Radio Zamunda

“You always bet on yourself! Who else is going to bet on you?!?”

Who can argue with that wise motivation from our next guest, actor/director/writer Joe Lo Truglio? You know Joe from tons of stuff like “The State,” “Reno 911,” and of course NBC’s “Brooklyn 99.” Joe recently wrote and directed “Outpost” a horror movie set on a mountain outpost in Idaho. Radio Zamunda’s own Ato had a role in this film and had such a fantastic time working with Joe that he had to drag Joe on to rap about it. Such a great conversation. And we can’t wait for Outpost to come out! It's gonna be dope! Tune in! #thedopeshit

Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @RadioZamunda 

Follow the movie Outpost on Instagram @outpost_the_film.

Follow Joe @joelotruglio

Music

"Lazy Bones" -Prophet Omega

"Where the Streets Have No Name" -U2

"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" -The Beatles

"War Inside Me" -Boy Deluxe

Jordana and Sean Williams (a director and an actor/musician/audio engineer respectively) are two of the creative forces behind Gideon Media, a production company focused on crafting riveting science-fiction and horror stories for the audio drama space. Their current project is the binge-worthy science-fiction podcast “Give Me Away” (written by past Radio Zamunda guest Mac Rogers). All we can say is that you need get that ‘ish in your earholes right now. Oh and when you listen, you may even recognize the voice of Radio Zamunda’s own Ato! But back to Jordana and Sean… This conversation gave us… as the kids say… Life. There is a pragmatic purity in their relationship that fertilizes not only their art, but also each other. It’s simple, beautiful, honest and -may we argue- the engine that drives their exquisite brand of story-telling. Please enjoy this fantastically inspiring conversation. A little taste… “You can say that you’re any number of things, but eventually how you spend your time is the truth of your identity.”-Jordana Williams.

PS. No Mac Rogers were harmed during the making of this podcast.

#TheDopeShit

Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @RadioZamunda #iTunes #Googleplay #Stitcher #Spotify

Listen to Gideon Media's “Give Me Away” on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcast fix.

Check out Gideon Media at: www.gideon-media.com.com

Music by:

“I'm the Blood” - Boy Deluxe

“Being Alive” - Stephen Sondheim

“She Blinded Me with Science” - Thomas Dolby

“Summer Wave” - Johnny Borgos, Leo Coltrane

We got a treat for ya.  Episode one OG guest; filmmaker, actor, musician and producer Skinner Myers is back and he's anything but asleep.  Oh and by the way, he can now add "professor" to his list of achievements as he's now teaching cinema studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Skinner is currently touring the film festival circuit with his new film "The Sleeping Negro." We're not going to bother describing the plot nor the process of making "The Sleeping Negro" because it won't come close to hearing Skinner tell it...

Look there's no other way to say this so we'll just cut to the chase... Skinner is a genius.  His talents are prodigious.  His work is muscular and merciless.  Skinner doesn't look to please.  He looks to cajole, challenge and activate his audiences. His ambition is simply to redefine the language of black filmmaking. To quote Skinner: "I want to use my cinema as a weapon."  ...Indeed. Please listen and be activated.  

#TheDopeShit

Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @RadioZamunda #iTunes #Googleplay #Stitcher #Spotify

Website for Sleeping Negro film: www.thesleepingnegro.com

Skinners Website: www.skinnermyers.com

Music by:

“Steve Biko (Stir it up)” - A Tribe Called Quest

“St. Louise is Listening” - Soul Coughing

“Loyalty (Feat. Rihanna)” - Kendrick Lamar

“01 Wesley's Theory (feat. George Clinton & Thundercat)” - Kendrick Lamar

Perry Klebahn and Jeremy Utley are adjunct professors and Co-Directors of Executive Education at Standford's d.school.  Together they teach "Leading Disruptive Innovation" which is described as a course "that teaches the coaching and leadership skills needed to drive good design process in groups."  As potentially prosaic as that sounds, their methodology is quite iconoclast.  Gone are the staid business plans and drab Powerpoint presentations traditionally used to motivate entrepreneurship.  Perry and Jeremy are looking to inspire.  More to the point, they are looking to facilitate and cultivate inspiration as a discipline in order to unlock the creativity that exists in all of us.  Afterall creativity is not magic. It is simply a solution to a problem.  The solution can be anything from a novel to a song to the Theory of Relativity or maybe even a pair of innovative snowshoes...  Join us for a wide-ranging and truly inspiring conversation.  

#theDopeShit

Listen to Radio Zamunda on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google and all the rest of the podcast platforms. Please like and subscribe! Shoot us an email at [email protected]. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @RadioZamunda

#iTunes #Googleplay #Stitcher

Links for Jeremy and Perry: 

https://www.ideaflow.design/

https://www.jeremyutley.design/

https://dschool.stanford.edu/executive-education/dbootcamp

Music featured in this episode:

Blackstar  - "Astronomy (8th Light)”

Bob Dylan  - "Subterranean Homesick Blues"

Black Crowes and Jimmy Page - "What Is And What Should Never Be"

Postal Service - "Such Great Heights"

We’ve got a real one for you. OG guest Cassie Flynn (Episode 26 “What to do in a Prison in Tuvalu”) is the head of the United Nations Development Promise initiative. She's also one of the founders of the crowd funding community organizing site, IOBY (In Our Back Yards). “I spend a lot of time in rooms with those little translators in your ear listening to people negotiate and discuss how we deal with the climate crisis…” Yeah no big deal but Cassie is on the frontline in the battle against the single greatest threat to life on Earth. How’s it going? We’re not going to lie… It’s grim. We’re screwed. But there is hope… Cassie and her colleagues are making strides in figuring out ways to make climate change resonate with people.  A couple hints. Baseball, cocktails and storytelling… “We need a renaissance…” says Cassie… We’re so lucky to have Cassie in this fight. Join us for a fascinating conversation. 

#theDopeShit

Listen to Radio Zamunda on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google and all the rest of the podcast platforms. Please like and subscribe! Shoot us an email at [email protected]. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @RadioZamunda

#iTunes #Googleplay #Stitcher 

Links for Cassie: https://ioby.org/ IOBY (In Our Back Yards)

Music featured in this episode:

D'Angelo  - "Ain't That Easy” 

EMEFE  - "Sun Spat" 

Childish Gambino - "42.26" 

Amy Winehouse - "Me & Mrs. Jones"

"What to do in a Prison in Tuvalu"

This episode we talk to the Cassie Flynn who's job involves no less than saving the world. Yup.  Tune in... It gets fascinating.

#theDopeShit

#iTunes #Googleplay #Stitcher #radiozamunda.com

Links for Cassie:

Music featured in this episode:

“It was instant… It connected me to something aspirational…“ says Tony Simmons as he reflects on the time his grade school music teacher first put a flutophone in his hand. “I knew it was the first step on that journey...” “That journey” included gigging as a jazz trumpeter, learning to fly an airplane, practicing entertainment law and eventually becoming the Executive Director of Minnesota’s High School for Recording Arts and co-founding Another Level Records.  “…Music was much more than something to do…" he says, "It was a sense of being…. And that continues to this day. There is no dot at the end of that sentence…” 

Join us as Tony takes us on a twisting, turning fascinating ride through a fascinating life. Oh by the way, he may also have witnessed the birth of Hip-Hop. Yup.

On Twitter:

Follow Tony @tonyminnieapple and The High School of Recording Arts @HSRA_MN

Listen to Radio Zamunda on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google and all the rest of the podcast platforms. Please like and subscribe! Shoot us an email at [email protected]. We’re on Insta and Twitter @RadioZamunda

Music by:

“Season 2, Episode 3” - Glass Animals

“John McLaughlin” - Miles Davis

“Astronomy (8th Star)” - Black Star

“Return To Forever” - Chick Corea