@cinader.bsky.social
Writer, Radio/Podcast Producer
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PhysFestNYC, launched in January 2024, celebrates physical theater through performances and workshops. Born from grassroots funding, it aims to support under-resourced artists in NYC. The inaugural festival featured 143 artists across 10 days,…
https://listenandbeheard.net/2026/02/16/phys-fest-nyc/
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A poet, playwright and freelance journalist, Lee-Miller was born and raised in Hilo. She often travels to perform Hawaiian in verse and drama at literary events across the country and to venues from working-class pubs to the British…
https://listenandbeheard.net/2026/02/16/vanessa-lee-miller-poet/
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Ni Rivera joins Judy Talaugon and Martha Cinader in a conversation about housing, homelessness, food sovereignty, social justice and the importance of lived experiences in shaping policy and community action. Featuring Poetry by Julia De Burgos and…
https://listenandbeheard.net/2026/02/14/bbs2e4/
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Song of the Simple Truth (Canción de la verdad sencilla) is the first bilingual edition of Julia de Burgos' complete poems. Numbering more than 200, these poems form a literary landmark—the…
https://listenandbeheard.net/2026/02/12/song-of-the-simple-truth-the-complete-poems-of-julia-de-burgos/
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Julia de Burgos was a Puerto Rican poet whose work engages themes of feminism and social justice. Since her death, she has been widely recognized as the contemporary foremother of Puerto Rico and of the Nuyorican poetry movement in New…
https://listenandbeheard.net/2026/02/12/julia-de-burgos-poet/
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Elizabeth Perlman, author of Word Magic: The Power of Writing to Reframe Your Story and Claim Your Intuition is our guest in the audio garden. Hernan shares new music: Freedom, Equity, and Justice for the People Song, and El Brujo. Poetry by Crystal…
https://listenandbeheard.net/2026/02/12/s4e6/
i have to go to duane
with paperwork in hand
for my thyroid gland.
he locks up his toothpaste;
all those tubes meant
for tossing out to sea.
he keeps the key.
i'm gonna find a recipe
and claim sovereignty
over my teeth.
every little bit of
everything i notice
every little no of
knowtisking
mocking me
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Early Christian authorities initially dismissed witchcraft as a delusion, though belief in demons and exorcism created a framework that later justified harsher responses. In the late fifteenth century, Heinrich Kramer…
https://listenandbeheard.net/2026/02/10/malleus-maleficarum-sprenger-kramer/
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Laura Lengnick, a renowned soil scientist, has three decades of experience in sustainability in U.S. agriculture. She has received national recognition for her work, including a USDA Honor Award.…
https://listenandbeheard.net/2026/02/10/laura-lengnick-soil-scientist-author-award-winning-researcher/
lies are paths to truth
clever liars take your hand
tell you what's not
for you to know what is
if you're honest
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Del Gonzales is a Filipino Latino American actor and theatre maker based in New York City. His work is shaped by training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and Hamilton College, along with clown training and four years of…
https://listenandbeheard.net/2026/02/09/del-gonzales-actor-theater-maker/
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Witches, Midwives, and Nurses examines how women-led healing was delegitimized to make way for patriarchy, capitalism, and the emerging medical industry. As we…
https://listenandbeheard.net/2026/02/09/witches-midwives-and-nurses-a-history-of-women-healers-by-barbara-ehrenreich-and-deirdre-english/
roost with a gun
run from sunlight
look for a fight
forgot how to fly
don’t want to know why
pray they won’t be prey
cry and wait
cry and wait too late
to cry and wait
The World
as We Know
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the World
as the World
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keeping secrets, a note poem by martha cinader
my pussy cat keeps secrets
she's my only true friend ...
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Tony Cranston shares his passion for storytelling. We explore universal themes found in myths and folk tales across cultures and he tells a Chinese folk tale about a kind-hearted girl named Mei Mei. An exclusive live recording from Berk's' Jazz…
https://listenandbeheard.net/2026/02/05/lbhs4e5/
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Talking Stories is a global storytelling platform rooted in east London, bringing together voices from local communities and across the world. With an equal focus on London-based creators and international…
https://listenandbeheard.net/2026/02/02/talking-stories-hosted-by-tony-cranston/
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Judy Talaugon and Martha Cinader speak with Olga Kavran, founding director of JUSTICOM, about her extensive experience in international criminal law and outreach, focusing on the communication of justice, and defining justice as a multifaceted…
https://listenandbeheard.net/2026/01/31/bbs2e3/
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Saumya Choudhury, poet and organizer, joins Martha in the audio garden from Delhi. We also feature archival poetry from Barbara Tran. Hernan shares a rare live recording from 1986 of Eddie Harris in Paris. As always some brand new music and poetry…
https://listenandbeheard.net/2026/01/29/lbhs4e4/
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Tony Cranston is a renowned author, storyteller, and teacher with over 40 years of experience worldwide. Originally stationed in the UK, Cranston has traveled to over 50 cities, reading stories and collecting…
https://listenandbeheard.net/2026/01/28/tony-cranston-author-teacher-and-storyteller/
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Across Latitude & Language brings together voices from across the globe—poets of different races, homelands, and histories, woven together by something quietly powerful: the…
https://listenandbeheard.net/2026/01/28/across-latitude-language-world-poetry-anthology-2025-edited-by-saumya-choudhury/
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Saumya Choudhury is an Indian poet, writer and cultural organizer who founded Delhi Poetry Slam in 2013, helping bring performance poetry to India and creating a transformative space for self-expression and community. In…
https://listenandbeheard.net/2026/01/27/saumya-choudhury-poet-organizer/
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Author of the Murray McBride Trilogy, Joe Siple, joins Tony Robles in the audio garden. We feature poetry by Mary TallMountain and Suzette Clark Bradshaw, a new live recording from Hernan Ramiro Rodriguez Sierra, and also rare live recordings of Jim…
https://listenandbeheard.net/2026/01/22/lbhs4e3/
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Long before The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride began winning awards and hitting Amazon bestseller lists, Joe Siple could be found at his computer, developing his voice as a writer. It took seventeen long years from the day he started his…
https://listenandbeheard.net/2026/01/20/joe-siple-author/
