Speak On It!
Speak On It! is where creatives tell their stories – about what they do and why they do it. Episodes premier every other week. (The opening theme is "Please Irene" by Lynn Riley and The World-Mix from the CD "Say What" [produced by Rubin Edwards for Ru-Ba-Groove Music and Publishing]; used by permission.)
Episodes
24 episodes
Photographer Charise Isis
Since 2009, fine art photographer Charise Isis has been taking topless portraits of women who have had mastectomies for breast cancer as part of The Grace Project. The goal? Ph...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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28:46
Author Kimberly Hodges
For public relations specialist and event planner Kimberly Hodges, producing live events and award shows for DC-area businesses, government entities and non-profit organizations is a norm, but a different calling led her to put pen to pap...
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22:53
Sensei Katie Murphy
After a stint with dance that left her off of the competition and performance teams, Sensei Katie began a karate class in grade school and never stopped. She has been learning, training in and teaching Goju-Ryu, Kyokushin, Shotokan, Judo and ot...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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37:19
Entrepreneur Tyrone Griffin
After being laid-off from his job in Corporate America, Tyrone Griffin started Evil Bunny Consulting, LLC, an individual and corporate job transition consulting firm. Speeches on motivation and dealing with career changes lead to the Bunny ...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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20:09
After 6 Productions (Pt. II)
Music makers Dan McCollum and Doug Ramsay - collectively known as After 6 Productions - met in the 80s and have been making music for themselves and others ever since. In the second part of their interview, they discuss how they transitio...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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24:25
After 6 Productions (Pt. I)
The music production duo of Dan McCollum and Doug Ramsay - collectively known as After 6 Productions - met in college and have been making music for themselves and other artists since. Here, they chat about their individual musical beginn...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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23:00
Martial Artist/Author David "Shinzen" Nelson (Pt. II)
A retired psychotherapist who has studied a variety of Karate styles and other traditional martial arts for over 50 years, he is the author of
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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22:54
Martial Artist/Author David "Shinzen" Nelson (Pt. I)
David "Shinzen" Nelson is a retired psychotherapist who has studied a variety of Karate styles and other traditional martial arts for over 50 years. In part one of our chat, he talks about balancing training and family, being lazy, the fr...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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27:54
Author/Holistic Educator Saeeda Hafiz
An holistic nutrition and certified yoga educator who has been teaching the benefits of yoga and eating a whole-food diet for over 25 years, Saeeda Hafiz is the author of The Healing: One Woman's Journey from Poverty to Inner Riches, a...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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27:57
Dancer/Choreographer Malcolm Griffin
Well-versed in a bevy of genres, he teaches dance to children and young adults, passing on the phrases in the footwork he learned from his professors at both Dutchess Community and Queens College. He sat down with his mom on Mother's Day ...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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27:37
Poet Gold
Two-time poet laureate of Dutchess County (NY), Bettina "Poet Gold" Wilkerson is a self-described creative spirt has graced stages around the country introducing poetry - and other spoken word artists - to a wide range of audiences.Here...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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30:48
Spoken Word Poet Regina Rivers
Born in a town just outside of Albany, NY, she fell in love with the written word while watching her siblings write when she could barely hold a pencil. Here, she talks about understanding creative control, discovering poetry through Lang...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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23:03
Producer Courtney Allen
Born and raised about an hour north of New York City, Courtney Allen spent her childhood prepping for a career in entertainment. But after graduating from college, her path took an unexpected turn that fueled her passion for filmmaking an...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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23:33
Musician/Composer Lynn Riley
Starting musically with French Horn because her father played the instrument, Lynn eventually switched to saxophone, flute and clarinet, learning and playing music all over the world. She talks here about how she would describe jazz to non-afic...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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15:57
Newburgh Community Photo Project
The NCPP teaches photography and related media to 16-24 year olds that allows them to explore critical social justice issues directly related to their communities and their lives. Founder/director Vincent Cianni discusses the program's beginnin...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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28:05
Musician/Author Rian Robinson
Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay area, he can't remember when he first began drawing, but his creative forays drifted towards drumming when he fooled around on his church's kit after service. Here, he talks about his sheltered childhood...
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28:49
Visual Artist Troy Gua
His love of art began, he says, after a visit to a King Tut exhibit. Having always been the "artistic student" in class, the Seattle-based, self-taught artist talks about his many muses, his love of all things Prince, his Le Petit Prince (LPP) ...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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22:13
Musician/Producer Rubin Edwards
Via his company, Rub-A-Groov Music and Publishing, the Philadelphia-based musician has composed and arranged for an array of artists in many genres - including jazz, indie, pop and rock - ...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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25:36
Musician Tammy Mitchell-Woods
Musician Tammy Mitchell-Woods has been drumming for churches and bands since she was a teen but only recently decided to ditch her day job and dive into her passion full-time. She talks about the decision to go full-steam ahead with her m...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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22:23
Entrepreneur/Author Samuel Griffin III
Through his company, entrepreneur and security and protection expert Samuel Griffin has worked with presidential candidates, heads of state and A-list celebrities. He recently wrote "Rent-A-Cop Reboot" with Theresa M. Caldwell - a guide for sec...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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16:46
Black Paper Party
Jasmine Hudson, J'Aaron Merchant and Madia Willis - co-founders of Black Paper Party - share their thoughts about starting a company aimed at filling the void created by the lack of Black imagery during the holiday season, as well as the import...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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21:13
Author Dana Muwwakkil
Author Dana Wuwwakkil's "The Anxiety Diaries - A Diary and a Memoir" began as an experiment to write every day. She talks about living with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), identifying as a writer, the isolation associated with being a...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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21:19