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PMAC - Portsmouth Music and Arts Center

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Russ Grazier, co-founder of the Portsmouth Music and Arts Center, hosts visiting artists, musicians and mentors in casual conversations about finding their way into the arts, sharing their art with others, and their lives outside of performing and creating. PMAC faculty lead off each episode with a true story from their creative and colorful lives.
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Hella Moded. is a weekly podcast with filmmaker Pmac, and David So. New episode every Tuesday! Pmac is a filmmaker and former rapper from the Bay Area. He has directed short films and music videos for artists such as G-Eazy, P-Lo, Marc E Bassy, Nef The Pharaoh, and others. We talk about life, current events in social media, and watch funny clips.
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It's "This Exonian Life." I'm Nick Song. Each episode, we bring you the stories heard on and around Exeter's campus. We believe that everyone (yes, even you!) has a story to tell. The stories we put out range from interviews with accomplished assembly speakers, to the conversations held in a friend's dorm room in the middle of the night. "This Exonian Life" is unaffiliated with Phillips Exeter Academy and produced by Nick Song, Class of '18.
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Join the revolution! The F*ck it button is the power button, everyone has a f*ck it button, but no two fuck it buttons are the same. The F*ck it button is saying no to fear, shame, over thinking and judgement. Creative, entrepreneur and mentor Zoe Lem chats with a whole host of fascinating humans from all walks of life, including singers, writers, artists, performers, entrepreneurs, academics and well-being experts about when they have, would, could and should press their F*ck it Button. Whe ...
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This episode Zoe chats with Jacky Power aka the Therapeutic Poet, an addictions psychologist, poet, creator and host of the Therapeutic Poet Podcast. After years working with clients to impact, understand, and evolve through their addictions and traumas, she found another medium to express her thoughts, ideas and observation of human life and behav…
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This episode Zoe speaks to Peter Maclver, aka PMac, who is a motivated, passionate, and dedicated personal trainer. Growing up in London in the heady heights of Camden, Peter found his passion for fitness and motivation, focusing on health, optimum living, and striving to master the art of trusting the process. 16 years on Peter focuses his energy …
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Leave Featherstone aka Luinluland is a self-love advocate who is embracing midlife, menopause and growing old with attitude, fuckitude, and a big dose of irony. UK born Lu moved to America - Portland to be precise, with her then husband and son to begin new adventures and a lifestyle change. After many happy years and challenges, Lu returned to the…
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This episode Zoe talks with fellow dopamine neurodivergent, Sherrie Scott, aka Forever Betty, who is a high energy creative with a passion for colour. After battling the system through education searching for her purpose and direction, Sherrie decided to take her destiny into her own hands. Constant constantly, consciously or unconsciously, mainstr…
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This episode, Zoe chats with Rob Yates. As an enthusiastic community member, a sustainable activist, and social injustice warrior, Rob Yates has integrated supporting and helping others into his daily life. Since moving to Thanet in 2017, Rob has fought to improve the quality of life for his neighbours, equality within the community and justice for…
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In this episode Zoe chats with Naomi Gale, a vaginologist, guide, speaker, podcaster and former classroom teacher. After years of childhood trauma, Naomi hid from the world, protecting herself and escaping both her feelings and body. She has taken an epic journey to discover a way to regain confidence and to empower herself and others working throu…
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In this episode Zoe chats with Jemima Sara, an expressive and provocative multidisciplinary artist. She discovered a way to communicate her feelings, frustrations and struggles, using art as a medium and outlet to heal from trauma, stress and past events, in a way that became both therapeutic and joyful all in one. Jemima Sara unleashed a tool that…
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In this episode Zoe chats with the fabulous James Joseph Harty, aka Dame Jame. He/she found escape in entertaining others, and a need to bring joy, and laughter that has driven a desire to perform from a young age. James discovered his alter ego Dame Jame after battling with a traumatic coming out and a connection to his true self, as a form of sel…
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In this episode Zoe chats with Grace Woodward. Grace has been noted as one of the UK's biggest super stylists. Grace has had an epic career in the fashion industry. Styling X Factor's iconic series that launched the career of the likes of One Direction. She was a judge on Britain's and Ireland's Next Top Model and has dressed a multitude of stars. …
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In this episode Zoe chats with the fabulous, Olivia Squier, a dynamic and passionate writer, actor and recording artist, trained at leading drama school LAMDA. Olivia met with challenges along her journey to a creative career that questioned her drive and mindset. After a successful career on stage, screen and writing, Olivia began exploring her ow…
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In this episode, Zoe chats to Stuart Saint, aka the Cookie Man, about pushing his fuck it button. From deciding to go into the Arts, to becoming HIV positive and later battling cancer to upping sticks and moving to Margate where he turned his hobby - baking - into his business. Stuart has pushed his Fuck It Button many times. Stuart Saint is a fear…
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In this official start of the series, host Zoe Lem describes what the Fuck Button is and when she pushed hers. Join the revolution, fuck it! Welcome, this is a safe space to listen, learn, grow, laugh, cry. We are all on a journey, a voyage, a discovery, it never ends! Continually learning, growing. This is not a serious self help series, more shar…
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In this inaugural episode Zoe talks to Rosie Taylor, aka Rosie Pole, about pushing her Fuck It Button leaving her career as a teacher to work full time in pole. Rosie Taylor is a passionate and dedicated pole dancing instructor. Before making the life changing decision to live her passion full time, Rosie worked as a primary school teacher, inspiri…
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Episode Notes It's a Special Graduation Special!!! As the Class of 2018 (my year) is set to matriculate, so is the Academy's 15th Principal Instructor, Lisa MacFarlane. Before we journeyed towards greener pastures, I sat down with Principal MacFarlane (known as PMAC around campus). We discussed her childhood growing up around the world as a Third C…
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Episode 5 // You Know How that Nick Go This TEL episode is all about yours truly, Nick Song 18. Now I know what you're some of you are thinking: you may say I'm being "self-absorbed," or "ego-tistical," or even just call it "actually kinda sad." And yeah you're probably all right, but I think it's kind of a dope idea. Over the summer, I reached out…
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Episode 4 // Join Wentworth and See the World: Selective Service and Exeter This episode is a little bit different than the ones in the past. We're going to be tackling the issue of Selective Service, or registering for the draft. All eligible male citizens of the US are required to register with Selective Service once they turn 18. I along with ma…
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Episode 3 // Ranting in Urdu On this episode of TEL, we break through the Exeter bubble and turn our gaze to the east. Born in Houston, Nader Babar '18 has lived in Pakistan all his life. He returned to the states a little over a year ago when he started at Exeter in his Junior year. We talk about his experience as both a citizen of the US and Paki…
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It’s the One Year Anniversary of Hella Moded! Thank you so much for listening to us this past year. We appreciate all of you very much. We’ll be on a short hiatus from the podcast til the end of September, but we promise you we’ll be back better than ever!In this episode we recap the past year of Hella Moded - highlighting our favorite episodes and…
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Episode 2 // 'Gesso' with a G On this episode we begin our look into Exeter students: the "future leaders of the world!" (whatever that means...) Grace Huang '18 is an award winning artist and fashion designer with her work having been displayed in numerous galleries and shows across the US. I had the pleasure to talk with her in December of last y…
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Episode 1 // The Train-Hopping Poets On this first episode of "This Exonian Life," we have brothers Kai and Anders Carlson-Wee. Their documentary film, Riding the Highline, chronicles a freight-hopping trip the two took in 2015 from Minnesota to the Cascade Mountains. They sat down to talk with us in February to talk about their love of in-line ska…
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In this, the final episode of our first season, Russ talks with Trumpeter Dave Douglas about finding inspiration at boarding school in New Hampshire, working around the country with different people and bands, and finding new ways to arrange traditional pieces. PMAC guitar instructor, Jim Dozet, leads off with a story about trying something new and…
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In this episode, Russ talks with Portsmouth photographer and journalist Jay Schadler, PMAC's first lecturer in the West End Master Series which invites visual artists to present to the community in PMAC's Haas Family Gallery. They discuss his process, how his experiences as a journalist have shaped his perspective and his art, and his advice for yo…
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In this episode, Russ talks with legendary clarinetist Brad Terry about his learning to play, struggling to read, and loving to listen. PMAC drum instructor Mike Walsh introduces the episode with a story about a surprise encounter with someone he had long admired.By PMAC - Portsmouth Music and Arts Center
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In this episode, Russ talks with visiting Serbian avant-garde composer and performance artist, Alen Ilijic about his first time in the United States and his work that pushes boundaries both visually and musically.PMAC instructor and Rock Program co-director, Nick Phaneuf, starts off the episode with an important message to students of all ages.…
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In this episode, Russ talks with his longtime mentor, classical saxophonist and Professor of Saxophone, Kenneth Radnofsky, who also gave a recent concert at PMAC, which he describes along with his thoughts on teaching and being a determined student himself. The episode begins with a story from PMAC faculty member Chris Klaxton about his unique ment…
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Russ Grazier, co-founder of the Portsmouth Music and Arts Center, talks with Portsmouth-based live performance and drone photographer, David J. Murray about his 30-year tech career in Silicon Valley, his experiences as a musician and his work as house photographer at The Music Hall theater in Portsmouth. PLUS: Visual Arts Faculty member Anna Nuttal…
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