<![CDATA[MIKELSPEAKLIFE]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/mikelspeaklife A music and art podcast about artists living with disabilities, black men's wellness, and aging rites of passage.Created and hosted by 20-year veteran of the Burnt Sugar Arkestra, Mikel Mwalimu-Banks. SPEAKLIFE aims to address issues of agency in disability arts culture, and the systemic challenges that individuals and their families must navigate. This platform uses music as a springboard for entering into conversations and wisdom sharing about art, agency, and disability.

]]> RSS.com 2026.401.141116 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:17:05 GMT en 3a141a4a-e1ec-56fc-91c9-c5bccfb7615e https://media.rss.com/mikelspeaklife/20230520_060506_f8a6a263d47b4c2e50bd47d51eb98376.jpg MIKELSPEAKLIFE https://rss.com/podcasts/mikelspeaklife yes Mikel Mwalimu-Banks 2023 Mikel Mwalimu-Banks Mikel Mwalimu-Banks false episodic podcast <![CDATA[Wisdom of the Ages with The Fly and Distinguished Marvin Gillmore]]> How to keep going when the going ain't good. Join me for a conversation on a mission of life from someone who's been living 100 years.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/mikelspeaklife/2105249 5dfd0ca2-3901-4449-a722-6c462536e328 3300 full 1 1 6 6 false Tue, 08 Jul 2025 00:25:11 GMT <![CDATA[Women of Root & Rock: The Trifecta 3~ From the Burning Büshe: Cold Chillin' With Shelley Nicole]]> Women of Root & Rock: The Trifecta 3~ From the Burning Büshe: Cold Chillin' With Shelley Nicole

Brewings and doings with my sister from another mister and musical comrade, Shelley Nicole. Tune into our musings on our dear Greg Tate, The Burnt Sugar Arkestra, Black Büshe and Priestess of Twerk.

https://www.blakbushe.com/

https://www.facebook.com/blakbushe/

https://www.instagram.com/shelleynicolechristians/?hl=en

https://www.watermillcenter.org/residencies/2024-artists-in-residence/

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/mikelspeaklife/1430927 8b5d187b-fa56-4ae7-966c-a5a55ad7bfb4 4549 full 1 1 5 5 false Thu, 11 Apr 2024 17:51:31 GMT <![CDATA[Women of Root & Rock: The Trifecta 2~BIPOC Rock with LaFrae Sci: Building With The Power of Music & Technology]]> Women of Root & Rock: The Trifecta 2~BIPOC Rock with LaFrae Sci: Building With The Power of Music & Technology

Join me for a conversation with Groove Diplomacy's LaFrae Sci. In this episode, we talk about art, non-profit building with the power of music and technology, and LaFrae's connection to our beloved Greg "Ionman" Tate.

https://groovediplomacy.org/

Youth Big Band Siberia 2018:

https://youtu.be/4XoSTnoJEVQ

Youth Big Band, Siberia, Russia 2016:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyeVr8Pgxsc&feature=youtu.be

Drum Solo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tuo1_4o60LI

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/groovediplomacy/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Sonic-Black-236810456367707

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/mikelspeaklife/1421460 2ada8619-0a0b-4568-9e60-dd6d0c3f52ec 4243 full 1 1 4 4 false Thu, 11 Apr 2024 17:51:29 GMT <![CDATA[Women of Root & Rock: The Trifecta 1~That GOOD Rootsong Medicine with Karma Mayet]]> Women of Root & Rock: The Trifecta 1~That GOOD Rootsong Medicine with Karma Mayet

In this episode, I talk with the lovely Karma about healing with sound and touch. Karma shares the dew on her incredible journey as an artist, playwright, healer, and beloved soul in the constellation of Greg "Ionman" Tate and the Burnt Sugar Arkestra Family.

https://www.karmamayet.com/

https://www.instagram.com/karmamayet/

https://www.burntsugarindex.com/artist/karma-mayet-johnson/

https://weareili.org/people/karma-johnson/

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/mikelspeaklife/1430982 598756be-4508-4f41-b407-64fce024a76e 4993 full 1 1 3 3 false Thu, 11 Apr 2024 17:51:27 GMT <![CDATA[2 The Hard Way: Tales of FSHD featuring Phil Monocle]]> In this episode I speak with Phil Monocle, my brother in FSHD, about how our condition moves through the body, survival tools, and inspiration medicine.

Phil grew up playing cello and bass and working with his hands, mostly with woods and metals, and ultimately worked as a violin maker and restorer until FSH muscular dystrophy forced him to stop. He has spent the ensuing time figuring out "life hacks" that allow him to keep moving and doing, for as long as possible, and in as safe a way as possible.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/mikelspeaklife/1057908 cc8b1840-b859-485d-8adb-f40ce4770c47 3913 full 1 1 2 2 true Sun, 30 Jul 2023 21:05:05 GMT <![CDATA[Words From The Wheelchairs With Scott Harding]]> In our birthday episode we talk with Scott Harding about the will to continue to be artists after disability claims our mobility. We had a few glitches on the tech side, but this is the pilot so we're giving ourselves room to learn and grow. Hope you enjoy this session as much as we did. Thanks for tuning in!

http://scottyhardtrust.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Harding_(musician)

https://reverb.com/news/interview-scott-scotty-hard-harding-engineering-hip-hop

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