Podcasts about performance poet

It was great to have this conversation with Shaun Reany, a performance poet, advocate for mindful living and founder of the Sober Af Poetry Night. He opened up about his journey through sobriety, creativity, and self-acceptance. He has used his experiences with mental health struggles and personal growth as a foundation for creating safe, non-judgmental spaces for self-expression. His story reflects the power of poetry and public speaking to help navigate complex emotions and foster a supportive community.From Self-Investigation to SobrietyShaun's journey toward sobriety started with a deep introspection after an incident that shocked him, and nearly got him into big trouble.  He wanted to reconcile his true self with his actions. Therapy played a crucial role, allowing him to unpack years of cognitive dissonance—feeling disconnected from his values while under the influence of alcohol. After a long process, Shaun found clarity: to achieve the life he truly desired, he had to let go of alcohol. This decision marked the final piece of his puzzle, setting him on a path of self-discovery and acceptance.Creativity Unleashed: Poetry as a Healing ToolThrough writing and performing, Shaun found an outlet for expressing the emotions he previously struggled to confront. His poetry, initially inspired by song lyrics and personal reflections, became a therapeutic vehicle for self-understanding. Contrary to the myth that creativity thrives on substances, Shaun's sober reflections have brought newfound depth and honesty to his work, proving that authenticity can drive powerful artistic expression.Building a Judgment-Free CommunityIn January, Shaun launched *Sober AF Poetry Club*, an open mic event that offers a judgment-free environment for people to share their stories. Here, individuals from all walks of life present works that range from lighthearted humor to profound self-reflection, often touching on personal experiences with mental health, family dynamics, and sobriety. The club's inclusive nature fosters a community where vulnerability is met with support, offering attendees a rare chance to connect over shared challenges.Looking Ahead: The Unscripted JourneyShaun's future remains open, driven by a commitment to personal growth and creative exploration. While he acknowledges the value of planning, he emphasises staying true to what feels right, allowing each step to shape his path organically. For Shaun, the journey is about doing what brings him joy, from writing to creating safe spaces for others to express themselves authentically.As Shaun continues to explore his creative potential, his story reminds us that embracing change and supporting one another can lead to unexpected and meaningful transformations.Find the Sober Af Poetry Club on Instagram and dates for next events here.Find Club Soda:The Club Soda Tasting Room is at 39 Drury Lane, London, WC2B 5RRFind us on Instagram

Happiness Solved with Sandee Sgarlata. In this episode, Sandee interviews Suzanne Smart. Suzanne Smart is a Trauma Transformation Practitioner, Best-Selling Author, TEDx Speaker, Performance Poet, Healer, NLP Practitioner, Mental Health First Aider, Teacher, Massage Therapist, Pilates Instructor and Mental Health Nutritionist, helping clients who have experienced abuse, specialising in narcissism, sexual & physical abuse (domestic violence). Her experience of 2 abusive and narcissistic relationships coupled with the realisation she would never survive a third, led her to gain expertise in trauma, its effects and transcending the hurt & pain it causes. Suzanne's new book, "Moments of Clarity- Find Your Voice and Stand in Your Power" has an award-winning chapter from the prestigious Page Turner Awards.  Her book outlines her P.O.S.I.T.I.V.E I.M.P.R.I.N.T. programme, with anecdotal accounts of her journey. It helps to empower her clients to reverse the negative impact of abuse by erasing the guilt, anger, frustration and shame caused and to accept the sparkle back into their lives, trusting themselves, others and in the regenerative process that comes with self-knowledge gained through God's love, leading to self-love. Her loves are God, family, friends, music and food!   Sign up for the Happiness Solved Plus Exclusive Membership Site: http://HappinessSolved.Supercast.com   Connect with Suzanne:  Book: Moments of Clarity: Find Your Voice & Stand in Your Power: Amazon.co.uk: Smart, Suzanne Maria: 9781914439131: Books Website: POSITIVE IMPRINT - Trauma Coaching, Life Coach, Trauma Triage (positive-imprint.co.uk) YouTube: My moments of clarity | Suzanne Smart | TEDxSwansea - YouTube LinkedIn: Suzanne (Trauma Specialist) Smart | LinkedIn Instagram: Instagram@pos_imprint Twitter: Suzanne Smart (@SuzanneSmart20) / X (twitter.com) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=615052591   Connect with Sandee www.sandeesgarlata.com Podcast: www.happinesssolved.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/coachsandeesgarlata Twitter: www.twitter.com/sandeesgarlata Instagram: www.instagram.com/coachsandeesgarlata  

Episode 36: Y.AYasmin Ali, also known as Y.A is South Asian Lyricist, International Slam Champion, Performance Poet, Spoken Word Artist and Writer from South East London. Renowned for delivering the kind of poetic lyricism that immediately captivates an audience, Y.A's words transcend beyond expectation deeming her to be one of the most highly sought after spoken word artists on the UK scene. Y.A featured in the US hit “I Got the Mic” produced by Tina Knowles and has headlined on Sky Art's BAFTA award winning TV series “Life and Rhymes” hosted by the late Benjamin Zephaniah. Y.A's clients include well known brands such as Dove, Red Bull UK, The Big Idea Media company, Snap.inc and PwC US to name a few. Y.A recently hosted the Money 20/20 “50 years of Hip Hop Icons” concert at the famous Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas presenting the likes of Rev Run, DJ Ruckus and DJ Spinderella. Y.A performed a spoken word piece before the legendary Grand Master Flash's set as an ode to those who pioneered the music genre.Y.A also became the first spoken word artist on the highly regarded Color's platform with an editorial on her poetic interpretation of Palette 1's primeval colors.Y.A has been mentored by the formidable Kae Tempest and 7 x Grammy nominated, Natalie Floacist Stewart of Neo Soul duo Floetry.Some of Y.A's previous commissions and performances include Vegas Money 20/20, Amsterdam Money 20/20 FinTech Summit, SNAPS DEI innovation Summit 2020, London Fashion Week, Universal Studios, Breaking Conventions, The Tate Modern, Greater London Authority and Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Y.A has also featured on BBC radio London and Reprezent radio and hosted on BBC Radio 6 Music, as-well as previously hosted a weekly spoken word show (The Word) on Soho radio. Y.A has facilitated workshops for various organisations such as the Princes Trust, Lewisham Young Advisors, The Greater London Authority, Albany Theatre, Lewisham Council as well as at numerous schools, community groups and charities.Y.A leads the Lewisham Music Lyricist Collective and the Alchemy Spoken Word Collective. She also founded the Young Wordsmith Project for young people in South East London. Y.A has toured internationally in Europe and the US. She is a proud mental health advocate, youth participation advocate and women's rights activist. Y.A has worked with The Million Women Rise and the Women's Equality Party to campaign for an end to gender-based violence against women and girls.Y.A challenges some of the most common misconceptions of poets, women and mothers, all whilst continuing to represent South Asian female creatives in the UK. #hygystpod #YA #YApoetHave You Got Your Sh*t Together? with Caitlin O'Ryan, is a podcast that celebrates not having your sh*t together! In each episode, Caitlin interviews guests who seemingly “have their sh*t together” - be that in life/love/work/hobbies. Throughout the conversation, the questions unveil whether they actually do, or whether the whole concept is a lie! With a mix of guests from various backgrounds, the podcast is sure to be relatable, honest, and an antidote to Instagram culture. Producer - Ant Hickman (www.ahickman.uk)Artwork - Tim Saunders (www.instagram.com/timsaunders.design)Photography - Patch Bell (www.patchstudio.uk)Music - Cassia - 'Slow' (www.wearecassia.com)Web: www.hygystpod.comInsta: www.instgram.com/hygystpodEmail: hygystpod@gmail.comRSS: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/644a8e8eadac0f0010542d86 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The latest Spoken Label Podcast (Spoken Word Podcast) features the return of our friend, the wonderful Jackie Morrey Grace. Based in the Isle of Man, Jackie is a writer of YA Fantasy Fiction, Trombonist and Story-telling Performance Poet. In this Podcast, we talk about Jackie's latest collection " There are Worse Places to Hide than Inside Secrets". What has been said about Jackie's work " Jackie's work is incredible. Sweet, satisfying and explosive all at once. It's like each poem is its own honeypot set to detonate – with a flow so captivating that the audience just drops their guard.' Mark Grist. Teacher, poet, international rap battler and star of internationally acclaimed podcast, Mark Can't Rap. ‘Sometimes a poet gets right under you skin from showcasing a memorable way of looping words into a masterpiece. Jackie Morrey-Grace is exactly that uniquely beautiful artist.' Kelly Van Nelson. No 1 bestselling author of poetry collections, Graffiti Lane and Punch and Judy. ‘I was moved by how it not only gives the feeling of discovering an old tale re-wrought as a modern myth, but also the power of this soul-searching journey that wracks the brain, heart and body.' Story From Stone author, Vicky Lloyd-West, reviewing On Ravensdale Hill for Isle of Man Newspapers." More details about Jackie and her work can be found here - https://jackiemorreygrace.weebly.com/

The Conservative MP Miriam Cates said in the House of Commons that children were being exposed to “graphic” and "age inappropriate" material during their sex education classes. The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has decided to bring forward a review of the Department for Education's Relationships and Sex Education guidance in England. Two parents, Fiona, a listener and parent of four and Clare Page who was concerned about what her daughter was being taught discuss. Sian Richardson from Pembrokeshire in Wales is Number 12 on our Woman's Hour Power List 2023. Sian started The Blue-tit Chill Swimmers nearly 10 years ago, a cold water swimming community which now boasts an incredible 100,000 members world-wide. She explains why she's encouraging people to get in the water and enjoy the outdoors. Leah Williamson, who took the Lionesses to victory at the Euros in 2022, tops the Woman's Hour Power List 2023. She explains what role her mum plays in her success and talks about male allies in women's football. Money and Love: An Intelligent Roadmap for Life's Big Decisions, is written by Stanford professor emeritus Myra Strober, who is an early feminist economist and Abby Davisson, one of Myra's former pupils who is now a social innovation expert. They give detailed advice about navigating the crossroads of finances within a relationship at different life stages. Pessimism is for Lightweights is a new collection of poems by the celebrated performance poet Salena Godden. Salena discusses the collection, how poetry can confront misogyny and injustice, and why she personified death as a woman in her debut novel Mrs Death Misses Death. Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Paula McFarlane Editor: Lucinda Montefiore

Taiwan's first female president, Tsai Ing-Weng, arrived in New York yesterday to criticism from China. She is stopping over in the US on her way to Central America, but may meet with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on her return. China says that if it goes ahead, it could lead to a 'serious confrontation'. To find out more about Tsai Ing-Wen and the significance of this trip, Anita speaks to Tessa Wong, the BBC's Asia digital reporter who regularly reports on China. Pessimism is for Lightweights is a new collection of poems by the celebrated performance poet Salena Godden. It consists of 30 poems written to celebrate courage and resistance, including poems responding to the Women's march, period poverty and everyday sexism. Salena joins Anita to discuss the collection, how poetry can confront misogyny and injustice, and why she personified death as a woman in her debut novel Mrs Death Misses Death. Tracey Stevenson describes her experience of using a gambling site. In 2017 she was sent to prison after stealing £1.7 million from the company she worked for, in order to help fund her online gambling addiction. She also works for the St. Giles Trust helping women in the criminal justice system. We have recently heard from two sisters - we are calling them Charlotte and Louise. One had a revelation in therapy that their mother was a narcissist and the realisation has changed her life. The other is more cautious - she knows their mum could be 'volatile' but she has empathy for her.Ena Miller talk to the two sisters together. What impact has all of this had on their relationship? Can they move forward? Kelsie Grieg, or Kels as she's known in the gaming world, made history recently when she became the first woman to qualify for the Call of Duty Challengers Elite tournament. She explains how swapped the football pitch for video games after an injury forced her to give up a promising career on the pitch. Presented by Anita Rani Producer: Louise Corley Editor: Beverley Purcell

Please welcome to 'The Clearing' Performance Poet Toby Thompson. Toby was passed the 'Golden Baton' to be my Guest by Egg Theatre Director Kate Cross MBE, who I interviewed recently for "The Good Listening To Show" LIVE at the Theatre Royal Bath.Toby is a thoughtful, thought-provoking & enigmatic 'observer' of life, with a unique cadence and a silky tone.  His poetry displays his delight in life's uncertainties & ambiguities.  His uniquely rhythmic and musical style is lyrical, beguiling, playful & poignant. Toby also performs 2 of his wonderful poems as part of this interview: "Spinning Plates" & "Tears".You can find out more about Toby at https://tobythompson.net/And you Watch/Listen to Toby's interview here: https://vimeo.com/806790863BEAUTIFUL INSPIRING WORDSMITHERYToby Thompson is a writer and performer of thoughts and feelings.  Not just his own, but somehow yours too.  His poetry displays his delight in life's uncertainties and absurdities and his uniquely rhythmic and musical style is lyrical, beguiling, playful and poignant."...a wonderful gift for language, a deep sensibility and a penetrating sense of perspective."Sir Ken Robinson.  Renowned Educationalist and Creativity ExpertMore about Toby Thompson: Toby Thompson is the indirect descendant of the 19th Century Liberal Prime Minister, Wiliam Ewart Gladstone. Today Toby himself is a truly extraordinary contemporary creative talent. A distinguished performance poet by profession, with a love of music on the side - an articulate and passionately vocal wordsmith whose distinctive voice expresses the brilliant words that his complicated brain has put together in unique new sequences and surprising new rhymes and rhythms.Even traditionally written poetry benefits from being lifted from the black type on the white page and read aloud by someone, who understands what the poet originally had in mind. That's true whether you're talking about the plays of William Shakespeare or the popular poetry of Roger McGough. With Toby Thompson, he rehearses his own original poems repeatedly in his head, until he's happy with them, then remembers them and only when satisfied, will he express them directly and distinctively to a live audience in a theatre - or alternatively record them on a video for posterity. In his primary school, the teachers called young Toby ‘the observer'. To this day he finds inspiration in strange places, everywhere, in conversations, in audio recordings, in football commentaries, as well as in contemplating impermanence and vastness. He acknowledges the wisdom of Jung: “That which you most need will be found where you least want to look.”Now the mature Toby escapes the solitary challenge of slow creative ‘writing' by substituting the solitary challenge of creTune in next week for more stories of 'Distinction & Genius' from The Good Listening To Show 'Clearing'. If you would like to be my Guest too then you can find out HOW via the different 'series strands' at 'The Good Listening To Show' website. Show Website: https://www.thegoodlisteningtoshow.com You can email me about the Show: chris@secondcurve.uk Twitter thatchrisgrimes LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-grimes-actor-broadcaster-facilitator-coach/ FaceBook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/842056403204860 Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW wherever you get your Podcasts :) Thanks for listening!

Last November I had the absolute pleasure and privilege to interview my dear friend and vocal powerhouse, Carol Grimes. In this interview we explore her decades spanning career paying particular attention to her broad range of singing styles and genres. The following, which I took from the Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club website in London, gives you a bit more of an inkling of her stature as a singer and the deep respect she commands as a vocalist, especially in the UK music scene.  Enjoy! Carol Grimes is one of the finest singers in British music. Her deeply personal project, 'The Singer's Tale', is an autobiographical show combining theatre, music and a grooving band!  The show weaves its stories, sometimes shady, mad and bad, but with music and song at their heart. Street Busker to Ronnie Scotts, from Notting Hill to Nashville and Memphis to San Francisco from Hackney to Texas and Eastern Europe but always returning to London. This raw, in your face, sublime performer takes you with her on a musical journey through her extraordinary life.   CAROL GRIMES A much-loved performer infusing folk, blues and jazz, came to the notice of the public when she joined the band Delivery in 1969 and recorded one album before departing for a solo career. Her debut solo album, Warm Blood (1974), was recorded with members of Area Code 615 and the Average White Band. She recorded her second album in Memphis, Tennessee, with the Brecker Brothers, Donald "Duck" Dunn, and The Memphis Horns. She founded the band Eyes Wide Open in 1984. Her career expanded into teaching and working in musical theatre. In the 1990s, she worked with the choir The Shout. As you can see below, in Carol's own words, she has been, and continues to be so much more:   “My name is Carol Grimes. I have been singing for my supper since the late 1960s. I began as a young, nervous Busker and fell in love with singing. Over time I became a Singer-Songwriter, Performance Poet, Voice Movement Therapist and Musical Director, founding the Sing for Joy Choirs in London, for people with neurological and other conditions and directed them for many years. I have recorded in the UK, USA, Sweden, The Isle of Jura and Poland. I became angry, seeing injustice, poverty and cruelty all around me and became an activist. The first Musician to step up for Rock against Racism, Sexism, Reclaim the night, singing for the striking Miners, the fire service, the Brunswick Women and refugee centres. In my life, I performed both in the UK and Internationally with my own Music with wonderful musicians and for Contemporary composers such as Orlando Gough, who directed The Shout, a contemporary opera, theatre company touring internationally with them for 12 years. From Japan to South Africa Canada and the USA and beyond, including performing at the Albert Hall in the Proms as a soloist - Blimey! I had my first book ‘The Singers Tale,' published in 2018 and many songs and poems published, recorded and performed over the years. I love writing as much as I love music. For more information, click on my Blog. The Singers Tale https://wordpress.com/posts/carolgrimes.com  also on Amazon Carol Grimes The Singers Tale, where there are some lovely reviews. Thank you.” https://soundcloud.com/user1698211 For full show notes and link to all the music played here go to www.yourfreevoice.com/podcast/episode28  

Performance Poet Imogen Stirling and Poet Brian Bilston on making poetry accessible

next Friday 9/9 The Haven. Felicity will be bringing you a one woman show with musical accompaniment! ‘The End of Dystopia' Felicity Artemis is a Performance Poet, Socio-political Theorist, Future-Mythologist and Revolutionary Ritualist... As performance artist and storyteller, Felicity Artemis is a rebel-rouser, shit-stirrer, and heretic of the highest order. Her words sharpen the edge of radical truth-telling, to pierce through the layers of cultural indoctrination of these times. Felicity's artistic mission is to disrupt the dystopian narrative that has colonized the collective imagination by evoking the empathic genius that exists within us all--to enable us to redirect the narrative toward visions of the Future that are based on a universal ethos of empathy and spiritual reverence for All Life on Earth. She often reads and performs her special brand of poetry Psanctum Psychedelia open mic Lucid Vibe Radio is an emerging voice in the macroscopic cultural narrative. A Return to the art of mouth to mouth Philosophy, Lucid Vibe merges audio programming from multiple schools of Radio. Part talk-radio, part consciousness positive music playing 24/7. Download the App at LucidVibe.com

Aubrey is joined by a Performance Poet, Writer, and Actor, Lebo Mashile to talk about her early childhood life and career in the entertainment industry.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chenoa Murray Daniels is a Performance Poet, Author, and the Founder of Daniels Day Publishing & Consulting. While serving in the U.S. Peace Corps as an HIV/AIDS Health Volunteer in South Africa, Chenoa wrote her inaugural poetry book “Whites Only”. Her book was recently accepted by the Gauteng Department of Education to distribute in public school libraries in South Africa. A portion of the book proceeds benefit Limehill village, where she lived and worked for two years with the Zulu people. Chenoa has performed her poetry in-person and in virtual venues including the Fringe Benefits Theatre (Los Angeles, California), the International Centre for Women Playwrights, the "I Am Free Music Festival" (Sandy Springs, Georgia), the Social Security Administration (Atlanta, Georgia), Bushfire Festival of Swaziland, and Mama's Jus' Jazzin' of Durban, South Africa. Chenoa is a member of the American Writers & Artists Institute and she is the Director of the African American Teen Authors Book Program. Chenoa believes that you can BREAK THE SKY with the purpose God gave you for your life!

Even if you're not completely aware of Shane Koyczan's poem “To This Day”, at least 25 million other people are. That's how many views the YouTube video of the poem has as of the time we made this episode. It's not just a great poem, it strikes a nerve. “To This Day” talks in a very direct and meaningful way about the effects of bullying and how people can carry it with them from the playground deep into adulthood. Because, many times, it's not just kids messing around, it's actual assault or emotional abuse or a kind of terrorism that can fall under the category of trauma.Shane was bullied from a very young age and had a hard time making friends throughout his childhood. He also had a key ally: his grandmother Loretta, who encouraged him to write things down. When he reached university, he found more encouragement for his writing and his talent bloomed.Today, Shane is a successful writer and a person with depression and a performer who has had a hard time getting by during the pandemic.In this episode, Shane Koyczan shares a poem about his grandmother that left us speechless.Find out more about Shane Koyczan at his website, ShaneKoyczan.com. Listen to "To This Day" on Shane's Youtube channel, Youtube.com/ShaneKoyczan. Follow Shane on Twitter @Koyczan and on Instagram @shane_koyczan.Thank you to all our listeners who support the show as monthly members of Maximum Fun. Hey, remember, you're part of Depresh Mode and we want to hear what you want to hear about. What guests and issues would you like to have covered in a future episode? Write us at depreshmode@maximumfun.org.Help is available right away.The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255, 1-800-273-TALKCrisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741.International suicide hotline numbers available here: https://www.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlinesThe Depresh Mode newsletter is available twice a week. Subscribe for free and stay up to date on the show and mental health issues. https://johnmoe.substack.com/John's acclaimed memoir, The Hilarious World of Depression, is available here. https://read.macmillan.com/lp/the-hilarious-world-of-depression/Find the show on Twitter @depreshpod and Instagram @depreshpod.John is on Twitter @johnmoe.

Hey guys! So this week, I get to introduce to you a very dear friend of mine from Jamaica, currently living in Barbados, Taitu Heron. Taitu is a slasher: Development Practitioner/ Human Rights Advocate/ Trainer/Facilitator and Performance Poet. She is currently In this episode, Taitu and I spoke about her experience of being a medium, the nuances of Afro Spirituality and her journey to Lukumi Links: theafrofairygoddess.com https://www.patreon.com/theafrofairygoddess https://twitter.com/afrofairygodess theafrofairygoddesspodcast@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theafrofairygoddess/message

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Detroit-born, Boston-based Award Winning Musician, Performance Poet & Producer Tim Hall .. He has a new EP called Trust the Process coming out on February 9th, 2022. His poetry draws inspiration from his lived experiences - charting the nuances of blackness, masculinity, and the beauties of life. His music is used to underscore his vivid storytelling with warm neo soul, jazz, and hip hop influences. Dig his story .. Click to listen.Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. You can now catch Neon Jazz on KOJH 104.7 FM out of the Mutual Musicians Foundation from Noon - 1 p.m. CST Monday-Friday at https://www.kojhfm.org/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/If you like what you hear, please let us know. You can contribute a few bucks to keep Neon Jazz going strong into the future.   https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA4C4TTVKLR4

James Navé here welcoming spoken word poet Gayle Danley ( www.gayledanleypoet.com )to the Twice 5 Miles Microphone and to this show titled Stay Committed to Your Life Long Poetic Vibe. What does staying committed to your lifelong poetic vibe mean? Well, it means that once you take up poetry, you keep it up for your entire life. Indeed, I've heard more than one tale of a poet on the deathbed attempting to write the last poem. Indeed, Gayle Danley is one of those poets who plans to die while writing poetry. How do I know this? Well, Gayle states that she plans to live beyond 90. So, why would one assume anything other than Gayle's last words will be, "hand me a pen and a piece of paper. She might even say while she's writing, "stay committed to your lifelong poetic vibe," For now, Gayle has miles to go before that day comes. Gail is one of the pioneers of the spoken word poetry movement in America, permeating all aspects of our culture. If you have doubts, consider Amanda Gorman, who spoke at Joe Biden's inaugural ceremony. I don't know Ms. Gorman, but I'll bet if you had a chance to ask her what influences allowed you to become such a mighty woman of the word? How could she not credit the legendary poets who came before her, like Gayle Danley? You may be interested to know that Gayle's range includes an educational component she developed over the years, providing live in-person Poetry classes and a robust online presence. In this conversation, Gail and I talk about the early days in the Poetry Slam, how much fun we have writing poetry, and talk about how it's done, and we talk about the entrepreneurial aspects of trying to make a living as s poet. Enjoy the show.

Welcome and listen in to an incredible conversation with Colorado's own, Novelist, Performance Poet & Creative Entrepreneur SETH! This afternoon/evening will be filled with a time of creative imagery that will heighten your senses and stir up the gift in you! We're excited to have you join us on Symphony of Sound - Where I Blend God's Word into the Rhythm of Life! You can view the artist's website at: www.wagingart.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/linda-carol-shaw/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/linda-carol-shaw/support

SUCCESS TALKS THE PODCAST SPEAKS WITH THE WORLD RENOWNED PERFORMANCE POET WHERE HE TELL US HOW HE GOT INTO POETY AT AN EARLY AGE THEN HE WENT ON TO THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES WHERE HE STUDIED THE ARTS. ON THIS EPISODE SANDY ALSO SPOKE ABOUT THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF BEING A PERFORMANCE POET BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY SANDY SAID THROUGH POETY HE WAS ABLE TO HAVE A GREATER SENSE OF SELF WHICH MOTIVATED HIM TO BECOME MORE EDUCATED ANS WITH HIS HARD WORK HE HAS EARNED THE TITLED AS ONE OF THE WORLDS RENOWNED PERFORMANCE POET. SANDY ALSO ADVISE PERSONS AT ALL LEVELS WHO PERSUE POETRY TO STUDY THE CRAFT AND HAVE A LOVE FOR LITERATURE. SUCCESS TALKS THE PODCAST IS POWERED BY POWERFUL UNITED FOOTBALL TRINIDAD THIS EPISODE WAS SPONSORED BY POLISH CLUB BY JODZZ ONE OF THE TOP SALONS IN THE CARIBBEAN --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/success-talks-podcast5/message

In EP018 with Sonya Renee Taylor (she/her) we talk about how to develop an unwavering connection to ourselves, that's filled with radical self-love, compassion, and accountability. Sonya is a master of hard conversations, and in this episode, we touched on many of the pressing issues of representation, anti-racism and so much more. Taboo Topics:What wokeness isn'tBuilding a reservoir of radical self-loveThe stickiness of social mediaWhat scarcity and white supremacy have in commonWho is both the oppressor and the oppressed?Understanding the ladder of bodiesEver-expanding whitenessWhy 'white fragility' isn't the savior framework we thoughtShame showersHow to house compassion and accountabilityWhen to surrender and when to fightJoin Sonya's PatreonBuy her booksMore about Sonya: New York Times Best Selling author, Sonya Renee Taylor, is the Founder and Radical Executive Officer of The Body is Not An Apology, a digital media, and education company committed to radical self-love and body empowerment as the foundational tool for social justice. Sonya has shared her work as an award-winning Performance Poet, Activist, and educator in numerous countries and on major media outlets around the world, reaching hundreds of thousands of people with her commitment to radical self-love and transformation. Sonya continues to perform, speak and facilitate workshops globally.  ________________________________________ Love the show? You can join our Bold Bitch Mafia for free access to bonuses, updates, and more. Remember to  RATE & REVIEW. Instagram @theboldbitchpodcast #OneBoldBitch More About The Show: In the BOLD BITCH Podcast we dive deep into taboo topics. Each week award-winning creative powerhouse and compulsively curious host Gia Goodrich talks to badass visionaries and brazen game-changers with bold visions and strong opinions. Diving below the surface of subjects we're socialized not to talk about, we learn, lift the veil, and shift perspectives on the lightning rod issues impacting us every day. It might ruffle a few feathers, but it takes honesty to inspire change and remind us that the boldest version of ourselves is exactly what the world needs.

I wrote this poem last July, shortly after the first lockdown began to open up. The acting college where I had been teaching voice part time prior to lockdown invited me to come back into the studio to teach, and I didn't consider it safe—for myself, or for the students—so I declined.  It occurred to me that I would almost certainly never be offered such  work again.  I had been extremely lucky to have kept on teaching at the tertiary level for as long as I had, well into my 70s.Thoughts on ageing weren't new to me. But this seemed more pressing, especially with all the understanding by that stage that anyone over 80 was especially vulnerable to Covid-19. When 80 is only 4 years away, and those years are accelerating  by faster than  a Formula 1 car driven by Jensen Button, it feels like tomorrow.Hence this poem. It was published in October 2020 as part of the collection "Sunsets & Kites", which is available from Amazon online.Enjoy!  And stay safe.Image courtesy @gsultangeorgeSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/amIoldyet)

ABOUT SONYA RENEE TAYLOR:Sonya Renee Taylor is the Founder and Radical Executive Officer of The Body Is Not an Apology, a digital media and education company promoting radical self-love and body empowerment as the foundational tool for social justice and global transformation. Sonya’s work as a highly sought-after award-winning Performance Poet, activist, and transformational leader continues to have global reach. Sonya is a former National and International poetry slam champion, author of two books, "The Body Is Not an Apology, Second Edition: The Power of Radical Self-Love" (Berrett-Koehler Publishers; February 2021), thought leader who has enlightened and inspired organizations, audiences and individuals from board rooms to prisons, universities to homeless shelters, elementary schools to some of the biggest stages in the world.Believing in the power of art is a vehicle for social change, Sonya has been widely recognized for her work as a change agent. She was named one of Planned Parenthood's 99 Dream Keepers in 2015 as well as a Planned Parenthood Generation Action's 2015 Outstanding Partner awardee. Bustle Magazine named her one of the 12 Women Who Paved the Way for Body Positivity and in September 2015, she was honored as a YBCA 100, an annual compilation of creative minds, makers, and pioneers who are asking the questions and making the provocations that will shape the future of American culture; an honor she shared alongside author Ta'Nahesi Coates, artist Kara Walker, filmmaker Ava Duvernay and many more. In 2016, she was named a Champion of Women’s Health by Planned Parenthood and commissioned to write the official poem for Planned Parenthood’s 100-year centennial celebration. In the same year, Sonya was also invited to the Obama White House to speak at their forum on the intersection of LGBTQIAA and Disability issues. In 2017, Sonya was awarded the Quixote Foundation’s “Thank You Note, a $25,000 award for leaders and artists working in the field of reproductive justice. In the fall of 2017, Sonya was named one of 28 global changemakers selected into the inaugural cohort of the Edmund Hilary Fellowship, a 3-year international fellowship of world-leading entrepreneurs and investors, innovating purpose-driven global impact projects from New Zealand.Sonya’s work has been seen, heard, and read on HBO, BET, MTV, TV One, NPR, PBS, CNN, Oxygen Network, The New York Times, New York Magazine, MSNBC.com, Today.com, Huffington Post, USA Today, Vogue Australia, Shape.com, Ms. Magazine and many more. She is a regular collaborator and artist with organizations such as Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Advocates for Youth 1in3 Campaign, Association for Size Diversity and Health, Binge Eating Disorders Association (BEDA), Greater than AIDS Campaign, Yerba Buena Cultural Art Center and numerous others.With a B.A. in Sociology and an M.S.A. in Organizational Management, Sonya continues to use her work to disrupt systems of inequity from an intersectional, radical self-love and global justice framework. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Split This Rock, an organization calling poets to a greater role in public life and fostering a national network of socially engaged poets. Additionally, she serves on the Board of Directors for SisterSong, a pioneering Women of Color reproductive justice collective. Sonya continues to be engaged in issues of racial justice, police brutality, mental health, reproductive rights and justice and much more.In 2011, Sonya founded The Body Is Not an Apology (TBINAA), as an online community to cultivate radical self-love and body empowerment. TBINAA quickly became a movement and leading framework for the budding body positivity movement. In 2015, The Body Is Not an Apology developed a digital magazine, education and community building platform to connect global issues of radical self-love and intersectional social justice. Today, TBINAA is a digital media enterprise reaching nearly 1 million people per month from over 140 countries with. Sonya resides between the California Bay Area and Aotearoa New Zealand. Sonya continues to tour globally sharing lectures, workshops and performances focused on radical self-love, social justice and personal and global transformation."The Body Is Not an Apology, Second Edition: The Power of Radical Self-Love" offers radical self-love as the balm to heal the wounds inflicted by systems of oppression that thrive off our inability to make peace with difference and injure the relationship we have with our own bodies. In this book, Taylor forges the inextricable bond between radical self-love and social justice.CONNECT WITH SONYA RENEE TAYLOR:• Learn more about Sonya at sonyareneetaylor.com • Get in touch with Sonya directly • Follow Sonya on Facebook, Instagram, and SoundCloud• Purchase a copy of "The Body Is Not an Apology; Second Edition: The Power of Radical Self-Love", "Your Body Is Not an Apology Workbook: Tools for Living Radical Self-love", or visit Sonya’s online book shop• Listen to Sonya’s past podcasts including:╴"Brené with Sonya Renee Taylor on 'The Body Is Not an Apology'" for Unlocking Us ╴“The Body Is Not An Apology” for Body Kindness╴“How to Cultivate Radical Body Love with Sonya Renee Taylor” for Food Psyche• Become a supporter of The Body is Not an Apology (TBINAA) Movement, join the Radical Self-Love Community, and download 10 free Tools for Radical Self-Love• Follow TBINAA on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram• View TBINAA’s workshops and lectures and webinars and online courses＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ABOUT KARIN LEWIS:Karin Lewis, MA, LMFT, CEDS has been recovered from Anorexia Nervosa for over 20 years and has been specializing in the prevention and treatment of eating disorders since 2005. To learn more about Karin and her center’s services, please visit Karin Lewis Eating Disorder Center. You can connect with Karin on social media by following her on Facebook and Instagram.If you enjoyed the podcast, we would be so grateful if you would please consider leaving a review here. Thank you!Are you interested in becoming a guest on the Recovery Bites podcast? If so, please fill out our brief application form to start the process.

I'm so thrilled to welcome Sonya Renee Taylor back to the podcast. We talk about what's different in the second edition of The Body Is Not an Apology -- which is a New York Times bestseller! We also talk about the forthcoming Your Body Is Not an Apology Workbook. Tune in and find out how Sonya started this amazing work and why she is committed to changing how the world thinks about bodies. You can also click through to the show notes to watch the video version - BodyKindnessBook.com/170 --- Guest Info Sonya Renee Taylor is the Founder and Radical Executive Officer of The Body is Not An Apology, a digital media and education company promoting radical self-love and body empowerment as the foundational tool for social justice and global transformation. Sonya’s work as a highly sought-after award-winning Performance Poet, activist, and transformational leader continues to have global reach. Sonya is a former National and International poetry slam champion, author of six books, including The Body Is Not an Apology, Second Edition: The Power of Radical Self-Love (Berrett-Koehler Publishers; February 2021), educator and thought leader who has enlightened and inspired organizations, audiences and individuals from board rooms to prisons, universities to homeless shelters, elementary schools to some of the biggest stages in the world. Website | Books | Instagram - @sonyareneetaylor | Instagram - @thebodyisnotanapology/ | Venmo | Patreon --- Get the Body Kindness book It's available wherever books and audiobooks are sold. Read reviews on Amazon and pick up your copy today! Order signed copies and bulk discounts here! --- Support the show If you're enjoying the show we'd love if you'd consider making a contribution at GoFundMe.com/bodykindness. 100% of any amount you can give goes to offset to production expenses. If 20 people can donate $25, it pays for this episode. We're so grateful to have you as a listener, and we thank you for your support. --- Get started with Body Kindness Sign up to get started for free and stay up to date on the latest offerings --- Subscribe to the podcastWe're on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio. Enjoy the show? Please rate it on iTunes! Have a show idea or guest recommendation? E-mail podcast@bodykindnessbook.com to get in touch. --- Join the Facebook groupContinue the episode conversations with the hosts, guests, and fellow listeners on the Body Kindness Facebook group. See you there! Nothing in this podcast is meant to provide medical diagnosis, treatment, cure, or prevent any disease or condition. Individuals should consult a qualified healthcare provider for medical advice and answers to personal health questions.

Sonya Renee Taylor is the Founder and Radical Executive Officer of The Body is Not An Apology, a digital media and education company committed to radical self-love and body empowerment as the foundational tool for social justice. Sonya has shared her work as an award-winning Performance Poet, Activist, and educator in numerous countries and on major media outlets around the world, reaching hundreds of thousands of people with her commitment to radical self-love and transformation. Sonya continues to perform, speak and facilitate workshops globally. Visit her at www.sonyareneetaylor.com or www.thebodyisnotanapology.com   Click here to purchase The Body is Not an Apology. Support Sonya's work on her Patreon. Connect with Sonya on Instagram @sonyareneetaylor or @thebodyisnotanpology.   Sonya's book recommendation: Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown   Shop all our authors' books and book recommendations on our Bookshop.org page!   -- Our March box theme is Read Caribbean, in collaboration with Decentred Lit! Sign up here. We donate 5% of all our sales to a different feminist organization each month. Our March spotlight organization is Eve for Life. Get $5 off your Feminist Book Club Box with the code PODCAST at feministbookclub.com/shop.   --   Website: http://www.feministbookclub.com Instagram: @feministbookclubbox Twitter: @fmnstbookclub Facebook: /feministbookclubbox Pinterest: feministbookclub Goodreads: Renee // Feminist Book Club Box and Podcast Email newsletter: http://bit.ly/FBCemailupdates Bookshop.org shop: Feminist Book Club Bookshop   -- This podcast is produced on the native land of the Dakota and Sioux peoples.   Logo and web design by Shatterboxx  Editing support from Phalin Oliver Original music by @iam.onyxrose

Hey, #shiftshapers! It's time to tune in to a brand new episode of #STS! This week, in Episode 30: Power is Mine, we are tapping into the wisdom of the incomparable Sonya Renee Taylor! @SonyaReneeTaylor is the Founder and Radical Executive Officer of The Body is Not An Apology, a digital media and education company committed to radical self-love and body empowerment as the foundational tool for social justice. Sonya has shared her work as an award-winning Performance Poet, Activist, and educator in numerous countries and on major media outlets around the world, reaching hundreds of thousands of people with her commitment to radical self-love and transformation. Sonya continues to perform, speak and facilitate workshops globally. Visit her at www.sonyareneetaylor.com or www.thebodyisnotanapology.com.  ⁣Make time today to tap into your power on Soundcloud, Google Play, Apple Podcast, I Heart Radio, Spotify, and Shapingtheshift.com!⁣ ⁣Visit our site www.shapingtheshift.com for more details, show notes, exclusives, and ways to support Shaping the Shift.⁣

Ep #93 with Paul Richmond, performance poet and spoken word artist. Paul Richmond is the current National Beat Poet Laureate and creates word stages for other poets and spoken word artists. He works with the World Fusion group “Do It Now” which showcases his hard-hitting dystopic vision of our current reality. The group includes Tony Vacca and John Sheldon who are featured on this episode. He has published 6 books of his poetry. A Worldsoul Records production derrikjordan.com On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/109866072979176/videos/206977377762203 On YouTube: https://youtu.be/OnVjLvsTYzQ

Sinéad Gleeson, editor of 'The Art of the Glimpse' celebrates Nollaig na mBan by sharing selected stories from women writers, performance poet Sinéad O’Brien discusses her debut album 'Drowning in Blessings', The Therapy Sessions at First Fortnight with Laura Quirke of Lemoncello & actor Roxanna Nic Liam.

Performance poet, Piers Harrison-Reid rose to national visibility with a poem that bridged two of the UK’s greatest institutions: The National Health Services and the BBC. The poem Love is for the Brave, an ode to the NHS was commissioned by the BBC and has garnered a million views and counting across various platforms. With roots in hip hop, dub and slam poetry Piers’ poems are often vehicle for potent political and social commentary and are therefore in demand on news media as immediate responses to world events. Like his response to the latest wave of BLM uprising More Blacks, More Dogs, More Irish, which he says brought with it a surprising, disappointing amount of negative response. Did I mention he’s also an A&E nurse?THIS EPISODE HAS BEEN AUDIO TRANSCRIBED.Piers' Websitepiersthepoet.co.ukLinks to videos discussed in the epidose:More Blacks, More Dogs, More Irish Car Crash People Jenny Love is for the brave I (2018)Love is for the brave II (2020)The last three questions.....PIECE THAT CHANGED EVERYTHINGKahlil Gibran’s The Prophet PIECE THAT DIDN’T LOVE BUT HAS VALUEExperimental Film, i.e. Richard Linklater’s Waking Life NOMINATE AN ARTIST FOR US TO CHECK OUTMusician, The Heartseas KidPoet, Kae Tempest This season of MOVERS SHAKERS MAKERS has been made possible by grants from the Norfolk Arts Project Fund and using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

An absolute talent for words. Have a listen- you will even get to hear Vanessa read some of her poetry.

In the following podcast, you'll hear the edited audio of Sienna’s live Instagram interview with performance poet and writer Jess Green. Alongside learning about how to get into a creative career, Jess runs us through how her creative process has changed as a result of Covid-19 and what it was like writing poetry celebrating the culture of Leicester during a regional lockdown. If you are looking for another podcast to listen to, the Contributors release the Voice Extra Podcast every Saturday, where they talk about the pieces they’ve produced and the culture they’ve been enjoying. If you liked this podcast please consider helping us to make more with a donation of any amount at voicemag.uk/donate. Thanks to Kevin MacLeod for use of the track Thief in the Night, you can find more of his work on Incomputech.com Tom Inniss was the executive producer.

Bill Moran is a performance poet and former medic from Houston, TX. He is a two-time Austin Poetry Slam Champion, and has an MFA Poetry degree from Louisiana State University. He has toured regularly since 2011, performing and teaching throughout Europe, Australia, Southeast Asia, and the US. His work has been featured on Button Poetry (video), University of Hell Press, Alien Mouth, Pressure Gauge Press, and Phoebe. He currently lives and works in Houston as a teaching artist for Writers in the Schools. Check out his work here - http://www.billmoranpoetry.com/ Music licensed through Creative Common license - https://freesound.org/people/joshuaempyre/sounds/250750/

Writer and activist Sonya Renee Taylor joins us to discuss why we need more radical body love in the world, how to deal with weight gain and weight stigma while learning intuitive eating, what mainstream body positivity gets wrong, why understanding oppression and intersecting identities is the key to creating a world that's *truly* body-positive, how to navigate diet culture as a body-acceptance activist, how to begin to untangle internalized oppression, and lots more. (This interview originally aired on July 17, 2017.) Plus, in a new 2020 introduction, Christy offers a list of anti-racism resources for people who are looking to learn more. Sonya Renee Taylor is the Founder and Radical Executive Officer of The Body is Not An Apology, a digital media and education company committed to radical self-love and body empowerment as the foundational tool for social justice and global transformation. TBINAA.com reaches over 1 million people each month in 140 countries with their articles and content focused on the intersection of bodies, personal transformation and social justice. Sonya is also an International award winning Performance Poet, Activist, speaker, and transformational leader whose work continues to have global reach. She has appeared across the US, New Zealand, Australia, England, Scotland, Sweden, Germany, Canada and the Netherlands. Sonya and her work has been seen, heard and read on HBO, BET, MTV, TV One, NPR, PBS, CNN, Oxygen Network, The New York Times, New York Magazine, MSNBC.com, Today.com, Huffington Post, Vogue Australia, Shape.com, Ms. Magazine and many more. She has shared stages with such luminaries as Carrie Mae Weems, Theaster Gates, Harry Belafonte, Dr. Cornell West, Hilary Rodham Clinton, the late Amiri Baraka and numerous others. Sonya continues to perform, speak and facilitate workshops globally. Find her online at sonyareneetaylor.com and thebodyisnotanapology.com. For full show notes and a transcript of this episode, go to https://christyharrison.com/242.

Latest Spoken Label Podcast features the wonderful Tahira Rehman. Tahira Rehman is a Performance-Poet and an Outreach support worker in Leeds. Her poetry has been published in the US by Our Verse Magazine, Soul-Lit and locally by Make Our Rights Reality Campaign. She made a big name for herself in 2019 with headline performances at award-winning and long running spoken word nights such as Spoken Weird and Punk in Drublic. She is also the author of Mirages to Reality published in April 2019. "A uniquely styled performance that was atmospheric and powerfully thought provoking!" - Blur The Lines | Leeds Playhouse More about Tahira can be found at: www.tahirarehman.com Poems read out during this session include: 1) Mirage 2) Escape 3) Sit by me 4) Travelling Eyes 5) Undefined happiness

Listening to this episode is pretty dang good decision, but brace yourself, Andrew's poem might take you to some deep places! I was blown away by what he shared here, after I asked him to write a poem for the times we're living in. It's a gift. You're welcome.You can read all my poems for a pandemic here: https://www.willsmall.com.au/blog/poems-for-a-pandemicConnect with Andrew here: https://www.instagram.com/andrewcoxpoetry/Find out about unContained festival of the podcast here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1280466062163863/

Ep #74 with Tantra Zawadi, performance poet. Tantra has an unmistakable style of language in her poetry and her performances are always filled with love and connection. We met in Senegal in 2013 for the Senegal-America Project with our partner Tony Vacca, who joins us for the live music at the end of the show. She is the African Mermaid! She lives in NYC and works with many music producers there and in Europe. A Worldsoul Records production derrikjordan.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/109866072979176/videos/251549678852548/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvuRpRZ4Lyc Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/hilljoy/ep-36-with-tantra-zawadi-spoken-word-artitst Winner of the national award for Best Entertainment and Arts Series 2019 in public access TV

My Guest this week is Performance Poet, Kezzabelle Ambler. Kezzabelle's latest book & cd are called 'Permission To Speak' available from www.kezzabelle.co.uk Her 'Weaving Words' creative writing workshops can be booked for festivals or events. Contact Kezzabelle. by email: info@kezzabelle.co.uk or via her website. The Midlife Movement can help you embrace your middle years with less stress and more joy! How? Join our free Facebook Group (be sure to answer the questions) Download our free resources: www.themidlifemovement.com And Join us in The Midlife Movement Community. For less than the price of lunch with friends, you'll be getting confidence, friendship, knowledge and support. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-midlife-movement/message

Jumbo Episode 62 - 19.02.20 - Simon WiddopOn todays show I chat with Performance Poet and Writer Simon Widdop. We talk about how he got started, what he's working on now and lot's more! You can be amazing and support me and the show on Patreon at: www.patreon.com/Jumbo You can find me on TuneIn, Spotify, Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spreaker, Google Podcasts and many others. Email: Jumbopodcast@gmail.comFacebook: /TonyJamesComedyTwitter: @TonyJamesComedy

QC Confessional Episode #20.. Performance Poet, Playwright and Teaching Artist Carlos Robson and his Emmy Award winning mentor Bluz stop by the studio to talk about the world of Spoken Word and Slam Poetry, what inspires them and some upcoming events they have in the works here in Charlotte. @CarlosThePoet @BluzBluzBluz www.RadioCharlotte.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/qcconfessional/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/qcconfessional/support

This is the Thanksgiving Edition of the Thinking Out Loud Radio Show and we are appropriately calling it "Thankful" as we are just days away from the Thanksgiving holiday. Tonight's show we talk to Author & Speaker Dr. Rebecca Flemming about her 3 books, and she shares with us what she is most thankful for as well as some her favorite family holiday traditions. Dr. Flemming is an Author & Speaker, authoring 3 books, her first is entitled “A Pocket Full of Wisdom & Power,” her 2nd is “Finding Fearless” and her latest book is entitled “Love Lessons.”She is also a Military Veteran, serving in the Marine Corp as an Operations Specialist. However, much her focus as a career has been on Career Development, and Adult Education. She is an excellent speaker and also a Performance Poet. We had a great interview that I can't wait to share with you. PLUS, we are going to be talking about Gabriel Union & Julianne Hough's abrupt exit from America's Got Talent, why I like Roland Martin and as an added bonus we are going to be sharing with you a song from new artist GODKNOWS Ronnie Jr entitled "Remember Me." We also plan to share with you a powerful Thought of the Week taken from our theme for tonight's show. This is a show you definitely don't want to miss! 

Alina Siegfried is an Impact Storyteller, Narrative Strategist, and award-winning Performance Poet. She is passionate about arts, storytelling and narrative as a tool to inspire systems-level change.  In this interview we talk about her background and how she became a poet and what it means to draw out people's stories in order to describe the impact they are having.   Alina has been performing spoken word poetry for the past decade, under the alias Ali Jacs. She is a founder of Wellington's Poetry in Motion community, winner of the 2012 New Zealand National Poetry Slam, and in 2013 she competed in the Women of the World Poetry Slam in Minneapolis. While the poetry started out as a "full-time" hobby, Alina now taks the tools and tricks learned from the art form and helps organisations become more creative and authentic with their storytelling. Working with companies, social enterprises, non-profits, government bodies, and entrepreneurs driven to create impact, she helps with story strategy, content development, copywriting, video direction, and internal storytelling to strengthen teams and organisations to become more human. Website: www.alinasiegfried.com Watch Alina's poetry on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjSCO6Ra8G4xRKESqks4mmcpdE19JnB7B LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alina-siegfried-a088a049/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AliJacsWordworker/ Edmund Hillary Fellowship: www.ehf.org?utm_source=seeds&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=podcasts_alina_on_impact_storytelling Here is the link to the Shapeshifter video that signalled to me that it was time to come back to New Zealand! It's a cool watch if you haven't seen it... be great for listeners to be able to go on that journey if they so desire! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXnD0GAO-3s Alina Siegfried hello@alinasiegfried.com  

Dr. Yaba Blay is the Dan Blue Endowed Chair in Political Science at North Carolina Central University. An ethnographer, scholar, and content creator, her scholarship centers on global Black identities and the politics of embodiment, with particular attention given to hair and skin color politics. In 2012, Dr. Blay partnered with CNN to produce Black in America: Who is Black in America? – a television documentary inspired by her book, (1)ne Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race. In it, she explores the interconnected nuances of skin color politics and Black racial identity, and challenges narrow perceptions of Blackness as both an identity and a lived reality. Named to The Root 100 (2014), an annual list of top Black influencers, she is one of today's leading voices on colorism and global skin color politics and, to date, her commentary has been featured across some of today's leading media outlets including: CNN, BET, MSNBC, NPR, The New York Times, Ebony Magazine, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Root, Huffington Post Live, Colorlines, Al Jazeera America. Applauded by O, The Oprah Magazine for her social media activism, Dr. Blay is the creator and producer of a number of online campaigns including #PrettyPeriod - a visual celebration of dark-skinned Black beauty - and #ProfessionalBlackGirl - a webseries and multi-platform digital community dedicated to celebrating Black Girl culture. Professional Black Girl is a multi-platform digital community that celebrates the everyday magic of Black women and girls! By announcing ourselves “Professional Black Girls,” we assert an unapologetic identity in a world that too often tries to tell us how we “ought to” act. We know that “acting” like anything other than ourselves robs us of our freedom, so instead, we choose, embrace, and celebrate who we are. We are professional code-switchers. We hold Ph.Ds and listen to trap music. We twerk and we work. We are Professional Black Girls. Jillian Bessett: The voice in the intro and outro belong to songwriter Jillian Bessett. Jillian Bessett is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose evocative lyrics and welcoming stage presence have endeared her to audiences throughout the southwest music scene. Jillian is currently writing music and gigging with her new favorite instrument the Boss RC-505 Looping Station. **Referenced in the interview: ** Sonya Renee Taylor is the Founder and Radical Executive Officer of The Body is Not An Apology, a digital media and education company promoting radical self-love and body empowerment as the foundational tool for social justice and global transformation. Sonya's work as a highly sought-after award-winning Performance Poet, activist, and transformational leader continues to have global reach. Sonya is a former National and International poetry slam champion and author of two books, including The Body is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love. She is an educator and thought leader who has enlightened and inspired organizations, audiences and individuals from board rooms to prisons, universities to homeless shelters, elementary schools to some of the biggest stages in the world. Tarana Burke 's passion for community organizing began in the late 1980s, when she joined a youth development organization called 21st Century and led campaigns around issues like racial discrimination, housing inequality and economic justice. Her career took a turn toward supporting survivors of sexual violence upon moving to Selma, Alabama, to work for 21st Century. She encountered dozens of black girls who were sharing stories of sexual violence and abuse, stories she identified with very well. She realized too many girls were suffering through abuse without access to resources, safe spaces and support, so in 2007 she created Justbe Inc., an organization committed to the empowerment and wellness of black girls. The impacts of Justbe Inc. are widespread, as the program, which was adopted by every public school in Selma, has hundreds of alumni who have gone on to thrive and succeed in various ways. Burke's role as the senior director at Girls for Gender Equity in Brooklyn, NY, an intergenerational nonprofit dedicated to strengthening local communities by creating opportunities for young women and girls to live self-determined lives, is a continuation of what she considers her life's work. Since #MeToo, the movement she created more than ten years ago, became a viral hashtag, she has emerged as a global leader in the evolving conversation around sexual violence and the need for survivor-centered solutions. Her theory of using empathy to empower survivors is changing the way the nation and the world think about and engage with survivors. Her belief that healing isn't a destination but a journey has touched and inspired millions of survivors who previously lived with the pain, shame and trauma of their assaults in isolation. Tarriona "Tank" Ball. Poet. Singer. Actress. Artist. Vocalist. Michelle's Baby Girl. New Orleans' Baby Girl. Front Woman of Tank & the Bangas. Professional Black Girl. Chef Linda Green. Chef. Keeper of Culinary Traditions. Winner of Food Network's Chopped - Pride of New Orleans. 'The Yakamein Lady.' Professional Black Girl. Queen Tahj Williams. College Student. Track Coach. Mardi Gras Indian. Big Queen of the Golden Eagles. aka "Queen Pocahantas." Professional Black Girl. Bozoma “Boz” St. John is an Ghanian-American businesswoman and marketing executive who is the current chief marketing officer at William Morris Endeavor. Previously, she served as chief brand officer at Uber until June 2018. Raynell Steward, AKA Wuzzam Supa/Supa Cent. Entrepreneur. Social Media Personality. Influencer. Makeup Mogul. CEO of Crayon Case Cosmetics. Professional Black Girl.

Spoken Word Artist, Huwa Spoken Word artist, Huwa, is a Nigerian resident where she performs her craft.  She also shares what it is like living in a third world country where life is grand despite limited choices. Huwa says it's okay to live your dreams even if your environment has limited things and limited choices.  You still have a choice to invest time and energy into your craft. Her podcast showcases Spoken Word artists as well as her own work.  She tours around Nigeria performing Spoken Word and bringing it to a commercial platform. In September Huwa graduates with a Chemical Engineering degree but she will continue performing Spoken Word and sharing the art globally. This following definition is from the  Poetry Foundation (http://poetryfoundation.org) The art of Spoken Word has its roots in oral traditions and performance. It can contain elements of rap, hip-hop, storytelling, theater, jazz, rock, blues, and folk music. It is characterized by rhyme, repetition, improvisation, and word play. These poems frequently refer to issues of social justice, politics, race, and community.  It is related to slam poetry, in that it may draw on music, sound, dance, or other kinds of performance to connect with you, the audience. It has become more popular around the world to relay messages. Link to Huwa's podcast (https://linktr.ee/thespokenworld) Learn more about people featured on this podcast by going to my blog.  Your Positive Imprint blog (https://yourpositiveimprint.com/blog/)  

Writer and activist Sonya Renee Taylor joins us to discuss why we need more radical body love in the world, how to deal with weight gain and weight stigma while learning intuitive eating, what mainstream body positivity gets wrong, why understanding oppression and intersecting identities is the key to creating a world that's *truly* body-positive, how to navigate diet culture as a body-acceptance activist, how to begin to untangle internalized oppression, and lots more. PLUS, Christy answers a listener question about how to tell the difference between self-care and orthorexic thinking. This episode originally aired on July 17, 2017 Sonya Renee Taylor is the Founder and Radical Executive Officer of The Body is Not An Apology, a digital media and education company committed to radical self-love and body empowerment as the foundational tool for social justice and global transformation. TBINAA.com reaches over 1 million people each month in 140 countries with their articles and content focused on the intersection of bodies, personal transformation and social justice. Sonya is also an International award winning Performance Poet, Activist, speaker, and transformational leader whose work continues to have global reach. She has appeared across the US, New Zealand, Australia, England, Scotland, Sweden, Germany, Canada and the Netherlands. Sonya and her work has been seen, heard and read on HBO, BET, MTV, TV One, NPR, PBS, CNN, Oxygen Network, The New York Times, New York Magazine, MSNBC.com, Today.com, Huffington Post, Vogue Australia, Shape.com, Ms. Magazine and many more. She has shared stages with such luminaries as Carrie Mae Weems, Theaster Gates, Harry Belafonte, Dr. Cornell West, Hilary Rodham Clinton, the late Amiri Baraka and numerous others. Sonya continues to perform, speak and facilitate workshops globally. Visit her at thebodyisnotanapology.com and sonya-renee.com. Grab Christy's free guide, 7 simple strategies for finding peace and freedom with food, to get started on the anti-diet path. If you're ready to break free from diet culture once and for all, join Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online course! Ask your own question about intuitive eating, Health at Every Size, or eating disorder recovery at christyharrison.com/questions. To learn more about Food Psych and get full show notes and a transcript of this episode, go to christyharrison.com/foodpsych.

Jade Beall is a proud mother and a Tucson, AZ based world-renowned photographer specializing in truthful images of women to inspire feeling irreplaceably beautiful as a counter-balance to the airbrushed photoshopped imagery that dominates main stream media. Her recent work "A Beautiful Body Project" has touched 100,000's of women's lives and garnered global attention from media outlets including the BBC, The Huffington Post & beyond. Jade's book series and media platform feature untouched photos of women alongside their stories of their journeys to build self-esteem in a world that thrives off women feeling insecure. Jade's dream is to inspire future generations of women to be free from painful suffering from years of feeling not enough and embrace their sacred beauty just as they are in this precious moment. Jillian Bessett: The voice in the intro and outro belong to songwriter Jillian Bessett. Jillian Bessett is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose evocative lyrics and welcoming stage presence have endeared her to audiences throughout the southwest music scene. Jillian is currently writing music and gigging with her new favorite instrument the Boss RC-505 Looping Station. Referenced in the interview: In The Beauty Myth, Naomi Wolf wrote: "“A culture fixated on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty, but an obsession about female obedience. Dieting is the most potent political sedative in women's history; a quietly mad population is a tractable one.” Jes Baker is an author, international speaker and blogger with a background in mental health where she's worked as a BHT, Psychosocial Rehabilitation Specialist, Arizona state credentialed Peer Support Specialist and Educator. Her two books are Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls, a bestselling handbook created for those who are beginning their body acceptance journey and Landwhale, a memoir-esque exploration of the complex conversations that arise while navigating the world as a fat woman. Sonya Renee Taylor is the Founder and Radical Executive Officer of The Body is Not An Apology, a digital media and education company promoting radical self-love and body empowerment as the foundational tool for social justice and global transformation. Sonya's work as a highly sought-after award-winning Performance Poet, activist, and transformational leader continues to have global reach. Sonya is a former National and International poetry slam champion and author of two books, including The Body is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love. She is an educator and thought leader who has enlightened and inspired organizations, audiences and individuals from board rooms to prisons, universities to homeless shelters, elementary schools to some of the biggest stages in the world.

Meet Ghanaian performance poet, writer and publisher Nii Ayikwei Parke. Nii was a 2007 recipient of Ghana's national ACRAG award for poetry and literary advocacy. His début novel 'Tail of the Blue Bird' was shortlisted for the 2010 Commonwealth Prize and his work has been translated into Italian, French, Chinese, Dutch, German and Arabic. During this session, we talk about work, life and parenthood from a Pan-African perspective, interpreting poetry and his journey having left a financially buoyant corporate career for a fulfilling life in creative writing, arts and social commentary. Follow and say hi to Nii on Twitter: @BlueBirdTail Website: niiparkes.com

        ***Replay from 3/16/2018**** 8 PM Central you can join Host Rev Donald Lewis and Rev. Lori B  for the Correllian Family Hour as we explore the exciting world on Correllian Wicca.  News and views, interviews, and information on the Correllian Lifestyle. Join Rev Don, Rev Lori B and guests for a Ostara/Mabon ritual Stay tuned after the ritual for a special interview with Fleassy Malay Hosts, Laura González, Rev Lori B and Pammit invite the amazing Performance Poet and author of the viral International Women's Day Poem, "Witches"  

Performance Poet, Rob Gee, was in town performing at the Vancouver Fringe Festival and joined us to talk about his show, Forget Me Not.

Welcome to our final podcast from our month of Body Positivity. We have been amazed by the incredible guests that have given us the gift of time and conversation this month as we have journeyed through various discussions around body image, body positivity, body acceptance, and radical self-love. Today we are SO excited to be chatting with Sonya Renee Taylor. Sonya Renee Taylor is the Founder and Radical Executive Officer of The Body is Not An Apology, a digital media, and education company promoting radical self-love and body empowerment as the foundational tool for social justice and global transformation. Sonya's work as a highly sought-after award-winning Performance Poet, activist, and transformational leader continues to have global reach. Sonya is a former National and International poetry slam champion, author of two books, including The Body is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love (Berrett-Koehler Feb 2018), educator and thought leader who has enlightened and inspired organizations, audiences and individuals from boardrooms to prisons, universities to homeless shelters, elementary schools to some of the biggest stages in the world. For more information, please visit our website and check out the show notes: www.bcbcpodcast.com And remember - you can like us on all the social media, subscribe to our channel, download our episodes, become a Patreon supporter and so much more! We are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization so you can also make a tax-deductible donation! Website: www.bcbpodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BCBCPodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BCBCPodcast Instagram: https://twitter.com/BCBCPodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BCBCPodcast

We go on location with performance poet and Afrofuturist cosplayer ZiggZaggerZ the Bastard, author of The Bastard's Manifesto. ZiggZaggerZ discusses race, disability and self-empowerment in her cosplay of Queen of Clubs at Emerald City ComicCon 2016 in Seattle, before we go behind-the-scenes at a cosplay photoshoot in Whistler, BC, featuring ZiggZaggerZ as Queen Hippolyta and Queen Nubia. For more on ZiggZaggerZ, check out: http://ziggzaggerz.com

In this interview, we talk to Sonya Renee Taylor who is leading the "radical self-love" movement for social change and discover how she turned her activism into a business. Taylor is the Founder and Radical Executive Officer of The Body is Not An Apology, a digital media, and education company promoting radical self-love and body empowerment as the foundational tool for social justice and global transformation. Sonya’s work as a highly sought-after award-winning Performance Poet, activist, and transformational leader continues to have global reach. Sonya is a former National and International poetry slam champion, author of two books, including The Body is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love (Berrett-Koehler Feb 2018), educator and thought leader who has enlightened and inspired organizations, audiences and individuals from board rooms to prisons, universities to homeless shelters, elementary schools to some of the biggest stages in the world.

Performance Poet, Producer, Certified Artist Development Coach and radio / tv personality Suite Franchon unearths the drive and inspiration of actor, performance poet, and Hip Hop artist, Darian Dauchan!!! Discover Afrofuturism through Darian's out the lab creation, The Brobot Experience, it's accompanying album Bionic Boom Bap, and the multi-dimensional being that is Darian Dauchan. Darian was the featured artist at the CREATIVE CLASH debut at the Newark Culture Con in April 2018. Creative Clash, a program of The Master Griot Project™, is the crossroad of spoken word, sci-fi, fantasy, and the comicsphere. OMG, spoken word is popping up everywhere! The Master Griot Project™ contends this is just the tip of the iceberg. Join in the manifestation of a new sphere for the spoken word industry. We have not yet seen all that the word can do. Spoken word is moving beyond just public service announcements, slams, and open mics. It's adequately being used in commercials, creative edutainment campaigns and leveraging the internet of everything to produce new works and galvanize fanbases. What do you envision for spoken word? Your host Suite Franchon is also an entrepreneur and creator of Soul Opera TV and Peace Love and Poetry. Engage, envision with Beyond the Word w. Suite Franchon every 3rd Monday here on Master Griot / NBBTA Radio.

Are you in need of some radical self-love? This is your Body Kindness episode. Sonya Renee Taylor is the Founder and Radical Executive Officer of The Body is Not An Apology, a digital media and education company promoting radical self-love and body empowerment as the foundational tool for social justice and global transformation. Sonya’s work as a highly sought-after award-winning Performance Poet, activist, and transformational leader continues to have global reach. Sonya is a former National and International poetry slam champion, author of two books, including The Body is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love (Berrett-Koehler Feb 2018), educator and thought leader who has enlightened and inspired organizations, audiences and individuals from board rooms to prisons, universities to homeless shelters, elementary schools to some of the biggest stages in the world. Follow Sonya: Website | Twitter | Facebook Related reading In the show I mentioned an article asking "Is the anti-diet movement going too far?" that quoted me. Here's the link to the article I mentioned. While this article didn't come up on the show, I was also interviewed and I think it's a another example of a cultural shift in focus to well-being instead of weight. --- Support the show Thank you to our generous supporters! We are working toward our goal to fund the full season. Can you donate? Please visit our Go Fund Me page. --- You can subscribe to Body Kindness on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio. Enjoy the show? Please rate it on iTunes! - http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1073275062 Are you ready for Body Kindness? Get started today with my free e-course and on-demand digital training. Learn more - http://bit.ly/2k23nbT The New York Times Book Review calls Body Kindness 'simple and true'. Publisher's Weekly says it's 'a rousing guide to better health.' http://bit.ly/2k228t9 Watch my videos about why we need Body Kindness on YouTube. https://youtu.be/W7rATQpv5y8?list=PLQPvfnaYpPCUT9MOwHByVwN1f-bL2rn1V --- Enjoy the show? Please subscribe and rate it. Have a show idea or guest recommendation (even yourself!) E-mail podcast@bodykindnessbook.com to get in touch. Join us on the Body Kindness Podcast Facebook group where you can continue the episode conversations with the hosts, guests, and fellow listeners. See you there! Nothing in this podcast is meant to provide medical diagnosis, treatment, cure, or prevent any disease or condition. Individuals should consult a qualified healthcare provider for medical advice and answers to personal health questions.  

8 PM Central you can join Host Rev Donald Lewis and Rev. Lori B  for the Correllian Family Hour as we explore the exciting world on Correllian Wicca.  News and views, interviews, and information on the Correllian Lifestyle. Join Rev Don, Rev Lori B and guests for a Ostara/Mabon ritual Stay tuned after the ritual for a special interview with Fleassy Malay Hosts, Laura González, Rev Lori B and Pammit invite the amazing Performance Poet and author of the viral International Women's Day Poem, "Witches"  

Writer and activist Sonya Renee Taylor joins us to discuss why we need more radical body love in the world, how to deal with weight gain and weight stigma while learning intuitive eating, what mainstream body positivity gets wrong, why understanding oppression and intersecting identities is the key to creating a world that's *truly* body-positive, how to navigate diet culture as a body-acceptance activist, how to begin to untangle internalized oppression, and lots more. PLUS, Christy answers a listener question about how to tell the difference between self-care and orthorexic thinking. Sonya Renee Taylor is the Founder and Radical Executive Officer of The Body is Not An Apology, a digital media and education company committed to radical self-love and body empowerment as the foundational tool for social justice and global transformation. TBINAA.com reaches over 1 million people each month in 140 countries with their articles and content focused on the intersection of bodies, personal transformation and social justice. Sonya is also an International award winning Performance Poet, Activist, speaker, and transformational leader whose work continues to have global reach. She has appeared across the US, New Zealand, Australia, England, Scotland, Sweden, Germany, Canada and the Netherlands. Sonya and her work has been seen, heard and read on HBO, BET, MTV, TV One, NPR, PBS, CNN, Oxygen Network, The New York Times, New York Magazine, MSNBC.com, Today.com, Huffington Post, Vogue Australia, Shape.com, Ms. Magazine and many more. She has shared stages with such luminaries as Carrie Mae Weems, Theaster Gates, Harry Belafonte, Dr. Cornell West, Hilary Rodham Clinton, the late Amiri Baraka and numerous others. Sonya continues to perform, speak and facilitate workshops globally. Visit her at thebodyisnotanapology.com and sonya-renee.com. To learn more about Food Psych and get full show notes for this episode, go to christyharrison.com/foodpsych Ask your own question about intuitive eating, Health at Every Size, or eating disorder recovery at christyharrison.com/questions Grab Christy's free guide, 7 simple strategies for finding peace and freedom with food, to start your intuitive eating journey. You can also text "7STRATEGIES" to the phone number 44222 to get it on the go :) Join the Food Psych Facebook group to connect with fellow listeners around the world!  

Download Episode! Hi, sweet radicals! This week, the "Life. Unrestricted." podcast brings to you the wonderful Sonya Renee Taylor from California. Sonya Renee is the Founder and – as she calls it – Radical Executive Officer of "The Body Is Not An Apology", an international movement and organization committed to radical self-love and body empowerment as the foundational tool for social justice and global transformation. Sonya holds a BA in Sociology and a Masters degree in Organizational Management. Her work as an award-winning Performance Poet, Activist and transformational leader continues to have global reach. Sonya is a former National and International poetry slam champion, author, educator and activist who has mesmerized audiences across the world. Believing in the power of art as a vehicle for social change, Sonya has been widely recognized for her work as a change agent and has won heaps of awards and honors, and Bustle Magazine has named her one of the 12 "Women who paved the way for body positivity“. Sonya’s work has been seen and heard on practically EVERY news outlet in America. Sonya is a fierce advocate and activist for intersectional global justice. Listen in as Sonya Renee tells us: – What sort of messages she heard about women’s bodies when she grew up – What the most important messages are that made her believe in her abilities and power – How she experienced privilege and oppression – Why she believes body-shame and tendencies of self-hate are learned and can be unlearned – What body-empowerment entails and why it really is about all areas of social justice, be it ableism, racism, classism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, weight-discrimination or any other form – Why weight-stigma is adding a toxic layer that affects those most that are already being discriminated against – How her great movement called "The Body Is Not An Apology" came about – Why she feels so grateful for all the contributors for showing her their perspective – Why "The Body Is Not An Apology" is for everybody – How her idea of self-love is different than the fuzzy ideas we often hear; why she calls it "radical self-love" – How her 30-day self-love challenge called RUHCUS helped her overcome her biggest shame – Why it is that some form of body shame is likely to seep back in and how we can deal with it to maintain body-peace – Why it is critical to learn about the mechanism of the diet- and beauty-industry to see just how much power we are giving away by buying into the lies we are being told every day – What would happen when women over night stopped believing those lies and stopped buying all those products – What radical self-love realistically looks like and why it has a massive impact on the world around us – Why we can never create a peaceful world unless we make peace within ourselves – What she does on those days that she finds it hard to love herself – Why it is important to see that we would only set ourselves up for failure if we want to do this journey towards body love perfectly – Why she encourages all of us to do "what WE want" and not "what we think others want us to do" – What she would change immediately were she to rule the world... ... And so much more! Check out Sonya Renee Taylor here: www.sonya-renee.com and her platform "The Body Is Not An Apology" here: www.thebodyisnotanapology.com   ********* Don't forget!********* Podcasting is expensive, more so than I thought. So if you enjoy and love my podcast, please consider supporting it by becoming a "Patreon"! It would greatly help me to keep those episodes coming to you. Thanks! https://www.patreon.com/lifeunrestricted Make sure to join my tribe and meet some of the most supportive, loving and kind people of all shapes and sizes, including great coaches and leaders! We’re right over here at: http://www.lifeunrestricted.org/join/ Please: Do subscribe on iTunes (Apple): https://itunes.apple.com/ch/podcast/life.-unrestricted.-podcast/id1130713233?mt=2 or on Stitcher (Android): http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=93987&refid=stpr

Funny, warm and insightful, performance poet and writer, Cynthia Hamilton, tells us what drove her to write and perform. Now she has taken a break from performing, how does she deal with the need for an audience? Once you take that step, are you always a performer, even if you never set foot on a stage again? And why the heck can't poetry rhyme?

Cameron Semmens is a dad, a husband, a smither of words, and the author of multiple books including Ice Skating In The Taj Mahal and Love is the New Black. Luke and Susie explore what a performance poet is and even get to talk about astronomy.

Freelance writer, teacher & spoken worder. Also work for @PureCreativeArt & @WirralYFC. Views are mine, not those of employers. Will work for sweets or Nando's. flavors.me/raeljames https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOvCFajw4umoZFL93zl3zCA

Join host Elysabeth Alfano and go behind the scenes for the full interview at the Green Mill with performance poet and Poetry Slam Founder Marc Smith.

Join host Elysabeth Alfano and go behind the scenes at the Green Mill with performance poet and Poetry Slam Founder Marc Smith.

Join host Elysabeth Alfano and go behind the scenes at the Green Mill with performance poet and Poetry Slam Founder Marc Smith.

Join host Elysabeth Alfano and go behind the scenes at the Green Mill with performance poet and Poetry Slam Founder Marc Smith.

It's The Master Griot Artists Series - Pt. 2 of interview w-Queen (Kween S. Shantey)- The straight no-chaser Actress, Entrepreneur, and Performance Poet. As a survivor, much of Queen's artistry deals with the subject of child abuse and violence. We're going to follow-up of her theatrical debut of "Open Scars", learn how to use her artistry as a catharsis, an awareness tool, and even a fundraiser. NOW, don't get it wrong, Queen art is just as diverse as the human being, So on this night of Lov

The featured poet at the 2006 Slab City Slam was Christa Bell. To explain further, we will need the words of the poet herself: "FonkGoddess is alive and Coochie Magic is afoot through the revivalist poetry of internationally acclaimed poet, SpokenWord artist and cultural activist Christa Bell of Seattle, Washington. Her conundrum: How to make the Goddess fonky. How to make the resurrection of women’s spiritual consciousness sexy while maintaining its urgency and emphasizing its relevance to popular culture. The solution: Sanctifying women’s experience on the altar of the stage. Taking responsibility for her conceptual reality out of the hands of men through performance ritual, emphasizing the Word, that reconnects woman to her primal identity as sexual mystic, conjurer, healing artist, and divine visionary." Christa received her BA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University, has studied in France and lived in East Africa. She is currently the third ranked Performance Poet in the United States and, having lost the competition to a time penalty, after receiving the highest score in the individual event. Christa is Seattle’s 2005 Grand Slam Poetry Champion and the Northwest’s 2005 representative at the Individual World Poetry Slam Competition (IWPS). As founder of the Healing Is A Political Act (HIAPA) Creative Recovery Workshop Series, Christa is concerned with more than the technical aspects of writing and performing. She believes that expressing individual creativity is a form of power. A way to actively engage and transform our spiritual, emotional, social and political realities. Her workshops hold as their emphasis the healing of ancestral, emotional, and spiritual scars as a path to higher creativity. She is the author of three collections of poetry, Revival (2004), Arise My Beautiful One, Come With Me (2005), and YoniVerse (to be released 2006), the producer of a live Spoken Word EP entitled, WordMedicine, 2006, and is currently recording a full length live LP of her first SpokenWord tour also entitled YoniVerse: Live. For more info about Christa Bell and her work, click on http://www.christabellonline.com/ For more info about Coyote Radio, click on http://www.coyoteradio.org/