Street Poets Podcast
Real-life stories & interviews – laced with original poetry & music – produced by the creative team at Street Poets Inc. – a Los Angeles-based non-profit organization transforming our world one rhyme at a time. ••••••• Born in an L.A. County juvenile detention camp in 1995, Street Poets works behind bars and beyond, from inner-city high school classrooms to Native American reservations, from local streets and projects to countries as far away as Belize, Sweden, Northern Ireland and South Africa. Whether reciting from our "Poetry in Motion" van, rapping in our recording studio, or singing in a sweat lodge, we create in the knowledge that we carry the seeds of solutions to our world's most intractable problems within us. Our mission is to liberate those solutions, that medicine, our gifts – so that we all can experience together what it feels like to be free. ••••••• For more on Street Poets visit streetpoetsinc.com, or follow us on Instagram: @streetpoetsinc @streetpoetspodcast #metaphorsbewithyou
Street Poets Podcast
"THE BURNING RIVER" (Bonus Story Episode)
"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 you listen, you'll find some thread of your own story, and of our greater human story, within it.
A big THANK YOU to mythologist/storyteller MICHAEL MEADE of Mosaic Multicultural Foundation for the inspiration, and elder MIGUEL RIVERA for teaching us the song in the story, a traditional Mayan song for releasing grief, first gifted to him by the late great poet HUMBERTO AK’ABAL and the Maya K’iché people of Guatemala.
This BONUS EPISODE of the STREET POETS PODCAST is hosted by ART QUIROS.
and features ORIGINAL MUSIC by RAFAEL BEJARANO.
"THE BURNING RIVER" was WRITTEN & READ by CHRIS HENRIKSON
with SOUND DESIGN by KEVIN WOODS.
Street Poets Podcast THEME SONG "I Got Love" features VOCALS by BRIA and TAYLOR CODE, with MUSIC by DAVE WITTMAN.
We invite you to subscribe to the STREET POETS PODCAST on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your inspiration, and to learn more about Street Poets’ programs within and beyond Los Angeles at streetpoetsinc.com.
METAPHORS BE WITH YOU!