Ep. 20 Peace, Love & Soup - In the Time of Covid, Batch 1: Anamnesis

Spring 2018 – We’re trying something new for Season 2! 3 shows,  (Spring, Summer, Fall/Winter)… also new for 2018 @PEACELOVEANDSOUP on Instagram. On this episode we’re focusing on Storytellers! We talk with New York Times best selling author, educator and activist, Renee Watson. www.reneewatson.net and http://www.itooarts.com/ Native to Portland, but now living in NY, she writes “realistic fiction” and poetry centered around the lived experiences of black girls and women, exploring themes of home, identity, and the intersections of race, class, and gender. Also on today’s show we spent an afternoon with ceramicist, storyteller, herbalist and humanitarian, Baba Wague Diakite. BABA WAGUE @: babawague.wordpress.com and www.kofalen.org He talks about the importance of storytelling, and it’s uses to educate as well as entertain, and how this age old tradition was handed down for generations in Africa. Originally from Mali, Wague has been living in Portland, Oregon for many years with his wife and daughters. His eldest, Penda Diakite, is also an author and artist, as well as a clothing designer.  She reads us her original story “ I Lost My Tooth in Africa” written when she was just 12 years old. PendaDiakite.com and pendawear.com Baba Wague also teaches us how to make Tiga Dege Na or West African Peanut Soup. Our “Did You Know” segment will be all about peanuts! We share some truly fascinating information about yet another humble everyday food staple taken for granted. Such as: PEANUTS SAVE LIVES! All the music featured on this episode is by Portland musician, Jonny Cool.  You can find him here: www.jonnycool86.com And https://m.soundcloud.com/jonny-cool We’ve titled this episode Scrabble Soup! Like the popular game, but instead of connecting letters to form words we edit individual stories to ...

Nov. 2017 — It’s that time of year when the weather gets brisk, the leaves change color and Portlanders have one thing on their mind… Wild Mushrooms! On this month’s episode: Cook / Renaissance man Saint James https://kboo.fm/media/61098-saint-james-show invites us to feast on his TOP SECRET recipe: Mushroom Sage Bisque… our very first bisque! Tave joins Matt Taylor, the executive director at Westwind  https://westwind.org and Sunnyside Environmental School families, traipsing around the northwest forest foraging for mushrooms. We welcome back Coco – The Correspondent, with her double helping of mushroom focused Vox Pops, asking the people  –  “What’s your favorite mushroom?” & “What is Umami?” and for music this month we feature the work of Japanese composer, guitarist and singer songwriter Hiroya Tsukamoto  http://www.hiroyatsukamoto.com  His sound is simply gorgeous! Without further delay we give you Episode 11: Wild Mushroom Bisque! Happy Thanksgiving … May kindness surround you! B & T ...

Winter 2022 – We dedicate this episode to those lost in recent years, especially Uncle George and Steve Buchert. We carry their memories with us! As the pandemic continues to evolve, our 2nd Covid episode goes beyond the initial fear of the unknown and focuses instead on adjusting and moving forward in life❣️ Brian makes... ...