Host Ned Buskirk speaks with multidisciplinary artist Fariha Róisín. Born in Ontario, Canada and raised in Sydney, Australia, their work has pioneered a refreshing and renewed conversation about wellness, contemporary Islam and queer identities. Featured in Al Jazeera, The Guardian, and Vogue, they are the author of poetry collections How To Cure A Ghost (2019) and Survival Takes a Wild Imagination (2023), as well as the novel Like A Bird (2020), and Who Is Wellness For? (2022).

Fariha Róisín's website: https://www.fariharoisin.com/ ig: https://www.instagram.com/fariha_roisin/ substack: https://fariharoisin.substack.com/

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Host Ned Buskirk speaks with DJ John Richards, the Morning Show Host at KEXP who has been instrumental in building community and providing a global soundtrack to listeners worldwide for over two decades. He’s renowned for curating the station’s hit “Runcast” and co-hosting “The Dr and the Dj” podcast alongside his spouse, Dr. Amy Lindsey. Beyond radio, John is a co-owner of the popular bar, Life on Mars, and a frequent public speaker, hosting benefits, and parties as well as addressing themes of grief and mental well-being. When not on the air or at the bar, he is a father to his sons, long-distance running, meditating, or taking a nap.

DJ John Richard's website: https://djjohnrichards.com/ seattle bar: https://lifeonmarsseattle.com/ music heals on KEXP: https://www.kexp.org/musicheals/

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Host Ned Buskirk speaks with the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States, Ada Limón, the author of seven books of poetry, including Startlement: New & Selected Poems; The Hurting Kind, which was a finalist for the Griffin Prize; The Carrying, which won the National Books Critics Circle Award and was a finalist for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award; and Bright Dead Things, which was named a finalist for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Kingsley Tufts Award. Limón is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and was named a 2024 Time Magazine Woman of the Year.

Ada Limón's website: https://adalimon.com/

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