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Steve Varley ShowSmoke Episode 6 Review | Recap & Breakdown | Apple TV+Steve Varley gives his review of Smoke episode 6 "Manhood." (Spoilers)Esposito and Calderone urge Harvey to take action. A fully rogue Freddy reaches out to an ally.Stars: Taron Egerton, Jurnee Smollett, Greg KinnearMake sure to check out my interview with Jurnee Smollett about "Smoke." https://youtu.be/TpwRianzXyYSteve Varley is a film/television critic and a member of the Recording Academy. He has been featured in Forbes and The LA Times. You will not get more honest reviews anywhere else. Steve also does celebrity interviews with the stars themselves. Subscribe for good fortune.Steve also does a channel...2025-07-2509 min
Queer Lit“Queer Black Disability Liberation” with D’Arcee Charington NealWho is your favourite queer Black character with a disability? Whether you can think of ten or none, this episode is for you. I had the most fun chatting with D’Arcee Charington Neal (Ohio State University) about all the places we can find queer Black characters with disabilities and the wondrous ways in which they shape narratives. As a researcher and creative writer, D’Arcee is interested in audio rhetoric and audio narratives that go far beyond your average Audible experience. Listen now to find out how the audio experience captures minoritised stories and what André 3000 has to do with...2023-02-2149 min
Chai Chat Podcast#18 – Season 2 - Empowering Mom-Preneurs –Meet Sylvia Tam - a mompreneur of three kidpreneurs and founder of the gut-friendly food company Beviva Foods. She is passionate about helping families live with energy and flow by fueling their gut, head and heart. Why? Because Sylvia had to learn how to juggle all the demands of life, children, and IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease). Yet despite these obstacles, she has thrived by transforming these challenges into opportunities for growth and creating success at every level. Join us as she shares her story and valuable insights on how to reframe adversity and life challenges into opportunities for creating s...2022-11-141h 02Chai Chat PodcastEmpowering Mom-Preneurs –Meet Sylvia Tam - a mompreneur of three kidpreneurs and founder of the gut-friendly food company Beviva Foods. She is passionate about helping families live with energy and flow by fueling their gut, head and heart. Why? Because Sylvia had to learn how to juggle all the demands of life, children, and IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease). Yet despite these obstacles, she has thrived by transforming these challenges into opportunities for growth and creating success at every level. Join us as she shares her story and valuable insights on how to reframe adversity and life challenges into opportunities for creating s...2022-11-0200 minChai Chat PodcastTrailer |Empowering Mom-Preneurs –Meet Sylvia Tam - a mompreneur of three kidpreneurs and founder of the gut-friendly food company Beviva Foods. She is passionate about helping families live with energy and flow by fueling their gut, head and heart. Why? Because Sylvia had to learn how to juggle all the demands of life, children, and IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease). Yet despite these obstacles, she has thrived by transforming these challenges into opportunities for growth and creating success at every level. Join us as she shares her story and valuable insights on how to reframe adversity and life challenges into opportunities for creating s...2022-11-0201 minChai Chat PodcastEpisode #17 - Changing the Source CodeHave you ever wondered why, despite all the treatment modalities applied, that sooner or later we default to the unwanted, harmful behaviour? Well. Wonder no more! Performance Scientist and Mentor, Dr. Ken West has identified how to access the final 5 to 10%, the root, of that which needs to be reprogrammed so that we can thrive and live to our fullest potential. With well over 3 decades of experience in resolving personal limitations for amateur, professional and Olympic level athletes, he has also mentored corporations in optimizing performance. Through integrating diverse wellbeing disciplines, he leads the way to self-empowerment a...2022-09-191h 18Chai Chat PodcastTrailer Episode #17 - Changing the Source CodeHave you ever wondered why, despite all the treatment modalities applied, that sooner or later we default to the unwanted, harmful behaviour? Well. Wonder no more! Performance Scientist and Mentor, Dr. Ken West has identified how to access the final 5 to 10%, the root, of that which needs to be reprogrammed so that we can thrive and live to our fullest potential. With well over 3 decades of experience in resolving personal limitations for amateur, professional and Olympic level athletes, he has also mentored corporations in optimizing performance. Through integrating diverse wellbeing disciplines, he leads the way to self-empowerment a...2022-09-1900 minChai Chat PodcastEP #16 - At the HelmLeadership Seer & Business Alchemist Michael Doyle shares valuable insights into peak performance and leadership with us. He outlines his own journey to self-mastery, overcoming numerous debilitating obstacles to where he is thriving and living life to its fullest. He has developed a practical and powerful process based on the values of gratitude, connection and collaboration, to create a ‘collective flow’, which carries us forward with ease. He has Contributed to the newly released book ‘Peak Performance -Mindset tools for Entrepreneurs’, with a chapter entitled ‘It Starts with You.’ We will learn about the 5 Keys for Leadership” in our chat with Michael wh...2022-08-241h 04Chai Chat PodcastTrailer EP #16 - At the HelmLeadership Seer & Business Alchemist Michael Doyle shares valuable insights into peak performance and leadership with us. He outlines his own journey to self-mastery, overcoming numerous debilitating obstacles to where he is thriving and living life to its fullest. He has developed a practical and powerful process based on the values of gratitude, connection and collaboration, to create a ‘collective flow’, which carries us forward with ease. He has Contributed to the newly released book ‘Peak Performance -Mindset tools for Entrepreneurs’, with a chapter entitled ‘It Starts with You.’ We will learn about the 5 Keys for Leadership” in our chat with Michael wh...2022-08-2400 minChai Chat PodcastTrailer for Ep #15 - Sound NutritionImagine taking negative emotional eating and transforming it into your greatest opportunity for growth. Amy Bondar shows us how to overcome habits keeping you from winning! Amy is accredited in Certified Eating Psychology,, and is on a mission to restore our relationship to food and nutrition as a sacred, loving and meaningful connection to body, life and living to our highest potential and joy. In this episode, we explore what are ‘negative emotional eating habits’, and how rather than fight them, we can through exploration and understanding, make them into our greatest teachers and opportunities for positive change leading to succes...2022-08-0700 minChai Chat PodcastEp #15 - Sound NutritionImagine taking negative emotional eating and transforming it into your greatest opportunity for growth. Amy Bondar shows us how to overcome habits keeping you from winning! Amy is accredited in Certified Eating Psychology, and is on a mission to restore our relationship to food and nutrition as a sacred, loving and meaningful connection to body, life and living to our highest potential and joy. In this episode, we explore what are ‘negative emotional eating habits’, and how rather than fight them, we can through exploration and understanding, make them into our greatest teachers and opportunities for positive change leading to succes...2022-08-071h 07Chai Chat PodcastEp #14 The Obstacle IS the WayHow effectively do you handle the inevitable obstacles and challenges in your life? Whether it is in the personal or the professional arena, most of us approach an obstacle as something which stands ‘in’ the way of our success. In this chat, Coach, Author, Speaker and Technology trends marketing expert Terry Brock, draws on his martial arts background, along with historical precedents to show us how the obstacle ‘Is’ the way! Join us as we explore how to reframe adversity into opportunity and use obstacles as launching pads to move us closer to our desired goals and outcomes. Hosted on...2022-07-211h 09Chai Chat PodcastTrailer for Ep #14 The Obstacle IS the WayHow effectively do you handle the inevitable obstacles and challenges in your life?...Coach, Author, Speaker and Technology trends marketing expert Terry Brock explores how to reframe adversity into opportunity and use obstacles as launching pads to move us closer to our desired goals and outcomes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-07-2100 minChai Chat Podcast#13: Rest in PeaceRegardless of your profession, status, gender or the myriad of personas we carry, one thing all of us have in common is the need for restorative sleep! Sleep Expert Julia Worrall, who in the nursing profession tucked in thousands of us for a restorative sleep enlightens us as to the multi-faceted art and science of understanding the factors which impact our quality of sleep. Beyond burning the candle at both ends, even when we have a long sleep, it isn’t necessarily restorative. Tune in and learn about the physiology, anatomy and biochemistry of sleep and how by improving our sle...2022-07-051h 06Chai Chat Podcast#12 The Gift of RenewalAs we conclude this 12 part series entitled ‘From Reset to Renewal’, we welcome special guest Johann Ilgenfritz.Johann lives his life on purpose, yet it wasn’t always so. Having had a series of serious health diagnoses in 2011, he found there were no practical and readily available resources through which he could help himself survive the dire health crisis he found himself in. Join us for this highly engaging episode as Johann shares his triumphant journey from reset to renewal, as he worked through the fear, confusion, and despair of his circumstances, to beco...2022-04-131h 12Chai Chat PodcastTrailer for #12 The Gift of Renewal - Johann IlgenfritzAs we conclude this 12 part series entitled ‘From Reset to Renewal’, we welcome special guest Johann Ilgenfritz.Johann lives his life on purpose, yet it wasn’t always so. Having had a series of serious health diagnoses in 2011, he found there were no practical and readily available resources through which he could help himself survive the dire health crisis he found himself in. Join us for this highly engaging episode as Johann shares his triumphant journey from reset to renewal, as he worked through the fear, confusion, and despair of his circumstances, to beco...2022-04-1301 minChai Chat Podcast#11 Doing The Avoid-danceHuman Beings are masters at ‘avoiding at all costs’, that which they perceive to be painful, insurmountable, or negative. Unfortunately – be it in our personal realms or professionally, the cost of such behavior is very high, impacting both the one doing the ‘Avoid-dance’, and their families, friends, co-workers, employees, and the community at large! In this episode, Steve and Taron do a deep dive into the Mind of Addiction. Far from being experts in addictions, nevertheless, their combined experience in mentoring and coaching many who have become compromised due to their addictions and avoidances has provided kee...2022-04-061h 11Chai Chat PodcastTrailer for #11 Doing The Avoid-danceHuman Beings are masters at ‘avoiding at all costs’, that which they perceive to be painful, insurmountable, or negative. Unfortunately – be it in our personal realms or professionally, the cost of such behavior is very high, impacting both the one doing the ‘Avoid-dance’, and their families, friends, co-workers, employees, and the community at large! In this episode, Steve and Taron do a deep dive into the Mind of Addiction. Far from being experts in addictions, nevertheless, their combined experience in mentoring and coaching many who have become compromised due to their addictions and avoidances has provided kee...2022-04-0600 minChai Chat Podcast#10 Genius Unleashed with Guest Tammy VallieresDid you know you were born a Genius?In this week’s episode, Steve and Taron explore with special guest Tammy Vallieres, Hero-intelligence teacher, and bestselling author, how we have lost the knowledge that we are born with a special ability, a gift, which manifested, enriches us and others in a way that is unique to us. Tammy has, through personal experience as well as dedicated study in psychology and early childhood education, developed and implemented powerful, practical, and purposeful programs that work with our children to unleash the genius within. Join us to...2022-03-281h 12Chai Chat PodcastTrailer for #10 Genius Unleashed with Guest Tammy VallieresDid you know you were born a Genius?In this week’s episode, Steve and Taron explore with special guest Tammy Vallieres, Hero-intelligence teacher, and bestselling author, how we have lost the knowledge that we are born with a special ability, a gift, which manifested, enriches us and others in a way that is unique to us. Tammy has, through personal experience as well as dedicated study in psychology and early childhood education, developed and implemented powerful, practical, and purposeful programs that work with our children to unleash the genius within. Join us to...2022-03-2800 minChai Chat Podcast#09 Good Guru – Bad GuruThe word Guru, from Sanskrit meaning ‘the dispeller of ignorance or darkness’, can refer to anyone, albeit everyone, we interact with on life’s journey. More than a saffron-robed, the bearded wise one who lives beyond society's trappings - from your first-grade teacher to the stranger with whom you had a fleeting conversation – they are ALL our gurus.Join Taron and Steve as they explore how to dissolve the belief that there is such a thing as a ‘good vs. bad’ experience, with the latter to be always avoided at all costs.2022-03-171h 10Chai Chat PodcastTrailer for #09 Good Guru – Bad GuruThe word Guru, from Sanskrit meaning ‘the dispeller of ignorance or darkness’, can refer to anyone, albeit everyone, we interact with on life’s journey. More than a saffron-robed, the bearded wise one who lives beyond society's trappings - from your first-grade teacher to the stranger with whom you had a fleeting conversation – they are ALL our gurus. Join Taron and Steve as they explore how to dissolve the belief that there is such a thing as a ‘good vs. bad’ experience, with the latter to be always avoided at all costs.2022-03-1700 minChai Chat Podcast#08 Fear- Friend or Foe?F E A R - False Evidence Appearing Real is one of many acronyms used to describe the qualities of fear. Yet is fear something always to be feared or can it also be a friend? Clearly, fear is a foundational player in the game of life, whether as a motivator or a clever trickster. By exploring our relationship to it, we can through awareness manage how to better handle it in all its manifestations and guises. Join Taron and Steve for an episode that promises to be thought-provoking and rich with practical i...2022-03-031h 08Chai Chat PodcastTrailer for #08 Fear- Friend or Foe?F E A R - False Evidence Appearing Real is one of many acronyms used to describe the qualities of fear. Yet is fear something always to be feared or can it also be a friend? Clearly, fear is a foundational player in the game of life, whether as a motivator or a clever trickster. By exploring our relationship to it, we can through awareness manage how to better handle it in all its manifestations and guises. Join Taron and Steve for an episode that promises to be thought-provoking and rich with practical i...2022-03-0200 minChai Chat Podcast#07 From Success to Fulfillment with Guest Wolfgang SonnenburgPoet Kahlil Gibran said that ‘Your work is your love made visible.’ For most of us, at end of life, we experience regrets for despite having achieved many successes, we feel unfulfilled. This week, Steve and Taron welcome Wolfgang Sonnenburg - an author, speaker, and highly successful entrepreneur who has lived the journey of going from success to fulfillment by integrating the powers of the head and heart.Join us for this most engaging, insightful chat where Wolfgang reveals the secret to living both a successful and fulfilling life!***Wol...2022-02-231h 13Chai Chat PodcastTrailer for #07 From Success to Fulfillment with Guest Wolfgang SonnenburgPoet Kahlil Gibran said that ‘Your work is your love made visible.’ For most of us, at end of life, we experience regrets for despite having achieved many successes, we feel unfulfilled. This week, Steve and Taron welcome Wolfgang Sonnenburg - an author, speaker, and highly successful entrepreneur who has lived the journey of going from success to fulfillment by integrating the powers of the head and heart.Join us for this most engaging, insightful chat where Wolfgang reveals the secret to living both a successful and fulfilling life!***Wol...2022-02-2300 minChai Chat Podcast#06 Individual But Not SeparateIn a highly polarized world, to reclaim stability, happiness, joy, and peace, we must choose unity, based on the truth that while we are all individual, we are nevertheless connected with all of creation and therefore, not separate. This awareness reframe lets us celebrate our unique gifts and talents while acknowledging how intimately connected we are to life and creation. In this episode, Steve and Taron investigate how to align our thoughts, words, and action with the knowledge that our world is but a mirror, and that we are the source of all t...2022-01-261h 07Chai Chat PodcastTrailer for #06 Individual But Not SeparateIn a highly polarized world, to reclaim stability, happiness, joy, and peace, we must choose unity, based on the truth that while we are all individual, we are nevertheless connected with all of creation and therefore, not separate. This awareness reframe lets us celebrate our unique gifts and talents while acknowledging how intimately connected we are to life and creation. In this episode, Steve and Taron investigate how to align our thoughts, words, and action with the knowledge that our world is but a mirror, and that we are the source of all t...2022-01-2600 minChai Chat Podcast#05 Loving What IsFrom the Serenity prayer to Deepak Chopra’s idea that “we must with open arms welcome all that happens because otherwise, we experience turbulence”. In this episode, Taron and Steve investigate the benefits of loving what is through practicing acceptance. Learn how to practice the Power of Acceptance and move beyond the pain, struggle, anxiety, dejection, and depression to a place of peace and serenity – simply by choosing to love and accept what is.Like this show? Please leave us a review here. Follow...2022-01-261h 05Chai Chat PodcastTrailer for #05 Loving What IsFrom the Serenity prayer to Deepak Chopra’s idea that “we must with open arms welcome all that happens because otherwise, we experience turbulence”. In this episode, Taron and Steve investigate the benefits of loving what is through practicing acceptance. Learn how to practice the Power of Acceptance and move beyond the pain, struggle, anxiety, dejection, and depression to a place of peace and serenity – simply by choosing to love and accept what is.Like this show? Please leave us a review here. Follow...2022-01-2600 minChai Chat Podcast#04 Manage your Energy, Not Your StressFrom time immemorial, humanity has tried unsuccessfully to manage their stresses from outside of themselves. In this episode, Steve and Taron discuss why stress management does not and cannot work if we want enduring, long-lasting solutions. Rather, from the inside out, we must learn how to manage our energy – in the form of our thinking to foster positive change and solutions. Join us as we investigate the power of creating positive outcomes simply by changing the narrative from within.Like this show? Please leave us a review here...2022-01-261h 08Chai Chat PodcastTrailer for #04 Manage your Energy, Not Your StressFrom time immemorial, humanity has tried unsuccessfully to manage their stresses from outside of themselves. In this episode, Steve and Taron discuss why stress management does not and cannot work if we want enduring, long-lasting solutions. Rather, from the inside out, we must learn how to manage our energy – in the form of our thinking to foster positive change and solutions. Join us as we investigate the power of creating positive outcomes simply by changing the narrative from within.Like this show? Please leave us a review here...2022-01-2600 minChai Chat Podcast#03 Real-ationshipsIn Tina Turner’s timeless hit song, “What’s Love Got to do With It”, there is the notion that love is a second-hand emotion. We see love as the glue that holds the universe together! Love is light, love is life and another name for love is authenticity. In this episode, we explore the idea, concept, and energy of love, desire, and the misconception that something is missing, and we need another to complete us. We chat about how we can be truly be loved when we practice self-love. This Valentine’s Day, consider...2022-01-261h 10Chai Chat PodcastTrailer for #03 Real-ationshipsIn Tina Turner’s timeless hit song, “What’s Love Got to do With It”, there is the notion that love is a second-hand emotion. We see love as the glue that holds the universe together! Love is light, love is life and another name for love is authenticity. In this episode, we explore the idea, concept, and energy of love, desire, and the misconception that something is missing, and we need another to complete us. We chat about how we can be truly be loved when we practice self-love. This Valentine’s Day, consider...2022-01-2600 minChai Chat Podcast#02 The Power of OpeningBeyond the effort and stress involved in making it happen, in order to get what we want, what if we could manifest with ease?With the Power of Opening, today’s chat explores how by opening to, versus pushing to make it happen, is a more powerful and smarter way to create and have our needs met. By opening, we acknowledge that we have the willingness to trust that upon asking through our Inner-Guru for what we seek, we affirm that we are always supported and deserving of receiving. While some challenges may not...2022-01-261h 06Chai Chat PodcastTrailer for #02 The Power of OpeningBeyond the effort and stress involved in making it happen, in order to get what we want, what if we could manifest with ease?With the Power of Opening, today’s chat explores how by opening to, versus pushing to make it happen, is a more powerful and smarter way to create and have our needs met. By opening, we acknowledge that we have the willingness to trust that upon asking through our Inner-Guru for what we seek, we affirm that we are always supported and deserving of receiving. While some challenges may not...2022-01-2600 minChai Chat Podcast#01 The Great ResetIn this inaugural episode of Chai Chat Podcast, Taron Puri and Steve Harvey, colleagues, friends and real brothers from another mother, team up to bring together more than 6 decades of applied, practical experience and insights on how to find solutions for empowered living. Taron and Steve explore how positive The Great Reset has been over the past 2 years, and why we are at an opportune time in history to take the journey within and connect with the source of our empowerment, our Guru Within! You will learn how, by connecting with your inner gu...2022-01-261h 05Chai Chat PodcastTrailer for #01 The Great ResetIn this inaugural episode of Chai Chat Podcast, Taron Puri and Steve Harvey, colleagues, friends and real brothers from another mother, team up to bring together more than 6 decades of applied, practical experience and insights on how to find solutions for empowered living. Taron and Steve explore how positive The Great Reset has been over the past 2 years, and why we are at an opportune time in history to take the journey within and connect with the source of our empowerment, our Guru Within! You will learn how, by connecting with your inner gu...2022-01-2600 minChai Chat PodcastShow Trailer - Chai Chat Podcast"True happiness is when we discover who we are, why we are here, and how we can ultimately leave a meaningful legacy”.Welcome to Chai Chat – a podcast dedicated to learning how to move beyond constant stress, anxiety, confusion, overwhelm and fear to a place of total self-empowerment freedom, and fun!Chai Chat focuses on solutions versus problems. Through candid, unscripted conversations over a cup of Chai, your hosts Taron and Steve explore all that which keeps us from becoming fulfilled despite our material achievements and successes. Each week, together we investigate the Human Condi...2022-01-2501 min