https://arevalossketches.com/storystudioandprojects daily 1.0 2023-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551504546961-W2A71GGHUISKXA3A9DUT/P_20190202_123653_vHDR_On.jpg Story Studio & Projects - What Do Students Enjoy Most? "NANCY!!!!! She’s brilliant. Nancy is an excellent teacher. She’s supportive, a good listener, and knows her stuff." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551504501475-DZLBCYW3Z77E8MQTPFTX/P_20190301_131356_vHDR_On.jpg Story Studio & Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551504532130-7LP97CXCUJ2XRZMFET2B/P_20180725_174247_vHDR_On.jpg Story Studio & Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551504576158-OWU2TVJAWZW1VHBDWPG2/P_20190301_154638_1_vHDR_On.jpg Story Studio & Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551504673170-VRZ1BGNPXQY6AL2QLEHC/P_20190111_134642_vHDR_On.jpg Story Studio & Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551504697514-M27CYOFHWFKH5PPCRI7G/P_20190202_123701_vHDR_On.jpg Story Studio & Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551504772095-VQELTAE6JD0BD6XR9U6V/P_20180727_110234_vHDR_On.jpg Story Studio & Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551504787805-EMJILFIASZYFZ2IBFDJO/P_20180727_110202_vHDR_On.jpg Story Studio & Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551504806317-MB2F1FICMUZWJ9V66RBT/P_20180727_110750_vHDR_On.jpg Story Studio & Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551504819009-Q9ZC92IE5EO5WT2EBR4A/P_20190301_154202_vHDR_On.jpg Story Studio & Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551504310583-IZB2MN4MVO7T0SR9X447/P_20190301_154638_vHDR_On.jpg Story Studio & Projects What Do Students Enjoy Most? Scroll the gallery and comments below to find out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551505070644-W7R2RG8X3OK79B9CHPEO/P_20180727_110750_vHDR_On.jpg Story Studio & Projects - What Do Students Enjoy Most? "Nancy's amazing expertise & knowledge & approach! Being able to write in class too." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551505531787-54XANUOBRHNIUKS0RYTN/20180408_125700.jpg Story Studio & Projects - What Do Students Enjoy Most? "I liked the writing prompts. It made it clear that almost any situation could be adopted into a story." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1566471708660-HNQLWR8ZM0EKFE6OV9MT/20190726_152821.jpg Story Studio & Projects - What Do Students Enjoy Most? “Nancy seems prepared to take on one and all, regardless of skill levels.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1566472165746-P1YUATFLOF01UWBG5AUT/20171115_193616%281%29.jpg Story Studio & Projects - What Do Students Enjoy Most? "Love Nancy. She knows her stuff." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1566471907519-32D303NJZP47FZI999RG/P_20190111_145715_vHDR_On.jpg Story Studio & Projects - What Do Students Enjoy Most? “What was most helpful was the ability to work on our own piece as an example of lessons being presented.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551505089058-ODRLX561TEP8H2IWBYID/P_20190202_123701_vHDR_On.jpg Story Studio & Projects - What Do Students Enjoy Most? "The review on the structure was helpful for me, especially since i am in the middle of a book now.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1566471725509-1G9XDJO11YX5OJ6K8XQ6/20190726_152342.jpg Story Studio & Projects - What Do Students Enjoy Most? “I was thankful that Nancy was not ever judgemental as I had experienced in college. Loved being able to write!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1566472785399-3J654H8L0HDOY6DNRP4A/20180203_104714.jpg Story Studio & Projects - What Do Students Enjoy Most? “Examining narrative engines and starting points for story was the most helpful to learn and work on.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1566472194302-CAKNBUNRAM1P5IRB8E9T/20171115_191444.jpg Story Studio & Projects - What Do Students Enjoy Most? “I am getting a better appreciation of the elements of story building.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551505531974-U5R1U9J2KBOQ3FNQ7MHJ/Kaunoa+2.jpg Story Studio & Projects - What Do Students Enjoy Most? "Hearing how others interpreted the stories." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551505531392-EXRE4UAWEGIMUA05GS2J/20171115_191439.jpg Story Studio & Projects - What Do Students Enjoy Most? "The class was well designed from start to finish with each activity part of a whole." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551505532100-JBGP2HAYHZKV3L8I4P4U/Poetry+Studio+2.jpg Story Studio & Projects - What Do Students Enjoy Most? "The small group made it easy to get a lot out of the class." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551505128451-9ZEUTP71R150DJ6YDLC3/P_20190301_131356_vHDR_On.jpg Story Studio & Projects - What Do Students Enjoy Most? "Enjoyed being in company of other writers interested in same activity, similar goals, etc. - but mostly with a teacher working on specific skills." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551505107093-X5TN412K4GG2FF4VXVNE/P_20190223_124927_vHDR_On.jpg Story Studio & Projects - What Do Students Enjoy Most? “I learned a lot about editing and character development.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551505168337-POZWMAQZ40AI5A4VQDHV/P_20190301_154638_1_vHDR_On.jpg Story Studio & Projects - What Do Students Enjoy Most? "Nancy is great! She is passionate about teaching and encouraging students to write." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1566472564534-KTXROUA94Y4VZEMMYCZ6/20180427_114257%281%29.jpg Story Studio & Projects - What Do Students Enjoy Most? “The experience helps me to keep thinking and working towards my goal of writing fiction.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551505183811-0VJ03CM84ELDJDBAX63J/P_20180727_110202_vHDR_On.jpg Story Studio & Projects - What Do Students Enjoy Most? “DIscussing how to be a disciplined writer helped the most.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1566471761326-R3UH4SVI5MLB5FCA7FI9/DSC08728.JPG Story Studio & Projects - What Do Students Enjoy Most? “I am looking for a spark. I do get that feeling from these seminars.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551505116441-XZRYF8F05T5IV5HA55AU/P_20190223_125924_vHDR_On.jpg Story Studio & Projects - What Do Students Enjoy Most? “Great class. Nice way to spend the day.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551505531724-GYDUB1JWW3RWPWWYRRG1/20180203_104732.jpg Story Studio & Projects - What Do Students Enjoy Most? "I liked the exercises and Nancy is just great." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551505530245-0DLFS7GDCXSZS3U2GHPN/20171028_102604.jpg Story Studio & Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551505190599-RZYV6WXIF25A9EJ97RK9/P_20180725_174247_vHDR_On.jpg Story Studio & Projects - What Do Students Enjoy Most? "NANCY!!!!! She’s brilliant. Nancy is an excellent teacher. She’s supportive, a good listener, and knows her stuff." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551505530563-LJ9MSWYNMUDTY92DBWHN/20171104_095329.jpg Story Studio & Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1566473511307-O8W7XATRFQDMVQTJ41E7/20190726_140101.jpg Story Studio & Projects - What Do Students Enjoy Most? “I liked the creative process of putting together a story. Very fun. Plus writing outside under a shady tree!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551505530681-F651K8ZYAWBAJ76HR9CK/20171108_173534.jpg Story Studio & Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551505531093-MH4QBEWBBZIZU0ZR7KZH/20171110_150751.jpg Story Studio & Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1566471820415-Y3RZEKZWKRG2M1JR8J1H/P_20190111_135208_vHDR_On.jpg Story Studio & Projects - What Do Students Enjoy Most? "I enjoyed the discussion about the stories we read." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551505532263-NW8MCZJ4CKBZ80JSVXRA/Poetry+Studio.jpg Story Studio & Projects - What Do Students Enjoy Most? "The small group made it easy to get a lot out of the class." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551505531502-190WMIGPY1ZZ0V40B936/20171202_104316-1.jpg Story Studio & Projects - What Do Students Enjoy Most? "I liked the size of the group and your knowledge and ability to share it. Nice job, Nancy.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551505531008-3235DQUEJRKN9FB5AR3R/20171108_194205.jpg Story Studio & Projects - What Do Students Enjoy Most? "The teacher. Her dedication and enthusiasm." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551506382748-I9PAEEX2BZTCZ7J6KAIF/P_20180727_110234_vHDR_On.jpg Story Studio & Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551505530291-2EC1SR5DSMSK84YAFAQI/20171101_193142.jpg Story Studio & Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551506858454-0WR1VTF2TMTZQ62WYB0W/P_20190202_131905_vHDR_On.jpg Story Studio & Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1566472113200-2IHQFNXB5ZRZ1Q4AS7SM/P_20180727_112055_vHDR_On.jpg Story Studio & Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1566472326848-MR9LIHC4JH6VGWGYS4AX/20171114_124459.jpg Story Studio & Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1566472241093-E91BCRSRHVAGVT0P6793/20171104_095317.jpg Story Studio & Projects - What Do Students Enjoy Most? "Nancy is great! She is passionate about teaching and encouraging students to write." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1566472270549-T52FXKW2SNSX0E6GFQ8J/20171103_145200.jpg Story Studio & Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1566472724862-FWYPXHBLOOP00LZLRFBP/20180413_114635%281%29.jpg Story Studio & Projects - What Do Students Enjoy Most? “Love Nancy. She knows her stuff, is excellent!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1566472363389-U0S5HRUAY8NTY8DA2A83/20171202_104307.jpg Story Studio & Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1566472388676-NZ1149MPVRT0S3Q1UEZR/20180407_121601.jpg Story Studio & Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1566472656815-NH4EWYZLNWBYOZ3MO9EM/20180427_115717.jpg Story Studio & Projects - What Do Students Enjoy Most? “The teacher, creative connection, & inspiration to write again.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1577497206389-QYWSXSDG5AT4WNNXMDE6/IMG_0261.jpg Story Studio & Projects - What Do Students Enjoy Most? “It got me focused on pulling together the various elements of my book.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1577497211056-Y2U3W2O9Y72PO8001OUL/IMG_0282.jpg Story Studio & Projects “Nancy is lively, attentive, very clear delivery of lesson and definitely imparts her knowledge to a very diverse group of writers.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1577497215993-SGNGLFPZVXZVQ64UOTCM/IMG_0287.jpg Story Studio & Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1577497675423-BIKCZZLFQ1V2A9GLFVTG/IMG_0194.jpg Story Studio & Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1577497677371-51UANJ8KYW1BAD2UJ9UK/IMG_0189.jpg Story Studio & Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1546060634384-MALZAJ2OUSP93NF4P53M/image-asset.jpeg Story Studio & Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551161838499-54J4TTXR6KFQKSLWAYXH/image-asset.jpeg Story Studio & Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551408373529-P67K8MUIYA31J4L7L9BB/image-asset.jpeg Story Studio & Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1565838110385-8FR6L62XBGPPEFN50ZHE/image-asset.jpeg Story Studio & Projects https://arevalossketches.com/test daily 0.75 2023-09-16 https://arevalossketches.com/about daily 0.75 2025-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1546059052582-7VNH45LLGWSBP6SD8R3Z/iam2.jpg Intro aqui estas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1585951232620-JDINLKSUU5CRS23DZOY0/Veni+and+the+Boo+Boo+Zoo.+Photo+and+story+by+N.T.+Ar%C3%A9valo. Intro Veni and the Boo Boo Zoo. Photo and story part of Off the Hana Highway by N.T. Arévalo. https://arevalossketches.com/podcastguests daily 0.75 2026-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1558987526416-Q7EVJWFNPMUYKNJM9LGR/123.jpg ROLL CALL: GUESTS, EXPERTS, & STORYTELLERS - Suman Mallick Suman Mallick makes his home in Texas with his beloved daughter and dog. His homes away from home are Calcutta, India, and Portland, Oregon. Suman's debut novel “The Black-Marketer’s Daughter” was shortlisted for the Disquiet Open Borders Book Prize, praised as a “complicated and compelling story” of our times and will be released in October 2020 by Atmosphere Press. He received his Master of Fine Arts from Portland State University, where he also taught in the English and Creative Writing departments. This writer/investment banker talks about acting in good faith, finding one’s own way to breathe and be, and love that defies expectations. iTunes | Spotify | Transistor.fm for more Bonus episode: The Gap Between What Happens to Us & How We Respond (in Love and Everything Else) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1554109006513-KGDD4ATON30DABDIR12Z/IMG_2978.jpg ROLL CALL: GUESTS, EXPERTS, & STORYTELLERS - Sandra Razieli Sandra Razieli joins us from the slopes of Haleakala. As a movement educator, Sandra approaches movement from a neurobiomechanical model that is shaped by years of teaching yoga-based practices as well as her work as a cultural anthropologist, teen educator, and Jewish spiritual leader. She shares how illness and movement changed her life—and the joys of finding humanity, starting from the very bodies we inhabit. Listen to our episode on movement, connection, and pleasure as our birthright. iTunes | Spotify | Transistor.fm for more Bonus episodes: Kiss My Asana | Flipping THE Origin Story: Rethinking Adam & Eve | Moving through Invisible Illness: When You’re a Canary in the Coal Mine | What if it’s Cold (or Hot) Outside? When You DON’T Want to Move Your Body - Weathering the Weather https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1583580816777-U24XNY5E8D2WS0KWQ9RU/Chelsey+Engel.jpg ROLL CALL: GUESTS, EXPERTS, & STORYTELLERS - Chelsey Engel Chelsey Engel is a writer and labor activist living and working in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She earned her BA in photojournalism just down the street from the United Steelworkers union, who she's been working for in communications since 2012. She self-published her first novel, A Summer of Fever and Freedom, in 2019 and has written on chronic pain and illness and mental health issues on The Mighty. Chelsey joins our 2020 series on uses—and abuses—of power in public and private spaces and the inaugural episode of Navigating Ill. iTunes | Spotify | Transistor.fm for more on “Uniting for Power” iTunes | Spotify | Transistor.fm for more on “Chronic Illness and Chronic Injury: Ehlers Danlos” and pause for this COVID19 PSA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1555388278400-0MEBT4YDBODNSLCI5LHR/mon-ansary-0428-021.jpg ROLL CALL: GUESTS, EXPERTS, & STORYTELLERS - Mir Tamim Ansary Tamim Ansary joins us from San Francisco. Born in Afghanistan, he moved to America at age 16. His books include West of Kabul, East of New York, which was San Francisco’s “One City One Book” selection for 2008; Destiny Disrupted, A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes, which won the Northern California Book Award for Nonfiction; and Road Trips, a memoir on arriving in America in the sixties and dropping out of a society he wasn’t part of in the first place. The Invention of Yesterday, to be released by Public Affairs in fall 2019, explores how humans became interconnected over the course of the last 50,000 years—and why we’re still fighting. Hear how road trips and story created this American — and the stages we all travel in this life. iTunes | Spotify | Transistor.fm for more Bonus Episode: The Miracle is the Community https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551263398400-FC3VTSFGO5L243SIE2OL/J+Lepawsky_June10+13+028.jpg ROLL CALL: GUESTS, EXPERTS, & STORYTELLERS - Josh Lepawsky Dr. Josh Lepawsky joins us from St John's off the Atlantic. Author of Reassembling Rubbish: Worlding Electronic Waste, Josh's recent Medium piece "Our Tech Addiction is Creating a 'Toxic Soup'" tells how the "world in our pocket"--our phones--have a migration story of their own. With a more profound environmental impact than we can imagine. Listen in to what the "cloud" is leaving behind. iTunes | Spotify | Transistor.fm for more on “Is Cyberspace Biodegradable?” Bonus Episodes: Fix Your Tech, Save the Planet: Moving to Repair | We Acknowledge - Reconciling How We Got Here, Acknowledging Indigenous Populations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1565847522058-G2X3JN0ZU18647EKT4XW/scott-fisher2.jpg ROLL CALL: GUESTS, EXPERTS, & STORYTELLERS - Scott Fisher Dr. Scott Fisher is the Chief Conservation Officer at the Hawaiian Islands Land Trust. Growing up on Maui, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps at age 17. He later focused his graduate work on peace studies, with a concentration in native Hawaiian strategies of peacemaking and reconciliation, and the dynamics of post-conflict recovery in a civil war on the island of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. He explored how communities make wise decisions about conflicts over natural resources and continues that work today. Hear how the world’s past and climate future intersect off coastal dunes in the North Pacific. iTunes | Spotify | Transistor.fm for more Bonus episodes: Aloha ‘aina (love of the land) | Ready When the Waters Rise? Climate Change Resiliency from the Hawai’ian Islands | The Land Bears The Brunt - Moving Through Wars | Visiting Hawai’i? An Invitation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551263143387-M7MCWG8BY5I5LLYIWVXQ/Finals-0002.jpg ROLL CALL: GUESTS, EXPERTS, & STORYTELLERS - Gavin Conner Gavin Conner joins us from the mountain valley of Asheville, North Carolina. This talented singer-songwriter is also the co-creator and host of the one of a kind, all Cure podcast, The Holy Hour. We talk grief and creativity moving us through. You don't want to miss the music—or what family, songs, appreciation, Disintegration, and time travel can do. Whatever your journey through, take a listen. iTunes | Spotify | Transistor.fm for more on “Good Grief!” photo by Katelyn Avots Bonus episodes: The Cure - Good Music, Good Grief | Creativity Moving Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1598241077765-6ZIEXF4WWIWJN4YA2SUQ/Virginia_Niyah_White.jpg ROLL CALL: GUESTS, EXPERTS, & STORYTELLERS - Niyah White Niyah White works as a state-level criminal justice policy analyst and decarceration researcher. Her work focuses on comparative policy and community-sourced research promoting alternatives to incarceration and the shrinkage of the carceral system in Mississippi and other top-incarcerating states. Prior to her engagement in justice reform advocacy, Niyah served as a legislative assistant in the Senate of Virginia and as a community organizer in Richmond, Virginia. She holds a Bachelors of Science from Virginia Commonwealth University and currently lives in Northern Virginia. She breaks down our perceptions vs. realities of crime and punishment in the U.S.—a country with the highest incarceration rate on the planet. iTunes | Spotify | Transistor.fm for more Preview: Lost in the System https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1566722851582-EKBQ1D8LODG0CJDBZUDF/Malia%252BBohlin%252B1%252BPhoto%252BCredit%252BLisa%252BVilliarimo-11.jpg ROLL CALL: GUESTS, EXPERTS, & STORYTELLERS - Malia Bohlin Maui author Malia Bohlin writes novels crossing oceans and time. Born in Oahu and raised on Maui, she studied journalism, mass communication, and non-profit management in Colorado and works in fundraising. Malia is a PATH International certified instructor in a therapeutic horseback riding program. Left at Hiva Oa is her first novel. Listen as we talk about adventure genes, blind dates, and choosing to create rather than consume. iTunes | Spotify | Transistor.fm for more Bonus Episodes: 1/3 Research, 1/3 Creativity, 1/3 I Don’t Know (a.k.a. Writing the Book) | 1667 Words a Day or Bust | Bagpipes, Missionaries, & Monarchies - The Hawai’i-Scotland Connection photo by Lisa Villiarimo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1552177268953-J1J3NO5IFZKT030YKHQ2/AuntyMaile.jpg ROLL CALL: GUESTS, EXPERTS, & STORYTELLERS - Maile Spencer Napolean Maile Spencer Napolean (Aunty Maile) is a 13th generation Hawai’ian from the Big Island, Hawai’i. She joins us from her Mainland travels. Maile taught Hawai’ian studies, served as a nurse, and performs wedding ceremonies. This Hawai’ian master teaches and practices many arts and skills, including lomilomi. We talk story on how not to give half-assed hugs, the lessons of nature, how to flee our mothers’ slippahs, and the history of her gone village. Come, hear a story across centuries of aloha. iTunes | Spotify | Transistor.fm for more Bonus episodes: 700 Years of Nature Lessons | I Will Teach You All I Know | Bringing Back Hula - The Merrie Monarch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1565840128384-KV1YBY0DL5J1Q25DLLDO/DSC08804.JPG ROLL CALL: GUESTS, EXPERTS, & STORYTELLERS - Che Frausto Tall, with a gentle nature and warm smile, Frausto stands beneath a sign reminding us that Hawai’i is the extinction capital of the world. Listen in to Che’s story here or read more about it at All Species Need Love. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1565839877996-P6HTQZ2Z2OCFK0I7OA5A/7+Mike+Kinoshita+with+Teacher+Trisha+Roy.JPG ROLL CALL: GUESTS, EXPERTS, & STORYTELLERS - Mike "Coach Kino" Kinoshita Kino’s become a quiet guardian of tennis on island. Listen in to Kino—and his generation of fans—here or read about how Kino Keeps the Game Going. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1568084323459-PMA2V4HC445FCQNGBHO4/DSC08825.JPG ROLL CALL: GUESTS, EXPERTS, & STORYTELLERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1568084359765-9AR0HFTTD4EUYOY0ESBG/DSC_7766.jpg ROLL CALL: GUESTS, EXPERTS, & STORYTELLERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1568086010422-YQZTFAHNK8VPCN4RCLOP/DSC08824.JPG ROLL CALL: GUESTS, EXPERTS, & STORYTELLERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1568086051281-51DZ42PEOB7C6G24AXGQ/DSC08833.JPG ROLL CALL: GUESTS, EXPERTS, & STORYTELLERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1572388239986-LF5IRKCKNCFSK4YBTF49/IMG_0088.jpg ROLL CALL: GUESTS, EXPERTS, & STORYTELLERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1578805679647-ZMTW1XJNAF3LO9LLFIHZ/Veni+Villarimo+and+the+Boo+Boo+Zoo.jpg ROLL CALL: GUESTS, EXPERTS, & STORYTELLERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1578805722092-QIS09LM51U534V56UQB0/IMG_0371.jpg ROLL CALL: GUESTS, EXPERTS, & STORYTELLERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1578805764263-U7H72G9Y4XE09V0SLAXY/IMG_0320.jpg ROLL CALL: GUESTS, EXPERTS, & STORYTELLERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1598559609687-WXLIW91Z6CDPUL1V90ST/unnamed.jpg ROLL CALL: GUESTS, EXPERTS, & STORYTELLERS - Dan Keane Dan Keane is a writer and teacher in Shanghai. His work has appeared in Harper's, Zoetrope, McSweeney's and The Best American Nonrequired Reading, among others. He was formerly The Associated Press correspondent in Bolivia, and covered the US-Mexico border for The Big Bend Sentinel. He is writing a poem about jet lag, and also a novel. We talk about the power and uses of narrative to get to the story and liberating ourselves from the idea of the Great American Novel. iTunes | Spotify | Transistor.fm for more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1605496223212-HLIFVI45NNAHAITDEC6J/LEDUC+image.jpg ROLL CALL: GUESTS, EXPERTS, & STORYTELLERS - Amanda Leduc Amanda Leduc is the author of the non-fiction book Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space (Coach House Books, 2020) and the novel The Miracles of Ordinary Men (ECW Press, 2013). Her new novel, The Centaur’s Wife, is forthcoming from Random House Canada in February 2021. Her essays and stories have appeared in publications across Canada, the US, and the UK. She has a Masters degree in Creative Writing from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. She has cerebral palsy and lives in Hamilton, Ontario, where she works as the Communications Coordinator for the Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD), Canada's first festival for diverse authors and stories. Join our conversation on storytelling and disability and why we need to start asking ourselves a different question. iTunes | Spotify | Transistor.fm for more TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE HERE This activity was supported in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency, and the National Arts and Disability Center at the University of California Los Angeles. Any findings, opinions, or conclusions contained herein are not necessarily those of the California Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Arts and Disability Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1589574600679-PLCI0B0ZKY3DI6E90JY8/Ernest+Perry.png ROLL CALL: GUESTS, EXPERTS, & STORYTELLERS - Ernest L. Perry, Jr. Ernest Perry, Jr. is the Senior Advisor for Culture, Engagement and Inclusion at OhioHealth. His experience in diversity, equity, and inclusion spans several industries. He currently leads change efforts that cultivate a culture of healthcare equity across physician groups, patient experience and access to care, and organizational learning. A Certified Internal Leadership Coach trained by the Hudson Institute of Coaching and a Certified Internal Diversity and Inclusion Coach trained by the Mind Gym, Ernest joins our Navigating Ill conversation on health equity. iTunes | Spotify | Transistor.fm for more on “Health Equity” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1576892292298-U7VVV05HX0GLNFL3HQGQ/BG-2.jpeg ROLL CALL: GUESTS, EXPERTS, & STORYTELLERS - N.T. Arévalo Leadership Social Impact Storytelling Advocacy A celebrated and award-winning teacher, social scientist, and leader, Nancy writes and has advised projects, organizations, and people. Studying with a range of prolific writers and social policy leaders, she brings best practices to life for novices and pros. Beloved for her dynamic lessons, engaging style, and commitment to human dignity, she rallies writers to ignite a creative life and change agents to sustain a more just system. BIO Nancy's stories have appeared in Shenandoah, Necessary Fiction, The Boiler Journal, Hawai'i Pacific Review, Regarding Arts & Letters, Rose & Thorn Journal, Waterhouse Review, Eunoia Review, Oakland Tribune, San Jose Mercury News, Vitni Review, and Eclectica. A forthcoming story, “The Quiet is,” will appear in Prairie Schooner. She's completed a novel and two story collections, the most recent set in Bosnia-Herzegovina, including a tale awarded Honorable Mention in the 2014 Bevel Summers Prize Contest. Her story “The Collection” was nominated for a 2020 Pushcart Prize and she is a recipient of support from PEN America, the California Arts Council and National Arts & Disability Center, American Society of Journalists & Authors, and Artist Relief. She’s attended and received conference scholarships for juried workshops at Bread Loaf, the Community of Writers, Napa Valley Writers, and Tin House, and studied at Aspen Summer Words Readers' Retreats, San Francisco’s Grotto, and Delve Seminars at Portland Literary Arts, where she served as a Scribe. She’s also been a volunteer for Portland Literary Arts, the World Affairs Council, and Live Wire! Radio. Arévalo was supported by San Francisco State as a Provost Scholar and award recipient of a Graduate Equity Fellowship, Edward B. Kaufmann scholarships, Kathryn A. Manoogian Creative Writing Scholarship, Gloria Spencer Women’s Association Award, Alumni Association Award, Clark-Gross Novel Award, and Wilner Short Story Award. Nancy recently served as a literary arts grant panelist for the San Francisco Arts Commission and reader for Boston Review and Zoetrope: All-Story. She runs two podcasts--one on migration and another on navigating illness through the healthcare system--featuring a diversity of voices and storytellers. Nancy launched Our Story Studio--a popular series of writing, literature, and storytelling classes—providing needed community education opportunities. She was recently commissioned to write a biweekly human interest column for the Honolulu-Star Advertiser and climate resiliency journalism. Nancy is a long time civil rights advocate, a former South Texas public school teacher, a former national foundation officer, and a McNair Scholar. She has lived and worked across the United States. In recent years, Nancy served as an arts administrator for a West Maui NGO and an outreach strategist for a wildlife recovery project out of the University of Hawai’i. She is the recipient of a Koret Innovation Award and an Encorps Community Pioneer Award for her leadership in the Bay Area. A community college and first generation graduate who studied comparative public policy, Nancy also holds a Master in Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Read client & student comments here. Send all inquiries here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551263663630-WNSX9NOY7RU2D5G1MUQ9/Photo+by+Jairo+Alvarez.jpeg ROLL CALL: GUESTS, EXPERTS, & STORYTELLERS - Clarisse Baleja Saïdi Award-winning writer Clarisse Baleja Saïdi joins us from an artist residency in Memphis. She has received recognition for her fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and drama. Baleja is the recipient of fellowships and grant support from The Macdowell Colony, Hedgebrook, LaNapoule Foundation, Crosstown Arts, and more. She earned her MFA from the University of Michigan’s Helen Zell Writers’ Program and is at work on her first novel. We talk about her work not to be free but to recognize she already is free; her quest to observe this world; and the truth in adjectives. Listen in to how a writer claims their path. iTunes | Spotify | Transistor.fm for more on “Here to Write” photo by Jairo Alvarez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1605496324540-3YQQCYPQ3BZJ3XCT61FL/CAClogo_stackedRGB.png ROLL CALL: GUESTS, EXPERTS, & STORYTELLERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1605496324493-6ICXEH1QB89WMUT834WJ/NADC+logo.jpg ROLL CALL: GUESTS, EXPERTS, & STORYTELLERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1551266056273-SYEPM2X6C6SGMTUJ232V/shaka+%5BConverted%5D.jpg ROLL CALL: GUESTS, EXPERTS, & STORYTELLERS https://arevalossketches.com/nt-arevalo daily 0.75 2026-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1577789489427-IXNZ5GWDZBTCD157RUAA/iam3b.jpg N.T. Arévalo n.t.a. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/8ede9a5a-569c-4bbb-a14b-439ecf45cc33/IMG_5503.jpeg N.T. Arévalo n.t. arévalo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1577788511558-XD8MHZUFCTLYQK489O97/imrs.php.jpg N.T. Arévalo https://arevalossketches.com/mauistrong daily 0.75 2023-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/63bbced5-84c2-41bc-9766-1ca602030840/NTA+letter+1.jpeg Meet Maui Needs Now - Learn How - Make it stand out Donate Directly - here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/525d538a-ae6d-445d-9719-b80999d8c7a8/NTA+letter+2.jpeg Meet Maui Needs Now - Learn How - Make it stand out Verified Organizations here. Maui Rapid Response Help Maui Rise Lāhainā ‘Ohana Venmo Kula ‘Ohana Venmo MFD Lāhainā ‘Ohana And NĀPILI NOHO! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1694842405389-TN2GPSO9TG0USHFTK38H/Vvaxk-esw6573ikhqs3snmvuuribjq.jpeg Meet Maui Needs Now - Learn How - photo by N.T. Arévalo volunteer, offer, seek relief @ Maui Rapid Response https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1694842398345-6VOXOF1D27XQU8OJOIJ0/bMbBr-z5tx2ak36pn25alcqydxf6a3.jpeg Meet Maui Needs Now - Learn How - photo by N.T. Arévalo Help Maui Rise - gofundmes to donate direct https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1694842401927-QGO0SNZ9D3BEPTXFKDTW/iPIE2-i3qezp7tqomr3362vkdlp3kh.jpeg Meet Maui Needs Now - Learn How - PHOTO BY N.T. ARÉVALO Learn more about Nāpili Noho - the Nāpili Park Emergency Community Resource Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/34681afe-4439-4fb4-979c-5f8605c9a8e7/IMG_7347.jpeg Meet Maui Needs Now - Learn How - Make it stand out Should I make an unnecessary trip to Maui? Avoid Disaster Tourism Protect your health if in West Maui - toxins are loose in air, water Respect what people went thru - and the grief across island, atop uncertainty for businesses and ongoing displacement Take a load off folks and be of service Volunteer and learn about the land and Hawai’i Give your ear to the Big Island’s Aunty Maile. From a Hawai'ian family that can trace their history to 1200, she shares what nature and family taught, how not to give half-ass hugs, and how aloha works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c26e544e17ba3d4ccaa8250/1694837329465-4L6QLW5KE3MUS7NA7272/Vvaxk-esw6573ikhqs3snmvuuribjq.jpeg Meet Maui Needs Now - Learn How https://arevalossketches.com/transcriptfairytalesanddisability daily 0.75 2020-11-19