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The Yay - A Bay Area Theatre PodcastEpisode 292: Biko Eisen-MartinActor. Playwright. Activist. Griot. He is all of these things and Norman and I are happy to have him on as our next guest. He is Biko Eisen-Martin, the bay area playwright of Pac & Biggie Are Dead, currently playing at the BAM House by the Lower Bottom Playaz until June 30. We talk about Biko's writings, the need to create theatre that pushes knowledge and challenges the audience, the enlightenment of the artist to be true to theirselves and Biko's plans for the future.
Biko can be contacted directly via Instagram/Threads: @saybiko
Biko also has a webpage where you can...2024-06-121h 21The Yay - A Bay Area Theatre PodcastEpisode 291: Richard TalaveraNorman and I are back and we have a treasured guest, Richard Talavera – talented playwright and veteran actor in the bay area. We had Richard on back in December of 2017 and a lot has changed in the last seven years since. We catch up with him to see what he’s doing, the state of political theatre in the bay area and Richard’s foray into teaching improvisation and the sociology of improv.
Richard can be contacted directly via Facebook.
Jameelah Lane has her own business selling healthy drinks - MelanA☥D is a black owned business that specializes in alkaline...2024-06-011h 32The Yay - A Bay Area Theatre PodcastEpisode 290: Spence Stevens & Gyselle GarciaWe’ve been delayed with projects, but we’re back and we have two fantastic guests: Spence Stevens and Gyselle Garcia, two great actors who will be in the Lower Bottom Playaz’ new show Pac & Biggie Are Dead – the show opens June 6th. Spence is a bay area beat maker – you can buy his beats here: linktr.ee/bosslifebigspence. Gyselle is a talented actress originally from Maryland. Both of them share their theatre experience here in the bay area, they talk about the upcoming show and what they have planned next in the future.
Spence is on Instagram and you can follow...2024-05-251h 14The Yay - A Bay Area Theatre PodcastEpisode 285: Zoe ChienZoe Chien is our next guest on The Yay. I had the pleasure of working with Zoe, working on Cat Brooks’ Tasha, the one woman show about the tragic death of Natasha McKenna – it played at Z Below in 2023. Zoe is the Associate Director of 3 Girls Theatre, a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and is a Playground Producing Fellow. Today, we talk about Zoe’s upbringing, her delving into both acting and the managerial side of theatre and what her plans are for the future.
Zoe is on Instagram at @thezoechien and you can learn more about Zo...2024-03-021h 13
Sustainable Ambassador PodcastLeaving Corporate to Save the SharksAbout Andrea:For the past 30 years, Ms. Richey has lived in Hong Kong and worked for a wide variety of corporate and NGO entities. Since 2015, she has worked and volunteered for the Hong Kong Shark Foundation in many capacities, most recently as the Executive Director raising awareness about shark conservation and educating people to stop eating shark fin soup and all shark products. Before joining Hong Kong Shark Foundation, Ms. Richey was a legal recruiter and previous to that worked for the Wall Street law firm of Paul, Weiss in Hong Kong in a c...2023-10-2418 min
The Think Wildlife PodcastInterview 24 - The Dangers of Shark Fin SoupAn estimated 100 million sharks are lost annually to human activities. Much of this catastrophic phenomenon is caused by the excessive demand for shark fin soup. This delicacy is popular in East Asia, particularly China, which has become an epicenter for the consumption of exotic wildlife. A large population of sharks is also lost as bycatch due to industrial fishing. This is obviously a massive concern as sharks are keystone species. These apex predators are crucial for the health of marine ecosystems, which are already facing the brunt of climate change and marine pollution....2023-10-1018 minThink Wildlife FoundationInterview 24 – The Dangers of Shark Fin Soup
An estimated 100 million sharks are lost annually to human activities. Much of this catastrophic phenomenon is caused by the excessive demand for shark fin soup. This delicacy is popular in East Asia, particularly China, which has become an epicenter for the consumption of exotic wildlife. A large population of sharks is also lost as bycatch due to industrial fishing.
This is obviously a massive concern as sharks are keystone species. These apex predators are crucial for the health of marine ecosystems, which are already facing the brunt of climate change and marine pollution.
In this...2023-10-1018 minThink Wildlife FoundationInterview 24 – The Dangers of Shark Fin Soup
An estimated 100 million sharks are lost annually to human activities. Much of this catastrophic phenomenon is caused by the excessive demand for shark fin soup. This delicacy is popular in East Asia, particularly China, which has become an epicenter for the consumption of exotic wildlife. A large population of sharks is also lost as bycatch due to industrial fishing.
This is obviously a massive concern as sharks are keystone species. These apex predators are crucial for the health of marine ecosystems, which are already facing the brunt of climate change and marine pollution.
In this...2023-10-1018 min
NPR Podcast - Main Street NPRNPR Podcast NPR LibraryWe learned so much from our two wonderful guests from the New Port Richey Library on Main in Downtown New Port Richey today. Our guests were Andrea Figart, the Library Director and Jessica Meredith, Youth Education Librarian. They both did a fantastic job of highlighting past, present, and future events and happenings at the library. Listen in to learn more about both of them, how the library has evolved, and what is coming up. They have some very interesting stories about some features of the building. We would also like to mention the Friends of the Library who are tirelessly...2023-08-1622 min
Shooting it RAW with Ran Elfassy162 – Andrea Richey and HKSF and the PetsforSharks 2023 FundraiserAnd here we go! A quick one on why we launched our #petsforsharks fundraiser and why we're sharing the spotlight with Hong Kong Shark Foundation.
Andrea Richey, who heads HKSF, joined me and we talked a bit of shop when it comes to marine conservation and how May is our Fundraising drive.
Listen in, upload your pet photos with the hashtag #petsforsharks, and please donate to help us do our work!
Visit our SimplyGiving page:
https://www.simplygiving.com/appeal/pets-for-sharks
Watch the full clip at: https://youtu.be/uLlbgILNwzc
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Learn more about HKSF and get involved here: https...2023-05-0416 min
The Matrix Green PillEpisode 130 - Andrea Richey- Executive Director at Hong Kong Shark FoundationAbout Andrea Richey Andrea Richey used to be a legal recruiter for the Wall Street law firm Paul Weiss in Hong Kong. However, after a while of being part of the corporate world, she thought to herself that there had to be more to life than this.The thought motivated her to dedicate her time towards volunteering, which opened her eyes to the image of shark fishing and finning. She was blown away at the cruelty involved and the unsustainability of the killing of sharks, which made her want to educate herself on t...2023-03-0820 min
Shooting it RAW with Ran Elfassy098 - Andrea Richey on Being a Caring Nuisance to Save Sharks and Our Oceans - REISSUEThis episode was first published in November 2020 and I think you should check it out to be reminded of why we MUST do more to protect sharks and our oceans.
Did you know the world's oceans are under major, critical threat? Did you know that you have the power to help make a difference? The answers to these questions are how Andrea and I reconnected at the Hong Kong Shark Foundation's offices in Hong Kong.
After learning about sharks and the unsustainable shark trade, Andrea volunteered and eventually became the HKSF's Managing Director. Listen in a...2022-02-0752 min
Live Wide Awake - Sustainability & Conscious Leadership11. Doug Woodring & Andrea Richey: Dried Ocean - a wet place but a dying place & Shark conservation - why it mattersWhat is the dried ocean? How detrimental is our pillaging of the ocean, to what scale and effect? Why are sharks so critical to the ocean ecosystem, and threatened with extinction?
Big questions that we are deep diving into Doug Woodring, founder and managing director of Ocean Recovery Alliance and Andrea Richey Executive Director of Hong Kong Shark Foundation.
In this podcast episode we talk about how our oceans are drying up, why hundreds of millions are sharks are killed every year (with many nearing extinction), wildlife crimes, but also where to find hope to...2021-01-2647 min
The CouragecastThe Stigma Around Having Our Lives Together | Kyla RicheyKyla Richey is a mentor and role model for young Canadian athletes. Being able to share her journey has been something she doesn’t take lightly. But she also wants young women to realize that life is not always what it appears to be. Although it may seem as though she has a picture perfect reality, she has experienced deep loss and great pain with the loss of her brother and subsequent battle with anxiety and depression. This conversation explores our need to share our lives vulnerably and the quest to end the stigma that we need to...2019-06-181h 14
Edacious079 - Charlottesville Community Magic “In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it.” ---Marianne Williamson Resistance Work. With Persistence, Resolve, Resilience, and Magic. Welcome Friends, to a special episode of Edacious. Because it is not business as usual in our town of Charlottesville, Virginia this week. Now is not the time to speak of the latest greatest cocktail invention, nor to promote the latest brewery opening or wine dinner. Now is the time to celebrate all that is good about Charlottesville, to remind ours...2017-08-1532 min