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The Positively Adventurous League Series: First Book: "As Alone as Alone Could Be"  Written By Rachel Mcintosh, Illustrations by Merve Terzi Yildiz, Production Consultant David Zellerford.  "As Alone As Alone Could Be , a beautifully illustrated children's book and the first title in the series, features "Sparkles" Clawhammer, a gender-neutral character blessed with courage, energy and imagination...

For the 100th Episode of The No, I Know Podcast we have baked a special episode for you, from a couple of chatterboxes, also known as your co-hosts, Ilyana Kadushin and James Harrell. Join us for some music and improv. All Music and Lyrics by James Harrell and Ilyana Kadushin.

Dear Podcast Listeners, In celebration of our upcoming 100th episode of The No, I Know Podcast, we present to you this special video message:  "Listen to Your Vegetables". All Music and Lyrics by James Harrell and Ilyana Kadushin. noiknowpodcast.com

From two different cultures, Andy Dixon and Linda Polk found each other during the fourth decade of their lives, and love has dominated their relationship ever since.   Few observers would have predicted their union because Linda was raised by Conservative Christian parents who took her to church three times a week and seven days a week during annual revivals and Vacation Bible Schools. At just ab...

The Constitution and it's 230-year-old language is pretty impenetrable, but how can we be expected to hold our elected leaders accountable when we're so in the dark?  Well, our guest: Ben Sheehan has an answer.   WHAT DOES THE CONSTITUTION SAY? A KID'S GUIDE TO HOW OUR DEMOCRACY WORKS , an adaptation of his successful book for adults, OMG WTF Does the Constitution Actually Say .   This witty and h...

Welcome to the new new new age! We try to keep a sense of humor and lightness but it's sometimes eclipsed and disrupted. How can we manage the stresses as we enter into 2022? We have been taking ourselves to the center of the forests around us as much as possible, for some forest bathing. What is that pray tell?  You go out to that point in a forest, where you can feel the air change (more oxygena...

This episode is part of our Going Green/Staying Green Series.       W hatever generation you are a part of, you look around you at your environment, the land and nature around you (even if you live in a city) and define your relationship with it. Do you like what you see? What's challenging in it? What can you do? Do you take part of making it beautiful, of keeping it clean/sustainable, part of th...

A new series begins! Travel with us on "Episode from the Road".  First stop: Jewel of the Blue Ridge in Marshall, NC. We parked the little teardrop trailer we traveled with and our host Chuck Blethen took James and I on a tour of his spectacular property called Jewel of the Blue Ridge. Over his lifetime, Chuck Blethen has been an Engineer, he studied geophysics, a businessman, inventor, entreprene...

I narrated my first audio book in 2005, a very large and little known book called Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, a giant series to kick off my career and here I am 90 books later and I have told many stories, which I love so much. And on this episode we have guest: Jeremy Forsyth,   whom  we have had the pleasure of working with and I narrated his book, The Little Fairleaf.   Jeremy Andrew Forsyth i...

Leave No Trace.  An idea that began in the 60's by forest rangers on how to have a minimal impact on the land, that we should leave an outdoor area that we have been in, traveling through or enjoying, clean and without a trace of our human presence. According, to Leave No Trace-Center for Outdoor Ethics, There are Seven Principles of Leave No Trace   and they can be applied anywhere — from remote...

Lourdes Curaçao is an Acadian-Cree, a musician, producer, Air Force veteran and a recipient of an Air Force Humanitarian Service medal for her performance as a first responder. She is a former member of the American Indian Movement (1994-2000). An indigenous activist and empirical researcher in applied linguistics and counter-extremism . She currently livestreams on Twitch and works as Director of...

Our guests for this Make A Difference Spotlight Episode are:  Angela Morton, founder of  Faith Over Fear Economic Empowerment Inc ., a non-profit organization which helps minority businesses with a focus on black- owned businesses to become stronger and create sustainability in the community.  We also speak with  Pastor Martin Hutchison and Executive Director of Tri-Community Mediation who formed ...

Our guest is author Susan Verde and we speak about her newest title in the #1 New York Times best selling series called,   "I am Courage, a book of Resilience" , illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds. What is Resilience, how can we cultivate it and why do we need it in our lives? How do we adapt in the face of tragedy and adversity? A book for children and people of all ages. Plus our latest non profit...

Meet some of the artists and musicians who will be at the National Folk Festival—one of America's largest, most prestigious and longest-running celebrations of arts, culture, and heritage.  A Great American Festival (celebrating it's 80th year) Comes to Maryland's Historic Eastern Shore. A free, large-scale three-day outdoor event, the National Folk Festival celebrates the roots, richness and vari...

 Our Special Guest: Nikon Ambassador and National Geographic Magazine photographer, Ami Vitale has traveled to more than 100 countries, bearing witness not only to violence and conflict, but also to surreal beauty and the enduring power of the human spirit. Throughout the years, Ami has lived in mud huts and war zones, contracted malaria, and donned a panda suit— keeping true to her belief in the...

What does it take to be a member of one of the most prestigious dance companies in the world? What are the sacrifices to the art form and it's life style? Most of us have no idea. Georgina Pazcoguin, aka The Rogue Ballerina, was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania and began training at the age of 4 at the Allegheny Ballet Academy. Georgina joined New York City Ballet in 2003 and became the first Asian A...

On both National and Local levels in America, we see truly disturbing and disheartening images of violence and death of our fellow citizens. And if one has cultivated empathy for the state of our country, then we mourn that death, whether they are a civilian or a police officer. When faced with the growing issues in this country, we immediately think not of how we can fuel the fire and add to the...

" The Ultimate Guide to Music Publicity."   Interview w/Cyber PR's, Ariel Hyatt. What does it mean to be a musician artist today? In this conversation with Ariel we cover: *Creating your brand authentically. *Connecting with your audience through telling your story. *Being intentional in your use of social media. *The best ways to crowd fund your art. *What does a music publicist do for you? ​*The...

It's our 16th  wedding   anniversary and we are celebrating by releasing our recent live music concert that was performed and recorded at Coops to Co-ops. Listen to some songs, stories and reflections on the many marriages in one marriage. What is the state of our union? Performances of the following songs: Traveling, Brahma, Champagne, Surrender, Creature of Habit, Prove me Wrong, Ripe and Let's...

Next up in our " Staying Green Series " Listen to our interviews with Lisa Garfield and Niamh Shortt of Future Harvest-Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture and on location interview with farmer, Thelonious Cooke of Mighty Thundercloud/Edible Forest . What is the future of farming? What is regenerative farming and Bio Diversity? Tune in and find out.  This episode brought to you by Ally...

In our "Race and Community Esteem series", guests who have ranged from leaders in their community to individuals sharing stories of transformation; from life choices that divide us, to shifting to consciously creating a life that connects us in our shared humanity. And in the discourse out in the world, media, news, social media, LANGUAGE is bandied about with very little thought about what those...

During Covid , people fanatically and faithfully binge watched all the amazing television series and then compare notes with family and friends, like water cooler chat but now on ZOOM!   Who creates these television shows that you get to enjoy? So many people make it happen. Today it's often times a different director for each episode with groups of writers and different writers for each episode....

This episode is part of our GOING GREEN SERIES. The movement/battle to protect land and natural resources has been going on for a long time. Our guests: Rosa Hance and Cindy Dillon are both working on behalf of The Sierra Club in the state of Maryland. The Sierra Club  was  founded on May 28, 1892 , with John Muir as its first president. It is the oldest and largest environmental group in America,...

Jesse Morton was once a jihadist propagandist (then known as Younes Abdullah Muhammad) who ran Revolution Muslim, a New York City-based organization active in the 2000s and connected to a number of terrorism cases. He connected al-Qaeda's ideology and transformed it for America, creating English language propaganda and collaborating with the most notorious jihadist preachers of that era.  Morton d...

​Today's episode is part of our ongoing GOING GREEN Series, where we have guests from different environmental groups and initiatives from both local and state level, to shed light on why their work is important and what we can all do to make a difference for the better. EARTH day is every day isn't? So we want to give you ongoing knowledge and inspiration to take better care of the natural resourc...