FolkRockDiva Talk
Lilli Lewis
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FolkRockDiva Lilli Lewis is a producer, facilitator and activist who who uses her work to educate, entertain and empower. FolkRockDivaTalk is a multi-dimensional space for fans and creatives to talk Music (Business / Songwriting / Technical Talk / Etc.); Dignity Politics (Diversity-Equity-Inclusion / Intersectionality); Personal Growth & Development (Relationships, Trauma Recovery); Pride + Prejudice (LGBTQIA+ / Fat Activism); and Exisistentials(TM) / The Nature of the Universe / Etc.
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Sep 16, 2021
S2E1: Personal Growth Party with Paul King-Robinson, Executive Shrink
FRD's Beloved Paul joins in for a conversation about common sense, work as a dojo, and leaning in to discomfort. Believe it or not, it's a barrel of laughs! Learn more about Paul at www.executiveshrink.com
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Jul 16, 2021
S1B2: 16 Years of Perfect Imperfection (w/ Special Guest Host "The Missus")
FRD's betrothed Liz Hogan guest hosts this special anniversary edition of FRDT. The couple talks coupling in music and in marriage...
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Jul 8, 2021
S1B1: Voter Suppression
FRD invokes her Great Grandfather to weigh in on the seemingly timeless struggle against voter suppression.. Dr. William John Faulkner delivers his childhood idol Simon Brown's story "The Short Tail Convention."
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Jul 1, 2021
S1E12: Dirty Laundry
In these reflections from her mother's hospital room, the FolkRockDiva speaks about the impact of having been raised in a home with mental illness.
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Jun 24, 2021
S1E11: The Sacred Path of the Artist
In this week's episode, FRDT reveals the long and winding road to her interpretation of John Coltrane's "Alabama" while discussing artists' role in capturing the emotional legacy of the human journey, especially when words fail.
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Jun 17, 2021
S1E10: Orange Music and the Daughters of Avon - a Global Music Match
This week's episode features Terra Spencer, a Canadian songwriter with a special touch for lyrical deftness and vocal transparency. We met through an initiative called Global Music Match. Here we talk and laugh through musical collaboration and our mutual appreciation and affinity for the color orange.
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Jun 10, 2021
S1E9: Direct Experience Disclosure & the Cost of Omission
We're talking relationship, communication and vulnerability this week. Is it true that the way we do one thing is the way we do everything? If so, maybe we should pick up some skills around how we relate to one another.
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Jun 3, 2021
S1E8: A FolkRockDiva Origin Story
Who is the FolkRockDiva? What program is she running in this outrageous Matrix? In Episode 8, the FRD gets a little defiant as she reveals the many parts that make the whole and the assembled creed by which she lives.
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May 27, 2021
S1E7: What the Hell Is Wrong With Us? Birth, Old Age, Sickness and Death, One Year In the Wake of George Floyd
In this meditative episode, FolkRockDiva Talk explores gun violence in the US in response to the mass shooting in San Jose, CA that left 9 dead at the local Transport Authority, one year after George Floyd's murder.
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May 20, 2021
S1E6 (Bonus): Chaka Khan, Dirty Diapers, and the Big Red Bag
In this week 6 bonus installation, singer/songwriter Kelly Love Jones tells the story of how she learned? no, decided to never give up.
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May 20, 2021
S1E6: Swimming On Dry Land - Kelly Love Jones and the Creative Process
This week, the FolkRockDiva interviews New Orleans Singer/songwriter, percussionist, guitarist and United Nations “Messenger of Truth”, Kelly Love Jones about her life in music and the creative process. Get FolkRockDiva Talk merch at http://teespring.com/folkrockdivatalk
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May 13, 2021
S1E5: Woke Week pt. 1 - Are Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning?
In part 1 of "Woke Week" the FolkRockDiva explores what it means to be "woke," and why the word may not mean what you think it means....Featuring Dr. William John Faulkner reading "The Cow Goes Under The Ground" from The Days When The Animals Talked.
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May 13, 2021
S1E5 (Bonus): Woke Week pt. 2 - Brer Tiger and the Big Wind read by Dr. William J. Faulkner
"Woke Week" pt. 2 features Dr. William J. Faulkner telling the tale of Brer Tiger and the Big Wind.
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May 6, 2021
S1E4: Taxidermy or Mirrors? What's on Your Wall?
The Folk Rock Diva explores dispelling loneliness and uncertainty through finding sound mirrors. Plus, Tennessee singer/songwriter Jett Holden talks about his potent new single "Taxidermy."
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Apr 29, 2021
S1E3: A Rare Bird Attends the Piano Night Ball
In this week's episode, the FolkRockDiva explores the magic of dispelling shame through embracing what you love.
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Apr 22, 2021
S1E2: Guess What? He's Guilty. Agency vs. Accountability. What's the Verdict?
In the wake of Derek Chauvin's guilty verdict, we explore the great divide between agency and accountability.
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Apr 15, 2021
S1E1: Episode Zero - Birthdays, Lifedays and Secret Songs
We introduce FolkRockDiva Talk by revealing a secret that ends with an invitation to explore what our life would look like "If You Really Mattered."
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