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Freedom HighwayStrike Sweet Freedom’s SongSongs Of Slavery and Emancipation is a multimedia project presenting recently discovered songs composed by enslaved people and explicitly calling for resistance to slavery. The book, CD and documentary film come out Friday June 17, and we hear from Mat Callahan who spearheaded the project. He tells about the origins of these songs, the process of researching them and the significance of publishing them now in some cases for the first time in centuries. Recognition March of the Independence of Hayti | Songs of Slavery and Emancipation | 2022March On | Songs of Slavery and Emancipation | 2022...2022-06-1555 min

Freedom HighwayIt Has Always Been AroundRakel Stammer joins to discuss the egregious breach of freedom that would be the outlawing of an individuals choice whether or not to carry a pregnancy to term, in the wake of the newly leaked Supreme Court document indicating an imminent decision as such. In between conversation we listen to several songs emerging from the long fight for bodily autonomy in the form of access to abortion in the 20th century. La Femme Fatale | Digable Planets | Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time And Space) | 1993Abortion is illegal (The Ballad of Paragraph 218) | Sylvia Anders, D...2022-05-0555 min

Freedom HighwayI Wonder About This FreedomTo mark his centennial we spend the hour listening to the politically engaged music of Charles Mingus, the seminal jazz composer and bass player born April 22, 1922. Never shy to express his convictions, Mingus would often speak to contemporary political issues including war and racism, with commentary in song titles as well as recitations or lyrics within his songs. Original Faubus Fables | Charles Mingus | Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus | 1960Don’t Let It Happen Here | Charles Mingus | Music Written For Monterey 1965 (Not Heard... Played in its Entirety, at UCLA) | 1966It Was A Lon...2022-04-2855 min

Freedom HighwayMany Thousand GoneComing off last week's episode where we heard Paul Robeson's first commercial recording from 1947 of the song No More Auction Block, we trace the evolution of this song from it's likely 19th century composition by black workers held in slavery, to it's many interpretations in the mid and late 20th century, as well as it's melodic offspring in the form of well known songs We Shall Overcome and Blowin' In The Wind.No More Auction Block | Paul Robeson | 1952No More Auction Block For Me | Odetta | At Carnegie Hall | 1960No More Auction Block For...2022-04-2155 min

Freedom HighwayAlive As You or MePaul Robeson was a widely celebrated singer (among many other vocations) and a fiercely outspoken revolutionary. Born April 9, 1898 in Princeton, NJ, the son of a formerly enslaved man, Robeson understood the connections between racial discrimination and labor exploitation. His commitment to using his public life in the struggle against racism and capitalism brought significant personal consequences, facing violence from the KKK, political persecution from the House Un-American Activities Committee, and the revocation of his passport for a number of years. We learn about his sustained commitment in the face of resistance, in between recordings of his extraordinary voice.2022-04-1455 min

Freedom HighwayTil We're Dealing With The FactIn 1973 Lavender Country crowdsourced funding to make the first known openly gay country music album. Now nearly 50 years later Lavender Country is bringing their brand new follow-up record on tour, with a nearby show Friday April 9 at the Egremont Barn. We listen to selections from an interview with Lavender Country founder Patrick Haggerty originally aired in 2018, where he speaks about using music to communicate connections between the struggle for gay liberation and wider revolutionary movements.Cryin’ These Cocksucking Tears | Lavender Country | Lavender Country | 1973Waltzing Will Trilogy | Lavender Country | Lavender Country | 1973Str...2022-04-0755 min

Freedom HighwayNo Freedom Without PeaceWe begin with Gil Scott-Heron's musical reference to President Eisenhower's 1961 warning about the formation of a military industrial complex, then we go back and explore the history and ongoing relevance of wartime era songs of the past, in particular the first commercially successful anti-war song, I Didn't Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier, from 1915. Work For Peace | Gil Scott-Heron | 2001Madison Avenue | Gil Scott-Heron | Secrets | 1978I Didn’t Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier | Morton Harvey | 1915Let Us All Speak Our Minds | Elizabeth Knight | Songs of the Suffragettes | 1958 2022-03-3056 min

Freedom HighwayTrouble You Can't HideFollowing up last week's four year anniversary show, we hear more songs from more artists who we have previously featured in depth on Freedom Highway for their commitment to voicing radical political perspectives through music, and their impactful contribution to this longstanding and ongoing practice. Worker's Song | Dick Gaughan | Handful Of Earth | 1981The Flood And The Storm | Woody Guthrie | Ballads of Sacco & Vanzetti | 1960With God On Our Side | Bob Dylan, Joan Baez | The Bootleg Series Vol. 6 Concert at Philharmonic Hall 1964 | 2004Living With War | Neil Young | Living With War | 2006 2022-03-2455 min

Freedom HighwayPeople You Know It's TrueFor the four year anniversary show, we listen to an eclectic playlist of songs from some of the luminaries of Freedom Highway - politically engaged artists who we've previously devoted full hourlong episodes to throughout the past four years of broadcasting. When Will We Be Paid | The Staple Singers | We’ll Get Over | 1970Whitey On The Moon | Gil Scott-Heron | Small Talk At 125th and Lenox | 1970Freedom Death Dance | Eugene McDaniels | Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse | 1971Revolution (Pts 1 & 2) | Nina Simone | To Love Somebody | 1969My Country ‘Tis of Thy Peopl...2022-03-1655 min

i want what SHE has#197 Marielena Ferrer "Spirituality and Politics - Compassion and Anger"It's the return of Marielena Ferrer and our monthly conversation inspired by Espiritualidad y Politica, which ponders ideas related to society's relationship with money, cultural integration, sustainable development, and participation in public life. The overarching message is that it is possible and necessary to marry the art of living (spirituality) with the art of coexisting (politics) to achieve peace. We talk about the practical implications of this and other related topics. Today we discuss how politics has become a team sport, return to our conversation about compassion, and then dip into the point and purpose of anger and how...2021-11-081h 48

i want what SHE has#165 "Caliban and the Witch" Part 5 Book DiscussionHappy Women's History Month! In collaboration with Women's History Month Kingston, we bring the discussion of Silvia Federici's Caliban and the Witch to a close this week, diving into Chapter 5, "Colonization and Christianization." We went way off text, but had a very meaningful (to me) discussion about some vitally important topics. Sassafras has copies of the book if you want to read and revisit this in more detail. Let us know if you do. We can keep the conversation going...Here's Carolita's event, Goodbye to All That Book Re-Launch + Virtual Celebration, happening on April 13, 2021.And h...2021-04-011h 43

i want what SHE has#164 "Caliban and the Witch" Part 4 Book DiscussionHappy Women's History Month! In collaboration with Women's History Month Kingston, we continue the discussion of Silvia Federici's Caliban and the Witch. This week we're discussing Chapter 4, "The Great Witch-Hunt in Europe," summed up here: “You are the true Hyenas, that allure us with the fairness of your skins and when folly has brought us within your reach, you leap upon us. You are the traitors of Wisdom, the impediment to Industry... the clogs to Virtue and the goads that drive us to all vices, impiety and ruin. You are the Fool’s Paradise, the wiseman’s Plague and the Gran...2021-03-251h 48

i want what SHE has#163 "Caliban and the Witch" Part 3 Book DiscussionHappy Women's History Month! In collaboration with Women's History Month Kingston, we continue the discussion of Silvia Federici's Caliban and the Witch. This week we're discussing Chapter 3, "The Great Caliban:The Struggle Against the Rebel Body." In Silvia Federici's words, "[o]ne of the preconditions for capitalist development was the process that Michel Foucault defined as the ‘disciplining of the body,’ which in my view consisted of an attempt by state and church to transform the individual’s power into labor-power. This chapter examines how this process was conceived and mediated in the philosophical debates of the time, and the stra...2021-03-181h 42

i want what SHE has#161 "Caliban and the Witch" Part 1 Book DiscussionHappy Women's History Month! In collaboration with Women's History Month Kingston, we begin the discussion of Silvia Federici's Caliban and the Witch. This week we're discussion section one, "All the World Needs a Jolt," and it's myriad of topics including "Serfdom as a Class Relation," "The Struggle on the Commons," "Liberty and Social Division," "The Heretical Movements," "The Politicization of Sexuality," "The Black Death and the Labor Crisis," and the rise of the State to counter the peasants revolution. Next week, we dive into part 2, "The Accumulation of Labor and the Degradation of Women: Constructing "Difference" in "Transition to...2021-03-041h 41

i want what SHE has#160 Jordan Scruggs, Arlene Coffey and Rachel Collins "Hustle Hard Girl!"Today, I welcome back Jordan Scruggs, Director of the New Start for Women Program at SUNY Ulster. She was a guest way back in the day on Nov. 7, 2018 for Episode No. 42 and then again on Sept. 12, 2019 for Episode No. 86. I obviously love her! Jordan is joined today by two phenomenal women.Arlene Coffey is 32 years old, a proud mama and a lover of life. She began New Start for Women through SUNY Ulster in July of 2020, where she is currently working on a certificate in General Management. Being in New Start has helped her to remember her...2021-02-251h 46

i want what SHE has#158 Artist Rosalie Frankel "Mirth and Melancholy"Rosalie Frankel is originally from the Bronx, but has made a home in many fantastic places like Vieques, Puerto Rico and Manhattan, and now calls Kingston her home. She has been making Collage since Kindergarten, setting figures free and featuring them in new stories. The work is an attempted examination of undeniable confusion inherent in the dichotomy between mirth and melancholy. She is exploring the lively stew of relationships as well as emotions. Her art is the vehicle to expose both the glory and struggle of Eros.Rosalie shares about when she first starting making art, how...2021-02-111h 44

i want what SHE has#157 Edie Pijpers "We Are the Ones"Edie Pijpers is a self-taught artist who picked up her first guitar at 20 in L.A. to learn a couple of chords so she could start expressing and writing. She learned to record and produce her own music and the year 2020 gave rise to a brand new album We Are The Ones. Edie is also a painter who started painting in her late twenties in Nashville which led her to creating and publishing several children’s books. She also plays around with animation, see her short film “Day” and music videos. Her process of painting as with music is about...2021-02-041h 43

i want what SHE has#150 Susan Slotnick and "Flight, the Dance of Freedom"Susan Slotnick is a Visual Artist, Choreographer, Dancer, Writer, and Social Justice Volunteer. For 16 years, she has gone behind the walls at The Woodbourne Correctional facility and DFY (division for youth prison) every Friday and Sunday to bring the joy of modern dance to incarcerated men and boys under the auspices of RTA Rehabilitation through the Arts.She founded Figures-In-Flight Dance School and in 1995, the Company attained professional status, launching a paid tour of New York State schools with a dance drama aimed to prevent bullying.She's been featured in Dance, Dance Teacher, and Dance Studio magazines. In...2020-12-161h 43

i want what SHE has#149 Shauna Keating and Erin Barth-Dwyer "Hudson Valley Tech Meetup"Shauna Keating has a pretty awesome career as a user experience designer, teaches design for the web as an adjunct professor, and is a mentor at Thinkful's UX/UI Design program. She's serving as President of AIGA Upstate New York and is a Co-Organizer and Emcee of the Hudson Valley Tech Meetup. She believes in building inclusive and friendly software. A work-life balance is also important to her, and that includes time for roller derby.Erin Barth-Dwyer handles Marketing and Business Development at Moonfarmer, keeping the people of earth connected with all the exciting work they do...2020-12-101h 40

i want what SHE has#148 Kelly Lyndgaard and Unshattered's "Ambassadors of Possibility"Kelly Lyndgaard is the CEO and President of Unshattered and has been a leader and trailblazer for women throughout her lifetime.In addition to her impact in the non-profit world, she spent 16 years in the IT industry building, running, and transforming technology organizations. In 2015, she stepped away from her executive career to focus solely on the social enterprise she founded named Unshattered.Kelly is an engineer and physicist by training, but a problem solver and strategist at heart. Inspired by the strength and commitment of women doing the hard work of recovery, she wanted to h...2020-12-031h 45

i want what SHE has#147 Grace Villamil "Multidisciplinary Artist"Today's guest is Grace Villamil, a multidisciplinary artist exploring interconnectivity between humans & nature through installation, video, and sound. She has performed live-video manipulations as accompaniment to electronic & live instruments in venues over the globe. Her work TAYO was done in collaboration with Ione (Pauline Oliveros’s life partner) and Lisa Kelley (founder of the deep listening community) to bring awareness to the separation of children and families & give support to immigrant communities in Kingston and around the world. Most especially this project directly addresses the immigration issue in the United States focusing on the children, women, and families who ha...2020-11-261h 42

i want what SHE has#146 Tamika Dunkley of "Seasoned Delicious"Tamika Dunkley is the CEO of Seasoned Delicious Foods, a Registered Nurse for over a decade specializing in cardiac critical care, a dietitian, a Member of Saugerties Police Reform and Reinvention Committee and a Board Member of Harambee as well as Seasoned Gives. Seasoned Delicious is a dynamic Gourmet Foods Company located in the Hudson Valley, formed in 2016 with the goal to provide a range of delectable, health-based food products. In September of this year, they opened up the SDF cafe in Kingston.Today we dig into sooooo many things! Being a nurse during COVID, opening a...2020-11-191h 42

i want what SHE has#145 Perla Ayora and Martha Preve Ayora of "No me Digas!"Today I get to speak with two creative latinas, Perla and Martha. They've collaborated together on several projects including this short, OFF OFF OFF OFF Broadway, and their new radio show "No me Digas" on Radio Kingston.Martha Lorena Preve Ayora @martha_preve ✨one half of the dynamic duo behind No Me Digas on Radio Kingston. She is a Mexican theater and film actress, writer, director and producer. She is the co-founder of Something from Abroad @somethingfromabroad an Indie theater company based in NYC. Originally from the Yucatan Peninsula, Martha loves creating art that mixes English and Span...2020-11-141h 48

i want what SHE has#144 Hope and Healing with Reiki Master Lorry SalluzziSeems like a good day to focus on hope and healing. Allow me to introduce Lorry Salluzzi who is a stress management therapist, Lupus survivor, psychic medium, Reiki master, healer and teacher. She was diagnosed with Systemic Lupus in 1988 when her doctor could not be sure she would live through the night. Medications saved her, but she was not getting any better. Through the practice of Reiki and Guided Imagery Meditation, she achieved full remission 2 years later and has had no evidence of the disease since 1990. Her doctor still sends her patients as do many other practitioners in the...2020-11-051h 39

i want what SHE has#143 Beth Bengtson is Working for WomenBeth Bengtson believes that real change happens when business talent supports non-profit missions, when women achieve economic independence, and personal passion meets organizational focus! She started WorkingForWomen (W4W) to provide a new operating structure that taps into all these pillars.She learned the power of purpose-driven business practices through years of education and professional experience. She has an MBA from Schiller International University in Paris, France, and a BS in management from Penn State University; and is certified in empowerment design and facilitation through the Empowerment Institute. She has spent 20 years in leadership roles on the...2020-10-281h 43

i want what SHE has#142 Gemma Calinda "Caring Majority Rising"Gemma Calinda is an Advocate for People with Developmental Disabilities who is currently working as a field organizer for Caring Majority Rising, a political movement of seniors, people with disabilities, family caregivers, and domestic and home care workers. At the age of 16, Gemma was diagnosed with progressive Multiple Sclerosis in the midst of a flourishing athletic career. She is currently confined to a wheelchair, and her mobility is limited. In addition, the multiple sclerosis has caused her to be legally blind. Even with all of the adversity M.S. has dealt Gemma, she has a Masters in Business and...2020-10-221h 24

i want what SHE has#141 Barbara Sarah "Circle of Friends for the Dying"83 years young, Barbara Sarah, has brought a lot of goodness to the world and shows no signs of slowing down. Following a breast cancer diagnosis in 1992, she left a 20-year career as a school social worker on Long Island and chose to dedicate herself to work in oncology. Founder of the Oncology Support Program at HealthAlliance Hospital in Kingston, she is the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the NY State Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers and the NY State Governor’s Award for Innovation in Breast Cancer Education. She's a Co-founder of Circle of Fr...2020-10-151h 45

i want what SHE has#140 Leslie Woodward "Edenesque Nutmilks"Chef Leslie Woodward, CEO/Creator of Edenesque, has been passionate about clean eating, local and seasonal foods for over 20 years. Her belief is that most diseases are connected and caused by the foods we eat or do not eat. As a student of Holistic Nutrition, Leslie worked with individuals to support their healing using food and training those clients to use proper cooking techniques. Leslie wanted to understand nutritional diseases in communities of color and begin to unpack the common arguments that are claimed to be the causes for such high diagnosis of nutrient deficient diseases within said communities.2020-10-071h 30

i want what SHE has#139 Helen Zuman "Mating in Captivity"After some short technical difficulties, I finally connected with today's guest, Helen Zuman, a tree-hugging dirt worshipper devoted to turning waste into food and the stinky guck of experience into fertile, fragrant prose. She holds a BA in Visual and Environmental Studies from Harvard and a Half-FA in memoir from Hunter College. Raised in Brooklyn, she lives with her husband in Beacon, NY and Black Mountain, NC.She is the author of Mating in Captivity (She Writes Press 2018), a memoir of her five years, post-Harvard, in a cult with a radical take on sex and relationships. Mating i...2020-10-011h 34

i want what SHE has#131 Maggie Noe and Marine Nimblette from "Businesses United in Diversity"Today I get to chat with Maggie Noe and Marine Nimblette who earlier this summer began collaborating on Businesses United in Diversity and will be having their first event this Saturday in Uptown Kingston at the DMV lot.Maggie Noe, an undergrad double-majoring in International Area Studies and Business at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. An alumna of Kingston High School and resident of Woodstock, NY, Maggie has been connected to the community for her whole life, and is now finding a way to give back by hosting a COVID-19 relief event that recognizes the disproportionate...2020-08-061h 39

i want what SHE has#128 "Kingston Reads About Racism" with Kathy Sellitti and Charlotte AdamisJoining me today are Kathy Sellitti, Assistant Principal at Kingston High School and Charlotte Adamis, School Librarian, J. Watson Bailey Middle School in Kingston, two of the several organizers of "Kingston Reads About Racism" talking about the book So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo. Their next community discussions will take place, Thursday, July 16th and Thursday July 31. Please RSVP in advance to get the call information. You can listen in to their first discussion here.Today they share how this started in their schools with their colleagues and how they've seen some pretty s...2020-07-161h 47

i want what SHE has#125 Anrika Colbourne of "One N Only Cakes"Anrika Colbourne got her start at Ulster County Boces simply by being in the Culinary program, which opened a door to a whole new world! She later graduated from Johnson & Wales University where she was able to experience a myriad of new elements of the pastry world. She later studied in Peru and Canada, while she working in resorts, restaurants, and as a pastry instructor. From interning at Bobby Flay’s restaurant, to working at small bakeries (sometimes 2-3 at a time), to the transition into the corporate world as an industrial pastry chef, her love always lied with ca...2020-06-251h 30

i want what SHE has#97 "Keeping it Local" with Designer Sylvia Grieser, Jewelry Maker Rebecca Peacock, Artist Susie Ximenez & Cider Maker Kimberly KaeKeeping it LOCAL! Look around you, support your friends and neighbors, buy local when you are able to! Joining me today live from Anderst on North Front Street, in Kingston, NY are a group of local ladies making things and doing things in the Hudson Valley. I did my best to edit out some of the technical hiccups we experienced with our remote broadcast so conversation does jump around a bit. Thanks ladies for joining in our talk!Sylvia Grieser is an internationally renowned fashion stylist, costume designer and consultant for celebrities, films and design houses. After...2019-11-291h 34

MobilizeGoing Out to Cannon BallNick Panken of Spirit Family Reunion gives a thoughtful interview about resistance, vulnerability and honesty, and his protest song: Going Out To Cannon Ball. https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/episode-3-going-out-to-cannon-ball/2017-03-2327 min