Jim Nog Pod
43 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsJames Noguera, a most interested man in the world, is a fiction writer, university instructor, and podcaster. His mission is meaning through conversation. He believes every person on Earth can teach you something, if you simply take the time to listen. So join him on his quest to learn, grow, and help others through . . . listening.
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#029. Zar of the Moon: Run
June 27, 2022 15:00 - 15 minutes - 25 MBWelcome to the Pod, this is Jim Nog. Thank you for listening. On this episode, my conversation with Zar of the Moon. Zar is somewhat of a mysterious figure. He is a masked rapper whose subject matter is the stuff of nightmares. He has not done a lot of publicity, so I’m grateful that he decided to spend time with me. I must say, though, that we faced a number of difficulties on the day we had scheduled to meet. We ended up recording in my car during quite a downpour. Parked in a resident...
004. Should We Curse on alAndar?
June 17, 2022 16:00 - 18 minutes - 21.9 MBWelcome to alAndar w/ Marcos & Jim, a podcast where two friends, united in their love of art, share and discuss their work, their struggles, and their thoughts on all things creative; it’s sort of like show-and-tell - but for grown-ups! Marcos de Jesús “de la Guagua” is a singer, song writer, and rapper. James “Jim” Noguera is a fiction writer, university instructor, and podcaster. This episode is about using curse words. Both artists share their differing perspectives on...
003. Productivity, Purpose, and Neurodivergence
May 14, 2022 16:04 - 51 minutes - 75.6 MBWelcome to alAndar w/ Marcos & Jim, a podcast dedicated to sharing and discussing art; it’s sort of like show-and-tell - but for grown-ups. Who are these grown-ups? Well . . . Marcos de Jesus “de la Guagua” is a singer, song-writer, and rapper. He’s multi-talented, multi-dimensioanl, multi-cultural, and multi-lingual, and multi-other things. I am proud and lucky enough to call him a good friend and to start this project with him. James "Jim" Noguera is a fiction writer and poet, ...
#028. Marcos de Jesús "de la Guagua": Erstwhile Shuffle
March 13, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour - 116 MBOn this episode, my conversation with Marcos de Jesus “de la Guagua.” Marcos is a good friend and has been on the show many times and needs little introduction. So, here’s a short and sweet one. Marcos de Jesus “de la Guagua” is an artist, most notably, a singer, rapper, and dancer. He has roots in Milwaukee, the Bronx, Puerto Rico, and Pomerania. He's also a licensed NYC tour guide and is a virtual artist in residence at TLCofNYC.org. His compositions have been presented by What a Neighborho...
#027 - Jan Robertson
December 01, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBJan Robertson has been the BCC Writing Center Director since 2002. She holds a B.S. in Theater from Skidmore College, an MA in English from Columbia Teachers’ College and has completed graduate coursework at the NYU School of Educational Theater. She has taught Writing, including the CUNY Language Immersion Program (CLIP); ESL; and Freshman Composition for 32 years, beginning in Independent Schools, the Board of Education, later as an adjunct for BCC, Hostos, City College and in CLIP at Host...
#027. Jan Robertson: The Value of Writing Centers
December 01, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBJan Robertson has been the BCC Writing Center Director since 2002. She holds a B.S. in Theater from Skidmore College, an MA in English from Columbia Teachers’ College and has completed graduate coursework at the NYU School of Educational Theater. She has taught Writing, including the CUNY Language Immersion Program (CLIP); ESL; and Freshman Composition for 32 years, beginning in Independent Schools, the Board of Education, later as an adjunct for BCC, Hostos, City College and in CLIP at Hosto...
#026. Layla M.: Baby Teeth
November 03, 2021 00:54 - 48 minutes - 77.4 MBLayla M. is a multi-faceted creator. She studied screenwriting in the Harlem Dramatic Writing Workshop at Columbia University and literature at The University of Michigan and The City College of New York. Her style is often dark comedy, imbued with themes of personal and systemic oppressions. She sees her work in the emerging genre of psychologically disturbing comedies like films from Jordan Peele and Bong Joon Ho. She has published short fiction and written, directed and produced off broadw...
#026 - Layla M.
November 03, 2021 00:54 - 48 minutes - 77.4 MBLayla M. is a multi-faceted creator. She studied screenwriting in the Harlem Dramatic Writing Workshop at Columbia University and literature at The University of Michigan and The City College of New York. Her style is often dark comedy, imbued with themes of personal and systemic oppressions. She sees her work in the emerging genre of psychologically disturbing comedies like films from Jordan Peele and Bong Joon Ho. She has published short fiction and written, directed and produced off broad...
#026 - Layla Merritt
November 03, 2021 00:54 - 48 minutes - 77.4 MBLayla Merritt is a multi-faceted creator. She studied screenwriting in the Harlem Dramatic Writing Workshop at Columbia University and literature at The University of Michigan and The City College of New York. Her style is often dark comedy, imbued with themes of personal and systemic oppressions. She sees her work in the emerging genre of psychologically disturbing comedies like films from Jordan Peele and Bong Joon Ho. She has published short fiction and written, directed and produced off ...
#025 - Stephanie Gaitán
October 04, 2021 23:00 - 2 hours - 232 MBStephanie Gaitán is a writer, editor, and mother from the Bronx whose work has been featured in 433. Her past-times include laughing, sharing photos of cute everything with her friends, and binge-watching childhood TV shows with her daughter. Her work has also been featured in Stone of Madness Press, Voyage YA, and Palabritas, and she has work forthcoming in LaLibreta. You can find her on Twitter @GaitanWrites and on Instagram @JupiterGaitan. On this episode, we discuss the value of writin...
#025. Stephanie Gaitán: "Hood Phantom"
October 04, 2021 23:00 - 2 hours - 232 MBStephanie Gaitán is a writer, editor, and mother from the Bronx whose work has been featured in 433. Her past-times include laughing, sharing photos of cute everything with her friends, and binge-watching childhood TV shows with her daughter. Her work has also been featured in Stone of Madness Press, Voyage YA, and Palabritas, and she has work forthcoming in LaLibreta. You can find her on Twitter @GaitanWrites and on Instagram @JupiterGaitan. On this episode, we discuss the value of writing w...
#024 - Draea
September 19, 2021 00:56 - 52 minutes - 86.5 MBDraea is a singer-songwriter based in Florida. She sings in a variety of genres, from jazz to oldies to hip hop and, yes, even rap. Along her journey, she has equipped herself with various skillsets such as videography, photography, retouching and creative directing, all culminating in an independent powerhouse of a creator. Draea's goal is to be an example for other independent artists in the music industry and to create a community where independent artists can help each other - instead of...
24: Expanding Your Conscious
September 19, 2021 00:56 - 52 minutes - 86.5 MBDraea is a singer-songwriter based in Florida. She sings in a variety of genres, from jazz to oldies to hip hop and, yes, even rap. Along her journey, she has equipped herself with various skillsets such as videography, photography, retouching and creative directing, all culminating in an independent powerhouse of a creator. Draea's goal is to be an example for other independent artists in the music industry and to create a community where independent artists can help each other - instead of...
#024. Draea: Expanding Your Conscious
September 19, 2021 00:56 - 52 minutes - 86.5 MBDraea is a singer-songwriter based in Florida. She sings in a variety of genres, from jazz to oldies to hip hop and, yes, even rap. Along her journey, she has equipped herself with various skillsets such as videography, photography, retouching and creative directing, all culminating in an independent powerhouse of a creator. Draea's goal is to be an example for other independent artists in the music industry and to create a community where independent artists can help each other - instead of ...
The Bronx Overthinkers Society Podcast
August 24, 2021 16:14 - 25 minutes - 39.9 MBThe Bronx Overthinkers Society is a group of friends of current or former educators with roots in The Bronx. The members, or Bots, are, in no particular order, James Noguera ("Jim Nog"), writer and educator; Jose Reyes, educator; Marcos de Jesus, singer and songwriter; and Noman Jalal, software engineer. The name of the group is tongue-in-cheek and an allusion to neurodiversity. On this episode, Jim, Jose, Miguel, and Noman discuss failure, societal expectations, friendship, and the friend...
alAndar w/ Marcos & Jim
June 27, 2021 21:30 - 33 minutes - 53.8 MBWelcome to alAndar (from the Spanish for "when walking"), a hopeful new podcast and YouTube series, where singer-rapper Marcos de Jesus and writer and educator James Noguera share and explore their individual works of music and creative writing; it's like show-and-tell, but for grown-ups! On this episode, Jim shares the first story he ever published, the science fiction short story "Tim & the Parallel Worlds." Originally published as "Jim and the Parallel Words" in The WiFiles, it is the dar...
Guagua Esoterica
May 12, 2021 15:00 - 26 minutes - 45.8 MBWelcome to Guagua Esoterica, a new hopeful project, where singer-rapper Marcos de Jesus (@marcos_de_la_guagua) brings the Guagua and educator Jim Noguera (@jimnog) brings the Esoterica. It's a safe space for friends to talk trivial and explore the meaning within. On this episode, they discuss the meanings behind the terms "guagua" and "esoterica" and their connection to the show's title. If you, like Marcos and Jim, find yourself often in a compressed, tangential convo trying to reach someth...
23: Bronx Overthinkers Society, II
October 31, 2020 22:33 - 2 hours - 171 MBThe Bronx Overthinkers Society is a group of Bronx-born/raised individuals who work or have worked in education and who, as a whole, tend to overthink things. They are my friends. On this episode, I speak with Noman Jalal and Miguel Gil. Noman is a software engineer - and newest member of BOTS. He's also the youngest member. Miguel Gil is an educator, and is the oldest and, I would say, wisest BOT. They bring their different perspectives together to join me in a discussion of a wide range of...
22: Hip-Hop & People Fighting over TP
June 03, 2020 02:19 - 1 hour - 156 MBCLS is a rapper-singer based in the Bronx (IG: @cls_10451). He’s also a doctoral candidate at Fordham University. In this two hour convo we talk life during the pandemic, his PhD full-ride scholarship, his recently released debut hip-hop album, Hip-Hop Evolution on Netflix, my weird relationship with hip-hop, his weird relationship with hip-hop, a musical announcement of my own, musical inspirations, and age and hip-hop. I highly recommend listening to CLS' eponymous debut album. I...
Jim Nog Reads: "I Love You More"
March 27, 2020 21:42 - 18 minutes - 34.3 MBOn this episode, I read my short story "I Love You More." It was originally self-published in 2015 after failing to find a home in an online magazine after a couple of years. The impetus for the story came from a newspaper article, the title of which is revealed at the end of the story. I wanted to give the story context. I feel the story is apropos to the quarantine. John loves his mom. But people keep calling. People won't leave them alone. They want to see her, talk to her. He tells th...
21: Language Learning
February 21, 2020 01:51 - 58 minutes - 111 MBJohn DePonte teaches for the CUNY Language Immersion Program (CLIP) at Bronx Community College. He’s an exceptional educator with a broad knowledge of his subject matter and thoughtful and effective pedagogy. This is a great podcast for anyone interested in ESL instruction and/or language learning. We talk about John’s teaching method; language learning, which includes various tips and tricks; and his website (link below). Research referenced (implicitly) : "The Effect of Language on Econ...
20: Gente
December 25, 2019 05:12 - 1 hour - 166 MBMarcos de la Guagua is a multi-talented, Bronx-loving, soul-inspiring musical artist. He's gospel, hip hop, jazz - and much more. We talk about and listen to (some of) his new album titled The Mind-Game Aspects (2020). During the second half, we also touch on several other, though relevant, key topics, such as mental health, Hispanic identity, the problem with and possible solutions to words like "Latino" and "Latinx," cultural appropriation, identity politics, reparations, and even UBI.
019: The Ripple Effect of Positivity
November 13, 2019 23:00 - 50 minutes - 79.7 MBIbrahim Siddiq, AKA POET, is a poet, spoken word artist, and author. We mostly talked his recent collection of poems and verses called Words in Black and White. We also talked hiphop, veganism, and positivity. You can support the Pod via: Patreon.com/jimnog
018: Violent Competition
October 09, 2019 00:00 - 41 minutes - 70.1 MBSeko1844 is a graphic artist. Zar of the Moon is a spoken word artist. We hang out again and talk about some of the ethics around mixed martial arts, or MMA, while watching an old match between Wanderlei Silva and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCPpOkgaLdY You can support the Pod via: Patreon.com/jimnog
018: Violence & Competition
October 09, 2019 00:00 - 41 minutes - 70.1 MBSeko1844 is a graphic artist. Zar of the Moon is a spoken word artist. We hang out again and talk about some of the ethics around mixed martial arts, or MMA, while watching an old match between Wanderlei Silva and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCPpOkgaLdY You can support the Pod via: Patreon.com/jimnog
017: The Bronx Over-Thinkers Society
September 02, 2019 16:41 - 1 hour - 139 MBMarcos is a hiphop artist. Jose is an educator. Miguel is also an educator. Jim writes and teaches. The Bronx Over-Thinkers Society (BOTS) is their attempt at having meaningful and open conversations to learn, grow, and help others. They discuss, among other things, the meaning behind the Society, vegetarianism and veganism, philosophy and philosophers, and the Bronx. You can support the Pod via: Patreon.com/jimnog
016: A Seventh-day Adventist, a Muslim, and an Agnostic Walk into a Bar . . .
July 16, 2018 02:57 - 1 hour - 154 MBJose Luis Reyes is an instructor at Bronx CC and a Seventh-day Adventist. Noman Jalal is a software engineer for a well-known tech company and a Muslim. We discuss religion: how the religious determine what's true when something contradicts their religion, differences between science and religion, and religion in the future. You can support the Pod via: Patreon.com/jimnog
Jim Nog Reads
May 30, 2018 05:22 - 22 minutes - 37.1 MBOn this episode, your humble host reads one of his first stories to be published, titled "Homesick." Thom, a boy of eleven, tells of his struggles on Earth and his longing for his true home, among the stars. When will he go and leave this limited plane?
015: Like a Nerdfest
April 22, 2018 02:11 - 1 hour - 167 MBSeko1844 (@seko1844) is a graphic designer. Zar of the Moon (@zarofthemoon) is a musician and writer. They're friends and often stream on the former's YouTube channel. We discuss, among other things, flat earth, music, religion, and video games. You can support the Pod via: Patreon.com/jimnog
014: Krystyna Matczak
March 12, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 110 MBKrystyna Matczak is an educator and writer. She earned her MFA from City College of New York, and she currently teaches orphans in Iraq for the non-profit: World Academy of Development. We discuss, among other topics, acclimating to a new, vastly different culture; some of the causes and possible solutions to the woes of Iraq and its people; and the process and experience of writing. You can support the Pod via: Patreon.com/jimnog
013: What Parkland Has to Do with Young Men, and How to Help Them
February 18, 2018 22:00 - 1 hour - 144 MBThis episode's guest is Miguel, an educator and thinker, holding degrees in psychology and in philosophy. He also goes by the alias Megalith X, in reference to Neolithic stones that stand like gravestones and to Derrida, who speaks of the arbitrary but necessary relationship between signifier and signified. We talk about the recent shooting in Parkland, Florida; Men Go Their Own Way (MGTOW); and the Pickup Art (PUA). Here's a related blog post alluded to on the Pod from yours truly: "On Ma...
012: White-ish
January 28, 2018 22:21 - 1 hour - 143 MBThis episode features a conversation with host Jim Noguera, musician Marcos de Jesus and literature student Jaroslav Grytsayo about race, identity, and identity politics. It was originally a four-person conversation, but one of the participants withdrew his verbal contribution to the episode. So it's a bit edited. There's some missing context. Nevertheless, it was fun, jokes abound. Some politically incorrect statements were, indeed, stated. Ye be warned. But Brother Marcos made sure at cert...
011: Daniel Yousef Tehrani
November 22, 2017 10:00 - 1 hour - 136 MBDaniel Yousef Tehrani (FB: @yousefsong) is a singer and musician, as well as a teacher and tutor of English and writing. We sit down to chat about, among other topics, music and its effect on people, his formative years, and his influences. He even sings and plays the setar for us, a traditional Persian stringed instrument. You can support the Pod via: Patreon.com/jimnog
010: Dominick Gaffney
October 29, 2017 04:00 - 1 hour - 170 MBDominick Gaffney (IG: @nyl22) is former VP of student government at Bronx CC. He comes back to the Pod to discuss, among other things: working at BCC's Writing Center, relationships and breakups, Trump, and making America better . . . again. You can support the Pod via: Patreon.com/jimnog
009: Rebecca YS Perez
September 30, 2017 16:31 - 1 hour - 95.4 MBRebecca YS Perez (@writer.rebeccaysperez, IG) is a spoken word artist and writer. She recently self-published a book titled I Hope You Fall in Love: A Collection of Poetry and Prose. We talk over Skype with regards to the book, her writing process, motivations, obstacles, and so on. She reads several pieces from the book, too. You can support the Pod via: Patreon.com/jimnog
008: Sam Kimball
September 10, 2017 04:25 - 1 hour - 97.2 MBSam Kimball (@sammytheoutlaw, IG) is a freelance journalist currently based in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. He joins me via FaceTime. We discuss such issues as the state of independent journalism in the Kurdistan Region, the difference between independent journalism and freelance journalism, and the pros and cons of freelance journalism. Please consider supporting Sam Kimball's Kickstarter: UNHEARD: The Voices of Iraq. You can support the Pod via: Patreon.com/jimnog
007: James Noguera
August 18, 2017 07:42 - 1 hour - 124 MBJames Noguera (@jimnog) is a writer, teacher, and podcaster. On this special episode, Bronx musician Marcos & la Guagua (@MarcosylaGugua) acts as host, and Jim is guest. Jim reads excerpts from several of his works, and the two discuss such topics as the process of writing, teaching, and making art.
006: Jaroslav Grytsayo
July 31, 2017 23:54 - 1 hour - 137 MBJaroslav Grytsayo is a Ukrainian-born writing tutor. He joins host Jim Noguera in a park near his home in the Bronx to discuss his background and such topics as '90's rap music, the Left, President Trump, and President Putin.
005: Dominick Gaffney
July 21, 2017 06:50 - 30 minutes - 57.4 MBDominick Gaffney is former Vice President of the Student Government Association of Bronx Community College. We talk, among other things, about his childhood, growing up, his tenure, and about the president of the college.
004: Jose Luis Reyes
June 17, 2017 03:29 - 1 hour - 133 MBJose Luis Reyes is an ESL instructor, working for the CUNY Language Immersion Program (CLIP). We talk childhood experiences in the DR, his studies at NYU, learning English, language learning strategies, and his pedagogy for teaching ESL learners.
003: Daniel Boateng
May 27, 2017 01:42 - 1 hour - 128 MBDaniel Boateng has taught in Africa (Ghana), China, and in the US. He is very well educated and performs and composes for several churches. We talk about his experiences teaching in various countries, his educational experiences, acquiring a foreign language (Chinese), and he even plays the keyboard for us and sings!
002: C. Lionel Spencer
April 23, 2017 03:16 - 1 hour - 107 MBC. Lionel Spencer is a Bronx singer and rapper. He's also a writer and educator. We talk about his inspirations, his childhood, his family, and listen to musical snippets - including a song from his grandfather!
001: Marcos & la Guagua
March 02, 2017 06:10 - 1 hour - 154 MBMarcos & la Guagua is a Bronx musician. He's gospel, hip hop, jazz - and other things. We talk music, influences, identity, and listen to snippets from his current and upcoming albums. (Notice: there's a minor sound problem for the first ten minutes or so of the conversation.)