Best Porch Writer Podcasts (2024)

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Ugly Nature, Foxy Authors | authors Charles Hood and William R. Hincy 1:31:10

5d ago1:31:10

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Prolific author, poet, naturalist, "lister," and Hincy's former professor, Charles Hood stops by Writers Drinking Whiskey to discuss his latest book, A SALAD ONLY THE DEVIL WOULD EAT: THE JOYS OF UGLY NATURE. We discuss what he loves about mixed ecologies, why he describes the Antelope Valley as "the place old sofas crawl to the end of the road to …

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Poetry Jam on the Porch - poets Larry Felson and Joe Smith 1:06:43

2M ago1:06:43

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While vacationing in Fort Bragg, California, I stumbled into a local indie bookstore and bought a book from their "local author spotlight" section. After the owner mentioned what a great reader its author was, a Mr. Joe Smith, I left my information in the off chance Joe would ever like to come on the show. Well, I got two poets for one! Join me in …

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Pot lucks, swinging, writing collabs, and royal mystery - author Keir Graff 2:26:56

2M ago2:26:56

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What do pot lucks, swinging, and writing collaboration have in common? The answer: WRITERS DRINKING WHISKEY. Join author, editor and hilarious gentleman Keir Graff and I as we discuss failure, the power of persistence, how swingers can bring (writers) together, and the new book THE ROYAL GAME, written under the Linda Keir pen name. Keir also provid…

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Author Michael Branch - On the Trail of the Jackalope 2:25:29

3M ago2:25:29

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"If Thoreau drank more whiskey and lived in the desert, he'd write like this." And thus, Writers Drinking Whiskey presents author, humorist, father, desert rat, and blues harmonicaist Michael Branch. On tap, we've got a Nevada Manhattan recipe, tale of a drunk Mary Kay lady, an important public safety announcement on what to do if approached by the…

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Mystery, architecture, and fiction writing - authors SJ Rozan & William R. Hincy 1:22:01

3M ago1:22:01

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What do police stations, firehouses, and zoo have in common? Join bestselling author and Edgar Allen Poe Award-Winner SJ Rozan for a glass of vodka and a wide-ranging chat on your work, her travels, her time as an architect, and her books, The Murder of Mr. Ma and Mayors of New York. Oh, and she reads one of the most fantastic fight scenes you'll e…

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Boyhood, stalled males, and the wonder & beauty of late life - author Richard Hawley 1:35:51

4M ago1:35:51

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Boyhood, stalled males, and the wonder and beauty of late life. Join award-winning author and whiskey-drinking host William R. Hincy in his poignant, life-affirming chat with Richard Hawley, writer of the ON MY WAY OUT series. Chapters: 00:00:00 Start 00:00:20 Introducing author Richard Hawley 00:02:26 Whiskey Time! 00:05:55 Hawley's author journey…

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Destined to Do Stupid Stuff: poetry, writing tips, and laughter - poet Ray McManus 2:00:18

5M ago2:00:18

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Talking poetry, life, and "doin' stupid stuff" with award-winning poet Ray McManus. For video, check us out on YouTube: https://youtu.be/3AUnnPyBhSg Links: William R. Hincy’s books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/William-R.-Hincy/author/B07ZYB5FHZ William R. Hincy’s website: https://williamrhincy.com/ Ray's website: https://www.raymcmanuspoetry.com/…

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Bestselling thriller author STEPHEN HUNTER discusses his latest novel 1:39:42

6M ago1:39:42

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Bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Stephen Hunter discusses his latest book, FRONT SIGHT: THREE SWAGGER NOVELAS. We also discuss how film has changed through the years, what it was like to have on of his books adapted into the movie SHOOTER with Mark Wahlberg (as well as a TV series), and his time in the military. And we're callin…

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The Montana State Constitution, muckraking, and the novel The Smoke in Our Eyes - Author James Grady 2:04:47

6M ago2:04:47

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Stopping by the whiskey bar is the only author with the distinction of being compared to Bob Dylan and George Orwell, with his latest book being likened to To Kill a Mockingbird, award-winner James Grady. Best known for his novel SIX DAYS OF THE CONDOR, which was famously adapted to film as THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR starring Robert Redford and direc…

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The Child was Pure Evil - fantasy author Janice Hardy 59:52

7M ago59:52

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Welcome to the sixth episode of Writers Drinking whiskey, your literary happy hour and the show where you find more than your next read: you find your next author… along with cocktail recipes, travel advice, life hacks, and a healthy dose of comradery. In this episode, host William R. Hincy shares a drink with award-winning author Janice Hardy. In …

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Three Short Stories - Three Award-Winning Authors 47:59

7M ago47:59

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The bar at Writers Drinking Whiskey is serving triple shots: 3 stories from award-winning authors as featured on the show. There are no cocktail recipes, travel advice, gripes, or life hacks today, just raw, emotional, and sometimes funny short fictions read by their authors. Cheers! For more from William R. Hincy, visit: https://williamrhincy.com/…

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Undercover with Anarchists - author and former undercover FBI agent Dana Ridenour 1:18:05

7M ago1:18:05

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Welcome to Writers Drinking Whiskey, the show where we share a drink with vital authors from around the globe and you find more than your next read: you find your next AUTHOR. In this episode, host William R. Hincy shares some rum punch and old fashioneds with former FBI agent turned writer Dana Ridenour. Hear about Dana’s time undercover with anar…

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Suffocated by the Past - creative nonfiction with author Daniel Cross Turner 1:25:24

7M ago1:25:24

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On tap this episode, we have the “Clockwork Orange” whiskey sour, the “Dark and Calm-y”, a dash of writing advice, and an author interview and reading of the creative non-fiction short “Dog Tags” by Daniel Cross Turner. For an unabridged version of the show and more of Daniel’s work, check out my website at WilliamRHincy.com. Links: DCT Facebook Au…

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Not Exactly Rocket Scientists - short stories made long with author John MacIlroy 1:37:41

7M ago1:37:41

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Welcome to Writers Drinking Whiskey, the show where you share a drink with writers from around the globe and you find more than your next read: you find your next AUTHOR. Hosted by award-winnning author William R. Hincy, our literary happy hour today features short story writer John Macilroy, author of WHATEVER HAPPENS, PROBABLY WILL. Mac shares th…

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The Vice of Fools - author and schoolteacher Jim Kearney 55:14

7M ago55:14

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Retired schoolteacher, author, and self-confessed man who "doesn't make good decisions" Jim Kearney joins host William R. Hincy to discuss his travels, writing, and encounters with the afterlife! Just in time for Halloween! Join us for some whiskey and hear Jim read his short story "The Never-Failing Vice of Fools." For the video version, go to You…

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We Sleepwalked into Hell - thriller author/editor Dario Ciriello 49:59

7M ago49:59

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Welcome to Writers Drinking whiskey, the show where authors air their grievances, indulge in guilty pleasures, and disprove the notion that writers are problem drinking by…well…drinking. In this episode, host William R. Hincy shares a drink with writer and editor extraordinaire Dario Ciriello, author of Aegean Dream, Sutherland’s Rules, and Black E…

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Erotic Astrophysics - Transgressive Fiction Author Ioanna Arka 1:07:29

7M ago1:07:29

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Welcome to the Writers Drinking whiskey! In this episode, host William R. Hincy shares a drink with writer and astrophysicist Ioanna Arka, author of A Natural, Switch, and Until We Meet in Denver (among others). Find out the correct pronunciation of Ioanna, hear about Bavaria and what you should do on a visit, learn about Ioanna’s struggles with AD…

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The Art of the Short Story - author T.D. Johnston 2:21:11

7M ago2:21:11

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Welcome to the first episode of Writers Drinking whiskey, the show where you find more than your next read: you find your next AUTHOR. In this episode our host William R. Hincy shares a drink with award-winning writer T.D. Johnston, author of Friday Afternoon and Reciprocity (among others). We had such a great time chatting we had to break our conv…

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Writing is Compassion - author/poet Mathieu Cailler 59:57

7M ago59:57

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Welcome to another episode of Writers Drinking whiskey, the show where authors ponder their metaphysical insignificance while sharing a pint (or four). Think Booktube and Booktok, but with engaging, in-depth, and happily irreverent conversations with some of today's most interesting authors. Add a heavy pour of comradery, a dash of laughter, and a …

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I Thought I'd Been Kidnapped - traveling solo with author Donna Keel Armer 1:02:59

7M ago1:02:59

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Your literary happy hour features author Donna Keel Armer. We discuss her solo travels to Italy, which inspired her book SOLO IN SALENTO, and we get into her misadventures, travel mindset, and writing inspiration. Oh, and you'll get a great Capri Spritz recipe and a readings from both SOLO and her new mystery book, THE RED STARFISH. For the video v…

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Rooting for the Villain - actor/director/producer/AUTHOR Eriq La Salle 1:42:07

7M ago1:42:07

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Actor, director, producer, and award-winning AUTHOR Eriq La Salle drops by the Writers Drinking Whiskey bar to discuss the making of his crime thriller series, the Martyr Makers. From crafting flawed, deeply human characters to why Eriq likens his writing style to an "economy of movement," we cover the gambit. And Eriq gives not one, but TWO readin…

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Writers, Witches, Whiskey, and Tomfoolery! 1:37:53

7M ago1:37:53

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Happy Halloween! On this episode, we discuss author Michael A. Kozlowski’s new book, AMERICAN GHOST STORIES, and he reads the "Minnie Quay" story based on his mother’s encounter with the haunt. We also discuss who would win between Freddie and Jason (“hit” movie not withstanding), if WRH’s doll is haunted, and Michael’s horror novels. And the “Magi…

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A Woodstock of Frog Love - internal landscapes with author John Lane 1:16:02

7M ago1:16:02

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Join us as we explore the "internal landscapes" of author John Lane's life and writing. For any lovers of "nature writing" or "eco-writing" as it's often called today, you won't want to miss this illuminating conversation. And we get THREE readings from John's work, including an excerpt from his book on hawks that spurred the title of this episode:…

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Life is the In-Between - author and bohemian Jesse Darnay 1:02:32

7M ago1:02:32

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Welcome to your literary happy hour Writers Drinking Whiskey, the show where you share a drink with writers from around the globe and you find more than your next read: you find your next AUTHOR. Hosted by award-winning author William R. Hincy, the show takes booktube, authortube and booktok to another level with engaging, in-depth, and merrily irr…

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A Magical Time Called Later - author Gabi Lorino 59:10

7M ago59:10

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Welcome to your literary happy hour Writers Drinking Whiskey, the show where you share a drink with writers from around the globe and you find more than your next read: you find your next AUTHOR. Hosted by award-winning author William R. Hincy, the show takes booktube, authortube and booktok to another level with engaging, in-depth, and merrily irr…

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A Savagely Good Time - crime fiction with author Kali White 1:00:30

7M ago1:00:30

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Ready for a "savagely" good time? You're in luck! Award-winning author (and gracious tipper) Kali White stops by the bar to discuss her latest book and the real-life origins of her crime fiction. Cheers! For the video version of this episode, check-out YouTube: https://youtu.be/jm1udB6lQ2c Links: For an ads-free version and loads of other free cont…

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Writers Drinking Whiskey Christmas Extravaganza - multi-award-winning author and host William R. Hincy 1:05:03

7M ago1:05:03

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Your literary happy hour is hosting a Christmas special! Join an award-winning ensemble of authors as we discuss writing life, the writing process, and read our work. And for the first time anywhere, host William R. Hincy reads "A Fire for Christmas" from his satirical anthology of short stories of the same title, winner of three major book awards.…

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Neopagan Fantasy in the Pole Barn - author D.C. McElroy 2:28:00

7M ago2:28:00

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Welcome to Writers Drinking whiskey, the show where you find more than your next read: you find your next author… along with cocktail recipes, travel advice, life hacks, and a healthy dose of comradery. In this episode our host William R. Hincy shares a drink with author Dan Conover, who writes under the pseudonym D.C. McElroy. We had such a great …

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Recollect Season 4 Cross Cultural Episode 1 - with Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle: Where Are All the Acorns: Two WOC Writers Who Left Their Colonized Teaching Jobs 42:28

11M ago42:28

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Welcome to Recollect Season 4 Cross Cultural. In all of the episodes of this season I extend the conversation about Black women decolonizing to women of color. One of the internalized behaviors that makes capitalism and colonization work, is being used and abused by the false system and not talking to each other about it. If we don't band together …

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Recollect Season 3 Episode 6 - with Victoria Scott-Miller: Red Cups & Fish Fries - Two Black Book Loving Women Musing about Sharing and Collaborating 22:25

1y ago22:25

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In this last episode of Season 3, Victoria Scott-Miller, children’s book author, and owner of Liberation Station Bookstore in Raleigh, NC is visiting me at Her Story Garden Studios. What starts out to be a conversation and first meeting to collaborate on my book release party and her bookstore opening this summer, turns into a conversation about al…

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Recollect Season 3 Episode 5 – with Khadijah Ali-Coleman: Black Mothers Reckoning with Our 2022 Year & Recollecting What Our Daughters Taught Us 30:50

1+ y ago30:50

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Note to Listener: Listen to it all. There are a number of times that Khadijah and I say goodbye, but in Black folk fashion, we strike up another and another conversation. LOL! In this episode Khadijah Ali-Coleman and I are recollecting what our daughters have taught us. It is March, and my daughter is turning 22. Wow! From tiny hands that I hold in…

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Recollect Season 3 Episode 4 – with Shana Tucker: A Conversation on Recollecting Love, Home and the Porch Light Concept 29:21

1+ y ago29:21

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Happy Valentines, and Super Bowl and February Birthdays. What a great time for this Love & Home conversation. In this episode Shana and I as new neighbors in our new Durham neighborhood are eating peanut butter and apples and carrots and telling stories of how Home & Love are synonymous in the heart. This conversation doesn't follow any conventions…

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Recollect Season 3 Episode 3 – with Gerty Mitchell, Transformation Silence into Freedom 34:31

1+ y ago34:31

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Recollect Season 3 Episode 3 – with Gerty Mitchell, Transformation Silence into Freedom. So nice to be back! Happy 2023! In this episode of the Recollect Podcast, I am joined by Gerty Mitchell. She’s Haitian-American, and living life with a purpose in the vibrant city of Durham, North Carolina. She is a woman who is unapologetic and intentional abo…

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Recollect Season 3 Episode 2 with Jill Collen Jefferson, Dragon Slayer Civil Rights and International Human Rights Attorney 1:09:27

2y ago1:09:27

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Jill is from my birthplace, Mississippi and in this episode we recollect our omniscient little southern girls to our wise Black woman selves who have taken up professions to heal and set right what racism has set all upside down and inside out. Jill, my friends, is indeed a dragon slayer. We speak the truth about the perpetrators in order to flip t…

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Recollect Season 3 Episode 1 With Kafi Allah, Black & Foraging Connecting with Yourself and The Generations Before and to Come 43:40

2+ y ago43:40

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Is this you? “Oh, yeah! I’ve seen that plant my entire life and didn’t know what it was or that you could eat it?”The COVID pause sent a lot of us to walking in the woods and looking at stuff, and trudging on it but most of us, myself included, still didn’t know what we were looking at. Kafi and I have done a lot of hiking and identifying since the…

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Recollect Season 2 Episode 6 What Can I Do For Ukraine, Just Me? 21:07

2+ y ago21:07

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Hello Listeners,Welcome to this Episode of Recollect: Conversations with Black Women about Decolonizing Using Story & Nature. In this episode the conversation I have is with myself and all of the shit that is in my head on this Sunday afternoon February 27, 2022. Like many people in the world, I am troubled by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. I ask…

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Calming Doing the Dishes 18:45

2+ y ago18:45

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After hosting a beautiful dinner with friends, we enjoy the meditative benefits of cleaning up. Please subscribe to our YouTube to help us reach 1000 subscribers! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxnKE6Oh56fi8suCTF4jtXQ--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/happychillfuntime/support…

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Calming Friendship on the Porch (Live!) 16:55

2+ y ago16:55

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We spend an easeful evening with friends. Please subscribe to our YouTube to help us reach 1000 subscribers! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxnKE6Oh56fi8suCTF4jtXQ--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/happychillfuntime/support

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Calming Spring Day 15:45

2+ y ago15:45

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We grow from a bulb in the dark, up into the glorious sunlight! Please subscribe to our YouTube to help us reach 1000 subscribers! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxnKE6Oh56fi8suCTF4jtXQ--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/happychillfuntime/support

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Recollect Season 2 Episode 5 Black History is What 2 Black Vegan Women Ate for Dinner In February & Their Funny Food Stories 55:07

2+ y ago55:07

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In this episode Dr. Candace Parrish owner of Yellow Plate Vegan and I play with our food and tell stories about it all as we let our family experiences with collard greens, broken dolls, Black movie theaters with unlikely veggies, squirrels that got away and other tales be the recollection that decolorizes the food on the table. We end up giving y’…

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Calming Crystals & Unicorns (Live!) 18:48

2+ y ago18:48

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We encounter a magical horse and sparkling field of self love. HCFT YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxnKE6Oh56fi8suCTF4jtXQ Please subscribe and help us reach 1000--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/happychillfuntime/support

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Calming Agave Fields 20:24

2+ y ago20:24

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We soak in the sun among the blue agave and contemplate the beauty of time. Please subscribe to our YouTube channel to help us reach 1000! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxnKE6Oh56fi8suCTF4jtXQ--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/happychillfuntime/support

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Recollect Season 2 Episode 4 Mama Bear by Shirley Smith One Black Mother’s Fight for Her Child’s Life & Her Own. Shirley & Zelda talk About Writing the Story She Lived 55:02

2+ y ago55:02

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Hey Y'all this episode features Shirley Smith as we talk though the journey of her memoir Mama Bear and our connection of healing in the collaboration process of co-writing the work. In the last episode Natasha Thomas and I talked about the stresses in a Black woman’s body that can impact her ability to healthily bring children into this life. This…

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Recollect Season 2 Episode 3 Self-Segregating & Black Only Spaces: 2 Black Women PhD Art Therapists Talk About “The Whole Body NO”, The Matrix Moment & The Fox Strategy for Black Women’s Liberation 1:16:05

2+ y ago1:16:05

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Natasha Thomas, PhD was the other Black woman in my Cohort at Lesley University. We were the women who were trying to get in there and out unscathed with those letters in hand. There were lots of Matrix bullet dodging moments, and lots of revelations as our bodes said “no” to the bullshit and “yes” to the sanctity of lending our love-work in Black …

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Recollect Season 2 Episode 2 Creative Evocation – How Do You Know to Do That? A Conversation with Performance Artist Ebony Golden 41:34

2+ y ago41:34

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This episode is a continuation of my conversation with Ebony Golden as we make that pot of sorrel tea at Her Story Garden Studios and go in for answering the question of how do we know what we know creatively. We evoke an understanding that one must exfoliate the rules, listen to your dreams, be quiet without fear of death, ask the elders and spiri…

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Recollect Season 2 Episode 1 Unchoking the Breath of a Tree: A Conversation w Performing Artist Ebony Golden 42:41

2+ y ago42:41

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In this episode it’s December 18, 2021. Yep, you guessed it, it is a nice global warming seventy degrees out. Performance Artist, brilliant, beautiful one, Ebony Golden and I are at the big table at Her Story Garden Studios. We testify ourselves to revelations about letting go of systems (like nonprofit structures) that cut off the breath of the tr…

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Recollect Season 1 Episode 5 No More Doubt! What Did You Come Here to Do? Six Black Women Testifying Around the Fire Circle About Making Shit Happen in 2022 18:40

2+ y ago18:40

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In this very special episode of Season 1 of Recollect, it is December 11th, 2021. It is time to manifest what we want in 2022. It is a strange and beautiful 72 degrees outside. I am with 6 Black women of ages from our twenties to our almost-sixties: Sister Asia, Sister Amber, Sister Gerty, Sister Carla, Sister Linda, and myself. We have walked in s…

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Recollect Season 1 Episode 4 Reconciliation without Punishment: Radical Self-Love with Kim Arrington 31:18

2+ y ago31:18

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Kim Arrington and I are on a walk up the Couch Mountain Trail at Duke Forest. It’s Saturday, November 27th. There are a sea of fall leaves beneath our feet. She has fallen, gotten up, and hiked anyway, metaphor for what happens when we fall. We have invited our deceased fathers and their lessons on our hike. Our children and our mothers and other f…

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Recollect Season 1 Episode 3 The Grace in Silence & Pausing a Way to Black Women’s Knowing with Mignon Hooper 27:32

2+ y ago27:32

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Just in time for giving thanks. There is so much gratitude for this conversation. It is a Sunday, November 14th. The sun is shining Mignon Hooper and I are 2 Black 50 something year old women walking in the wood at the Eno River and she has spoken of pausing and I have responded. We talk about pausing and reconnecting with your wisdom so that the “…

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Recollect Season 1 Episode 2 A Family Secret Story and the Bad Ass Black Film Maker Leslie Cunningham Who Brings the Generational Healing 30:40

2+ y ago30:40

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In this episode, I’m with film maker Leslie Cunningham, sitting out on a warm 70-degree November day at Rufhiwa Book Café in Durham, NC. I say it’s November 21st in the episode when it’s November 11th and we say the name of the coffee shop ALL kinds of ways before we get it right. We talk about Black women’s abandonment, self-worth, Black family se…

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