Concerts --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebeautifulletters/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebeautifulletters/support ..read more

Today's episode touches on the area of success, motivation and inspiration.  Many teens and adults are dealing with depression and lack of belief in themselves and their progress in their careers and overall life. How many little boys and girls dream of making their school team, let alone play at the college or professional level? How many young adults have considered the path to go to an HBCU or an Ivy League school?  What about living abroad and learning multiple languages? Imagine learning new cultures and adapting to a lifestyle that you choose.  How about making it to the b ..read more

A Netflix Original, Sports Documentary. Coaching in East Los Angeles for the JUCO "ELAC" takes a faithful and unrelenting belief in each player and serving the basketball team with strong convictions, while leading young men who hope to fulfill major college potential and powerhouse athletes.  The Emmy Award winning series brings the season on the court. Rotten Tomatoes gave Last Chance U; Baskeball Season 6 100%  for both Tomato-meter and the Audience score.  Dailycardinal.com says "It's an intense, emotional whirlwind." Pop Sugar, Esquire, Forbes, Vulture, The Guardian, M ..read more

"Speaking truth to power." Titled for this segment as a quote from my guest, Dezie Woods Jones, touches on how we need to speak up and tell the truth and bring power in our words. Speaking up brings us to our energy, better actions and helps us to show interest in our community and the significance of our world. Dezie Woods Jones, at 79 years young, is a strong example of a profound community activist yesterday and today. Dezie offers encouragement to speak your truth, to find time to be an activist within your passions and learn as much as you can about our world with travel. (after COVID has ..read more

Analysis of Michelle Obama’s memoir, Becoming. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebeautifulletters/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebeautifulletters/support ..read more

A literary analysis of the Gothic/Romantic Novel written by  Emily Bronte'. The connection of the single novel written by a young literary artist during the Victorian Period and the pre-feminist period. Two years prior to Emily's book, that was originally a flop, the proto-feminism wave had begun, and soon after Wuthering Heights would be a novel considered throughout the ages.  Charlotte Ballet.org states the following examples of Withering Heights in Pop culture;  "Though the novel is now considered a literary classic, Emily Brontë did not receive such praise at the time ..read more

1984 continues to the end of Book 2.   An analysis of 1984 sharing direct quotes from the text by George Orwell, analysis points from Litcharts.  and a shared clip from BBC news, https://youtu.be/EuVYvkdTYWc Clip from "Pattern Integrity Films"  speaking; George Carlin  Manipulating the past, creating fear and hatred out of nothing, and wiping out the existence of individuals; reality control once been applied will demolish people’s freedom. In 1984 Oceania built a dictatorship of totalitarianism. The party rules with fear, brainwash, and manipulation. History may be re ..read more

1984 continues to the end of Book 1.  An analysis of 1984 sharing direct quotes from the text by George Orwell, analysis points from Litcharts.  and a shared video from BBC news, https://youtu.be/EuVYvkdTYWc  Manipulating the past, creating fear and hatred out of nothing, and wiping out the existence of individuals; reality control once been applied will demolish people’s freedom. In 1984 Oceania built a dictatorship of totalitarianism. The party rules with fear, brainwash, and manipulation. History may be regarded as truth from the past, but it sometimes can also be a means to ..read more

Manipulating the past, creating fear and hatred out of nothing, and wiping out the existence of individuals; reality control once been applied will demolish people’s freedom. In 1984 Oceania built a dictatorship of totalitarianism. The party rules with fear, brainwash, and manipulation. History may be regarded as truth from the past, but it sometimes can also be a means to convey ideology or patriotism in modern society. If the government wants their citizens to remember a defeat in history that was shameful they will write accordingly in the textbook, so the next generation can hold the same ..read more

With just a kiss we will explore music and literature each week. I hope to bring joy to your day, calmness to your night, passion to your heart. Literature that expands our minds and music that reaches the soul is one way to identify with your truth in this journey we call life. I hope you will join me. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebeautifulletters/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebeautifulletters/support ..read more