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Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 8, Episode 4: James Holcombe & Alberto BonaJames Holcombe is a filmmaker with decades of experience in photochemical film production. His practice merges a deep engagement with re-discovered historical, material and social processes of photochemical film production through single screen and expanded performance works. He is the owner of erehwon film. erehwon runs workshops and actively curates workshops, performances, screenings, residencies, and events through workshops and bespoke 1:1 https://www.erehwonfilm.uk/Insta: erehwon_filmItalian-born Alberto Bona began his journey as a cartoonist before honing his craft as an actor in London. Fascinated by the expressive power of silent cinema, h...
2026-01-0542 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 8, Episode 3: Hannah Kayi MasonHannah is an experienced cultural practitioner with over 20 years’ experience in the arts, education, public and private sectors. An innovative problem solver and entrepreneurial creative communicator. A strategic leader with a natural gift for working at all levels and across multiple and diverse stakeholders, with a phenomenal track record of working at the intersection of diversity, art and culture. As Head of Social Entrepreneur Support at UnLtd, Hannah led a team of exceptional people helping others to solve societies toughest challenges. Currently leading InCommon as CEO, Hannah is focussing on social connection across generations to create impactful communities....
2025-12-1831 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 8, Episode 2: Chris HellawellChris Hellawell is the Director of the Edinburgh Tool LibraryChris has an educational background in environmental science, but began working in the charity sector 20 years ago. In 2014 he found a way to combine his dual passions of environmental and social justice by starting the first tool library in the UK, and since then it has grown to encompass multiple sites across Edinburgh, where carbon heavy DIY equipment is shared and treated as an asset for the whole community to access. From this starting point, other projects have blossomed, driven by the community around the libraries, and...
2025-12-1231 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 8, Episode 1: Sarah P CorbettSarah is Founding Director of Craftivist Collective and Gentle Protest. She is an award-winning activist, author and Ashoka Fellow. Born in Everton, the fourth most deprived ward in the UK. An Activism Manager at Oxfam GB before founding the global Craftivist Collective in 2009. Corbett calls her unique methodology ‘Gentle Protest’ and her work has helped change hearts, minds, policies and laws around the world. Collaborations include Save the Children, The Climate Coalition, Girlguiding, Helsinki Design Week, Tate, V&A, BBC, SkyArts and Secret Cinema amongst others. The Craftivist Collective Handbook was awarded best multimedia book of 2025 by the Creative Book...
2025-12-0437 min
Is Your Way In Your Way?Gifts In Unlikely MomentsSend us a textSome stories don’t just inspire—they recalibrate what you believe is possible. Today we sit down with Dr. Sue McCready, a pediatrician who turned her hardest season into a blueprint for thriving. After multiple miscarriages, a vivid dream pointed to clotting. Baby aspirin, acupuncture, and a deeper dive into methylation genetics helped her welcome a healthy child—and transformed the way she serves women through midlife and beyond.We unpack the practical and the profound. Sue shares a mind flip question that can change the trajectory of a hard day—what’s g...
2025-11-0651 min
Read. Talk. Grow.72. Surviving social anxiety with Natalie SueEver felt awkward in a meeting or anxious at a party? You're not alone. Host Dr. Denise Millstine is joined by author Natalie Sue and psychologist Dr. Craig Sawchuk to discuss Natalie’s book HOPE THIS FINDS YOU WELL, which features a protagonist with social anxiety. The conversation delves into how anxiety manifests in everyday interactions, explains coping mechanisms like avoidance and alcohol use, and emphasizes that social anxiety is common, treatable — and often misunderstood.This episode was made possible by the generous support of Ken Stevens. We talked with:Natalie Sue is the bestse...
2025-10-2945 min
Therapist Uncensored PodcastAutism in Polyvagal Terms with Dr. Sean Inderbitzen (283)This episode challenges what you thought you knew about autism, attachment, and empathy
Join Sue Marriott and Dr. Sean Inderbitzen – an autistic psychotherapist and advocate for neurodiversity – as he shares his powerful personal and professional journey in understanding autism. Together, they explore the evolution of autism diagnosis, the intersections between attachment and neurodivergence, and how polyvagal theory can both illuminate and complicate the autistic experience. Dr. Inderbitzen offers insights on self-diagnosis, identity formation, and what truly person-centered therapy looks like for autistic individuals. This conversation highlights the central role of trust, safety, and authentic connection in helping neurodivergent clients thri...
2025-10-211h 04
Therapist Uncensored PodcastAutism in Polyvagal Terms with Dr. Sean Inderbitzen (283)This episode challenges what you thought you knew about autism, attachment, and empathy
Join Sue Marriott and Dr. Sean Inderbitzen – an autistic psychotherapist and advocate for neurodiversity – as he shares his powerful personal and professional journey in understanding autism. Together, they explore the evolution of autism diagnosis, the intersections between attachment and neurodivergence, and how polyvagal theory can both illuminate and complicate the autistic experience. Dr. Inderbitzen offers insights on self-diagnosis, identity formation, and what truly person-centered therapy looks like for autistic individuals. This conversation highlights the central role of trust, safety, and authentic connection in helping neur...
2025-10-211h 04
“Simply” Remarkable!“Simply” Remarkable! & encore guest, Adrian GostickJoin us for our weekly show, “Simply” Remarkable! with host Sue Falcone, and this week’s encore guest, Adrian Gostick, discussing “Build Winning Workplace Cultures”!Adrian Gostick’s mission is clear: build winning cultures that transform organizations and elevate human potential. As co-founder of The Culture Works, Adrian advises Fortune 500 companies on building strong, inclusive cultures that drive measurable success and engagement. Adrian’s work has shaped the careers of professionals across industries, creating ripple effects of positive change in organizations around the globe. His approach proves that when you build the right culture, engagement rises, performance so...
2025-10-1535 min
The Caregiver's JourneyNavigating Dementia Caregiving Roadmap: In the Beginning Steps 7-10 / Alzheimer’s and Other DementiasHave you completed the first six essential steps of the comprehensive 20-step caregiving journey roadmap guide Navigating Dementia Caregiving: Your Resource Roadmap for Every Stage? Are ready to take on more? Do you find yourself wanting to learn faster and more easily than trying to figure everything out on your own? If you answered ‘Yes’, you’re in the right place for the next phase of the dementia “In the Beginning” journey.
We are Sue Ryan and Nancy Treaster. As caregivers for our loved ones with Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia, we’ve learned tha...
2025-09-0928 min
Artists, Icons and EntrepreneursWhy Does Growing Never Stop? Find Out Now!Send us a textIvette Mayo emphasizes the significance of lifelong learning qualities for personal growth and career development. She stresses the importance of continuing to learn and adapt to change in today's rapidly evolving world. Discover how to cultivate a growth mindset and embrace adult education to achieve your full potential.www.lulubenavidez.com @lulubenavidez www.evolvehairsolutions.com
2025-07-0721 min
HTM LiveManning Camp, UFC 317, NBA Draft & MoreHTM LIVE 6/29/25: Approaching the month of July which means we that much closer to having football back in rotation. UFC 317 on Saturday night was nothing short of entertaining. UFC 318 in New Orleans is next. The Pels made some moves during the NBA Draft on Wednesday. Lebron is back for the 47th consecutive season. Jake Paul wants to sue ya. I was at Manning Camp with the greatest QB's in the country. Let's talk about it all, call Mayo on the River Parish trash line at 504-265-0025! Show presented by Burkhardt AC & Heating, River Parish Disposal, Blue Plate Mayo...
2025-06-301h 19
A Canadian Celiac PodcastPt 4 GF Road Trip We left Regina on a nice sunny day and headed west. We stopped at Wendy's (again) for lunch, but this time I had the taco salad – without the corn chips as apparently, they aren't safe. You get a nice salad, a good portion of chili and some salsa. I poured the chili on the salad and thoroughly enjoyed my lunch in the car. Cinde Little, the Everyday Gluten Free Gourmet was very kind to invite us for dinner at her home in Calgary that evening. She made a menu card especially for us. All the recipes came fr...
2025-06-2808 minA Canadian Celiac PodcastPt 4 GF Road Trip We left Regina on a nice sunny day and headed west. We stopped at Wendy's (again) for lunch, but this time I had the taco salad – without the corn chips as apparently, they aren't safe. You get a nice salad, a good portion of chili and some salsa. I poured the chili on the salad and thoroughly enjoyed my lunch in the car. Cinde Little, the Everyday Gluten Free Gourmet was very kind to invite us for dinner at her home in Calgary that evening. She made a menu card especially for us. All the recipes came fr...
2025-06-2808 min
“Simply” Remarkable!“Simply” Remarkable! & encore guest, John “Gucci” Foley, “Mindset Master”Join us for our weekly Live Streaming Show, “Simply” Remarkable! with host Sue Falcone and this week’s encore guest, John “Gucci” Foley, and “Glad To Be Here!”John “Gucci” Foley doesn’t just talk about teamwork—he lived it at the highest level as the Lead Solo Pilot for the U.S. Navy Blue Angels. He teaches teams how to embrace a Glad To Be Here® mindset, where passion meets purpose and individuals take ownership of excellence.John’s insights don’t come from theory—they come from real-world, high-stakes execution. He shares actionable insights on...
2025-06-1135 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 7, Episode 8: Morag AndersonMorag Anderson’s second chapbook, And I Will Make of You a Vowel Sound, won the Aryamati Poetry Pamphlet Prize and was described by TS Eliot Prize-winning poet Joelle Taylor as 'Delicate and furious, a haunting act of worship, of rebellion, and story. She was poet-in-residence for the 2024 Birnam Book Festival and for Dublin’s Creative Brain Week 2024 held at Trinity College. Recent commissions include The Scottish Poetry Library, The Canmore Suicide Prevention Trust, The National Trust for Scotland, and the Perth Festival of the Arts. Morag is currently a delegate on Arvon’s two-year Advanced Writing Programme.http...
2025-05-3038 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 7, Episode 7: Haeweon YiHaeweon is a theatremaker, writer, and researcher from Korea, now based in the UK. As a co-artistic director of Blooming Ludus, she has been making diverse community-based theatre projects for climate justice and a sustainable future since 2015. Her current PhD research at the University of Manchester is on nurturing performance practice, “Theatre of Decomposition,” which explores human–fungi relationships, mourning and celebrating in the meshwork of the ecological crises. Her recent works include 'Welcome to the Planet,' a pansori theatre for toddlers of the Anthropocene, 'This Play Is Written in Mushroom' (for CCTA 2023), and 'How to Become a Rock...
2025-05-2237 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 7, Episode 6: Arti PrasharArti’s inclusive creative practice champions diverse voices, and immersive sensory theatre practice for people living with dementia and learning disabled people. She has a strong commitment to collaborative theatre with values based on fundamental human rights. Arti stepped down as Spare Tyre's Artistic Director/CEO in August 2019 after inspirational and acclaimed leadership for 19 years. 2023/24 Director ‘Ballad of Thamesmead’ GDIF/Dante or Die Lead artist ‘Meet Your Neighbour’ Tara Theatre Lead artist The Chatter Project’ Chichester Festival Theatre. ‘My Great Escape’ Acousmatic storytelling collaboration with Julia Schauerman to produce an audio recording and live immersive event. Co-Chair of CADA (Creative Ageing...
2025-05-1543 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 7, Episode 5: John Dash"I volunteer with Cycling Club Hackney (CCH) My, now adult, children grew up riding and racing with the club and I have used a bike for transport all my adult life - and dabbled in a bit of cyclocross veterans racing. My main sport (for 40 years) has been unicycle hockey. During the week I work as a property management adviser for Quakers in Britain, with a background in building and structural engineering. The Quaker testimonies to: Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, Equality & Stewardship are a valuable guide."On most Saturdays John sets up a drop in cycle repair d...
2025-05-0919 minArtists, Icons and EntrepreneursLifelong Learning: A Key to SuccessSend us a textIn this episode of Artists, Icons, and Entrepreneurs, hosts Lulu Benavidez and Sue Krokonis Hanson welcome Ivette Mayo, an award-winning entrepreneur and founder of Yo Soy I Am LLC. Ivette shares her journey from the airline industry to becoming a global speaker and author, emphasizing the importance of empowerment, cultural competence, and lifelong learning. She discusses her nonprofit, Power on Heels Fund, which aims to uplift women, particularly Latinas, through training and empowerment initiatives. The conversation highlights the significance of adapting to change and the role of culture in business success. In this...
2025-05-0552 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 7, Episode 4: Mah RanaMah is a practising artist, researcher and writer working in the fields of contemporary jewellery, well-making, creative health, creativity and dementia-care, and psychology. Mah's PhD at Birkbeck College is a qualitative psychology study exploring daughters’ lived experiences of dementia caregiving and crafting with mothers. She is a tutor (research) at the Royal College of Art, on the MFA Arts and Humanities program and the Jewellery and Metal Masters program. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, member of Advocates for Representation in Creative Health (ARCH), and co-edited the Well-making special issue for the Journal of Applied Ar...
2025-05-0134 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 7, Episode 3: Tobias Tembo and Adam McGuiganTobias Tembo is Provincial Youth Development Coordinator for Southern Province, Zambia. He is a visionary leader and co-founder of Barefeet Theatre, a dynamic organization empowering vulnerable youth through the arts. With a career spanning public sector management, civil society, and creative industries, Tobias has driven impactful initiatives in youth development, resource mobilisation, and traditional leadership engagement. His work has earned accolades, including the 2018 Humanitarian Leadership Award for uplifting street children. A skilled communicator and strategist, Tobias has been involved in projects like Zambia’s first BAFTA-winning film, I Am Not a Witch, and financial inclusion programmes for tr...
2025-04-2441 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 7, Episode 2: Ayesha ChouglayAyesha is a writer, artist and facilitator, and recently judged the Deaf and Disabled Writers Commissions for Spread the Word, alongside Joseph Rizzo Naudi, for the second year running. She was one of the commissioned writers for Nature Calling, a £2m National Landscapes art programme, creating poetry inspired by the Lincolnshire Wolds, whilst facilitating a series of workshops, exploring creative ways of accessing rural landscapes. As a deaf and disabled person herself, she uses personal experience to open up safe spaces for conversation. She has an MA in The Contemporary, for which she was awarded two scholarships.I...
2025-04-1736 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 7, Episode 1: Daniel Regan Artist & Creative Health ConsultantDaniel Regan is a visual artist & Creative Health Consultant working across the sector in the UK. For over 20 years his creative works have brokered dialogues around taboo topics such as mental health, grief, self injury, suicide and racism, through the lens of his intersectional identities as a queer and disabled person of Black and white mixed heritage. Daniel works on commissions, produces and delivers socially engaged projects and provides consultancy in Creative Health. Daniel regularly exhibits and speaks at events across fine art, educational and clinical institutions in the UK and worldwide, alongside teaching at medical institutions....
2025-04-1036 min
Literacy MindsetTransforming K-12 Reading with Science of Reading: Insights from Dr. Brian Latwis and Sue MayoWelcome to another enlightening episode of Literacy Mindset. Today, Jeff Pendleton is joined by two distinguished guests from Riverside Local School District in Ohio—Principal Mike Hall and Intervention Specialist Allie Vitantonio. Together, they dive into the innovative literacy initiatives at Riverside High School, discussing the unique integration of 8th graders into the high school setting, the diverse student backgrounds they serve, and the importance of making reading accessible and engaging for all students.Mike and Allie share how their inclusive approach and personalized learning strategies are designed to meet students where they are, helping them to...
2025-02-0439 min
Little Gifts59. Trials and Triumphs of The HolidaysIt’s the “most wonderful time of the year” and people are stressed to the point that The Mayo Clinic’s putting out holiday survival guides! We don’t have a survival guide for you but we might have something that could make you feel a little less alone during the ups and downs of this joyous, triggering, sometimes heart wrenching time of year. If you need a shoulder to lean on send us a note. We’ll give ya some love! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and leave us some stars over on...
2024-12-2442 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 6, Episode 8: Bridget McKenzieBridget McKenzie: Researcher, trainer and artist, engaging people with the Earth crisis. Her career includes being Tate’s Education manager and the British Library’s Head of Learning. In 2006 she founded Flow Associates, a research consultancy in cultural learning which has carried out hundreds of evaluative enquiry projects. In 2019, she founded Climate Museum UK, a creative collective helping people make sense of environmental issues. She also co-founded Culture Declares, an international movement of cultural workers declaring a climate and ecological emergency. She experiments with creative activism in her local city of Norwich, in Norfolk. https://bridgetmckenzie.uk/...
2024-11-2935 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 6, Episode 7: Celia PymLondon-based artist Celia Pym has been mending clothing and textiles since 2007. Her work has recently been exhibited in Bags, Hweg, Cornwall (2024); Cheongju Craft Biennale, Korea (2023) and ‘Connect. Reveal. Conceal’. Make Hauser & Wirth, London (2023). Pym is an Associate Lecturer in Textiles at the Royal College of Art and published her first book, ‘On Mending: Stories of Damage and Repair’ in 2022.http://www.celiapym.comSend us a textExplore more Breaks & Joins podcasts, on the repair of our stuff, ourselves and our communities. Subscribe to make sure you dont miss any!
2024-11-2135 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 6, Episode 6: Tas EmiabataTas Emiabata is an actor, musician, facilitator and trainer. As a creative facilitator he works with children, young people and adults to deliver a diverse range of acting and theatre-based workshops, and has worked on the groundbreaking Creative Routes programme. He has extensive knowledge and experience of verse drama specialising in the work of Shakespeare. He has designed and delivered bespoke practical sessions that motivate participants to reach their fullest potential, gaining confidence and applicable skills in a wide variety of organisations and institutions, including work on anti-racist strategies and gender equality.https://www.linkedin.com/in/t...
2024-11-1439 min
The Whole Food Vegan PodcastSeries 4 Episode 05 - Navigating Vegan Life in Spain: Tips, Tricks, and Tasty DiscoveriesSend us a textNavigating Vegan Life in Spain: Tips, Tricks, and Tasty DiscoveriesWelcome back to The Whole Food Vegan Podcast! 🌱 Whether you're a seasoned vegan or just curious about incorporating more plant-based meals into your diet, we're here to help you enjoy a wonderfully varied, tasty, easy-to-prepare, and nutritious whole food plant-based diet. No Crap. No Agenda.Living and Eating Vegan in Spain: What We LearnedIn our latest adventure, we packed our bags (and our vegan essentials) and headed to sunny Spain for a month of wor...
2024-11-1025 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 6, Episode 5: Carolyn DefrinCarolyn Defrin is an interdisciplinary artist, researcher and facilitator originally from the US and based in Europe. She is currently a Marie Curie fellow at the University of Graz, developing arts based research about collective creativity in border zones. She holds a PhD in co-creating culture and policy (London South Bank University) and an MA in performance design (Central Saint Martins). Recent commissions include artworks for the Tessa Jowell Health Centre in collaboration with Dulwich Picture Gallery, and theatre and video installation projects for Ovalhouse, performingborders, Deptford Lounge and The Yard (London.) She is also co-founder of kissing_project...
2024-11-0735 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 6, Episode 4: Meadhbh McIlgorm & Amberlea Neely9ft in Common uncovers the complexities and shares the possibilities of an infrastructure of urban alleyways, Belfast’s wild and liminal spaces.The work, in close partnerships with local communities, investigates ownership, access, disruption and place. The name 9ft in Common is inspired by a lease first signed in December 1902, confirming a right of way over and along a 9ft passage in Belfast. It is led and developed by Amberlea Neely of Starling Start and Aisling Rusk of Studio idir. https://9ftincommon.com/Meadhbh McIlgorm, Project Producer, is a multi-disciplinary art...
2024-10-3140 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 6, Episode 3: Maryam ShaharuddinA theatre facilitator, Maryam co-creates performances with participants. She works at a range of organisations including Angel Shed, Kiln, Almeida, Bush, Company Three and the The National Theatre. She is an Associate Artist at Coney, focusing on playful activism. As a researcher she has worked on Positively Past Positively Present (PositivelyUK & Central School of Speech & Drama) and The Book of Knowledge (The Bridge & Kings College, University of London) exploring arts and women’s health. She is a mentor for Tamasha’s Creative Wellbeing Lab, sharing her facilitation practice. Joy and play are at the heart of creating inclusive, socially enga...
2024-10-2429 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 6, Episode 2: Lauren and members of Sydenham Garden's m.u.d. projectⓜ.ⓤ.ⓓ is a group for Lewisham-borough-based 18-25-year-olds wanting to commune with the natural world. They cultivate an LGBTQIA+ and neurodivergent-centred space. Meeting every Wednesday at Sydenham Garden, they share skills, follow tangents, and practice community. A typical session might see them: sowing seed and tending to their crops, naturally dyeing fabrics and sewing, learning to bind books, exposing cyanotypes, making music, cooking for each other etc… The group is facilitated by Lauren Goddard, a gardener and creative who's worked in therapeutic horticulture for the past 7 years. https://www.instagram.com/mud.sg/https://www.sydenhamgarden.org.uk/
2024-10-1730 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 6, Episode 1: Phineas HarperPhineas Harper develops sustainable cultural programmes that engage broad audiences with architecture and design. A regular contributor to The Guardian, their career spans criticism, curation, education, youth work, journalism and sculpture. They are founder of the Architecture of Repair project.https://phineasharper.com/https://www.instagram.com/phinharper/Send us a textExplore more Breaks & Joins podcasts, on the repair of our stuff, ourselves and our communities. Subscribe to make sure you dont miss any!
2024-10-1044 min
Is This Thing Working?Ep. 182 Kamala goes "Hard LEFT" | TRUMP WON GEORGIA!!!Thursday, August 8, 2024 - Is This Thing Working?w/Hosts James & DeniseEp. 182 Kamala goes "Hard LEFT" | Trump WON Georgia!!!Steve Bannon - 89 more days left of being Political prisoner Trump - Grassroots are on the marchX & Rumble sue HUGE Advertising conglomerate.Grassroots Election Integrity GETS MAJOR WINS!!!IN NevadaIN VirginiaIN Georgia - Trump WON GeorgiaSave 30% off of first order by going to www.cornbreadhemp.com Promo Code ITTW For all your shipping needs...
2024-08-0830 min
“Simply” Remarkable!“Simply” Remarkable! with Adrian GostickJoin us for our weekly Live Streaming Show, “Simply” Remarkable! with host Sue Falcone and this week’s guest, Adrian Gostick!In his challenging, information-packed experiences, #1 best-selling leadership author Adrian Gostick provides real solutions for managing change, driving innovation, and leading a multi-generational workforce. He is co-author of the multiple award-winning #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal best-selling leadership books with Chester Elton:• Anxiety at Work• Leading With Gratitude• The Best Team Wins – The New Science of High Performance• All In• The Carrot Principle
2024-06-1233 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 5, Episode 9: Dr Ros GrayRos is Reader in Fine Art, Critical Studies and Programme Director of the MA Art & Ecology. Her research and teaching often involves collaborations with artists, scientists and activists, addressing ecological emergency with an emphasis on climate justice. In her spare time, she likes to mend and grow things. In 2023 she founded the Darn It! darning club at the Telegraph Hill Centre in New Cross, which is a space for learning and sharing skills, being creative and cherishing clothes.https://www.instagram.com/darn_it_darningclub/https://www.gold.ac.uk/art/research/staff/rg/01/
2024-05-1627 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 5, Episode 8: Matilya Njau, HorticulturalistI’m a gardener by trade and have spent most of my waking moments in the last 8 years, tending to and communing with plants. At the heart of my practice is helping people reconnect with their immediate surroundings, creating green spaces in difficult places and using gardening as a vessel to connect with self, ancestors and other human and non-human beings. I also welcome any opportunity to create food-growing spaces! The questions that drive my work are; what relationships do we need to build with plants in order to address climate and food justice? What do plants teach us ab...
2024-05-0926 min
Is This Thing Working?Ep. 107 RISE UP! Our Liberal Congress has SH*T on the Constitution! Thursday, May 2, 2024 Is This Thing Working?w/hosts James & DeniseTrump: Back in "blackmail" court today!TXAG Ken Paxton Partners with 26 states to sue the ATF.BREAKING - MORE CIA OPS coming out, against President Trump!READ: HR - 6090 ‘‘Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023"Thank you for being such a great audience. Be Informed & Become Engaged!Please support todays sponsor of the Show!Pure hemp botanicals by clicking the link here.
2024-05-0230 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 5, Episode 7: Dr Georgia BowersDr Georgia Bowers is a leading Creative Ageing practitioner, academic and pro-ageing activist. Her work explores how theatre making with older adults can tackle ageism and takes place in care homes, hospitals, sheltered housing accommodation, day centres and via online video platforms. Georgia has worked for arts organisations such as Royal Opera House, Brighton People’s Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre, Spare Tyre and London Bubble. Both her research and Creative Ageing practice has been celebrated and shared throughout Europe and North America. She is currently the Programme Leader for Applied and Contemporary Theatre at the Guildford School of Acting.
2024-05-0233 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 5, Episode 6: Anna MatthamsIn my role of Arts Manager for Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust I am responsible for delivering an arts programme to support the health and wellbeing of our patients, staff and visitors. Our projects encompass all art forms, using music, dance, creative drawing, and arts and crafts to provide individuals with the means for creative expression and to help alleviate stress and anxiety. Visual art and design are used to enhance our hospitals, helping to create healing environments where people feel comfortable and reassured. All of our arts activities are underpinned by a solid evidence base which proves the...
2024-04-2527 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 5, Episode 5: Gaynor TutaniGaynor Tutani (Art Adlib) is a curator, producer and writer who merges her various arts, culture, community and educational passions to produce exhibitions, events and commentaries on art and curating. Her speciality is in Public Programming – of which she extends as part of her practice as the Creative Programing Officer at Museum of the Home. She is the Co-founder of EARTHworks [Artists], a curatorial duo with artist Jean Joseph, that is dedicated to promoting creative collaborations through an intergenerational lens. Gaynor holds a BA in History and the History of Ideas and an MA in Museum Cultures with Curating, spe...
2024-04-1826 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 5, Episode 4: Dr Megan VineFollowing a Masters in Applied Theatre at Goldsmiths, Megan completed her PhD in Psychology at the University of Limerick in 2023 and received an Irish Research Council scholarship for her research: "Community Solidarity Initiatives as Spaces for Connection, Resistance and Change". This project investigated how people living in Direct Provision and members of the wider community engaged with and experienced community solidarity initiatives that bring both groups together around shared experiences like food, sport and cultural celebrations. Megan currently works at UL as a postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Mike Quayle on the CON-NET project; employing qualitative methods to explore experiences...
2024-04-1131 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 5, Episode 3: Arji ManuelpillaiArji Manuelpillai is a poet, performer and creative facilitator based in London. He was the Jerwood/Arvon Mentee mentored by Hannah Lowe. Arji’s debut pamphlet ‘Mutton Rolls' was published with Out-Spoken Press in 2020 and his newest book ‘Improvised Explosive Device’ was released in the Autumn of 2022 with Penned in the Margins. This highly acclaimed book was noted in The Telegraph’s Top 20 poetry books of the year, as well as in The Guardian’s best recent poetry section. It was also the Winter PBS selection and Shortlisted for the Derek Walcott Prize. Arji has been facilitating for over 20 years both n...
2024-04-0428 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 5, Episode 2: Merel Van Der KnoopMerel works as a freelance accompanist and vocal coach besides teaching singing and piano. She is choir leader of the Long Covid Choir and the Long Covid Kids Choir. Merel also works as a Supporting Artist for feature tv/film, such as The Crown. In her free time she takes Art Classes with Lucy Freud. Merel fell ill with Covid in 2021 and has been living with Long Covid ever since. She loves using her musical skills to bring joyful moments to others living with Long Covid. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfZDlE7_gekaPrRl4eDibKg (@merelsmusicroom)ht...
2024-03-2727 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 5, Episode 1: Amie TaylorAmie is a writer, theatre maker, musical theatre teacher and the Director for Fun Palaces. A Fun Palace is a free event made by local people for their own community. At Fun Palaces people come together to share their skills, passions and interests, and to show the world just how brilliant and packed full of genius their community is. Anyone can make one, anyone can go to one; it's a movemnt, a campaign, a catalyst.She has written three books for children. http://www.funpalaces.co.ukhttps://uk.jkp.com/co...
2024-03-2126 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 4, Episode 8: Camille Dawson and Cristina OttonelloCamille Dawson is a critically acclaimed comedy writer, performer and director. She is founder and Artistic Director of Frisky Arts. Camille has a multi art, anarchic and comedic style. The War Inside is inspired by her experience of struggling with autoimmune disease. The show shines a light on invisible illness, and takes the audience on a wild ride, inside the body. Alongside the show, The Tapestry of Imperfections is a collaboration with the public. This community artwork is a celebration of the growth and strength we develop by going through the imperfect moments of life.https://www.cam...
2023-11-1636 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 4, Episode 7: Maria AmiduMaria Amidu is a visual artist and PhD Candidate in the School of Arts & Humanities at the Royal College of Art. Her artistic concerns are influenced by the complexities of the relational – between people and between people and place. Through writing as artistic practice she tries to substantiate what might be going on in collective situations, paying specific attention to what is hidden, obscured or unspoken. She privileges fault lines and weak spots as essential components in her artworks – fragility, fracture, instability, dissolve, impermanence, residue, mess, breaks, risk. Maria AmiduSend us a textExp...
2023-11-0941 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 4, Episode 6: Lee RobbLee is the founder of Positive Carrickfergus and co-founder of Repair Cafe Belfast and Carrick Greengrocers. She has lived in Carrickfergus for most of her life apart from a few years in England and Italy like so many of her generation brought up in Northern Ireland. Lee has worked in the voluntary and community sector for around 25 years mostly in grant making and decided about 6 years ago to try to work out how to make more of a useful contribution to her town and NI. She is terrible at switching off but finds that knitting socks helps. h...
2023-11-0135 min
“Simply” Remarkable!“Simply” Remarkable! with John “Gucci” FoleyJoin us for our weekly Live Streaming Show, “Simply” Remarkable! with host Sue Falcone and this week's guest, John “Gucci” Foley!For nearly 20 years, “Gucci” was a Commander in the US Navy and became a Naval Aviator. As the lead solo pilot of the elite U.S. Navy Blue Angels, John consistently performed in an extreme, high-stakes environment. John impacts his audiences by helping them develop a sense of gratitude and new perspectives to recognize opportunities versus simply focusing on challenges!In 2011 “Gucci” founded the Glad To Be Here Foundation; he donates 10% of his speaking fee...
2023-11-0131 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 4, Episode 5: Amahra SpenceAmahra Spence lives in the UK and works globally. Her practice is one of poetic pragmatism, exploring transformation and iterating change oriented towards liberation. In particular, Amahra engages this through spatial reclamation and social justice, design, performance and storytelling. In all aspects of her work, Amahra contends with Black Imagination as a framework and the starting point for change. As Founding Director of MAIA (2013) and Organiser of The Black Land & Spatial Justice Project (2020), Amahra brings a critical analysis of systemic injustice and power, committing to infrastructure building, resource redistribution and platforming radical imagination.Ou...
2023-10-2945 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 4, Episode 4: Madeline TanotoMadeline Tanoto is a designer-maker & teacher with a 20 year career in fashion & teaching across all things textiles. She is a qualified Mental Health First Aider & combines these skills with her textiles experience to explore the craft of mending within a supportive & inclusive environment. She is the founding Director of Mads do & Mend CIC whose aim is to teach people to mend what they own, creating connections with each other, be creative, and consider the global impact mending can have on the world and the communities who live in it.Send us a textExplore more...
2023-10-2029 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 4, Episode 3: Sally JaquetSally Jaquet is an Edinburgh-based community musician who believes music is for everyone - a human right that helps us connect, care and cherish each other and ourselves. Her projects include vocal and songwriting teaching; choir leading; music & wellbeing workshops for school groups, businesses; and music research and arts projects evaluation. As well as group music facilitation, Sally is a performing musician within a range of styles - Jazz, Blues, Scottish and Appalachian folk, Electronic funk, and Indie Soul. She currently works for Love Music, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Royal Conservatoire of Music, Hear Me Out as well as a...
2023-10-1335 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeason 4, Episode 2: Ellen BassamEllen works as a consultant for Seahorse Environmental, a specialist environmental communications agency. In this role she works with a number of NGOs and businesses on campaigns including the Lost Rainforests of Britain campaign. She has a background in research and is particularly interested in the circular economy, the arts and environment and behaviour change. https://www.seahorseenvironmental.co.uk/ https://lostrainforestsofbritain.org/Send us a textExplore more Breaks & Joins podcasts, on the repair of our stuff, ourselves and our communities. Subscribe to make sure you dont mi...
2023-10-0532 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeason 4, Episode 1: Kay Adekunle RufaiKay Rufai is a Photographer, Poet, Filmmaker, Author, Mental Health researcher and founder of the internationally acclaimed S.M.I.L.E-ing Boys projects. He is currently the first Artist in residence for West Midlands Police Artist as part of Coventry City of Culture, using creative arts to improve relationships between police and marginalised young people. His work spans the past 8 years in a handful of countries including the UK, USA, Ethiopia, Bhutan, Germany, Scandinavia, Mexico, Nigeria and Colombia. He explores themes of masculinity, identity, mental health, serious youth violence andcommunity cohesion through art, photography, edu...
2023-09-2938 min
The Pursuit of Precision: The Science Advancing Individualized MedicineXenotransplantation and Regenerative MedicineWhat if we could replace diseased or damaged organs and other body parts with new lab-created versions? How might transplanting tissue from other species help the critical shortage of human transplant organs? Tune in to listen to two noted experts in regenerative therapeutics and xenotransplantation (transplanting organs between members of different species). Learn more from these experts as they discuss innovations, future opportunities, challenges, ethical and legal issues, and the public’s perception of these new therapies.
Guests are:
Julie Allickson, Ph.D., the Michael S. and Mary Sue Shannon Family Director for Regenerative Medicine an...
2023-07-1230 min
Read. Talk. Grow.7. Breaking the silence surrounding miscarriageWe talked with:Jackie Polzin lives in West St. Paul, Minnesota, with her husband and two children. Her first novel, "Brood," won the Sue Kaufman First Fiction Prize and the L.A. Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, and was shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. Her writing has appeared in O, The Oprah Magazine, Literary Hub and The Idaho Review.Kate White, M.D., M.P.H., is an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Boston University School of Medicine and the vice chair of academics in the OB-GYN department at...
2023-06-1436 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 3, Episode 8: Yvonne Field & Immy KaurYvonne Field is a serial social entrepreneur and change agent who has spent more than four decades working with grassroots organisations, front line staff, senior managers and policy makers in local, national and international government and civil society organisations. Yvonne has worked across more than 20 European countries, the English-speaking Caribbean region, Asia and South Africa. She established and grew a management consultancy and training company for 15 years advising the UK government and regional governments on the development of Black and racially minoritised communities and women’s enterprise. Yvonne also spent more than 10 years in academia (Gold...
2023-06-0859 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 3, Episode 7: Sarah PimentaSarah Pimenta is an experienced artist, illustrator and facilitator and has worked in education for over twenty three years including in over 250 primary and secondary schools nationally and two in Africa. She previously co-directed Arts Charity Cloth of Gold and is now known as Social Fabric. Sarah is highly experienced at leading, coordinating and delivering inclusive, high-quality participatory art/textile workshops in different settings and has created work with groups in collaboration with Schools, Museums, Theatres and Galleries that have told many stories. Sarah co-created and illustrated the ‘Therapeutic Fairy Tales’ a six book series to support children and co-w...
2023-06-0134 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 3, Episode 6: Chris FinchChris Finch is an NHS Mental Health Worker. He has a passion for repair, fixing bikes from his garage, and many more things from his cellar, which is packed with tools, spare parts, and objects waiting to be mended. Chris appears in The Breaks & Joins film."My name is Chris and I am in my mid 60s. I have many interests and enjoy using my practical skills in my spare time. I studied Art originally and have had many different jobs but have built a career in the field of mental health support for more than 30 years. I...
2023-05-2537 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 3, Episode 5: Jo CookJo Cook is the founder and creator of Meet and Mend and runs sessions and projects within the West Yorkshire county of England. Meet and Mend focuses on textile activities that encourage sustainable methods, such as re-purposing and recycling wherever possible. Meet and Mend ran the Cost of Living Quilt Project in January and February 2023 and is currently running the Reusable Sanitary Pads Project, making cloth pads for women in hardship.. The main focus for these projects is to learn and share hand sewing and slow-stitching techniques, to make connections and friendships, and to resuse fabric for the wider...
2023-05-1826 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 3, Episode 4 Yomi Sode & Chloe OsborneAward - winning writer Yomi Sode, and artist/activist Chloe Osborne together run 'The Grief Lab' an opportunity to explore, playfully, riotously, experimentally, grief and loss. In this episode they discuss their approaches, the development of this work, and how to continually move the expectations of others and ourselves about how to deal with difficult feelings.Send us a textExplore more Breaks & Joins podcasts, on the repair of our stuff, ourselves and our communities. Subscribe to make sure you dont miss any!
2023-05-1240 min
Know et al.14 - CondimentsThis week, Rileigh dips into the origins of your favorite condiments. Mustard, ketchup, mayonnaise, ranch dressing, this episode has the true facts and ALL of Rileigh’s opinions. Who can stake claim to the origins of mayo? Which mustard is the mark of a true American? Check out our Instagram post @Knowetal.Pod for images and references from the episode. New episodes every Wednesday!
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2023-05-1037 min
TwoSistasFantabulousFriday with Dr. Amanda Adkins - 05.05.23TwoSistas welcomed to today’s podcast on this FantabulousFriday, May 5, 2023 (Cinco de Mayo), Dr Amanda Adkins. Dr. Adkins is a physician double board certified in Internal Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine. She was trained at University of Louisville School of Medicine. She is the CEO/Owner of Enlightenment Health and Wealth. She helps women who are overweight prevent and possibly reverse chronic illnesses such as diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure.
She obviously is very passionate about this topic because she was an obese teenager who has a family history of heart disease, diabetes and cancer. As early a...
2023-05-0539 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 3, Episode 3: Professor Hartley JafineProfessor Hartley Jafine is an improviser, clown nose enthusiast, and Survivor superfan. He is on the faculty at McMaster University and University of Toronto, where he facilitates theatre and arts-based courses. As a health humanities artist-scholar his teaching and research focuses on the intersection between applied theatre, improvisation and health science education. "My work investigates the use of theatre, improv, and serious play to support the enhancement of clinical competencies, wellness, and personal awareness with healthcare students and professionals. I don't know how to ride a bike and believe pears make an excellent pizza topping. "Tedx Talk
2023-05-0533 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 3, Episode 2: Molly SyrettMolly Syrett is a costume supervisor and buyer, currently training in millinery. Molly has worked with a range of theatre and dance companies on UK tours, site specific and immersive productions including for London Borough Of Culture, The National Theatre and on Harry Potter & the Cursed Child. Molly also works with Goldsmiths University of London’s Theatre and Performance department as a costume and set design technician. Molly aims to imbue her millinery with a sense of fun and joy, while focusing on working with pre-existing materials.https://www.instagram.com/molly_syrett/
2023-04-2833 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 3, Episode 1: Toby PeachToby is an Award-Winning theatre maker & Associate Director at interactive theatre makers, Coney, where he focuses on making work with, and for, young people & families that spark change through play. He has made pieces that live on National Trust grounds, at The National Archives and landed in schools across the UK. In 2020, he created Beyond Arts CIC, who amplify stories of life beyond a cancer diagnosis. Their projects empower young people who’ve experienced cancer to find their own language to communicate their experiences to others and together we evolve the cancer narrative. Beyond Arts has a podc...
2023-04-2033 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 2, Episode 7: Devon Goodrich and Michael BreakeyFor this episode we made a site visit - a first for us. We spoke to Michael Breakey and Devon Goodrich who host and manage the Rotherhithe Shed, but also to some of the people who had popped in that afternoon to make, mend, paint and chat. Rotherhithe Shed, just south of the River Thames, was set up by Time & Talents and London Bubble Theatre Company, and is based in Bubble's large workshop. The Shed provides a space for older adults to put their practical skills to good use – fixing, making, whittling, drilling, saw...
2022-12-2230 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 2, Episode 6: Olivia Namutebi and Rebecca Hayes LaughtonRebecca Hayes Laughton has supported the Women for Refugee Women drama groups for 7 years, hosting a space for women who are refugees and asylum seekers, where creativity, laughter, and finding words for the unspeakable come together. Part of the wider campaigning organisation, W4RW, the group regularly perform at events, conferences and celebrations. Rebecca is working towards her PhD , and is as a documentary producer for the BBCOlivia Namutebi is a core member of W4RW where she has become a facilitator. She credits her experience with the group of bringing her f...
2022-10-2839 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 2, Episode 5: Tony CealyTony Cealy is an Arts Development Practitioner, Consultant, Trainer & ProducerFounder, Director & Producer of 492 Korna Klub the UK's only weekly improvised radio drama exploring social issues amongst the black community Artistic Agitator Fellow Brixton House - connecting strangers & beginning difficult conversations in shared spaces about Brixton and its peopleCo-Founder & Curator of 81 Acts of Exuberant Defiance - a ground-breaking grass-roots project, built from the ground up with over 300 people giving their time and energy for free to make a radical reclaiming of heritage - to...
2022-10-2037 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 2, Episode 4: Parisa WrightParisa Wright is is the founder and CEo of Greener & Cleaner, a sustainable living charity. She left her 20 year career in law to focus fully on addressing the climate crisis by making sure that susatinable living is accessible and inclusive for all. Greer and Cleaner runs The Hub inThe Glades Shopping Centre in Bromley, running classes and workshops, mending surgeries and capaign events, and is engaged in a National Research project with IMperial College, London.https://www.greenerandcleaner.co.uk/Send us a textExplore more Breaks & Joins podcasts, on the repair of o...
2022-10-1435 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 2, Episode 3: Gail Babb and Alex EvansGail is an award-winning theatre maker who specialises in creating new work that centres and celebrates Black British experiences. As a dramaturg and director, she has created shows for theatres, found sites (including museums and a derelict school), as well as national and international touring. Recent credits include work with Brixton House, Fuel, China Plate, National Youth Theatre, Talawa Theatre Company and Hackney Showroom. In 2021, she won the Kenneth Tynan Award for Excellence in Dramaturgy and was named one of Alfred Fagon Awards’ 25 Black Champions of Theatre. Gail also facilitates creative processes in community settings and runs the MA in...
2022-10-0734 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 2, Episode 2: Molly MartinMolly is an artist who lives and works in London. Her art work looks at negative space with a considered colour palette, and a delicate approach to the drawn line. Drawing from life as well as memory, dreams and imagination, Molly creates work around a sense of place, belonging and time. Molly is also a professional textile repairer and researcher, specialising in delicate fabrics and traditional hand sewing techniques. She has worked as the sole repairer for slow fashion company egg and works in continuous collaboration with TOAST, teaching repair workshops in London and throughout the UK. Her book ‘Th...
2022-09-2944 min
Mayo Clinic Health MattersManufacturing new treatments with biotherapeuticsThrough research, clinical trials and biomanufacturing, Mayo Clinic’s Center for Regenerative Biotherapeutics is working to develop new types of medicines derived from the human body to treat chronic and age-related diseases. Biologics are therapies that come from human sources — cells, blood, enzymes, tissues, genes or genetically engineered cells — for use in medicines. Biomanufacturing is focused on manufacturing commercial grade biologically based medicines for treatment. Some examples include the use of stem cells, gene therapy and cell therapy, and 3D printing of tissues and organs."The important thing is that there's an opportunity to use these t...
2022-09-2719 minMayo Clinic Health MattersManufacturing new treatments with biotherapeuticsThrough research, clinical trials and biomanufacturing, Mayo Clinic’s Center for Regenerative Biotherapeutics is working to develop new types of medicines derived from the human body to treat chronic and age-related diseases. Biologics are therapies that come from human sources — cells, blood, enzymes, tissues, genes or genetically engineered cells — for use in medicines. Biomanufacturing is focused on manufacturing commercial grade biologically based medicines for treatment. Some examples include the use of stem cells, gene therapy and cell therapy, and 3D printing of tissues and organs."The important thing is that there's an opportunity to use these t...
2022-09-2719 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastSeries 2, Episode 1: David LabiDavid is a London-born storyteller, founder/director of ethical agency Good Point, and an artist who writes, makes films, and performs. Currently he's developing and touring a tragicomic one-man show about fatherhood called Pieces of a Man, along with an interactive workshop to help people reconfigure their internal relationships with their parents. David has lived in Buenos Aires, Tokyo, Berlin, and is now based in Brussels. http://www.goodpointagency.comhttp://www.davidlabi.comSend us a textExplore more Breaks & Joins podcasts, on the repair of our stuff, ourselves and o...
2022-09-2327 min
Commanding the NarrativePastor Steve Mayo Interview - Religious Freedoms - The Next Candidate Episode 02In episode 2 of 'The Next Candidate', Jemima is joined by Pastor Steve Mayo, a church planter and evangelist, currently operating in the Asia Pacific and Oceania regions.
Join us as we discuss religious freedoms and their related impacts on the foundational freedoms of speech, thought, expression and conscience.
Over the last few years Australia has seen a drastic increase in the practical hindrance of the freedom of faith and conscience. Despite the need for legal protections for people of faith, on both a state and federal level, the “conservative” coalition have, in practice, refused to supp...
2022-08-1140 min
TwoSistasTrendingThursday on Cinco de Mayo!TwoSistas and it's Cinco de Mayo on this TrendingThursday @ Night! So much to chat about with what's trending, especially everything going on in the news today. Tonight we chat about the news alerts including the "leak", Elon Musk and all things considered (purely the perceptions, observations and our opinions.). When news alerts are too much - what do you do?
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2022-05-0638 min
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2022-05-0610 min
The Taming Crazy Podcast: Views from Midlife!Dr GoogleWe're chatting about the Do's and Dont's of 'Googling' your health symptoms.Real conversations.Served with a big dose of laughter!Resources:Science Up FirstWebMDMayo ClinicHealth CanadaNHS-UKDisclaimer: This podcast is for entertainment purposes and should not be taken as professional advice. Please consult with a qualified professional for any and all health adviceThe Taming Crazy Podcast is proudly Canadian!
2022-03-2837 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastEpisode 8: Rachel HoRachel trained as a potter in Belfast and Kilkenny and has developed a unique ceramics practice that explores concepts such as Hope, Grief and Scars. Based In Macclesfield she exhibits in galleries but also in public spaces, entering into a dialogue with those who view and pick up her work.HOME | RachelHoCeramicsSend us a textExplore more Breaks & Joins podcasts, on the repair of our stuff, ourselves and our communities. Subscribe to make sure you dont miss any!
2022-03-2437 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastEpisode 7: Sudip Chakroborthy and Ali CampbellSudip Chakroborthy recently gained his PhD at Goldsmiths, University of London. he is an experienced theatre director who has worked extensively in Bangladesh, Canada and the UK. He teaches at the University of DhakaAli Campbell is Professor of Applied Performance at Queen Mary, University of London. A specialist in collaborative theatre making, he trained with Augusto Boal, and his work has taken him to India and Bangladesh, Brazil, Uganda and the USA. His passion for social justice and his Quaker beliefs underpin his work.Sudip and Ali collaborate frequently on...
2022-03-1738 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastEpisode 6: Suzi WarrenDesigner and Maker Suzi Warren is a co-founder of Twisted Twee, designing, making and upcycling clothes with a satirical twist. Suzi created 'Stitch it Don't Ditch it', initially by setting up a chair outside a fast fashion shop and sitting and mending, to start conversations. This gentle protest has now grown, with lines of menders snaking down high streets across the UK. Suzi is looking for 1000 menders to do 'Stitch it Don't ditch' it along Oxford Streethttps://twistedtwee.co.uk/products/the-clothing-hospital?_pos=1&_sid=3d470ef79&_ss=rhttps://www.acart.org.uk/post...
2022-03-1030 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastEpisode 5: Amanda Mascarenhas and Mo SumahAmanda Mascarenhas is a Theatre Designer and Visual Artist. She specialises in immersive and sensory design, and also works extensively in participatory settings. She is Associate artist with Kazzum Arts a member of the Breaks & Joins teamhttps://www.amandamascarenhas.com/aboutMo Sumah runs Mend it with Mo, a repair cafe, at the Telegraph Hill Centre, where he is also Facilities Manager. Mo is passionate about mending and recycling; repair as a way of resisting the culture of waste and disposability. Mo is a member of the Breaks & Joins teamhttps://thcentre...
2022-03-0328 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastEpisode 4: Liz HoneyboneLiz Honeybone is in the textile department at the National Theatre. She has always sewn, making and adapting her own clothes, and she shares her expertise on dye, on making costumes speak through their colour and texture, on responding to furlough by making scrubs for the NHS and learning about natural dyes. Her infectious energy and enthusiasm make this episode as good as a strong coffee, and my sister Janet, who gave Liz her first job at The National, gets a shout out too.Liz is part of the collective, the Skip Sistersskip sisters
2022-02-2432 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastEpisode 3: Sylvan BakerSylvan is a neuro diverse care leaver, practitioner and researcher who has been working across the fields of applied theatre, socially engaged arts and education for the past 30 years. His practice has taken place across the UK and globally in sites in Brazil, and the USA, More recently my work has centred around developing research that allows its participants to be co researchers and not objects of research.https://www.cssd.ac.uk/staff-profiles/dr-sylvan-bakerhttps://theverbatimformula.org.uk/what-we-do/Send us a textExplore more Breaks & Joins p...
2022-02-1737 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastEpisode 2: Raj Bhari and Claire MacDonaldBoth Raj and Claire have broken bones, in a way that brought them to a halt . They chat about fractures, doctors, slowing down and slow mending.Raj Bhari is a facilitator and trainer in Peacebuilding, who works internationally and in the UK, managing conflict and building peaceful communities. Raj teaches on the MA Applied Theatre at Goldsmiths, andis a member of the Breaks & Joins team Claire is a writer, theatre practitioner, and Unitarian Minister. She founded Impact Theatre Cooperative and is an active member of Culture Declares Emergency, the global community of artists and cultural l...
2022-02-1033 min
Breaks & Joins PodcastEpisode 1: Rose SinclairWe chat to Rose Sinclair, Design Lecturer at Goldsmiths, A textile specialist, she talks about all things mending, and the Dorcas Clubs, where women from the Caribbean traditionally met to sew and knit and chat together. @Dorcasstorieshttps://www.gold.ac.uk/design/people/sinclair/Send us a textExplore more Breaks & Joins podcasts, on the repair of our stuff, ourselves and our communities. Subscribe to make sure you dont miss any!
2022-02-0328 min
TwoSistasWealth Wellness Wednesday - 05.05.21TwoSistas, it's WealthWellnessWednesday and we had an amazing guest on this Cinco de Mayo, Heather Katz!! As a former competitive runner and triathlete, Heather has always been passionate about fitness, health & wellness. This passion, combined with a love of guiding and empowering others to live healthier, more balanced lives, led to her career as a certified health coach, personal trainer & fitness and yoga instructor. She specializes in using a holistic approach to helping clients improve their health in simple steps, making good health, fitness, balanced living and nutrition practical and doable. Her coaching is individualized and focused on ways t...
2021-05-0532 minThe Taming Crazy Podcast: Views from Midlife!What You Need To Know About ShinglesShingles can affect anyone at any age. Listen in as Deb shares her personal struggle with this painful and often debilitating disease. Real conversations.Served with a big dose of laughter!Resources:Shingles (alberta.ca)Mayo Clinic InformationCDC - Shingrix InformationEmail us: tamingcrazy@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter:Alicya - @alicyaperreaultSue - @change&thriveFor more information:Alicya - https://alicyaperreault.com/Sue - https://www.changeandthrive.ca/Read Taming Crazy: C...
2021-03-2230 min
Do good and Do WellTilting the Seesaw Towards the Common Good, with Sue MayoSue Mayo is an artist who works with communities, focusing particularly on intergenerational work. With arts organisation Magic Me she developed the women's project,and has led annual projects over the last 14 years with young women and older women in Tower Hamlets. She set up The Gratitude Enquiry in 2014, developing projects that explored reciprocity and gratitude, in partnership with Ovalhouse, Magic Me and Sydenham Garden. Sue teaches Applied Theatre at Goldsmiths, and works with arts organisations to help them to reflect on and evaluate their work. In this episode we talk about: Care, attention, roles and...
2021-02-0253 minA Canadian Celiac PodcastDecember 2020 RoundupEllen Bayens is back with us for her monthly roundup of news from theceliacscene.com. We chat about a new study released from the Mayo Clinic regarding giving children antibiotics under the age of two and if that puts them at a greater risk for other diseases and conditions as they get older – celiac disease figures into this study. Some good news – a recent study finds those with celiac disease are not at greater risk of contracting Covid-19. This was very welcome news during this time of increasing cases. Ellen and I were pretty much both o...
2020-12-0254 minA Canadian Celiac PodcastDecember 2020 RoundupEllen Bayens is back with us for her monthly roundup of news from theceliacscene.com. We chat about a new study released from the Mayo Clinic regarding giving children antibiotics under the age of two and if that puts them at a greater risk for other diseases and conditions as they get older – celiac disease figures into this study. Some good news – a recent study finds those with celiac disease are not at greater risk of contracting Covid-19. This was very welcome news during this time of increasing cases. Ellen and I were pretty much both o...
2020-12-0254 min
The Intentional Greatness PodcastHow to Prepare for a Successful 2021, with Maureen Bauschen was the Interim CMO of Mayo Clinic where she led marketing, provided oversight for a large team, managed professional sports partnerships, market-specific corporate outreach, and site growth. She began her career in advertising for her family’s business, Cub Foods. During her 13-year tenure, the company grew from four stores to 85 in 14 states. In 1990, two years before opening, Maureen joined Mall of America and rose to Executive Vice President where she was responsible for a 100 million dollar budget, all aspects of the P&L, managed a team of 1500, worked with 800+ retailers, restaurants, and attractions. Af...
2020-11-0450 min
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Audio InsightsLeveraging the Laboratory: Sue Cloutier & Julie BickneseSue Cloutier, Operations Manager, and Julie Bicknese, Supervisor, at Mayo Clinic, talk about their upcoming breakout session on leveraging customer service at Leveraging the Laboratory 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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