No, I Know Podcast

This episode is part of our GOING GREEN SERIES. The movement/battle to protect land and natural resources has been going on for a long time.

Our guests: Rosa Hance and Cindy Dillon are both working on behalf of The Sierra Club in the state of Maryland.The Sierra Club was founded on May 28, 1892, with John Muir as its first president. It is the oldest and largest environmental group in America, the Sierra Club has 750,000 members. Sierra Club mission statement is "to practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources; To educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment, and to use all lawful means to carry out these objectives." Protecting the environment and Improving lives.

Jesse Morton was once a jihadist propagandist (then known as Younes Abdullah Muhammad) who ran Revolution Muslim, a New York City-based organization active in the 2000s and connected to a number of terrorism cases. He connected al-Qaeda's ideology and transformed it for America, creating English language propaganda and collaborating with the most notorious jihadist preachers of that era. Morton deradicalized in 2011 and has worked since then to become a leading commentator, researcher and interventionist on jihadist, far-right and far-left extremism and reciprocal radicalization. In 2017, Morton launched Parallel Networks, an organization he co-founded with Mitch Silber, the former NYPD official that monitored and ultimately incarcerated him. The initiative works to prevent and counter violent extremism and has been supported by the Counter Extremism Project. Over past years, Jesse has served as a deradicalization interventionist in an array of capacities and has worked to pull over 100 individuals from an array of movements and ideologies out of extremism. Morton was included in Foreign Policy Magazine's 2017 'Global Thinkers' listing, holds certificate licensure in substance-abuse and mental health counseling, is widely read in Islamic theology and has been published and lectured nationally and abroad.

​Today's episode is part of our ongoing GOING GREEN Series, where we have guests from different environmental groups and initiatives from both local and state level, to shed light on why their work is important and what we can all do to make a difference for the better. EARTH day is every day isn't? So we want to give you ongoing knowledge and inspiration to take better care of the natural resources we all share and enjoy. Our guest is Ann Swanson: Executive Director, Chesapeake Bay Commission. Ann Swanson has served as a leader in the Bay restoration for 39 years, the last 34 as the Executive Director of the Chesapeake Bay Commission, a tri-state legislative authority serving the states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. It is the Commission's responsibility to sponsor legislation at the state level and to work with state legislators, members of the U.S. Congress, and the federal and state regulatory agencies to coordinate programs aimed at restoring the Chesapeake Bay. ​

In this episode we are looking at Women's History through the lens of poetry. Poetry has the potential to capture our existence, what it means to experience life with all our senses, our whole being. Every day pedestrian language cannot do always do this. Whether traditional poetry, spoken word or song, poetry can transport us.

Special Guest: Nancy Mitchell is the author of The Near Surround, Grief Hut and The Out-of-Body Shop, and co-editor of Plume Interviews I. A recipient of a Pushcart Prize, her poems have appeared in such journals as Agni, Green Mountains Review, and Washington Square Review. She has taught in the English and Environmental Studies Departments at Salisbury University, Maryland, and is an Associate Editor for Plume Poetry Journal. She serves as the Poet Laureate of the City of Salisbury, Maryland. Special performance by Mae West. All Music and Lyrics by Ilyana Kadushin and James Harrell. This episode brought to you by Wicomico Environmental Trust.

On this podcast we look at what people are doing to improve their community. As part of our Race and Community Esteem Series, today's guests are Daryl Davis and Jeff Schoep. They will be familiar to our audience, we have had them as guests on our show before: EP#56 Klandestine Relationships and EP# 67-Radical to Redemption, that introduced them as individuals and their stories. And today they are both here, joining us together! They have a shared history and work together today for Beyond Barriers USA from their own POVS but with a common cause, to create shifts in people's thinking and towards PEACE AND RECONCILIATION.

Award-winning musician Daryl Davis tours nationally and internationally with The Daryl Davis Band. He has worked with Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley's Jordanaires, The Legendary Blues Band and many others.He is the first Black author to interview KKK leaders and members, detailed in his book, Klan-Destine Relationships. As a Race Reconciliator and lecturer, Davis has received numerous awards. He is a consultant on race relations and White supremacy. Daryl is also an actor and has appeared in the critically acclaimed HBO police drama, The Wire, and he is the subject of the documentary Accidental Courtesy, which filmed his real life encounters with Ku Klux Klan and Neo-Nazi leaders as he helps to dismantle racism across the United States.

Jeff Schoep is an international extremism consultant, human rights activist and public speaker. While working to promote peace building, Jeff helps to educate communities and policy makers on the threat of extremism and how to effectively both counter and prevent violent extremism. From 1994 until early 2019 Jeff Schoep was the was the leader of the largest neo-Nazi organization in the United States, the National Socialist Movement (NSM). In early 2019, Jeff retired from the NSM and walked away from the white nationalist movement in its entirety. In January of 2020, Jeff Schoep founded Beyond Barriers a non-profit organization dedicated to helping people leave extremist organizations as well as providing support and connections to individuals and communities affected by extremism. Jeff now uses his past experience and insights to help combat and prevent violent extremism. In addition to public speaking, he also provides consulting services and leadership skills trainings.

It's 2021 and we have already kicked off one of our new series called "Going Green". And on today's show we spotlight a TEACHER, Jerry Kelley. He is a teacher of horticulture at a certified Green School (Parkside High school in Salisbury, Maryland ), who provides students with experiences that build enthusiasm and understanding of the role, impact and practice of agriculture, horticulture, and environmental science. He has been recognized and honored as teacher of year for his Environmental Stewardship and excellence in education. ​We have a fun chat where we learn about his students cool projects with: bee keepers, rooftop gardens, floating wetlands and the Global Youth Institute of World Food Prize.

Our first guests of this season are a couple with shared interests that involve numerous environmental issues and green living best practices. Josh and Alyssa Hastings.

Josh Hastings is Forever Maryland's newly appointed Program and Policy Director. Alyssa Hastings is the City of Salisbury's first sustainability coordinator. She oversees projects ranging from overseeing the City's sustainability planning process, managing the City's Green Business Program, and implementing environmental projects including the Green Team's community cleanup efforts. We cover all sorts of topics including: What is a land trust? The clean up of the Chesapeake Bay. Why cleaning up your town is important and becoming a bird, tree and bee city.

Our 5th season kicks off with live music, stories and reflections on the path that brought us to this our 5th season of the No, I Know Podcast. We preview what the year ahead will bring on the podcast. All Music and Lyrics by your co-hosts, James Harrell and Ilyana Kadushin. Visit our sites to learn more and contact us: www.noiknowpodcast.com www.storieslovemusic.com

As 2020 comes to a close, we want to bring you our joy of life, MUSIC. In this episode, a 2nd listening party of Lythion's 2009 release called "Weights and Measures". Co-hosts, Ilyana and James reflect back on the process of creating this EP and share the stories behind the music, including the song they wrote on their honeymoon. All Music and Lyrics by James Harrell and Ilyana Kadushin.

In this episode we are having a listening party of Lythion's debut album from 2004 called "From the Beginning". Your co-hosts, Ilyana and James reflect back on the process of creating this album and share some stories behind the music. Selected tracks include: Peak, Traveling, Blue Spot, Perilous Mouth, *Meaningless, Hussy and Champagne. All Music and Lyrics by James Harrell and Ilyana Kadushin. *Except where noted.