and divvied up among Western imperialists? Susan P. Mains, a professor of Geography at Dundee University in Scotland, is the lead author on a 2013 paper Postcolonial Migrations. She quotes two historians writing on the partitioning of Indian and other South-Asian territories by the West. They write that,“’...18 million [Indian refugees who] struggled to resettle themselves and the energies of at least two generations were expended in rebuilding lives shattered by the violent uprooting caused by the partition’.” Mains continues, “Displacement and ongoing territorial conflicts are the legacy of this fracture.”In 1947 the British divided the subcontinent into two independent states, India and Pakistan. The partition was largely along Muslim and non-Muslim lines. Those religious tensions and divisions have been reignited recently as India’s Prime Minister, a Hindu, has increasingly been blending his politics with his religion. His critics accuse him of being Islamophobic and say he’s guilty of igniting hate crimes against Muslims. Human rights watchdogs are seeing more evidence of this and warn it may get worse – especially in impoverished neighborhoods. The sorting hat, a British import, seems to have followed a well trodden path to India.This current conflict will no doubt cause Muslims to migrate creating even more displacement and fracturing of family and friends. Again, the focus by most media and academics will be on where they are from and where they are going. Are those people over ‘there’ coming over ‘here’? But little attention will be given the diaspora within the sub-continent, the historic origins of conflict and violence by imperialists, and the impact on the individual human lives.For many, the fear of where these migrants will land outweighs their concern for their well-being. This fear strips them of the curiosity needed to assess how their own actions, and those of their ancestors, contribute to the plight of the disenchanted, disowned, and dislocated.GO WITH THE FLOWIn 1885, the Geographer and German immigrant to England, Ernst Georg Ravenstein published what he called “The Laws of Migration”. It was a paper that appeared in the Journal of Statistical Society. But, as my former Geography professor, Waldo Tobler, pointed out in 1995 (the 100 year anniversary of Ravenstein’s laws) Ravensein failed to provide a single mathematical equation to support his so-called laws.It seems, like his contemporizes in Economics, he was seduced by the mathematical certainty of Physics. He sought laws to describe the migration patterns he observed in 19th century England, but forgot the math. Or perhaps he knew, like many economists, that human behavior lacks the certainty of physics and these laws were more suggestive than declarative. Either way, this lack of certainty and clarity doesn’t keep social scientists from continuing to borrow metaphors, research techniques, and language from physics.For example, Tobler says, “It is most curious that the literature on migration is replete with this kind of [fluid physics] terminology. We speak of "migration flows" and "migration streams" and "counter-currents", and refer to intellectual or cultural "backwaters", as if there were eddy currents. One can be "outside of the mainstream". And there are "waves of immigration", etc.”Tobler also found an 1885 map Ravenstein created for his paper that “seems to have been completely ignored by scholars, historians, and cartographers.” The map is titled, as expected, “Currents of Migration." Tobler was a pioneer in computer cartography, but even he admitted it would be “difficult to see how one could program a computer to produce this map using the kinds of statistics available [in 1995]. Certainly it would be a challenge.”Mapping migration continues to be a challenge for cartographers. As Putin seeks to reassemble a former Soviet Union partitioned into independent nation states in the early 1990s, he’s induced mass migration. Different media outlets use different ways to communicate these migrations with varying degrees of success. James Chesire is Professor of Geographic Information and Cartography at University College London and he took to Twitter a couple weeks ago critiquing the BBC’s crude interpretation of the crisis. He wrote, “It’s time to innovate the ways we show people fleeing war. 8 arrows for 874,026 human beings is not good enough.”He goes on to illustrate how arrows imply ‘flow’ in a particular direction from ‘here’ to ‘there’. As you can see, even today, we seem to be stuck using centuries old flawed physics metaphors while continuing to emphasize place based abstractions that imply binary flows from one place to another. Lost are the heartbreaking stories, the historicity that lead to mass movement of people, and cultural and ethnic complexities that define the region.One map he points to from 2016 is by the mapping company ESRI. It attempts to bridging the gap between stories, images, and cartography in communicating what they title, “The Uprooted: War, sectarian violence, and famine have forced more than 50 million people from their homes—the largest number of displaced people since World War II.”But somehow it still portrays the movement of people solely as a crisis. People indeed are suffering crisis, but migrations and movement of humans, of all animals, doesn’t have to be articulated as perpetual crisis. We don’t have to keep focusing on the spatiality, the borders, the nations, the states, and the cascade of political and social hierarchies they instill. Migration is an artifact of human existence – of animal existence – whose fate can be reduce to arrows.Arrows typically show movement in one direction. What about migrants that return? Where are their arrows? In the Handbook of culture and migration Dr. Julia Pauli, a cultural anthropologist at the University of Hamburg, writes,“In all regions of the world, state policies frame human migration by enabling, encouraging, restricting, punishing and hindering movement. Major events like the so-called ‘European refugee crisis’ have made this very visible…New policies and programs worldwide aim to encourage migrants to leave their host and destination countries and return to their original communities.”She cites other researchers who point out, “’there is a significant overlap between the latest surge of interest in return and efforts to remove unwanted immigrants from destination countries.’” And many countries are capitalizing on return migration. Citing Asia as an example, Pauli says “Countries like Vietnam perceive wealthy and well-educated migrants more and more as a resource that needs to be returned home.”You can bet the state policies Pauli cites will include government sponsored technologies to track, trace, and true these flows of humanity. Trump is as crude as the wall he wants built. Meanwhile, Biden is as stealth as the cameras, drones, and biometric AI technologies he’s funding on the southern border of the United States. A report titled The Deadly Digital Border Wall was jointly created and published between Mijente, Just Futures Law, and the No Border Wall Coalition. They write, “By exposing these technologies, this report aims to empower border activists, organizers, and residents to challenge the corporate tools used for border control and immigration enforcement by U.S. government agencies, and to more effectively advocate for a surveillance-free world.”It's striking that Ukraine had the second fastest declining population in the world in 2018. Russia’s birthrates climbed after the fall of the Soviet Union but they too have declining birthrates. Coupled with high mortality rates, especially among older men, from alcoholism, depression, accidents, homicides, and suicides most of the former Soviet Union states were barely holding on to citizens well before this war.Russia was offering families money to have two or more kids. Payments were not in cash, but in a ‘mother’s trust fund’. Women could draw from the fund at a later date to pay for a mortgage, education, and a small pension. Few found that offer attractive. Since 2014 Ukraine has been offering $1,500 cash over a 3-year period for every kid a woman births. Critics warned this may only lead to more orphaned kids as parents may prefer take the money and abandon the kids. Another potential dislocation migration story waiting to happen.China’s birthrate dropped for the fifth year in a row last year despite their lifting of the ‘one child policy’ in 2015. It’s their lowest rate since 1949 and the birth of Communist China. Rising living expenses is the number one reason parents give for not having more kids. Two centuries ago, women in the U.S., China, Russia, and India all would have had five kids or more, but now they’re all clumped together around two births per woman – just below the world average of 2.44.Meanwhile low income countries are declining but average 4.34 children per woman. Many of these countries will also be the first to suffer the effects of climate change, war, and increased risks of poverty.Nationalists around the world, including the more powerful U.S., China, Russia, and India, cling to a narrative that roots their feet in the ground of a given homeland, as if ordained by their God to take root. They then build border walls that restrict, repel, or release people based on their own delusions of righteousness. This grasping of false identity, yearning for elusive security, hungering for more land, money, and resources, and fretting over dwindling birthrates of their ‘chosen ones’ only makes them tighten their grip on faith, pump their inflated egos, and deepen their roots of nationalism.Meanwhile, for a myriad of simple and complex reasons, people move. We like to draw lines to form borders and arrows on maps. Draw attention to binary origins and destinations – ‘here’ and ‘there’. But Susan Mains and her colleagues believe arrows are forms of “intellectual violence” and remind us that “Lines do not determine boundedness of the communities from which folk came; or those to which folk are moving. Instead lines acknowledge that circulation, movement and cultural transfer have been integral to human populations, their cultures and society.”Cricket, rugby, baseball, and even Jim Thorpe’s American football are all demonstrations of circulation, movement, and cultural transfer. Even the passing glance between me, a middle-aged man of mixed European ethnicity and a boy likely of mixed sub-continental Indian ethnicity is an acknowledgement of cultural transfer. Our age difference broadens the temporal lens of our own colonial origins. Soon he’ll be playing on a cricket pitch in Redmond on colonized land shaped by the people of distance territories. This is a public episode. 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Patois Lessons - Part 2

Mek Wi Reason

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2021 43:06

In the second installment of our Patois Lessons, we explore words and phrases such as “Cerfitickit' and what it means to “get bun!”. Enhance your experience for your next Jamaican vacation or take a stroll down memory lane with some funny-sounding words that will surely make you ROTFL or at least, LOL.Enjoy this episode with guest host Marcia a.k.a ("Auntie Marcia")Support the showInstagram: MekWiReasonFacebook : Mek Wi ReasonEmail: mekwireasonpodcast@gmail.com

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Episode 33: DaBaby vs DaniLeigh, Faith Evans vs Stevie J, Ashanti vs Irv Gotti

Play Episode Play 60 sec Highlight Listen Later Dec 1, 2021 45:50

In this latest pod, Mr Drew and Miss Lou get stuck into DaniLeigh and Baby's recent public marital Instagram clash. There's also time to discuss Travis Scott's recent trials, Faith Evans latest break-uo, the most important new releases…and why Ashanti wants no one to download her first album.Podcast intro music credit: 'Truckee' by Otis McDonald Insta and Twitter: @musicto_ourearsFollow Mr Drew on Twitch: twitch.tv/djmrdrewuk

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Patois Lessons - Part 1

Mek Wi Reason

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2021 44:22

Our dialect is very unique and we discuss how, when, and why we say the things we say. We explore patois words like : "Whatnot", "Sinkle Bible", "Makka" and "Obeah". Join us for a good laugh, you might learn something along the waySupport the showInstagram: MekWiReasonFacebook : Mek Wi ReasonEmail: mekwireasonpodcast@gmail.com

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Ep 236: Can we deschool our approach to holiday/family stress?

Fare of the Free Child

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2021 21:05

This week on #fofcpod, we're inquiring about the idea of an unbothered child. Is “unbothered” a status reserved for worthy adults? Or can children claim it too? We're moving through some thoughts around liberation work and education perceptions that center the decolonization of intergenerational practices, so this also means Madd Question Askin' time!Listen in as Akilah acknowledges how our family members and friends might feel about unschooling during the holidays, and some of them may not understand what unschooling and other types of Self-Directed Education look like. Because of this, they sometimes openly question some of the ideas and practices around them. How might we learn from their reactions and begin to recognize our mindful responses as actual skill sets?Here's a 2017 episode where Akilah points out a few specific ideas, and recommendations of what we can do: Episode 56: Managing Unschoolers' Holiday Anxiety.Excerpt source."Dis Long Time Gal Mi Neva See You""This is a song that tells of two people who have not seen each other for a long time. The singer invites the other party to allow him to hold her (gal/gyal) hand in a greeting as they wheel and turn and dance and jig.https://youtu.be/_Fy39wPedmYThe first video is of the legendary Jamaican icon, Mrs Louise Bennett Coverly, singing the song. She was very instrumental in breaking cultural barriers that saw the local language (patois) being frowned upon by the "most affluent" in the Jamaican society who would have preferred to have everyone speaking the adopted "Queens language" or proper English. Miss Lou (as she is fondly called, got people to accept the fact that our language is our language no matter whatever other language we may adopt. She also played a very instrumental role in the Jamaican folk songs rising to prominence."Madd Question Askin' out loud!!Do children get to be unbothered? If so, what does that look like for a child?Is unbothered a skill reserved for grownups like trust or respect?Are children not trustworthy?Minding your business is community care and self-careWhat unbothered might look like as a skill set?LIBERATION WALKJoin our Podcast Village so you don't miss any of our Feel Trip invitations!Share some thoughts by pressing that “Leave a Voice Message” button on the right side to let Akilah know what do you think of this episode or email her at she@raisingfreepeople.comSubscribe to Akilah's Youtube ChannelSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/akilah)

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Episode 32: Time to discuss Drake's Certified Lover Boy...and Have Mercy on Chloe Bailey

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2021 41:17

It's been a long time, they shouldn't have left you...but Mr Drew and Miss Lou are back up in your area to discuss Drake's long-awaited (and record breaking) new LP Certified Lover Boy (CLB)...Is it his worst yet? And what's with the album cover design? Plus there's time to talk Chloe Bailey and Normani's new image.Podcast intro music credit: 'Truckee' by Otis McDonald Insta and Twitter: @musicto_ourearsFollow Mr Drew on Twitch: twitch.tv/djmrdrewuk

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Miss Lou A Birthday Celebration

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2021 11:27

Miss Lou A Birthday Celebration If this, is you first time with us welcome and if you are returning for another episode, welcome back! September 7this Miss Lou's Birthday. Miss Lou, (7 September 1919 – 26 July 2006), was a Jamaican poet, folklorist, writer, and educator and godmother of Jamaican Patio Taught us to love fi wi language Could you imagine dancehall without patois thanks to Miss Lou we don't have to find out Story retold in this episode: Puss Dawg and Nancy Why Puss and Dawg always a fight source: Anancy and Miss Lou Join us next week as we upload new stories for your enjoyment. Be safe and well and most of all Walk Good. Follow us on our socials: Facebook: Talkin' Tales Instagram: @talkin_tales YouTube: Talkin' Tales www.talkintales.ca #storytelling #caribbean #culture #WestAfrican #fables #folktales #African #storytellingmatters #talkintales #stories #storiesforkids #family #qualitytime #MQT #storiesforadults #storiesforfamilies #stories #trickster #tales #fun #ananse #anansi #bigreveal #talkintales #fun #laugh #culture #heritage #Jamaica #caribbean #story #MISSLou

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Emancipation Day

Optical Business News Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2021 11:58

Join us a we celebrate the beginning of August. Emancipation Day - August 1st My Birthday August 3rd Jamaican Independence Day August 6th Jamaican Independence needs an episode all to it's self, join us next week. 2021 is the first year that the federal government of Canada has acknowledged Emancipation day as celebrated in the Caribbean, and us states. Story retold in this episode: Anansi and Plantain Even is a hungry time Anansi get more that him own pickney dem Source: Anancy and Miss Lou by Louise Bennett The skillful brothers Source: Jamaica Anansi Stories Join us next week as we upload new stories for your enjoyment. Be safe and well and most of all Walk Good. Follow us on our socials: Facebook: Talkin' Tales Instagram: @talkin_tales YouTube: Talkin' Tales www.talkintales.ca #storytelling #caribbean #culture #WestAfrican #fables #folktales #African #storytellingmatters #talkintales #stories #storiesforkids #family #qualitytime #MQT #storiesforadults #storiesforfamilies #stories #trickster #tales #fun #ananse #anansi #emancipation #talkintales #fun #laugh #culture #heritage

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The Elusive Miss Lou

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2021 25:29

Daniel speaks with Louise and Teiger Sceats, the mother-son duo behind The Elusive Miss Lou Eyewear. https://theelusivemisslou.com/

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Akeim Touissant Buck in conversation with Laura Colomban

DanceOutsideDance

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2021 55:24

The conversation happened in June 2021, exposes the theme of vocality and its embodiment, through cells and ancient tacit knowledge residing in each body. We started with his journey from Jamaica to UK, carrying with him the prehistoric and healing power of voice to reveal stories, places of displacement, loss of connections, political and social implications arose from a critical mind embedding a highly skilled body which dances, sings, creates, questions, provokes and produces work as an act of devotion.Interviewee: Akeim Touissant Buck has been involved in multiple cross disciplinary programmes with a wide range of artists and communities from around the world. Founder of Toussaint To Move in 2015, with the intention to create moving, thought provoking, accessible and free spirited projects. His aesthetics combines expressive skills such as: dance, creative writing, film, poetry, beat-box, singing and acting. Fused to create performances that tell stories capable of bridging the gaps between a variety of audiences.Read More: https://www.toussainttomove.comCurrent project: Sib Y Osis Fundraiser 202https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rROpi6MN3aM&feature=emb_rel_endBody Mind Centering- https://www.bodymindcentering.com/Windows of Displacement (trailer)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt91e2s32zUEmmanuel Road performed by Miss Lou- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzg4-Ajf8KcMalidoma Patrice Some- The Healing Wisdom of Africa/Of Water and SpiritTim Marshall- Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to KnowSinging/Vocal Impro Teacher: https://brionygreenhill.comLeonard, G. (2006). The silent pulse: A search for the perfect rhythm that exists in each of us (1st ed). Gibbs Smith.Key words: voice, somatics, bodymindcentering, cells, rhythm, healing, politics of institutions, connection, social engeneering, devotion, courage, creativepractice.

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Kei Miller on Louise Bennett

The Essay

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2021 13:46

The poet, folklorist and performer ‘Miss Lou' made waves on air on both sides of the Atlantic. Coming to study at Rada in London shortly after WWII, her dialect verse was picked up and celebrated on the BBC through radio programmes like Caribbean Voices. For writer Kei Miller, who lovingly recalls the magic her words worked on his mother, she is rightly seen as a hero back home in Jamaica. 75 years ago, the revolutionary Caribbean Voices strand was established on the Overseas Service by trailblazing Jamaican broadcaster Una Marson. Every week for over a decade, it gave exposure on radio to emerging writers from the region such as Sam Selvon, Derek Walcott and VS Naipaul - many for the first time. Delving into the BBC's Written Archives, five writers go in search of five important figures who contributed to the programme throughout the 1940s and 50s, each of whom changed the literary landscape in a different way. The result is part archival treasure hunt, part cultural history and part personal reflection on the people behind a landmark institution. Producer: Ciaran Bermingham

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Ancestry DNA - Big Reveal!!!

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2021 14:59

This is it the Big Reveal This month we will be having our Ancestry DNA reveal. If this, is you first time with us welcome and if you are returning for another episode, welcome back! We completed our 4-story journey to this big reveal and big surprise Our first stop took us to West Africa with her story about the Hippopotamus and the Tortoise – Nigeria 49% Our second stop took us to central African with the story of Bat and Sun – Cameroon, Congo & Western Bantu people 30% The third took us back to west African Ho wisdom came among the tribe – Benin & Togo 15% Our fourth stop kept us in West Africa with Kwaku Ananse and the glue statue. – Ivory Coast & Ghana 3% Our big surprise, 3% Scandinavian heritage , England and North European, Viking heritage Story retold in this episode: Anansy & Ratta Ratta it nuh good fi boast Source: Anancy and Miss Lou by Louise Bennett The Tea Pot – Scandinavian folktale Source: https://fairytalez.com/the-teapot/ Join us next week as we upload new stories for your enjoyment. Be safe and well and most of all Walk Good. Follow us on our socials: Facebook: Talkin' Tales Instagram: @talkin_tales YouTube: Talkin' Tales www.talkintales.ca #storytelling #caribbean #culture #WestAfrican #fables #folktales #African #storytellingmatters #talkintales #stories #storiesforkids #family #qualitytime #MQT #storiesforadults #storiesforfamilies #stories #trickster #tales #fun #ananse #anansi #bigreveal #talkintales #fun #laugh #culture #heritage

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Episode 31: Usher brings the Pain, Nick can't control his Cannon and is it white boy season?

What's Cooking With Chef Noel

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2021 50:20

Miss Lou and Mr Drew share their views on the Usher comments that left T-Pain on the verge of depression. And with Father's Day having passed recently, we ask can sons of hip-hop stars ever continue the rapping legacy of their daddies?…Plus when will Nick Cannon stop having kids? Finally, there's time for a quick debate on the question…is R&B really in better shape now than in the 90s?Podcast intro music credit: 'Truckee' by Otis McDonald Insta and Twitter: @musicto_ourears, @MistaDrew, @MissLouFollow Mr Drew on Twitch: twitch.tv/djmrdrewuk

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EP: 031 One Pot Cook up with Tania Hernandez

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2021 31:37

In this episode Chef Noel is joined by the witty and real Tania Lou to talk all things one pot. Which is the title of her brand new book. Tania Hernandez better known as Miss Tania Lou was inspired by the late Rt. Hon. Dr. Louise Bennett Coverley, Jamaica's Queen of Culture, to write her third book featuring true stories that she experienced in Jamaica and Canada, poems, including a tribute to Dr. Coverley (Miss Lou) and to the fallen heroes of covid 19, and Jamaican Fusion recipes with a Canadian flair. As a teacher, recording artist, motivational speaker, Jamaican folklorist and author in Canada, where she has lived for over 25 years, Tania's Jamaican roots are deeply rooted in many of the things that she does in Canada and abroad. Her stage moniker is Miss Tania Lou, a name lovingly given to her by her avid followers. She has a large Facebook following since she did a video tribute to Miss Lou – Happy Full Hundred Birthday Miss Lou! She has performed for Hamilton's largest festival – This is Your Festival and will be performing again this year, after the positive feedback from Ontarians. Tania performed at Miss Lou's Room in Toronto and received very favourable reviews after she recited one of Miss Lou's Poems – Nuh Likkle Twang. Tania also performed at Toronto's Heritage Singers 40th Anniversary. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatscookingwithchefnoel/message

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Episode 30: Black girls (and Aubrey) unite for a BET special

Play Episode Play 60 sec Highlight Listen Later May 28, 2021 32:48

Miss Lou and Mr Drew are back on pod duties to discuss some must-see R&B reality TV including a brand new show on BET coming soon to a screen near you. They also discover Miss Lou's hidden talent for doing white Californian girl accents.Podcast intro music credit: 'Truckee' by Otis McDonald Insta and Twitter: @musicto_ourears, @MistaDrew, @MissLouOn Sunday 30th May Mr Drew presents ‘The Strictly 90s R&B Raid Train’ - follow all the action with a great line up of DJs on Twitch: twitch.tv/djmrdrewuk

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Episode 28: Coming To America 2 - The Verdict

Play Episode Play 33 sec Highlight Listen Later Mar 9, 2021 30:47

Like so many people, Mr Drew and Miss Lou have been waiting patiently for some 30 years for the sequel to one of their favourite movies.Coming To America 2 is jam packed with famous musicians and has a brand new soundtrack to go with it. It's certainly dividing opinion, but which side of the fence do the guys fall on?After running through some of the latest music releases, Drew and Lou get stuck in to Eddie Murphy's much-discussed follow up.SPOILER ALERT: We’re covering a fair bit of detail about the movie.

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Episode 27: Jazmine Sullivan Gets Naughty and Ashanti Smashes Keyshia Cole

Reggaeology - The Reggae History Experience

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2021 43:49

Miss Lou and Mr Drew are back fighting fit as they return for the first time in in 2021 to celebrate birthday ladies Mary J Blige and Aaliyah. Plus there’s a look back at the Ashanti and Keyshia Cole Verzuz and a review of the first major R&B release of the year from Jasmine Sullivan.Podcast intro music credit: 'Truckee' by Otis McDonald Insta and Twitter: @musicto_ourears, @MistaDrew, @MissLouFollow Mr Drew on Twitch twitch.tv/djmrdrewuk

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Miss Lou - Jamaica's First Music Legend

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2021 27:14

In this installement we feature Jamaica's First Musical Legend, Louise Bennett. Long before Harry Belafonte became the poster boy of Caribbean music, and Bob had his first sip of music, the rambunctious Miss Lou was charting her course, and along the way became the primordial pioneer of Jamaican music. Stay Tuned For Season II Premiering on the 1st of Feb 2021!! 2020 Season Production Credits Recorded at: OnlyAudio Studio Portmore, St. Catherine Recorded & Mixed By: Lloyd Laing Produced by: Avaris Interactive Group Ltd. Creative Direction: Krystle Kerr Lloyd Laing Research By: Reggaeology.com Vocal Talent: The Reggaeologist Sound Design By: Avaris Interactive Studios Mastered at: Avaris Interactive Studios

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Episode 26: Christmas Special featuring R&B maestro, Jon B!

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2020 41:55

We're joined by one of R&B’s favourite sons, for the final Music To Ears podcast of 2020...Jon B!Join Mr Drew and Miss Lou as they probe the man behind legendary hits such as They Don’t Know, Everytime, Are U Still Down? And Someone To Love…He discusses (among other things): what his favourite current R&B star did to shock him when they first met...which legendary rapper he considers as the best…his fondest memory of the late DJ Steve Sutherland…what he really thinks of Christmas albums …plus news on his plans to drop his next album.So sit back, unwind and press play on this Christmas cracker!Insta and Twitter: @musicto_ourears, @MistaDrew, @MissLouPodcast intro music credit: 'Truckee' by Otis McDonald Follow Mr Drew’s DJ streams: twitch.tv/djmrdrewuk

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Episode 25: Badly behaved Brits including Dutchavelli, Headie One and Tion Wayne, plus Grammy nominations

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2020 49:54

Miss Lou and Mr Drew take time to pass judgement on a series of British rappers making the headlines for the all the wrong reasons. Rodney P, Dutchavelli, Not3s, Tion Wayne and Headie One all come under the moral microscope.Plus, the Grammy nominations are out and the R&B and rap nominations are confusing us more than ever!Twitter: @MistaDrew or @MissLouIntro music credit: 'Truckee' by Otis McDonald Follow Mr Drew’s DJ streams: twitch.tv/djmrdrewuk

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Episode 24: Cardi B attacks her fans, Jaguar Wright goes on the rampage and Tory Lanez gets cancelled

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2020 44:40

Miss Lou and Mr Drew run down the essential releases of the past few weeks before getting stuck into Cardi B’s latest social media meltdown. There’s also time to debate which of the accusations made by Jaguar Wright ring true following her scattergun attack on the music industry. Finally, Miss Lou explains obsession with cancel culture.Twitter: @MistaDrew or @MissLouIntro music credit: 'Truckee' by Otis McDonald

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Mike's Moment Of... Proverbially Speaking EP 032

Mike’s Moment Of...

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2020 78:25

Joan Andrea Hutchinson @glademmache joins me on Ep 32 of #MikesMomentOf . We explore some Jamaican proverbs amidst stories of her inspiring journey so far. @aelsean BIO Joan Andrea Hutchinson ____________________________________ Most people know her as an author and performer whose work focuses on the promotion and preservation of Jamaican language and culture, but there is so much more to this amazing woman. Joan Andrea is a communications specialist, a public speaking coach, a motivational speaker and a behavior change communication consultant who has conceptualized and executed HIV anti stigma and discrimination campaigns for the Ministry of Health. She has taught communications related courses at most universities in Jamaica and taught English as a second language while living in Tunisia, Holland and Spain, and also to foreigners in Jamaica. She participated in several conferences on Caribbean language in the UK and has a strong following among diaspora based Jamaicans. Recognizing the increased confidence adults have once they become literate, as a volunteer she taught adult literacy at Operation Restoration in Trench Town and at Mary’s Child, a home for pregnant teens and juvenile mothers, run by the Missionaries for the Poor. Joan is the self published author of three books on Jamaican culture and seven CD, to of which are dedicated to Jamaican Proverbs. Her poems and dramatic monologues are heavily used by participants int he annual JCDC speech competition, and she has been the subject of study for many students for the CSEC SBA in English Literature. A close friend of Louise Bennett, (Miss Lou), she produced Miss Lou's last CD ' Lawd Di Ridim Sweet. Joan Andrea is the recipient of the Order of Distinction from the Government of Jamaica, the Language Ambassador Award, from the City College of Birmingham in the UK, the Sir Shridath Ramphall Award for Cultural Excellence and the Caribbean Hall of Fame Award for Excellence in the Performing Arts. She is a Justice of the Peace. Links in Bio Apple Podcasts Links to Podcast, Book and Website Folkbeats & Blipspeak Single: “All Forgiven” www.michaelseanharris.com The Book: Mike’s Pocket Performance Pointers on Audible Mike’s Pocket Performance Pointers on Amazon Mike's Pocket Performance Pointers on iTunes To Support what I do: BuyMeACoffee Cash App: $aelsean2 Patreon Equipment I use to create the podcast: Shure SM 58 Microphone Zoom H6 Audio Technica AT2020 Condenser Mic Arturia AudioFuse (I use the 2 channel version)

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Alesha Dixon race storm, Megan Thee Stallion filth, and who cares about Brandy and Monica?

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2020 32:09

After 8 weeks away from the fray, Miss Lou and Mr Drew are back to muse over some of the biggest stories of the day in the urban music world. There’s the Alesha Dixon and Ashley Banjo race storm, a look back at the record Verzuz battle between Brandy and Monica and confusion over why Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion decided to bring filth to the mainstream.@MistaDrew or @MissLouIntro music credit: 'Truckee' by Otis McDonald

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Miss Lou

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2020 14:56

This episode Honours Miss Lou Day. September 7th is Miss Lou's birthday and we honour her as the "Mother of Jamaican Culture". Story #1 - Anansi & Fire

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Episode 22: We Need To Talk About Wiley

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2020 43:16

Miss Lou and Mr Drew reflect on the recent shameful Twitter posts from ‘Godfather of Grime’, Wiley, who was recently booted off the social media platform. There’s also time to celebrate the mainstream rise and rise of African music, and we debate how late hip-hop icons Tupac and Biggie would fare in a battle of their catalogues.@MistaDrew or @MissLouIntro music credit: 'Truckee' by Otis McDonald

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Jamaica YardVibes with Queen Connie: Lets chat Miss Lou,Mass Ran,Independence

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2020 87:00

Jamaica YardVibes with Queen Connie: Let's chat Miss Lou, Mass Ran, Independence, Lets talk bout Jamaican food and music,Lets talk about "old-time something " join in this Sunday at 5 pm est /4pm Jamaica click this link to listen live here http://tobtr.com/11766147 or call in to chat 661-467-2407

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Episode 21: Will Smith’s marital shambles, 50 Cent disses black women, President Kanye?

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2020 47:45

What a week! August Alsina has been lifting the lid on his dubious role in Will Smith’s marriage and Miss Lou and Mr Drew are far from impressed. Also up for discussion is 50 Cent’s recent quest to upset black women everywhere, whilst T.I. has been hunting him down for a battle. Finally, there’s also time for the couple to speak on Kanye West’s latest attention seeking move as he announces his decision to run for President of the United States.

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Episode 20: The Black British Experience #BLM

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2020 39:52

With the Black Lives Matter movement gaining major traction, the topic of racism is firmly under the microscope. Mr Drew and Miss Lou get stuck into the discussion, breaking down their own black British experience and giving their views on what’s going on in the UK and across the pond. Plus they find time for a light hearted look at certain aspects of the debate.@MistaDrew or @MissLouIntro music credit: 'Truckee' by Otis McDonald

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Episode 19: Beenie vs Bounty Killer - The Best #Verzuz ever!

Inclusively by Be Inclusive

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2020 25:56

Miss Lou and Mr Drew deconstruct the genius of the greatest verzuz battle of them all: the ‘Warlord’, Bounty Killer and the ‘Doctor’, Beenie Man. Big apologies for the delay with this one…@MistaDrew or @MissLouIntro music credit: 'Truckee' by Otis McDonald

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S2E05 - Lessons From The Pandemic: Work

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2020 66:18

Covid 19 has been a catalyst for Asia's corporate world to rethink the future of work. In this episode Petrina and Laurindo hear how co-working spaces have adapted from The Great Room's Jaelle Ang. Lu-Lyn Chang from Bray Leino Splash shares creative ways for maintaining connection with teams in isolation. Shashi Nathan from Withers KhattarWong explains how the court system has gone virtual. Carrie Tan from Daughters of Tomorrow considers the impact of working from home on domestic workers. And songwriter Miss Lou explains how shifting online could make a performer's life more sustainable. *TRANSCRIPT* Laurindo Garcia: [00:00:00] Welcome back to another episode of inclusively in the series, we'll be asking the question, how has the pandemic help change people's lives and what lessons we have learned that could make the post pandemic world more inclusive? I'm your host Laurindo Garcia. Petrina Kow: [00:00:15] And I'm Petrina Kow. Welcome. Today's theme is all about work and I think all of us have been probably in our lives. This is the area that has had the biggest shifts and biggest sort of seismic movements for most of us who have been working. And for me at least, I feel like, you know, it it kind of dawned on me with the work that I do, it's like, oh, I could have been doing this all my life. Why didn't I do this before? You know, and I'm very blessed. I'm very, very grateful that I'm still able to do a lot of work and in this time. And so for me, it's been really interesting just finding new audiences, finding new clients internationally, which is something I would never have, you know, thought to kind of pursue. But then it's like, oh, yeah, I can have a Canadian client. Yeah, I can you know, I can have claims from all over the world because I can see them, you know, in this way. So it's been really interesting for me just to to kind of broaden my idea of what work can be like, you know, at my end. Laurindo Garcia: [00:01:24] I feel I'm pretty privileged. I have been working remotely and working in remote teams for the past 16 years. So I'm feeling kind of comfortable in a setup like this. But what has been the real disruption at home is my husband has now been working at home for the first time in his broadcast media and they never thought that he and his teams would be shifting to working from home. So now we're having to work out how to navigate and share the space together at home. And so for this part, because I had to kick him out and kind of move him to the other area because this is the better sounding room. So it's been interesting for him. And he's already going into the three month period because they they started quite early. But all in all, it's been pretty good. We've been both very productive and I'm feeling kind of lucky. And I know not everybody has that same same situation. Petrina Kow: [00:02:21] I'm very excited to get right into it because I got a packed show. We have got five guests in the show today. And, you know, apart from looking at small businesses and medium to large enterprises, we're also gonna be talking to a lawyer in Singapore to think about how the legal system is continue through this lockdown in this period. I suppose like virtual courtrooms and things like that. And we'll also be speaking to a matinee executive who's led a transition from brainstorming in person to brainstorming and isolation and having to make decisions that way. So it's all gonna be very, very exciting. Laurindo Garcia: [00:03:00] Plus, we'll have an executive director of a non for profit who's been helping women from low income families gain employment. That is Carrie Tan from Daughters of Tomorrow. Carrie will be offering a perspective on how the workforce of the future in the post pandemic world could be more inclusive. And finally, we'll also be having a guest artist today, a jazz songwriter and performer, Miss Lu. Petrina Kow: [00:03:21] Yeah, but to kick us off, I'd like to introduce our very first guest. She is the CEO and co-founder of a lovely coworking space here in Singapore and in the region. And I think there is talks of expansion of a great room. Ladies, please welcome Ms. Jaelle. Hello. Hi, Jaelle. Jaelle Ang: [00:03:42] Hi. Petrina Kow: [00:03:42] So tell me, I mean, you're in in a way, as a coworking space, you've kind of been the solution, right, in a way to sort of deal with that transition between sort of traditional offices and people wanting to be a little bit more nimble and not have to deal with, like, massive overheads and catering to that kind of group of people. But but for you guys, too, you've had to kind of do the lockdown and people can't gather in those office spaces anymore. What has been the experience for you guys in this pandemic? Jaelle Ang: [00:04:12] It's been very interesting because our business has been so much about creating a beautiful physical space that people want to be in. They want to be very productive and they want to connect with people and press clients and kind of attract like minded people. And all of a sudden they can't come in anymore. They can't make that connection any questions that they need it to. So who are we and what's our value? Continuing from this point, I think what's interesting is that we learn that we actually more just a physical space. We are a community. Then how then do we justify and push the boundaries on the notion of community, help them perform at the office or continue to engage and have these dialogues with people? So it's been quite a learning journey. But I think with. Done quite a few experiments to help people either work better. So we've created Zoom backgrounds where people still want to show that they are in a very nice workspace, very productive workspace. It's gone viral. That really helped them. We've worked with people to help the members nail virtual meetings. So how to build rapport with other people. So really just trying to, you know, build that same value without having that physical. Petrina Kow: [00:05:32] And I mean, for, you know, for your clients or obviously your tenants in the space. Have they come to you with any sort of specific requests or, you know, difficulties or things that they've sort of come, you know, experience for themselves? And you as perhaps the provider had to sort of respond to that you were not expecting? Jaelle Ang: [00:05:56] The biggest thing what's interesting is that flex workspace. I mean, my position has always been about flexibility. And the big hypotheses or the big estimate is by 20, 30, 30 percent of all commercial workspaces would be inflects workspaces. And what the pandemic has done, it is become a catalyst accelerated. This moving to, what, 30 percent. So we've already known that it's a good counteract to, you know, short term business cycles, more market volatility, but it's going to propel us to work towards that even faster. And the conversations that we have, the dialogue that we have with business owners and leaders are. We don't know what's going to happen. Are we planning for three months, six months or two years? How many hits are we going to have? Are we planning for growth of downsize? Which geographies are we going to have? Are we planning for business continuity or is it decentralisation and having satellite locations? So all these questions are what they are asking. Again, we have no answers. We can't plan a different scenario. But the beauty of it is more than ever the realisation that we need flexibility and agility. It's our only contract, too, too, too. That uncertainty that we're all facing. So we have to kind of do it and work with them. And sometimes even we have to learn to be more flexible than we had expected to, because before that, we're thinking businesses will know what you know, what they need needed. Six months, maybe not three years like a traditional landlord, but 26 months. The truth is right now, sometimes, as we're planning the great return, which starts next week on the second of June, which want to get a sense of, you know, it's going to be 10 percent of our members coming back and they're going to be 30 percent. And up till today, when we ask them, some of them haven't quite decided. We think it's gonna be between 10 to 20 percent. But who knows? Because when we open in Hong Kong, everyone came back. It was very quiet, but everyone came back right after they opened. They were craving for the connection. They were craving to be, you know, even if it's a and a roomful of people who don't know they want to be not knowing together. Petrina Kow: [00:08:08] Yeah, I mean, I, I mean, it just it remains to be seen or I may June with June 2nd would feel and look like I have some physical recordings as well. I have to go into the studio which is like, oh wow, how exciting. But I guess for it, for you is as well as your your tenants. Did you find yourself having to sort of, you know, pull new skills or perhaps. And were you all thinking about where else you might have gone to perhaps be a little bit more inclusive about, you know, how we create the space for perhaps potential new clients? Maybe. Jaelle Ang: [00:08:47] I think what's been interesting is this, you know, different groups of people that we had expected them to be much later adopters, a flexible space. And you're starting to look at a could be you know, it could be the legal profession, designers, nonprofits, social enterprise or different types. And we're going on a journey to learn about your needs. And I think the Circuit Breaker has forced us to slow down. And this pause is helping us to really, you know, force us to think about not the usual suspects. A lot of our business is technology and financial services, but actually everyone needs this flexibility and how can we cater to them? So I would say it's a learning. It's a learning journey of even how to plan, you know, now recalling more broadly gathering. So it's not always meetings. Sometimes it's dialogue. It's gathering small events with different groups. And this is so much more willingness to, you know, collaborate, to partner and to to listen to the groups that you don't usually use. Petrina Kow: [00:09:49] Yeah, that's wonderful. I can't wait to hear more. Thank you very much, Jaelle, for joining us and telling us about what's been going on at The Great Room. Next up, we have with us the chief marketing officer at Bray Leino Splash. Miss Chang Lu- Lyn. And she's also the co-founder of this company. Hello, Miss Lu-Lyn. Lu-Lyn Chang: [00:10:09] Hello Petrina. Thank you for having me. Petrina Kow: [00:10:12] So I know we've been sort of chatting informally about, you know, this is your baby. This is your company that you've built from scratch with just the three of you, you know, early in the 2000s. And it's become the sort of multinational now. It's it's it's grown from just the three of you, right. To this big sort of start as a tech company. Right. You guys are the Internet business. So in a way, we think of the tech and the Internet companies as being very nimble, being very sort of like, you know, able to pivot and have been working from home. But what has the reality really been like for you guys in this time that you've had to manage such a massive operation? Lu-Lyn Chang: [00:10:55] Okay, so where a digital marketing agency in the main. Right. So what? Because of the nature of the business, I think with we've always had a habit of collaborating remotely. So, for example, we don't have a technical development team that is exclusively in Singapore. Our entire technical development team is hubbed out of Ho Chi Minh City. Right. My entire creative and animation illustrators are the writers. That team is completely hubbed in Kuala Lumpur. Realities of business, Singapore is very expensive to do business in and to hire, etc. So that's our business strategy. We have different hubs supporting our needs in different locations so that the staff are in the other offices are very used to collaborating with their colleagues on platforms such as Skype, on JIRA and Temple for project management. And I would have to say that the transition has been fairly easy and doesn't does not mean, you know, any jarring disruptions to work. And the other thing also is that for a long time now with we've had a flexible working arrangement at the office, started really when I became a mother years ago. And I wanted to have a way to be able to spend time with my children, but also contribute at work. Right. So we come to support any of our staff members who need to work from home or to opt for a part time working arrangement. And so I would say that that's really prepared as well for this transition to be able to support everybody and have them on different platforms, but still collaborating, you know, quite smoothly. Petrina Kow: [00:12:57] It sounds like you guys sail through no new issues. Lu-Lyn Chang: [00:13:03] Well, it's actually been four months now, right, since we've been working when we started really, really early. Right out to Chinese New Year. You know, we decided that it was safer for everyone to just not commute anymore and to start working from home. So regionally, across all five offices in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Ho Chi Minh City. Everybody was told to just stay put and and work from home. Right. But at the same time, also, we had to do a few things differently because it's a long time to not be in in a physical space. And, you know, working face to face. And so we had to be a little more mindful about how our people were working up mentally. Right. So so we had to make sure that we started doing more pulse surveys with them, which was something we never did before. Right. Because when you're in a physical space, through body language to mood swings, to tantrums and disagreements, you you have it all out. But remotely, then we need it to send up these poll surveys as our team. And we found that that actually, you know, despite all that experience with working remotely, that the pandemic does does make people feel a little bit more isolated. You know, a little bit more physically detached. And and and the survey that show that people wanted to have that that social interaction, that was something that they missed, that they felt little bit and anxious about. And we really wanted to make sure that in that case, we we created, you know, a structured Friday CCA kind of activity where, you know, we called it a company, a Covid Company activity, where we would bring teams together, you know, to go on virtual walks. You know, it's right now they're there in a room, one on Kahoot someplace playing Charades for prizes, you know, and then we're doing a cook-a-thon together. So these little things that you actually have to put in place and, you know, have people participate so that they can have a laugh, see each other, you know, and interact a little bit more. Right. So things that, you know, previously we never used to do because five o'clock people would just go for drinks together or they'll want to go home or go to a yoga class together. But right now, we have to be conscious and we have to actually, you know, put people and resources to planning and getting these things going. Petrina Kow: [00:15:27] I love that. It's like me last night. I'm trying to enforce a a movie night with my kids. And god that was that that ended in disaster, you know, with like, you know, first of all, just even the choice of movie was was so, so fraught. So, yeah, I completely applaud. But the massive effort that I think a, you know, that you guys have had to sort of think about and do. But is there just one last question. I was wondering if if if this whole pandemic has has made you was prompted you to do things that you've never thought you would have to do or that really sort of did it, but it kind of send you in a bit of a existential crisis about what what you are doing and you know what this whole thing is about. Lu-Lyn Chang: [00:16:15] I think one of the things that became quite apparent to us was that we we have to actually make very conscious efforts to step up our game in terms of reaching out and communicating with our stuff. Right. And and it's easy to think of it as, oh, yeah. You know, emails, Skype messages on teams, you know, but but. We've had to, you know, actually put in place weekly calls individually with our team members to virtual town halls where we have everybody on a platform kind of listening to financial results or how they're planning to, you know, save pennies and trim cause and just just to do that kind of thing. Right. So definitely being a little bit more switched on about the frequency. Reaching out to people, talking to them, checking in all of those things, I think has has bought a new momentum to the way that we work with all with without employers. Thank you so much, Lou. Petrina Kow: [00:17:24] Yeah, I think it's. It's really fascinating to hear that. I mean, and I don't. And I'm hoping your like like everybody else is like you, you know. And then really sort of looking out for their employees. And it sounds like, you know, that you're really doing above and beyond what most maybe other companies. But I'm hoping that this might inspire you if you're listening to to think about that, too, if you've not. I mean, I guess, you know, in this time, a lot of a lot of companies are working really hard to fight fires. Right. And to to just really get to the bottom line and sort of try and figure things out in a very, very real way. But for you guys to really sort of show the way and to sort of say that you're out there really looking after the well-being of your staff is is very inspiring. So thank you for that. Laurindo Garcia: [00:18:09] Thank you, Lu-Lyn. Thank you. So please stay on the line also. Jaelle, please stay on the line. We're going to come back to you later. And I do love the idea of our team. Virtual team walks in house. There is just fantastic that idea. I want to bring into the conversation now Shashi Nathan, a partner at KhattarWong. Welcome to the show. Thanks for. Thanks for joining us. Shashi Nathan: [00:18:32] Thank you, Laurindo. Thank you. Petrina, for inviting me to this podcast. Laurindo Garcia: [00:18:36] So I understand that you're a criminal lawyer. Shashi Nathan: [00:18:39] Don't hold it against me. Laurindo Garcia: [00:18:41] So can you give our audience a bit of a better understanding of what type of cases you normally handle? Shashi Nathan: [00:18:47] I do. Basically, everything to do with criminal law. So we do. I would say 70 percent of my work is white collar defence. And so we do things like insider trading, market fraud, corruption, cheating, forgery, that kind of case. Because he knows then I do blue collar work. I do. I act for clients involved in murder, drugs, rape, sexual offences. And I have a team that also does investigations. We do corporate investigations. So we had we help corporates do in-house investigations on maybe a rogue employee or financial misfeasance in the firm. So I've got my team of lawyers in my firm. They all do a little bit of that and I help out when I can. Laurindo Garcia: [00:19:38] And how big is your team just to help us get an understanding of them? Shashi Nathan: [00:19:41] I have six lawyers, my team. But we are in a much larger flow. We have hundred and thirty lawyers in the firm and the firm is part of an international law firm where we have two thousand five hundred lawyers around the world. So I really think Jaelle and Lu-Lyn talk about the challenges. It's been a huge challenge for law firms generally, not just in not just in Singapore, but across the world. My firm is I wouldn't say it's unique, but we had some unique problems to be with because we have offices in 18 cities and in a different time zones, different types of different styles of working, different areas of law that they practice. So everyone has different needs and different ways how they've had to adjust to the epidemic. My colleagues in Milan, for example, when the pandemic hit Italy, it hit it really, really hard. I mean, I have some of my colleagues who got hit by the virus themselves. So emotionally, because, you know, these people, it does it does bring everybody's mood down, not just Singapore, but, of course, the partners of mine who I have known for many years and they've been the hospital. One of them just release hospital recently. So you see how the infrastructure, different countries deals with the epidemic and you try to find solutions in different countries. Laurindo Garcia: [00:21:14] But in terms of your Singapore team, are you 100 percent working remotely now or is there some kind of exceptions to that rule? Shashi Nathan: [00:21:22] So some of the work we do considered essential services. So the government has allowed us some exemptions. So I have a skeletal team in the office from the finance team, some of the I.T. infrastructure teams, legal aid and then individual teams of lawyers going on as it when they have to do so. So we need to get individual clearance when they want to go in. We have court order. Courts have been closed for two months. Some hearings go on as far as the hearings where a person's life or liberty is involved. So things like bail applications or someone's on death row, those cases are still going on. What we've done is that we've done all these hearings with Zoom. Laurindo Garcia: [00:22:10] Oh wow. Shashi Nathan: [00:22:10] So we've had to change the way we we behave in court, you know, because you don't know which camera is looking at you. Petrina Kow: [00:22:18] I myself am so fascinated with that. How do you do a court like thing? Shashi Nathan: [00:22:23] So what happens is. Petrina Kow: [00:22:23] On Zoom. Shashi Nathan: [00:22:26] Even the Court of Appeal, which is the highest court in Singapore recently, they've got a few cases of zoom. So you have some judges sitting in the physical court. Some they're just dialing in from home. The lawyers usually in from home, the accused or the criminal is dialing in from the prison, the prosecutor calling in from his office. And all the cameras are in. So what we haven't done is an actual contested hearing say we don't do a trial because I wouldn't be comfortable cross-examing a witness behind the camera. I want to see that person live. I didn't think I'd be dead. But I don't particularly like to do it if I really do question the witness. I like that person be in front of me. I want to be able to observe his or her body language, his or her reactions to the questions and the environment. The camera does catch some of it. But you miss a lot of things when the person behind the camera, you also don't know who else is in the room with that person and whether he is he or she has access to other information that document. So we've not done trials, contested hearings, but yes, appeals, other urgent matters. We've been using Zoom. Laurindo Garcia: [00:23:39] But do you do you think that there could ever been in the pipeline that we could get to the point where the trial process is actually gone virtual as well? Shashi Nathan: [00:23:47] We've we've done it in Singapore already. There have been cases in Singapore where we tried to procure a witness who is overseas and cannot come to Singapore for one reason or the other? And if parties come to a concession that, OK, we can't get him, rather than not having the trial will allow him to give evidence by video? Not my my preferred choice. Some some other lies. I'm okay with it. But sometimes you have to you've got to get the case moving and the law allows for a video evidence to be given. And of course, you need the court, the court to agree to that as well. But it's been given some of get experts say you need a a scientist or a medical doctor who for some reason can come in. He's not giving direct evidence on the case, but his scientific expert evidence. Those kind of cases, there's no there's no issue him giving evidence by camera. No, there is no prejudice, certainly. And so I think we would have to look at each case and each witness differently. Laurindo Garcia: [00:24:53] So it sounds as though that the measures and the processes were in place. It's it's sounding almost like it was smooth sailing. I mean, did anything go and unexpected given the pandemic? Shashi Nathan: [00:25:05] No, it's I think it's been quite smooth sailing since we've all been on lockdown. The other aspect is not just court. I mean, we also as a business, we have to be in regular contact with clients. I also have to have regular calls with my team of lawyers, with my management. So I do things. I find this quite different. If I spend a lot of time on calls every day, you know, you know, I use it in the normal working day. I go to the office, I'll do it. I know some people believe it, but I do work sometimes. I still go around and have a chat with my colleagues. I go out and have a coffee. The day passes by and you know it. There's a flow to it here. I do an hour meeting and the next thing I know at the next meeting is starting at the next meeting starting. And suddenly it's like five thirty in the evening. And I have done it. I was six meetings and I think it physically and mentally more tired than when I was sitting in the office and trying to do some work. So it's different. It is different between the court because you've got a court. You've got to regulate the you're in the court room. You don't feel tired at all. But visiting the office in front of a computer does greet you. And I felt that personally for the last two months, Laurindo Garcia: [00:26:23] There are many people that we've been speaking to also saying the same thing that, you know, in theory, during things at home should theoretically feel more relaxing, but also disease back to back calls. And you need to compensate for that. Lack of physical interaction means that you're having to work harder just to stay engaged and really understand what's going on there. I'm curious, though, the one final question before we move to two to bring Carrie into the conversation, which is then if you're doing a lot of the court work or virtually, how does that affect your wardrobe that are here? Shashi Nathan: [00:26:57] I think I've talked about judges, lawyers at my table, other lawyers. I usually wear a suit, a black suit when I'm in court. And I know some of my friends. What they did was they wore a suit and a tie. But there wore their boxers below the camera. I was going to do that. But then my wife gave me a look. And I said OK. So I actually I was at home. I had a full suit on, but no socks. And I did argument, but it's it's I could ever want. Do you do that? Just to make myself you happy that I could appear in the court in my boxer shorts. But my wife, who obviously makes the rules here, didn't agree. Laurindo Garcia: [00:27:40] Like you went barefoot just to stay grounded. Shashi Nathan: [00:27:42] Yes. Laurindo Garcia: [00:27:42] It's almost theatrical. Shashi Nathan: [00:27:45] I had to break up a little bit of the rules. Petrina Kow: [00:27:49] I'm sorry. You're not the only lawyer I would have tried. Shashi Nathan: [00:27:51] Right. There were guys who, who've done it the boxer shorts who sent me their pictures after. Petrina Kow: [00:27:57] Oh, just what little what little thrills that can sort of get us through the just these small things make us happy. I was I was in a squeeze in one quick little question. I was curious to ask you about. I mean, now that you've come through this whole experience and maybe, you know, moving forward, I have you guys that have tackled it as a business and also maybe in terms of the legal system, how we can use the lessons from this pandemic to to figure out what we can do a little bit more inclusively. I mean, I, I'm loving that. I'm hearing that we can actually dial in, you know, witnesses from overseas, which maybe would not have been an option before. But what else do you think could be done? And we were we were just sort of casually discussing. But what about. Shashi Nathan: [00:28:40] What about it wasn't an option. It was always an option. It just wasn't a popular option. But now reality is sunk in and we have to use it if we like. Trials get delayed. But, you know, when when I saw this topic about inclusivty, I thought you were talking about how different industries and how inclusive we are of people. Is that off topic? Laurindo Garcia: [00:29:03] No not all all. Petrina Kow: [00:29:04] Totally on on topic. Laurindo Garcia: [00:29:06] What's your take on it. Shashi Nathan: [00:29:07] I wanted to share what I did with I spoke to Petrina about very briefly is that when I started practicing as a lawyer in Singapore 26 years ago, I didn't want to be a criminal lawyer initially. And somehow I fell into this route that I became a criminal lawyer. But one of the things that startled me was the preponderance of Indian male lawyers who are criminal laywers you know, you never hear of a female Chinese or male Chinese or female Malay lawyer, who's at the top of the game for the criminal law practice, is always some Indian male. And I didn't realize it until I entered the practice. And then, of course, over the years, it's true. I mean, I can look around and I know who are the main players in the game and they all male in Indian. And I don't think it's I don't think it's a question of of race or stereotypes. It's a it's a client perception. It's really a client perception, because what I did about 12 years ago is that I started hiring females in my team. I have I have a good mix of male and female lawyers in my team. But I've probably got more females on my team that most of the other large firms. And for them to do criminal law, it was already quite a big thing because you don't expect a Chinese girl to be doing criminal law. They would do corporate or intellectual property or something sexier. But you know, who wants to do blood and guts, right? So when I first introduce one of them has become already a partner in my firm. That shows how well she's done. But it was it was a bit of a jolt to the system because you'd rarely see a female Chinese person doing high profile criminal cases. And I felt that that was important because you need to change things. It's not a question of whether you can do it or not. Of course you can do it. The question with turning the mindset of the client. And this is difficult. The clients could be across the board. You can have Chinese, Indian, Malay, foreigners who are Singapore, anyone. If they had trouble for criminal problem. They'll say, I want an Indian lawyer. Petrina Kow: [00:31:28] Really? Shashi Nathan: [00:31:29] It's strange. But it's it's so I would I mean, I would sometimes bring in one of my young Chinese lawyers to sit in and say, look, you know, this is my fee. But, you know, she's very good. She'd be working in me. And, you know, this is her fee. Why did you consider that? This guy who has spent an hour telling me he cannot afford my fees. The woman I give him a slightly cheaper option. But, you know, she's very good. It's okay I'll pay your fees. Wow. Oh, you know, it's changing. It's it is changing because I think you're getting more visibility now. But certainly when I first started. Forget about a female Indian lawyer. She won't event get into the room for the clients. Petrina Kow: [00:32:12] Really? Shashi Nathan: [00:32:14] Yeah. Petrina Kow: [00:32:15] Wow. This is. Shashi Nathan: [00:32:16] So you have many male Chinese lawyers. No problem. Did they get a good fair share pieces? But the perception is client driven, not from the industry. The industry is trying to open up one to get more people. If I wonder the wider skillset, I want people with different experiences, different viewpoints of life to come in to the market because that's the best way you could build your teams. But clients are the biggest hurdle cases I have to. Even if I don't want to do it because I want to do something else. If you're going to keep the client, I have to get involved. Laurindo Garcia: [00:32:54] I'm so happy to hear that you're putting in extra time to do the client education work because it is so sorely needed, not only in the legal profession, but also other industries as well, where they're trying to diversify their workforce. But at the end of the day, it's the clients who are kind of making call. We want this person, not that person. So I'm so glad to hear that you're putting in those hard miles so early. Please stay with us as we move the conversation forward. I'd like to invite Carrie Tan to the show. Welcome. Thanks for joining us. And your executive director of Daughters of Tomorrow as I write. Carrie. Carrie Tan: [00:33:31] Yes. Hi, Laurindo and Petrina. Thanks for having me on the show. Yes, my day job, I am the executive director of Daughters of Tomorrow, which is a charity that enables livelihood opportunities for low income women in Singapore. But for the purposes of this discussion, I'd also like to mention that in my spare time, I volunteer with a social enterprise called Anisya that provides employer transfers for foreign domestic workers in Singapore who wish to change employers or after they finish a contract. And this particular social enterprise tries to provide this employment bridging without any cost or agent fees to the domestic worker. So why do I find that is relevant for our discussion today? Because I'm going to be speaking on behalf of the female or women's perspective in this Covid pandemic. And I think both groups of women form a very important part of our value chain when we are looking at, you know, the whole transformation of how our work life is going to look like in future. Laurindo Garcia: [00:34:39] So what have some of the things that you've been seeing? And I really welcome you to kind of talk across the different work and there are different organisations that you are involved in. Well, what are some of the things that you've observed in how employers are reacting to the pandemic with things, with the lockdown things, or how some employees are having to be deployed and how that impacts, you know, the women that you are then also having to supporters as well. I mean, what are some of your observations? Carrie Tan: [00:35:08] So during the pre Covid time, one of the biggest breakthroughs that Daughters of Tomorrow managed to create was in the area of retail and F&B sector hiring because for the longest time, these sectors practice this shift work rostering, right? And we finally, you know, diagnosed the issue as to how come local women couldn't find or sustain jobs in these sectors. And it was because of childcare constraints, like because of the limitation of formal childcare hours to 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. taking roster shift work in any industry wouldn't work for them. So actually, between 2018 to most recently Daughters of Tomorrow has successfully converted many employers in these sectors to practice what we call core and stable scheduling, which basically means giving office hours to non office jobs so that these mothers can go to work, get jobs in these sectors, and to be able to pick up their kids from childcare. But then moving into Covid times, I think even in PMET jobs and we're seeing this office hours is disappearing because as people shift to working from home, our daily lives, our caregiving responsibilities and our workplace responsibilities are all merging. And I've been hearing from many women how they are under the double burden of having to take care of both fronts with the heavy expectation that whether it's from their bosses or from your co-workers of a faster response time, because you’re from home you don't need to travel and you could be online all the time. And I think this is creating quite a unsustainable work practice that really we need to look into. So that's one particular area that I know, creating some time boundaries for the new normal of work. Right. Then the other thing is also, of course, for the low wage women that we work with. Gone. Gone are the opportunities in retail and F&B for, I don't know, the foreseeable few months. So we've already started pivoting our employment bridging efforts to channel them to the caregiving sectors like the eldercare, the nursing homes are still operating, our old people still need looking after. So there is still continuing to be positions that are open for them. And we are increasingly starting to work with tech companies to ask them if they have openings for our women. We have seen some successes of having women take on Home-Based administrative jobs as well as jobs in the AI sectors. So we’re very encouraged. And I think with continued efforts to reach out to this group of employers, we are looking at bringing new channels of industries for job opportunities for the women. Laurindo Garcia: [00:37:58] That's great. I mean, so a lot of the changes that employers have been making during this time, particularly around being more cognisant of of flexibility, if you're a caregiver or working parent as well, have been addressed with some more flexibility now. And, um, and I know that this is something that you've been advocating for for a long time. And I'm just curious now that you're seeing at least a glimmer of hope with some of these changes being made. I mean, what's what's what's your take on that on on what's taken the employers so long? Carrie Tan: [00:38:33] Well, I think it's just very human and people are afraid of change. And I think you guys mentioned the culture of Asian culture. It's so hard. Just not having visibility, I think, create some anxiety in employers and bosses as well is going to require some adjustment. I think both on employer’s side, and employee’s side. I wanted to kind of bring in a point that Jaelle made earlier about creating beautiful workplaces. Right. And this is the point where I want to connect to our domestic workers, because in the new normal, our homes are going to be all workplaces and the army of people out there keeping it, keeping our homes beautiful, clean, organised and conducive for everyone to stay together, cooped up and productive and healthy is going to be our domestic workers and our homes are their workplaces. And increasingly in the circuit breaker, we’re seeing that domestic workers are suffering a lot of stress because you know that they can go out even on their off days. And with all the employees being at home, you know, adults, children, they have to cook three meals a day. Sometimes they're running out of recipes. There's no clear communication of when they can rest. And even in the rest times, do they have the freedom to move around the house? And these are all, I think, some things we need to think about, because I think without the domestic workers helping us at home as women, I think we will have a lot on our hands. Right. Being parents and cleaning and caregiving and working. So I think this value chain is something that we need to look into and employers can take the lead. I think whether it's in the office workplace or the workplace at home, employers can take the lead to carve out time boundaries right. Of personal time versus work time? Personal space and workspace. So there can be a more sustainable environment for the people who work for us and hopefully for the people that we work with as well. Laurindo Garcia: [00:40:39] I'm glad that you raise the issue of domestic workers. I think that that's definitely a blind spot in the national conversation about the situation for migrant workers in the country and across the region as well. One final point before hand it back to you, Petrina. In every episode, we ask our inclusion experts to imagine that they were bestowed with a world changing magical power after a pandemic. So so, Carrie, my question to you is that if you are given this power, what are your top three things that you would do to make the employment sector more inclusive? Carrie Tan: [00:41:13] Wow. I wouldn't call myself an inclusion expert. And the things I wish for are not something that only employers can do, I think is something that maybe we as a society can try to imagine, reimagine and create for the future. Number one is I hope that we have more sustainable care structures in place. One example could be that we could have a contingent workforce of domestic workers and caregivers so that when we have to let our own domestic workers go on break, on leave or rest, there is another pool of shared resources that we can tap into. And if we don't have to step in ourselves, not that we don't want to, but it can be very draining. Number two, I think creating a new framework for what is good work life balance while working from home, I think, would be tremendously important. In fact, I don't think that by having proper balance of personal time versus work time is necessarily detrimental to productivity. In fact, you know, studies have shown that if you are able to toggle amongst different kind of activities that tap different parts of your brain, you can actually increase creativity in people. Right. And problem solving abilities. So I think there's an opportunity there for people to really think and reimagine how the new work would look like. And thirdly, in the grand scheme of things, probably a very tangible ask is for companies who can afford it to consider subsidising the telco subscriptions costs of their low wage employees. Many of our women live in rental flats. It doesn't come with, you know fibre broadband. They're living off prepaid phone cards. Right. And it takes a toll. You know these costs take a toll. And if you are providing a job to them in which they can work from home, I think to be considerate of this significant additional cost to their daily expenses and helping them with it would really go a long way to include them in the workplace. Petrina Kow: [00:43:19] Thank you so much, Carrie, for these these wonderful ideas and I think very actionable. It feels like it. It can be done. Let's hope. Let's hope this conversation reaches the right ears. I'm just I'm so glad you mentioned the domestic helpers, because I don't have one at the moment. And every day I look at the layer of dust all over everything, and I weigh it against what else I have to do. And I just go let the layer of dust be there, because I guess I just can't be asked anymore, can I? Do I want to scrub of that mildew? Maybe not today. What if it just gathers another centimetre? And you know, we'll deal with it then. Is usually my thought process. So if you can have a solution to this interim group of contingent cleaning workers that I can employ, I'll be very happy to contribute to that pile. My husband came up with a genius idea of there of these dish washing services where you can collect all your dishes for the day, you know, put it in a bag and then tomorrow I'd like laundry. It comes back, washed and ready to go. So another business idea for you to. Carrie Tan: [00:44:44] Let’s discuss it. It's a great job for the neighbourhood, right? Petrina Kow: [00:44:51] Yeah, I invested in the machines. I've been using that since. But thank you so much to all our guests. Our last guest is also perhaps the most glamorous one. She is known as the glamour vintage songbird, Miss Lou. And I've really enjoyed watching you not only live in person when you're performing in all your life venues, but of late you've been coming online to show us what we can do with some of this music and entertainment, because obviously with as artists and as as musicians, you have no venues to sing in and form in anymore. So welcome faith in the listeners. Lou, could you tell us a little bit about what you've done to sort of react to this pandemic? Miss Lou: [00:45:39] Yeah, so. Hi, Patrina. Laurindo. Thank you for having me on this podcast. Yeah. So one of the first few things to go was the life venues and bars. Those were the moment that hit. I think my husband and I, we quickly had a discussion and we said I think I told him, I think it's going to get worse and it's gonna go down quite quickly. And then the wedding started getting postponed or canceled. And we really had to huddle together as a team because I called on this company called Loud and clear as well. So loud and clear is founded by my husband and myself. And right now, he's a three person team. We have a technical personnel with us. And together we manage all of our live music. We also organise events and we also manage all of the performance contracts and things like that for my husband and myself, course, both of us, our full time professional musicians. So when the gig started getting canceled, we we had to think of other solutions. And thankfully, we were already on track to move a lot of our performances and our activities online. For example, from the start on November last year, I had already decided, OK, I want to kind of pivot to more. Off. I want to do more of my own original material rather than, you know, relying on corporate events and the weddings, which have been a really, really good. Had has been sustaining my entire practice. So I had made a conscious decision last November. Thing we need to kind of do more things online and that kind of set the tone for what quickly happened in January and February. Yeah, and I think at the beginning of the year, things were still pretty good with the with the events side of things. So call it divine intervention or something. But we we thankfully had a lot of stores and our reserves to be able to type through these next few months as we tried to move things online. So because the events started dwindling, we already had our our equipment ready with us because his my husband's other company provided these equipment for us to use for our live performances. And because we had this in place, we could be thought of. OK, so now that this is not being used. How else can we convert it and continue our life performances to bring our music to audiences? So we quickly went to YouTube and looked up how to Lifestream. And we quickly went to places like Sim Lim Square before the Circuit Breaker kicked in to get all the equipment that we needed. And we looked at what we already had. OK. We had this camera. How do we connect this to our computer? How do we go? From our studio. So this current studio that I'm recording this in right now, this used to be just a rehearsal room and recording studio. But now it's our live streaming studio. We've kind of converted it same. Same, but different. Now we've built in the the visual aspect into our daily workflow. Yeah. So we had to quickly find a resources online and many people were actually really quite happy to help. And we realised that. Okay. Now that we can livestream, this also opens up a whole new world because we can actually using a zoom call. We can approach people, guests from overseas, bring them on the show, and you suddenly don't have those cost issues off. What if I have to fly a guest in from the US, for example, where we're going to put them up? All those things disappear and suddenly with in light, there is the dark side of things, but there's also the really positive side if you choose to look at it, and that's how we choose to look at things, how can we get this going? How can we continue to bring music to people and also for our own sanity? We need it to continue being creatively productive. And. Thankfully, we started our own YouTube Lifestream show series. So I have one and he has one. And we recently did a 12 hour livestream where we invited guests dialing in from L.A., from Thailand. We hit Miss Greece will come on the show to talk about how to how we can prepare for things. Yeah, sorry. Was it really makes me feel like other than just being a musician right now. We have already explored tap into our other creative outlets like how do we program ashore? How do we get our favourite guests, our favourite people, onto the show without any geographical constraints? And yeah, now, if you'd like, the world is our oyster. So really, there's a silver lining to this entire situation. And I think if you're willing to put in the work. Yeah, you'll be able to. Petrina Kow: [00:50:27] It's wonderful. Yeah. And and I was very taken with what you're putting out online, too, because I think for the other performers, they were either waiting out the situation or they had quit the they felt a lot of resistance to the technical aspects of of being a performer. Right. And maybe because you and your husband are a great sort of complementary team. I know he's a saxophonist right. And and also, you think you're one of the few that are doing a subscription service to your performances and a pay per watch or something like that. So you're you're thinking about monetising your performances. And I'm I'm just curious as to what how that sort of came about and, you know, what was the response like and is it sustainable? Do you feel like, you know, this is this is kind of the way to go now? Miss Lou: [00:51:17] So there are actually a lot of people, a lot of touring musicians who are who have really sustainable careers, even if you've even if most of us have never heard of them. And I think one of the turning points in how I view my career was I forgot who whose material it was, but I chanced upon someone's writing on how being a sustainable musician is more important than being a successful musician, because our view of what a successful musician or artist this is usually like the pop stars. Those were at the top of their game. But there's so many other people in that in the layers underneath that who are who have very fulfilling lives. They tour the record. They put out the music. They have audiences who love them. And that was the kind of career I wanted for myself. So. From there, I actually discovered a Web site called Patreon. So that's where I first got the idea of the subscription thing. And what that does is basically people who like your creative output, who like your work, they get to support you directly by giving you either a monthly contribution or a per project contribution, depending on what your what you expect output frequency to be like. So I thought, okay, if Patreon can provide that service and I already have a Web site that has this service, I don't need to go on Patreon. If people already are familiar with this concept of Patreon, then I can start my own on my own Web site. And I offer exclusive POCs to them. And then the same time, I get to build long term relationships with my friends. In that sense, I get to hear from them directly. I'm actually holding a Zoom call for the first time with my inner circle subscribers tomorrow afternoon to actually see who these people are because they've been supporting me. They've been commenting. They've been requesting for songs. And all I've seen are their comments, but not their faces and their names. Yeah. So I think that it pulls me closer to them and I get to directly offer them what they want. Petrina Kow: [00:53:24] That's a wonderful. I mean, to be. Yeah. It's always, you know, I think as a musician on stage, you're you're I mean, you're there with your audience, but you don't really know. I mean, most people are kind of shy to kind of come up to you and say, hey, you know, I really enjoyed that, blah, blah, blah. But this really gives you that intimacy and that direct link with the people who are literally. Right. Supporting you. So I think that is just so genius in such a quick and nimble, you know, move on your part to sort of take this and turn this into something that is really fulfilling and interesting for you. And I think I'm very much looking forward to this myself. You're having a Broadway night. Excuse me. Miss Lou: [00:54:05] Yes, yes. Yes. So. Petrina Kow: [00:54:07] That's happening Sunday, right? Miss Lou: [00:54:09] That's right. Sunday night at 8:00 p.m. So we're excited about it. Petrina Kow: [00:54:13] Wonderful. Right. I'm not sure we'll be a good episode before that, but we will definitely try and spread the word. But thank you so much, Miss Lou Miss Lou: [00:54:24] Thank you. Petrina Kow: [00:54:24] For sharing with us your journey. Yeah, I am. Before we get to hear your beautiful, lovely voice, and I don't know if you guys heard this woman saying, but she is amazing. She also has such a beautiful look and presence. Right. She has this really lovely of cat eye glasses and she's always so, so glamorous, like sort of harking back to the abroad days of the 60s. This is my favourite era. So it's really been so wonderful to watch you onstage and watch your growth as well as an artist. But before you get to your lovely song, I think we want to go back round again to our guests to ask them what is the one thing that they would like to sort of let our listeners know? What's the one thing that you'd like to share. So perhaps we'll we'll we'll start with you again. Jaelle. Jaelle Ang: [00:55:14] Since we're talking about work. I think post-pandemic what I like to see the workplace become its first seems to be much more respectful and more conscious of our wellness. I think that would be one thing I'd like to see. And and second thing would be how workspaces really need to be the modern Agora of learning more than just a functional workspace. It needs to be a place of natural growth, of learning from your experts were out in the field every day that learning should be continual and must energize and rejuvenate our journey. I think the last thing it's you know, when we get the chance to meet with everyone in person, I really hope that it's not going through the motion much more deeply engagement and much more appreciative of each moment that we have each other. And I think workplaces can achieve these three things. I'll be really happy about that. Petrina Kow: [00:56:12] Thank you so much. Jaelle and it's Jaelle the founder, co-founder and CEO of The Great Room. Next, I'd like to call upon Miss Chang Lu-Lyn from Bayer. What was it? The long company name again. I know your company as Splash. Lu-Lyn Chang: [00:56:30] Yeah. Splash is fine. Petrina Kow: [00:56:31] Yeah. What is the one thing? Lu-Lyn Chang: [00:56:33] I think contrary to what you hear about, you know, the pandemic not being discriminatory, I think it does discriminate, discriminates against all those people who are less privileged than us, you know, less able bodied than us, less well-off than us. And so what? What I would really like to see is if there are any employers out there, you know, whether you're running a small business or, you know, a big corporation to really look at stepping up the. Flexible, working from home and the part time work. Hiring policies that you have. Because this will really and able people who, you know, are caregivers, mothers with children and and disabled people to be able to use their talents and be able to contribute and work at the same time in a known living. And it's really not so difficult as the pandemic has shown us. So when business goes back to usual, that's that's one thing I think, you know, that I would like to see. Laurindo Garcia: [00:57:44] Thank you, Lu-Lyn for reiterating the point about flexible workplaces and providing that is an option for for you, for your teams. Thank you so much for that. I'd like to move now to Shashi Nathan. What's one thing that you want to do? You would like our audience to to know after this conversation? Shashi Nathan: [00:58:02] One thing that I think resonated very strongly with me during the last few months is the fact that I think many of us take a lot of things for granted. Our friends, the social groups, we keep, our colleagues, the people we deal with on a day-to-day basis. The last two and a half months, I think it's something for me. How much you missed, how much you need that day to day interaction, that exchange of ideas. It would disappear. Laughing around. All those things are important. Take on Lu-Lyn's point. Not everyone has the benefit of doing that during this period. There are people who don't have that. Friends who send you delicious food regularly or things like that. Those things. Not just for this time of the year. What we're going through, those things are meaningful. They they remind you how lucky you are that you've got good people, good friends around you. So the only thing I want to say is that when we go back, let's not forget that in those days, only in times like this, that we remember who our friends are, the relationships we have. And because if you keep that in mind and don't take it for granted, when things go back to normal, you'll appreciate those friendships. Those collaborations. Those what relationships. And you will not maybe take it for granted that we all probably have done so in the past. Laurindo Garcia: [00:59:42] Thank you, Shashi. I mean, remembering not to take our people in our lives for granted is I think is a very good reminder is especially in times like this, and we don't want this to this period. Just to be the end of that as well. Right. So thank you. Thank you so much. How are you? Carrie, what is what is one thing that you would like our audience to to know? Carrie Tan: [01:00:04] I think this pandemic really throws out this situation where I think more and more people in society are going to be struggling because we don't know what the economy is going to look like, and when it is going to recover. In the past and so far we we've had this, you know, unconscious narrative, of , who are the “deserving” people in in society. Whether they're deserving of help, or are they deserving of assistance and deserving of subsidies. And I hope that in the post pandemic world, will people have or develop more empathy for, you know, the common experience of struggle. And I hope that the word deserving can be removed from our national vocabulary, because you know, everyone could fall into hard times and need help at some point. I think if we can extend our graciousness and generosity and kindness amongst those of us who can afford it and are blessed enough to be able to afford it, we could do that. And the other thing is also to look out for our neighbours instead of looking out as in like to report them. Maybe we can look out for them and see whether we can help them. So I think this is an opportunity for people to come together and we need to be very mindful of falling into a very easy and tempting ways to become blaming, which is really a crisis response, a natural human crisis response but we can catch ourselves. And instead of blaming let’s be kinder to one another. Petrina Kow: [01:01:35] There was so clear. Thank you very much, Carrie Tan from Daughters of Tomorrow and all our other guests. Jaelle from The Great Room. Miss Chang Lu-Lyn, Shashi Nathan and of course, Miss Lou. For more information on our guests and their work, make sure to check out the Inclusively website for details. And remember to like this podcast and submit a review. Your feedback will help us improve. And it's very, very welcome. Don't get us to like us on Apple Podcasts or follow us on Spotify or YouTube for notifications when we have got new episodes out. Laurindo Garcia: [01:02:05] Miss Lu will be sending us off today with a song. Can you give us a bit of a insight on what you'll be performing and what's the what was your inspiration for choosing the song? Miss Lou: [01:02:15] So this song is called Fresh Air, which I think everybody sorely needs right now as we're approaching the end of the circuit breaker period. And the funny thing is that I actually wrote this at the beginning of the circuit breaker and I had a vision. I thought to myself, while we're gonna be stuck in indorse for one month. At that point, it was supposed to be a month. And I thought, well, this is something that we're all going to be craving and looking forward to. So I thought I had already written half of this song, but I completed it with this in mind. And the chorus, which you hear later says Loving you is like fresh air. And I didn't write. Being loved by you is fresh air. And it kind of reminds ourselves that ourselves that we can be that fresh air for other people. We can be the change you want to see in the world. Right. We can be the people to bring light to other people. So this is the kind of the love and the relationship and the neighborliness that we want to. Yeah. We want to bring across with this song. Laurindo Garcia: [01:03:10] Thank you so much for that Miss Lou. I think we're all looking forward to a little bit more fresh air and a little bit more love. So that's all for our show today. Miss Lou will be taking us out. But until next time. I'm Laurindo Garcia. Petrina Kow: [01:03:25] And I'm Petrina Kow. Thanks for listening.

Episode 18: Remembering Ty, Andre Harrell and Little Richard; the Jill Scott and Erykah appreciation society; Hanks vs Tekashi 69

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2020 44:39

After a month away, Miss Lou and Mr Drew are back to talk their sh***…and there’s a lot to get into.There are tributes for fallen soldiers Ty, Little Richard and Andre Harrell and there's a look back at the wonderful #Verzuz experience that was Jill Scott vs Erykah Badu. Finally there’s time to discuss why Tom Hanks family has got beef with the Instagram record breaker that is Tekashi 69.Remember...Stay alert!…Whatever that means.And while you're at it, get involved in Mr Drew’s Facebook Live Quarantine sessions - Search for ‘DJMrDrewUK’ from 2pm on Sundays.@MistaDrew or @MissLouIntro music credit: 'Truckee' by Otis McDonald

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Episode 17: Exclusive DVSN interview!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2020 50:59

There’s only one place to start this week - the Saturday night IG Live clash that never was between Babyface and Teddy Riley!It’s a night that will go down in ‘black Twitter’ history…and Mr Drew and Miss Lou deliver their emphatic verdict ahead of the rematch.Also this week (25mins in), there’s a Music To Our Ears exclusive - our first celebrity guests! OVO singer-producer duo, DVSN have their say on who the current king of R&B is - Miss Lou isn’t happy with the answer. And as DVSN’s boss Drake celebrates his latest chart-topping hit, the guys choose their favourite black music dance crazes.@MistaDrew or @MissLouIntro music credit: 'Truckee' by Otis McDonald

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Episode 15: Celebrating Women In Music

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2020 46:00

As panic over coronavirus spreads, the dream team is reunited to treat listeners with a strong dose of left-field urban music commentary… Mr Drew and Miss Lou are back in business for another week - this time celebrating International Women’s Day by looking back at the most influential queens of the music scene.We’re talking empowering anthems, tributes to women and more. Meanwhile, the wife confesses she found it too painful to listen back to the last pod, recorded in Rio…

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Episode 14: Urban music chat live from Rio Carnival 2020

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2020 37:45

Mr Drew is joined by special guest Jason (standing in for Miss Lou), live from Leme beach in Rio De Janeiro!Whilst soaking up the sun, sights and sipping on caipirinhas, they reflect on the their favourite experiences from the world’s greatest carnival. There’s also time to discuss their favourite ever double albums and their kids’ musical tastes.

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Episode 13: Kano gig review, Wiley beef continues, and Badu sniffs an opportunity

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2020 46:34

Episode 13: Mr Drew is grateful for his music-related Valentine’s Day gift from Miss Lou as the guys look back on some of the most interesting lovers' day activity from the celeb world. Meanwhile, we discuss how Stormzy has reignited his beef with Wiley, plus we ask whether something smells iffy about Erykah Badu’s latest business venture...@musicto_ourearsWe’re now live on Instagram too!

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Episode 9: Stormzy vs Wiley Grime Time Beef

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2020 71:58

No messing about this week…we get stuck straight in to the glorious grime beef between Stormzy and Wiley - breaking down what happened, why...and who won. Plus, we debate the Brit nominees and discuss why Justin Bieber is so hated.Drew and Lou are joined by Maya Jama/Drake obsessive, Cara (cara_rae23 on Instagram). Don’t forget to rate and subscribe to the pod, plus join the debate and offer any feedback on the show: @Musicto_ourears@MistaDrew or @MissLou Intro music credit: 'Truckee' by Otis McDonald

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Episode 8: End of a Musical Decade

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2020 49:41

Happy New Year!! We know it’s late, but here it is at last…the final MTOE podcast of 2019 - recorded live on Boxing Day after more than a few glasses of prossecco! Guests, Katrina, Carol and Jason join Miss Lou and Mr Drew for their end decade special, featuring a highly competitive quiz. Get in touch with your feedback, questions and topic ideas: @Musicto_ourears @MistaDrew or @MissLou81 Intro music credit: 'Truckee' by Otis McDonald

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Episode 4: Drew and Lou become a politically correct couple

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2019 71:44

As the Stormzy effect comes to light ahead of the next general election, Miss Lou and Mr Drew discuss musicians in politics and rate their top 3 politically charged tunes.They also muse over the groups they’d like to see make a comeback, plus there’s news of an intriguing new business venture for Snoop Dogg.We'd love to hear from you with your feedback, questions and topic ideas: @Musicto_ourears @MistaDrew or @MissLou81 Intro music credit: 'Truckee' by Otis McDonald

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Episode 2: The end of Summer...and T.I.'s questionable parenting techniques

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2019 58:57

Miss Lou has an interesting take on that T.I. interview, which has upset so many people.And as John Legend is crowned People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive (2019), Lou and Drew review each other's couple ‘passes'.The guys also talk over Summer Walker’s recent behaviour, that’s led to many wondering whether her career may be over before it's started. We'd love to hear from you with your feedback and questions: @MistaDrew or @MissLou81Intro music credit: 'Truckee' by Otis McDonald

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Episode 1: Where the hoes at?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2019 68:37

Join Mr Drew and Miss Lou every Tuesday for a light-hearted, left-field look at the big talking points in the world of urban music – from the UK to the USA...and beyond. This week, we kick off by asking if there are too many hoes in R&B, plus we examine the case for Kano being the most underrated urban act to come out of the UK scene. There’s also a dedication to the brilliance of Diddy and we discuss Jacquees’ claims to be the 'King of R&B’. Get in touch with any suggestions for future topics and to offer any feedback on the show: @MistaDrew or @MissLou

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Clarendon Connection present Ms Louise Bennett with Pastor Rohan Cameron

Sex Gets Real with Dawn Serra

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2018 58:00

Clarendon Connection with Pastor Rohan Cameron. Visiting the past, Living in the present, Heading for the future spiritually. The parish of Clarendon is located in the center of Jamaica with Bull Head Mountain as the focal point. Call in to chat 661-467-2407 Louise Bennett was born on September 7, 1919. She was a Jamaican poet and activist. From Kingston, Jamaica Louise Bennett remains a household name in Jamaica, a “Living Legend” and a cultural icon. She received her education from Ebenezer and Calabar Elementary Schools, St. Simon's College, Excelsior College, Friends College (Highgate). Although she lived in Toronto, Canada for the last decade she still receives the homage of the expatriate West Indian community in the north as well as a large Canadian following. She was described as Jamaica's leading comedienne, as the “only poet who has really hit the truth about her society through its own language”, and as an important contributor to her country of “valid social documents reflecting the way Jamaicans think and feel and live” Through her poems in Jamaican patois, she raised the dialect of the Jamaican folk to an art level which is acceptable to and appreciated by all in Jamaica.

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Sex Gets Real 191: Face sitting, cheating, & hating your body

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2017 48:24

My porn workshop, Hands Down: A Workshop on How Porn Can Heal, Connect, and Be Ethical, is now streaming. Check out the details at dawnserra.com/porn. Let's talk about the porn! Here's that funny article I was giggling over called, "20 Things Guys Have Actually Said to Me In Bed." Now, on to your questions. Brittany wrote in seeking sexy kink events near her. The best place to go for kink events is Fetlife.com. You'll want to keep an eye out for munches and conferences. Because Brittany is in Massachusetts, she might also want to check out The Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health in Rhode Island for workshops. Plus, Joellen Notte lists Oh My! Sensuality Shop and Good Vibrations in Massachusetts on her superhero sex shop map. Basically, any feminist sex shop will have classes and workshops that could be a fun way to meet folks. A listener wrote back with an update. They found a friend to watch them have sex and it's turned into a fun threesome situation. Yay! Jen wrote in because apparently there was a shit-show on another sex podcast where the guest did some major body shaming and had some sexist ideas about getting desire back. I love knowing people can turn to Sex Gets Real and Explore More Summit for more inclusive conversations. Ha. As sex educators and therapists, we have a responsibility to examine our advice and our stories to ensure we aren't hurting people further. Fatphobia is one of those things we must confront and rewrite as experts. Nugget wrote in with some words of love. Nandi is fat and confused and needs help with her changing body. She's getting bariatric surgery and wonders if there's a way to find ease in her body without surgery. I have so many thoughts, including the importance of checking out all the talks at exploremoresummit.com because they're all about this VERY topic. You never have to love your body. You are allowed to do whatever you need to do to survive. If you want to start diving into resources about fat stigma, self acceptance, fatphobia, and fighting diet culture, the resource page I created (which is growing) is a great place to start. Your body is NOT the problem. The problem is our culture, our fatphobic doctors, our media consumption. I highly recommend Hanne Blank's, "Big, Big Love", Elle Chase's, "Curvy Girl Sex", "The Intuitive Eating Workbook, "The Fat Studies Reader", and all the other books on the resource page mentioned above. We have to prioritize our needs. We have to prioritize our body. We will always disappoint someone and people will always feel like they have a right to comment on our body or threaten us with "health" concerns. Finding people who can help support us as we exist in our body, as it is, is crucial. Mastadon is a horny hubby. He and his wife opened their relationship temporarily a few years ago, and even though she doesn't want to do that again, he can't stop thinking about it. He wants adventure and new lovers and he feels like she just isn't adventurous or open to that sort of thing. He doesn't want to be a cheating piece of shit (his words), but he really wants to have new sexual experiences. So often these questions are about avoiding discomfort and awkwardness. But that's just not possible. You have to evaluate what you most value, what you're most curious about, and then make some tough decisions. You are either committed to your relationship, which means uncomfortable conversations and finding ways to feel expressive and creative inside of it. Or, if your pleasure is more important, then transitioning out of the marriage might be the discomfort you need to move into. Our partners may be open to changing things, but we cannot force them or manipulate them into it. Getting a sex coach or a sex therapist can be a good place to start, just to help the conversations to be more open and vulnerable. Honesty and integrity are not about comfort. They take practice and moving into uncomfortable spaces. But the payoff can be tremendous when we do that. Miss Lou is a BBW who has been asked to sit on a partner's face. What should they do? How should they do? How do you get on someone's face without it be awkward? Let's talk about fat face sitting! Sometimes we just have to climb on and wiggle around, try pillows in a variety of positions, and find what works in the moment. Awkward can be fun when you're both excited and open about the fact that it's awkward. It's sex! So, get on, bounce around, and see what works. Then, do more of that. Hoodie sex? Nick wants to know if it's weird that he wants to have sex with his girlfriend while she wears his hoodies. Is that weird? Nope. Because if it's consensual and you're both having fun, then who cares? Sex itself is weird. Enjoy it! Follow Sex Gets Real on Twitter and Facebook. It's true. Oh! And Dawn is on Instagram. About Dawn Serra I am the creator and host of the laughter-filled, no-holds-barred weekly podcast, Sex Gets Real. I lecture at colleges and universities on sex and relationships, too. When I’m not speaking and teaching, I also work one-on-one with clients who need to get unstuck around their pleasure and desire. But it’s not all work! In my downtime, I can often be found watching an episode of Masterchef Australia, cooking up something delicious, or adventuring with my sexy AF husband. Listen and subscribe to Sex Gets Real Listen and subscribe on iTunes Check us out on Stitcher Don't forget about I Heart Radio's Spreaker Pop over to Google Play Use the player at the top of this page. Now available on Spotify. Search for "sex gets real". Find the Sex Gets Real channel on IHeartRadio. Hearing from you is the best Contact form: Click here (and it's anonymous)

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Ep. 49: AERO Conference, Miss Lou Style

Fare of the Free Child

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2017 18:08

Speaking on resistance, patois, and Self-Directed Education at AERO Conference. Here's a bit of a recap from my first Alternative Education conference. Speakers like Dennis Littky, Peter Gray, Johnathon Kozol, and thought-leaders like Aaron Eden and German Doin really encouraged me to keep doing this work.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/akilah)

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Playlist Great Jamaican Folk Songs Keeping our history alive through music

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2016 155:00

Jamaican singer and folklorist Louise Bennett sings Jamaican folk songs, work songs, dancing songs and banana-boat-loading songs. Amongst these songs are parables, cautionary tales and opportunities for poking fun, all for having fun.

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Jamaican Cari-Folk Singers Celebrate keeping the Jamaica History alive in songs

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2016 131:00

Cari-Folk Singers Celebrate 40 The show's artistic director is Winston 'Bello' Bell, while the National Dance Theatre Company's (NDTC) Kevin Moore is the movement director. Nadia Roxburgh is the lighting designer and Karen Bellamy the costume designer. Included in the group's band are master drummers Calvin Mitchell and Philip Supersad.The contribution of these well-known names to the celebration might almost guarantee it would be good. After watching rehearsals the other night, I was convinced it will be excellent.

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Jamaica National Treasure We celebrate Louise Bennett-Coverley our Miss Lou

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2016 122:00

Louise Simone Bennett-Coverley or Miss Lou, OM, OJ, MBE (7 September 1919 – 26 July 2006), was a Jamaican poet, folklorist, writer, and educator. Writing and performing her poems in Jamaican Patois or Creole, she worked to preserve the practice of presenting poetry, folk songs and stories in patois ("nation language").Louise Bennett was born on September 7, 1919 on North Street in Kingston, Jamaica. She was the only child of Augustus Cornelius Bennett, the owner of a bakery in Spanish Town, and Kerene Robinson, a dressmaker. After the death of her father in 1926, Bennett was raised primarily by her mother. She attended elementary school at Ebenezer and Calabar, continuing to St. Simon's College and Excelsior College, in Kingston. In 1943 she enrolled at Friends College in Highgate, St Mary where she studied Jamaican folklore. That same year her poetry was first published in the Sunday Gleaner. In 1945 Bennett became the first black student to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art after being awarded a scholarship from the British Council. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Bennett worked with repertory companies in Coventry, Huddersfield and Amersham, as well as in intimate revues across England.[6] During her time in the country she hosted two radio programs for the BBC - Caribbean Carnival (1945-1946) and West Indian Night (1950).

Memories growing up in Jamaica -Maurice Harrison Jr.

Mississippi Moments Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2016 121:00

JAMAICA - NO WEH NO BETTER THAN YARD!!!! How many remember Pot Belly Wood stoves, Cooking on Fire outside and teh smell of Coal being burnt.. Where did the coal come from and how was it made. In different parts of Jamaica, coal was made differently.. No matter how you put it, wood stove cooking taste better than any other. Let us talk about that tonight and have some fun with it.. Share your memories while discussing Coal Burning in Jamaica for cooking. Duppy and Ghosts, Some stories are funny and some are real-- Yes Ghost Church in Mile Gully and many other places share these events, some un explained , some funny and some serious.. Big Boy, Anansi, Miss Lou.. Going to be Great Fun.. So Join Marice Harrison Jr and others as we shere these things about our Life and how we grew up in Jamaica.. See you at 8:00pm.

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MSM 434 Sam Page - Riding on the City of New Orleans

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2015 6:30

Prior to the development of passenger jet planes, Americans travelled by train. In this episode, Sam Page remembers when the Panama Limited came through Summit, Mississippi for the first time. Years later, as ticket agent for the Illinois Central station in McComb, MS, Sam Page recalls being a very busy man selling tickets to destinations near and far. He discusses how many Mississippians rode The City of New Orleans to visit family members in Chicago, St. Louis and other northern cities. The streamlined passenger train known as the Green Diamond ran from Chicago to St. Louis until 1947, when it was moved to Mississippi and renamed the Miss Lou. Sam Page reminisces about riding the Miss Lou from McComb to New Orleans. PODCAST EXTRA: Page discusses his time with the railroad and the people who depended on the trains for transportation like legendary baseball pitcher Dizzy Dean. PHOTO: The Illinois Central Green Diamond later moved to Jackson, MS and renamed the Miss Lou.

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Live Chat: Free LOVE

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2012 184:00

Wha gwaan ? weh yuh memba bout Jamaica? Join Miss Cash every Saturday at 8pm est, as we share our memories of life in Jamaica. Laugh and talk about things we did as pickney in Jamaica .Remember Annancy and bigboy stories,Miss Lou and Mass Ran,duppy and the black hartman. You can't forget the food that make you lick your fingers, Dumplin Ackee and salt fish , rundown and roast breadfruit . Also, you cannot for get the games we played dandy shandy. hopscotch,dallyhouse, anti-lulu, jax and marble. Me tell you some of what I remember now you call and tell me what you remember about growing up in Jamica.Free Vacation to Jamaica all Experience www.caribbeanradioshow.com the people's online radio remember Jamaica with MissCash caribbeanradioshow@gmail.com

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Your Music

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2012 185:00

Wha gwaan ? weh yuh memba bout Jamaica? Join Miss Cash every Saturday at 8pm est, as we share our memories of life in Jamaica. Laugh and talk about things we did as pickney in Jamaica .Remember Annancy and bigboy stories,Miss Lou and Mass Ran,duppy and the black hartman. You can't forget the food that make you lick your fingers, Dumplin Ackee and salt fish , rundown and roast breadfruit . Also, you cannot for get the games we played dandy shandy. hopscotch,dallyhouse, anti-lulu, jax and marble. Me tell you some of what I remember now you call and tell me what you remember about growing up in Jamica. www.caribbeanradioshow.com the people's online radio remember Jamaica with MissCash caribbeanradioshow@gmail.com

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Live :Live report from Rebel Salute 2012 and Yard CHAT

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2012 186:00

Live report from Rebel Salute 2012 Wha gwaan ? weh yuh memba bout Jamaica? Lets talk ..race and color within our own community Join Miss Cash every Saturday at 8pm est, as we share our memories of life in Jamaica. Laugh and talk about things we did as pickney in Jamaica .Remember Annancy and bigboy stories,Miss Lou and Mass Ran,duppy and the black hartman. You can't forget the food that make you lick your fingers, Dumplin Ackee and salt fish , rundown and roast breadfruit . Also, you cannot for get the games we played dandy shandy. hopscotch,dallyhouse, anti-lulu, jax and marble. Me tell you some of what I remember now you call and tell me what you remember about growing up in Jamica. www.caribbeanradioshow.com the people's online radio remember Jamaica with MissCash caribbeanradioshow@gmail.com

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Live Chat;; Jamaica On Fire ms.Cash burning the fire!

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2012 123:00

Wha gwaan ? weh yuh memba bout Jamaica? Join Miss Cash every Saturday at 8pm est, as we share our memories of life in Jamaica. Laugh and talk about things we did as pickney in Jamaica .Remember Annancy and bigboy stories,Miss Lou and Mass Ran,duppy and the black hartman. You can't forget the food that make you lick your fingers, Dumplin Ackee and salt fish , rundown and roast breadfruit . Also, you cannot for get the games we played dandy shandy. hopscotch,dallyhouse, anti-lulu, jax and marble. Me tell you some of what I remember now you call and tell me what you remember about growing up in Jamica. www.caribbeanradioshow.com the people's online radio remember Jamaica with MissCash caribbeanradioshow@gmail.com

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Live Chat;; Jamaica On Fire ms.Cash burning the fire!

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2011 241:00

Wha gwaan ? weh yuh memba bout Jamaica? Join Miss Cash every Saturday at 8pm est, as we share our memories of life in Jamaica. Laugh and talk about things we did as pickney in Jamaica .Remember Annancy and bigboy stories,Miss Lou and Mass Ran,duppy and the black hartman. You can't forget the food that make you lick your fingers, Dumplin Ackee and salt fish , rundown and roast breadfruit . Also, you cannot for get the games we played dandy shandy. hopscotch,dallyhouse, anti-lulu, jax and marble. Me tell you some of what I remember now you call and tell me what you remember about growing up in Jamica. www.caribbeanradioshow.com the people's online radio remember Jamaica with MissCash caribbeanradioshow@gmail.com

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Live Chat;; Jamaica On Fire ms.Cash burning the fire!

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2011 182:00

Wha gwaan ? weh yuh memba bout Jamaica? Join Miss Cash every Saturday at 8pm est, as we share our memories of life in Jamaica. Laugh and talk about things we did as pickney in Jamaica .Remember Annancy and bigboy stories,Miss Lou and Mass Ran,duppy and the black hartman. You can't forget the food that make you lick your fingers, Dumplin Ackee and salt fish , rundown and roast breadfruit . Also, you cannot for get the games we played dandy shandy. hopscotch,dallyhouse, anti-lulu, jax and marble. Me tell you some of what I remember now you call and tell me what you remember about growing up in Jamica. www.caribbeanradioshow.com the people's online radio remember Jamaica with MissCash caribbeanradioshow@gmail.com

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Live Chat;; Jamaica On Fire ms.Cash burning the fire!

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2011 182:00

Wha gwaan ? weh yuh memba bout Jamaica? Join Miss Cash every Saturday at 8pm est, as we share our memories of life in Jamaica. Laugh and talk about things we did as pickney in Jamaica .Remember Annancy and bigboy stories,Miss Lou and Mass Ran,duppy and the black hartman. You can't forget the food that make you lick your fingers, Dumplin Ackee and salt fish , rundown and roast breadfruit . Also, you cannot for get the games we played dandy shandy. hopscotch,dallyhouse, anti-lulu, jax and marble. Me tell you some of what I remember now you call and tell me what you remember about growing up in Jamica. www.caribbeanradioshow.com the people's online radio remember Jamaica with MissCash caribbeanradioshow@gmail.com

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Live Chat: Jamaica Free Vacation celebration with Ms Cash

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2011 184:00

Wha gwaan ? weh yuh memba bout Jamaica? Join Miss Cash every Saturday at 8pm est, as we share our memories of life in Jamaica. Laugh and talk about things we did as pickney in Jamaica .Remember Annancy and bigboy stories,Miss Lou and Mass Ran,duppy and the black hartman. You can't forget the food that make you lick your fingers, Dumplin Ackee and salt fish, rundown and roast breadfruit . Also, you cannot for get the games we played dandy shandy. hopscotch,dallyhouse, anti-lulu, jax and marble. Me tell you some of what I remember now you call and tell me what you remember about growing up in Jamica. www.caribbeanradioshow.com the people's online radio remember Jamaica with MissCash caribbeanradioshow@gmail.com

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Chat:Things I remember growing-up in Jamaica -Ms Cash

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2011 182:00

Chat: Things I remember growing -up in Jamaica -Ms Cash Wha gwaan ? weh yuh memba bout Jamaica? Join Miss Cash every Saturday at 8 pm EST, as we share our memories of life in Jamaica. Laugh and talk about things we did as pickney in Jamaica .Remember Annancy and bigboy stories,Miss Lou and Mass Ran,duppy and the black hartman. You can't forget the food that make you lick your fingers, Dumplin Ackee and salt fish, rundown and roast breadfruit. Also, you cannot for get the games we played dandy shandy. hopscotch,dallyhouse, anti-lulu, jax and marble. Me tell you some of what I remember now you call and tell me what you remember about growing up in Jamaica. www.caribbeanradioshow.com the people's online radio remember Jamaica with MissCash caribbeanradioshow@gmail.com

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Live Chat: Ms Cash Burning up Jamaica chat room

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2011 180:00

Wha gwaan ? weh yuh memba bout Jamaica? Join Miss Cash every Saturday at 8pm est, as we share our memories of life in Jamaica. Laugh and talk about things we did as pickney in Jamaica .Remember Annancy and bigboy stories,Miss Lou and Mass Ran,duppy and the black hartman. You can't forget the food that make you lick your fingers, Dumplin Ackee and salt fish , rundown and roast breadfruit . Also, you cannot for get the games we played dandy shandy. hopscotch,dallyhouse, anti-lulu, jax and marble. Me tell you some of what I remember now you call and tell me what you remember about growing up in Jamica. www.caribbeanradioshow.com the people's online radio remember Jamaica with MissCash caribbeanradioshow@gmail.com

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Live: Ms Cash dish the dirt on Jamaica Chat

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2011 189:00

Wha gwaan ? weh yuh memba bout Jamaica? Join Miss Cash every Saturday at 8pm est, as we share our memories of life in Jamaica. Laugh and talk about things we did as pickney in Jamaica .Remember Annancy and bigboy stories,Miss Lou and Mass Ran,duppy and the black hartman. You can't forget the food that make you lick your fingers, Dumplin Ackee and salt fish , rundown and roast breadfruit . Also, you cannot for get the games we played dandy shandy. hopscotch,dallyhouse, anti-lulu, jax and marble. Me tell you some of what I remember now you call and tell me what you remember about growing up in Jamica. www.caribbeanradioshow.com the people's online radio remember Jamaica with MissCash caribbeanradioshow@gmail.com

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Live Chat;; Jamaica On Fire ms.Cash burning the fire!

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2011 181:00

Wha gwaan ? weh yuh memba bout Jamaica? Join Miss Cash every Saturday at 8pm est, as we share our memories of life in Jamaica. Laugh and talk about things we did as pickney in Jamaica .Remember Annancy and bigboy stories,Miss Lou and Mass Ran,duppy and the black hartman. You can't forget the food that make you lick your fingers, Dumplin Ackee and salt fish , rundown and roast breadfruit . Also, you cannot for get the games we played dandy shandy. hopscotch,dallyhouse, anti-lulu, jax and marble. Me tell you some of what I remember now you call and tell me what you remember about growing up in Jamica. www.caribbeanradioshow.com the people's online radio remember Jamaica with MissCash caribbeanradioshow@gmail.com

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Saturday night Chat with Miss Cash and You

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2011 183:00

Wha gwaan ? weh yuh memba bout Jamaica? Join Miss Cash every Saturday at 8pm est, as we share our memories of life in Jamaica. Laugh and talk about things we did as pickney in Jamaica .Remember Annancy and bigboy stories,Miss Lou and Mass Ran,duppy and the black hartman. You can't forget the food that make you lick your fingers, Dumplin Ackee and salt fish , rundown and roast breadfruit . Also, you cannot for get the games we played dandy shandy. hopscotch,dallyhouse, anti-lulu, jax and marble. Me tell you some of what I remember now you call and tell me what you remember about growing up in Jamica. www.caribbeanradioshow.com the people's online radio remember Jamaica with MissCash caribbeanradioshow@gmail.com

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Saturday night Chat with Miss Cash and You

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2011 183:00

Wha gwaan ? weh yuh memba bout Jamaica? Join Miss Cash every Saturday at 8pm est, as we share our memories of life in Jamaica. Laugh and talk about things we did as pickney in Jamaica .Remember Annancy and bigboy stories,Miss Lou and Mass Ran,duppy and the black hartman. You can't forget the food that make you lick your fingers, Dumplin Ackee and salt fish , rundown and roast breadfruit . Also, you cannot for get the games we played dandy shandy. hopscotch,dallyhouse, anti-lulu, jax and marble. Me tell you some of what I remember now you call and tell me what you remember about growing up in Jamica. www.caribbeanradioshow.com the people's online radio remember Jamaica with MissCash caribbeanradioshow@gmail.com

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You're probably from Jamaica with my Cash

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2011 182:00

Wha gwaan ? weh yuh memba bout Jamaica? Join Miss Cash every Saturday at 8pm est, as we share our memories of life in Jamaica. Laugh and talk about things we did as pickney in Jamaica .Remember Annancy and bigboy stories,Miss Lou and Mass Ran,duppy and the black hartman. You can't forget the food that make you lick your fingers, Dumplin Ackee and salt fish , rundown and roast breadfruit . Also, you cannot for get the games we played dandy shandy. hopscotch,dallyhouse, anti-lulu, jax and marble. Me tell you some of what I remember now you call and tell me what you remember about growing up in Jamica. www.caribbeanradioshow.com the people's online radio remember Jamaica with MissCash caribbeanradioshow@gmail.com

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You're probably from Jamaica Laugh and Talk with Miss Cash

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2011 182:00

You're probably from Jamaica with Miss Cash Laugh and talk about things we did as pickney in Jamaica.Remember Annancy and bigboy stories, Miss Lou and Mass Ran,duppy and the black hartman. You can't forget the food that make you lick your fingers, Dumplin Ackee and salt fish, rundown and roast breadfruit. Also, you cannot for get the games we played dandy shandy. hopscotch,dallyhouse, anti-lulu, jax and marble. I tell you some of what I remember now you call and tell me what you remember about growing up in Jamaica.www.caribbeanradioshow.com the people's online radio remember Jamaicawith Miss CashJamaica the home of Usain Bolt and Veronica Campbell

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You're probably from Jamaica race and color with Miss Cash

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2011 195:00

Wha gwaan ? weh yuh memba bout Jamaica? Lets talk ..race and color within our own community Join Miss Cash every Saturday at 8pm est, as we share our memories of life in Jamaica. Laugh and talk about things we did as pickney in Jamaica .Remember Annancy and bigboy stories,Miss Lou and Mass Ran,duppy and the black hartman. You can't forget the food that make you lick your fingers, Dumplin Ackee and salt fish , rundown and roast breadfruit . Also, you cannot for get the games we played dandy shandy. hopscotch,dallyhouse, anti-lulu, jax and marble. Me tell you some of what I remember now you call and tell me what you remember about growing up in Jamica. www.caribbeanradioshow.com the people's online radio remember Jamaica with MissCash caribbeanradioshow@gmail.com

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Live:You're Probably From Jamaica Facebook group Miss Cash

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2011 187:00

What is going on ? what you remember about Jamaica? Live You're probably from Jamaica (W.I) If… facebook group Join Miss Cash every Saturday at 8 pm EST, as we share our memories of life in Jamaica. Laugh and talk about things we did as pickney in Jamaica .Remember Annancy and bigboy stories,Miss Lou and Mass Ran,duppy and the black hartman. You can't forget the food that make you lick your fingers, Dumplin Ackee and salt fish, rundown and roast breadfruit . Also, you cannot for get the games we played dandy shandy. hopscotch,dallyhouse, anti-lulu, jax and marble. I tell you some of what I remember now you call and tell me what you remember about growing up in Jamaica. www.caribbeanradioshow.com the people's online radio remember Jamaica with Miss Joy Cash caribbeanradioshow@gmail.com

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Live:You're Probably From Jamaica Facebook group Miss Cash

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2011 185:00

Wha gwaan ? weh yuh memba bout Jamaica? Join Miss Cash founder of You're Probably From Jamaica (W.I) If....Facebook group every Saturday at 8pm est, as we share our memories of life in Jamaica. Laugh and talk about things we did as pickney in Jamaica .Remember Annancy and bigboy stories,Miss Lou and Mass Ran,duppy and the black hartman. You can't forget the food that make you lick your fingers, Dumplin Ackee and salt fish , rundown and roast breadfruit . Also, you cannot for get the games we played dandy shandy. hopscotch,dallyhouse, anti-lulu, jax and marble. Me tell you some of what I remember now you call and tell me what you remember about growing up in Jamica. www.caribbeanradioshow.com the people's online radio remember Jamaica with MissCash caribbeanradioshow@gmail.com

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Wha gwaan ? weh yuh memba bout Jamaica? by Miss Cash