Unplugged and Totally Uncut March 31st

Today March 31st on Unplugged and Totally Uncut!!! Heavily inspired by Paul Newman's fund raising for non-profit organizations Noel Paul Stookey from Peter Paul And Mary has just released a new collection of songs that will raise funds for several organizations. Each song has a different non-profit. Just Causes is out now. 11am post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/44129425 The season finale of Tyler Perry's Sistas is here and we're talking to the guys who help bring the drama, love and spirit. Devale Ellis and Trinity Whiteside. 1pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/44129557 Ruta Lee is Hollywood. Wait til you read her book Consider Your Ass Kissed. She's always upbeat and very fun. 4pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/44130109 Then we're Playing It Forward with Dr. Jennifer Ashton from Good Morning America. Because I'm a daily writer I can go back to any moment and relive the journey through Covid. Wait until you hear how she not only kept the same pages but the very notes from the huge amount of meetings she attended. Her new book is titled The New Normal: A Roadmap to Resilience in the Pandemic Era. 7pm post. https://www.spreaker.com/episode/44131068

Challenged By Challenge

Listen to "Challenged By Challenge" on Spreaker. March 31, 2021 For some extremely odd reason I’ve been challenged by the word challenge. While handwriting in the daily journal the word challenge didn’t look right. It bothered me deeply. I grabbed the dictionary. I looked up challenge! My writing instrument is disconnected from Spell Check. Words move through me at the speed of light. Until one of them doesn’t look right. How is this possible? Over the past 50 plus weeks the word challenge must have been handwritten 400,000 times. Yet today, challenge became my challenge. I did some research. It’s called Semantic Satiation. It’s psychological. When the mind temporarily loses its connection. Some people call it Wordnesia. Semantic Satiation can also affect our verbal abilities. Have you ever stopped yourself in midsentence and wondered why you chose those particular words? Learning to live with Semantic Satiation requires awareness. Don’t just let a misspelled word sit there. Do something to correct the situation. Has Spell Check made us lazy writers? I love its strength on the laptop. Feel like Indiana Jones while in a journal. The search is on! Did I spell challenge correctly? Here’s the reason why it’s so important. One day these daily writings will be viewed by other eyes. Dear Future Reader. I gave it my best. Thank you Mr. Dictionary. What truly scares me more than Semantic Satiation is how we’ve accepted bad spelling on social media. Especially on Media websites. Nobody can afford a human professional editor. We’re relying on the computer. So many daily posts from the rich and famous to Johnny and Wilma Regular Robinson throw down their thoughts without rereading. Oh! And the Automatic Correct on FaceBook, your texting device and anything else with a tech brain changes everything. Not just the spelling of the words but sometimes an entire thought. Challenged by the word challenge. One look at my writing from this morning and you might see why. How I write says I should’ve been a doctor.

Unplugged and Totally Uncut March 30th

Today March 30th on Unplugged and Totally Uncut!!! Describing the music of Early Times And The High Rollers can be done in two words: Total experience. Once you start no other songs will be required. 11am post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/44113992 Millions know Tommy Miles from The Steve Harvey Morning Show. Tommy's also playing around on Oprah's OWN. Ready To Love is a new age reality of relationship. 1pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/44114223 Discovery+ knows how to lock in on the most creative shows. When you first hear about Pig Royalty its a WHAT? Moment. Who would binge watch a television series about pig competitions? You're gonna get hooked. 4pm post with the greatest pig champs of all time Michelle and McKenzie Balero. 4pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/44114533 Then we're Playing It Forward with the most admired and loved men on the planet. And yes I had to bring up K-Tel records to find out the truth. Why were those collections of songs so dang important to the industry of music? 7pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/44115408

The Lyrics From Billy's Forest Chapter 241

Listen to "The Lyrics From Billys Forest Chapter 241" on Spreaker. March 30, 2021 There’s tremendous positive energy in a forest long before the sun elects to arrive. A frozen morning sky that’s barely lit by a sliver of the moon provides a bass beat for the constantly hooting owls. It’s as if they’re the tour guide. Taking note of your Now. Mindful of the presence of where you are. On this particular writing day it was December where the forest floor was brittle from the cold. Listening. Only to ask the you, “What if many more of us did this? To arrive before the rays of light. To listen. More than ever so many are bogged down by the effects of a normal life returning. The grip on our hearts strangles the dreams once held. Other people’s expectations are higher than the way it once was because fewer people are showing up with loyalty and dedication. Fight or flight? We can no longer say, “Everyday feels the same.” No! Have you ever been a school teacher? Have you ever walked the path of medicine? Have you ever stood at the register at a grocery store and let items slide by? Waiting for the sun to rise. Waiting. In the hours before it arrives the temperature is always the coldest. Is that how you feel about your present moment? The forest isn’t the only natural creation on a planet overtaken by a pandemic. You are a source as well. You are a gift. A seed. A seeker of light. The single blade of grass that reaches toward the sunlight. The future barer of fruit. The page in a story that creates a continuation. Listening. A frozen morning sky that’s barely lit by a sliver of the moon provides a bass beat for the constantly hooting owls. It’s as if they’re the tour guide. What if the sun didn’t rise today? How dark will your midnight become? Be the light. Believe so that others will too.

Unplugged and Totally Uncut March 29th

Today March 29th on Unplugged and Totally Uncut!!! Heavy Metal Christian music? Images of Eden has carved out their own path in a way to Thrashers and Metal heads can appreciate. Steve and Gordon unmask the the identity of their true source of power. 11am post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/44096641 It's Monday! That means another Pod Crashing. Introducing you to hot new podcasts. Actor Joe Pantoliano and his daughter Dani host No Kidding. Me Too. 1pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/44098952 Mandi Thomas started singing at a young age and has been classically trained since she was 11. She continued her musical studies in college and began teaching vocal lessons after graduation. Mandi has dedicated herself to teaching and has put her own music career on the backburner due to struggles with self-confidence. Breaking that silent spot meant being part of Season 18 of NBC's The Voice. 4pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/44099286 Then we're Playing It Forward with episode 222 I Got The Shot. I had the recorders working while stepping up to the needle. 7pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/44103326

Stream Thinking: Cancer Canceled.

Listen to "Stream Thinking Cancer Culture" on Spreaker. March 29, 2021 The life of a daily writer. If you could only see the words on the page. If you could sit through the moments required to move those words from the universe right into your eyes. A lifelong journey that shouldn’t scare you from trying. The day to day experiences are how you tap into collaboration of me myself and I with the disciplined agreement to not make it about us but rather you. The exchange is mind blowing. Like songwriters. I’m amazed at how something they happened to be inspired by becomes the hook that we constantly sing. An exercise I do every day is something I call Stream Thinking. Free Form Writing. Give yourself only ten minutes to write anything. To open your limitations without trapping it within the avenues of expectation. Challenge your creative self to show up and it will. It needs to be held accountable for its presence in your life. My Stream Thinking exercise yesterday put the creative mind face to face with this cancel culture society we’ve accepted. Except I call it cancer culture. It’s poisoned us and will continue to erase from our shaping why we took form. I didn’t start daily writing until July 1994. I was thirty two. That’s a lot of chapters and experiences that weren’t written about. Those risqué early teen years leading into a teen marriage. It was illegal for us to get married in Montana so we ran away to Wyoming. She ripped up the wedding license two hours after saying “I do.” If I only had a writing instrument then. But because I’m remembering it means I’ve probably rewritten my history. Cancel culture. Repositioned it in a way that allows myself to forgive the moment. Hey wait! The marriage wasn’t over! I was blessed with twelve years with this incredible person. Would I have written that sentence on February 26, 1981 at the age of 19? Cancel culture starts with us. In fact I heard a quote over the weekend, “The only person who can cancel culture is the one who started the situation that caused the cancel culture.” How many middle aged men and women are like me? At 19 my teenage girl friend and I faced a decision that could’ve led to a family. I had no voice. I could only experience. My only choice was to grow beyond in ways where the collaboration made better decisions. I wish I would’ve had a writing instrument when my face was buried in that pillow and the stepfather figure sat next to me asking what he could do. The only real time I felt like I had a Dad. Until this moment I’ve cancel cultured the situation because the history of it all has been too weighty. I don’t daily write to live in the past. I study the path. It removes the cancer culture.

Unplugged and Totally Uncut March 26th

Today March 26th on Unplugged and Totally Uncut... You can love Rock or you can live Rock. Rock that's all about thumping those speakers and earbuds. The Jeffrey Carlson Band is on the front line of healing Rock's missing place in modern history. 11am post. https://www.spreaker.com/episode/44061414 Ryan Jay is back with more reviews. Three new flicks are ready to stick to your memory like melted gum on a hot summer's day. Up first is "Nobody" which is in theaters only. Violent, bloody, fighting, fast cars and Ryan loved it. If staying away from theaters is your think Netflix has two new features this weekend. Wait. One. Cuz Ryan clearly states every reason why you should stay away from the musical "A Week Away." So that gives us "Bad Trip" Ryan Jay's review is fun as well as flawlessly unique in the way of blending prank videos into a storyline. 1pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/44062121 Tyler Perry's Sistas on BET has become that show. That one show that pulls you straight into its soul because you can't help but see yourself in layout of the story. KJ Smith and Novi Brown talk about the grand season finale. 4pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/44061655 Then we're Playing It Forward with Joy Bauer from NBC's Today Show. Tips for staying upbeat while pandemic stress is high from isolation and other issues we are struggling. What isolation has done to our lifestyles and health, and tips to improve our routines. How to combat loneliness and unique ways to stay in contact with loved ones. How to get your day off to a great start whether you’re working from home or dealing with pandemic commuting. 7pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/44062445