Next week on Tuesday, August 4 at 10am, The Fire This Time will go back to its regular time slot. For Episode 6 we’ll have Ayana Wyse. She’s the founder of Black Creatives In Japan. In Osaka, where she lives, Wyse organized one of the first and largest Black Lives Matter protests in Japan and she’s the co-host of the popular podcast Kurly In Kansai. Among other things, she’s a photographer and organizer of a lot of notable events that …
Author: Tracy Jones
Last night, at a different time then we usually broadcast, we had Japan Times columnist Baye McNeil. Getting a chance to talk to him was like swinging around the final stretch to complete a full circle. Three years after moving to Tokyo, I discovered McNeil through a former co-worker talking about him in reference to micro aggressions. Baye was humble, open, and gracious with his time and intellect. We talked about journalism’s potential to affect change, the impact of George …
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Tensho N. Takemori is a talented rapper, producer, and artist from Warwick, New York. He’s an original member of Stolen Music Imprint and long time associate the Money Hungry Bastards crew. Over the last 20 years, Tensho has worked with rappers like Auxiliary Arms (Masai Bey and L.I.F.E. Long), Mr. Cord, WhichCraft, DJ Zesto, and others. Its been a long process of honing his craft and developing his own style. On his exclusive TMG Mixtape, It Takes A Village And …
The Eternal Flame Project was founded by Cuban artist Erik Ravelo. It is to give hope to all the extraordinary artists out there who are struggling to survive. Now is the most crucial time to be making work. If you are alive then you still have hope. Visit The Eternal Flame Project website and send him a video of your eternal flame of art. …
