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Prose & Cons
by Richmond Independent Radio
Talking poetry, writing, and life in RVA.
Episodes
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Hope Whitby, Valley Haggard & Elizabeth Ferris
Hope's new book of poetry, Traveling the River, is coming soon! We talk about pomes, life stuff, and some nitty-gritty details of starting an independent press!! Prose & Cons is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://proseandconsdotorg.wordpress.com/
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Lydia Armstrong & Morgan Potts
Lydia has become a personal favorite artist of ours so why not have her back once again! This time she brought her friend Morgan Potts who performed during the Women in Radio fundraiser, both of them did an excellent job despite the general disarray and calamity within the bar. This week we were...
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Sister Radio Fundraiser Live!
What's the only thing better than four fantastic spoken word poets performing live? Four fantastic poets performing live as part of a fundraiser for the Sister Radio Documentary project. If you were not fortunate enough to attend this stellar event at Castleburg Brewery, never fear! We got you....
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Hampton Sides
Hampton Sides is a visionary author who writes primarily narrative non-fiction. His most recent book, On Desperate Ground, about the Battle of Chosin Reservoir–the most infamous battle in the Korean War–is out now. I currently reading it and this book rocks my socks. And it makes for a great last...
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Crows & Pawns Top 3 Anime (movies) II
Nerds, assemble! Let your geek flag fly, I say. Prose & Cons is cool and all, but how would you like to be transported to a world where anime is the sole source of entertainment? Where hentai, fan service, and camera angles are praised and condemned in the same sentence? Where whimsical tangents...
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Word Nerds!
Once in a generation, the greatest poetic minds converge into a single evening. It is a beautiful gathering of precious souls and creative spirits, the likes of which will never be seen again. Until the next time. Word Nerds! is the brainchild of Ben and Dom, a Prose & Cons live event hosted by…
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Crows & Pawns – Top 3 Anime! (movies) pt.1
Who loves anime? Nerds love anime! And yeeeees, we are giant nerds. Although, to clarify, Dom, Douglass, and I are not the cool kind of nerd that has come into vogue in recent years (you kids don't know how good you have it!), we're slightly grown up versions of our even-more-awkward pimply tween...
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Tiffany Jana & Ashley Diaz Mejias
This book offers inspired clarity on a topic that makes many of us uncomfortable just to think about, let alone try to solve. Of course, Rome wasn't built in a day! (That doesn't have anything to do with institutional bias but I just thought I'd pepper in 1-2 historical fun facts.) Enacting real...
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Mickael Broth – Murals of Richmond
Here's a tidbit of info you might not know: there's a bleep-ton of murals in our fair city! There are many of them, and they are awesome. Now, FOR THE FIRST TIME, a collection of these murals has been curated by one of Richmond's most celebrated muralists, the Night Owl (aka Mickael Broth). Dom…
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Lanvi, Koreena, Julia & Dante
What to say about these four precious souls? Young. Enthusiastic. Bright futures, all. AND SMERT AF [To be read in Stefon's voice] If you just stumbled out of the ICA, high on life and just a smidge of salvia, this episode is for you. Radio's hottest show is Prose & Cons. This podcast has...
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POEs and Cons
Get it?? This week's episode is all about Richmond's favorite (adopted?) son, Edgar Allen! Dom conducts an informative AND entertaining interview with Tyler Minx of the Richmond Poe Museum and even manages not to screw it up too bad. Good job, Dom! Also, I spent WAY too long having fun with the...
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Crows & Pawns – Top 3 Manga!
Are you a nerd? Do you love Japanese comics as much as we do? Good! This episode is for you. You, specifically. We have tailored this episode to your exact specifications, [insert name here]. Crows & Pawns is where we get even more ridiculously self-indulgent and instead of interviewing guests…
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Best of Life in 10 Minutes
Life in 10 Minutes is a collection of stories that are brave and true. Sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes hilarious. Usually a bit of both. L10 founder Valley Haggard is the recipient of this year's Emyl Jenkins Award for the outstanding work she has done for her ever-growing village. This…
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Melissa Powell Gay
We all have to go on our personal odysseys for growth and money or whatever, but it's not until we return home that we see how much we've grown...or regressed. Melissa's Mount Pleasant series shows us the life and times of Iris and her father Henry after she leaves the big city lights for simpler...
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Crows & Pawns – Top 3 Anime! (series)
Surprise! We're huge nerds. Dom and I chat with young Douglass "Dougie Fresh" James about our top three favorite anime SHOWS of all time. Prose & Cons is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://proseandconsdotorg.wordpress.com/
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Brandcenter
Dixon, Alec, Josh, and Akin join us for talk of condiments, jingles, and some guy named Colin Kaepernick! VCU’s Brandcenter is a nationally recognized program and we wanted to showcase the talent and brains that go into something that isn’t typically included in high and mighty discussions of...
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Dean King
Mr. King did not disappoint! You'll learn about the enigmatic wildman John Muir, father of our national parks. You'll hear tell of 30 women, crazy enough and strong enough to follow Mao's army thousands of miles across the nightmarish terrain Northwest China. What's not to love? This guy's an...
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Kris Spisak’s Grammartopia
Are you one of 99.4% of Americans who believe that grammar is a dusty old subject best left for Elizabethan geezers and Second-Grade teachers? Do you cringe at the letters M-L-A? Do you think words are boring? Well, then listen up, you friggin' troglodyte! Dom and I were honored and thrilled to...
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Austin Lewis and Dewey Collins
People don’t Die in the Comics Anymore What does that mean? Is that true? What does anything mean?? Is there such a thing as objective truth? You decide! Dom and I sat down to chat with spunky up-and-coming local filmmaking duo Austin and Dewey, of Remember Tommy Productions. The two met at film...
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Andrea Kleine
Andrea is an author, choreographer, performance artist, and former Richmonder! Her new novel Eden is about two sisters twenty years after getting kidnapped as children. With an opportunity to testify against their childhood kidnapper, Hope sets out to find her off-the-grid titular sister. Prose &...
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Paula G
Paula Gillison is an author, poet, artist, and all-around inspiration! She's got a refreshingly open-minded approach to all creative outlets and is here to share her wisdom and part of a short story! Prose & Cons is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at...
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Richard Rose and Bill Sizemore
Two local, experienced writers wrote two books about the lasting effect on slavery from the same local publisher. You'd think they'd be pretty similar, right? You'd think they'd be pals, right? Wrong! These two fine books are in fact very different ways, and these two fine gentlemen had never met...
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Brian King
In another life, Brian was a painter. Inspired by the abstract expressionists and eventually found his own style, large canvas paintings with imagery of Catholic nuns. When he and his wife moved to Richmond in 1982 to find work, he was “reincarnated as a coyote,” forced to adapt in order to...
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Life in 10 Minutes
Life in 10 Minutes: Stories that are Brave and True. When Valley Haggard came on our show, I asked if she might be interested in starting a podcast. A few months later and now, here we are! Prose & Cons is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at...
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David Aldridge
The Vietnam War is a fundamental piece of our country’s history. It’s a war we see often in movies, but rarely do we get an honest, accurate portrayal. Dave Aldridge is a force. Looming at well over 6 feet, his age does not diminish his stature or his presence. He brought three stories to this …...
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Harry Kollatz
Harry is the man. Staff writer for Richmond Magazine for goin' on 27 years, longtime fixture of local theatre, author of TWO books of Richmond history and ONE upcoming novel, Carlisle Montgomery. He fit right in with us two weirdos and came with more than one funny voice! Listen to us jabber…
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Blair Smith
Blair produces music under the name lovenloops, as a part of the creative team SolHot and its band, We Levitate. She is a producer and writer, currently penning her PhD thesis on the shared space for black girls created by SolHot, and the meditation and music that is created there. Prose & Cons…
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Gail Giewont and Brittney Scott
I first met Gail and Brittney at Ian Bodkin’s Poetry of the Whatnot reading as part of this year’s RVA Lit Crawl and knew immediately that we absolutely had to get them on the show. Brittney Scott has a new collection of poems called The Derelict Daughter, the culmination of her writing career…
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Michele Young-Stone
Michele was a delightful guest. She reads from Catcher in the Rye, as well as from her book, Lost in the Beehive. We talk about bildungsromans and the joys of growing pains! She is also the author of Above Us Only Sky (2016) and The Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors: A Novel (2010). She is...
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David L Robbins
Today we are joined by the great David L Robbins. We were a bit intimidated by this guy's hefty resume and outgoing reputation, but we needn't have feared; David is as down-to-earth as us fantastically humble P&C hosts! Dom characteristically bungled his "research" within the first 30 seconds of...
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Imani Thompson and AM Pressman
GRAND SLAM CHAMP Imani Thompson and PAGE POET SLAM CHAMP Pressman Pressman delight our ears and hearts with their pomes of love and anguish. Ben and Dom are also present. Prose & Cons is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://proseandconsdotorg.wordpress.com/
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Henry Haggard and Valley Haggard
These two are quite a pair. Henry, at the tender age of 13, is an honest-to-goodness political activist and writer. Valley is an extraordinary writer, teacher, and community builder. We talk about school protests, Thomas Payne, Roxane Gay, and starting out in the writing game. Prose & Cons is…
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Local Voices Live!
We got your Lydia Armstrong... We got your AM Pressman... We got your Mikemetic... What else do you want?? Seriously, please tell us. We want to make you happy. Local Voices Live is a swell event put on by WRIR twice a year featuring panels from different WRIR shows. We pretty much nailed it…
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Dogfuq and VOS
Get ready for a barrel of laughs. Phil/Dogfuq/Dogfriend is a veteran of Secret Bonus Level and a fantastically animated artist. VOS is a cool, collected gentle giant with a heart of gold. Together they form like Voltron and give you unadulterated freestyle nirvana. Hang tight/enjoy the madness~...
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Lydia Armstrong
Lydia Armstrong is a prolific and deeply personal poet. We Prosers sat down with Lydia to discuss memes as works of art, the lasting legacy of Marina Abramović's popularization of poignant performance art, and what it's like to slog through the writing of a first novel. Prose & Cons is made with...
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Bill Blume and Phil Hilliker
Join us as we sit down with Bill Blume and Phil Hilliker, two fantastic local Middle Grade authors. Prose & Cons is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://proseandconsdotorg.wordpress.com/
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Episode 15: Dr. Bertram Ashe – Twisted: My Dreadlock Chronicles
"I killed dreadlocks. It was a crime of passion." Bert Ashe is an English professor at the University of Richmond, and author of Twisted: My Dreadlock Chronicles. We sat down with Dr. Ashe in the WRIR studio to talk about his influences, his book, and his dreads. Origins. Growth. Twisted. Golden...
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Episode 14: Michelle Dodd and Rob Gibson – The Writer’s Den
On the last Thursday of every month, poets and poetry enthusiasts gather at Infuzion RVA for The Writer’s Den Poetry Slam. Poets include members of The Writer’s Den slam team, as well as walk-on performers. Slams provide a unique experience: during the course of three rounds, poets advance (or…
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From the Archives — Episode II: The Writer’s Den with Monica Edwards and Roscoe Burnems
Sequelitis. After the success (and many, many hours of editing out my ums and ahs) of our pilot, the pressure was on to make a great follow-up episode. We were incredibly lucky to get two amazing poets from The Writer’s Den slam team. Roscoe is the coach, the founder. Now the official emcee for…
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Episode 13: Kris Spisak – Get a Grip on Your Grammar
Kris Spisak does it all: fiction, non-fiction, blog writing, editing, web design, even hosting of (probably) the first ever grammar gameshow! Kris sat down with us humble P&C hosts in the WRIR studio for a delightful chat about grammar, writing, and the surprising similarities between emojis and...
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From the Archives — Episode 1: PILOT! Featuring Oliver Davis and Aden Ware
For now, new episodes of Prose & Cons only air twice a month, so on those off-weeks we’ll be posting our back catalogue of goodies! This episode is near and dear to our hearts… we not only lucked into two amazing guests, it’s also our pilot. Our firstborn. In the minutes leading up to our …...
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Episode 12: Patty Smith and Cheryl Pallant
Patty and Cheryl, authors and organizers of the RVA Lit Crawl, joined the full Prose & Cons crew in the WRIR studio to chat about books, poetry, and life! Patty Smith is a full-time Literature and Writing teacher at the Appomattox Regional Governor’s School in Petersburg and the author of The…
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Episode 11: Michael “Mikemetic” Donovan – Hood Haiku
"Mikemetic" Donovan is not only a poet and musician, he is also a WRIR veteran and a great dude. We had a great time chatting with him, and we hope you'll enjoy this special episode. Prose & Cons is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at...
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