Twice 5 Miles Radio with James Navé

Hi, James Navé here (www.jamesnave.com), your host for Twice 5 Miles Radio. I'm pleased to welcome photographer, dancer, and choreographer Micha Bergese (www.michabergese.com). The title of this Twice 5 Miles show is From the Still Point to the Dance.  
One of the things I appreciate about hosting Twice 5 Miles Radio is having conversations with artists like Micha. You'll enjoy listening to Micha...

Hi, James Navé (www.jamesnave.com) here, your host for Twice 5 Miles Radio. I'm pleased to welcome conservationist Nikki Robinson (https://tedxasheville.com/speaker/nikki-robinson & https://wildlandsnetwork.org/) to the microphone. The title of this Twice 5 Miles show is Animal Bridges Over Busy Highways.  In this conversation with Nikki, I started thinking about the rabbits, squirrels, deer,...

Hi, James Nave’ here, your host for Twice 5 Miles Radio. I'm pleased to welcome meditation practitioner and strategic planner Mark Trippetti to the microphone. The title of this Twice 5 Miles conversation is Upon Reflection. You will find this show divided into two parts. In the first part, Mark and I talk about his journey from his advertising agency in New York City to his fully realized practic...

Hi James Navé here, your host for Twice 5 Miles Radio. I'm pleased to welcome civic leader Stephanie Swepson Twitty to the microphone. Stephanie was born and now lives in Old Fort, North Carolina, surrounded by the Pisgah National Forest. I recently worked with Stephanie on the TEDx Asheville speaker selection committee. I was inspired to interview her because of her insightful questions to the sp...

Hi, James Navé here, your host for Twice 5 Miles Radio. I'm pleased to welcome Asheville entrepreneur J. Hackett to the microphone. This Twice 5 Miles conversation title is Building Black Wall Street, (https://blackwallstreetavl.com).   
 I met J. a couple of months ago during the selection process for the 2022 TEDxAsheville event. I was on the selection committee, and J. was one of the candidates...

Hi James Navé, here, your host for Twice 5 Miles Radio. I'm pleased to welcome visual artist Ginger Huebner to the microphone. The title of this Twice 5 Miles conversation with Ginger is The Power of Connection. I first met Ginger on a zoom call which was part of the TEDx Asheville selection process for speakers for the upcoming TEDx Asheville event in February, 2022. I was curious about Ginger's...

Get Soaring with storyteller and hosting master Mary Alice Arthur by James Navé

Hi, James Navé here, your host for Twice 5 Miles Radio. I'm pleased to welcome master painter Paul Pascarella (www.paulpascarella.com) to the microphone. The title of this Twice 5 Miles conversation is Shadows, Color, Stories, and Light.  Here's what Paul says about his work. 
There are many aspects and practices in my life that are also responsible for my paintings than just years of experience i...

Hi James Navé, here, your host for Twice 5 Miles Radio. I'm pleased to welcome Hannah G. Williams to the microphone. Hannah is a digital native and Gen Z CEO advisor. That's why she's the perfect person to discuss the nuances of understanding Gen Z digital natives. I got to know Hannah recently because she was a candidate for the February 2022 TEDxAsheville event. I was on the selection committee...

Hi James Navé, here, your host for Twice 5 Miles Radio. I'm pleased to welcome former journalist and family practice doctor Elizabeth Twardon, M.D., to the microphone. In this conversation with Dr. Elizabeth Twardon, who likes to be called Liz, you will hear us touch on many of the topics that I like to cover on this show. I invited Liz to the show because she is my family practice doctor, and I h...

Hi James Navé, here, your host for Twice 5 Miles Radio. I'm pleased to welcome Emmy award-winning sports editor and documentary filmmaker Paul Devlin to the microphone. I first met Paul in 1996 when he and his team of filmmakers covered the National Poetry slam in Portland, Oregon. Little did anyone know Paul's film, SlamNation, would end up being the definitive documentary film about the Poetry S...

James Navé here, your host of Twice 5 Miles Radio. I'm pleased to welcome author and editor Allegra Huston to the microphone. Allegra is the author of "Love Child: A Memoir of Family Lost and Found" and the novel "Say My Name," as well as numerous screenplays. In addition, she has been a book editor and writing lecturer for many decades. In this informative conversation titled Imaginative Storm Me...

This piece emerged while I was walking down a dirt road with my recorder on, just in case. The made up word Espagozo popped out and off I went. I didn't plan this romp. I had no idea what would come next. I admit, I was rather surprised when I listen to it. I think it will be too. It's a bit fanciful and imaginative. Once you listen to this you will go to the ends of the world to find an Espagozo.

James Navé here, your host of Twice 5 Miles Radio, always airing first on WPVMFM-Asheville. I'm pleased to welcome Paris-based lifestyle and property consultant Adrian Leeds to the microphone to tell us all about why Paris is alive and sizzling two years after the Covid-19 pandemic kept us at home and left the cafés empty in our rearranged world. In this fun conversation, Adrian tells us that the...

James Navé here. Twice 5 Miles Radio welcomes fine art bookbinder Susie Shipman to the microphone. In this insightful interview titled The Simplicity of Making Art, Susie rolls out a bunch of terrific reflections on how you can go about engaging your artistic process in ways that will reward you. Susie started her creative journey in Western North Carolina at Penland School of Craft in Spruce Pine...

Twice 5 Miles Radio, hosted by James Navé, welcomes poet and young adult author Allan Wolf (www.allanwolf.com) to the microphone. You are in for a treat when you listen to this show titled The Geography of Life. What does the geography of life mean? The geography of life has ups and downs, twists and turns, marks on trees, and marks on those around you. Of course, there's also the geography of the...

James Navé here. Unlike other Twice 5 Miles Radio broadcasts, which feature conversations with guests on subjects that focus on art and culture. Occasionally, I go solo, like in this episode titled: You Are a Part of All That You Have Met. In this show, I talk about traveling to the LEAF festival for the Poetry Slam. I tell a story about how I slowly evolved into being a member of the Poetry commu...

James Navé here. It's my pleasure to welcome Paris-based French chef and NY Times author Susan Loomis to a Twice 5 Miles Radio conversation titled Dancing Tomatoes.   Suppose you have an interest in French cuisine. In that case, you may already know Susan's name. Susan is an award-winning author with fourteen books to her credit, a professionally trained chef, and a brick and mortar cooking school...

James Navé here welcoming spoken word poet Gayle Danley ( www.gayledanleypoet.com )to the Twice 5 Miles Microphone and to this show titled Stay Committed to Your Life Long Poetic Vibe. What does staying committed to your lifelong poetic vibe mean? Well, it means that once you take up poetry, you keep it up for your entire life. Indeed, I've heard more than one tale of a poet on the deathbed attemp...

James Navé here. It's my pleasure to welcome spoken-word poet, actor, and teacher Jahman Hill www.jahmanhill.com to the Twice 5 Miles microphone speaking on the idea that You've Already Found Your Poetic Voice, which is the title of this show. I first met Jahman when he signed up to compete in one of the LEAF Poetry Slams I've been hosting at the LEAF Festival every May and October for the past 25...

Adam Gidwitz is a prominent young adult writer. He has an upcoming Netflix show debuting in October. His books sell well all over the world. So why be a children's author rather than an author who writes for adults? Adam writes for young adults and children because he hopes to influence them to live healthy, productive, community-centered lives. He uses modern interpretations of fairytales to acco...

When Small Becomes Large with Arlene Burns, Mayor of Mosier, Oregon A Twice 5 Miles Radio Podcast hosted by James Navé Twice 5 Miles Radio welcomes Arlene Burns, Mayor of Mosier, Oregon, to the microphone. In this conversation, Arlene and I explore the idea of what happens when small things become large. We kick-off with a question about a small guitar she owns. "What's the big deal about a guitar...

Twice 5 Miles Radio welcomes filmmaker, record executive, and award-winning filmmaker Angela Shelton to the microphone. In this conversation, titled The Power of the Mystical Yes, Angela Shelton discusses some of the reasons why she believes in the power of the mystical yes. You might be wondering why such a title The Power of the Mystical Yes. You might be thinking, why say mystical? Why not simp...

James Navé here. Unlike other Twice 5 Miles Radio broadcasts, which feature conversations with guests on subjects that focus on art and culture. Occasionally, I like to go solo, like in this episode titled: Tesla Coil Stories and Other High Voltage Tales. All last week, I thought about sitting down at my desk and recording a solo hour of my reflections on storytelling. Lately, I've come to underst...

Twice 5 Miles Radio hosted by James Navé welcomes poet and investigative journalist Greg Palast to the microphone. In this probing conversation titled The Hill Is Steep, Palast and Navé discuss in depth the perils, so many people face when they try to improve their lot in life. You may have encountered Greg's journalistic work on MSNBC, or BBC, Democracy Now, or The Guardian. If so, you know he is...