Videos
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Bobo Gets Brushed
One thing I have learned about Great Pyrenees dogs, is they shed a lot of fur. A lot. Bobo is about two years old now. He hates a bath, but he doesn’t mind a brushing. Yesterday, my son…
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Funky Skunky
My first response in this video shows how naive I can be. The short story being that it would cost hundreds of dollars to relocate the skunk, and my only real choice was to dispatch the skunk in…
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Food, Shelter, Fencing
It has dawned on me that the hierarchy of my daily necessary tasks flows like water from feeding and sheltering my companions who depend on me, down to fencing, which then leads to gardening, which includes managing the…
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Pool Garden Update on a Rainy Morning
Every morning when I take care of all my animal companions, rain, wind or shine, I wind up checking on the gardens afterwards. This time of year anyway, because there is so much to watch and a checklist…
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Introducing Dopey
I was just going to rent him for a few weeks, but by the time Cody left with Jayce, I had bought him. He’s a member of the family now…
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Planting Okra Starters in a No-Dig Garden
I have been gardening without tilling or digging for about three years now. I do dig, to plant starters, but I haven’t turned over any of my garden beds for awhile now. This morning, I planted all the…
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Good Morning Between Storms
Last night we had a mother of a thunderstorm. Bobo hates thunderstorms. He broke out somehow, despite the electric wire, and was running around practically begging me to put him back up in his stall. So now I…
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Some Sunday Morning Videos
Last Sunday morning I didn’t take time to make any videos, but I had fun play/working with the water flowing from the pond into Langston Creek, which runs all the way to the Reedy River. I’ve been on…
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Morning Chick Check
The She Shed, and the Yard Sale are both progressing…
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Freedom Garden Update
This third year garden hosts a mixture of annuals, perennials and animals as it changes, like life does. Please join me in the audio garden tonight, Tuesday April 30, at 8pm EDT, for the L&BH Hour for Readers…
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Chasing Frank
My son, John, wanted to name them Bart and Fart, but I refused, so he’s Frank, always the most trouble…. John wasn’t around this time, when I asked Robbie and Ryan to move the goats to the old…
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Chick Check Day 3
Honestly, I think it’s Day 3. I don’t think I heard their cheeping until Day 2. I decided to convert my tool shed/ dump shed into a bird nursery, since I plan to infuse my chicken flock with…
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Baby Muscovy
This lady found the perfect nesting spot under the deck where the hawks can’t get to her babies. I heard them chirping and put them in this box to keep them safe. Mama wasn’t going to leave them…
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Anne Myles – Late Epistle
Unedited video of Tony Robles interviews poet, Anne Myles, in Greensboro, North Carolina. Her debut full-length collection Late Epistle by Headmistress Press was the winner of Sappho’s Prize in Poetry 2022, and her chapbook What Woman That Was:…
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Martha Cinader speaks with Meg Reid
Martha Cinader Speaks with Meg Reid, Executive Director of Hub City Publishing, about what they publish, and her Paths to Publication Workshop.
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Basketball, Bagoong and Bayanihan in Albany, Georgia
In Albany the Filipino community is holding a basketball tournament with teams from the local Filipino league competing. The tournament is a fundraiser for children in the Philippines, children in need of school supplies. This is one of…
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John Coltrane Sunday Morning
Tony Robles recites poem, John Coltrane Sunday Morning in Hamlet, North Carolina, Birthplace of John Coltrane On The Day After His Birthday
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Pilgrimage to Hamlet, North Carolina, Birthplace of John Coltrane on His Birthday
Peggy Harris shows Listen & Be Heard Contributor Tony Robles the John Coltrane Mural in Hamlet, North Carolina. Peggy was born and raised in Hamlet and graciously guided Tony to the mural while telling stories of her birthplace…
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Porch Music all Day in Morganton, NC
Tony Robles roams Morganton on International Porch Music Day, where it is an all-day event spread out to make it possible to hear almost everyone.
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Every Ounce of Courage
Unedited video interview with memoir author by Tony Robles.
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Homemade Hay
Mostly No-Mow at Martha’s Kitchen Garden
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Jose Case
Tony Robles talks with Jose Case, Main Street celebrity in Hendersonville, NC. In the video they talk about his bikes. In the audio file, Tony reads Jose a poem that he wrote about him, and interviews him WPVM…
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The Ugly Mug Interview
Unedited video interview with Horror Author Darren Todd by Tony Robles.
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Hendersonville Rally Against GOP abortion ban proposal
Listen & Be Heard speaks to attendees at abortion rights rally
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Writer Christian Hanz Lozada
The unedited interview by Tony Robles with Christian Hanz Lozada, author of the forthcoming book He’s A Color Until He’s Not.
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Home of Dr. Nina Simone
Tony Robles visits Tryon, NC, birthplace of Nina Simone, and reads a poem…
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Good Morning Truck
Tony Robles speaks to Stanley, owner of a new food truck ahead of The Acoustic Trail Trolley in Hendersonville, which raises money for the PTSD Fund.
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Poet Christopher D. Sims
The unedited interview by Tony Robles with Christopher D. Sims , from Rockford, IL, a poet, activist, and spoken work performer, in anticipation of a Juneteenth event in Hendersonville. The event was ultimately canceled, but Listen & Be Heard gained…
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Flo Mayberry the Book Doula
Tony Robles speaks with Flo Mayberry, in Hendersonville, NC, about her life as a writing coach.
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Flute Busking
Tony Robles talks with Diana Flores, who plays flute on Main Street in Hendersonville. She describes the freedom that it affords her in her choices of music, including themes to her favorite video games. She also plays in…
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Edwin Torres on the Written and Spoken Word
The uncut video interview. Martha Cinader speaks from her studio in Greenville, SC with Edwin Torres, author of Quanundrum, winner of the 2022 American Book Award, and spoken word artist in Beacon, NY, about his three hour virtual…
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From Bamboo Comes Life:
Edwin Lozada, Executive Director of Philippine American Writers and Artists (PAWA), who explains the Philippine creation story of the first man and woman. Malakas is the first man who was created, and Maganda, the first woman.
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wildflowers by Beverly Parayno
The uncut video interview by Tony Robles in Hendersonville, NC who speaks with Beverly Parayno in Cameron Park, CA, about her book of short stories: wildflowers.
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Reebee dedoo dada
The uncut video interview by Tony Robles, who speaks with multi-media artist Filey Matias, author of Reebee dedoo dada, Redhawk Publications, a story of song and the freedom to be oneself! Reebee, dedoo, dada is a book about…
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S1E13 – Suzy Sureck, Fiely Matias, Zap Mama, Tracie Morris
Martha Cinader speaks with Suzy Sureck, Tony Robles with Fiely Matias, spoken word by Zap Mama, Tracie Morris
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The Music of Roots
Martha Cinader speaks with multi-media artist Suzy Sureck about the sounds inspired by the underground community beneath our feet, and other facets of her multi-media installations, including her use of poetry in Tread Lightly/Digital Forest curated by Ute…
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Appalachian Memoir
Tony Robles interviews Jennifer McGaha about her memoir Flat Broke with Two Goats.
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Fiction Twined with Memory
Tony Robles speaks with Ann Davila Cardinal, author of several young adult books, from her home in Vermont about her latest book, this one for adults: The Storyteller’s Death.
