Listen and Be Heard

It’s still poetry month here in the US and we are still celebrating, of course, with poetry brought to us by the People’s Poet, Tony Robles, who also brought us an interview with William Giraldi, author of “Hold the Dark," now a Netflix feature film. William’s memoir, published in 2016, “The Hero's Body.” Is the focus of their conversation about manhood, sacrifice, body

Martha Cinader goes into deepthink mode with Meredith Leigh, author of The Ethical Meat Handbook and thinker of thoughts still asking to be manifested. With the optimism that blossoms with Spring, the conversation focuses on alternatives to capitalism, honoring indigenous wisdom, revolutionary madness, books that inspire and more! This one-hour special is an ongoing seasonal series

Martha speaks with Latasha Diggs author of her mind bending book of poetry, Village, talks about her process and her reads her five-part poem, Kombucha. In the second part of the hour, Amber Rose Crowtree reads from her chapbook Harboring the Imperfect, and a poem submitted by Ameera Shabazz. Martha revisits her journey to publication, reading some of her query letter and unpublish

Martha Cinader speaks with Joan Gelfand, author of Outside Voices, A Memoir of the Berkeley Revolution, about her participation in second wave feminism in the 1970's and what's happening now. In the second part of the hour we listen to an archival interview with the late Dr. Leonard Shlain, author of The Alphabet Versus the Goddess, The Conflict Between Word and Image, about how li

Tony Robles speaks with Shizue Seigel, Founder and Director of Write Now! SF Bay, in California. In the second part of the hour Tony speaks with author Vanessa Miller about her book The American Queen. We hear some thoughts from James Cruell, of Greenville, SC about banning books, and get a preview of an interview with Joan Gelfand, about, Outside Voices, A Memoir of the Berkeley R

We’ll hear Amy Reed, author of Tell Me My Name, one of the fifty most banned books in the country, and Kelly Kelbel from a live recording. Martha talks about how climate resilience is related to publishing. Tony Robles shares a virtual lecture on poetry, and Martha shares books she read, books she's reading, and the books on her to-be-read list.

Lesley-Ann Brown, Publisher of Bandit Queen Press, visits the audio garden to tell a counter story to The Little Mermaid and Martha speaks with her about the art of counter storytelling. Tony Robles delivers a basket of fresh spoken word from the Juniper Bends Reading Series in Asheville, NC.

Martha Cinader speaks with Meg Reid, Executive Director of Hub City Publishing, in Spartanburg, SC, about paths to publication. We also hear poetry from Alabian Landrum at Versers of Color Open Mic. In the second part of the hour we speak with Lesley-Ann Brown, Publisher of Bandit Queen Press, about counter storytelling and The Little Mermaid story by Hans Christian Andersen. And..

Martha Cinader speaks with Glenis Redmond and Anna Castro Spratt, the first Poet Laureate and Teen Poet Laureate of Greenville, SC and they also share some poetry. We also speak with Meg Reid, Executive Director of Hub City Publishing in Spartanburg, SC about what kind of books they look for, and her upcoming workshop about the path to publication.

Laura Lengnick returns for our Winter Season Special for a conversation with Martha Cinader about alternatives to capitalism aligned with Earth's best practices.