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Welcome to Speak Life! Where our guest share their journey. Our conversations cover their success strategies and hardest challenges. Discussions on how they overcame hardships. As well as future plans. From entrepreneurs, community leaders, and top tier corporate managers we're having a great time speaking life with our guest. The perspectives shared creates the opportunity to learn, laugh, inspire, and impact our listeners. Welcome to Speak Life!
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Guardian/Observer staff photographer Sarah Lee first watched Dont Look Back whilst perched on a crowded bed in a Camden flat with a struggling rock combo called Coldplay. As she’s now a BAFTA photographer, Sarah checks plenty of other names in this episode, including Idris Elba, Tom Hiddleston, Austin Butler and Cate Blanchett. On celebrity photogr…
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Rebecca Slaman, writer and social media guru, is a fan of Bob Dylan’s “perfect random meme humour.” Twitter? “Girls lust after him! But I’ve seen some pretty egregious stuff. Old people don’t understand the platform.” Dylan’s 1987 film Hearts of Fire? “He cannot act. How can he not act? He’s been acting his whole life. So bad - but so entertaining!…
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In the 61st year of her singing career, five-time Grammy nominee Bettye LaVette warns us that our chat will be “straight, no chaser”. And she lives up to that promise. Bettye describes her surprise backstage meeting with Bob Dylan: “He kissed me on the mouth. It was no big deal. I’ve kissed Otis Redding and David Ruffin”. Working with Keith Richard…
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Like his main man Bob Dylan, comedian Simon Munnery knows a few things about heckles: aside from being arrested in Edinburgh for heckling Arthur Smith, he met his future wife when she heckled him in Australia. When not on the road, Simon joins his local Morris Men in Bedfordshire pubs, serenading fellow drinkers with his version of Blind Willie McT…
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Journalist Helen Barrett was lullabied to sleep as her mother sang Mr. Tambourine Man; she had it played at her mother’s funeral (“the Dylan version, not the Byrds cover”). To top it off, Baby, Stop Crying was the soundtrack to her Dylan-loving parents’ divorce. Helen analyses Dylan’s clothes (“John Lennon wasn’t given to copying people, but he cop…
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Michael Bonner, editor of music magazine Uncut, takes on Dylan’s 2022 UK concerts, as well as The Philosophy of Modern Song (“Dylan mimicking the critical noise around Dylan”). Other topics include an in-depth dissection of Key West (“ambient, amniotic and immersive”), Dylan’s “thing that he has about dual guitarists” and a couple of unfortunate Do…
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Comedian and columnist Stewart Lee remains “grateful to the people who brainwashed me into listening to Bob Dylan during a period of emotional and physical weakness.” He remembers seeing Dylan live at Hyde Park with his kids (“one of the greatest nights of my life”) as well as the time he alienated the audience at a Teenage Cancer Trust Benefit. “I…
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Writer Matt Rowland Hill is well placed to comment on Dylan’s ‘Property of Jesus’ years: “the kind of fire-and-brimstone Christianity that I grew up with was exactly the kind that Dylan converted into. He was ripe to be captured”. At the age of 17, Matt wangled his way past security in London, hoping to accost his hero, only to told by members of D…
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Jeff Hanna, founder member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, is a team player. He has played with Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash, Jackson Browne, John Prine, Levon Helm, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Rosanne Cash, Linda Ronstadt and Matraca Berg. Oh, and Roger McGuinn, Jason Isbell, Rodney Crowell, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Larry Campbell an…
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Jason Veasey talks “A Strange Loop”, Hulu’s “Only Murders in The Building”, LGBTIA+ Stereotypes See #AStrangeLoop Here https://strangeloopmusical.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=A+Strange+Loop+2022&gclid=Cj0KCQjw1vSZBhDuARIsAKZlijSkq7Uy3H2WHdLR3j3XOGWs53f6wWrjeRZQ8CzEeG6icbnR2VFnnXIaApX5EALw_wcB Host IG : https://instagram.com/st…
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Episode 6 of #SpeakLife is live! Christopher McCoy Sr, founder of Team R.E.A.L. LLC., speaks on his journey that lead him to start his own insurance agency. This great conversations goes in depth on how powerful the insurance industry is. As well as, how you can use it as a tool to build wealth! To see more of Christopher and learn about ways he ca…
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Australian singer/songwriter Emma Swift's highly acclaimed Blonde On The Tracks album, with guitar backing by life partner (and former podcast guest) Robyn Hitchcock, was her breakthrough recording. Emma swears that "singing Dylan's songs is like wearing a magical cape. Suddenly you have special powers. My job is to give each song a different emoti…
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Episode 5 of #SpeakLife is live! Bishop Steven Evans founder of Leap of Faith Ministries, speaks on his journey that lead him to start his ministry, ways to sustain a successful ministry, community leadership in and out of the church and spiritual warfare! To see more of Bishop Evans subscribe to @Leap Of Faith Ministries Joliet YouTube and Faceboo…
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On Speak Life Episode #2, our guest is entrepreneur Robin Petty @fruitfuldelightjuicebar. Here we'll be discussing her journey as a female entrepreneur in Chicago. The importance of family, education, support systems and diversifying your income streams all come in to play on this episode. Support the show…
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On episode 3 of #SpeakLife, we're discussing the importance of CREDIT! I sat with @mauriceholmes2 founder of The Credit Restore Station. In this episode we talk strategies to restore and build credit. The differences between business and personal credit. Finding balance as an entrepreneur. As well as the benefits of being consistent. Follow Maurice…
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Episode 4 of #SpeakLife is live! Terri Banks founder of Ellacec Publishing speaks on the pros and cons of cyber security. As well as the strategies to protect your personal data. Terri, a woman of many talents, also speaks on your journey to becoming a self published author! If you're into cyber security, IT, or interested in learning how to become…
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Prize-winning poet and playwright Caroline Bird reminds us that “we’re all poets when we’re asleep. Writing is trying to find a way to dream while we’re awake”. On Bob Dylan: “You always hear him choosing the dark side of the road”; “What I love is that his songs are full of denial. Whenever the emotion gets too real, he runs away” and “He’s so naï…
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Patti Smith Group guitarist and author Lenny Kaye reminds us that “Bob Dylan is still experimenting, seeing who he might be, putting on the weirdest shows ever, upending barriers”. Almost in one breath, Lenny gives forth on working with or listening to Suzanne Vega, John Coltrane, Gayle, The Stooges, Brian Eno, The Byrds, Bing Crosby and Janis Jopl…
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Film director/screenwriter Justin Trefgarne talks about Dylan, but also about fathers, sons, archetypes and coincidence. “Bob has been the guardian angel and surrogate father for my entire adult existence,” he tells us. From his first encounter with Like A Rolling Stone (which he played for five hours straight), “everything was up for grabs”. Hear …
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Singer/Songwriter/Actor John Doe tells terrific tales: hanging with Dennis Quaid and Winona Ryder in Memphis, gigging with Nick Lowe in London and hearing his voice come out of Christian Bale’s mouth in Todd Haynes’s Dylan biopic I’m Not There. Did John’s appearance with LA punk band X on the Letterman Show in 1983 inspire Dylan’s wild 1984 set wit…
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Belfast’s Steven Cockcroft (co-host of leading Beatles podcast Nothing Is Real) offers unexpected takes on The Boys and Bob: “Roll On John isn’t about an individual, it’s about the sanctification of Lennon” and “The Travelling Wilburys was a calculated move by George”. Also on the menu: Dylan’s questionable harmonies on an obscure Ringo album track…
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Our special culinary episode with critic Eric Asimov includes the story of long-time Dylan bass player Tony Garnier’s delicious Christmas gumbo and Dylan’s wine-making venture, Planet Waves (“the wine has aged better than the album”). A fan since hearing “I Want You” the age of eight, Eric is “drawn to the atmosphere Bob creates. It’s misty. It’s a…
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Hip Hop Artist, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist and Actor Romeo Miller Talks New Film “WRATH: A SEVEN DEADLY SINS STORY” premiering on Lifetime, Saturday April 16th, 2022. Host IG: https://instagram.com/stevenmccoy Guest IG : https://instagram.com/romeomiller Website :https://www.mylifetime.com/movies/wrath-a-seven-deadly-sins-story iHeartRadio :https…
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Singer, songwriter and saxophonist Curtis Stigers tells us true stories with a cast of characters including Van Morrison, Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan. A fan from way back (“Bob is the perfect creation. He’s an art form in himself”), his jazzy cover versions include Things Have Changed (“people go nuts for that song. Their heads explode”). A committe…
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Comic actor Thom Tuck discovered Bob Dylan when, growing up in Bangladesh, he caught the promo for Subterranean Homesick Blues on MTV Rewind. His family eventually returned to Leeds, where his outsider status was made even worse/better by his obsession with all things Bob. At university, he didn’t improve his lot by writing a play called “One More …
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Isis King and Todd Grinnell talks Amazon Prime series “With Love”, Trans-Treatment and More. Host IG : https://instagram.com/stevenmccoy Guests IG : https://instagram.com/msisisking https://instagram.com/toddgrinnell #SessionswithSteven available for streaming everywhere.
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Fellow podcaster Laura Tenschert’s Definitely Dylan contains multitudes of theories and insights which she shares in this eye-opening episode. German-born Laura learned English by listening to Bob, which gave her sharper ears than most. Dozens of songs are given forensic treatment, ranging from classics like Lord Protect My Child and Buckets of Rai…
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Writer and musician Richard Strange insists “If you don’t want to be Bob Dylan, you shouldn’t be writing songs”. He takes us on a journey that starts in his Brixton comprehensive (“I was always bunking off, going to art galleries and the haunted, dingy Soho flesh-pot folk clubs”). He discovers “the boy band of Beat literature: Burroughs, Kerouac an…
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Actor and Actress Kendall Kyndall & Brandi Denise talks BET’s “Games People Play” Season 2 Finale, Upcoming Projects and More. IG: @StevenMcCoy Guests IG: @KendallKyndall & @BrandiDeniseBoyd Subscribe : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-sessions-with-steven-31051431/By Steven McCoy
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Actor Robert Ri’chard talks Amazon Prime’s new hit series “HARLEM”, EPM Skincare Products, Health & Wellness and More. IG: @StevenMcCoy Guests IG: @THERobertRichard Subscribe : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-sessions-with-steven-31051431/HARLEM ON PRIME Season 1. Check it out now on Prime Video! https://watch.amazon.com/detail?gti=amzn1.dv.gti.…
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Author, editor and podcaster Andy Miller is mad as hell and he’s not going to take it anymore: “Bob Dylan is not a safe option!” “The heritage industry around the Beatles and Dylan is neutering the anarchy of the music. The world sees me as just another bloke buying a Dad Rock box set at Christmas. But it’s not a hygienic vision of what rock ‘n’ ro…
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Music journalist Kate French-Morris found her calling in a University of California class taught by Greil Marcus (“he gets closer to Bob’s mind than anyone can, with his sideways thinking and his cattiness”). Kate shares a birthday with Dylan, but her main man might be Bruce Springsteen, who figures strongly in this, our first studio recording for …
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While held captive for 32 months by Somali pirates, writer and Dylan fan Michael Scott Moore had plenty of opportunity to contemplate lyrics, especially All Along The Watchtower. He was given a Bible during his captivity and discovered, in Isaiah, “the ramparts, the princes, the two horsemen and the wildcat. The whole song clicked! It’s about the f…
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Ryan Lacen and Jackie Cruz Talks “All The World is Sleeping" Film, Latino Film Festival, Orange Is The New Black and More.Host IG: @StevenMcCoyGuests IG: @RLacen @JackieCruziHeartRadio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-sessions-with-steven-31051431/iTunes :https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...By Steven McCoy
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Comedy writer Daniel Radosh initiated the Twitter hashtag #BD969, celebrating every officially released Dylan song, as well as posting four playlists for The 80th Birthday: Bob Dylan For Beginners. We discuss these gems and open up the contentious topic of Dylan’s album cover art, from best to worst and everything in between. Other albums covered i…
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Tyrese Gibson talks Thurgood Marshall College Fund, his travel agency Voltron Travel and more.Host: @StevenMcCoyGuests : @Tyrese @TMCF_HBCUiTunes: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sess…en/id1223801171iHeart Radio : www.iheart.com/podcast/256-sessi…-steven-31051431/By Steven McCoy
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Jonathan Taplin, former road manager for The Band, has done it all. He set up the equipment for Dylan’s electric set at Newport in ‘65 (“the soundcheck lasted ten minutes”) and was production manager for Dylan and The Band at the Guthrie Tribute in ’68. He organised the groundbreaking Concert For Bangladesh and produced the concert and film of The …
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The Cast of BOUNCE TV'S "Johnson" Deji LaRay, Thomas Q. Jones, Phillip Smithey, Derrex Brady, Comedian Earthquake, Eric C. Rhone (EP) And David Hudson (EVP, BOUNCE Original Programming.Host: @StevenMcCoyGuest: @JohnsonBounce, @ThomasQJones @PhillipsSmithey @DerrexBrady @TheRealEarthquake iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sess…en/id1223801171iHe…
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Creator and Executive Producer Glen Zipper Talks NETFLIX'S "Cat People" and Season 2 of "Dogs".Host: @StevenMcCoyGuest: @GlenZipper @NetflixCatPeople @NetflixDogsiTunes: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sess…en/id1223801171iHeart Radio : www.iheart.com/podcast/256-sessi…-steven-31051431/By Steven McCoy
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Ann Powers, writer and lead music critic for America’s National Public Radio, joins us from her East Nashville home to discuss gender, sexuality and “the body” in Bob Dylan’s work. Sparked off by an emotional encounter involving Joni Mitchell, Ann compares Mitchell’s work with Dylan’s and discusses other groundbreaking female artists like Roberta F…
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CJ HUNT talks “THE NEUTRAL GROUND” documentary, “The Daily Show” and more. Host: @StevenMcCoyGuest: @CJHunt @ItsNotNeutral iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sessions-with-steven/id1223801171iHeart Radio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-sessions-with-steven-31051431/By Steven McCoy
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Gitanjali Rao, Jessica Taaffe, Jayshree Seth and Julio Palacio talks “Not Your Science Type” at Tribeca Film Festival.Host : @StevenMcCoyGuest : @GitanjaliRao, @JCPalacio7, @Signora_Da_Vinci, @SethJayshreeiTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sessions-with-steven/id1223801171iHeart Radio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-sessions-with-st…
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#SessionswithSteven #SessionswithStevenLIVE #StevenMcCoy #NotYourScienceType #TriBeca #TriBecaFilmFestival #3M #3MFilms #LoniLove #TheReal #TheRealDaytime Loni Love Host TriBeca Film Festival's premiere of “Not Your Science Type” docu-series. FULL INTERVIEW LINK BELOW.Host : @StevenMcCoyGuest : @ComicLoniLoveiTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/po…
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Dr. Ciara Sivels talks “Not Your Science Type” docu-series at TriBeca Film Festival.Host : @StevenMcCoyGuest : @CiCi_20iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sessions-with-steven/id1223801171iHeart Radio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-sessions-with-steven-31051431/By Steven McCoy
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