s4e10 Remix Volume 9
Azucar, Zakiyyah Modeste, Joe Siple, Saumya CHoudhury, Tony Cranston, Craig Harris, Hernán Ramiro Rodriguez Sierra, Elizabeth Perlman, Del Gonzales, Ni RIvera, Olga Kavran, Cipriano Belser, Virtuous, Sarah Sophie Flicker, Karla Brundage and Judy Talaugon.
s4e10-remix volume 9
March 12, 2026
New! Watch the audio garden while you listen. Listen & Be Heard Network brings to you the video version of The Listen & Be Heard Hour.
Listen and Be Heard Remix, Volume 9, features a remix of poetry and storytelling from our 2026 guests to the audio garden, reporting from South Carolina by Tony Robles on ICE protests happening there, and live music from Craig Harris’ Harlem Nightsong Band and Hernan Rodriguez Sierra playing solo saxophone at a Federal Hall freedom of speech event.
Also included are highlights from our sister show Beyond Borders, reflections on community and healing, the sacred role of women, and as always, the importance of listening and being heard.
VIDEOS: Full Length Video Interviews of Authors and Others Featured in 2026 on The Listen & Be Heard Hour and Beyond Borders.
FEATURED GUESTS
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Cipriano Belser – Co-Founder Black Lantern Books and The Legacy Library
Read more: Cipriano Belser – Co-Founder Black Lantern Books and The Legacy LibraryCipriano Belser is a low wage worker, turned Organizer, turned co-operative owner. Born and raised in the Bay Area, he has resided in Los Angeles for the last 15 years. In his time in LA he went from working retail jobs to becoming a labor organizer, which led him to want to use his organizing…
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Karla Brundage – Author, Poet
Read more: Karla Brundage – Author, PoetKarla Brundage is founder West Oakland to West Africa Poetry Exchange and author of three books of poetry, including award winning, Blood Lies: Race Trait(or), Swallowing Watermelons, and co-author of Mulatta–Not so Tragic. Her work as editor and publisher for Pacific Raven Press has and Tar Baby Quarterly included authors in the Bay Area, Hawaii,…
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Del Gonzales – Actor, Theater Maker
Read more: Del Gonzales – Actor, Theater MakerDel Gonzales is a Filipino Latino American actor and theatre maker based in New York City. His work is shaped by training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and Hamilton College, along with clown training and four years of improv with Hamilton’s troupe Yodapez
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Tony Cranston – Author, Teacher, and Storyteller
Read more: Tony Cranston – Author, Teacher, and StorytellerTony Cranston is a renowned author, storyteller, and teacher with over 40 years of experience worldwide. Originally stationed in the UK, Cranston has traveled to over 50 cities, reading stories and collecting many as he goes.
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Saumya Choudhury – Poet, Organizer
Read more: Saumya Choudhury – Poet, OrganizerSaumya Choudhury, an Indian poet and cultural organizer, founded Delhi Poetry Slam in 2013, promoting performance poetry in India. After transitioning to digital platforms, she created Poem Pajama and engaged with Santhali tribal communities. Recognized internationally, she hosts writing retreats and teaches poetry, supporting emerging writers and exploring themes of identity and loss.
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Joe Siple – Author
Read more: Joe Siple – AuthorLong before The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride began winning awards and hitting Amazon bestseller lists, Joe Siple could be found at his computer, developing his voice as a writer. It took seventeen long years from the day he started his first fiction manuscript until Murray, Jason, and Tiegan propelled him to bestseller status.…
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International Criminal Law Expert – Olga Kavran
Read more: International Criminal Law Expert – Olga KavranOlga Kavran is a Fellow at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel completing a PhD on the topic of international criminal courts’ obligation to provide information to the public, and the Founding Director of IUSTICOM, established in 2021 as the first non-governmental organisation dedicated to communicating justice.
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Zakiyyah Modeste
Read more: Zakiyyah ModesteZakiyyah’s creative journey began as a child when, at the age of three, she won her school’s Valentine’s Day Poetry Contest. Early exposure to the arts through Mount Vernon’s Creative Arts Program allowed her to act in plays alongside talented peers, including saxophonist Michael Philips. Outside the program, she trained under Tina Satin—who also taught…
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Simone “Azúcar” Nikkole
Read more: Simone “Azúcar” NikkoleSimone “Azúcar” Nikkole is a songwriter, screenwriter, author, Spoken Word poet, and Sí.Nik Productions and L.A. Sugar Factory founder. Her work is featured in Silver Tongue Devil Anthology (Amazon), Poets Without Limits IncarNATION Anthology, Mo’ Joe Anthology along with The Voices Project, Learn to Love and Enhance Online Magazines.
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Cultural Activist, Aerialist Sarah Sophie Flicker
Read more: Cultural Activist, Aerialist Sarah Sophie FlickerSarah Sophie is an activist, producer, writer, filmmaker, cultural organizer, creative director, and aerialist. Founder and Creative Director of celebrated political cabaret group, The Citizens Band, she is the Editor-At-Large for Violet Book. Her writing can be found at Hello Giggles, Rookie Magazine, W Magazine, Vogue, Refinery29, The Cut, Cosmo.com, Violet Book, Stylist, Rizzoli’s publication…
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Ni Rivera – Multi-media Storyteller
Read more: Ni Rivera – Multi-media StorytellerNilsa Rivera “Ni” tells new and multi-media stories about housing, food, and climate insecurity. Her work appears or is forthcoming in Tahoma Review, Hippocampus Magazine, Huffington Post, 50 GS Magazine, Six Hens Literary Journal, Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies, Selkie Literary Magazine, Writing Class Radio, and Turning Dark into Light: A Mental Health Anthology.…
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Elizabeth Perlman – Writing Teacher
Read more: Elizabeth Perlman – Writing TeacherElizabeth has a BA in Media Arts and a Masters in Transformative Arts, the study of creative expression for healing, connection, and growth. She is also a certified Group Leader in The Amherst Writing Method. Before launching TIWP in 2013, Elizabeth worked for over a decade as a graphic designer and art director in the advertising…
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Judy Talaugon -Land Protector, Storyteller
Read more: Judy Talaugon -Land Protector, StorytellerJudy Talaugon is a Chumash and Filipina Land Protector from the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians. She is the daughter of farmworkers and immigrant leaders. Growing up among Mexican and Filipina communities in California, she has been a long-time activist in numerous struggles, ranging from human rights to housing, land rights, and the fight…
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Martha Cinader, Author, Performance Artist
Read more: Martha Cinader, Author, Performance ArtistMartha Cinader is a poet and author living in Harlem, NY. Her young adult novel, Marq and the Queen Fish, is forthcoming in 2026 from Atmosphere Press. Cinader is the founder and Director of the Listen & Be Heard Network, where she hosts and produces The Listen & Be Heard Hour, and Beyond Borders, both non-commercial podcasts and syndicated radio shows…
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Tony Robles – Poet, Author
Read more: Tony Robles – Poet, AuthorTony Robles, “The People’s Poet” was born in San Francisco and is the nephew of Filipino-American poet, historian and social justice activist Al Robles. He was a shortlist nominee for poet laureate of San Francisco in 2017 and the recipient of the San Francisco Art Commission individual literary artist grant in 2018. His two books…
FEATURED BOOKS, MAGAZINES, CDs, WRITING RETREAT, BOOKSTORE
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Across Latitude & Language – World Poetry Anthology 2025, edited by Saumya Choudhury
Read more: Across Latitude & Language – World Poetry Anthology 2025, edited by Saumya ChoudhuryAcross Latitude & Language brings together voices from across the globe—poets of different races, homelands, and histories, woven together by something quietly powerful: the shared weight of being human. In a world increasingly fractured by borders and conflict, this collection reminds us of the quiet universality of feeling. From the ache of personal loss and…
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Black Lantern Books & The Legacy Library
Read more: Black Lantern Books & The Legacy LibraryThe Legacy Library and Black Lantern Books is an effort to preserve the life long collections of texts that Kwazi Nkrumah started collecting in the 1950’s. Near the end of his life, Kwazi wanted to make his collection an accessible resource for future generations of organizers seeking to expand their knowledge and skills while working…
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Black Rootedness – Karla Brundage
Read more: Black Rootedness – Karla BrundageBlack Rootedness, an anthology, is a culmination of workshops in Africa and America featuring the poets included, and shares experiences of foreigner/returnee, neo-African, borrower of phrases, and experimenter of styles that shape-and will continue to shape-the vibrant exchange between Africa and the Diaspora. Poetry is an artistic vehicle that allows this to happen with humility…
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Blood Lies Race Traitor By Karla Brundage
Read more: Blood Lies Race Traitor By Karla BrundageKarla Brundage’s Blood Lies: Race Trait(or) is about race. It is about the history of race, about imposed racial definitions like mulatto and quadroon.
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Dreamscape, Real Dreams Really Make a Difference
Read more: Dreamscape, Real Dreams Really Make a DifferenceA collection of biographical stories and poems about fascinating people in history whose real dreams made a real difference. Developed in performance, these stories bring old tales to life for contemporary readers in a way that is both entertaining and informative.
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Edited by Anjanette Delgado, Home in Florida Latinx Writers and the Literature of Uprootedness
Read more: Edited by Anjanette Delgado, Home in Florida Latinx Writers and the Literature of UprootednessThis remarkably timely, clear, concise, and pressing intervention is a must read for all organizers and activists fighting for and witnessing the birth of a new world. Shaka A. Shakur’s latest book reaffirms, amplifies, and extends the theory and practice of the New Afrikan Independence Movement while offering an accessible entry point for those unfamiliar…
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Edited by Judith Talaugon and Angela Marino, Tribunal Rising
Read more: Edited by Judith Talaugon and Angela Marino, Tribunal RisingTribunal Rising commemorates the 1992 International Tribunal movement in the city of San Francisco to dismantle the legacy of Christopher Columbus and the Myth of Discovery. In 1990, “[a]t the culmination of the Special International Tribunal on the Human Rights Violations of Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War in the US, the American Indian Movement…
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Joe Siple – The Final Wish of Mr. Murray McBride
Read more: Joe Siple – The Final Wish of Mr. Murray McBrideJason Cashman has reached the goal he spent the last twenty years seeking: raising a million dollars for charity. But instead of feeling content, he now feels empty. What comes next? When he meets Alexandra Lopez—a determined ten-year-old girl facing deportation and uncertainty—he is inspired by his old friend, Murray McBride, to help her fulfill…
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Joe Siple – The First Wish of Mr. Murray McBride
Read more: Joe Siple – The First Wish of Mr. Murray McBrideThe day before Murray McBride moves Jenny, his beloved wife of eighty years, into a memory care center, she convinces him to search for a case her grandfather buried long ago, said to contain “a treasure worth more than gold.” With the help of some new friends, Murray and Jenny retrace their steps from years…
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Joe Siple – The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride
Read more: Joe Siple – The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBrideWith all his family and friends gone except an estranged grandson, retired Major League ballplayer Murray McBride is looking for a reason to live. He finds it in Jason Cashman, a spirited 10-year-old boy with a terminal heart defect and a list of five things he wants to do before he dies. Murray is determined…
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Malleus Maleficarum – Sprenger / Kramer
Read more: Malleus Maleficarum – Sprenger / KramerEarly Christian authorities initially dismissed witchcraft as a delusion, though belief in demons and exorcism created a framework that later justified harsher responses. In the late fifteenth century, Heinrich Kramer authored Malleus Maleficarum after failing to secure convictions and facing criticism from church officials, using the text to legitimize aggressive witch-hunting and reinforce gendered suspicions…
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Mulatta—Not So Tragic – Karla Brundage
Read more: Mulatta—Not So Tragic – Karla BrundageWritten in an exchange with Dr. Allision Francisc, “Mulatta—Not So Tragic” embraces and emphasizes the importance of friendship, conversation, criticism, and love between creatives. In this time, of Black Girl Magic, a book about Black Girl Friendship seems essential.
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Po’azz Yo’azz – Living It!
Read more: Po’azz Yo’azz – Living It!Living It! is Martha Cinader’s debut as the producer of her own album, and features an eclectic array of arrangements and musical styles. It was recorded in part in a studio in New York City, part in a studio in Hamburg, and part live at the Mojo Club in Hamburg, throw in some bonus tracks…
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Resistance Revival Chorus – This Joy
Read more: Resistance Revival Chorus – This JoyThe Resistance Revival Chorus, a collective of more than 70 women and non-binary singers have announced their debut album This Joy to be released on October 16th via Righteous Babe Records. The album features original compositions along with protest classics and was recorded in New York City with GRAMMY-nominated producer Tiffany Gouché. The album is 100% created by women, non-binary artists and…
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Simone “Azúcar” Nikkole – Sidepiece Sanctifications
Read more: Simone “Azúcar” Nikkole – Sidepiece SanctificationsSidepiece Sanctifications is the second poetry chapbook of work written by Simone “Azúcar” Nikkole. In Sidepiece Sanctifications, Simone “Azúcar” Nikkole documents the journey of love, infatuation and three-way relationships. She explores the experience of “the other woman” or “sidepiece” in a romantic relationship and how the woman returns to herself in recognizing her true self…
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Sista Zock – Zock Solid: Where the Stem Meets the Root
Read more: Sista Zock – Zock Solid: Where the Stem Meets the RootExisting in the liminal space of sound of spoken word and music, Sista Zock introduces a unique Afro Jazz Fusion Sound with a touch of Hip-hop. Her latest project, Zock Solid, Where the Stem Meets the Root, features a collaboration with Abiodun of The Last Poets, adding depth and resonance to her musical journey.
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Sisters Across Oceans Edited By Karla Brundage
Read more: Sisters Across Oceans Edited By Karla BrundageThe idea for this collection, Sisters Across Oceans, was inspired by the much needed conversation between influential Black women across the diaspora.
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Sorry I’m Late – Elizabeth Perlman
Read more: Sorry I’m Late – Elizabeth PerlmanThis compilation of 27 poems was written over the course of 25 years, from 1998 to 2023. (The title is reflects the author’s extreme delay in sharing her work—and yes, that is a unicorn finger puppet, taking time to smell the azealas!) The main theme of every poem is self-empowerment: remembering who we really are…
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Swallowing Watermelons – Karla Brundage
Read more: Swallowing Watermelons – Karla BrundageSwallowing Watermelons is Karla Brundage´s first published poetry collection and contains almost twenty years of her writing. Her poems are deeply honest, personal reflections–vivid stories from the heart cut to the bone. Moving between Hawaii, the mainland United States and Zimbabwe, she shares moments in her life as a daughter growing into a woman, as…
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Talking Stories – Hosted By Tony Cranston
Read more: Talking Stories – Hosted By Tony CranstonTalking Stories is a global storytelling platform rooted in east London, bringing together voices from local communities and across the world. With an equal focus on London-based creators and international storytellers, the program showcases poets, writers, elders, and emerging voices from every continent, creating a rich dialogue between place, memory, and imagination.
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Thrift Store Metamorphosis
Read more: Thrift Store MetamorphosisIn Thrift Store Metamorphosis, Tony Robles astutely demonstrates the palpable currency of human interactions. His keen observations show us the necessity of reflection. In this mirror, we learn that everything and anything that we pay attention to has the capability to hold deep meaningful lessons for us and our lives. Robles makes us feel a range of…
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Tribes #16 – The Black Lives Matter Issue
Read more: Tribes #16 – The Black Lives Matter IssueFrom the world’s leading forest ecologist who forever changed how people view trees, their connections to one another and to other living things in the forest–a moving, deeply personal journey of discovery. “A vivid and compelling memoir of [Simard’s] lifelong quest to prove that the forest is more than just a collection of trees” – The New…
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Word Magic – Elizabeth Perlman
Read more: Word Magic – Elizabeth PerlmanWord Magic: The Power of Writing to Reframe Your Story & Reclaim Your Intuition by Elizabeth Perlman is a self-help book that uses writing as a tool for self-discovery, healing, and empowerment, drawing from her “Intuitive Writing Project” for women and girls. It offers practical guidance and over 150 writing prompts to help readers trust…
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Writers Across Oceans – Writing Workshop
Read more: Writers Across Oceans – Writing WorkshopWriters Across Oceans invites writers to our first ever writers’ retreat “Writers Across Oceans: A Healing Session” in Waimea, Hawai’i. This event offers an opportunity for creation, fellowship, reflection, relaxation, and daydreaming amidst beautiful surroundings.
CREDITS– CO-HOSTS & PRODUCERS: Martha Cinader, Hernán Ramiro Rodriguez Sierra, Tony Robles. FEATURED GUESTS: Azucar, Zakiyyah Modeste, Joe Siple, Saumya Choudhury, Tony Cranston, Craig Harris and the Harlem Night Songs Big Band, Hernán Ramiro Rodriguez Sierra, Elizabeth Perlman, Del Gonzales, Ni Rivera, Olga Kavran, Cipriano Belser, Virtuous, Sarah Sophie Flicker, Karla Brundage and Judy Talaugon. EDITING: Martha Cinader, SOUNDTRACK, MIXING, MASTERING, SOUND DESIGN: Hernán Ramiro Rodriguez Sierra. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Martha Cinader.
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