Theresa calls in from the Badlands, DJ Ali Spins tells us about her 2 purple turntables and how she keeps going when her husband gets diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, Gabrielle Hill talks Restorative Justice and Circle Keeping!
#40 DJ Ali Gruber (Get Down Upstate) / Gabrielle Hill (Restorative Justice) “Michael Jackson Dance Party Queen and Circle Keeper”
Hello listeners!!! Theresa called in from the badlands in South Dakota!! Check out her instagram for photos from her current road-trip HERE appropriately tagged #theresagongswest. In our catch up opening discussion Theresa tells us a story about The Moon Maiden of the Cahuilla tribe and their folklore or the creation of the moon! And what would you know, today’s the full moon. Good job T…. Theresa reminds us that the moon is symbolic of water, water is very healing, when we work with water it has this transformative power, what do YOU want to transform? Check out MYSTICMAMMA for some guidance!!!
Our first guest today is Ali Gruber, aka DJ Ali Spins of Get Down Upstate. She’s been a DJ spinning vinyl for over 10 years now! After graduating from Suny New Paltz, she met her partner Louis and became a vegetarian chef cooking in the Hudson Valley, she coined herself Souper Woman! Around 2008 Ali started DJing, she inherited 2 purple turn tables and used her eclectic record collection and created one of the funnest parties around these parts! Also around that time her partner was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. The conversation goes through her navigation of growing her DJ career, caring for her now disabled partner, buying an old house in Kingston and having an unexpected magical baby. She’s incredibly inspiring, she’s self motivated and has amazing endurance and a great sense of humor. I think you will really enjoy this interview!
Our second guest today is Gabrielle Hill who was interviewed by Theresa a few weeks ago when they were meeting to speak about bringing some Restorative Justice work to Kingston. Gabrielle is a vital member of her Newburgh community and a Circle Keeper at the Restorative Center. She shares about the Circle practice and how it creates a safe place for community members to move through conflict with one another, how it is about listening to learn and not to reply, and how it creates a space where no one is made to feel inferior. She is passionate about finding our commonality in community while celebrating our differences. Gabrielle is a positive force for good who seeks out gratitude daily.
Today’s show was engineered by Manuel Blas of Radio Kingston, http://www.radiokingston.org.
We heard music from Shana Falana, http://www.shanafalana.com/, and audio from the film, She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry, http://www.shesbeautifulwhenshesangry.com
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#39 Lisa Padovani (Costume Designer) / Emma’s Revolution (Music Activists) “Stay Positive and Sing Out Your Angry Soul”
Lisa Padovani, dynamic costume designer, best known for her work on Party Monster, Mad Men, Gotham and Boardwalk Empire (to name only a few), Emma’s Revolution, Music Activism and Dharma Punx, and L7 Documentary.
#38 Khadijah Ward (EVOLVE) / Joan Ffolliot (Ffolliot Design) “Deep Connection to the Earth, Art As Language”
“Who Is Believed and Who is Blamed” (Kavanaugh hearings), Khadijah Ward works at FAMILY of Woodstock as the program administrator for EVOLVE, a batterer’s intervention program, designer and artist Joan Ffolliot of Ffolliot Design, setting boundaries with clients.
#37 Tani Ikeda (#survivorloveletter ) / Kate Steciw (Multi-Media Artist) “Celebrating Survivors and Communicating Through Images”
RBG documentary is OUT!! Our first guest, Tani Ikeda, is an Emmy winning director who creates narratives, documentaries, music videos, and commercial films, and creator of #survivorloveletter. Our second guest, Kate Steciw, is an artist who works in sculpture, photography, video and image manipulation who explores the collision between representation and materialization
#36 Stephanie Monseu (Bindlestiff Family Cirkus ) / Ariana González Stokas (Inclusive Excellence, Bard College) “Cirkus Arts and Belief in the Common Good”
Revisit Anita Hill! Our first guest is Stephanie Monseu, co-founder of the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus and now new ring mistress of Big Apple Circus!!!
Our second guest is Ariana González Stokas. Ariana is Dean for Inclusive Excellence at Bard Collage and an educator in Latin American and Caribbean Philosophy
#35 Beth Bengtson (Working for Women) / Jem Violet (Trans Singer-Songwriter) “Women Supporting Women and Queer Life in Music”
We believe the women!!! Our first guest, Beth Bengtson founded “Working for Women” whose mission is to help women enter or stay in the workforce. Our second guest isJem Violet. She is a trans singer-songwriter / performer, and LGBTQ activist.
#34 Jessica Dupont (Half Moon Books) / Allison Braun (STDR Hobby Festival) “Books On My Shelf and Learning New Hobbies”
Nike! Emily’s List! PodSaveAmerica! And Our first guest Jessica Dupont of Half Moon Books started her company because she saw a for sale sign while waiting to pick up pizza for her family!! Years later she has a successful book store. Our second guest is Allison Braun, who started Smell the Damn Roses Festival, and whose modo is Adulting can wait until tomorrow.”
#33 Dr. Amy Novatt (Gynecologist) / Eryn Stutts (Pakt and Tuct) “Women’s Health and Food is Love”
Pap Smears, HPV, and IVF! BTW, our first guest is gynecologist Dr. Amy Novatt, activist for women’s health, “vote to change our healthcare”. Our second guest is Eryn Stutts of Pakt, a restaurant here in Kingston NY that hosts LGBTQ events and believes that food is love.
#32 Judy Linn (Patti Smith 1969-1976 : Photographs) / Jessica Vecchione (Smacked Documentary) “Photographs of the Imaginary Past”
The Year of the Woman (link below, check it out) Also, our first guest is Judy Linn, photographer and Vassar professor, best known for her book Patti Smith 1969-1976 : Photographs by Judy Linn. Our second guest is Jessica Vecchione, videographer and documentarian, recently of the film Smacked.
