Strength To Be Human --Global Arts & Affairs Podcast, Hosted by Mark Antony Rossi

S2 E123: Creativity in Coronaville

In this episode we tackle some interesting topics within the context of the crisis.                                  
1. When Pushing the Envelope is Too Far
2. When Editors Allow or Have to Reign in Writers from Going Too Far
3. Creativity in Coronaville --should we all write something on the crisis just to be "relevant"?

S2 E122: Peculiar Instruments -- Animals as Characters

In the final installment of the Peculiar Instrument series, I explore animals as characters used in literature to not only entertain but to enlighten. The animal characters of Aslan. Moby Dick, Hedwig, Charlotte and many more are explored.

S2 E121: Art in the Age of Corona

Tonight we discuss Art in the Age of Corona. We converse about current events as related to the corona crisis as well as art past and present during epidemics and how it often changes the course of society's outlook on religion, faith, recovery, death and the afterlife.

S2 E120: Interview With Michael Griffith

In this in-depth episode I interview New Jersey-based poet, author and writing instructor Michael Griffith on the merits of editorship, authorship and deeper thoughts about literary writing.

S2 E119: Peculiar Instruments: Ghosts as Characters

In the second installment of Peculiar Instruments we explore how ghostly figures and events are used as characters to illustrate or perhaps voice certain things to heighten a story or transform into a catalyst to complete the plot.

S2 E118: Interview With Linda Imbler

This episode brings us back full circle with Kansas-based (but Texas born) poet and fiction writer Linda Imbler. She was my first interview for the podcast in Jan 2019. In this segment Linda will speak out her past, present and future writing projects as well as her moments in the writing life.

S2 E117: Toying With Tangents -- Horror in Writing

This new series Toying With Tangents will explore Horror writings from Bloch, Poe, Jackson, King, Barker, Blatty, Shelly, Stoker and Wells. In the weeks ahead we will explore Fantasy and Science Fiction too.

S2 E115: Grumpy Grammar Grapefruit

Time to have some fun with grammar and those who grump about it like the world is ending. Let's worry about the coronavirus; not the comma-virus. 

S2 E114: Interview with Phyllis Dodge

Welcome back to the interview segment of the show. Phyllis Dodge is our next interview subject. She is a novelist and her novel "Why" takes an unique view on military veterans and all they must contend with on and off duty. 

S2 E113: Metal Future ---Are Concerts Worth Going to Anymore?

We discuss the timely subject of music concerts in the late 21st century. Are they worth going to anymore? The lip syncing, the expense, the age, the health, the sound, the half the band is dead or kicked out -- why is this experience still a draw?