Time is Ripe

Creatives' 8 Year Anniversary - April '26 In this episode, Scott is joined by co-host and producer of the podcast Jarrett Moses. The tandem uses the April 7th Creatives’ Pier event as a launch point to do a “deep dive” into Creatives’ Philly’s eight-year journey as a platform. The April 7th open mic event doubled as Scott’s birthday and the anniversary of Creatives’ events. Jarrett runs sound/prod...

Breakaway Conference - March ‘26 In this episode, Scott is joined by a returner to the podcast, Craig Watson. Scott and Craig talk about the 2026 Breakaway Conference hosted by Youth For Christ in Ocean City, Maryland. The conference took place March 6th-8th, 2026. Craig was one of the artists who performed across the weekend while Scott served as the emcee.  The episode kicks off with some contex...

Cali Poets Trip - February ’26 In this episode, Scott is joined by returners to the podcast, AVG and Sergine. The trio talks about their trip to California, February 5th-8th, to perform on Thursday and support Brandon Leake’s “Inspired Voices” on Saturday.  The episode kicks off with Scott sharing the backstory for how the trip took shape, and both guests share about why they decided to go as well...

Creatives' Pier - February '26 In this episode, Scott is joined by co-host Jarrett Moses and two first-time guests: HisnameJirr and Dise. The crew talks about the first Creatives’ Pier open mic of the year, hosted at Venice Island Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, February 3rd.  The episode begins with giving context with Tahjir and Dise sharing their backstories with artistry and how they connec...

Ripe Retreat - January '26 In this episode, Scott is joined by returners to the podcast, Jarrett Moses, Greg Snow, Aable, and Simone Wesley to talk about the 2026 Ripe Retreat.  The retreat, which is hosted annually by Ripe Creatives, took place on Saturday, January 17th at Grace Presbyterian Church in Jenkintown, PA.  The episode begins with giving context for the annual Ripe Retreat and the shif...

Setting the Stage Season 5 In this episode, Scott Smith & Jarrett Moses sit down to “set the stage” again for the fifth time. This conversation is to wrap up season 4 and turn the page into season 5 of the “Time Is Ripe” podcast.  The episode begins with Jarrett & Scott recapping season 4 as a whole and sharing some of their favorite episodes. Midway through, they turn the page to talk abo...

2 Lines - December '25 In this episode, Scott is joined by co-host Jarrett Moses and returners to the podcast Devyn Dais and Jake Doggett. The squad talks about the team’s 2 Lines Philly Open Mic that featured Jake as the closing poet on the event. Jake is both a Ripe Poet and a 2 Lines Philly team member.  Devyn serves with the 2 Lines Philly team and joined as a special guest to share some insig...

Creatives' Cafe ft. Maya Simone - December '25 In this episode, Scott is joined by co-host Jarrett Moses and first-timer to the podcast, Maya Simone.  The crew talks about the team’s Creatives’ Cafe Open Mic that included Maya as the closing feature. The event was hosted on Tuesday, December 9th, 2025, at Bedrock Fishtown in Philadelphia. The episode begins with a fun dive into Maya’s story, inclu...

Creatives' Cafe ft. Zhanna Hope - October '25 In this episode, Scott is joined by returner/co-host Jarrett Moses as well first time guest Zhanna Hope. Today’s episode centers on the Creatives’ Cafe Open Mic event curated by the Ripe Creatives community which featured Zhanna. The event took place on Tuesday October 14th, 2025 at Bedrock Fishtown.  The episode begins with a bunch of the backstory of...

Messiah University Poetry Chapel - October '25 In this episode, Scott is joined by returners to the podcast Greg Snow and AVG aka Gabriel Angrand.   The trio of Ripe Poets chat about their trip to Messiah University to perform for an evening chapel on Tuesday October 7th. Sergine and Miss Spoken Poet also made the trip to Messiah to perform but weren't on today's episode. The episode kicks off wit...

Breakaway Middle School Retreat - September '25 In this episode, Scott is joined by co-host Jarrett Moses, returner to the podcast Megan Dehaven, and first-timer Tucker Rodkey.  Tucker is the founder of Painting Freedom located in Chester, PA. This episode is all about the Breakaway Middle School Retreat hosted at Northbay Adventure Camp from September 26th-28th, 2025.  Megan serves on staff with...

Change Makers Conference - September '25 In this episode, Scott is joined by first-timer to the podcast Peace Ike. Peace Ike is the founder of both “The Gathering Place Philly” and a newly established organization called “Set The Table.”  Scott & Peace had the opportunity to share space on Friday September 12th as guest presenters for the Change Makers Conference.  Change Makers was founded by...

Creatives' Pier - August '25 In this episode, Scott is joined by returner/co-host Jarrett Moses and first time guest Jon Bolds to talk about our Creatives’ Pier Open Mic hosted at Venice Island Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, August 12th. Jon Bolds was the closing feature for the event.  The episode opens with quite a bit of backstory concerning Jon’s connection to Scott and Jarrett including a...

DTL Poetry - August '25 In this episode, Scott is joined by returner to the podcast Gabriel Angrand (aka AVG) and Dare to Listen (DTL) Founder Trisha Wood. The episode focuses on the Dare To Listen Poetry event hosted at the Kanvas venue in Philadelphia on Sunday August 10th.  The first quarter of the episode explains the backstory of DTL from Trish’s vantage point as the founder and curator. AVG...

Lamb Jam - July 25 In this episode, Scott is joined by co-host Jarrett Moses and first-time guest Adam Senior to talk about the “Lamb Jam” event hosted at The Bridge Coffee in Levittown, PA on Saturday July 5th. Adam was the curator of the event and Jarrett’s company Topmop Productions provided the sound for the gathering.  The episode begins with a bit of Adam’s backstory of how he connected to R...

Creatives' Pier - June '25 In this episode, Scott is joined by co-host Jarrett Moses and returners to the pod Doc Hero & Shawn Prez to talk about our Creatives’ Pier Outdoor Open Mic. The open mic experience was hosted by our Creatives’ Philly team on Tuesday June 10th at Venice Island Performing Arts Center located in the Manayunk neighborhood of Philadelphia.  The episode begins with some ca...

Good Stuff Festival - May '25 In this episode, Scott is joined by Jarrett Moses and Greg Snow to talk about the Good Stuff Festival hosted by Carson Simpson Farm Christian Camp on Saturday May 17th, 2025. Good Stuff Festival is the rebranded event formerly known as “WorshipFest” hosted also at CSF in 2022 and 2023. The conversation begins with the trio chatting about the rebrand of the festival an...

Oracles Part 2 - March '25 In this two-parter episode, Scott is joined by returners to the podcast Jarrett Moses, Sergine Citerme, and Jake Doggett. The group talks about our team’s first ever “Oracles” which happened on Saturday March 29th, 2025. The Christian Spoken Word showcase was hosted at Christ Community Church in Philadelphia. In part 2 the episode picks up where we left off with the seco...

Oracles Part 1 - March '25 In this two-parter episode, Scott is joined by returners to the podcast Jarrett Moses, Sergine Citerme, and Jake Doggett. The group talks about our team’s first ever “Oracles” which happened on Saturday March 29th, 2025. The Christian Spoken Word showcase was hosted at Christ Community Church in Philadelphia. In part 1 the episode begins with the team sharing the backsto...

Encounter Vol. 3 - March '25 In this episode, Scott is joined by Ripe Artist Gabriel Angrand aka “AVG” to talk about Encounter Vol 3. Encounter night are hosted by spoken word artist Jay Avery in Whippany, New Jersey. Volume 3 took place on Saturday March 22nd, 2025 and featured Ripe Artists AVG and Craig Watson. The first portion of the episode focuses a lot on Scott’s history with Jay Avery and...

2 Lines - February ‘25 In this episode, Scott is joined by co-host Jarrett Moses and returner to the podcast Greg Snow to talk about the 2 Lines Showcase event hosted at Top Mop Savage Studios on Friday February 21st, 2025. The first half of the episode focuses on everything leading up to the night of the event and many of the pre-show happening that preceded the showcase featuring four separate a...

Open Heart - Jan '25 In this episode, Scott is joined by first time guest “Poetic Will” aka Will Douglas from Trenton, NJ. Poetic Will is the founder and curator of Open Heart Poetry. The episode centers on Open Heart Poetry’s 1 Year Anniversary showcase which took place on January 24th, 2025.  The first third of the episode centers on Will’s story of founding OHP and subsequently changing the mod...

Kingdom - January '25 In this episode, Scott is joined by first-time guests Will Toms & Keith Reed alongside of returner Doc Hero.  The episode centers on the Kingdom PHL experience hosted at REC Philly on January 17th, 2025.  The first few minutes of the episode shared a lot of the context for Will, Keith and Scott’s relationships over the years as the crew waits for Doc to arrive. After intr...

Setting the Stage Season 4 In this episode Scott Smith & Jarrett Moses sit down to “set the stage” again. This time the conversation is to wrap up season 3 and turn the page into season 4 of the “Time Is Ripe” podcast.  The episode begins with Jarrett sharing about his overall views of the podcast and the growth he’s seen from season 1 until now. Midway through Scott and Jarrett recap some of...

2 Lines - December '24 In this episode, Scott is joined by Jarrett Moses, Gabriel Angrand aka “AVG” and Simone Wesley. The group talks about the 2 Lines on December 13th, 2024 hosted at TopMop Savage Studios in Philadelphia. AVG was featured for this specific 2 Lines Open Mic event.  The first few minutes of the episode focuses on 2 Lines decision to move to TopMop Savage Studios for the winter mo...