No, I Know Podcast

Co-hosts Ilyana Kadushin & James Harrell pow wow with another fantastic couple, Jamie and Michael Leonhart, who are both professional musicians that have collaborated on music throughout their marriage. We chat about how creativity impacts our relationships, what are the nuances of being creative that we could all cultivate in our relationships and how vulnerability and being present comes into play. Plus special music performances of "Estuary" from Jamie's show "Estuary" and Lythion's "Hussy".

In this episode co-hosts Ilyana & James chat with comedy writer and producer Caytha Jentis, who started film making in between driving carpools in suburbia as a mother of two. Her stories are "character driven heightened reality comedies". She has written and produced features that include: "Bad Parents" starring Janeane Garofalo and Cheri Oteri (Coming to HBO in 2019) "And Then Came Love" starring Vanessa Williams & Eartha Kitt & as well as a short form scripted series "The Other F Word" (now on Amazon Prime). We chat about her process of creating content about women, her experience pitching this content and how fear comes into play. Music segment: Ilyana & James perform the song "Fair" from "Bad Parents", which James wrote for this film.

In this episode your co-hosts Ilyana Kadushin and James Harrell speak with Nina Lorez Collins, the founder of an online forum for women over 40 called What Would Virginia Woolf Do? She's also written a book by the same title that directly addresses issues around female empowerment, sexuality, aging, heath and general well being. Can we age without apology? What emotions are rising in you as you age? How does this affect men? Music Segment: Performance of Lythion Music's Ripe.

In this episode your co-hosts Ilyana Kadushin and James Harrell chat with documentary film director, Michael Rossato-Bennett about his film Alive Inside, that beautifully demonstrates how music is our natural state of being and when utilized with seniors with dementia it transforms their suffering and re-engages their sense of being alive. We also discuss the Alive Inside Foundation that guides younger generations on how to connect with seniors with dementia, using shared headphones and their favorite music. When we deeply and soulfully connect through music, there is an alchemy and shift that allows us all to transform our reactions to life and express our wisdom. Music Segment: Performance of "Stay Awake" by Lythion Music.

In this mini episode your co-hosts and married couple, Ilyana Kadushin and James Harrell read from the pop up Kama Sutra about how to begin and end the "act of congress". No, not that kind of congress! The pleasurable kind of congress known as SEX. In the Kama Sutra, the advice given is to inspire us to make time in our busy lives for some beautiful rituals of pleasure with our lover. Enjoy!

Co-hosts Ilyana Kadushin and James Harrell do the podcast live in concert on January 13th at The Brick Room in Salisbury, Maryland. They sing songs, tell stories and talk about their outreach programs. Enjoy the live show!Please subscribe and share the podcast with your friends, rate and review us where you listen, we really appreciate it!

Co-hosts Ilyana Kadushin and James Harrell chat with musician and painter Natalia Zukerman about her new multi-disciplinary show, The Women Who Rode Away. A show about women who are the architects of their own lives and allowed Natalia to explore herself through their work and life. What can our mentors and teachers teach us about ourselves? We ask Natalia about her process of writing a song based on a person or image. We learn about Songs for The Soul, a non-profit Natalia works with, that pairs songwriters with nurses who are suffering from compassion fatigue. How does music cause a healing transformation? Music Segments: Natalia performs a song about Edna St. Vincent Millay from The Women Who Rode Away and Lythion performs their song Scarlet Hips.

Co-hosts Ilyana Kadushin and James Harrell interview special guests: Amanda Allen (Lawyer and Advocate for Reproductive Rights) and Chris Iseli (Executive Director of Women's Equality Center). In this episode we bring on this dynamic duo, who are also a couple, to give our audience an inside, clear view of the current state of women's reproductive rights and access to health care. What is in jeopardy? Who controls your rights in your state? What can you do right now to help? Music segment: Performance of the song "Paddy Wagon" from "Mae Day" by Ilyana Kadushin and James Harrell of Lythion Music.

Your co-hosts Ilyana and James, take the show on the road to visit special guest: Reverend Elder Pat Bumgardner, who is currently the Senior Pastor of Metropolitan Community Church of New York, where she has served for the past 30 years and is also the Executive Director of MCC's newly formed Global Justice Institute. They talk with her about: The role of the church today. What does religious freedom really mean? What is true acceptance? What influences our choices? Is there a misuse of faith to reject others? Music Segment: Lythion's performance of "Grateful" by James Harrell.

In Episode 31, your co-hosts Ilyana and James talk about wrestling with language, the culture of human outrage and social media etiquette with special guest: actor and poet, Craig Mums Grant, who also performs one of his new poems and a music performance of Lythion's "Meaningless". Subscribe and listen now on: itunes, stitcher radio and I heart radio. We would so love if you would rate, review and share with your pals!