Listening with China Blue is a podcast about listening. In this podcast the artist China Blue interviews musicians, artists, filmmakers, teachers, Buddhists, psychiatrists, business leaders and culture creators about how listening leads to creativity, innovation, change and happiness.
Want to hear from Kingston, NY's Mayor Noble about how listening is a Kingston culture, how it inspired the creation of a mental health ambulance and the city's development of an art plaza for people to reflect and create a community? The Pauline Oliveros Plaza will include 70 units of housing, commercial space, retail storefronts and a courtyard for people to come together and enjoy the beauty of art with 70 families living around it. Mayor Noble stays: "To be a good politician you have to be a good listener."
Want to hear from the the Director of the Center for Deep Listening, Stephanie Loveless and what listening means to her? Professor Stephanie Loveless is also the Director of the Center for Deep Listening. She is also a sound and media artist whose research centers on listening and vocal embodiment. Her recent projects include a mobile web-app for geo-located listening, and sound works that channel the voices of plants, animals, and musical divas.
In this episode China Blue speaks with the neurobiologist, Dr. Nina Kraus about how the hearing brain is vast and integrated with our other senses. Nina Kraus, Ph.D., heads the auditory Neuroscience Lab Brainvolts and is a professor at Northwestern University. She is a scientist, inventor, and amateur musician who studies the biology of auditory learning. She began her career measuring responses from single auditory neurons and was one of the first to show that the adult nervous system has the potential for reorganization following learning; these insights in basic biology galvanized her to investigate auditory learning in humans.
In this episode China Blue speaks with the Spoleto Festival Orchestra conductor Timothy Myers about his job listening and communicating without words to an orchestra. Timothy Myers is one of America’s most versatile conductors, engaging collaborators, and innovative purveyors of ideas. A frequent collaborator with leading opera companies and orchestras, he is internationally acclaimed for his eloquence, energy, command, and unbridled curiosity across a wide range of repertoire and projects. Myers also serves as the Sarah and Ernest Butler Music Director at Austin Opera. A leading voice on the topics of leadership and innovation, Myers has made recent speaking appearances at the SXSW Festival, Harvard Business School, The University of Texas at Austin, and Miami Dade College. Myers is also the host of the “Listening on Purpose” podcast, an exploration of listening and connection through the lenses of notable guests such as authors Seth Godin and Chip Conley, neuroscientist Dr. Nina Kraus, and top TEDx contributor Julian Treasure. Myers champions the next generation of conductors, instrumentalists, and composers of today and as an orchestral conductor, he collaborates internationally.
In this episode I speak with Adam Schartoff of FilmWax Radio. Filmwax Radio is a podcast that features luminaries from the indie film community. His guests include actors, filmmakers, festival programmers, journalists and just about anyone else with a stake in the game. It captivates listeners because they are treated to engaging and nuanced conversations from his guests. Hosted by Adam Schartoff, Filmwax Radio began in 2011 and has had thousands of guests over the years, many who have returned over and over again. His guiding principle is to champion independent cinema.