Jared Paul Visits Sonic Watermelons, April 26, 2016

Sonic Watermelons

SONIC WATERMELONS PODCAST: Jared Paul Visits Sonic Watermelons, April 26, 2016 *** Original Episode Title: From Bigging Up Bernie to Packaging Records: Jared Paul Visits Sonic Watermelons *** Original Episode Date: April 26, 2016 *** Name of Guest(s): Jared Paul, Slam Poet, Spoken Word Performer, Hip Hop Artist *** Original Episode Summary: What does it mean to be an activist and an artist? What is life like when you're picketing or campaigning by day and rapping and reciting poetry by night? Today on Sonic Watermelons, we'll be talking to poet, hip hop artist, labor and justice activist, Occupy Providence member, and Bernie Sanders enthusiast Jared Paul!! Hear more about his new record, his life performing and protesting for the people, his views on the elections and the primaries that took place today (LIVE BROADCAST) April 26, 2016, in RI, "vegan cooking" and more. *** Contact Info for Guest(s): www.jaredpaul.org Twitter and Instagram: @JaredPaulLive Facebook: www.facebook.com/JaredPaulLive Bandcamp: https://riotousoutburst.bandcamp.com/album/jared-paul-get-my-ghost-ep https://blackboxtapes.bandcamp.com/album/jared-paul-get-my-ghost *** More Info About the Guest, Topics and/or Podcast: Jared Paul is writer, performance artist, and community organizer from Providence, RI. He is a two time Individual World Poetry Slam Finalist and an eight time coach of the Providence National Youth Slam Team. Jared has toured throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe, playing alongside acclaimed poets, musicians, journalists, and speakers such as Amy Goodman, Saul Williams, Our Lady Peace, Paul Hawken, Immortal Technique, Anti-Flag, and Atmosphere. His work appears in poetry collections and alternative teaching guides such as Write Bloody’s Learn Then Burn 2 and We Will Be Shelter, and UnCommon Core on Red Beard Press, as well as in the Providence Journal, Socialist Worker, Motif Magazine, Driftwood, The Agenda, and more. He is a TEDx presenter, and has been a featured poet at South By Southwest music festival, the Greenbuild World Expo, Netroots Nation, Post Secret, and more. In January 2014, Jared was part of the largest protest-related class action settlement in U.S. history, Schiller v. City of New York, whereby after a decade of fighting, plaintiffs and the New York Civil Liberties Union defeated the NYPD and set precedent in Federal Court against the constitutionality of “Group Probable Cause." *** bio extracted from a May 9, 2016 Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/814910188639498/ *** Audio from the podcast also comes from the Reza Rites / Sonic Watermelons Archive: President Obama Visits Cuba and Danay Suarez Talks to Reza Rites: A Bilateral Analysis and Discussion on Diplomacy, Music, and Mixtapes is a podcast produced by Sonic Wateremelons’ Reza Corinne Clifton, with translation help from Reza Clifton, Tamara Diaz, Bryant Estrada, and Jose Ramirez. It was produced following President Obama’s trip to Cuba, as he was the first president to do so, reportedly, in nearly 90 years. However, it features an interview with Cuban hip hop artist and world music singer Danay Suarez, who Reza interviewed in 2015 after the Afro-Latino Festival in NYC.. To hear the full 12-minute segment on soundcloud, visit: http://bit.ly/21KH7Qh; to read the full write-up and other VenusSings.com posts, visit: http://bit.ly/1QVBIxW. *** Sonic Watermelons Contact Info: www.bsrlive.com venussings.wordpress.com/about-sonic-watermelons-on-bsr/ Facebook: @sonicwatermelons Twitter: @WatermelonRadio Soundcloud: @sonicwatermelons *** Sonic Staff & Volunteers (episode & podcast) Reza Clifton Deejay Kellan Jessica LaBrie Kabir Lambo Jose Ramirez Eric Vazquez (Danay Suarez) Lalaboy PR (Danay Suarez, Afro-Latino Festival)