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The Opening Life Podcast is a conversation between jazz musician J Kyle Gregory, spoken word poet Brittany Williams, and special guests from around the world, exploring what wondrous stories, poems, songs and sights of today and yesterday say to our lives. In 2024, our new Season 3 episodes will drop on the first Friday of every month, from March to December.
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November 22, 2024
Ava DuVernay's film Origins is explored in this episode, featuring special guest Michael Jordan, with a focus on how personal stories can bridge divisions and inspire empathy.
June 18, 2024
<p><strong>Episode 4 of Opening Life Podcast is a conversation about a movie about a book. It’s also about the book’s author, Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, Isabel Wilkerson. The film, by director Ava DuVernay is called </strong><strong>Origins</strong><strong>. It’s a sensitive and powerful telling of Isabel’s journey writing the book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. The translucent soundtrack is by Kris Bowers, whose music-writing credits include the film Green Book, and the second season of Bridgerton. As is our custom in our podcast, we feature the music prominently. This conversation between our guest Michael Jordan (a great soul but not a basketball player!) Brittany, and Kyle could serve as an excellent preparation for seeing the film, or as a conversation catalyst for those who have already seen the film or read the book. Both </strong><strong>Origins</strong><strong> and Caste are not to be missed. They are windows into one of humankind’s most enduring and life-diminishing practices. </strong></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>You can find other life-opening articles on our website at </strong><a href="http://nexusonline.org"><strong>nexusonline.org</strong></a></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong> </strong></p>
May 8, 2024
<p><strong>Opening Life Season 3, Episode 3</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p>The Meaning in Metal</p> <p><br></p> <p>Dear friends, we hope this conversation between Kyle, Brittany and musician Tim Yearsley opens new avenues of understanding for you. In Nexus we believe every human story expands and deepens our sense of reality. The music you’ll hear says what is has to say with enormous conviction and feeling, and we think that’s a good thing! </p> <p><br></p> <p>As always, we’d love to hear your thoughts about our conversation, and what it stirred inside of you. </p> <p><br></p> <p>JKG</p> <p><br></p> <p>The Beyond Grace website is at:</p> <p><a href="https://www.beyond-grace.co.uk/">https://www.beyond-grace.co.uk/</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>Beyond Grace is:</p> <p><br></p> <p>Andy Walmsley - vocals/bass</p> <p>Tim Yearsley - guitar/vocals</p> <p>Chris Morley - guitar</p> <p>Ed Gorrod - drums</p> <p><br></p> <p>*****</p> <p><br></p> <p>The Burning Season (words and music by Beyond Grace)</p> <p><br></p> <p>On YouTube:</p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/-4QvLXFIDWU?si=Th8ip-i8B4YMCzO6" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://youtu.be/-4QvLXFIDWU?si=Th8ip-i8B4YMCzO6</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>Lyrics:</p> <p><br></p> <p>Welcome to the new dark ages!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Where cowards live like kings, while children rot in cages</p> <p>Condemned to suffer for the crime of being born</p> <p>And politicians preach, that only they can save us</p> <p>From their mistakes and all the consequences of their failures</p> <p><br></p> <p>Wielding words like weapons in an endless culture war</p> <p>Every accusation a confession of their true intentions</p> <p><br></p> <p>Banning books and burning pages</p> <p>A little knowledge is a dangerous thing</p> <p>Something to be feared, and something to be hated</p> <p>This is how the new dark age begins</p> <p><br></p> <p>And when the lights go out, we shall not see them lit again</p> <p><br></p> <p>A new age of darkness has now descended on us</p> <p>Like a swarm of locusts, bringing famine and disease</p> <p><br></p> <p>A vicious cycle we seem doomed to repeat</p> <p><br></p> <p>Banning books and burning pages</p> <p>A little knowledge is a dangerous thing</p> <p>Something to be feared, and something to be hated</p> <p>This is how the new dark age begins</p> <p><br></p> <p>And in our darkest hour, we'll turn against each other</p> <p>We'd rather set the world on fire, than ever face the truth</p> <p><br></p> <p>So beware the death of reason</p> <p>Herald of the burning season</p> <p><br></p> <p>Banning books and burning pages</p> <p>A little knowledge is a dangerous thing</p> <p>Something to be feared, and something to be hated</p> <p>This is how the new dark age begins</p> <p><br></p> <p>*****</p> <p><br></p> <p>Here Comes the Flood (words and music by Peter Gabriel)</p> <p><br></p> <p>On YouTube:</p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/W7D4kinS_p8?si=gGUG_D0sa4aZvsWj" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://youtu.be/W7D4kinS_p8?si=gGUG_D0sa4aZvsWj</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>Lyrics:</p> <p><br></p> <p>When the night shows</p> <p>The signals grow on radios</p> <p>All the strange things</p> <p>They come and go as early warnings</p> <p>Stranded starfish have no place to hide</p> <p>Still waiting for the swollen Easter tide</p> <p>There's no point in direction</p> <p>We cannot even choose a side</p> <p><br></p> <p>I took the old track</p> <p>The hollow shoulder across the waters</p> <p>On the tall cliffs</p> <p>They were getting older, sons and daughters</p> <p>The jaded underworld was riding high</p> <p>Waves of steel hurled metal at the sky</p> <p>And as the nail sunk in the cloud</p> <p>The rain was warm and soaked the crowd</p> <p><br></p> <p>Lord, here comes the flood</p> <p>We'll say goodbye to flesh and blood</p> <p>If again the seas are silent, in any still alive</p> <p>It'll be those who gave their island to survive</p> <p>Drink up, dreamers, you’re running dry</p> <p><br></p> <p>When the flood calls</p> <p>You have no home, you have no walls</p> <p>In the thunder crash</p> <p>You’re a thousand miles within a flash</p> <p><br></p> <p>Don't be afraid to cry at what you see</p> <p>The actors gone, there’s only you and me</p> <p>And if we break before the dawn</p> <p>They'll use up what we used to be</p> <p><br></p> <p>Lord, here comes the flood</p> <p>We'll say goodbye to flesh and blood</p> <p>If again the seas are silent, in any still alive</p> <p>It'll be those who gave their island to survive</p> <p>Drink up dreamers, you’re running dry</p> <p><br></p> <p>Lord, here comes the flood</p> <p>We'll say goodbye to flesh and blood</p> <p>If again the seas are silent, in any still alive</p> <p>It'll be those who gave their island to survive</p> <p>Drink up dreamers, you’re running dry</p> <p>Drink up dreamers, you’re running dry</p> <p><br></p> <p>*****</p> <p>Another helpful resource for understanding the meaning of metal, mentioned by Tim in our conversation:</p> <p><br></p> <p>Metal: A Headbangers Journey</p> <p><br></p> <p>On YouTube:</p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/chIeyxbVf_4?si=b8HzFX5XO_5MDswJ">https://youtu.be/chIeyxbVf_4?si=b8HzFX5XO_5MDswJ</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>Peace!</p> <p><br></p>
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The Opening Life Podcast is a conversation between jazz musician J Kyle Gregory, spoken word poet Brittany Williams, and special guests from around the world, exploring what wondrous stories, poems, songs and sights of today and yesterday say to our lives.
In 2024, our new Season 3 episodes will drop on the first Friday of every month, from March to December.
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