Slater Hayes Podcast

Send us Fan Mail "Shhh...They're Talking" I truly do wish SOMEONE could hear all the voices. Foot, I TRULY do wish I could allow them to escape the inner recesses of my brain much faster than words will allow.  Today... I have but one admonition. Think of the HELL that our ancestors endured and listen to their voices as you exercise YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT. VOTE! VOTE!! VOTE!!! OU...

Send us Fan Mail I previously posted this piece on August 8, 2021, as the fifth episode in the detailing of the hold that drugs once had on my life... BUT THIS TIME... I am posting it to extol the goodness that MY GOD has in store for me and ALL that truly trust and believe that HE can truly do abundantly more than we can ask think or imagine.  Yes, I have written several pieces that would probabl...

Send us Fan Mail "Sometimes our goals and dreams are tied up in other's goals and dreams"                       ~~Pastor Samuel Chambers-Journey Center Global I oftentimes state that I delve deep into the vault to determine if there is a piece that has been tucked away awaiting its turn to address what is currently being experienced in my life, or what is occurring within this world...

Send us Fan Mail STOP minimizing the importance of what you are capable of bringing to the table! STOP recognizing the importance of your singular voice-EVEN within your sphere of influence! STOP waiting for someone else to verbalize, or do, that which only you can say or accomplish! GET IN THE GAME!!! __________________________________________________________________________________________ Innum...

Send us Fan Mail I have a PURPOSE!! Just as many of the individual raindrops that are identified in this piece, I have been designed to share the words that emanate oftentimes from a place of which even I am not aware. They are composed and shared because THAT IS WHAT I AM SUPPOSED TO DO!! "Majestic Adornment" ...is a piece that I composed after stepping out on the lanai of my in-law&apo...

Send us Fan Mail They STILL GATHER...even after their preferred candidate was annihilated during last night's debate debacle. Many are professing that he laid out carefully crafted policies and that Kamala Harris still exhibited stupidity. QUESTION...WHAT DEBATE WERE YOU WATCHING? The continuing support and approval of a man that continues to exhibit a glaring disdain for reading and preparat...

Send us Fan Mail As men growing older, we oftentimes view many things with the lens that was available to us during our youth-our younger years. Specifically, we attempt to treat the aches and pains that sometimes bombard our bodies in the same manner as we did when we were younger. However, we now often find that which was a minor pain yesterday seems to stick around and invites its friends while...

Send us Fan Mail Allow GOD to be GOD!! Once you have given it over to HIM, do not continue to relive those things, those actions that caused you to not be the person that HE intended. "Let it Go" is a testament to what I personally experienced before I was able to show myself some grace. The grace that HE had already bestowed upon me even as I allowed issues of the past to rear their ugl...

Send us Fan Mail Oftentimes we find ourselves being tortured by that someone who we can never escape...OURSELVES!! We try all sorts of techniques, self help, mentoring, therapy(Black folk Aint NOTHING wrong with therapy...from a trained professional), and more to forgive ourselves of past occurrences. I have a suggestion. Turn over the steering wheel and ask the author and finisher to ... "Wr...

Send us Fan Mail What we have comes and came at a cost. It cost us tears, sweat, and more importantly LIVES!!! All of which are the currency(ies) that thrust US into a position to be able to participate within this experiment So... "Ain't Nuth'n Free" If WE are not engaged and willingly allow all that has been fought for to fall or be taken away due to indifference, apathy or i...

Send us Fan Mail We allowed them to reach this point. This critical juncture.  This space in time where there are many among them that are hell-bent on returning to a time when WE are afraid to even make eye contact. or remain on the sidewalk instead of stepping aside and allowing them to pass. We have to ask ourselves if we are responsible due to indifference or a deep-seated antipathy for our ow...

Send us Fan Mail Father's Day....that day when  the feelings of those who seek to convey their true emotions oftentimes falls flat; bereft of what is truly intended and what is deep within one's heart. More likely than not, that recurring gift of a necktie, socks or handkerchiefs are used as a symbolic gesture to express those words that seem to never find life-seemingly stuck somewhere...

Send us Fan Mail So many that resemble us, those of the WELL-KNOWN variety are now seemingly selling their souls...selling US out in order to further their aspirations of continuing or furthering their fame. Do not come at me with the age's old mantra of ...we are not a monolith, because I ain't going. It's amazing how you are hopeful, prayerful even, that we act as a monolith when...

Send us Fan Mail I see you; WE SEE YOU, now the question is indeed, DO YOU EVEN CARE? Your actions are being repeated and obviously there is an air of unconcern regarding the "OVER EXPOSURE" that those of a similar ilk are encountering. For instance, look at what has now been exposed in my hometown of Jackson, Mississippi and its' surrounding area. Persons that were long ago reporte...

Send us Fan Mail This piece illuminates what pervades the mind and illustrates the wicked desires of MANY who seek to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. It is now time out for dancing around the subject and possessing fear that speaking out will only further foment the hatred that has been systematically loosed in the last several years. A hatred that was seemingly under control, but set free by a conducto...

Send us Fan Mail Let's see ...heretics continue in their perpetual quest to diminish and adulterate THE WORD. Racists, who think they are not RACISTS, continue to revise and diminish history by proffering ideas that slavery, inherent human and civil rights should not be granted to all people, especially BLACKS. Revisionists seek to ban long accepted reading lists, and close off the minds of o...

Send us Fan Mail ...and may I  also add the changing of definitions in order to create false equivalence. For example, look into how the definition of racist has so dramatically changed, and to whom it now applies. However, I remember. That is why  it is incumbent upon US to teach our youth the  stories of  their ancestors; Those whose shoulders on which we stand. If we do not then we allow our hi...

Send us Fan Mail "That Special Place" My desire is that all married couples seek to attain and maintain that place reserved for their special someone.  It takes work.  But, doesn't everything in this life worth having require work? OUR SPIRIT LUVES!!! PEACE!!

Send us Fan Mail "Flutter" , the initial episode of the fourth season, that's right the fourth season of The Spoken Word with Slater Hayes. I was inspired to write this piece when I encountered a leaf that was caught up in a crosswind that would not allow it to descend to the ground. As I watched it seemingly for an eternity, I took note of the presence of the beauty and the serenit...

Send us Fan Mail This piece...take note of the history that is  being  recounted through this tribute to Congressman John King. "seeKING" is also a memorial tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.. As you listen, please understand that the impact of those on whose shoulders we stand are being continuously evidenced through the ascension of Barack Obama, Kamala Harris, and now, Kentanji Br...

Send us Fan Mail All I can say is that there is NO BETTER piece with which to end my third season.  This piece, my initial venture into podcasting, spoke, and continues to speak, to the political events that are occurring, RIGHT BEFORE OUR EYES. In some ways I have become disillusioned. Disillusioned that so many of US have decided to become quiet, OR ACCEPTING, of what is transpiring. Our zeal se...

Send us Fan Mail "It's in Me" The identifiable, the unidentifiable, and yes, that part that no one, sometimes even I, am able to pinpoint. I have listened to the stories regarding my personality. "You acting just like Snow"(my father). Sometimes conveyed with an animus that has been harbored for FAR TOO LONG by family. Sometimes conveyed with a sense of unfamiliarity. As i...

Send us Fan Mail The abstract nature of this piece was written JUST AS I WAS INSPIRED to write it.  Have a listen ans allow your mind to revisit past periods of time during your childhood, your teenage years and presently. If it fills with circumstances that shaped each specific period, then consider us of a like mind. "Mindscaping" "takes me there". Wherever your "there&q...

Send us Fan Mail There are NO WORDS to describe the emotions of those involved in the events that lead to and is leading to the horrific loss of loved ones in the Middle East. I invite everyone involved to take a pause and think of the futures that are being pre-determined for those for whom you express love. "Heritage" is my attempt at inspiring a spirit of change that is necessary so t...

Send us Fan Mail What great profession did you envision yourself holding when you were a child-even as a young adult? I can almost guarantee that the predominant number of us did not become fixated on one profession during the earlier stages of our lives. What I can guarantee is that there were many. "Between the Ears" is a piece that was inspired as I reminisced on my past and the numer...