Flickers is a podcast exploring the work and lives of musicians who incorporate spirituality in their music. Each episode focuses on spiritual themes that appear in the musician's discography. Season 2 examines the themes of love, justice, and freedom as found in the music and life of Ms. Lauryn Hill. Hosted by Lauryn Hill researcher, Krystal Roberts and hip hop scholar, Matt Linder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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March 30, 2022 Unreleased: What You Haven't Heard Summary: Krystal Roberts and Matt Linder reflect on their favorite contributor moments from Season 2, the Lauryn Hill season. They also walk through their top three bars from Lauryn Hill's unreleased songs that have been the most impactful on them. Timestamps: Krystal and Matt discuss their favorite…
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March 23, 2022 Babylon System Summary: "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" was an album very clearly held together by a theme, love. And then when Lauryn performed on that stage in MTV studios with a brand new set of songs with just her and an acoustic guitar, there seemed to be a lack of cohesion within the songs themselves as well as the performanc…
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March 16, 2022 The Spirit of Freedom Summary: A mixtape of Lauryn Hill songs that speak of freedom. From her personal emancipation to her freedom as black woman in the United States to the freedom she wants all of humanity to have. Krystal and Matt breakdown "I Get Out." And then we hear from Cona Marshall, Cheryl Kirk-Duggan, Eric House, Alex Nava…
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March 9, 2022 Love: It Ain't Working Summary: Lauryn Hill experienced good love growing up in a loving, caring, and supportive family. But once she went out into the world and started to interact with others, she began to realize that not everyone experienced that sort of grounding familial love. She discovered that the love she was experiencing ou…
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March 2, 2022 Zion: The Joy of My World Summary: Zion. The name of Lauryn Hill's son. The representation of God's holiness on earth. For Lauryn, Zion is both things, a holy place and the holiness she found in giving birth to her son. We explore "To Zion" and the choice she made to continue on with her pregnancy, despite pressure from friends, famil…
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February 28, 2022 Episode 235: Lauryn Hill (Flickers Podcast) Krystal and Matt recently appeared on the Beerz and Barz podcast to discuss the creation of this season of Flickers and give our thoughts on Lauryn Hill and her music, all while enjoying a beer. About Beerz and Barz: RAP and BEER with OT the Goldn Child and Kamalkiddo. Two former college…
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February 23, 2022 How We Met Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill with only one studio album had a significant impact on many hip hop artists that came after her. Her impact on women rappers is not to be understated and even the wave of Drakes and melodic rappers can be directly traced back to her. But her influence is more than just her music but how she prese…
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February 16, 2022 Season 2 Trailer: Ms. Lauryn Hill Ms. Lauryn Hill, the singer, rapper, songwriter, producer, poet, actress, mother, and social activist. Her music and life have been imbued with a spiritual foundation founded on love. Love for Lauryn is the place where her own justice and freedom have blossomed and love is what drives her to fight…
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February 2, 2022 Season 2 Teaser: Ms. Lauryn Hill Ms. Lauryn Hill, the singer, rapper, songwriter, producer, poet, actress, mother, and social activist. Her music and life have been imbued with a spiritual foundation founded on love. Love for Lauryn is the place where her own justice and freedom have blossomed and love is what drives her to fight f…
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Matthew Metcalf ends off Season 1 with an exploration of the EP and the song "Yesterday's Wake." FPzhpg3BrX9gjAeEaSmb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Matthew Linder
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We finally cover the song that blew up Son Lux, "Easy." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Matthew Linder
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Finishing out our theme of light, Blake explores "Pyre" and Damon covers "Lanterns Lit." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Matthew Linder
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Entering our last theme, light, with "Flickers." Then we hear from Krispin Mayfield, Jeremy Doan, and Chris Karnadi. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Matthew Linder
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Looking into the creation of Son Lux's second album, "We are Rising." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Matthew Linder
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Continuing our exploration of resurrection, Damon Hamm and Christ Karnadi breakdown "Resurrection" and Jeremy Doan dissects "Raise." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Flickers Podcast
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"Like Lazarus Did" is a dance piece that Ryan Lott scored and we explore the piece's resurrection themes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Flickers Podcast
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We're finally diving into the "Weapons" theme and exploring every single instance of it in Son Lux's discography. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Matthew Linder
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As we continue our exploration of Salvation, Jeremy Doan discusses "Weapons" and "Flight," and Blake Collier covers "Betray." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Flickers Podcast
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Part 1 of salvation explores "Tear, Part 1" and then our contributors, Damon Hamm, Chris Karnadi, and Krispin Mayfield breadown songs from "Lanterns" and "Brighter Wounds." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Matthew Linder
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We look into the liturgical nature of Son Lux's first album, hear about lectio divina from William Yearout, and then apply the ancient spiritual practice to the album. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Matthew Linder
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In part 2, Krispin Mayfield and Jeremy Doan explore liturgy in "Lantern's Lit," "Now I Want," and "Plan the Escape." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Flickers Podcast
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With part 1 of liturgy, Matt explores "Remedy" and our contributors, Damon Hamm, Chris Karnadi, and Blake Collier, bring us their takes on various Son Lux songs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Flickers Podcast
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We hear how a Son Lux song literally saved a person's life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Matthew Linder
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In part 2 of prayer, Damon Hamm, Christ Karnadi, and Blake Collier bring the selections of "Al the Right Things," "Forty Screams," and "Weapons VI." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Flickers Podcast
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In our first theme we hear Krispin Mayfield and Jeremy Doan on their selections of "Tell" and "Slowly." Matt also breaks down "Stolen." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Flickers Podcast
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Taking a deeper dive into Ryan's background as we explore his days playing piano in a funk band. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Matthew Linder
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In part two we continue looking into Son Lux's background and then our contributor's attempt to describe the band's sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Flickers Podcast
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In this first part we learn about Son Lux's background and meet our contributors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Matthew Linder
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Trailer for season 1 of the podcast exploring the music of Son Lux. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Matthew Linder
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