Voice Seeker

About Voice Seeker

A novel documentary audio-collage magazine composed with voice memos from friends, memories, fragments, interviews, music, and field recordings from the travels of nomadic bard Dandelion Lakewood. To be published quarterly on Solstices and Equinoxes.

Publisher

Dandelion Lakewood

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Dec 2022

Latest episode

20 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

16 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Sept 2026

   Calvin Arsenia [Voice Seeker #16, Autumnal Equinox 2026]

   This episode of Voice Seeker features prominent musician, curator, and thinker Calvin Arsenia from Kansas City. We discuss at length a host of topics that spans musical origins, community, critiques of AI, the development of Greenwood Social Hall, creativity, intersectionality, religion, sympathetic magic, and beyond.You can find more from Calvin and listen to or purchase the entirety of his masterful album, "Paradise", at his website (https://calvinarsenia.com/).~DandyChapters00:00 Intro03:55 Wedding music05:55 Calvin's musical origin story10:01 Community singing, primal resonance, and sympathetic magic12:10 The importance of time and space for artistic development13:58 Multi-instrumentalism15:48 The value of humility and authenticity16:15 Cultural heritage, folk magic, and the preservation of tradition18:00 Folk traditions as ancient power and magic21:49 Deconstructing religion26:01 LGBTQ+ perspectives and Religious Conflict27:55 The Intersection of Politics, Religion, and Society28:06 Greenwood Social Hall30:10 The role of music in community and healing32:24 The intersection of faith, culture, and personal identity34:04 AI, Authenticity, and Creativity36:03 The future of independent music and community support37:58 Embracing personal power40:29 Closing thoughts and advice for creative seekers

2. 

   20 Jun 2026

   [podcast] Alice Mantas: multi-disciplinary Portuguese artist [Voice Seeker #15]

   The Summer Solstice 2026 episode of Voice Seeker features my friend and former house mate from Portugal, Alice Mantas. Alice is a multi-disciplinary artist focusing on playing modal music with the cello, and conducting materials research with ceramics. She is also a face painter and sometimes clown. ~Dandy 00:00:00 - Introducing Alice Mantas via Portugal 00:01:52 - Our first meeting at a squat in Lisbon 00:11:16 - How freedom zones can ruin freedom 00:15:17 - Rhythms of Resistance, organized anarchy with percussion 00:20:34 - ETHNO, a global cohort of folk artists sharing their craft 00:25:10 - Our second meeting in a squat in Chania, Crete 00:32:04 - The power of the clown 00:38:08 - A dumpster diving band 00:40:57 - Poverty of time vs poverty of money 00:47:11 - Being a multi-disciplinary artist 00:48:41 - Ceramics 00:56:51 - Using Pure Data (Pd) an open source graphical media software toolkit 01:00:23 - A chat about practice 01:03:58 - Modal (makam) music 01:09:13 - Grant writing and cello travel 01:11:55 - Cultural evolution: Asian via North African influence on Portuguese music 01:17:03 - Culture as a mutable identity marker 01:20:49 - Travel 01:26:11 - Soclal media vs IRL 01:33:42 - Final thoughts

3. 

   20 Mar 2026

   From Morocco to Poland with Badre Zaid [Voice Seeker #14 Vernal Equinox 2026]

   I first met Zaid at a Rainbow Gathering in Morocco, playing guitar songs around a campfire. A few years later our paths crossed again at another gathering in Turkiye. We ended up having some adventures after that and I am proud to call him my friend. 00:00:00 - Intruducing Zaid 00:03:15 - Meeting in a Morocco Rainbow Gathering 00:05:30 - Musical confidence 00:09:19 - After Moroccan Rainbow 00:11:26 - What was it like growing up in Morocco? 00:16:54 - Meeting a Polish wife 00:20:02 - Paradise for the rich, hell for the poor 00:25:58 - Colonization from Europe 00:29:58 - Things missed about Morocco 00:32:34 - Experiences in Poland 00:38:22 - Our second meeting in Turkish Rainbow and on to the Mad House 00:47:41 - Musical history 00:53:54 - Learning music from friends 01:01:32 - Making frame drums 01:06:55 - Connecting artists across the world 01:11:53 - Musical collaborations 01:18:25 - Big dreams 01:21:07 - Final thoughts and philosophies

4. 

   20 Dec 2025

   Mikael Gunter: Freedom, travel, and mysticism [Voice Seeker #13, Winter Solstice 2025]

   I met Mikael Gunter at a communal camp in Albania during the global lockdown. We bonded over music, tesseracts, and the quest for freedom. Here is our conversation. 00:00:00 - Introductions, our meeting in Albania 00:04:07 - Alone on Winter Solstice 00:07:00 - Staying in Albanian bunkers 00:13:10 - Balkan conquests, appearances vs reality of living in a country 00:20:16 - Returning to Australia after 10 years 00:23:02 - Termites = didgeridoos 00:28:46 - Herniated disc 00:30:54 - Healthcare and employment in Australia 00:35:16 - Cultural cringe 00:40:35 - Some technical difficulties and a brief history of this podcast 00:43:20 - Extended travel: how to live abroad indefinitely without employment 00:48:43 - Technology addiction 00:52:24 - Multidimensionality 00:55:18 - Psychonaut explorations 01:04:36 - Food quality in USA vs Europe 01:10:01 - Mikael's current situation "in the bush" 01:11:35 - Busking at home vs abroad 01:13:10 - Our shared busking experience in Skopje 01:16:21 - Balkan issues 01:21:50 - Belief vs knowledge of presented information 01:27:40 - Observing the cosmos 01:45:57 - Placebo, belief, power of consciousness 01:55:17 - What's next? Final thoughts

5. 

   20 Sept 2025

   A bardic journey with Metka Knap [Voice Seeker #12, Autumnal Equinox 2025]

   Metka Knap is a folklorist, musician, and visual artist from Slovenia. We met in 2022 in Macedonia and took a bardic journey to Prague and beyond. Unfortunately, the conversation takes place over a Zoom chat with Metka being in a remote cabin in Slovenia, so the fidelity of the connection is at times spotty. Hopefully you will still be able to glean some interesting insights from our conversation. https://www.instagram.com/vrabovka/ https://www.instagram.com/tjulnica/ https://www.instagram.com/izpodkorenin/ https://www.instagram.com/gruntuntun/ 00:00:00 - Introduction, urban vs rural for artists 00:09:44 - Does the USA have more opportunities for artists? 00:16:04 - Metka's musical journey 00:22:18 - Floating Castle Festival 00:26:25 - How did we meet? 00:29:24 - Dandy's banjo 00:31:43 - More instruments 00:35:54 - At the meditation center in Serbia 00:38:38 - Recording "More Izgrejala" 00:41:28 - Onward toward Prague 00:44:39 - Our concert in Ljubljana 00:48:05 - Balkan rainbow in Serbia 00:53:31 - Future plans 00:58:39 - Visual art, a safe place for creativity 01:02:31 - The other band, Grunt 01:05:32 - Final messages

6. 

   19 Jun 2025

   Remembering hitchhiking w/ Saša Hajzler [Voice Seeker # 11, Summer Solstice 2025]

   Host Dandelion interviews Saša Hajzler, PhD student, about their hitchhiking adventures through Morocco, reflecting on travel experiences and cultural observations.

7. 

   19 Mar 2025

   Elexa Dawson [Voice Seeker 10, Spring Equinox 2025]

   On the 10th episode of Voice Seeker, we have a wide-ranging discussion with Elexa Dawson: musician, songwriter, speaker, mother, gardener, Potawatomi Citizen, and all around awesome human being. Elexa Dawson is a practitioner of the soul. Her red-dirt honey vocals and rhythmic guitar style deliver a sound that hits home. Both familiar and intriguing, her songs speak of the earth and community, and celebrate all relationships, from mother and child to friend and lover. Kansas-based and Oklahoma-born, Elexa is a songwriter, educator, community organizer, Folk Alliance Region Midwest's Board President, and serves on the Board of Directors of Music to Life. Elexa is a Kansas Touring Roster Artist, Music to Life's Juried Artist, and Mid-America Arts Alliance Interchange Fellow. Former fellowships include First Peoples Fund and Western Arts Alliance Native Launchpad. Elexa is the founder and director of Good Way Gardens, a land-based arts organization, and is co-founder of Weda Skirts, one of Kansas' best-beloved female folk ensembles. She runs an independent label, Turns Out Records. She’s also a founding member of popular folk groups The Power Lilies and Heyleon. https://www.elexadawson.com/ Native Heritage and Place in the Flint Hills presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJPFaBuC73c (00:00:00) - INTRODUCTION (00:04:10) - PRACTITIONER OF THE SOUL (00:08:19) - SINGING TOGETHER (00:10:47) - MUSICAL BACKGROUND (00:15:14) - WINFIELD (00:17:42) - THE CITIZEN POTAWATOMI NATION (00:26:30) - INDIGENOUS EARTH (00:32:40) - INSPIRATION, APPROPRIATION, FETISHIZATION (00:42:22) - SHAPED BY NATIVE HERITAGE (00:42:44) - INDIGENOUS FOODS MOVEMENT (00:47:10) - FOOD SOVEREIGNTY (00:52:11) - A WORLD OF ABUNDANCE (00:57:38) - ABANDONING THE PATRIARCHY (01:02:58) - IF EVERYONE'S A MILLIONAIRE, WHO'S SPECIAL? (01:05:24) - WOMEN'S HOMES (01:09:24) - EDUCATION (01:18:35) - POTAWATOMI LANGUAGE (01:21:07) - MUSICAL MEMORY (01:22:58) - GOODWAY GARDEN AND MORE (01:26:10) - PETER OVIATT, STANLEY HOTEL (01:31:30) - ARTIST RECOMMENDATIONS (01:33:44) - WORDS OF ADVICE FOR YOUNGER CREATIVES

8. 

   23 Dec 2024

   Kansas City Sufis [Voice Seeker #9, Winter Solstice 2024]

   An informal discussion with some members of the Shining Heart Sufi Community in Kansas City. Topics include: Dances of Universal Peace, Sufism, Turkiye, Konya, Alevi music, and more. https://www.shiningheartcommunity.org/ 00:00:00 Invocation 00:00:25 Solstice time 00:02:26 Introductions 00:05:54 Kurbanlar Tiğlanıp 00:12:42 Dandy's encounter with the Sufis 00:27:24 Some other Sufi stories 00:50:22 Joel Kraft's song 00:53:22 Thy Light Is In All Forms 00:59:38 Karşidan Görunen Hey Dost 01:06:40 Dandy's pilgrimage to Konya 01:17:40 Marty's Sufi story 01:22:00 Closing the circle 01:24:00 Outward

9. 

   25 Sept 2024

   Gracie Caggiano [Voice Seeker #8 Autumnal Equinox 2024]

   Welcome to Voice Seeker, I’m your host, Dandelion Lakewood. In this episode, I sat down with songwriter, composer, and performer Gracie Caggiano. We cover a broad spectrum of topics including perfectionism, suffering, joy, death, poetry, perspective, and life as an artist with a disability. You will have an opportunity to hear some of Gracies original compositions throughout the episode. The recording quality fits the conversation about imperfection, it’s a bit noisy, you can hear the echo of the room and Gracie’s upstairs neighbors stomping around sometimes. Listening through the foggy lens of those flaws, you will hopefully discover some gems in our conversation. (00:00:00) Psalm of Recognition (00:01:03) Introduction (00:01:48) Beginnings, journals as a living document (00:08:40) Sad girl starter pack (00:10:01) Omniscient algorithms (00:10:35) Adrienne Lenker and the value of imperfect aesthetics (00:17:40) The elusive "perfect version" (00:26:50) After I die, what's going to happen to my music? (00:30:45) The value of creative work (00:34:48) How to market authenticity (00:41:11) How many artists actually live off of their creative work? (00:47:00) The making of an album (00:58:30) The element of surprise (01:01:50) Musical influences (01:06:35) Listening to music as a musician (01:15:46) Themes of decay and disability (01:15:05) Presence in grief (01:26:19) The poems of Mary Oliver (01: 28:18) Emily Dickenson (01:29:20) The inevitability of death (01:34:28) The Book of Delights (01:38:07) Positivity vs reality and the role of art in discourse (01:44:17) War, murder, and death (01:52:21) Intersectionality and artistic performance (02:01:33) Conceptual space making and community (02:08:23) Words to a future fan (02:09:21) Rilke's Book of a Monastic Life

10. 

    20 Jun 2024

    Folk Alliance International Mixtape [Voice Seeker #7 Summer Solstice 2024]

    A bardic quest mixtape featuring the various performers who assembled at the 2024 Folk Alliance International conference in Kansas City. (00:00:00) Intro (00:03:00) 1st night: arriving at FAI (00:06:38) Westin Lobby (00:07:37) Bose Lounge open mic (00:08:16) Scott Strickland (00:13:27) Ellie James (00:17:18) Eddy DJ E (00:20:18) Rachel Sage (00:24:50) Bandits on the Run (00:28:46) Kristin Rebecca (00:32:38) Dandelion Lakewood (00:36:57) Joey Forever (00:41:27) Christina Eltrevoog (00:47:39) 2nd night: bardic quest (00:49:03) Bards at the gate (with Cowboy Aiden) (00:57:16) The Foggy Memory Boys (01:03:08) Darbuka in the hallway with Robert (01:08:57) Paula Boggs Band (01:13:04) True Lions (01:16:31) Laura Taubman (01:19:54) Ethno Room 1st jam (01:23:33) Late night lobby bluegrass (01:36:53) 4am diary (01:38:43) 3rd night: Lobby clogging with Sophie Mae Wellington (01:43:53) Laytha (01:48:59) Ingrid Yasmin (01:52:10) Kelly Love Jones (01:56:46) Echo chamber interview with Billy Two Rivers (02:04:42) Ila Barker (02:10:25) Elevator check ins (02:13:52) Pow wow dancers (02:16:07) Chatting with Mitsune (02:19:54) Slava (02:28:34) 2nd Ethno Room jam (02:30:49) Epic late night lobby jam (02:33:38) Nani (02:38:24) Ensemble Sangineto (02:40:30) Mitsune (02:44:30) Clement Brothers (02:49:16) Sneaki Bandit interview (02:57:42) World of Plenty (03:01:08) Final Jam in the Ethno room highlights (03:13:45) Universal Lover (03:23:22) Midnight Special (03:28:42) Elexa Dawson's love letter (03:36:10) Brief chat with Nimkii (03:38:00) Interviewing Win (03:44:00) Petit Solo and Klara Ahlersten (03:47:54) Ashley Virginia (03:52:28) End notes --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dandelion-lakewood/message

11. 

    19 Mar 2024

    Florida [Voice Seeker #6 Spring Equinox 2024]

    Florida Voice Seeker #6 Spring Equinox 2024 A journey around the peninsula of Florida with music and conversations of various sorts. (0:00:00) Intro (0:02:34) A Walmart parking lot in Birmingham, Alabama (0:05:50) Beach diary (0:06:34) Orlando diary (0:08:38) Tampa windy boat ramp (0:11:39) Trans girls rule (0:15:40) Bee and Ri (0:17:23) School Palooza (0:25:30) Self-directed learning (0:28:40) Trail trekking (0:33:18) Trauma relativity (0:37:23) Emergency on the trail (0:42:21) Living out of comfort and trail magic (0:47:11) Isolation (0:50:26) Bee’s eclectic work history (0:55:32) Granny energy (0:56:38) The gift economy (1:03:03) Piper and Kirst at La Teresita (1:12:12) Food treasure maps (1:14:40) Losing a father (1:22:22) Food and family trauma (1:28:18) Kimchee and fermentation (1:33:37) Intense hobbies (1:36:32) The genius of construction (1:37:36) Creative time management (1:40:40) The dream of buying a village (1:46:43) The work ethic of a meth head (1:48:16) Challenges of community (1:49:43) Board games and the apocalypse (1:51:27) Struggle over communal space (1:54:26) Spiritual space (1:57:39) Ugh not this talk (2:00:46) Apocalyptic strategies (2:04:00) A future without slaves (2:07:29) Our imagined reality (2:10:08) Objects vs experiences (2:12:16) Critique of board games (2:16:26) A sample of Piper’s performance (2:19:42) ASMR late night Atlantic skinny dip (2:25:48) Florida earth skills gathering (2:28:24) On the way to volunteer in the kitchen (2:30:04) Kitchen talk with Addie and Joe (2:35:52) Bulgarian soups (2:39:02) What’s the most people you’ve cooked for? (2:41:33) First food memories (2:45:12) Fireside old time with Bronwyn (2:47:46) Interview with Shaye and Bronwyn (The Little Mercies) (3:02:06) Walkthru (3:05:59) Waiting in line for dinner (3:10:36) Salem and witches (3:17:00) Advanced kids (3:21:03) Old time music (3:29:36) Little Mercies campfire music (3:37:23) Drum circle --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dandelion-lakewood/message

12. 

    23 Dec 2023

    The Year in Review [Voice Seeker #5 Winter Solstice 2023]

    A collection of diaries, field recordings, voice memos, and performances from the past year of travels inside the USA. 00:00:00 Everything all at once 00:01:30 Can you all just quiet down? 00:01:48 So many things 00:04:55 Doors 00:05:55 Random sample flip 00:06:16 The year in review 00:10:27 Hamtrack bells diary 00:14:20 Recap session 00:16:08 US customs 00:19:53 Portland 00:20:44 Marching band conference 00:21:20 Outdoor markets 00:22:19 Tram 00:23:23 The rust belt sprouted dandelions 00:25:51 Johnny Franco 00:27:59 Live at Lantern Records 00:33:26 Miss Killa at Nalu Kava 00:40:17 Pacific baptism 00:41:59 Heading East 00:44:40 Ode to train horns 00:48:00 Ghosts and the myth of purity 00:49:49 Sam Knob diary 00:54:21 Tent diary 00:55:26 Wedding singing 00:59:01 Song circle thoughts 01:00:49 Song learning 01:04:40 All that we need 01:10:15 Samara Jade song circle 01:17:54 Asheville recollections 01:33:28 On to Winfield 01:37:48 A tour of Winfield 01:41:56 Humble Town 01:46:28 Pretend Friend 01:50:10 Jack Summers 01:53:39 Dimension Bill Edwards 01:56:05 Foggy Memory Boys 01:57:31 Bad Housewives 02:03:18 Good Time Charlie 02:06:00 Sugar Beet Harvest 02:10:51 Harvest poems 02:12:50 Cleaning the piler with Matt 02:22:12 End of season party 02:28:48 Talent show 02:30:15 Brando Chemtrails 02:34:20 Barnyard impersonations 02:36:07 Dandelion's interrupted Jabberwocky recitation 02:43:47 Managing a disruptive drunk friend 02:46:41 Hailey and Brandon 02:50:46 Pony trick 03:05:00 Beet harvest exit interviews 03:18:12 Outro --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dandelion-lakewood/message

13. 

    20 Sept 2023

    Mikee Strongmen and Ozosou [Voice Seeker #4 Autumnal Equinox 2023]

    In this episode of Voice Seeker, your host Dandelion Lakewood conducts two interviews on the road with friends Mikee Strongmen (of Twenty Thousand Strongmen) and Ozosou (a recent Kurdish immigrant to the USA). Mikee Strongman: 00:00:00 Wackadoo 00:02:08 How we met 00:03:10 Song evolution 00:06:19 Indecent proposals and agressive roosters 00:08:46 Eating rats in Albania 00:10:17 Gut health 00:11:39 Grounding 00:13:04 Heavy bedding 00:14:53 Brand-exclusive speech 00:16:58 Bardic seed saving 00:18:19 Gingers 00:19:21 Dyeing and shaving 00:19:51 Hobbit bros 00:20:28 About the homestead 00:23:30 Trail work 00:27:22 Communities and trauma 00:28:01 Relationship candles 00:28:59 Distance and time 00:32:24 Heartbreaking distance 00:33:48 Intimacy and compersion 00:36:50 Polyamory challenges 00:41:17 Relationship anarchy 00:45:53 It takes a village 00:52:40 Musical interlude (Mikee and Dandy) Ozosou: 00:55:58 Chorba 00:58:07 Musical interlude (Ozosou and Dandy) 00:59:52 Kitchen counter 01:01:06 Turkey, Turkiye, Hindi 01:02:56 Friends from Rainbow 01:05:58 Being Kurdish in the USA 01:10:13 The example of a lost earbud 01:12:19 The comfort of materialism 01:13:40 Property ownership: USA vs. Balkans 01:14:42 Family support 01:17:27 Plus and minus 01:22:39 Musical interlude (Ozosou and Dandy) 01:25:56 Cursing on the Silk Road 01:27:54 Musical interlude (Ozosou and Dandy) 01:28:34 More curses 01:30:11 Musical outro (Ozosou and Dandy) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dandelion-lakewood/message

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    23 Jun 2023

    Iranian Women Speak [Voice Seeker #3, Summer Solstice 2023]

    Four Iranian women share their stories of Iran and beyond in this intimate and compelling tapestry of personal voice message narratives of womanhood under the Islamic Republic. Thanks to Mr. Maddy, Honey, Dina, and a Kurdish girl. Music and production by Dandelion Lakewood featuring Sea Priest, J.S., and Sar A. Additional reference materials mentioned in this podcast: ⁠https://digital.sandiego.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1293&context=ilj (https://digital.sandiego.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1293&context=ilj)⁠ ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6I8oXPWq9E (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6I8oXPWq9E)⁠ ⁠https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_famine_of_1917%E2%80%931919 (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_famine_of_1917%E2%80%931919)⁠ ⁠https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780761861683/The-Great-Famine-and-Genocide-in-Iran-1917-1919-2nd-Edition (https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780761861683/The-Great-Famine-and-Genocide-in-Iran-1917-1919-2nd-Edition)⁠ ⁠https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat)⁠ ⁠https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655 (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655)⁠ ⁠https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Soviet_invasion_of_Iran (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Soviet_invasion_of_Iran) ⁠ Chapters: 00:00:00 Introducing our storytellers 00:05:28 Voice Seeker Theme 00:06:00 How it feels to be an Iranian 00:08:54 Diversity of Iran 00:12:29 Tarof: Polite lies 00:16:37 Extinction of Iranian Culture 00:21:53 Greatest fear: the dissolution of Iran 00:25:05 Iranian American 00:29:49 Gay in Iran 00:33:30 LGBT in Iran 00:36:41 Transgender in Iran 00:38:08 Iranian bisexuality 00:41:11 Dandy response 00:45:05 A Kurdish girl born in Iran 00:49:32 Finding "The Secret" 00:51:41 8 years of adventures 00:54:59 Finding a new tribe 01:06:10 A different point of view 01:09:47 Iranian society 01:10:41 Global chess game 01:11:59 Politics as professional wrestling 01:13:50 Destruction of the family 01:16:45 Social media brainwashing 01:23:00 A civil war inside our minds 01:24:35 The abundance of Iran 01:30:34 Leave a place to know it 01:32:12 5th generation warfare 01:34:37 The advantages in Iran 01:35:26 The cost of housing 01:36:07 9 to 5 conditioning 01:40:36 The employment trap 01:42:28 Husband control of wive's work 01:44:05 What about sanctions? 01:46:28 Alcohol: Iran vs. USA 01:48.34 Iranian dealers 01:51:00 Home made liquor 01:52:53 The risks of moonshine 01:55:43 Legality of alcohol in Iran 02:00:43 Distillation as rebellion 02:03:39 Currency devaluation 02:08:10 Dreaming of visiting a free Iran 02:10:09 Return to a previous conversation 02:13:23 More on money 02:15:03 How sanctions influence Iran 02:19:40 Addenda and final thoughts --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dandelion-lakewood/message

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    22 Mar 2023

    Once upon a time in Sakarya... Tales of the Mad House [Voice Seeker #2 Spring Equinox 2023]

    Sex, Drugs and Chorba. An international group of wayward travelers descend upon the conservative city of Sakarya, Turkiye and establish a communal house in an abandoned apartment block. This is their story... Mad House chapters: 00:00:00 Enter the Mad House 00:01:03 Halil's Luck 00:03:12 Call for Submissions 00:07:13 Dandy Beginnings 00:08:02 Arrival Drums 00:09:08 Irene's Arrival 00:10:07 Datura 00:13:11 Public Opinion 00:14:47 Magic Cookies 00:19:00 Cookie Trip Music 00:19:43 Maryan and the Cookies 00:22:38 Eva's Stealing Story 00:26:18 Busking and Bananas 00:28:29 Cursed by a Name 00:29:13 Witches of Presence Song 00:30:34 Recycling 00:32:18 Ali to the Rescue 00:34:45 Maddy on the House Name 00:36:33 Talking Circles, Bakery Baba 00:40:32 We've Got Eggs 00:41:45 Abundance of Food 00:42:42 Internationality 00:43:36 Slow Decline 00:47:09 We're Going to Die 00:47:53 Irene on Eva's Birthday Party 00:50:26 Dandy's Departure 00:51:34 Alcohol Arrives 00:58:19 Zaid's Experience 01:01:47 Learning to earn 01:03:20 Vocal Jam 01:04:20 Hamza Drop In 01:05:22 Learning Life Skills 01:06:13 Puppy Problems 01:07:28 The Dark Time 01:10:22 Growing 01:12:05 After 3 Days, Fish Stinks 01:15:59 Grandpa Zaid 01:17:31 Desperately Seeking Space 01:19:06 Albanian Interlude 01:20:41 Maddy and the Moroccans 01:22:53 Trash Fashion Week 01:23:22 Musicians' Paradise 01:25:29 Maddy's Reflections from Thailand 01:27:42 Christina's Benediction 01:28:22 Maddy's Poetical Summary 01:30:03 Meta-analysis and Missing Stories 01:31:48 Pooping And Table Diving 01:34:16 Local Birthday Parties 01:36:07 Community Involvement 01:37:12 Honey Recounts the Yalova Sufi Derga 01:40:31 First Days in Sakarya 01:42:11 Very Good Ladino Interlude 01:42:56 Filthy House, Toilet Tales 01:46:36 Strawberries and Burek 01:47:28 Transformational Experience 01:52:09 Spiritual Lesbian Wedding 01:57:15 Payam's Journey from Iran to Madness 02:01:05 Passing the Portal 02:02:30 Dionysian Drunks 02:04:45 Importance of Iranian Perspective 02:05:44 Hamza on His Arrival 02:08:15 Bad Things and Good Things 02:09:47 About Recycling 02:10:23 Reflecting and Growing Up 02:13:35 Closure 02:14:36 Demolition 02:15:04 Long Outro: We Are Free --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dandelion-lakewood/message

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    21 Dec 2022

    Introducing Our Host [Voice Seeker #1 Winter Solstice 2022]

    In this episode, our host, Dandelion Lakewood is introduced by friends and fellow travelers via voice messages from around the world. Special thanks to the contributors of the premier episode: Honey Christina Galka Irene Deesadjo Elele Tiana Yashiwa Turner Tina Djordjevic Bledi Budo Aida Al Hani Faruk Sarah Oz Evrensel Urum 611 Rebbag Gabbanarchy Brook Woolf Music by Dandelion Lakewood --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dandelion-lakewood/message

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