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The Rayna Sense
by RAYNA
A quirky, scrappy, utterly pointless show featuring freewheeling conversations with eccentric guests. Hosted by Rayna Jhaveri.
Episodes
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Big Thoughts in Small Spaces (feat. Catherine Glynn)
Catie Glynn started off as a mentor of mine, but I quickly recognized in her a friend and fellow performer whose work and spirit I respect a great deal. Based in the picturesque little art town of Lanesboro, Minnesota, Catie shares the story of The Root River Anthology, a play she originally…
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A Little More Looseness (feat. Eric Carranza)
My guest today is Eric Carranza, a gifted musician, artist and educator based in the Lowertown district of St Paul, Minneapolis. In our conversation, he reveals how his ancestral language of Spanish poured forth somewhat spontaneously in him as he was writing a recent piece of music for his…
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Do By Doing (feat. Max Bent)
My guest Max Bent and I must have known each other in a past life. We've never spoken before this conversation, but we don't miss a single beat. Calling in from Baltimore, Maryland, Max is many things: beatboxer, deep thinker, spirit man and music teacher of gifted artist James B. Good, featured…
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Rough Edges (feat. Shraddha Hattangady Mehta)
I meet a LOT of people in my life. Several of them tend to be eccentric, offbeat, apart from the mainstream. Some of them are also creative, musical, funny, artistic, wise and deep. But few of them have grabbed my attention right off the bat, from the get-go, as immediately and undoubtedly as my...
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First Farter (feat. Sophie Crafts)
Have you been putting off a burning desire? Are you afraid of being judged negatively, of not being "good enough?" My guest today is the thoughtful, eccentric and utterly creative accordion player, street performer and world-travelling puppeteer Sophie Crafts, of Sophie's Smokin' Squeezebox. We...
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A Great Pattern (feat. Nancy & James Burrows)
Has life ever thrown you a curveball? James Burrows was born with perfect pitch, and autism. Today I speak with his mother Nancy in Baltimore, Maryland, about the incredible musical journey James has had with the support of his whole family: from how his gift showed up in infancy, had him eating...
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Pieces of Us (feat. Diti Kotecha)
It's Plastic-Free July! My guest today is Diti Kotecha, co-founder of the sustainable, vegan, eco-friendly plastic-upcycling initiative Thela, which she runs out of Athens, Greece. She is one of the few people in the world I know who REALLY walks their walk, standing firm in her values and…
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The Best Version of Me (feat. Kaajal Badlani Choppra)
What were you like when you were young? It's been over a decade since I spoke to my guest today, my cousin Kaajal Badlani Choppra. We were kindred spirits as kids and, while our lives have changed wildly since, nothing about our deep connection has. We delve into the past, discover so many...
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The Great Letting Go (feat. Walter Sickert & Edrie Edrie)
My guests today are the psychedelic, intergalactic, time-and-space-travelling love warriors and sparkle-fiends Walter Sickert and Edrie Edrie, of long-standing Boston art house band Walter Sickert and the ARmy of BRoken TOys. Their stage shows are legendary: bizarre and delightful and dark in…
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Bring Your Floaties (feat. Anthony Avila)
"Bring your floaties, cuz we goin' deep!" My guest Anthony Avila calls in from Tucson, Arizona. We met a few years ago at an, ahem, "business conference," which was basically a weekend festival of self-development nerds, and got along right away. We've been meaning to talk ever since, and it took...
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Hold The Line (feat. Jake Tringali)
Establishing a good connection is hard. Holding on to it sometimes feels impossible. I talk with my guest Jake Tringali, aka Jake the Poet, about finding and holding on to connections (and also, letting them go). We broach the subjects of childhood slights and insights, names changed…
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Mean Streak (feat. Lisa Said)
Oh my goodness there is SO much I can say about this episode. Lisa and I go way, way back: not just years, but probably lifetimes. She's a cool cat, a true punk, a moody and marvelous purple Egyptian queen with attitude, sass, and the wisdom that comes with age and scars. My sinistah twisted…
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The Devil’s in the Doodle (feat. Brett Davey)
PR pro Brett Davey is somehow simultaneously warm as a hug and cool as a cucumber, especially under pressure. We talk about door-to-door salesmen, the appropriate age at which to start wearing Velcro sneakers, his time in front of a grand jury, and his failed career as an ice-cream truck driver.…
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Groove is in the Heart (feat. Nat Hefferman)
My guest today is Nathaniel Hefferman. Nat and I share a love of playing in bands, of embracing change and taking chances and getting past perfectionism to find the fun in creating stuff and putting it out there for others to enjoy. We swap musical origin stories, theorize about instrument...
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The Noise in our Head (feat. Meghna Vakada)
Several attempts to establish a clear connection fail, so my “wise of heart, light of spirit” guest Meghna Vakada and I roll with the punches: going deep in spite of—or thanks to?—the disturbance in the force.
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“La Partida” (The Parting) (feat. James Gerke)
A soothing, rambling chat that touches on many things lightly, from ASMR mics and Bakelite telephones to living in the woods and avoiding the “should” trap. James plays an accordion tune about lovers parting, and Rayna mourns the lost art of slamming down the phone receiver.
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“This Is Not Kugti Pass” (feat. Kruti Saraiya)
Adventure and wisdom come in many forms: from high mountain passes crossed in school sneakers, and lonely tears shed on a dusty street in a foreign land. Listen in on my convo with feisty goddess Kruti Saraiya on this episode of The Rayna Sense.
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Vegetable Vendor / Fig Tart (feat. Mom!)
A tech test inadvertently turns into a first episode! The sounds quality is very poor (lots of scratches and drops), but I LOVED this spontaneous chat with my mom about her unlikely, long-standing relationship with someone she's never met in person. She also recalls a dessert I made on the fly…
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The Rayna Sense
The Rayna Sense is a weekly podcast that features freeform conversations with eccentric guests about the very big stuff and the very little stuff. Hosted by Rayna Jhaveri.
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A quirky, scrappy, utterly pointless show featuring freewheeling conversations with eccentric guests. Hosted by Rayna Jhaveri.
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The Rayna Sense is created and hosted by RAYNA.
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