Episodes

  • 15-Minute Cities: Utopia or Dystopia?

    15-Minute Cities: Utopia or Dystopia?
    Apr 2 2024

    Welcome to our podcast where we delve into the concept of the 15-minute city, exploring its potential benefits and addressing the conspiracy theories surrounding it. Is it truly a utopian vision of urban living, or could it conceal darker intentions?
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    47 mins
  • Ashshahid Muhammad

    Ashshahid Muhammad
    Mar 26 2024

    Welcome to Creative Habits Podcast! In this episode, we have the incredible Ashshahid Muhammad sharing his remarkable journey from homelessness and addiction to becoming a beacon of hope and creativity in his community.

    In 2013, Ashshahid found himself in Nashville, Tennessee, homeless and battling drug addiction. But through the support of organizations like Nashville Rescue Mission and Room in the Inn, as well as the guidance of individuals like Charles Strobel, he found a path to recovery and transformation.

    After completing a drug program, Ashshahid secured housing, pursued education, and emerged as a positive force in society. His story even caught the attention of The Tennessean, shedding light on his inspiring journey.

    Now based in Staten Island, Ashshahid is not only an accomplished artist but also a dedicated mentor to youth. Through his art, he tackles important issues such as drugs, gangs, guns, bullying, and incarceration, using his own experiences as a powerful narrative.

    Despite facing adversity, including being shot and losing vision and mobility in one eye and arm, Ashshahid found solace and purpose in art. He went back to school, earned his G.E.D., and pursued higher education in art, eventually publishing several comic books detailing his life story.

    In 2024, Ashshahid debuted his latest art show, "One Eye Television," a poignant exploration of his journey and the resilience of the human spirit. You can learn more about it here.

    Join us as we dive into Ashshahid's story of redemption, creativity, and the transformative power of art. Tune in now!
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Understanding Attachment Styles

    Understanding Attachment Styles
    Mar 19 2024
    Have you ever observed how some people effortlessly work together in your workplace, while others prefer working independently or feel anxious in collaborative settings? The reason behind these differences lies in something known as "attachment styles," which can greatly impact how we interact with our colleagues and influence our professional success.
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    32 mins
  • Frames & Minds: Nurturing Creativity and Mental Health in Film with Dr. Rebekah Louisa Smith - founder of The Film Festival Doctor

    Frames & Minds: Nurturing Creativity and Mental Health in Film with Dr. Rebekah Louisa Smith - founder of The Film Festival Doctor
    Dec 21 2023
    Dr. Rebekah Louisa Smith, an esteemed Film Festival Strategist, delves into crucial topics intersecting the creative realm and mental well-being. Her insights, featured in Forbes, Variety, and Screen Daily, offer invaluable guidance on managing stress, overcoming rejection, and combating imposter syndrome within the film industry. Through her latest e-book, "Film Festivals & Looking After Your Mental Health," she addresses the taboo of mental health in the arts, navigating emotional hurdles triggered by rejection letters, and nurturing filmmakers' mental well-being. Dr. Smith's expertise spans advice for creatives, integrating meditation techniques, using vision boards, and harnessing Emotional Freedom Technique (ETT) to aid emotional management. Her journey, from navigating anxiety diagnosis to founding a female-led company, provides a roadmap for understanding mental health in niche industries. Her latest e-book, Film Festivals & Looking After Your Mental Health, came to fruition when she noticed certain triggers occurring when filmmakers received rejection letters from film festivals, flaring anxiety and a plethora of other mental health issues. Featured in Forbes, Variety, and Screen Daily. Links: https://rebekahlouisasmith.com/about/ linktr.ee/Creativehabitspodcast
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    36 mins
  • Reincarnation Chronicles: intriguing Encounters with Past Lives

    Reincarnation Chronicles: intriguing Encounters with Past Lives
    Nov 28 2023
    Studies University of Virginia, Jim Tucker. “Some young children, usually between the ages of 2 and 5, speak about memories of a previous life they claim to have lived. At the same time they often show behaviors, such as phobias or preferences, that are unusual within the context of their particular family and cannot be explained by any current life events. These memories appear to be concordant with the child’s statements about a previous life.” In many cases of this type, the child’s statements have been shown to correspond accurately to facts in the life and death of a deceased person. Some of the children have birthmarks and birth defects that correspond to wounds or other marks on the deceased person whose life is being remembered by the child. In numerous cases, postmortem reports have confirmed these correspondences. Older children may retain these apparent memories, but generally they seem to fade around the age of seven. The young subjects of these cases have been found all over the world including Europe and North America. For the past 20 years, Dr. Jim Tucker, now the director of the Division of Perceptual Studies, has focused mainly on cases found in the United States. His book Return to Life offers accounts of very strong American cases of young children who remember previous lives. In this book, Dr. Tucker writes about the now well-known cases of James Leininger, a young boy who had verifiable past-life memories of being a WWII pilot, and Ryan Hammons, who had verifiable memories of being a Hollywood extra and talent agent. Types of Statements a Child Might Make “You’re not my mommy/daddy.”“I have another mommy/daddy.”“When I was big, I …(used to have blue eyes/had a car, etc.).”“That happened before I was in mommy’s tummy.”“I have a wife/husband/children.”“I used to…(drive a truck/live in another town, etc.)”“I died … (in a car accident/after I fell, etc.)”“Remember when I …(lived in that other house/was your daddy, etc.) Quick discussion : between Phil and Handi Main topic Topic :Reddit user u/TapiocaTuesday asked the AskReddit community: "Parents, what spooky 'past life' memory did your kid utter?" eplies : 1. "Back pre-pandemic, I was watching my friend's then–3-year-old for her and he saw a big military ship and he got this kind of faraway look, and said, 'I remember when my boat sank. There were so many sharks.'" "I said, 'What?' He blinked and, said, 'What?' and then started asking questions about the boat. I mentioned it to my friend and she said, 'Yeah, he does that sometimes.'" —Planksgonemad 2. "When I was very young and still unable to string sentences together, my mom and I were sitting at the dining room table. She was crying and I comforted my mother by telling her without any babbling or hesitation: 'It’s okay, I used to be your great grandmother, I’ll take care of you.'" "I have no memory of this and my mom said I went back to my baby-like talk immediately after. She stopped crying, probably because it scared the shit out of her." —AceTrainerEmily 3. "I used to watch my nephew when he was about 3 or 4. One day, he was at my house and pointed to a magnet of Arizona — it had a picture of the desert with rock formations. Kid pointed at it and asked where it was. He said he used to live by 'red rocks like that' with his first family." "(The first family) all had straight, dark hair (his is blond and curly) and that he had a mom, a dad, and a brother, that is until he went too far into the desert, too close to dark, and got eaten by 'not dogs, not wolves, but smaller.' I said, 'Coyotes?' And he kind of mouthed the word and said, 'Oh, that's what you call them.' Then he was sad and didn't want to talk about it anymore, so we had lunch and that was the first and last time he mentioned it." —auntiepink
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    35 mins
  • Visual artist Lionel Frazier White III

    Visual artist Lionel Frazier White III
    Sep 1 2022

    Lionel Frazier White III is a Washington D.C native, arts educator, and interdisciplinary conceptual artist they work in painting, drawing, wood sculpture, installation, and mixed media collage.

    White’s work explores themes of forced and coerced labor and its effect on family pathology, erasure, displacement, reassertion, and gentrification. White holds a Bachelor in Fine Arts from The George Washington University Corcoran School of Art and Design (2018) and is a graduate of The Duke Ellington School of the Arts High School in Washington, D.C. they have been exhibited at the D.C Commission on Arts and Humanities, Prince George's African American Art Museum and Cultural Center, Torpedo Factory |Connect The Dots, Rush Arts Galleries, and Area 405. White was a 2019 Halcyon Arts Lab Cohort 3 Fellow in Residence in Washington DC.

    Welcome to the show Lionel.

    If you could introduce yourself


    Instagram : black_ebb_art
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Our Experience in London

    Our Experience in London
    Aug 30 2022

    Our Experience in London

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    30 mins
  • Bonus Episode with Omari Ajamu Ajanaku

    Bonus Episode with Omari Ajamu Ajanaku
    Jun 16 2022

    His name is Swahili and comes from East Africa in Kenya. Omari (Oh-Ma-Ree) means the highest, mountaintop and close to God, Ajamu (Ah-Jah-Moo) means he who fights for what he wants, Ajanaku (Ah-Jah-Na-Koo) means free and wealthy people. Omari is a husband and father of three children; Aiyanna, Bashiri and Israel.

    He was born in Chicago, IL and grew up in Langston/Guthrie, OK. After attending Langston University in 2012 he graduated from the University of Central Oklahoma in 2017 with two bachelor's degrees; one in forensic science and the other in criminal justice with the intention of using both with his future criminal law degree.

    His experience includes;

    six years with Oklahoma City Public Schools as a substitute/Language Art's Teacher, seven years with the YMCA as a youth and family counselor/coordinator and four years with various youth shelters as a youth specialist/advocate.

    Omari is the owner of an entertainment company,

    a criminal law firm, a vocational non-profit and a podcast.

    His purpose is to control his intellectual property, ensure generational wealth and

    to lead by example while doing what he loves to do.
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    55 mins