Beste Street Poets podcasts (2024)

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GOOD SEEDS: Chris Henrikson & the Street Poets Origin Story 51:47

1+ y ago51:47

51:47

In our season-ending cross-over episode which first aired on the podcast “I’m No Hero,” Street Poets Founder and former Executive Director Chris Henrikson shares some of the challenges, joys and hard-won wisdom from Street Poets’ early days - in conversation with our former associate director, comedy writer Justin Heimberg (a.k.a. Justy Jones). Str…

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OF POETRY & PRAYER: The Barbara Fant Story 29:15

2+ y ago29:15

29:15

This episode illuminates the inspiring origin story of Street Poets' former Artistic Director, poet/author and Minister of Metaphor, Barbara Fant. Since her early days growing up in Youngstown, Ohio, Barbara has followed her calling – the transformational practice of poetry – through hardship and healing, darkness and light, to the cafe open-mics o…

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"THE BURNING RIVER" (Bonus Story Episode) 14:52

2+ y ago14:52

14:52

"THE BURNING RIVER," an origin story for aspiring adults, was conceived as a narrative prayer for transformation & peace. Inspired by the many traditional stories and songs from around the world that have helped us to remember who we are, and are becoming, here at Street Poets, "The Burning River" is a fresh fable fed by ancient roots. We hope, as …

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TRUE NATURE: The David Sanchez Story 34:54

2+ y ago34:54

34:54

In this inspiring episode, veteran Street Poet David Sanchez remembers his epic journey from the streets of South Central L.A. to the confines of Central Juvenile Hall to the wilderness of the Rocky Mountains and California backcountry to the organic gardens that have become both his passion and his vocation. As the founder of SEED & SOL ORGANIC GA…

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IMMIGRANT SONG: The Chee Malabar Story 40:37

3y ago40:37

40:37

In this insightful, music-infused origin story, rapper and current Street Poets board member Chirag Menon a.k.a. CHEE MALABAR breaks down his journey from India to inner-city America at the age of 12, and the role that hip-hop played in his healing, political awakening and evolution as a man. Today, Chee serves as a principal in the well-respected …

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SISTERS IN RHYME 24:12

3y ago24:12

24:12

Street Poets has been blessed to have many powerful female leaders, healers, writers and teaching artists steward our creative community forward over the past 25 years. Inspired by the saying "each one, teach one," SISTERS IN RHYME amplifies the original poetry, music and wisdom of three of Street Poets' most gifted co-creators, past and present: s…

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FIRESIDE with Luis J. Rodriguez 41:44

3y ago41:44

41:44

If Street Poets had a Hall of Fame, LUIS J. RODRIGUEZ would be one of the very first writers our community would choose to honor with enshrinement. Luis is the former Poet Laureate of Los Angeles and the acclaimed author of 16 books, including the best-selling memoir "Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A.," known anecdotally as the most s…

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SAVED BY A STORY: The World According to Busstop Prophet 54:30

3y ago54:30

54:30

In this inspiring, wisdom-infused episode, poet/storyteller/author/educator FRANK “BUSSTOP PROPHET" ESCAMILLA, our beloved Director of School Programs, is joined by Street Poet Jaylen Poole for a heart-warming, soul-stirring conversation about the healing power of poetry, storytelling and Nerd Culture in the ‘hood. If your inner child hasn't been o…

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HARD WAY HOME: The Taylor Code Story 44:13

3+ y ago44:13

44:13

Street Poets founding member TAYLOR CODE MAXIE Jr. reflects back on his redemptive journey through gangs, gunshot wounds and prison to the kind of poetic power and hard-won wisdom that saves lives – one rhyme at a time. Laced with Taylor's original poetry and music, this episode sheds light and sound on one of our community's most dramatic origin s…

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METAPHORIA: A Slam Poetic Love Story 35:44

3+ y ago35:44

35:44

Some people on the poetry performance scene are quick to say "Poets should never date poets." Award-winning spoken-word flame-throwers ALYESHA WISE and MATTHEW CUBAN HERNANDEZ put that maxim to the test every day as partners in rhyme, and in life. In this episode, they take a break from their duties as Street Poets' program directors, teaching arti…

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FACING OUR DEMONS: A Multidimensional Mentoring Story 46:37

3+ y ago46:37

46:37

"Love takes off the masks that you know you cannot live within and fear you cannot live without." -James Baldwin Some relationships not only inspire change, they demand it. When 14-year-old Street Poet Jason Quezada and 34-year-old poetry teacher Chris Henrikson first met in a Los Angeles County Probation camp for boys, neither had any idea how rad…

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RESTORATIVE JUSTICE: Beyond Punishment 29:06

3+ y ago29:06

29:06

Join Street Poets and Restorative Justice advocate JAVIER STAURING, the former Catholic chaplain in Los Angeles' Central Juvenile Hall and now the Executive Director of Healing Dialogue & Action, as we imagine a justice system that helps to heal wounds rather than deepen them, that prioritizes the common good over blunt punishment. Through a real-l…

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GIFTS & WOUNDS: The Jorge Nunez Story 27:24

3+ y ago27:24

27:24

Our premiere episode amplifies and illuminates the redemptive, healing journey of original Street Poet JORGE NUNEZ – one of our community's most inspiring and resilient creative beings. Through childhood trauma, gangs, prison and exile, Jorge remains a beacon of hope for all of us in these dark and dynamic times. We promise, after listening, you'll…

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GOOD SEEDS: Chris Henrikson & the Street Poets Origin Story 51:47

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OF POETRY & PRAYER: The Barbara Fant Story 29:15

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"THE BURNING RIVER" (Bonus Story Episode) 14:52

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TRUE NATURE: The David Sanchez Story 34:54

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IMMIGRANT SONG: The Chee Malabar Story 40:37

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SISTERS IN RHYME 24:12

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FIRESIDE with Luis J. Rodriguez 41:44

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SAVED BY A STORY: The World According to Busstop Prophet 54:30

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HARD WAY HOME: The Taylor Code Story 44:13

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METAPHORIA: A Slam Poetic Love Story 35:44

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FACING OUR DEMONS: A Multidimensional Mentoring Story 46:37

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RESTORATIVE JUSTICE: Beyond Punishment 29:06

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GIFTS & WOUNDS: The Jorge Nunez Story 27:24

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