Micah Iverson

Listen to "Micah Iverson From NBC's The Voice" on Spreaker. Micah was born and raised in Tokyo to Christian missionary parents. As one of nine children, he turned to singing and taught himself to play guitar in order to set himself apart from his siblings. Micah later moved to the U.S. to attend the University of Virginia. Eager to fit in, he joined an acapella group and continued to work on his personal music. After graduating, Micah pursued a career in business, but felt that he should be doing music instead. Micah quit his job last year and moved to Atlanta to start a band and to be closer to his family. Micah currently works at his brother’s brewery and is focusing entirely on his music.

Elise Schiller

Listen to "Elise Schiller Releases The Book Watermark The Broken Book Series" on Spreaker. The oldest child in a troubled Philadelphia family, Angel Ferente struggles to care for her three sisters while pursuing her goal of attending college on a swimming scholarship. She has a problematic relationship with her mother, Pic, who uses alcohol and drugs to self-medicate and at one point lost custody for a year, and an outright hostile relationship with her stepfather, the only father figure in her life. Angel is the center of stability in the household―making sure the younger girls get to school, ensuring that holidays are observed, doing the family’s laundry at her part-time job at a Laundromat, and even taking care of Pic when she is sick or depressed. It’s 1993, the midst of the crack epidemic, and Angel and her sisters are witness to the everyday events of life in a community beset by poverty and drugs: dealers on the corner, shoot-outs that kill bystanders, prostitutes on the job, and more. Then Angel goes to a team party on New Year’s Eve―and doesn’t come home afterward. In the wake of her disappearance, her teammates, her coach’s church, and her family search the city for her. The result changes their lives forever.

Pod-Crashing Episode 56

Listen to "Pod-Crashing Episode 56 Conversation With Dani Shapiro From Family Secrets" on Spreaker. Pod-Crashing Episode 56 A Conversation With Dani Shapiro Her podcast is Family Secrets. An extremely relatable title. When it comes to family secrets we all have them. And while the discovery of family secrets can initially be terrifying or traumatic, often these discoveries have the power to liberate, heal, and even uplift us. Dani Shapiro is the bestselling author of the memoir Inheritance. Her guests explore their astonishing family secrets and uncover the extraordinary lessons that truth can teach us. Listen and subscribe on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

Living With Uncertainty

Listen to "Living With Uncertainty" on Spreaker. Only because I love to play with words. I like to reach beyond how a word is being used in the everyday common speak. Yesterday while daily writing I felt a huge urge to put focus on an overused word. Uncertainty. Every commercial on the radio and television. Every newscast, "During these uncertain times. The reaction to Wall Street is creating more uncertainty." I get it! But its not a new word. On this podcast I talk about how doing research of the word's definition actually spun me around and totally flipped over my vehicle of mental travel. I literally asked in prayer "How can we be uncertain Lord if we are with you?" That's all it took to hoist my ambition to research the use of words. Dictionary.com clearly states that uncertainty is the state of being uncertain. Limited knowledge. The impossible act of not knowing how to describe an existing state. I read it over and over and still asked, "How Lord can we be uncertain if we have you?" Then I felt something in my heart. How do you feel about me? Stop! Hold it! Take out Coronavirus Covid-19. Replace them with God, the universe or whatever you believe. Put it out there. Now repeat the definition of uncertainty. The state of being uncertain. Limited knowledge. The impossible act of not knowing how to describe an existing state. All of a sudden the root sat above the dirt on the soil quickly being dried by the sun. With so much uncertainty in the language we speak what if the true source isn't the virus but something else? God, the universe or whatever you believe. Maybe that's how we truly begin to grow forward away from this current design of a world we didn't ask for. Know of what you are uncertain of and learn about it. Activate it. Be accountable for what you are, what you trust, have compassion for and want to build, rebuild and lead. Uncertainty or certainty. The choice needs an identity and its going to require you to gut check your skills, gifts, blessings or whatever you believe. If you are feeling uncertain make it a vision quest to pinpoint where you really are weak. Then lets grow forward and out. Walk in peace.

Zack From 14 North

Listen to "Zack From 14 North Releases The Album What Is The Feeling" on Spreaker. 14 North is a hard rock band that started as a musical collaboration among friends in guitarist Zach Arcuri’s garage on 14th Avenue North, in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. In early 2018, this group of friends became 14 North and began their journey in the studio of Damien Starkey (Puddle of Mudd, Burn Season, Society Red), who helped craft the band’s post-grunge, hard-rock sound. Influenced by artists like Shinedown, Seether, Foo Fighters, and Alice in Chains, 14 North combines talents Brandon Williams, Zach Arcuri, Jake Kintner, Alden Kacer, and Josh Brown. After inking a partnership deal with Pavement Entertainment, 14 North is ready to unleash their debut album to the world, entitled What Is the Feeling. Look for the brand new album everywhere on February 21, 2020.

Shelea Frazier

Listen to "Shelea Frazier From Lifetime'sThe Clark Sisters" on Spreaker. Executive producers and Grammy Award winners Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige and Missy Elliott present the authorized musical tale of the Clark Sisters in Lifetime’s original movie The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel. Having sold millions of albums and credited with bringing Gospel music to the mainstream, the five Clark sisters overcame humble beginnings in Detroit, enduring abuse, loss, rejection, betrayal, and sibling rivalries to achieve international fame as icons of the Gospel music industry. Aunjanue Ellis stars as 'Mattie Moss Clark,' the mother of The Clark Sisters. Ellis has been cast opposite Will Smith in the upcoming biopic King Richard and will be part of the cast of HBO’s upcoming drama series Lovecraft Country. Ellis received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress for her work in the Ava DuVernay-directed miniseries When They See Us. Other recent credits include the films Miss Virginia, If Beale Street Could Talk, and Birth of a Nation. On TV, she starred as ‘Miranda Shaw’ on ABC’s Quantico, and had recurring roles on The Practice, True Blood, and The Mentalist. Sheléa Frazier stars as gospel singer Dorinda Clark Cole. Sheléa is mentored by Stevie Wonder, and is a protégée of Quincy Jones. She has been singing and playing piano since she was a child. Sheléa was nominated for a Grammy for singing lead on the Take 6 song Someone to Watch Over Me. She has sung at the Obama White House and performed a Whitney Houston tribute at the Grammy Museum. Her recent PBS concert special, called Quincy Jones Presents: Sheléa, featured David Foster.

Play It Forward Episode 42

Listen to "Play It Forward Episode 42 Different Walks Of Life Same Path" on Spreaker. Hey it’s Arroe. This is Play It Forward. A look at the unexpected changes endured by entertainers, writers, camera people and all others affected but not infected by the global invasion of the Coronavirus. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward. Episode 42: Different Walks Of Life On The Same Path Releasing a brand new three record set of music in the middle of a pandemic seems like an odd thing to do. I mean Hollywood is still clutching to their springtime releases hoping for a better Fall but Whitesnakes David Coverdale says let the music go! Coach Demir presently stars in the new 8 part series 4th and Forever. His high school football strategy is straight ahead discipline with a presence with family and faith. Right now his series on Curiosity Stream is the only game in town. A game that could easily change because of the new social distancing rules. Congressman Bruce Franks Jr has made it to MTV! But not as the battle rapper he was during his early seasons. His story is shared in the movie St Louis Superman. He knows there needs to be change on our streets and to get it someone has to be on them. What about the young adults and kids with no school and no work? That’s Play It Forward. You can listen to the full conversations with these artists on three different podcasts. Like Its Live, Unplugged and Totally Uncut and View from the Writing Instrument found on all digital platforms.