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Saturday Mornings with Joy Keys

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“Saturday Mornings with Joy Keys” is an interactive, live Internet talk-radio show that focuses on providing people with tools to enrich and advance their lives mentally, physically, and emotionally. Callers are encouraged to call (516) 387-1745 to listen or ask questions.The show is LIVE on Saturdays at 11:00 a.m.12:00 p.m. Eastern. Joy is a licensed social worker, mother, trainer, speaker, mentor, actress, writer, producer and director. Ms. Keys holds a Masters in Social Work. She is a Leeway Art and Change grantee. She is passionate about making a difference in her local and global communities. *Make PAYPAL donations to : https://paypal.me/saturdayswithjoykeys
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Joy Keys chats with Actor Harold House Moore from VH1's Single Ladies

February 11, 2014 00:30 - 30 minutes - 6.67 MB

An actor and model known as much for his on-screen charisma as he is for his strong athletic build, Harold House Moore is a promising talent most widely recognized for his series regular role on VH1’s Single Ladies. His additional portrayal of Jackpot, a rookie cop on Robert De Niro and CBS’s NYC 22, does not let us forget about other past work like a starring role as boxer Robert Brown on The Hammer. This breakthrough performance has been recognized by critics as a performance lead by one of...

Joy Keys chats with Dr. Rani G. Whitfield and Gospel Singer Latice Crawford

February 08, 2014 16:30 - 30 minutes - 6.67 MB

Gospel singer Latice Crawford and Dr. Rani Whitfield will share information about Most Powerful Voices gospel singing competition and stroke, the nation’s fourth leading cause of death and No. 1 preventable cause of disability. The gospel singing competition is part of the American Stroke Association’s Power to End Stroke cause campaign aimed at African-Americans, who are disproportionately affected by stroke. For more information please visit www.mostpowerfulvoices.org  A storefront preache...

Joy Keys chats with Award winning Actress Yolonda Ross

February 01, 2014 16:30 - 29 minutes - 6.58 MB

Yolonda Ross is currently starring in the John Sayles film “Go For Sisters” for which she has just been nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in the category of Best Supporting Actress. She also stars in the short film “Afronauts,” a film based on true events, which was just accepted into Sundance 2014. Yolonda made her feature film debut in the Award winning independent film “Stranger Inside” in 2001. She went on to win an IFP Gotham Award for Best Breakthrough Performance for the role ...

Joy Keys chats with the Authors of Hair Story

February 01, 2014 16:00 - 27 minutes - 6.04 MB

Hair Story  is a chronological exploration of the tremendous influence Black hair has had on American popular culture from the 15th century until the beginning of the 21st century. The book covers the history, politics, culture and business of Black hair.  Ayana D. Byrd graduated from Barnard College and is the co-editor of the anthology Naked: Black Women Bare All About Their Skin, Hair, Hips, Lips and Other Parts. Her work has also appeared in numerous anthologies.  Lori L. Tharps is an a...

Joy Keys chats with Award Winning Author Yvonne Adhiambo Owour

January 28, 2014 00:00 - 35 minutes - 7.84 MB

Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor was born in Nairobi, Kenya, and educated at Jomo Kenyatta University and the University of Reading.  She received the 2003 Caine Prize for African Writing for her short story, “Weight of Whispers,” described by the BBC as a “subtle and suggestive work of fiction that dramatises the condition of refugees.” She has worked as a screenwriter and was the Executive Director of the Zanzibar International Film Festival from 2003 to 2005.  Her writing has appeared in numerous pub...

Joy Keys chats with Young Actress Yara Shahidi

January 25, 2014 16:30 - 23 minutes - 20.2 MB

Yara Shahidi began her acting career at just six weeks old, working alongside her mother in commercial and print ads, for brands such as Ralph Lauren, Gap Kids, Guess Kids and Disney, to name a few. In the summer of 2009, Yara made her big screen theatrical debut, starring opposite Eddie Murphy in Paramount Pictures “Imagine That” playing Eddie’s scene stealing, precocious daughter ‘Olivia.’ Yara next appeared in the feature film “Unthinkable” where she and her real life brother Sayeed playe...

Joy Keys chats with Ethiopian American Singer Wayna

January 18, 2014 16:00 - 33 minutes - 7.36 MB

Wayna (known by the real name Woyneab Miraf Wondwossen) is an Ethiopian-born American R&B singer. It has been said that Grammy-nominated, Ethiopian-born, singer/songwriter, Wayna has a voice as pure as it is passionate. Stevie Wonder says "she's incredible." Essence Magazine says she is “one to watch," and Billboard Magazine calls her "a stand out on the indie front." With two Billboard chart-topping singles from her sophomore LP, Higher Ground, and a coveted Grammy nomination in the Best Ur...

Joy Keys chats about eminent domain with Artist James Dupree

January 11, 2014 16:00 - 30 minutes - 6.66 MB

In December 2012, the City of Philadelphia seized the deed of Dupree Studios and granted acquisition to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority in accordance with the Pennsylvania Eminent Domain Code. City Hall has teamed up with private developers to transform the Mantua section, including the project and development of "The Plaza", a suburban-style supermarket encompassing four full city blocks, regretfully reducing Dupree Studios to a parking lot. Sign the petition to stop this action: ht...

Joy Keys chats with Astrologer Samuel Reynolds

December 14, 2013 16:00 - 39 minutes - 8.72 MB

Special Guest: Samuel F. Reynolds, a Brooklyn, NY-based astrologer, has written astrology articles for online and print publications, including tarot.com, Ebony magazine and the British Black women’s magazine, Pride. Sam believes in making astrology and metaphysics accessible for everyday people with tangible ideas and practices, including his two entrepreneurial ventures: The Astrology Career Institute and The Zodiac Lounge. Sam has a master’s degree in African American Studies from Temple ...

Joy Keys chats with the Authors of Weight Broke The Wagon

December 07, 2013 16:00 - 33 minutes - 7.51 MB

Weight Broke the Wagon is a captivating and incredibly honest story chronicling the lives of three African American women in not only their quest to lose weight but they uncover the past hurt which got them there.  Gina Glenn, Natosha Lewis and Rayanne McNeill each decided it was time to lose the unwanted weight.   Natosha, aka Tosh, is a popular online talk show host of Table Talk with Tosh, Sunday night, from 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., EST. www.blogtalkradio.com/tabletalkwtosh. Tosh is also a ...

Joy Keys chats with Actress Malinda Williams

December 06, 2013 00:00 - 34 minutes - 7.59 MB

Malinda Williams is starring in and the executive producer of an UP Original Movie  Marry Me For Christmas (#MarryMeForChristmas), a romantic home-for-the-holidays drama.  Marry Me For Christmas will premiere exclusively on UP on Saturday, December 14 at 7 p.m. EST, with encores at 9 and 11 p.m. EST.  Produced by Eric Tomosunas' Swirl Films and Malinda Williams, Roger Melvin (UP's Sugar Mommas, Love Will Keep Us Together) directs from a script by Rhonda Freeman-Baraka (UP's Saving Westbrook H...

Joy Keys chats with British Actor Nonso Anozie

November 24, 2013 16:00 - 28 minutes - 6.39 MB

Nonso Anozie, the north-west London raised actor has already built up an enviable CV as a thespian, having appeared in respected projects across TV (Stolen, Occupation, Prime Suspect), film (Cass, RocknRolla, Atonement), and theatre (King Lear, Othello, Death and the King’s Horseman).  He is currently in the new NBC drama, Dracula, brought to us by the makers of Downtown Abbey. Here, viewers can catch Nonso’s brilliant turn as R.M Renfield Alan Grayson’s/Dracula’s (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) fier...

COPD Awareness Month with Joy Keys

November 16, 2013 16:00 - 22 minutes - 4.85 MB

COPD, also known as emphysema and chronic bronchitis, is the third leading cause of death in the United States Special Guest: Norman H. Edelman, M.D., is the American Lung Association’s leading medical authority. Having served as the Association’s Chief Medical Officer for 25 years, he is a highly sought after expert on all matters pertaining to lung health and is a seasoned media veteran. Dr. Edelman also provides patient care as a teaching clinic supervisor and is a Professor of Preventive ...

Joy Keys chats with Author David Henry about Richard Pryor

November 02, 2013 15:00 - 31 minutes - 7.01 MB

Furious Cool: Richard Pryor and the World That Made Him Richard Pryor attracted admiration and anger in equal parts. He was a comedian who many consider the greatest ever, yet his triumphant stand-up work has been largely eclipsed by his mediocre movie output. His personal life was likewise something of a contradiction, because Pryor was a man of deep intelligence and sensitivity yet was also someone who could never seem to make the pieces of his life come together to create a whole. His was...

Joy Keys chats with Author Jesmyn Ward about Men We Reaped

October 19, 2013 15:00 - 33 minutes - 7.37 MB

Men We Reaped: In five years, Jesmyn Ward lost five young men in her life—to drugs, accidents, suicide, and the bad luck that can follow people who live in poverty, particularly black men. Dealing with these losses, one after another, made Jesmyn ask the question: Why? And as she began to write about the experience of living through all the dying, she realized the truth—and it took her breath away. Special Guest: Jesmyn Ward grew up in DeLisle, Mississippi. She received her MFA from the Unive...

Lupus Awareness Month with Joy Keys

October 12, 2013 15:30 - 31 minutes - 6.98 MB

Lupus is a chronic, autoimmune disease that can damage any part of the body (skin, joints, and/or organs inside the body). An estimated, 1.5 million Americans have lupus. Special Guest: Annette Myarick is the Chief Executive Officer for the Lupus Foundation of America’s (LFA) Philadelphia Tri-State Chapter. Prior to joining the LFA in 1991, she was with the Arthritis Foundation’s Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter for 14 years, most recently as the Vice President for Public Health Strategies. Annet...

Domestic Violence Awareness Month with Joy Keys

October 05, 2013 15:00 - 26 minutes - 5.94 MB

Special Guest:Jeannine L. Lisitski, Executive Director of Women Against Abuse, has worked for more than 21 years in the public benefit sector, focusing on issues of poverty, violence and homelessness. Ms. Lisitski holds a Master’s Degree in Psychology and is a Ph.D Candidate (ABD), in Social Work and Social Research with a focus on homelessness.  Women Against Abuse, a 501(c)3 nonprofit agency, provides comprehensive services for victims of domestic violence in Philadelphia. Our services incl...

Joy Keys chats with Author Oonya Kempadoo

September 28, 2013 15:00 - 30 minutes - 6.71 MB

Oonya Kempadoo’s moving third novel, All Decent Animals, looks at the personal and aesthetic choices of a multifaceted cast of characters on the Caribbean island of Trinidad—a country still developing economically but rich culturally, aiming at “world-class” status amid its poor island cousins. It is a novel about relationships, examined through the distinct rhythms of the city of Port of Spain. Loyalties, love, conflicting cultures, and creativity come into play as Ata, a young woman workin...

Joy Keys chats with Author Kiese Laymon

September 14, 2013 15:00 - 32 minutes - 7.2 MB

  How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America (August 2013) is a stirring, powerful collection of essays that explore the effects of racism, violence, and class, among other things, on American culture and society. Kiese Laymon’s writing is deeply personal yet unsentimental. He tells personal family stories that reveal the myriad influences that have shaped his life, from his formidable grandmother and rascally uncle to the hip-hop stars of the 1980s and 1990s who became role models fo...

Haitian Author Edwidge Danticat chats about Claire of the Sea Light

September 07, 2013 15:30 - 31 minutes - 6.88 MB

Edwidge Danticat is the author of numerous books, including Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work, Brother, I’m Dying, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was a National Book Award finalist; Breath, Eyes, Memory, an Oprah Book Club selection; Krik? Krak!, a National Book Award finalist; The Farming of Bones, an American Book Award winner; and The Dew Breaker, a PEN/Faulkner Award finalist and winner of the inaugural Story Prize.  Claire of the Sea Light is her late...

Joy Keys chats about Divorce w/ Attorney Lester Barclay

September 07, 2013 15:00 - 24 minutes - 5.33 MB

The African-American Guide to Divorce & Drama: Breaking Up Without Breaking Down helps parties navigate the process of separation and divorce, while seeking to minimize the “drama” and trauma for them and their children–the innocent victims. It is the first comprehensive book on divorce for African-Americans.  Lester L. Barclay is the managing partner of The Barclay Law Group in Chicago, Illinois. A graduate of Oberlin College and Case Western Reserve University School of Law, he has practice...

Joy Keys chats with Poet & Author Musa Okwonga

August 31, 2013 15:00 - 23 minutes - 5.06 MB

Musa Okwonga is a poet, sportswriter, broadcaster, musician, PR consultant and commentator on current affairs. He studied law at Oxford University and then trained as a solicitor in the City before leaving the legal profession to pursue a career as a poet. He is the author of two books on football, has written for The Independent, The Guardian and This Is Africa, and is the vocalist for electronica outfit The King’s Will, who have been praised by Q Magazine as “a brilliant 21st century cul...

2013 Praise Is The Cure with Joy Keys and Anita T. Conner

August 17, 2013 15:30 - 23 minutes - 5.16 MB

Anita T. Conner, 15 year breast cancer survivor and The George E. Thorne Development Center (GETDC) present the 8Annual Praise Is The Cure® Week of Hope, Health, and Healing, September 29 – October 5, 2013, to recognize the plight of African-American Breast Cancer patients, survivors, and their families and to spread awareness about the disease in hopes that it will help save lives. This is a FREE community event. Registration is required for certain activities. For more information, call 215...

Joy Keys chats with South African Singer Nothende

August 17, 2013 15:00 - 25 minutes - 5.55 MB

South African Singer Nothende has been said to have her ‘soul’ house in order and its no wonder because in just a matter of years, she has worked with many SA artists, recorded NO.1 hit singles and even scored herself nominations for SAMA & Metro FM awards. She recorded a song titled OOH, for the Gazlam Soundtrack (2), produced by one of South Africa’s veteran producer’s, Kaybee. The song gained Nothende her first SAMA nomination (Best Team Composition) in 2004. Nothende was part of a hip ...

Joy Keys chats w/ Actors Kali Hawk & Darrin Dewitt Henson

August 16, 2013 23:00 - 23 minutes - 5.13 MB

In The Meantime, an UP Original Movie, airing on 8/17/13 and  8/18/13 at 7, 9 and 11 p.m. EDT In the Meantime Video clip: http://www.uptv.com/videos/watch-the-up-original-movie-in-the-meantime Special Guest: KALI HAWK (“JAZZ”) -One of Glamour Magazine’s “12 Funny Women to Watch,” Kali Hawk’s film credits include a starring role in Couples Retreat with Vince Vaughn; and supporting roles in the hit comedy Bridesmaids from producer Judd Apatow, and Get Him To The Greek  In addition to In The Mea...

Learn about Drug Addiction with Joy Keys

August 10, 2013 15:30 - 32 minutes - 7.19 MB

Drug Addiction affects 23.2 million Americans — of whom only about 10 percent are receiving the treatment they need. Drug addiction is a dependence on an illegal drug or a medication. When you're addicted, you may not be able to control your drug use and you may continue using the drug despite the harm it causes. Drug addiction is a disease, but a treatable disease. Special guest: Suzan Swanton currently serves as the Grants Project Officer for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services ...

Joy Keys chats w/ Bill Powers about the Natural Gas Myth

August 10, 2013 15:00 - 27 minutes - 6.09 MB

Conventional wisdom has North America entering a new era of energy abundance thanks to shale gas. But has industry been honest? Cold, Hungry and in the Dark argues that declining productivity combined with increasing demand will trigger a crisis that will cause prices to skyrocket, damage the economy and have a profound impact on the lives of nearly every North American. Exhaustively researched and rigorously documented, Cold, Hungry and in the Dark: · Puts supply-and-demand trends under a...

Joy Keys chats with Author Rojé Augustin

August 03, 2013 15:00 - 30 minutes - 6.81 MB

When Desiree Washington ventures into the darkly glittering world of legendary singer Bebe Jones, she gets more than just a job.  She gets a family in crisis, a diva meltdown, and a head full of stitches... The Unraveling of Bebe Jones revolves around the rich and famous Jones family and the people who work for them as they cope through an array of personal dramas.  The Joneses refers not only to the family at the heart of the story but also to the insanity of keeping up—to illusions of perfe...

Joy Keys chats with Alexes Johnson about Junkie Witness

July 27, 2013 15:30 - 32 minutes - 7.19 MB

Alexes Johnson is an experienced painter working and living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Born in New York to a mother battling a heroin addiction, he grew up fast on the artsy but tough streets of the East Village.  Shortly before his ninth birthday, his mother would lose her battle to addiction leaving Alexes in the care of the State. Adopted by a family living in Philadelphia, his passion for music and love of the Arts would be cultivated in The City of Brotherly Love. As part of the cit...

Joy Keys chats with Singer Cody ChestnuTT

July 27, 2013 15:00 - 29 minutes - 6.6 MB

Universally hailed as a thrilling new figure in music for his edgy, lo-fi debut, The Headphone Masterpiece, back in 2002,Cody ChesnuTT is a soul troubadour whose frank, socially conscious ruminations on life continue to challenge popular notions of what modern soul music can look and sound like. The Atlanta native has always stood his own creative ground, ever since he first holed himself up in his bedroom to record The Headphone Masterpiece. Cody sang "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" on Mes...

Joy Keys chats with Former NBA player Johnathan Bender

July 20, 2013 15:00 - 27 minutes - 6.05 MB

Johnathan Bender played in the NBA for eight years. He was in the top-5 of the 1999 draft pick. he was drafted by the Pacers into a $7 million dollar contract. Pulling down 10 rebounds and scoring 31 points, Jonathan broke Michael Jordan’s scoring record set in 1981 and continues to reign as the game’s all-time leading scorer.  Unfortunately, Johnathan had to leave the league after seven years of dealing with debilitating knee pain. He took four years retirement and worked on his health. Whil...

Urban Gardening with Joy Keys

July 13, 2013 15:00 - 32 minutes - 7.12 MB

Special Guest: Lauren Mandel, author of EAT UP. Lauren Mandel’s new guide, Eat Up, explains this most local of food movements to help readers learn how to use their own private and corporate rooftops to bring fresh, organic produce to their tables. Lauren holds a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. in Environmental Science. http://eatupag.com/author/lnmandel/ Special Guest: Adam Hill, City Harvest Coordinator. The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’...

Joy Keys chats with Moroccan Singer Ahmed Soultan

May 25, 2013 15:00 - 32 minutes - 7.21 MB

Ahmed Soultan is a Moroccan singer, considered as one of the leaders of the "Nayda".(new urban Moroccan scene). Ahmed considers his singing style as Afrobian (Afro-Arabian).  He sings in four languages ( Amazigh, Arabic, English and French). Ahmed  sang with Talib Kweli, Angelique Kidjo and Zap Mama on the “People Power” song. He sung with Ne-Yo on the song Amazing You. Ahmed opened the Tiken Jah Fakoli concert in Dakar. He sung on the original soundtrack of Rhimou, a popular sitcom broadcast...

Joy Keys chats with Ghanaian Singer Kae Sun about Afriyie

May 23, 2013 23:00 - 20 minutes - 4.49 MB

Kae Sun or Kwaku Darko-Mensah Jr. is a Ghanaian-Canadian singer-songwriter. Kae Sun's music has hints of soul, folk and hip-hop creating a sound that is sometimes described as urban folk. Kae Sun's debut album Lion On A Leash came out in 2009.The mostly self produced Lion on a Leash is a collection of heartfelt, well written songs that successfully combine elements of hip-hop, roots reggae and soul. He also adds elements of afro-funk, influenced by his Ghanaian upbringing. Kae Sun turned to h...

Arming Sisters with Joy Keys and Patricia Stein

May 18, 2013 15:30 - 18 minutes - 4.01 MB

Patricia E. Stein is a veterinary nurse, artist, and taekwondo junkie. She is Lakota. Patricia holds a black belt in Hapkido and she has competed in Taekwondo competitions for nine years. Patricia has held numerous women’s self defense courses throughout the East Coast of the United States and Cairo, Egypt. She worked with the Tahrir Body Guard (a group dedicated to ending sexual harassment in Egypt).  The Arming Sisters project hopes to hold 2 day compact women’s self defense course talking...

Celiac Awareness Month with Joy Keys

May 18, 2013 15:00 - 24 minutes - 5.46 MB

Special Guest: Jennifer North, Vice President of the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness (NFCA). Jennifer joined the staff of NFCA in 2009 as the organization’s first full-time development officer. She formerly served as the Vice-President of Development for JCCs of Greater Philadelphia. For the last three years, she has been contracted by the federal Department of Health and Human Services as a grant reviewer for the Compassion Capital Fund’s Targeted Capacity-Building and Demonstration...

Living w/ Lupus with Joy Keys & the Lupus Foundation

May 11, 2013 15:30 - 31 minutes - 6.93 MB

Lupus is a chronic, autoimmune disease that can damage any part of the body (skin, joints, and/or organs inside the body). An estimated, 1.5 million Americans have lupus. Special Guest: Annette Myarick: CEO, Lupus Foundation of America, Philadelphia Tri-State Chapter.The Lupus Foundation of America is the only national force devoted to solving the mystery of lupus, one of the world’s cruelest, most unpredictable, and devastating diseases, while giving caring support to those who suffer from i...

The Philadelphia Chromosome w/ Joy Keys & Jessica Wapner

May 11, 2013 15:00 - 29 minutes - 6.58 MB

Now, for the first time, The Philadelphia Chromosome: A Mutant Gene and the Quest to Cure Cancer at the Genetic Level by Jessica Wapner tells in full the origin story of treating cancer at the genetic level, and unfolds the history behind many of those headlines, to help us understand exactly how targeting cancer at its root came to save so many lives. In her debut book, science journalist Jessica Wapner brings this story vividly to life. The Philadelphia Chromosome opens in 1959 with the d...

Joy Keys chats with Singer Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr.

May 08, 2013 23:00 - 26 minutes - 5.84 MB

As a native of Logan WV, Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. had humble beginnings before scoring the top slot on America’s Got Talent in front of a record 14 million weekly viewers. The former small town auto detailer went from washing cars to Hollywood stars, winning the hearts of judges Sharon Osbourne, Piers Morgan, Howie Mandel and TV viewers everywhere as he made his way to the top with his smooth jazz vocals and humble, gracious character. After being crowned the winner of AGT’s sixth season in...

Joy Keys chats w/ Single Fathers Due to Cancer

May 04, 2013 15:00 - 24 minutes - 5.46 MB

Justin Yopp, PhD is a clinical psychologist at the University of North Carolina and is a member of the UNC Comprehensive Cancer Support Program. His clinical practice focuses on providing therapeutic services to both pediatric and adult patients with or affected by cancer.   In 2010, Dr. Yopp and his colleague, Dr. Don Rosenstein, developed a support program for widowed fathers who lost their wives to cancer. They currently run a support group for widowed fathers, are conducting research in t...

Joy Keys chats with Actress & Playwright Regina Taylor

May 01, 2013 23:00 - 29 minutes - 6.62 MB

  Regina Taylor: Writer, Director, Actor and Artistic Associate at Goodman Theatre With an impressive body of work that encompasses film, television, theater and writing, Regina Taylor is best known to TV audiences for her role as Lilly Harper in the series “I'll Fly Away.”  She has received many accolades throughout her career, including a Golden Globe Award and a NAACP Image Award. Her critically acclaimed “Crowns” continues to be one of the most performed musicals in the country. Ms. Tayl...

Joy Keys chats with Roslyn Y. Rogers Collins, CEO of PPMNJ

April 28, 2013 15:00 - 26 minutes - 5.88 MB

  Special Guest: Roslyn Y. Rogers Collins is President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan New Jersey (PPMNJ) in Newark.  The centers serve nearly 20,000 men, women, and adolescents and the education department, called the Family Life Institute, presents workshops to almost 9,000 individuals. Currently the only African American CEO of a Planned Parenthood affiliate in the country, Rogers-Collins is keenly aware of the need to be culturally competent in delivering services. PPMNJ is...

Mindfulness with Joy Keys and Augusta Hopkins

April 20, 2013 15:30 - 29 minutes - 6.53 MB

Augusta Hopkins has been teaching mindful movement since 1989 and is an experienced, colorful, creative instructor who is passionate about mindfulness practice.  In addition to training in the United States, she has practiced mindfulness and movement in France, Japan, Korea, Thailand and Vietnam. Augusta began facilitating meditation groups in the San Francisco Bay Area In 2006, after returning from a soul searching odyssey that brought her from Thailand's Wat Suan Mokkh to Plum Village, F...

Joy Keys chats with Haitian Author Edwidge Danticat

April 17, 2013 23:00 - 32 minutes - 7.1 MB

  Edwidge Danticat is the author of numerous books, including Brother, I’m Dying, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was a National Book Award finalist; Breath, Eyes, Memory, an Oprah Book Club selection; Krik? Krak!, a National Book Award finalist; The Farming of Bones, an American Book Award winner; and The Dew Breaker, a PEN/Faulkner Award finalist and winner of the inaugural Story Prize. Danticat’s last book, Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work, was inspir...

When Someone Dies with Joy Keys and Scott Smith

April 13, 2013 15:30 - 17 minutes - 3.84 MB

In the midst of grieving his mother’s death Scott Smith made agonizing, costly, and time-consuming mistakes regarding the execution of her will and division of her assets.  If he, a lawyer, was ill-equipped to handle the hundreds of unanticipated and inescapable details, how was the average person to manage?   WHEN SOMEONE DIES provides a useful framework for everything from making funeral arrangements to handling organ donation to closing Facebook accounts..It answers many of the practical f...

Joy Keys chats with Author Yejide Kilanko

April 06, 2013 15:30 - 29 minutes - 6.45 MB

  Yejide Kilanko was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, the daughter of a university professor and his wife. She married a computer programmer, and immigrated to Laurel, Maryland. Kilanko is now a social worker in children’s mental health and lives in Canada. Daughters Who Walk This Path is her first novel. Daughters Who Walk This Path: Spirited and intelligent, Morayo grows up surrounded by school friends and family in busy, modern-day Ibadan. An adoring little sister, their traditional parents, and ...

Child Abuse Prevention Month with Joy Keys

April 06, 2013 15:00 - 24 minutes - 5.43 MB

Chris Kirchner, MSW, has worked in the field of child welfare for the past twenty-eight years. For twenty of those years she has been the Executive Director of the Philadelphia Children’s Alliance. In her leadership role at the Children’s Alliance, an accredited children’s advocacy center, Chris oversees collaborative investigations of child sexual abuse cases in Philadelphia, an average of 100 cases per month. Located in Center City Philadelphia, the Children’s Alliance offers a child friend...

Joy Keys chats with Genius Educator Dr. Chris Imafidon

March 30, 2013 15:00 - 40 minutes - 8.94 MB

  Dr. Chris Imafidon is a multi-award winning researcher and scientific pioneer. Father of the “Britian’s brainiest family.”  He is a member of the Information Age Executive Round-table forum - which is made up of the top 15 IT experts, decision-makers, CIOs, and executives in the UK. He also has been a guest lecturer at the University of Oxford (Keble College) and a visiting Professor to various American Universities, including Harvard, Cornell, Columbia, SUNY, Georgetown, Miami, LSU, and h...

Joy Keys chats with Actress Angela Bassett

March 20, 2013 17:30 - 35 minutes - 7.9 MB

Actress Angela Bassett is perhaps best known for her intense portrayal of Tina Turner in the biopic WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT opposite Laurence Fishburne, Angela earned the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama, an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture, and an Academy Award nomination for her powerful performance.  Bassett is also a nine time Image award winning actress. In addition, she received Emmy nomination for her work in “THE ROSA PARKS STORY” and i...

Joy Keys chats with Filmmaker Byron Hurt

March 16, 2013 15:30 - 30 minutes - 6.79 MB

Byron Hurt is the New York-based producer of the award-winning documentary and underground classic I Am A Man: Black Masculinity in America and Moving Memories: The Black Senior Video Yearbook. Hurt is a former Northeastern University football star and long-time gender violence prevention educator. For more than five years, he was the associate director and founding member of the Mentors in Violence Prevention program, the leading college-based rape and domestic violence prevention initiative...

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