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NOTY VOLE!NOTY VOLE: Festivalová sezóna a mistrovství Brna ve vokodéru (11)Podcastová revue časopisu Headliner je to po jedenácté.
Tentokrát se pánové Honza Vedral, Dany Stejskal a Wlado zaměřili na hodnocení festivalové sezóny. Došlo ale i na drum'n'bass a vokodéry.
Vítejte ve žvanírně o hudebních festivalech. Čeká vás zamyšlení nad úlohou headlinerů, o prospěšnosti popularizace opery, hudební samocitování, vypečené trendy a ještě vypečenější tipy. Tohle všechno najdete v nekonečné epizodě číslo 11 podcastové revue NOTY VOLE, která je jenom díky nůžkám pana Šéfíka, jen o málo kratší, než Tour de France. I přes vykročení...
2024-10-111h 36
Headliner CZNOTY VOLE: Festivalová sezóna a mistrovství Brna ve vokodéru (11/110)Podcastová revue časopisu Headliner je to po jedenácté.
Tentokrát se pánové Honza Vedral, Dany Stejskal a Wlado zaměřili na hodnocení festivalové sezóny. Došlo ale i na drum'n'bass a vokodéry.
Vítejte ve žvanírně o hudebních festivalech. Čeká vás zamyšlení nad úlohou headlinerů, o prospěšnosti popularizace opery, hudební samocitování, vypečené trendy a ještě vypečenější tipy. Tohle všechno najdete v nekonečné epizodě číslo 11 podcastové revue NOTY VOLE, která je jenom díky nůžkám pana Šéfíka, jen o málo kratší, než Tour de France. I přes vykročení...
2023-09-011h 36
Motherhood UnstressedSend Love to Your Divine Body - Guided Meditation"The way to your spirit is through your body." - Ashley Asti This week I felt called to do a meditation dedicated to helping you lovingly connect to your divine body. If you routinely feel anxious or on high alert, this meditation will help you feel safe within your own body, and elevate to a higher level of inner peace and intentional connection to your physical form. Sponsored by: Sambucol - Code Motherhood15 to save Lunya - Code UNSTRESSED20 to save Kindred Bravely - Code UNSTRESSED20 to sav...
2022-08-1712 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiBuilding an Unprecedented Future with Jason BryantJason Bryant, the Director of Restorative Programs at CROP Organization, shares what it’s like to experience marriage and fatherhood from across a prison visiting room table. He talks openly about personal responsibility and how it was his commitment to serve that transformed his relationship to himself and his community, and propelled him to the governor’s attention, who ordered his immediate release in 2020 for his life-changing work while incarcerated. Everyday, Jason takes new steps to build his and our collective “unprecedented future.” It’s impossible to not be moved and inspired by his energy.Learn more about CROP...
2022-05-1654 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiHealing our Discontent with Michael HoffnerAfter hitting rock bottom repeatedly, Michael Hoffner discovered the secret to his healing that he had been missing: deep spiritual communion and belonging. Today, he is the founder and Executive Director of the Community Growth Center in Long Island, NY, a non-profit center for spiritual and personal growth. Our conversation explores disconnection as the source of our discontent, our inherent worthiness, and the root of healing.Learn more about Michael’s work on the Community Growth Center website: communitygrowthcenter.org--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashley-asti/message
2022-04-0747 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiRedefining the Dream with Denise CorrellTime. Urgency. Purpose. This episode with psychic medium Denise Correll will make you want to seize the day: as she says, it’s never too late to release the past and step into the fullness of who you’re becoming. Denise invites us to embrace pleasure and the sensual joys of being in this body—taste, touch, smell, communing with nature. We talk about dying regrets and how to wake up to your one precious life while you’re still here. What happens when we don’t hold back?Connect with Denise:Website: https://www.thegratefu...
2022-03-1054 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiFrom a Life Sentence to Love with Richard MirelesRichard Mireles didn’t know if he’d ever come home from prison. Serving 25 years-to-life and faced with the possibility of dying in prison, he knew he had to make a choice: “I had to take a stand and say, I’m going to be committed to loving all people.”Today, three years home from prison, Richard embodies compassion, committed public service, and determination to live meaningfully while he still has time. His words and story will move you and surprise you—and remind you of the power of courage, faith, and love.Connect with Richard:...
2022-02-241h 08
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiHealing Trauma with Marina Yanay-Triner“Every single human being experiences trauma…it’s part of the human experience.” Somatic coach Marina Yanay-Triner and I deep-dive into trauma’s roots in the body. She insists that healing from trauma cannot happen with talk therapy alone: we need to heal from within, on the level of the nervous system. We talk about building our capacity to connect with our feelings after trauma and Marina gets personal, sharing her own healing journey, with trauma extending back generationally to her grandmother who was imprisoned in a labor camp during the Holocaust.Connect with Marina:Website: h...
2022-02-101h 02
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiOne Refugee at a Time with Kayra MartinezKayra Martinez, the founder of Love Without Borders for Refugees in Need, joins me one year after our first on-air conversation. Kayra has been working with individuals in refugee camps in Greece since 2015, providing the healing power of art as well as other empowering opportunities. In this conversation, we explore not only her work and life in the camps during COVID-19, but our interconnectedness and her calling to serve.Website: http://lovewithoutborders4refugees.com/Etsy Shop (to purchase art created by refugees).Listen back to my first conversation with Kayra in early 2021 here.
2022-01-2745 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiRe-emerging Into Her Power with Serena LiguoriSerena Liguori, the Executive Director of New Hour for Women and Children—Long Island, is an activist and a force—a woman living from her power who’s equipping other women to emerge after incarceration knowing their power as the leaders of their own lives and in their communities. She unpacks her story, from growing up poor but filled with joy and love, to the women she met behind bars, to her depth as an activist and her intentions as a mother.Website: https://www.newhourli.orgInstagram: @newhourforwomenTwitter: @NewHOUR_LIFace...
2022-01-1356 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiUnleashed with Dionne YbarraDionne Ybarra is invigorating! After entering her 50th year, Dionne chose to embrace her wisdom, her passion, and her curiosity and say an even greater yes to life. She is a birth doula, is training to be a death doula, and the Executive Director of The Wahine Project, an organization that connects people who otherwise wouldn’t have the resources to access the ocean, build a relationship with it, and learn to surf. Together, we explore fear, birth, death, resilience, and being on the precipice.The Wahine Project: https://www.thewahineproject.orgInstagram: @thewahineproject F...
2021-12-0250 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiMovement is Life with Gloria ArayaGloria Araya is a modern day Renaissance woman—a dancer and movement teacher, photographer, and social activist. Her life is a masterclass in generous listening—the ways she listens to her body, her neighbors and companion creatures, and the world. Together, we explore sensuality, death, projection, love and more. Connect with Gloria:Ayun Movement: https://ayunmovement.com/Photography: https://www.gloriaarayaphotography.comInstagram: @glorialight and gloriarayaphotography--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashley-asti/message
2021-11-111h 01
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiGrowing Up with Dad in PrisonWhen Nikita was in 6th grade, his dad went to prison. In this episode, Nikita explores with me the loneliness he felt knowing that his experience with his dad—essentially a relationship over the phone—was different than many of his peers. He talks about the advice he wished he would have gotten from his dad, but also the ways his dad was a consistent and guiding force, even from a distance. For the past three years, Nikita was a member of the Osborne Association’s Youth Action Council, for teens with an incarcerated parent. Today, at age 18, he’s in his...
2021-11-0444 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiDoing the Work with Zach MinutoZach and I set out to answer this question: are work and purpose the same thing? Zach and I have known each other since high school and, since then, have found ourselves on unlikely paths: him working his way through divinity school only to lapse with the Church and me seeking entrepreneurial—but not always stable—pursuits all in my hunger to unite my passion and my job. But as we both stand at the precipice of new career opportunities—him choosing, at least for the moment, a solid 9 to 5 at a local company and me a full-time opportunity at a n...
2021-10-211h 17
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiStanding in Her Beauty with Jade Beall“I’m going to show you what a divine miracle you are.” Photographer Jade Beall doesn’t simply capture someone’s image through her lens; she reminds them of their beauty. Ten years ago, deep in postpartum depression after the birth of her son and feeling at war with her body, she stripped off her clothes and took a photo for the world to see, no hiding. It went viral—women wanted to liberate themselves from hiding, too, and to see the truth of their own magnificence in a world that continues to tell them their bodies are too much or neve...
2021-10-141h 00
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiFinding Joy with Oneika MaysAt 40 years old, Oneika Mays found herself in limbo. After walking away from a great paying job with all the perks she could never have imagined possible for herself growing up, she found herself in the middle of a sweaty hot yoga class in New York City and on a threshold. In the throes of chair pose, she realized she didn’t know the way forward, but she knew it wasn’t what she had been doing—the way ahead was outside her comfort zone. Today, Oneika is a Mindfulness Coach working full-time in Rikers Island Correctional Facility in New Yo...
2021-10-0752 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiThe Promise of Justice with Mercedes Montagnes“We have to get out of this notion that revenge is going to heal us in any way.” Mercedes Montagnes grew up wanting to be an actress. Instead, she found herself taking the LSATs on a whim and, eventually, becoming a lawyer. As the Executive Director of The Promise of Justice Initiative, Mercedes and her litigation team are challenging racist laws and practices in prisons in Louisiana, which has the highest incarceration rate in the world. In our conversation, we explore what meaningful healing looks like (including for survivors), her continuing fight for justice for those convicted by the Jim...
2021-09-3055 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiIn the Hot Seat with Ashley AstiThe host is in the hot seat! I handed the I’m Curious keys over to my friend Diane Kahn, who interviewed me. We explore my life lessons, my moments of shame and fear about my purpose, the best yoga classes where laughter erupts in the middle of them, and more. Let’s dive in!Connect with Ashley:Instagram: @ashleyastiTwitter: @ashley_asti--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashley-asti/message
2021-09-2353 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiReimagining Healing for Pakistani Survivors with Alina Anjum AhmedI grew up in a “very, very patriarchal country,” Alina Anjum Ahmed told me about her home, Pakistan. “It’s a different place,” she said, where gender role constrictions and violence against women is common. “I’m certain that a lot of women who have been abused or who have had violence committed against them don’t even know because they’re so used to it and because they think it’s so normal.” By her early 20s, Alina started realizing the full scope of the violence and decided to do something about it. Today, a graduate student on a Fulbright...
2021-09-161h 04
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiWorthy of Love with Sol Mercado“Today I know I deserve to be loved.” At 19 years old, Sol Mercado was locked up and given the death penalty. After years of experiencing abuse and violence at home and turning to gangs for love and protection, she felt hopeless and broken. But it was unexpected love in an unexpected place—from her niece and nephews in a California state prison visiting room—that reminded her she’s worthy of love and encouraged her to explore her own trauma and take accountability for the harm she caused.Sol is now home. She’s a nursery technician in Oakland...
2021-09-021h 03
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiMusic is Power with Eric “Maserati-E” Abercrombie“In a place where [racial boundaries] really existed for real...we brought everyone together with the power of music.” Eric “Maserati-E” Abercrombie went from teaching himself guitar in prison to recording music in historic studios with legends. Through his music, he’s breaking down the stigma of incarceration and taking back the power to tell his story. And he’s having an impact. “Love over hate all day,” he told me. “Love will take you so much further.”Instagram: @therealmaserati_eTwitter: @maserati_e Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EricAbercrombie54Just Me and My Guitar EP...
2021-08-261h 07
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiOur Shared Humanity with Diane Kahn“There’s not a person that I talk to inside that doesn’t feel forgotten.” Those words from this conversation still haven’t left me. Diane Kahn, my guest, is a teacher who went from an elementary school classroom to teaching men inside San Quentin prison. Along with incarcerated journalists, photographers, and editors who are serving time in the California prison or who have recently come home, she has created Humans of San Quentin, a digital storytelling space that seeks to break down the walls and stereotypes of prison life, allowing those behind the bars to be heard.While Di...
2021-08-191h 12
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiPurpose-Driven Life with Martin LockettWhen Martin Lockett drove drunk on New Years Eve 2003, it changed everything. Upon learning that the two people who died when he crashed into their car that night were volunteers in the drug and alcohol recovery community, Martin chose to dedicate his life to helping others through addiction counseling and drinking and driving prevention.This episode is a special one for me because Martin and I are friends. And, after 17 years in prison, Martin is finally home.About Martin:Martin Lockett is a writer and speaker whose words have impacted thousands of people...
2021-08-121h 21
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiA Practice for the Tired & Weary with Rashid Hughes“The thing is, most of us, we’re exhausted.” Rashid Hughes wants to change that. In this episode, we dive into not only what it means to rest (hint: it’s not about sleeping), but contemplative practices that hold space for those tired and weary from systemic injustice and transgenerational trauma.Rashid Hughes is a certified Mindfulness and Yoga teacher and restorative justice specialist in Washington DC, and the co-founder of Heart Refuge. He’s also the creator of R.E.ST., a contemplative practice for the tired & weary.Rashid's Website: https://www.rashidhughes.comHeart...
2021-08-051h 09
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiBasketball Means Love with Anthony Ammons“The [basketball] court is not a prison…When I step on the court…it’s like the air is different.” At 16 years old, Anthony Ammons was sentenced to 102 years to life in prison. But, while locked up, he found home, peace, and authenticity on the basketball court.Anthony is one of the stars of the documentary film Q Ball, which follows the San Quentin Warriors, the basketball team made up of men incarcerated in San Quentin prison, throughout one season. In this episode, we explore his early life in a gang, his realization of his own self-worth, basketball...
2021-07-291h 02
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiPrison and the Pandemic with Natalie Keyssar“If it’s a human rights issue, then there’s no both sides.” Photojournalist Natalie Keyssar believes journalists have an obligation to be honest, not necessarily neutral. For about a year during the pandemic, Natalie focused her lens on the lives and deaths of the elderly who were behind bars in New York during Covid, sharing their stories and the toll it took on their families. “It’s so easy for society…to dismiss people in prison as people who deserve what they get or who don’t deserve humane treatment,” she said, but Natalie wants to use her camera to make sur...
2021-07-2256 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiBringing Feminism to Prison with Mannie Thomas IIIWhen I used to think about men in prison, I didn’t picture Mannie Thomas. I didn’t picture guys in their prison blues gathering to talk about the f word—feminism. I didn’t imagine their shared vulnerability, honestly looking at their trauma and their fears and their truths together. I didn’t expect this much love and brotherly support.But that’s what our conversation today is about.My guest is Mannie Thomas III. Mannie served 15 years of a 32 years-to-life sentence, during which time he joined a transformational feminist program for people who have caused...
2021-07-151h 26
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiUnapologetically About the Women with London Croudy“If I could describe prison, it’s like you’re in the middle of the ocean and the only thing you’re trying to do is tread water and keep your head above [it].” This conversation with London Croudy is unapologetically about the women in the midst of that ocean, women who are directly impacted survivors of mass incarceration and other systemic trauma. London possesses a spirit, knowing, and purposefulness that is hard to capture in words but is undeniable. She’s currently a Program Manager at The Ahimsa Collective and has dedicated her life’s work to advocating for social and...
2021-07-081h 08
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiA World Without Sexual Harm with Alissa AckermanWhen we think about those who have committed sexual offenses, we often conjure up images of evil, vile people. People who deserve to be thrown in cages and listed on public registries to protect our safety. Sex crimes expert Alissa Ackerman (who is also a survivor) is on a mission to ensure sexual harm never happens again—but not by dealing only with survivors. She’s getting to the source: those who have sexually offended. Leaning into connection, meaningful accountability, and even compassion, Alissa is changing the way we approach justice, community, and prevention.Alissa Ackerman, PhD, is a...
2021-06-2755 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiWhy is this Happening? with Troy Williams“We have a country that, at its core, is rooted in racism and slavery.” We can’t untangle mass incarceration from this country’s deep and ongoing history of oppression if we truly want to transform our notion of justice and prevent harm. After serving nearly 2 decades in prison, Troy Williams is on a mission to abolish what he considers a modern day form of slavery—prison—and to use his voice and his camera to help people like himself tell their stories.Troy is (among many things) the Executive Director of Restorative Media and a 2018 Soros Justice Fell...
2021-06-2155 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiUnchurched with Zach MinutoThis is I’m Curious: Friends Edition. I’ve known my guest, Zach Minuto, since high school. This episode is called Unchurched, and we’re getting into all of it: Catholic sexual repression, did Jesus have a wife?, false gods, climate change, reimagining Eve, and more.Zach Minuto is, among many other things, a writer, musician, and instrument-maker who resides in New Haven, Connecticut. He completed his MA in Religion at Yale Divinity School and began a Ph.D in History of Religion before dropping out to pursue other projects independently. As a musician, his work foregrounds homema...
2021-06-131h 35
I'm Curious with Ashley Asti"This Runs Deep" with Rodolfo BuenrostroThe first time Rodolfo Buenrostro had a gun pointed at his head, it was by police. He was 8 years old. In this episode, Rodolfo talks about gang life, how having brown skin shapes the way the world treats him, the unifying power of music, and more. I think my favorite part of our conversation is when we talked honestly about coming from two different worlds, and what it takes to understand each other without judgment.Rodolfo is a California Justice Leader, which is a collaboration between Impact Justice and Americorps. He’s a Reentry Life Coach placed at...
2021-06-0644 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiNo Longer Silent with Kimya MotleyKimya Motley knows what it means to survive. After her ex-husband shot her and her daughter multiples times with a .38 at point-blank range—and they both lived through it—she says she "woke up" to her calling. Kimya knew she never wanted another family to experience what she did. So she used her personal tragedies as fuel for purpose, advocating for women experiencing domestic violence. But after doing this work for years, she realized there was more: to end the cycle, she also needed to talk to the boys and men, shifting a culture of unhealthy manhood.Kimy...
2021-06-0152 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiHoly Ground is Everywhere with Darren CalhounMy guest today is Darren Calhoun and I just fell in love with his spirit during this conversation.We spend time in this episode talking about what it was like for him to grow up gay when he couldn’t be open about who he was. Darren spent years in churches that didn’t welcome him in his fullness as a gay man. We talk about grief, shame, confusion around desire—and also God’s immense love. We talk about enduring despite obstacles and the expansive universe where everyone belongs. And, of course, we explore racial justice, particul...
2021-05-231h 00
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiLeaning into Questions with Brooks ScottBrooks Scott is a motorcycle-riding, classical music-listening, poet-admiring Executive Coach. He percolates connections and works with organizations to facilitate uncomfortable conversations around unconscious bias.Brooks was an English teacher turned NJ State Trooper who led Chris Christie’s protection team. He then left the East coast to head up the Executive Protection team at Facebook for Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg. At Facebook, he travelled the world and had a literal backseat to everything happening there. But it was upon stumbling into some executive coaching courses that he knew he had found his calling.Our co...
2021-05-1655 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiThe Comeback with Emily O'BrienEmily O’Brien never planned to become a drug mule. As she says, “It started with a romantic connection, and it happened fast.” In the midst of running her own social media company in Toronto and struggling with addiction, Emily found herself, at the urging of the guy she was dating, on a plane from St. Lucia back to Canada with 2 kilograms of cocaine strapped to her body. When she got caught, she never imagined prison. But it was in prison that she envisioned her comeback: without internet access or the ability to market test, she started a popcorn compan...
2021-05-0953 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiBroken Wide Open with Katie JamesonKatie Jameson talks about hard things: grief, loss, motherhood. In the span of 4 years, Katie lost her first son, Lochlan; received a Down syndrome diagnosis for her daughter, Kenzie; and lost her father. In this conversation, we explore it all while crying and laughing. It is heartbreaking and heart-opening. A must-listen!Katie, who’s based in Vancouver, is a family photographer as well as the creator of grief gifts, gifts like prints, cards, and grief pins designed to nurture a broken heart.Connect with Katie:Website: https://www.katiejameson.caInstagram: @ka...
2021-05-0258 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiComing Home with Danica GimI’m calling this conversation with Danique Gimbrère (aka Danica Gim) “Coming Home” not only because it’s an exploration of what home is—how her home has crossed continents from the Netherlands, where she was born and grew up, and expanded when she married her Colombian-American husband—but because it’s a story of coming home to herself. We talk about breaking expectations, leaving Christianity and relationships. About intuition, our bodies, sexuality, meeting her husband—oh, I love that story!—and about creating art.Danique, who’s well-known as Danica Gim on Instagram, shares her poetry and art online...
2021-04-2552 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiAuthentic Manhood with Austin GalyIn this episode, Austin Galy talks about what it means to be a man, but it goes even deeper. This conversation is an exploration of pain and trauma, presence and joy. It’s an open and honest exploration of sexual identity and of our undeniable interconnectedness.Austin Galy is a former United States Air Force member turned educator at the University of San Diego. He works extensively at the grassroots level in education and with incarcerated minors and adults, California state law enforcement agencies, military and veteran groups, as well as gangs. More broadly, he is a br...
2021-04-181h 04
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiSacred Pleasure with Vanessa CucciaVanessa Cuccia is captivating and curious. She believes we deserve to feel good in our bodies. And that pleasure is sacred. In this rich, deep-diving conversation, we talk about body and spirit, what it means to be sexy, co-creating with the universe, the dream world, and love.Vanessa Cuccia is the founder of Chakrubs and Freque Magazine. She is the author of Crystal Healing and Sacred Pleasure and her debut album, This is a Spell, drops April 22nd.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashley-asti/message
2021-04-1147 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiLove Without Borders with Kayra MartinezKayra Martinez isn’t an artist. But while volunteering in refugee camps in northern Greece, she started bringing in art supplies to the children. She realized this was their way to communicate—to express the trauma they’d been through and to communicate with each other. This launched her into a journey she never expected, founding a nonprofit called Love Without Borders for Refugees in Need. “I have no background in art therapy,” she said. “I don’t claim that this is art therapy, but to just give [the children] those tools was the most powerful thing I’ve ever done in my...
2021-03-2842 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiA Storyteller's Life with b. john gullyThis is a deep one! Writer (and my friend!) b. john gully and I recorded this on a Friday afternoon, our Happy Hour podcast. He had a White Russian cocktail in hand. And we went all in on writing and what it means to tell stories as if over a fire. We talked about vulnerability in storytelling, the feeling of inspiration rushing through you, the finality of endings, transcendence, the void, and finding ourselves united in all that is.You can follow b. john gully on Instagram and Twitter @3Gully. Or checkout his website: bjohngully.com....
2021-03-211h 02
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiArtie Gonz on LoveI haven’t stopped thinking about this conversation. Artie Gonz is the creative who almost never was. A juvenile-tried-as-an-adult at the age of 16, he spent 21-years of a Life sentence in the California prison system, eight of which included housing within Pelican Bay’s notorious super-max Solitary Confinement unit. After choosing to commit himself to deep inner work, Artie transcended the brutality of his surroundings and discovered the universal truth within himself and all of us: love.This conversation is all about love.Today, Artie has fulfilled his dream of working in the television world. He’s...
2021-03-141h 12
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiThe Stubborn Optimist with Dorie HaglerDorie Hagler believes that listening to someone for 10 minutes can change the world. Dorie is a visual storyteller and advocate who creates platforms for communities, for women, and even for those incarcerated to be seen and heard. She believes it is this act of witnessing that has the power to transform us.About Dorie:Dorie is a storyteller, photographer, and advocate based in New York City. In her work, she’s as interested in photographing news-breaking events as she is in patiently covering long form documentary projects. In 2016 on International Women’s Day, she launched me&E...
2021-03-0752 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiThe One with the Best Friend: Brittany SchiavoneThis is a fun one! My guest is one of my best friends, Brittany Schiavone. Brittany is the founder of Brittany’s Baskets of Hope, a nonprofit on a mission to spread resources, hope, and love to families with new babies with Down syndrome across the United States. Brittany is creative, playful, sassy, and she happens to have Down syndrome.Brittany and I have been guests on a bunch of podcasts together, but today we’re dishing on some never been told before inside stories! We talk about our friendship and play a game of how-well-do-we-know-each-other trivia. We t...
2021-02-2850 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiBecoming a Dancer with Nilaya Sabnis“I will leave this body having danced for Madonna,” Nilaya Sabnis says in this episode. But even on tour with one of the biggest stars in the world, Nilaya doubted whether she was an artist. Having studied economics and pre-med in college, she teased that while she was dancing across the world, she still told herself she was an investment banker “on sabbatical,” a practical adult just taking a short break from the responsible adult world.She shares her journey to becoming a dancer and unapologetically embracing herself as an artist. If you’ve ever had a dream or a...
2021-02-2154 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiCollege in Prison with Stacy BurnettWithout Bard Prison Initiative, Stacy Burnett says she would have “rotted in a prison cell.”My guest today is Stacy Burnett, who got her college degree in her forties while she was in prison. Stacy was part of the groundbreaking program BPI, or Bard Prison Initiative, which was featured in the acclaimed documentary, College Behind Bars. The program enrolls hundreds of incarcerated students full-time in college programs. When these students graduate, they cross that stage with a real degree from Bard College in their hands.Stacy has worked for years as a writer and now work...
2021-02-0759 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiMessages from Beyond with Denise CorrellShe talks to dead people. At least, that’s part of it.My guest today is my dear friend Denise Correll, a psychic medium who calls herself the Grateful Messenger. As I tease about Denise, she brings the normal to the paranormal: she’s fun and grounded and dead on (pun intended!) in her psychic messages and timely insights.In this episode, we explore belonging + fear, dreamland, and this present moment of crisis and shift.You can find Denise at thegratefulmessenger.com. Still curious? Check out her podcast Enlightened Empaths, which she hosts alon...
2021-01-3152 min
Nespoľahlivé rozprávačky#11 Prečo nie je tábor ako táborV jedenástej časti podcastu sa budeme rozprávať o našich aj vašich čitateľských zvykoch a podelíme sa s vami o naše sezónne odporúčania. Okrem toho, že budeme robiť ťažkú propagandu jeseni ako najlepšiemu obdobiu na čítanie, sa taktiež dozviete, čo sa nachádza alebo nenachádza na dne vyprahnutého jazera. 0:22 Úvod0:23 - 20:24 Čitateľské návyky (výsledky ankiet) Sezónne odporúčania:20:25 -25:21 Jar25:22 - 34:24 Leto34:25 - 41:44 Jeseň41:45 - 49:18 Zima49:19 ZáverJarné odporúčania:Ha...
2021-01-2450 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiOverdose Isn’t Murder: Morgan Godvin on America’s Failing Drug PoliciesWhen Morgan Godvin gave her friend Justin some heroin, she didn’t imagine he’d end up dead. Not, at least, until a SWAT team showed up at her house, pointing guns at her, and arresting her for his overdose.In this powerful episode, Morgan shares her story and the devastating drug policies that are failing us and continuing to leave, as Morgan says, “too many of my friends dead.”Morgan is now a student at Portland State University studying public health. She’s a prolific decarceration and drug policy reform advocate, researcher, and speaker with hopes...
2021-01-2455 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiFood Apartheid in Crow Country with Tsanavi SpoonhunterIn this episode, I speak with Native American reporter and filmmaker Tsanavi Spoonhunter about her documentary Crow Country: Our Right to Food Sovereignty. On the Crow Reservation where food sources are already scarce, the one affordable grocery store has burned down and tribal members are restricted from their traditional hunting grounds. Crow Country: Our Right to Food Sovereignty follows several tribal members who are fighting for better food and a better future for their community.As Tsanavi makes it clear, this is a deeper crisis than simply not having access to healthy food: this is food apartheid. “It...
2021-01-1237 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiSyria Through the Lens with Catherine WardCatherine Ward is a photojournalist and humanitarian aid worker in Syria. She has not entered the country just to capture its war with her camera: this is her home. She grew up in Aleppo.In this episode, Catherine talks about her war photos, grappling with the past decade of her life that has been surrounded by conflict. This is not an episode about the politics of the war, but one artist’s reckoning with her country’s past and future, as well as her own.Episode PhotosCatherine and I discuss two of her...
2021-01-0553 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiMeet Formerly Incarcerated Trans Activist Lisa StrawnFor two years while Lisa was incarcerated, she and I hand-wrote letters to each other, sent between New York and California. Lisa Strawn, a trans rights activist, is a transgender woman who served time in San Quentin’s men’s prison until her release in July 2020. In this episode, Lisa shares her story from childhood to the present, talking about her early gender confusion, life in prison, activism, getting COVID while incarcerated, and what the freedom she never expected to experience feels like.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashley-asti/message
2020-12-0758 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiThe Digital Divide with Adam EchelmanToday, we’re talking about libraries, but in a way you’ve probably never imagined them before.To me, libraries have always been magical spaces, where whole new worlds exist within the pages of books, where you can stumble on anything, where anyone can find space to learn or find safety or community. Where everyone belongs. But as Adam Echelman, the Executive Director of the U.S. office of Libraries Without Borders, shows us in this episode, libraries aren’t only magical; they are fundamental to equality and justice.As of this recording, the U.S.—and...
2020-12-0145 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiFood Justice with Eloísa TrinidadLet's talk about food. Food is part of our daily lives, our celebrations; it connects us. But our access to food is not equal.This episode explores food justice, asking us to consider not only what we eat, but where it comes from, who has the resources for healthy food, and the workers that produce it. My guest, Eloísa Trinidad, an organizer focusing on animal rights and human rights, talks about the power of providing plant-based foods to communities in need, about labor trafficking within the animals-as-food industry, and about self-care as resistance.As s...
2020-11-2343 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiFighting Fires and Planting Justice with Rasheed LockheartRasheed Lockheart is a formerly incarcerated firefighter and, now, the Re-Entry Coordinator at Planting Justice. In this episode, we dive into his earliest interactions with police as a biracial boy in a system-impacted neighborhood, his experiences of bringing someone back to life as an incarcerated first responder, barriers to re-entry, and what the pandemic looks like inside San Quentin right now.Connect:Follow Rasheed on Twitter: @RsheedLockheartResources:Planting JusticeRe:Store JusticeInitiate JusticeAnti-Recidivism CoalitionRoot & Rebound--- Send in...
2020-11-1651 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiThe Registry with Amber VlangasIn this episode, I’m talking with Amber Vlangas. As a survivor of sexual violence, Amber’s an unlikely advocate for ending the sex offender registry. But after her husband was accused of a crime that landed him on the registry for life, she’s seen another side and can’t unsee it.Not only does Amber share her family’s journey in this episode, but she amplifies this truth: public registries do not work. If we truly want prevention and healing, we must find a better way.About Amber Vlangas:Amber is the Execut...
2020-11-0950 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiDown Syndrome Abroad with Hayley BaloziThis episode is taking us on the road—to Tanzania. My guest is Hayley Balozi, who’s raising her two sons with her husband in East Africa. Hayley’s youngest son, River, is determined and adventurous and happens to have Down syndrome.Our conversation will take us not only into the heart of raising a child with Down syndrome, but into the world of disability in a country that doesn’t even have a word for Down syndrome in Swahili, its official language. Hayley describes the challenges to get medical care, the painful stigmas that have kept some wit...
2020-11-0242 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiThe Red Tent with Barbara RhodeSince 1980, the number of women incarcerated in this country has skyrocketed, increasing by more than 750%. My guest today, Barbara Rhode, is on a mission to offer a healing space for women inside jails. By working with women inside the Pinellas County Jail in Florida, Barbara’s organization, The Red Tent Women’s Initiative, supports these women in addressing unresolved trauma and addiction. Over 80% of the women in this program are mothers, which means the healing support they receive doesn’t just stay with them, it reaches their children and communities, too.A fascinating look at women behind bars a...
2020-10-2747 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiVOTE.As of today, nearly 28 million people have already cast their vote in the 2020 election. Have you? Today, United State of Women Ambassador for New York, Bethan Saunders, talks to us about the power of your vote and your voice and the best ways to create real, century-defining public change in your community and our nation.Bethan Saunders is a United State of Women Ambassador for New York CIty. The United State of Women is a national organization dedicated to convening, connecting, and amplifying voices in the fight for full gender equity. The USOW Ambassador Program is an op...
2020-10-1933 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiA Mother's Becoming with Nicole DonovanWhen Nicole's son Jack was 7 years old, he escaped from school, leaving a trail of injured staff in his wake. After being caught by a stranger, he was suspended from school—indefinitely.In that moment, Jack hadn’t yet been diagnosed with autism. So all of his behaviors at school weren’t understood—“they didn’t get him, they didn’t know him,” his mom, Nicole, told me.But this episode isn’t about autism. It’s about a mother learning to find her voice. Learning to become a fierce and empowered advocate for her son and for herself...
2020-10-151h 01
TALK Down SyndromeTALK Story 5 of 21 Inspirational Stories of Down Syndrome: Ashley AstiOctober is Down Syndrome Awareness month & this month we are sharing 21 inspirational stories of Down Syndrome straight from our listeners. This is Story #5- An interview with author (and yoga instructor) Ashely Asti of the book: Up, A Love Letter to the Down Syndrome Community and board member of Brittany's Baskets of Hope.
2020-10-0831 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiYoga with Border GirlsOn today's show, we’re talking about "border girls." That's girls often 11, 12, and 13 years old who have journeyed alone to the U.S. from Central & South America to find safety. Many of them are pregnant, and they’re often brought here without parents by coyotes, seeking a life that is unknown but, they pray, more secure.And we’re going to tell this story through an unexpected lens: yoga.My guest today is Rosa Dluginsky. Rosa is a middle school special education teacher in New York who also teaches yoga. Last year, through the nonprofit United...
2020-10-0847 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiReturning CitizenShe’s out of prison after 17 ½ years. What does freedom feel like?Anitria, who was incarcerated in Bedford Hills until 10 months before this conversation, talks about how freedom is complicated—from sleeping in a room without bars to learning to use the microwave to getting a driver’s license.Passionate, articulate, and a great self-advocate, Anitria describes her mental health struggles and how she worked to advocate for mental health supports from inside prison.Tune into the second episode of I’m Curious podcast. Gratitude:A special thank you to New Hou...
2020-09-3037 min
I'm Curious with Ashley AstiJust Mercy with David Garlock(Trigger Warning) When David Garlock was 11 years old, he started getting sexually and physically abused by an older man. The abuse lasted years, leaving David feeling purposeless and constantly afraid. By the time he was 19, he made a choice: he and his brother were going to kill their abuser. And they did.This episode stems from that choice David made at age 19. But this episode and who David is is far more than that one moment or his 13 years spent in an Alabama state prison. David is a speaker, a criminal justice reform advocate, a husband, and...
2020-09-2355 min
True Stories of Good PeopleBrittany's Baskets of Hope: Brittany Schiavone and Ashley AstiBrittany’s Baskets of Hope is a nonprofit organization that makes and delivers baskets to celebrate the arrival of babies with Down syndrome. Since delivering their first basket in October 2016, they have now sent over hundreds of baskets to families in all 50 states.
2020-08-2738 minAnti-Diet, Pro-WrinkleThere's a billion dollar beauty industry that profits off you believing your beauty is not enough. That your wrinkles are shameful or that the size and shape of your body is undesirable.
So this episode is a reminder: your beauty is complete. There is nothing about you that's broken or needs fixing.
As Rumi said, you are the universe in ecstatic motion. It's time to embrace your magnificence.
Ashley Asti is a yoga teacher, the creator of an organic skincare line designed to honor our bodies and our planet, and the author of several books including Yoga Heartsongs, The Moon and Her...
2020-02-0400 minYoga Changes EverythingWhy does anyone step on a yoga mat for the first time?
Today, we're talking about tipping points—what compels us to take a healing step in our lives, including the step to show up to yoga for the first time?
We'll also discuss the lessons I've learned from beginning to teach yoga, lessons that may move you whether you've ever practiced downward dog or not. Lessons about tenacity, self-love, speaking up, and touch.
Ashley Asti is a wellness and yoga teacher, creator of an organic skincare line designed to honor our bodies and our planet, and author of several books i...
2020-01-2800 minWhere Life and Death MeetLife and death are not opposites—they’re partners in birthing existence.
To inhale life force, you must first exhale to create space. To step into your destiny, you also must surrender the past and release everything that no longer serves you. To let in, you have to let go.
In every moment, we cycle through life and death; it is the divine flow of nature and our lives. By coming to see this with clear eyes, we are better able to surrender control and trust the sacred unfolding of our existence.
Ashley Asti Live is an empowering show about wellbeing...
2019-12-2000 minWhat If You Let Go?What if you let go of the expectations you have for your life? What if you surrendered the “shoulds” and opened to the life the universe has created for you?
Today’s episode talks about releasing what we think our life should look like in order to receive the gifts that are meant for us.
In it, I offer simple tools to help you let go and we discuss the power of surrendering to your true greatness so you can serve humanity.
Ashley Asti is a wellness and yoga teacher, creator of an organic skincare line designed to honor our bodies and o...
2019-12-1100 minYoga Nidra: 30 Minutes of Deep RelaxationIn today's episode, we're not only going to talk about deep relaxation, we're going to experience it.
Discover deep reserves of peace and surrender as I guide you through a 30-minute yoga nidra experience. Yoga nidra is sleep with a trace of awareness, a place between wakefulness and dreaming.
As you surrender into this 30-minute journey, may you release tension and worry and any energetic burdens you're carrying that congest your heart and your body, and may you merge with your inner guide, resting in your true nature.
Ashley Asti Live is an empowering show about wellbeing, connecting you to the b...
2019-11-2100 minReimagining Success as Your Inner PowerToday we’re talking about what success really means—it’s not the car you drive or the job you have.
Success is about your soul.
For too long, success has been defined by power—power that exists outside of us, power that is based on greed, control, and material wealth. The truth is we find our real power when we tune into our soul’s beauty, the divine within.
Listen to how my own story of failure and unconventional success changed my perception of what success is.
Ashley Asti Live is an empowering show about wellbeing, connecting you to the beauty and...
2019-11-1400 minThe Eyes of LoveDo you see from the soul?
Allowing true love to unfold means seeing the other deeply and fully, honoring the sacred within.
Seeing with eyes of love also calls on us to let love flow in and out of our lives in all its forms, knowing we are always supported and that love exists within us and all around us in every moment.
Today's conversation dives into soul mates, twin flames, and feeling truly seen exactly as you are.
Ashley Asti Live is an empowering show about wellbeing, connecting you to the beauty and magnetism of your own soul.
Ashley Asti i...
2019-11-0700 minSoul Mates: Communing Through SilenceSoul mates come to us from a place beyond time. Whether they're friends, lovers, life partners, teachers, or passing strangers, they enter our lives to feed and grow our souls.
If we seek lasting healing, deep wisdom, or pure and sacred union with our own souls or with each other, we must tap into silence.
Today's conversation is about the power of communing wordlessly—of communicating not from head-to-head but heart-to-heart.
Ashley Asti Live is an empowering show about wellbeing, connecting you to the beauty and magnetism of your own soul.
Ashley Asti is a wellness teacher, creator of an organic skinc...
2019-10-3000 minDoes existence speak through you: The power of journalingAre you ready to hear the voice that calls from within?
Journaling is a tool for tuning in, tuning beyond, and allowing existence to speak through you.
Through the practice of journaling, you can let go of your mind’s chatter and discover the most compelling guide that already exists inside you: your soul.
Today’s conversation is about the power of journaling, surrendering to the divine, and, in the process, developing self-trust and trust with the Universe. Everything you need is within you.
Ashley Asti Live is an empowering show about wellbeing, connecting you to the beauty and magnetism of your ow...
2019-10-2300 minIs the way you eat an expression of Love?What if you fed your body as if eating were a celebration of your creation? As if your body was an extension of God, the carrier of your soul?
Choosing to nourish yourself with healthy food is not about looking ‘good’, but about expressing Love and gratitude to your soul and the Spirit that animates it.
Today’s podcast conversation is about why we deserve to care for our bodies and how to align with healthier eating habits through the power of awareness and love.
Ashley Asti Live is an empowering show about wellbeing, connecting you to the beauty and magnetism o...
2019-10-1600 minYes, You Can: Stepping Beyond Limiting BeliefsYes, You Can. Are you ready to surrender into what you were born to do? It’s time to release your fear and the belief that you can’t. And to step beyond your mind’s chatter and into your power. Today's conversation is about the ways our limiting beliefs hold us back—and the power of shedding the story of what's impossible in order to tap into trust and the magic of who you truly are.
Ashley Asti Live is an empowering show about wellbeing, connecting you to the beauty and magnetism of your own soul.
Ashley Asti is a wellness teac...
2019-10-1000 minYour Skin Eats. Are You Feeding it Toxins?Your health is directly impacted by the products you put on your skin. Are you feeding it well? Today’s conversation explores the toxins hiding in your self care products and what you can do to clean your beauty routine and align with wellness.
Ashley Asti Live is an empowering show about wellbeing, connecting you to the beauty and magnetism of your own soul.
Ashley Asti is a wellness teacher, creator of an organic skincare line designed to honor our bodies and our planet, and author of several books including The Moon and Her Sisters and I Have Waited for You: L...
2019-10-0200 minThe Universe's Plan for YouThe Universe has a plan for you! Have you been clinging to one particular plan or vision for your life? Are you set on one outcome? Today's podcast is a conversation on acting from your heart and letting go of all expectations in order to open to the magnificent possibilities of the universe. What's in store for you just might be better than what you imagined.
Ashley Asti Live is an empowering show about wellbeing, connecting you to the beauty and magnetism of your own soul.
Ashley Asti is a wellness teacher, creator of an organic skincare line designed to honor...
2019-09-2600 min