Digitally Discarded

By: Sharon Held
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  • Digitally Discarded is a blank canvas to discuss the digitally disconnected and how to reconnect in this digitally discarded world.
    Sharon Held
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Episodes
  • The very Digitally Accessible author Caroline Nadine Helsing discusses her mother's fascinating life in NYC
    Jun 20 2021

    Sharon discusses the book Unapologetic - Tales of the Original Party Crasher when she interviews author Caroline Nadine Helsing. 

    It is a beautiful and touching story about her mother, family, and the bond that grew out of her journey. Caroline discusses the memoir-biography that follows her mother's life of crashing parties and hanging out with celebrities in the fabulous New York City and the challenges she faced growing up as a young woman in the years following the Great Depression. Caroline can be found online through her website at www.CarolineNadineHelsing.com as well as through all social media via my handle: "Caroline Nadine Helsing Author".

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caroline_nadine_helsing_author/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarolineNadineHelsingAuthor

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaaUCsUd28AhZSVoOXq9p_A


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    15 mins
  • Digitally Discarded as an artist during a pandemic with Tina Fears
    May 23 2021

    Sharon discusses surviving a pandemic as a performing artist when she interviews Tina Fears. 

    Tina Fears is a Los Angeles, California native who is proud to call Atlanta home. Tina takes pride in being both the show and the business. She is the founder of Stage Ready a full-service production company that offers award-winning production management, creative direction, and memorable performance experiences for entertainers, beauty, and lifestyle brands across the world via diverse platforms and levels of influence. Clients include BET, The Dove Awards, Walmart, and Target to name a few. Her work as an actor, singer, and dancer includes regional productions of Simply Simone, Dreamgirls, and In The Heights as well as national commercials for Walmart, Ford, Coca Cola, and Shoe Carnival. Her role as Clara Ward in the National Geographic project Genius: Aretha premiered in March 2021 and is now on HULU. Advocacy is at the core of Tina's passion as a creative. She is honored to serve Black artists in Atlanta as co-founder of BLACT (Black Leaders Advocating Cultural Theatre).

    www.tinafears.com

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    15 mins
  • Digitally Discarded on the High Seas with Raina Barnes
    May 9 2021

    Sharon talks with Raina Barnes, a Second Mate with American Steamship Company, about how it feels to be disconnected while at work. Raina describes how she stays in contact with loved ones and what she does while she can't be on the internet. 

    Raina J. Barnes is a Professional Mariner, who currently sails as Second Mate with American Steamship Company. Raina believes that the Maritime Industry is a wonderful industry that is oftentimes forgotten by the general masses. Raina is now working to enlighten people on what it is like to have a career that is not “within the box”. With over a decade of experience in the Maritime Industry, Raina has served in many capacities not only onboard vessels of the United States Merchant Marine Fleet but within academia and the tourism sector of the industry as well. In 2021, Raina founded R.J. Barnes Consulting to aid professionals in their various application processes including Merchant Mariner Credentials, Transportation Worker Identification Credentials, College Applications, and Job Applications. In 2021 Raina received her United States Coast Guard License to be an Unlimited Master Upon Great Lakes and Inland Waters. Raina holds a Masters of Science in International Transportation Management and Bachelor of Science in Marine Transportation from SUNY Maritime College.

    https://linktr.ee/R.J.BarnesConsulting

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    12 mins

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