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Voice Seeker

by Dandelion Lakewood

A novel documentary audio-collage magazine composed with voice memos from friends, memories, fragments, interviews, music, and field recordings from the travels of nomadic bard Dandelion Lakewood.To be published quarterly on Solstices and Equinoxes.

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Episodes

  1. Calvin Arsenia [Voice Seeker #16, Autumnal Equinox 2026]

    This episode of Voice Seeker features prominent musician, curator, and thinker Calvin Arsenia from Kansas City. We discuss at length a host of topics that spans musical origins, community, critiques of AI, the development of Greenwood Social Hall, creativity, intersectionality, religion,...

  2. [podcast] Alice Mantas: multi-disciplinary Portuguese artist [Voice Seeker #15]

    The Summer Solstice 2026 episode of Voice Seeker features my friend and former house mate from Portugal, Alice Mantas. Alice is a multi-disciplinary artist focusing on playing modal music with the cello, and conducting materials research with ceramics. She is also a face painter and sometimes...

  3. From Morocco to Poland with Badre Zaid [Voice Seeker #14 Vernal Equinox 2026]

    I first met Zaid at a Rainbow Gathering in Morocco, playing guitar songs around a campfire. A few years later our paths crossed again at another gathering in Turkiye. We ended up having some adventures after that and I am proud to call him my friend. 00:00:00 - Intruducing Zaid 00:03:15 - Meeting...

  4. Mikael Gunter: Freedom, travel, and mysticism [Voice Seeker #13, Winter Solstice 2025]

    I met Mikael Gunter at a communal camp in Albania during the global lockdown. We bonded over music, tesseracts, and the quest for freedom. Here is our conversation. 00:00:00 - Introductions, our meeting in Albania 00:04:07 - Alone on Winter Solstice 00:07:00 - Staying in Albanian bunkers 00:13:10…

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  5. A bardic journey with Metka Knap [Voice Seeker #12, Autumnal Equinox 2025]

    Metka Knap is a folklorist, musician, and visual artist from Slovenia. We met in 2022 in Macedonia and took a bardic journey to Prague and beyond. Unfortunately, the conversation takes place over a Zoom chat with Metka being in a remote cabin in Slovenia, so the fidelity of the connection is at...

  6. Remembering hitchhiking w/ Saša Hajzler [Voice Seeker # 11, Summer Solstice 2025]

    For this Summer Solstice episode of Voice Seeker, I am pleased to welcome my good friend and traveling companion, Saša Hajzler. She is an avid conversationalist, traveler, thinker, and phd student. In this conversation we recollect some moments from our hitchhiking travels through Morocco. We…

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  7. Elexa Dawson: native wisdom, contemporary action [Voice Seeker #10, Spring Equinox 2025]

    On the 10th episode of Voice Seeker, we have a wide-ranging discussion with Elexa Dawson: musician, songwriter, speaker, mother, gardener, Potawatomi Citizen, and all around awesome human being. Elexa Dawson is a practitioner of the soul. Her red-dirt honey vocals and rhythmic guitar style…

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  8. Kansas City Sufis [Voice Seeker #9, Winter Solstice 2024]

    An informal discussion with some members of the Shining Heart Sufi Community in Kansas City. Topics include: Dances of Universal Peace, Sufism, Turkiye, Konya, Alevi music, and more. https://www.shiningheartcommunity.org/ 00:00:00 Invocation 00:00:25 Solstice time 00:02:26 Introductions 00:05:54...

  9. Gracie Caggiano [Voice Seeker #8 Autumnal Equinox 2024]

    Welcome to Voice Seeker, I’m your host, Dandelion Lakewood. In this episode, I sat down with songwriter, composer, and performer Gracie Caggiano. We cover a broad spectrum of topics including perfectionism, suffering, joy, death, poetry, perspective, and life as an artist with a disability. You...

  10. Folk Alliance International Mixtape [Voice Seeker #7 Summer Solstice 2024]

    A bardic quest mixtape featuring the various performers who assembled at the 2024 Folk Alliance International conference in Kansas City. (00:00:00) Intro (00:03:00) 1st night: arriving at FAI (00:06:38) Westin Lobby (00:07:37) Bose Lounge open mic (00:08:16) Scott Strickland (00:13:27) Ellie…

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  11. Florida [Voice Seeker #6 Spring Equinox 2024]

    Florida Voice Seeker #6 Spring Equinox 2024 A journey around the peninsula of Florida with music and conversations of various sorts. (0:00:00) Intro (0:02:34) A Walmart parking lot in Birmingham, Alabama (0:05:50) Beach diary (0:06:34) Orlando diary (0:08:38) Tampa windy boat ramp (0:11:39) Trans...

  12. The Year in Review [Voice Seeker #5 Winter Solstice 2023]

    A collection of diaries, field recordings, voice memos, and performances from the past year of travels inside the USA. 00:00:00 Everything all at once 00:01:30 Can you all just quiet down? 00:01:48 So many things 00:04:55 Doors 00:05:55 Random sample flip 00:06:16 The year in review 00:10:27...

  13. Mikee Strongmen and Ozosou [Voice Seeker #4 Autumnal Equinox 2023]

    In this episode of Voice Seeker, your host Dandelion Lakewood conducts two interviews on the road with friends Mikee Strongmen (of Twenty Thousand Strongmen) and Ozosou (a recent Kurdish immigrant to the USA). Mikee Strongman: 00:00:00 Wackadoo 00:02:08 How we met 00:03:10 Song evolution 00:06:19...

  14. Iranian Women Speak [Voice Seeker #3 Summer Solstice 2023]

    Four Iranian women share their stories of Iran and beyond in this intimate and compelling tapestry of personal voice message narratives of womanhood under the Islamic Republic. Thanks to Mr. Maddy, Honey, Dina, and a Kurdish girl. Music and production by Dandelion Lakewood featuring Sea Priest,...

  15. Once upon a time in Sakarya... Tales of the Mad House [Voice Seeker #2 Spring Equinox 2023]

    Sex, Drugs and Chorba. An international group of wayward travelers descend upon the conservative city of Sakarya, Turkiye and establish a communal house in an abandoned apartment block. This is their story... Mad House chapters: 00:00:00 Enter the Mad House 00:01:03 Halil's Luck 00:03:12 Call for...

  16. Introducing Our Host [Voice Seeker #1 Winter Solstice 2022]

    In this episode, our host, Dandelion Lakewood is introduced by friends and fellow travelers via voice messages from around the world. Special thanks to the contributors of the premier episode: Honey Christina Galka Irene Deesadjo Elele Tiana Yashiwa Turner Tina Djordjevic Bledi Budo Aida Al Hani...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

A novel documentary audio-collage magazine composed with voice memos from friends, memories, fragments, interviews, music, and field recordings from the travels of nomadic bard Dandelion Lakewood.To be published quarterly on Solstices and Equinoxes.

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Dandelion Lakewood

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How many episodes does Voice Seeker have?

Voice Seeker currently has 16 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.

What is Voice Seeker about?

A novel documentary audio-collage magazine composed with voice memos from friends, memories, fragments, interviews, music, and field recordings from the travels of nomadic bard Dandelion Lakewood.To be published quarterly on Solstices and Equinoxes.

How often does Voice Seeker release new episodes?

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Voice Seeker is created and hosted by Dandelion Lakewood.
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