Nia and Ness are a black, out-lesbian, dancer-poet performance art duo based in Rosendale, NY. The duo met and became a couple in 2013, and founded their company in 2016. They have performed at multiple venues nationwide, sharing their work that aims at a deeper understanding of their co-reality through intense investigation of their individual identities. They premiered their first evening length work, run., in August 2017, and have been touring run. nationwide ever since. They have been keynot...
Mar 04, 2020•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 110
MANDA ZAND ERVIN , Founder and Director of the Alliance of Iranian Women is today's very honored guest. We will be talking about Iran, the beautiful history of Iran, the ruling Women-Gods, the plight of women in Iran under Sharia law, and her new book, " The Ladies' Secret Society: History of the Courageous Women of Iran. " During the Iranian Islamic revolution, Manda witnessed the execution of many innocent people, including her high school principal who was murdered because she was a woman and...
Feb 26, 2020•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 109
Today!!! I am joined by Jessica Meyer, a leadership consultant and executive coach who co-created The Idea Garden with her husband, Matt Taylor, a space for socially engaged art and community events. She is active in the community, a member of Women's History Month Kingston the steering committee and the mom of Maggie, a certified therapy dog who is battling cancer. Today we learn more about Jess, her work, the current exhibit at the idea garden and some of the happendings of Women's History Mon...
Feb 20, 2020•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 108
Today I sit down with three of the members of Circle Creative Collective , an organization which hosts events, gathering in Circle to share and remember the things we learned or wish we had from our grandparents, a bridge from past to present and culture to culture, an open circle to all... bringing together the creative and curious across cultural borders in our Hudson Valley communities and beyond... inviting diverse individuals to share and preserve traditional crafts, arts, and skills... emp...
Feb 12, 2020•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 107
I managed to keep things relatively sane with these two comedians in the house today. Perla Ayora , Tech Coordinator at Radio Kingston and Stand Up Comedian talks about her roots in the Yucatan, Mayan culture, leaving for the States, the discrimination she faced and how she came to try stand up comedy about a year ago. Jessieca McNabb started performing stand up in the early ’90s and hasn’t stopped making people laugh since. Aside from splitting sides each week as co-host on No One Like You , sh...
Feb 06, 2020•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 106
Today's guest is such a beautiful human, ok yes, we all are! Tanya Zabinski is an artist, writer, and peaceful activist who recently published, " Peace, Love, Action! Everyday Acts of Goodness. " This book is full of historical and educational information about change makers and peaceful activists plus suggestions about what you can do to be a peaceful activist yourself. She'll be at the Winter Hoot this weekend and is speaking at 5pm on Friday, January 31st. Tanya and I become fast friends and ...
Jan 30, 2020•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 105
Welcome to Season 3!!! Today, my guest is Joanne Leffeld , more famously known as the “Moolah Doula.” She’s worn many roles in her life including certified financial planner, mom, yoga teacher, artist, hospice volunteer, business partner in a lighting design company and more recently an end of life doula. She’s had her share of ups and downs but believes there’s always an opportunity to birth a new life, and she helps people do that through the lens of understanding their relationship to money. ...
Jan 23, 2020•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 104
Yay, today Shana Falana returns as a guest on the show to get us caught up on all that's been happening in her world since she stepped away from the show last year, hint a new album, tour and upcoming shows at SXSW! If you haven't already picked up her new album, "Darkest Light," you can grab it here. As we do, Shana and I go deep, discussing consciousness, the stories we tell ourselves, her work to see her own stories, how the world is perfect, cool kids, her sobriety, 12-step and giving it up ...
Jan 16, 2020•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 103
Today's show is dedicated to birthing... all things really, but we're hyper-focused on birthing babies. My guest today, Julia Indichova, is the author of Inconceivable and The Fertile Female . Her work has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show , Discovery Health, NPR’s 51%, Good Morning America, Tablet Magazine, Huffington Post and more. After 9/11 she initiated the 9/11 Bowing Project documented in her most recent book, One-Heart Revolution: The Perils of Positive Thinking on the Road to Peac...
Jan 08, 2020•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 102
Happy New Year, and Happy Birthday MOM! I pay homage to my Mom and my Grandma before digging into the crates so to speak to spin many of my favorite Erika Wennerstrom and Heartless Bastards songs. Sorry to all you podcast listeners, you won't get the music here, you'll have to check out the show archive in its entirety on Radio Kingston , or catch the Spotify playlist for the show. "Be Good to Yourself" comes from Erika's solo album, Sweet Unknown. In my birthday wishes to my Mom, I thank my Gra...
Jan 02, 2020•26 min•Ep. 101
Episode #100!!!! Made it to triple digits! Today's special guests are the epitome of the feminine... creative, artistic, talented, nurturing, healing, and mystical. What a pleasure it is to share their stories. My first guest, Natasha Althouse @musicbynatasha, is a musician , vocalist, wife, mom and holistic bodyworker whose healing practice focuses on postural imbalances, stress induced tension, injury care, and digestive and reproductive health. I met Natasha a few years ago for Mayan Abdomina...
Dec 19, 2019•1 hr 52 min•Ep. 100
My first guest today is Gabriela Friedman. Originally from Brazil, @gabriela_friedman has taken some pretty bold steps in her life to bring her to where she is today, a Mom, a personal trainer, and a nutritionist based in the Hudson Valley. From her own journey Gabriela discovered how a lifestyle built around healthy living and physical fitness could empower, build confidence and discipline, and add overall happiness to one’s life. Her ultimate goal is to support and motivate her clients to deve...
Dec 12, 2019•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 99
My first guest today is Helene Richman, a mom, wife, artist and creative force behind @brandhelene ( Twitter , Facebook ) who’s been working with a group of girl entrepreneurs, the Start Up Squad , at the Hodge Center in Kingston, NY. She's been helping them learn about and build a business. I got to hang out with the girls a few weeks ago and talk about how to create their own radio show. After some prep and a little training, they all got to interview one another. I play some snippets of their...
Dec 05, 2019•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 98
Keeping it LOCAL! Look around you, support your friends and neighbors, buy local when you are able to! Joining me today live from Anderst on North Front Street, in Kingston, NY are a group of local ladies making things and doing things in the Hudson Valley. I did my best to edit out some of the technical hiccups we experienced with our remote broadcast so conversation does jump around a bit. Thanks ladies for joining in our talk! Sylvia Grieser is an internationally renowned fashion stylist, cos...
Nov 29, 2019•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 97
Sort of speechless about the body of work that these women have created. Enjoy! Sophi Kravitz is an artist and electronic engineer who's always been fascinated with people, people she already knows and strangers alike. She believes that incorporating public art into a shared experience can be a strong conduit to the acceptance of the human next to you. She often collaborates as part of a larger collective as the construction of the work is highly technical, relying on the strength of both her ba...
Nov 22, 2019•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 96
Hey listeners! Thanks for tuning in for today's special show. I wanted to share that for the first 9-10 minutes I talk about a healing event that's happening on Nov. 23rd at the idea garden in Kingston, NY. It's something I've organized as a result of the women on the show today and the work that they do. If you aren't local or interested, you can skip ahead. For those of you interested, on Nov. 23rd from 12:30-2 there will be a free workshop to learn how to give Reiki to yourself and then from ...
Nov 14, 2019•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 95
So excited today that I got to welcome back G.T. Thomas ( https://www.instagram.com/gtthomasmusicandart/ ) who was Shana's special guest on show No.30 from August 15th, 2018 . Gwen is an Amsterdam-based simultstrumentalist (not sure if that's how you spell that fancy word) who's taken revelations from her journals and transformed them into catchy refrains for her latest Progressive Dream Pop album, "I Am a Highlighter Pen." She performs as a one-woman-band on vocals, bass, synth & drum machi...
Nov 07, 2019•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 94
Calling all witches ✨ Today on the show we talk witches, witching, the unseen realm, ancestors, the akasha, intuition, herbs and altars. What a gift to me and to all of you who get to listen!!! Happy Halloween, Samhain, Dia de los Muertos, All Soul's Day, however you celebrate. Today on the show... Kat Hunt @thekathunt ✨ She was Shana and my very first guest 93 episodes ago talking about her film What’s Revenge! She's now a Mom and has fine tuned her channeling and artistic feminine wisdom to no...
Oct 31, 2019•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 93
Hey listeners! Today's first guest is Sadee Brathwaite , an Artist and Minister/Priestess of Maåt. She makes drawings and paintings, figurative and abstract, about archetypes, symbols, ancient cosmologies, beliefs and myths. As an ordained Minister/Priestess, She advises people in life, in creativity, and in spirituality. Her calling, either through art or advising, is to help people heal and grow as spiritual, enlightened beings. We talk about how her art and her church were the things that bro...
Oct 23, 2019•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 92
Today I get to sit down with actor and director of a powerful play, On the Exhale. When a senseless act of violence changes her life forever, a liberal college professor finds herself inexplicably drawn to the very weapon used to perpetrate the crime – and to the irresistible feeling of power that comes from holding life and death in her hands. Peering down the barrel of a uniquely American crisis, she begins to suspect that when it comes to gun violence, we’re all part of the problem. Maria Ele...
Oct 16, 2019•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 91
Today, my first guest is Artist, Lynn Herring , who was born in Chicago but moved to New York in her 20’s to pursue a career as an advertising art director and to develop her studio practice. While in NY, she studied at the School of Visual Arts graduating with honors in 2008 with a BFA in Sculpture. Lynn eventually found her way upstate and recently completed her MFA studies in sculpture and printmaking at SUNY New Paltz where she graduated with honors while developing a new body of work design...
Oct 09, 2019•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 90
You're gonna love the talent, conviction and compassion of my guests today. First up is Beth Aala, a three-time Emmy award-winning producer & recipient of a Peabody Award for her documentary work at HBO. Beth co-directed & produced feature documentary, RANCHER, FARMER, FISHERMAN for Discovery, which premiered at Sundance in 2017. She also directed & produced, Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon (A&E IndieFilms) with comedian, Mike Myers. It won the Hollywood Film Award for Bes...
Oct 02, 2019•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 89
Woo hoo, I am back from my travels and happy to be chatting live with some ladies today. First up, Dr. Amy Novatt, Gynecologist and Women's Health Advocate is back with us answering questions about menopause and perimenopause today. She'll be back again in November taking your calls so stay tuned for more details on her next appearance. Joining me for my chat with the doctor and for a deep dive into her life and her process is Arone Dyer , a vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, composer & foundi...
Sep 26, 2019•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 88
And finally, my interview with Keiko and Claudia! Making my way into Morocco, but thanks to my guests for coming into the studio a few weeks ago to record these amazing conversations for you all to hear. Today's first interview is with Keiko Sono , an artist, turned permaculturist and universal basic income supporter. Keiko's work has "one fundamental goal: to connect us to the world—to other beings, the natural environment, or objects; in present, past or future; in absurdity, wit, or utter bea...
Sep 18, 2019•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 87
Writing from Espańa and after a little schedule mixup on my part, sharing the proper episode for today's show. Don't worry, Keiko and Claudia are next week, I promise!!! I am so excited to be sharing these interviews that I recorded with these two fabulous women who embody a big theme of this show, Women Helping Women! My first interview is with Jordan Scruggs , a past guest with an exciting new job at SUNY Ulster as director of the New Start for Women Program. Jordan shares all the details abou...
Sep 12, 2019•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 86
Ooooh, what amazing ladies were on the show today! First, I welcome three of the Mid-Hudson Misfits Roller Derby team, Farrell Brenner aka Eleanor Bruisevelt, Laura Palermo aka Madame Manatease, and Samantha Willenbucher, still perfecting her roller derby name. We talk about the nuts and bolts of roller derby, why they started skating, how to become a misfit, how it's changed their lives, and some pretty amazing roller derby metaphors for life in general plus a little about who they are when the...
Sep 04, 2019•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 85
Today I have a special guest host, MY MOM! In town for my big nuptials happening this weekend. We're talking commons and cooperatives, economic democracy and sustainability with special guests Evelyn Wright founder of Commonwealth Hudson Valley and Julia Farr, Executive Director of the Kingston Land Trust . The website of Commonwealth HV perfectly sums up the importance of the work these women do, "Economic stagnation and the impending climate crisis have provoked a global flowering of interest ...
Aug 28, 2019•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 84
Today I get to have a lively conversation with two friends about art and life and how the two intersect. Sita Gomez de Kanelba is a distinguished Cuban American visual artist born in Paris 1932. She is daughter of the doctor Domingo Mauricio Gómez-Gimeranez and Else-Marie (Formo) Gómez. Her family fled the Nazi’s after Hitler’s request for her father to work for him. They were later exiled from Cuba and lived in New York. Sita received her Diploma in Art From Parsons School of Design in 1955. Sh...
Aug 21, 2019•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 83
On today's show I get to speak with Emily Flynn, Director of Health and Wellness for the City of Kingston, Live Well Kingston , and President of Bike-Friendly Kingston , and Annie Bond , clairvoyant, healer, founder of the Divine Mother Center and HeartMind Healer School , toxic-free living expert and award winning author. Emily and I get to talk about the projects she's involved with to make Kingston a healthy and vibrant community. She shares some of the details of Live Well Kingston and its m...
Aug 14, 2019•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 82
The Summer Hoot is coming up y'all! Today I get to sit down with a few of the women who make it happen. Ruth Ungar Merenda, is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist who plays fiddle, ukulele and guitar with the Mammals , Mom, AND HOOT festival founder and organizer. Veronica Fannin , illustrator, botanical drawing instructor, children's book author/illustrator AND official Hoot visual artist/designer and co-coordinator. Last but not least Ally Britton, program director at the Ashokan Center...
Aug 07, 2019•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 81
