Strength To Be Human --Global Arts & Affairs Podcast, Hosted by Mark Antony Rossi
The informative podcast of global arts and affairs from the perspective of writer, editor, traveler, military veteran and podcaster. Supportive. Instructive. Provocative. Hosted and Produced by Mark Antony Rossi. {IVp6 compatible for emerging markets}
Episodes
Dec 5, 2020
Dec 5, 2020
34 min
On this episode we will discuss the various writers and writings of people either imprisoned for their beliefs and writing from jail or imprisoned for their writings.
Paul the Apostle
Martin Luther King
O. Henry
Henry David Thoreau
Marco Polo
Vaclav Havel
Marquis de Sade
Oscar Wilde
Nelson Mandela
Nov 27, 2020
Nov 27, 2020
32 min
In the final mailbag episode of 2020, we showcase more voices from the international community commenting on various episodes.
Nov 21, 2020
Nov 21, 2020
43 min
An instructive episode of where Self, healthy or otherwise, fits into the creative equation of our lives.
1. Solitiude -- Selfishness
2. Attitude -- Narcissism
3. Platitude -- Achieving Balance
Nov 18, 2020
Nov 18, 2020
1 hr 8 min
In a first this show will interview editors of a literary magazine (Bombfire Lit)
about their publication, editorship, flash fiction and poetry.
https://bombfirelit.com
Nov 17, 2020
Nov 17, 2020
31 min
This episode briefs discusses the American avarde garde poetry master John Ashbery.
Nov 13, 2020
Nov 13, 2020
39 min
This episode focuses on the accomplishments of women in writing:
Engeduanna
George Sand
George Eliot
Mary Shelley
Anna Akhmatova
Simone de Beauvoir
Isabel Allende
Nov 8, 2020
Nov 8, 2020
1 hr 19 min
Classic Spotlight brings us some thoughts and poems from Nobel Prize winning Mexican poet and writer Octavio Paz
The Man
The Artist
The Meaning
Nov 5, 2020
Nov 5, 2020
51 min
In this episode we review examples of writing during war time and how depending on station in life, period of time or particular war -- the thoughts and details change to reflect interesting commentary
war writing intro
US Civil War -- letter
WWI -- war godmothers
WWII -- letter
Vietnam -- letter
Writers famous for wartime writing Rod Serling, Kurt Vonnegut, Joseph Heller, Ernest Hemingway, Irene Nemirovsky
Nov 1, 2020
Nov 1, 2020
1 hr 9 min
in this episode we have a fascinating discussion with Scottish poet Steve Lang about sonnets, writing, creativity in the corona age and more.
Oct 30, 2020
Oct 30, 2020
1 hr 6 min
In this second 'bookend' episode we explore Edgar Allan Poe's demons and ideas about creativity. His self-sabotaging events were a major factor in his suffering.