In part one of our conversation with musician and pastor Richard Allen Farmer, we discuss his deep background in music, drawing together formal and informal training, and God’s calling to him in preaching and performing.

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We continue our fantastic conversation with the multi-talented Melinda Weekes-Laidlow on her latest venture, Beautiful Ventures, which seeks to cultivate the next Harlem Renaissance.

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In part one of our conversation, Melinda Weekes-Laidlow - founder and CEO of Beautiful Ventures - reflects on bringing together her professional backgrounds as a lawyer, minister, and an entrepreneur.

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See Melinda’s narrative photo shoots with Eley:

• Beautiful Ventures

• Melinda

• Melinda and Sekou

Another double-header conversation recorded at Wild Goose Festival, this time with pastors Adam Lawrence Dyer and Karen Stephenson.

Listen to our past aijcast conversation with Karen Stephenson.

We continue our double-header conversations from Wild Goose Festival, this one with Peterson Toscano and Jacqui Lewis.

Singer/songwriter Amythyst Kiah in live conversation and performance at Wild Goose Festival.

In this double-header episode, we catch up with two past guests, Tevyn East and Darci Jaret, who both presented at Wild Goose Festival.

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• Tevyn East and Jay Beck

• Darci Jaret

We sit down with past guests Shoccara Marcus and Amina McIntyre, as they share what it means to experiment, leaning into vulnerability, and the power of honesty.

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• Amina McIntyre

• Shoccara Marcus