Welcome to Fresh Aesthetic, where host Stephen Garton explores the human experience through the lens of creativity, authenticity, science, and spirituality. This space is about the quest for healing and wholeness, while celebrating the life-giving joy of creating shit. Join in for the sometimes serious and often silly escapade, while we all spin around the celestial canvas on this giant space rock we call home.
Black History: A Journey Through Blues, Jazz, Gospel, Hip-Hop and More with Benjamin Faye
Today’s episode features Benjamin Faye and is a celebration of black history in music.
Benji shares his musical expertise and breaks down a timeline of music history from the blues right through to hip-hop and its resulting influences on modern music.
You'll hear all about how modern music as we know it today has been shaped and molded by the blues, and that the majority of popular styles of music have come from the creativity and innovation of black people.
As there is such a plethora of artists and music referenced in this episode, I have taken the time to compile an accompanying Spotify playlist meant to be enjoyed in tandem with the episode.
You can find it here - Black History Month Accompaniment Playlist (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7uLx0xSrasYbVilfYyB12u?si=3252ad6c2dbb419f)
For more of Benji’s work, be sure to check him out on Instagram @heytherebenji (https://www.instagram.com/heytherebenji/), and on BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/benjaminfaye.bsky.social).
31 Jan 2025
The Best of Fresh Aesthetic in 2024
In this episode we take a look at the highlights from Season 4 of Fresh Aesthetic, all conveniently clipped and collated for your listening pleasure.
There were some amazing guests that came on last year and I think it was the best season of FA content yet! This episode is a little late as January is basically over, but it is still a good representation of the amazing guests from last season.
If you really enjoy any of the snippets you listen to and want more, then you can of course go back and listen to, or relisten to, the original episode.
As I was listening back I was getting inspired by lots of the things that were said, and was challenged all over again to be a better human.
The episode contains original music from Dylan Chambers, Nyree Huyser and Ian Turner. These songs have all been used with permission, and copyright belongs to the respective artists.
23 Dec 2024
Holding the Powerful to Account: A Conversation with Pat Brittenden
Today’s episode is my conversation with Pat Brittenden
Pat is an award-winning podcaster, YouTuber, and seasoned talkback radio host. With years of experience in podcasts and radio shows, he now dedicates his efforts to his primary project, Big Hairy News (https://www.youtube.com/@DOCNZStudios). This show offers long-form commentary on mainstream news, creating space to do justice to its guests and the stories it explores.
You can tune into Big Hairy News live on weekdays at 10pm New Zealand time at youtube.com/DOCNZstudios (https://www.youtube.com/@DOCNZStudios).
In this episode, we delve into some of the most troubling policies from the past political year and examine the human tendency to idolise politicians, mirroring celebrity culture. Pat also gives his perspective on moving beyond the dualism of the left-versus-right, focusing instead on the collective growth of humanity.
There are a few important clips and resources mentioned in the episode that I will leave links for in the show notes.
Some of the resources mentioned in the episode are:
Is Every Civilization Doomed to Fail? - Gregory Aldrete (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqsBx58GxYY&t=1s)
"Christianity is in Crisis": Russel Moore's interview on NPR (https://www.npr.org/2023/08/08/1192663920/southern-baptist-convention-donald-trump-christianity)
Reel about loving your enemies by Janie Lagata (https://www.instagram.com/p/DDqbjTTvxJm/)
BHN Interview with Chloe Swarbrick (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDbgw_ZnBkw&t=284)
Mountain Tui on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@MountainTui)
Audio versions of Pat's podcasts can be found here:
#BHN Big Hairy News (https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/bhn-big-hairy-news/id1629215711)
First episode of the NZ Leftist Collective (https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/nz-leftist-collective-review-of-2024/id1629215711?i=1000681109281)
The Department of Conversation with Pat Brittenden (currently on hiatus) (https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/the-department-of-conversation-with-pat-brittenden/id1436803534)
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Neurodiversity, Worldview, Identity Markers and Creating Lasting Positive Transformation with Cameron Bishop
Published 3 Aug 2024 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I have conversations and this is a profound privilege is I almost daily throughout the work week Have a conversation with someone who who is from a remarkably different culture than I am And what we talk about is identity Right, so I get to hear about their experience with culture and how they've I would shape them and so the privilege of just getting to have those conversations I feel like has been a decolonization process for me Where every day I'm challenged to hear a story that is one that I have not had To ask questions around that story to listen well to those stories And ultimately like All that person start to Create a working definition to their own identity And so through that like through that experience. […]
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