The Voice of All Things

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By: Soha Al-Jurf

The Voice of All Things is an inquiry into the voice in both its literal and metaphorical forms. Topics range from opera and the arts to mysticism, soulwork, and the humanities, with an emphasis on women and women’s voices. Each episode explores the voice as a vehicle for beauty, power, visibility, and influence in both Western and non-Western cultures.

Two Poems for Palestine, by Lisa Suhair Majaj
11/05/2023

Please note: This episode contains sound effects that may be triggering to some individuals 

https://winningwriters.com/people/lisa-suhair-majaj

https://winningwriters.com/resources/it-wasnt-poetry

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20170728-iconic-girl-from-gaza-beach-massacre-graduates/


To Be Palestinian
10/29/2023


The Voices of Kristeva and Irigaray Through Revolutionary Time, w/Fanny Söderbäck
11/06/2022

On today's episode, I talk with Fanny Söderbäck, Associate Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University in Chicago, and co-founder & co-director of the Kristeva Circle. We discuss her book, Revolutionary Time: On Time and Difference in Kristeva and Irigaray (SUNY Press, 2019). 

https://las.depaul.edu/academics/philosophy/faculty/Pages/FannySoderback.aspx

Music: 
Amber Fasquelle, 
https://amberfasquelle.com/



Projection, Narcissism, and the Trickster Archetype: Finding the Voice Through Jung's Typology, w/Carol Shumate
10/02/2022

Carol Shumate teaches courses on psychological type at Pacifica Graduate Institute. She is editor of the journal Personality Type in Depth, and author of the book Projection and Personality Development via the Eight-Function Model—a model based on the work of psychiatrist and Jungian analyst John Beebe, and originating in Carl Jung’s work on psychological types. She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Carol is currently working on a book on the trickster archetype in leadership, showing how leaders are pushed to acknowledge and grapple with this paradoxical aspect of the psyche.


The Voices of Trees, both Urban and Wild, w/Katherine Naegele
09/25/2022

Katherine Naegele is a consulting arborist based in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she runs Aesculus Arboricultural Consulting. She has been working with trees for nearly 15 years, first as an intern for the US Forest Service, then as a grad student at UC Berkeley, and finally as an International Society of Arboriculture Certified Arborist. She is also a classically-trained contralto.


The Voice of a Contemporary Classical Composer, w/Ana Sokolović
09/18/2022

An important figure in contemporary music, Quebec-based composer Ana Sokolović has distinguished herself internationally through her imaginative, rhythm-driven music, with repertoire that ranges from critically acclaimed operas and orchestra works to powerful solo and chamber pieces.

https://www.anasokolovic.com/en/

Golden Slumbers Kiss Your Eyes,
Written by Ana Sokolović
Performed by Alexander Shelley, Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra, Cantata Singers of Ottawa, Capital Chamber Choir, David DQ Lee, Ewashko Singers

https://open.spotify.com/track/2Vb78Td9u4I7aUsBYH50Wu?si=167d11c643af...


The Voice Through Fashion Design, with Robin Shumays
09/11/2022

Robin Shumays is an African-American fashion designer based in Queens NY. She has been featured at the Harlem Fashion Week, Africa Fashion Week, and Fashion Envie shows in New York City, and has been highlighted in the press for her unique flair for fusing color and unusual themes, with cultural textiles. Currently, she is refining her skills as a designer under the tutelage of Henry Smith, lead instructor at So Harlem. She has also worked professionally as a web developer, graphic designer, social media consultant, and model. She is currently employed as a full-time UX Designer for a major...


Dishonored Voices: Women Killed in the Name of So-Called Honor, w/Rana Husseini
09/04/2022

I talk with journalist Rana Husseini about her work in Jordan and the rest of the world, reporting on the lives of women who were murdered by family members for "committing crimes against the family's (so-called) honor."

Books by Rana:

Murder in the Name of Honour: The True Story of One Woman's Heroic Fight Against an Unbelievable Crime

Years of Struggle – The Women’s Movement in Jordan 


The Voice of the Kore Goddess, with Safron Rossi
10/10/2021

Safron Rossi is a member of the core faculty at Pacifica Graduate Institute. Her most recent book, The Kore Goddess, is an in-depth exploration of a mythic and psychic pattern that personifies an archetypal state of being in which a person becomes one-in-herself. By applying Jungian depth psychology to Ancient Greek imagery, Safron Rossi traces the reemergence of this archetype in contemporary individuation and soul-making. Safron's previous publications include Joseph Campbell's edited volume Goddesses: Mysteries of the Feminine Divine, and co-edited (with Keiron Le Grice) Jung on Astrology. As well as lecturing on myth and Jungian & archetypal psychology, Safron...


The Voice of a Seasoned Opera Star, with Soprano Sheri Greenawald
09/26/2021

Sheri Greenawald has recently retired as San Francisco Opera Center Director. She has had a distinguished international operatic singing career as a soprano, noted in particular for her enormous range of roles. She has sung leading roles with (among others) San Francisco Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Venice’s La Fenice, the Munich State Opera, Paris’s Châtelet Theater, Welsh National Opera, Seattle Opera Company, Houston Grand Opera, the Netherlands Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Naples’s Teatro San Carlos and Opera Theatre of St. Louis. She has worked with most of opera’s great c...