Nilsa Rivera, in Florida, brings her professional and personal experience of home insecurity to a conversation with Judy Talaugon, in California, and Martha Cinader, in New York. The conversation covers housing policies, motherhood, experiencing houselesness and other forms of housing insecurity, the punitive treatment of mothers and children, land trusts and more.
Tony Robles speaks with writers, Mary Morrissy, Vanessa Onwuemezi and Gina Chung at The International Short Story Festival in Cork, Ireland. Martha Cinader speaks with artist, Brett Cook about Greg Tate Day in Harlem, New York. Jay Rodriguez Sierra presents new music, Your Sound - featuring Lonnie Plaxico, Pete Drungle and Pheeroan Aklaff. Poetry from Tony Robles and Martha Cinader.
Pyeng Threadgill talks with Martha Cinader about her new book and audiobook, Lost & Found, part memoir part guide to life as an artist. Jay Rodriguez Sierra presents new music, The Light Within You, featuring Jay on Bansuri flute, Joe Russo on drums and Marco Benevento on organ.
Marque Gilmore returns home from London and makes time to talk with longtime friend and colleague in the music business, Gail Ward, and Jay Rodriguez Sierra, about his musical path, the Black Rock Coalition, Burnt Sugar, his charitable film project and much more...
Bev Grant, speaks about her life as a songwriter, photographer and activist. We hear more of Charlie Rosario's experiences making record cover art, new music by Jay Rodriguez Sierra and some poetry by Henry Grimes.
Dao Strom, speaks about her work and shares from her latest offering; Tender Revolutions. Marque Gilmore returns to Brooklyn for two nights. He talks with our newest producer, Gail Ward, and Maestro Jay Rodriguez Sierra.
Judy Talaugon is a co-producer and host of Beyond Borders and a founder of The Tribunal Project. Today we take the time for everyone to get to know Judy and her work better, a sort of serious girlfriend hour with Martha Cinader. Please join the conversation below!
Andrew Lam reads Grandma's Tales, from Watermark, and talks with Martha about his life now after journalism. Charlie Rosario talks about selling his first album cover to Tito Puente, and jams with Jay and Chris Theberge. More from the round table discussion at Shapeshifter Lab in Brooklyn, NY with Matthew Garrison, Fortuna Sung and Gail Ward.
Our featured poet is Deepika Singh. Tony Robles talks with award winning biographer and essayist, Megan Marshall, author of After Lives. An L&BH exclusive, the world premiere of Cairo in the Rain, by Jay Rodriguez Sierra, recorded live in Cairo and featuring Egyptian vocalist Abdelrahman Blala. More stream poetry from Martha...
Martha Cinader, Judy Talaugon and Jay Rodriguez Sierra are joined by Seth Donnelly, Anna Marie Stanberg and Kyle Stoneman in a roundtable discussion about the goals of Taxpayers Against Genocide and the September 4th Protest for Justice in Foley Square.
Martha talks with Eileen Tabios about The Balikbayan Artist, Venancio Igarta, who her Kapwa novel fictionalizes, artistic choices and Kendrick Lamar’s historic half time appearance at the Super Bowl. Also featured, Nick Courtright, of Atmosphere Press, a literary hybrid publisher with 1300 titles in its catalog.
Our featured poet is Deepika Singh. Tony Robles talks with award winning biographer and essayist, Megan Marshall, author of After Lives. An L&BH exclusive, the world premiere of Cairo in the Rain, by Jay Rodriguez Sierra, recorded live in Cairo and featuring Egyptian vocalist Abdelrahman Blala. More stream poetry from Martha...
Martha speaks with writer, Vi Khi Nao, and artist Trinh Mai, contributor and cover artist to the 25th anniversary edition of Watermark, published by Texas Tech University Press. In the second half: Groove Collective live at Prospect Park and Breathe Ensemble live in Waryas Park, and some poetry of course...
Remix Volume 4: a timely blend of some of our guests from Seasons 1 and 2, and new music and poetry from Jay and Martha. Our featured guests in order of appearance, Kim McMillon, Tony Robles, Joe Talaugon, Jen Soriano, Opal Palmer Adisa, Joan Gelfand, Mosab Abu Toha, David Jauss, Yvette Murray.
Tony Robles welcomes Donna Janell Bowman, co-author of Wings of an Eagle, The Gold Medal Dreams of Billy Mills. We feature the poetry of Suzette Clark Bradshaw on Charlottesville and Gaza. C.L. Willis on being Appalachian, and transformative writing with Elizabeth Perlman. Also, Sherrie Flick on listening and being heard, Nick Courtright on banning books, Laura Lengnick on our food supply and new music from Jay Rodriguez Sierra.
Our featured novelist is Cal Hoffman, author of Easy to Slip. Our featured poet is Lan Duong, contributor to Watermark, a landmark anthology of Vietnamese American writing. New music and poetry by Jay Rodriguez Sierra and Martha Cinader.
Martha welcomes Jonathan Thirkield to talk about his new book of poetry, Infinity Pool. We welcome a new co-host, Judy Talaugon to the L&BH Hour and talk with her about The Tribunal Project. We persist in resisting book banning, and meditate on listening and being heard.
Martha Cinader, Judy Talaugon and Jay Rodriguez Sierra are joined by darkroom masters Russell Frederick, Anderson Zaca and Ozier Muhammad to talk about Season One of the Darkroom MCs, the making of it, and the photographers who are featured.
Our featured guest is Mark Talbert, author of Your Yard is a Garden. Our featured poets are Mary Oishi, Kellie Richardson, Josiah Luis Alderete, Homer Erotic and Blagovesta Momchedjikova. New music and poetry by Jay Rodriguez Sierra and Martha Cinader.
Our featured guest is music historian, Preston Lauterbach, author of Before Elvis: The African American Musicians Who Made the King, interviewed by Tony Robles. Our featured poet is Latasha Diggs. New music by Jay Rodriguez Sierra, and new poetry by Martha Cinader, also featuring Joseph Jason Santiago Lacour and Mary Oishi.