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Sports Media with Richard DeitschKevin Egan on hosting MLS 360 and transitioning from calling WWE matchesEpisode 398 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Kevin Egan, the lead host for MLS 360, the weekly whip-around show on MLS Season Pass. In this podcast, Egan discusses the premise of MLS Season Pass; how a whip-around show for soccer works; his on-air colleagues Sacha Kljestan, Kaylyn Kyle, and Bradley Wright-Phillips; the transition from calling MLS matches to hosting; the challenge of maintaining a career in the US as a soccer broadcaster; what Leo Messi has meant to MLS; working for WWE for three years; the challenges of calling pro wrestling; why he left WWE; advice from John Cena...
2024-05-1049 min
Street Poets PodcastSAVED BY A STORY: The World According to Busstop ProphetIn this inspiring, wisdom-infused episode, poet/storyteller/author/educator FRANK “BUSSTOP PROPHET" ESCAMILLA, our beloved Director of School Programs, is joined by Street Poet Jaylen Poole for a heart-warming, soul-stirring conversation about the healing power of poetry, storytelling and Nerd Culture in the ‘hood. If your inner child hasn't been out to play in awhile, or if you’re in need of a vaccine against bitterness and cynicism in these challenging times, just open your ears; we guarantee your heart will follow!This STREET POETS PODCAST episode "SAVED BY A STORY: The World According to Busstop Prophet"...
2021-09-2254 min
Street Poets PodcastHARD WAY HOME: The Taylor Code StoryStreet Poets founding member TAYLOR CODE MAXIE Jr. reflects back on his redemptive journey through gangs, gunshot wounds and prison to the kind of poetic power and hard-won wisdom that saves lives – one rhyme at a time. Laced with Taylor's original poetry and music, this episode sheds light and sound on one of our community's most dramatic origin stories. We offer "HARD WAY HOME" as inspiration for all those who've faced death and chosen life. This STREET POETS PODCAST episode "HARD WAY HOME: The Taylor Code Story"is a production of Street Poets Inc. (streetpoetsinc.com)
2021-08-2544 min
Street Poets PodcastMETAPHORIA: A Slam Poetic Love StorySome people on the poetry performance scene are quick to say "Poets should never date poets." Award-winning spoken-word flame-throwers ALYESHA WISE and MATTHEW CUBAN HERNANDEZ put that maxim to the test every day as partners in rhyme, and in life. In this episode, they take a break from their duties as Street Poets' program directors, teaching artists and open mic hosts to join our intern Kaylyn Wright in a soulful, enlightening conversation about their love affair with each other, and with the spoken word. For all you Street Poets Podcast listeners who like a little romance with your rhyme: thi...
2021-07-0135 min
Street Poets PodcastFACING OUR DEMONS: A Multidimensional Mentoring Story"Love takes off the masks that you know you cannot live within and fear you cannot live without." -James Baldwin Some relationships not only inspire change, they demand it. When 14-year-old Street Poet Jason Quezada and 34-year-old poetry teacher Chris Henrikson first met in a Los Angeles County Probation camp for boys, neither had any idea how radically each would alter the other's life, while opening pathways to healing for future generations of Street Poets.This unforgettable episode dives deep into the kind of healing that happens in our creative community beyond the page and the stage, in...
2021-06-0846 min
Street Poets PodcastRESTORATIVE JUSTICE: Beyond PunishmentJoin Street Poets and Restorative Justice advocate JAVIER STAURING, the former Catholic chaplain in Los Angeles' Central Juvenile Hall and now the Executive Director of Healing Dialogue & Action, as we imagine a justice system that helps to heal wounds rather than deepen them, that prioritizes the common good over blunt punishment. Through a real-life story of victim-offender reconciliation, thought-provoking dialogue and an original Restorative Justice-themed track from Street Poets' music archives, this episode offers inspiration and nourishment for all those working to create a more just society here in America, and around the world. Metaphors be with you!
2021-05-0529 min
Street Poets PodcastGIFTS & WOUNDS: The Jorge Nunez StoryOur premiere episode amplifies and illuminates the redemptive, healing journey of original Street Poet JORGE NUNEZ – one of our community's most inspiring and resilient creative beings. Through childhood trauma, gangs, prison and exile, Jorge remains a beacon of hope for all of us in these dark and dynamic times. We promise, after listening, you'll feel as we do, that the world is a more soulful and poetic place with Jorge in it. From all of us at Street Poets Inc., thank you for opening your ears, your minds, and your hearts to this deeply personal, transformational story from one of our...
2021-04-0827 min