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
METAPHORIA: A Slam Poetic Love Story
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 artists and open mic hosts to join our intern Kaylyn Wright in a soulful, enlightening conversation about their love affair with each other, and with the spoken word. For all you Street Poets Podcast listeners who like a little romance with your rhyme: this one is for you!
This STREET POETS PODCAST episode
"METAPHORIA: A Slam Poetic Love Story"
is a production of Street Poets Inc. (streetpoetsinc.com)
• Hosted by Art Quiros
• Featuring: Alyesha Wise & Matthew Cuban Hernandez
w/Kaylyn Wright
• Produced by Chris Henrikson
• Edited by Kevin Woods
• Sound Design & Original Music by Kevin Woods
• Street Poets "I Got Love" Podcast Theme Music features:
Vocals by BRIA & Taylor Code, Music by Dave Wittman
For more on Matthew & Alyesha and their poetry, we invite you to visit:
matthewcuban.com and alyeshawise.com
For more about Street Poets' youth outreach programs in the streets, schools and probation facilities of Los Angeles and beyond, visit streetpoetsinc.com
METAPHORS BE WITH YOU!