Taters4Art Podcast

Episodes

1. 18

   Taters4Art Podcast | Episode 018 | Chris James Journey

   Sitting with Chris James Journey (Poet, Playwright, Director, Host, Educator). We discuss spinning a globe and coming to Atlanta, letting the youth tell their stories, the importance of doing research, educators failing to connect with students, making poetry cool, the value of entrepreneurship,...

   Jan 14, 2018

   57m
2. 17

   Taters4Art Podcast | Episode 017 | Joel Byars

   Sitting with Joel Byars (Comedian, Host, Podcaster, Teacher ). We discuss gauging your audience's response, pulling out the rare words, using social media as a tool, chasing the highs, the fuel of feedback, dream jobs if you hate money, good hosting habits, setting roots in Atlanta, carrying our...

   Jul 25, 2017

   1h 14m
3. 16

   Taters4Art Podcast | Episode 016 | Don't Call it a Comeback

   Sitting with myself as I discuss America's waist trainer popping off, taking pictures of everything, an entrepreneur having an apprentice, new Taters4Art mascots, National Poetry Slam in Decatur, refusing to trade dreams for light bulbs, and wanting to hear from you.

   Aug 10, 2016

   6m
4. 15

   Taters4Art Podcast | Episode 015 | Kim Joyce

   Sitting with Kim Joyce (Singer, Songwriter, Musician). We discuss quitting the day job, life with dreadlocks, singing in church, love and basketball and music, how Atlanta makes you see differently, learning your 'why' and accepting it, the duty you have to create and inspire, finding a place…

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   May 25, 2016

   1h 17m
5. 14

   Taters4Art Podcast | Episode 014 | Nfared

   Sitting with Nfared (Poet, Actor, and Host). We discuss being a masterpiece and a work of art at the same time, seeing Cocktails everywhere, starting out with poems about cougars, scaring teachers with your vivid imagination, deciding which to personal stories to share, getting comfortable with...

   Apr 7, 2016

   1h 03m
6. 13

   Taters4Art Podcast | Episode 013 | Jared and Mesi James

   Sitting with James and James, LLC founders, Jared and Mesi James. We discuss the tight space of New York, recognizing the business potential in your art, the limits of higher education, witnessing the growth of your event planning, how working for the babies is received by them, focusing on...

   Jan 26, 2016

   1h 13m
7. 12

   Taters4Art Podcast | Episode 012 | DJ Opdiggy

   Sitting with DJ Opdiggy (Turntable Ambassador). We discuss love for monkeys, being allowed to paint on your school walls, looking at the pictures, feeling souls in vinyl, respect in collaboration, being a fan of artists as an artist, changing the rules of art, healthcare reform for mosh pits…

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   Jan 20, 2016

   1h 02m
8. 11

   Taters4Art Podcast | Episode 011 | TJ Nicole

   Sitting with TJ Nicole (Spoken Word Poet, Author, Visual Artist). We discuss having different accents in the city of ‘lanta, wild flight attendant stories, how you write when the risk of death is near, why airplanes are really bookstores, creating art as gifts, legitimate puppet fears, reading…

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   Jan 13, 2016

   1h 08m
9. 10

   Taters4Art Podcast | Episode 010 | Marcus Taylor

   Sitting with Marcus Taylor (Poet, Author, Educator). We discuss the Facebook grapevine, democracy at its finest, how hood dreams can come true, diversity at GSU, blackface in different countries, being black outside of the U.S., going from religious studies to snap music, cars dying in the middle...

   Jan 6, 2016

   1h 22m
10. 9

    Taters4Art Podcast | Episode 009 | Queen Amina and Spooks McGhie

    Sitting with Queen Amina (Singer, Songwriter, Producer) and Spooks McGhie (Rapper, Producer). We discuss husbae and wifey crossover collaborations, fake wedding proposals at Chick-Fil-A, second-guessing your work, how confidence resulting in progress, naming beats after pregnant cravings, the...

    Dec 29, 2015

    1h 11m
11. 8

    Taters4Art Podcast | Episode 008 | Lee Kendrick

    Sitting with Lee Kendrick (Filmmaker). We discuss the original home of Mardi Gras, daring to pack up and move for your dreams, learning a variety of methods you can capture images, rebounding when the vision doesn’t pan out, trickiness of expanding the scenes of smaller cities, the ATL film...

    Dec 23, 2015

    1h 10m
12. 7

    Taters4Art Podcast | Episode 007 | Christine Job

    Sitting with Christine Job (Truth Seeker, World Traveller, Poet, Singer On-the-Low). We discuss the aftermath of SeekerFest, organizing events with lasting impacts, growing up as the oddball, the jerks that kids can be, trading your unborn sister for a kitten, becoming aware of your creativity…

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    Nov 17, 2015

    1h 04m
13. 6

    Taters4Art Podcast | Episode 006 | Kottavei

    Sitting with Kottavei (Visual Artist, Painter, Poet, Author, Educator, Designer, etc.). We discuss getting wanderlusty, avoiding trinket cities, hugging rich folks, encouraging students with higher expectations, Amber Rose and the ‘Slut Walk,’ choosing which wolf to feed, scavenging art supplies...

    Nov 10, 2015

    1h 14m
14. 5

    Taters4Art Podcast | Episode 005 | Jamie England Cooper

    Sitting with Jamie England Cooper (Interior Designer and Founder of Kiwi Vintage and Green Home Market). We discuss shifting from The Columbus to ATL, no more ears ringing at Masquerade, gentrification and the yuppie apocalypse, being confused by the Downtown ATL ferris wheel, running over drunk...

    Nov 3, 2015

    59m
15. 4

    Taters4Art Podcast | Episode 004 | Jason Pure

    Sitting with Jason Pure (Singer/Songwriter). We discuss Creepy Woody, commuting in Atlanta, being booed at Apache Cafe, importance of audience-connection, how a team’s work can make your dreams work, critics chipping away at you, carrying the good feelings with you, evolution of your work…

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    Oct 20, 2015

    1h 06m
16. 3

    Taters4Art Podcast | Episode 003 | Van Leeuwen

    Sitting with Chase Van Leeuwen (Hip Hop Artist and Sound Engineer). We discuss not being able to read, meeting at a sidewalk cypher, to-pay or not-to-pay at open mics, creating outlets for others back home, freelance service vs. employed service, European drinking genes, delivering art-babies,...

    Oct 6, 2015

    1h 01m
17. 2

    Taters4Art Podcast | Episode 002 | Vee Jovan and Erica McKnight [Part 2]

    Wrapping up my conversation with Vee Jovan and Erica McKnight. We discuss youth artists giving us life, getting tingles from poets, the inspirational trap, making people cry, listening to that little voice, the Taters4Art origin story, being the first one killed in a scary movie, the world being...

    Sep 26, 2015

    46m
18. 1

    Taters4Art Podcast | Episode 001 | Vee Jovan and Erica McKnight

    Sitting with Vee Jovan (Hairstylist & EyeSeeBeauty Magazine Editor) and Erica McKnight (Spoken Word Poet & Founder of The Matrices Agency). We discuss sharpshooting, mentoring kids, migrating to ATL, vision board parties, maximizing your relationships, "reckless Erica," inspiring youth to inspire...

    Sep 22, 2015

    1h 10m