ADQ's Renaissance

On this episode ADQ compiles various poetic and spoken word performances as he completes the writing of his debut poetry book "When the Son rises and Maintains the seed".

ADQ details his mental health journey and describes events from his childhood that contribute to ideation. Also in this episode from MSNBC "Breaking the Stigma around black men and mental health" and Dr. Umar Johnson Breaking down the mental health problem in the Black Community.

ADQ chops it up with fellow creative Terrance Mason bka Northeast Beast about his artistry, his DC background and also mutual artistic interests.

After a long isolating COVID 19 pandemic, ADQ reflects on his thoughts of returning to theatre. How he curbed his creativity in 2020 while being locked in, and returning to stage in 2021 and the great plays he has in store for 2022. While it was a return for some, for him its been an adjustment.

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Check out this and every other episode of ADQ's Renaissance! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/adqs-renaissance/id1577890131

Listen to ADQ's mixtape PRAYERS OF A FIELD NEGUS https://soundcloud.com/adrian-d-quarles/sets/prayers-of-a-field-negus

ADQ gives his thoughts on black people celebrating the fourth of July and plays Ossie Davis's reading of Frederick Douglass's speech "What is the slave to the fourth of July'

ADQ chops it up with friend, future collaborative, creative, actress, director, writer, podcaster, poet, activist, educator. (Sheesh I'm a male her almost) Tiffany Speax about her artistry and beginnings how Paper2Film began and ended, her broadcast journalism and poetic beginnings as well.

ADQ chops it up with friend Thomas Burwell about mutual Christian upbringings and ideas that challenge western Christianity.

ADQ talks about Juneteenth, also shares how Juneteenth came to be and how black people are effected by Juneteenth also shows loves to the great father's he knows

On this episode ADQ announces his departure from Christianity after a lifetime of following the religion. This decision has been a long time coming and he explains it.

ADQ talks about the recent Buffalo and Texas shootings along with his views on Gun Control.