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- Stop Working!
I invite everyone to stop working at life, and start playing at life! We have no idea how long we will be here on this planet, why not enjoy every minute of it? - Ep. 37 A Song of Salt
Tony Robles speaks with poet, Keali’i MacKenzie, The Mana of Salt, and visits a reading in Greensboro, NC where he speaks to Caroline Cottom, love and nuclear testing and Ross White about EKG’s, poetry, and banned books. - Caryatid
Cary’s a column because she’s the one. She did it. Her deed’s done… - Aggressive
It was aggressive but it wasn’t against the Law It was egregious but there was legal precedence It was aggravating but being arbitrated It’s an attitude not an atroCity It’s attenuated not attainable It’s a crewing - Morning Light
It’s so important to remember that the spark of your Soul is nothing less than Divine Light – the energy and vibration of unconditional love. Offering yourself unconditional love is the most important thing you can do to create healing in the world. Bathe in the Light of your inner being. - Ep. 36 Writers on Writing
Podcast 36 – Fresh from the field Tony Robles, our own people’s poet, storyteller and radio reporter spoke to the Executive Director of the North Carolina Writers Network, who has a new book out, poets, historians, memoirists, publishers and a poet laureate, about the state of writing, the mental state of writers and their thoughts about banned books too. We bring you a mashup of his conversations, and our associate producer DJ Jeannie Hopper made a special mix of comments collected about banning books. In the second hour we sample some heirloom stories from a boyhood in Brooklyn, when we hear about The Mercury Man, a collection of short stories by Frank Gioia. Please savor the scents and feel the fresh ideas flowing… - Writers on Writing
Fresh from the field Tony Robles, our own people’s poet, storyteller and radio reporter spoke to the Executive Director of the North Carolina Writers Network, who has a new book out, poets, historians, memoirists, publishers and a poet laureate, about the state of writing, the mental state of writers and their thoughts about banned books too. We bring you a mashup of his conversations, and our associate producer DJ Jeannie Hopper made a special mix of comments collected about banning books. In the second hour we sample some heirloom stories from a boyhood in Brooklyn, when we hear about The Mercury Man, a collection of short stories by Frank Gioia. Please savor the scents and feel the fresh ideas flowing… - EP35-Ancestral Foodway Holidays
As we head straight for the season of deep tradition and sharing, Laura Lengnick and Meredith Leigh share insights into the global food system and resilience thinking. They challenge the dominant technological narrative about climate crisis in favor of human rights and regional foodways. - What We Can DoLet’s practice being different, together! We will refer once again to Laura’s list from, Cultivating Resilience, and focus on: practicing resilience in your community, learning how your ancestors nourished theirs, and a new resilient foodways skill.
- L&BH Radio is at North Carolina Writer’s Conference Today
Our correspondent, Tony Robles is at the North Carolina Writer’s Conference today, Saturday Nov.4, in Charlotte, NC. Please come to the audio garden at WLBH.org and join the conversation. - We Gotta Get High!
Energy attracts like energy, so the more negative input we absorb, the heavier we get. The more positive input we absorb, the lighter, and higher we get. - Community Poetry, Banned Poetry, and Multi-media Writing
Tony speaks with Randy Gonzales, Poet, Writer, Community Historian, about his latest book Settling St. Malo. In the second hour I return to a conversation I began with writer, Nilsa Rivera, back in Episode 5 of this season, before Listen & Be Heard ventured into broadcast radio at WPVM in Asheville. We talk about what we’re using and what we’re not using as writers in the world of podcasting, video and publishing. I’m going to mix in some music for Peace today, and a new banned book segment, featuring Amanda Gorman’s poem The Hill We Climb, The segment is introduced to you with the voice of Yvette Murray, our guest on Episode 27, when she said some words worth repeating on a regular basis. - Listen & Be Heard on WPVM this Afternoon
Tony speaks with Randy Gonzales, Poet, Writer, Community Historian, about his latest book Settling St. Malo. In the second hour I return to a conversation I began with writer, Nilsa Rivera, back in Episode 5 of this season, before Listen & Be Heard ventured into broadcast radio at WPVM in Asheville. We talk about what we’re using and what we’re not using as writers in the world of podcasting, video and publishing. I’m going to mix in some music for Peace today, and a new banned book segment, featuring Amanda Gorman’s poem The Hill We Climb, The segment is introduced to you with the voice of Yvette Murray, our guest on Episode 27, when she said some words worth repeating on a regular basis. - Rolling Lumpia in Filipino American History Month–North Carolina
In North Carolina the hush puppies are deep fried as is the fish and the okra comes from deep in the earth with a texture that brushes softly into memory - A Southern Thing with Ron Rash and Vinnie Vineyard
Tony Robles speaks southern author, Ron Rash, about about craft and sports. I speak with Vinnie Vineyard the director, producer and star of WJHC AM. Also supernatural Cherokee legend, Spearfinger, and Masque of the Red Death - Ron Rash Radio, Today.Tony Robles speaks with the award winning and popular southern author, Ron Rash, about almost everything except his new book, The Caretaker. Ron also reads some of his poetry. I speak with Vinnie Vineyard the director, producer and star of WJHC AM. We’ll also hear a supernatural Cherokee legend, Spearfinger, as told by Kathi Smith Littlejohn and The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe.
- Eliminate the Negative
We can change from feeling scared to feeling powerful and confident, but we must change the energy we are attracting into our lives. The best way I have found to eliminate the negative is to introduce as much positive vibration as possible! - Rachel Barton, Lauren Beckwith, Tony Robles
In our first hour Martha speaks with Rachel Barton, editor of Willawaw Journal, about the new fall issue, now available for the price of your time and attention at Willawawjournal.com. We will also hear contributing poets Cecil Morris, Erica Reid and Connie Soper, and a spoken word recording from Roots Manuva. Tony Robles speaks with children’s author, Lauren Beckwith, about her new book A Business of Ferrets, Collective Nouns of the Animal Kingdom. In our second hour we feature an interview and some poetry from an open mic event Versers of Color in Hendersonville, NC. guest contributor, Nilsa Rivera interviews our own Tony Robles about his new book of poems, Thrift Store Metamorphosis, and some spoken word brought to us by DJ Jeannie Hopper. - Live Broadcast Today: Plenty Poetry, Collective NounsMartha speaks with Rachel Barton, editor of Willawaw Journal, about the new fall issue, now available for the price of your time and attention at Willawawjournal.com. We will also hear contributing poets Cecil Morris, Erica Reid and Connie Soper, and a spoken word recording from Roots Manuva. Tony Robles speaks with children’s author, Lauren Beckwith, about her new book A Business of Ferrets, Collective Nouns of the Animal Kingdom. In our second hour we feature an interview and some poetry from an open mic event Versers of Color in Hendersonville, NC. guest contributor, Nilsa Rivera interviews our own Tony Robles about his new book of poems, Thrift Store Metamorphosis, and some spoken word
- EP31-Oscar Peñaranda, Sharon M. Scott
In our first hour Tony speaks with reverence to his elder, poet, prose writer, historian, teacher, Oscar Peñaranda, author of the forthcoming mixed-genre book Follower of the Seasons, by Eastwind Books. The conversation is mixed up just a little bit with some spoken word from Tony, who will be reading from and signing his new book, Thriftstore Metamorphosis, by Redhawk Publications, on October 14 at The Buzz in Hendersonville, NC. And… some more spoken word from DJ Jeannie Hopper. In the second hour I speak with Sharon M. Scott author of Low Power FM for dummies, on Wiley, which has come out just in time for non-profit and tribal organizations to file for an FCC license during a one week window in November. And… a little story at the end to honor the inventor of radio.
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