The Inspiring Conversations Podcast

In this episode, Jeff sits down with artist and musician Chris Combs as he shares about his current project, "Combsy" and reflects deeply about his journey and evolution during his first 10 years with Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey.

To learn more about Chris and about "Combsy"
visit www.combsymusic.com

In this episode, Jeff sits down with poet and Tulsa Artist Fellow Candace Wiley at her office in downtown Tulsa to hear about her work, current and recent projects, and about her experiences since she has been in Tulsa.

She also speaks extensively about her collaborative project, The Watering Hole, which has a mission of building Harlem Renaissance spaces in the new contemporary South. They specialize in teaching texts by poets of color to diverse audiences and hosting retreats and workshops for poets of color in the South.

To learn more about Candace, her writings, and her projects, please visit candacewiley.com

A recording of the artist panel from the closing of the "ReMember" member artist exhibit at Living Arts of Tulsa. 

Participating artists were: Scott Taylor, Ariana Jakub, Diane Salamon, and Jay Exon.

In this episode, Jeff sits down with Joy Eaton as she shares about her artwork and how it has evolved over the years.

She also talks about what her own particular creative process means to her at a deeper level and also reflects on what it has been like for her to grow as an artist and as a human being.

To learn more about Joy and her work, visit 
@artworkbyjoyeaton on instagram
facebook.com/artworkbyjoyeaton

To learn more about the children's book that she illustrated, visit
https://www.vestralingua.com/books/while-mommy-was-fast-asleep/

In this episode, Jeff sits down with artist Cynthia Anne Brown at Living Arts of Tulsa to hear about her art, her process, and her evolution as an artist and as a human being.

She shares deeply about her life journey and about some of the most formative lessons that she has learned along the way.

In this episode, Jeff sits down to visit with Rachel Calvert about the work that she does with clients utilizing Thai Yoga Bodywork, Craniosacral and Osteopathic Bodywork.

She speaks very candidly about her life journey, about how she has been healing and evolving over the years, and about how she takes what she has learned and integrated within herself into the classroom with her students as an Elementary teacher and as a hospice volunteer.

In this episode, Jeff sits down at Living Arts of Tulsa with Heather Duncan, their Interim Executive Director, to hear about her life journey and her experiences there so far. She also shares some deeper thoughts about why Living Arts is such a critical part of the art scene in Tulsa and the larger community

The conversation continues as she talks more in-depth about her priorities, goals, hopes, and dreams for Living Arts going forward.

In this episode, Jeff sits down to talk with Bryan Crain, Dave Cantrell, and Terry Waska about their documentary Oil Capital Underground:The Genesis And Evolution Of Punk Rock In Tulsa-Late 70s-Mid 90s.

They share a lot of stories about how the documentary came together over the years with contributions of concert footage, posters, and zines from many people that were on the scene during these years in Tulsa.

The guys also take a deep dive with Jeff and reflect about how they each got into punk music, who they were listening to, how they got involved with the scene here in Tulsa, and a lot of really great stories about what it was like during those days.

In this episode, Jeff sits down with Megan Amelia Burnett, the Owner of 405 Yoga to hear her share some very powerful reflections about how her studio was intentionally designed to be highly conducive to the ongoing cultivation of a loving and healing community from the very unique way that the space was designed to the intensely open, welcoming, and friendly way that teachers and students are with each other and with new people who come there the first time.

She also reflects on her own inner journey since she started practicing yoga, on some very powerful lessons that she has learned along the way that inform how she guides the community at 405 Yoga, and how she has evolved as a practitioner, teacher, and human being over time.

In this episode, Jeff sits down with Michael Palazzo to hear him reflect deeply and in a very compelling way about his experiences at the opening of his current exhibit "Removed" at Living Arts of Tulsa on display through January 25th and what it all means to him.

He also shares about his very unique and highly refreshing artistic perspective, about his process, and about the importance of connecting with the community through his work.