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Intelligent Speech - interviews, conversations and presentations of ideas

Roifield Brownroifield.com
Intelligent Speech where Roifield Brown speaks to friends and interesting people with the backdrop of great tunes. Imagine a poor mans Mike Pesca from The Gist doing Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 6 Music.

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Episodes

In Glen's Steps: A Journey with Dementia Promo.

In Glen's Steps: A Journey with Dementia is a deeply personal and heartfelt podcast series that explores the impact of dementia on Glenroy Brown, a man of remarkable character, and his family. Through candid conversations, personal reflections, and expert insights, we share the journey of his life, from his early years in Jamaica to his current experiences with dementia. This series offers an intimate look at the challenges, changes, and unexpected joys that come with living with this condition,...

May 16, 20243 min

Eddie Brill - Comedian

Eddie Brill is a well-known comedian who has been entertaining audiences with his unique style of comedy for decades. Born and raised in New York City, Eddie got his start in the world of stand-up comedy in the early 1980s and quickly gained a reputation as a talented and versatile performer. Over the years, Eddie has performed on some of the biggest stages in the comedy world, including the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal and The Comedy Festival in Las Vegas. He has also made numerous appe...

Mar 16, 202340 min

Listen to podcasts from Roifield Brown

10 American Presidents Podcast DumTeeDum - A show about BBC Radio's 'The Archers' How Jamaica Conquered the World Intelligent Speech - interviews, conversations and presentations of ideas Map Corner Mid-Atlantic - conversations about US, UK and world politics The Race Directors Podcast - F1 The Things That Made England Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Oct 18, 20222 min

Roberto Toro on the History of Georgia

Roifield speaks to Roberto Toro about the history of Saqartvelo Georgia. They talk about the country, it's ancient roots and it's culture to the modern day. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 26, 202237 min

Unsung heroes Kelly Pollock - Isadore Greenbaum and America flirtation with Nazism

Unsung History tells the stories in American history that will have you saying, "wait, why didn't I know that?" Focusing on the lives of women, people of colour, immigrants, labourers, religious minorities, enslaved people, and Indigenous communities, each episode of Unsung History starts with a background narrative telling the who, what, when, and where, followed by an interview with an expert on the subject who answers the why and how. I talk to Kelly about her episode on Isadore Greenbaum Hos...

Jun 23, 202249 min

Harold Bloom’s “The Western Canon - Claude Myron Goozer

The Canon Ball is a monthly podcast co-hosted by two well-educated autodidacts who are attempting to read all of the books in the appendix to Harold Bloom’s “The Western Canon.” I speak to Claude Myron Goozer as to whether Bloom’s list is worthy of discussion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 14, 202155 min

Ni'coel Stark - intimacy and sexuality

Ni'coel's professional life focuses on relationships and technology that power the future of culture, human systems, and innovation. Today I talk to her about intimacy and sexuality. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 08, 202148 min

Steve Krone - life, Hollywood and the law

Steve is one of the most successful men in Hollywood I speak to him about what makes him tick and to stay human. Steve Krone is a polymath and a raconteur, Steve sits across two branches of American life and culture, the law and entertainment, as a producer. He's a lawyer and a professor and he's a bloody nice bloke as well. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Aug 25, 20211 hr 19 min

Kieren Paul Brown the author of Preeta’s Web of Chaos

Kieren Paul Brown is the author of Preeta’s Web of Chaos which follows a young girl named Preeta. She’s incredibly bright and gifted, but like so many of us, she doubts herself. However, throughout the course of the book she encounters a series of terrifying obstacles that change her self image. At the start, she thinks she’s small, weak, and  just a girl . By the end she realises she‘s one of the most powerful entities to ever exist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...

Jun 19, 202129 min

Erin Brown and Cyrus Roedel talk about their new podcast - Revolution 1

Roifield speaks of the creators of Revolution 1 a new podcast about the story of the Tunisian Revolution — the uprising that ignited the Arab Spring — to life through the voices of those who lived it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 14, 202137 min

Jennifer Gliere

Jennifer a soprano hails from Cincinnati, Ohio and has been described as “a sensitive artist who knows how to turn a phrase while giving urgent meaning to the text.” She has appeared in recital and oratorio in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Ukraine, and throughout the United States. She talks to Roifield about her voice, relationships and intimacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jun 24, 202044 min

Jarett Kobek - Only Americans Burn in Hell

Only Americans Burn in Hell  is the  only  novel for our certifiably insane times. Its American warts and all everyone takes a kicking in this brilliant book. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 30, 20191 hrSeason 2Ep. 5

Ep: 4 - 2 Nicole Phillips human rights and law professor on Haiti and loving spirits.

Nicole is a fascinating soul, her world encompasses the precision of law and the love and appreciation of her adopted nation. Her love of Haiti has led her to immerse herself completely in its culture, becoming a priestess and the bride of five Haitian spirits. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 12, 20191 hr 3 minSeason 2Ep. 4

Ep: 3 Se 2 - David Shields talks about his film Marshawn Lynch a history.

I speak to David Shields about is new film Marshawn Lynch: A History  which explores the silence that nonconformist NFL star Marshawn Lynch deploys as a form of resistance. Culling more than 700 video clips and placing them in dramatic, rapid, and radical juxtaposition, the film is a powerful political parable about the American media-sports complex and its deep complicity with racial oppression. Born and raised in in Oakland by a single mother, Lynch became an All-American, an All-Pro runn...

Aug 09, 201948 minSeason 2Ep. 3

Ep: 72 - Jez Collins of the Birmingham Music Archive on why isn't Birmingham better?

Roifield asks Jez Collins of the Birmingham Music Archive, to if Birmingham is so big why isn’t it better? "Madam Medusa" by UB40 was a vivid description of Margaret Thatcher's rise to power depicted in a grotesque style, featuring some of the band's most impassioned and bitter lyrics. Beshara were a reggae band from Moseley, Birmingham, formed in 1976. The band are most notable for their 1981 lovers rock hit "Men Cry Too". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jun 15, 20181 hr 18 minSeason 1Ep. 72

Ep: 71 - Aziz Al Dory on the secret source of The Game of Thrones.

We ask Aziz Al Dory of the history of Westeros podcast why is the Game of Thrones so compelling? Lion Babe is an American alternative R&B duo from New York City , consisting of singer Jillian Hervey and producer Lucas Goodman. "Treat Me Like Fire" features a warm constant vynil record crackle it was released in 2012, Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

May 25, 201857 minSeason 1Ep. 71

EP: 70 - The man behind the Wrap Dress, Fake Fur & inspiration for Dior's 'New Look' designer Charles James - author Michèle Gerber Klein

He was the half American Englishmen who became Americas first couturier. The only designer who's patterns are officially recognised as works of art, Charles James came to the US at a time when American designers were giving their ideas for free, while their European counterparts were protecting their intellectual rights through licensing. The man behind the Wrap Dress, the sports bra, the puffer jacket, Dior's New Look of the 1940s and the first fake fur prototype, Charles James was a man who le...

May 12, 201847 minSeason 1Ep. 70

Bonus episode - Ep: 2 The Things that made England - Ska

Racial diversity is one of many facets that separates England from the other parts of the United Kingdom. While the UK’s White population totals over 55,010,359 or 87.1% according the 2011 census, just under 13% or over 7.5 million are non white. Over 90% of all British ethnic minorities live in England and most of them can be found in its cities of Birmingham, London, Leicester, Luton, Manchester, Wolverhampton, Bradford, Coventry and Watford. It’s the arrival of the first mass wave of non whit...

May 04, 201828 min

Ep: bonus - Comic Book Movies with Roifield Brown on The Beyond the Big Screen

Description: Today we talk with international man of mystery, Roifield Brown about one of his passions, comic book movies. Roifield walks us through the history of how comic books have been translated to the big screen. Roifield also discusses how he developed his passion for comic books. It is a fascinating conversation.   You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places: http://atozhistorypage.com/ email: steve@atozhistorypage.com http://rss.acas...

Apr 13, 20181 hr 5 min

EP: 68 Businesswoman Brianna Rooney on juggling dancing and finding the right person.

In 1983, Malcolm McLaren released  Duck Rock , an album in collaboration with producer  Trevor Horn  and  The World's Famous Supreme Team  a duo of hip hop radio disc jockeys from New York City who hosted a hip hop and classic R&B show on WHBI 105.9 FM, this is "World´s Famous" Is it Led Zepplin, or a new incarnation of Robert plant? Greta Van Fleet’s debut single, " Highway Tune " is a barn storming blues flavoured rock attack, it topped the Billboard US Rock chart ...

Mar 30, 201844 minSeason 1Ep. 68

Ep: 67 - Jeff Carter on Trivia, hosting and pointless information

Music " Need You Tonight " is the fourth song on INXS 's 1987 album Kick as well as the first single from the album released worldwide. It is the only INXS single to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 . " Chasing Cars " is a song by Northern Irish-Scottish alternative rock band Snow Patrol . It was released as the second single from their fourth studio album, Eyes Open (2006). Louis Kevin Celestin known by his stage name Kaytranada is a Haitian-Canadian DJ and record producer. "You're the One"...

Mar 23, 201842 minSeason 1Ep. 67

Ep: 66 - David Murray on speeches and oratory

Forgive me for being a proud Dad but I’ve just had my kids over in the Bay Area for 4 days so you can forgive a little nepotism, this track “A Hell of a Night” was written by my eldest, Noah Tilson Brown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 16, 201837 minSeason 1Ep. 66

Ep: 65 - Actress Becky Wright about her love of horror movies and how they have portrayed women through the ages.

Today we speak to Actress Becky Wright about her love of horror movies and how they have portrayed women through the ages. Music: There is nothing like loss or longing to get folk committing their feelings to song or poetry, Composer Alexandre Desplat has done an amazing reworking of "You'll Never Know" by Harry Warren and Mack Gordon. Which was based on a poem written by a young Oklahoma war bride. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Mar 09, 201836 minSeason 1Ep. 65

EP: 64 - Shannon Boodram on the changing attitudes to beauty, colourism and her work as a sex educator.

Today we speak to Shannon Boodram the internet’s most sought-after, certified sex educator, dating expert and lifestyle personality about the changing attitudes to beauty, colourism and her work as a sex educator. Today’s show marks a change to Friday 15, the interviews will now be longer and the tone a little more intimate. I’ve discovered after 60 odd shows that its not my job to be interview but share in the subject matter with my guest I hope you enjoy this new Friday. New Orleans was the ho...

Mar 02, 201839 minSeason 1Ep. 64

EP: 63 Wayne campbell on the importance of the Black Panther and Black Superheroes

Australia's Emma Louise has been making the rounds in her native country since age 15, this is synth soaked “Freedom” which was chosen by listener Audreyanne Covarrubias Jimmy Cliff , is a Jamaican reggae musician, one of only two living musicians to hold the Order of Merit , the highest honour that can be granted by the Jamaican government. This is “Sitting in Limbo” from the 1973 Album the Harder They Come. Welshly Arms is an American blues rock band from Cleveland, Ohio, United States, influe...

Feb 16, 201830 minSeason 1Ep. 63

Ep: 62 - Alan Linn on wanderlust, itchy feet and leaving for pastures new

Blues, rock and lots of soft soul sum up the American rock band Alabama Shakes sounding as it if was recorded in shoe box “Guess Who” is a lollypop for the ears. Some 8 years after the first Hip Hip party in the Bronx in 1973, Debbie Harry scored the first U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number one using rap vocals in a track with “Rapture”, most said it would never catch on. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Feb 09, 201830 minSeason 1Ep. 62