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POWER TO THE PEOPLE! 
Make your voice heard and VOTE!

We are excited to announce that because of its huge success over the last two years, we are bringing back B Free Awards People’s Choice. 

People's Choice is a people and community-powered category that's a part of Public Access TV's biggest night— the B Free Awards. 

Now in its 5th year, the B Free Awards was created with one goal in mind— to celebrate and honor the diverse voices that every week air over 650 hours of community-produced TV on Brooklyn Free Speech Television and Brooklyn Free Speech Radio.

VOTING BEGAN: Wednesday, February 14, 2018, 7PM
VOTING ENDS: Saturday, March 24, 2018, 7:30PM


FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How does voting work for shows that aired on Brooklyn Free Speech Radio?

—VOTING BEGINS: Wednesday, February 14, 2018, 7PM

Simply go to the Brooklyn Free Speech SoundCloud page (https://soundcloud.com/bfreebk/sets/bspoke). Beginning February 14, 2018, in the "B Free Awards People's Choice (B Spoke), VOTE TODAY!" playlist, you’ll see the podcasts that have been submitted for this year’s awards show. Watch one, or all of the podcasts and once you find a fave click the “thumbs up/like button” and that’s it!

How does voting work for shows that aired on Brooklyn Free Speech TV?
—VOTING BEGINS: Wednesday, February 14, 2018, 7PM
Simply go to the Brooklyn Free Speech YouTube page (YouTube.com/BFreeBK). Beginning February 14, 2018, in the B Free Awards 2018: People's Choice, VOTE TODAY! playlist, you’ll see the videos that have been submitted for this year’s awards show. Watch one, or all of the videos and once you find a fave click the “thumbs up/like button” and that’s it!


Is there a limit to the number of podcasts I can vote for?
—No, there is no limit. Vote for as many podcasts as you'd like!

Is voting counted by likes or views?
—Voting is ONLY counted by the number of likes that the podcast gets.

When does voting open?
—Voting for B Free Awards People’s Choice will open on Wednesday, February 14, 2018, 7PM

When does voting for B Free Awards People's Choice close?
—Voting closes B Free Awards Day, Saturday, March 24, 2018, 7:30PM


HAVE A QUESTION? 
Please email us at BFreeAwards@BRICartsmedia.org

IMPORTANT NOTE: Videos added to the People’s Choice Award playlist on YouTube are subject to YouTube copyright rules and guidelines. Please see YouTube’s rules on fair use and copyright.

RULES ON COPYRIGHT
https://www.youtube.com/yt/copyright/fair-use.html#yt-copyright-myths

RULES ON FAIR USE
https://www.youtube.com/yt/copyright


https://BRICartsmedia.org/BFreeAwards


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Brooklyn Free Speech is a New York Emmy-WINNING community television network that amplifies and honors alternative voices in media. The initiative seeks to empower Brooklynites with media dreams to share their brilliance, talent, and creativity with the world.

B Free Awards People's Choice (B Spoke), VOTE TODAY!

BRIC Podcast Fellowship

Immanuel Wilkins: Make It Shine: The saxophonist and composer in several settings: his quartet with Micah Thomas on piano, Daryl Johns on bass, and Kweku Sumbry on drums; his trio with pianist David Virelles and drummer Mike Mitchell; and in a quartet led by vibraphonist Joel Ross plus observations on collaboration, community, justice, and memory. Wilkins is a 2021-22 Roulette Resident Artist.

https://roulette.org/

roulette.org

The Roulette Tapes: #28 - Immanuel Wilkins: Make It Shine

Pianist, composer and WQXR Radio Host Terrance McKnight chats with Fred Brown, about growing up Black in the South, the son of a minister playing music for his church, his days learning classical music Morehouse College in Atlanta, and the inspiration behind the creation of "Every Voice" - a new podcast devoted to marginalized perspectives and personalities in opera and classical music.

Don't Get It Twisted! w/ Fred Brown: Black & Classical featuring Terrance McKnight

This playlist consist of the pilot podcast episodes from the participants in the BRIC Podcast Intensive cohort program.  

Hope you enjoy! Listen in for future episodes; coming soon! ;D

All I Can Tell You Is…by Esther de Rothschild (Pilot Episode)

"Hot Topics!" is a video and audio podcast where we talk real talk about things that are happening in education, employment, mental health, social services, or anything else steamy.

Link: https://www.astepaheadtutoringservices.com/hottopicspodcast

The Misconceptions about Weight Loss: Host Gabrielle Crichlow talks to guest Danita Young about the flaws of the
weight loss industry, the wrong ideas we have about weight loss, and the proper way to get in shape.

HOT TOPICS: The Misconceptions about Weight Loss

I am so excited to share my conversation with Jesse Rifkin, the author of This Must Be The Place: Music, Community, and Vanished Spaces in New York City and owner of Walk on the Wild Side Tours NYC. Jesse and I discussed his book writing process, the current state of NYC music scenes, and how music spaces are vital to the city.

The Next Stop Is...: This Must Be the Place with Jesse Rifkin

Composer, harpist, and multi-instrumentalist Zeena Parkins and the projects Phantom Orchard with electronic  percussion artist Ikue Mori and a duo with electronic sound artist Laetitia Sonami. Alongside excerpts from performances at Roulette, Parkins discusses process, technique, and history. Parkins returns to Roulette on Oct. 24 2024 with Ikue Mori and their Phantom Orchard project.

https://roulette.org

Roulette. org

The Roulette Tapes - Zeena Parkins: Visible Sound

A project launched by Tim Spelios and David Weinstein, Impossible Music features cutup, montaged, recycled material, lopsided grooves, appropriated, restored, or reconstituted audio, new and legacy technologies, loops of contrasting and colliding musics, sound effects, disembodied vocal tracks, and noise merged into panoramic constructions. Illustrated with a 2004 performance at Roulette and artist commentary.

https://roulette.org/

The Roulette Tapes - Impossible Music: On & Off

The Palestinian-born US resident singer Nibal Malshi in excerpts and commentary on selections from the 20th-century classical Arab repertoire of the Levantine – Egyptian region, highlighting songs performed by female singers from Syria, Egypt, and Lebanon. In 2021 Malshi performed with an ensemble led by master qanun (zither) player Firas Zreik with Zafer Tawil on oud (lute), John Murchison on bass, Johnny Farraj on riqq (small frame drum), and Gilbert Mansour on tabla. In 2023 the ensemble was again Mansour and Murchison led by master violinist Gabriel Dahrieh with Maurice Chedid (oud) and Eddy Fadel (percussion). Portions of these recordings were co-presented by Roulette, Brooklyn Maqam, and Robert Browning Associates, who have been bringing music of the world to New York venues for decades.

https://roulette.org/

The Roulette Tapes: Nibal Malshi: Arabic Blessings

From the classic film "Paris Is Burning", to Madonna's hit video "VOGUE", to the FX tv series "POSE" - everyone seems to have some media exposure to the underground LGBTQ+ world of "ballroom". Now there's a new coffee table book that celebrate the triumphs and beauty of the movement's creators. We walk to the author, about his journey and how the project came to fruition!

Don't Get it Twisted w/Fred Brown: Having Our Ball!

54 After Dark Pilot

ArtificiallyYours-Pilot

BOOKED UP EPISODE 1

Funnier w. Friends S1E1

Life with Lil - 2025 so far...

JuliaOPodcastEpisodeFINAL

Playing and discussing classic jazz, also discussing social justice and political issues

Jazz just The Way We Like it Episode 213

Brunch, Blaze & Babble: Queer Strory Survial Kit: Ladies First

Queer Story Survival Kit: All Letters Matter

This is the last installment of our Pride series. We talk about all of our Queers siblings the we do see enough of in popular media. Say the whole thing with us sweetie, L-G-B-T-Q-I-A-PLUS. Why? Because all of these letter matter.

Brunch, Blaze & Babble: Queer Story Survival Kit: All Letters Matter

#blaze, #brunch, #babble, #music, #culture, #queer, #critique, #black

Brunch, Blaze & Babble: Films on Freedom

Super Hero Summer

The two biggest brands in the superhero business are rebooting their flagship characters at the box office. Throw in a few super-powered tv series with these movies and we've quite an interesting summer. We will give our reviews of what has been released so far and talk about what we are excited to see next.

Brunch, Blaze & Babble: Super Hero Summer

The Power of Black Boy Joy

We celebrate the career of Malcolm-Jamal Warner and his impact on how Black men are portrayed on television.

Brunch, Blaze & Babble: The Power of Black Boy Joy

Love On Top (with André Holland)

We talk our favorite films about love and we interview the star of the new movie Love, Brooklyn...André Holland.

Brunch, Blaze & Babble: Love On Top (with André Holland)

The sonic world and career of composer Pauline Oliveros (1936-2016) featuring a 2008 interview with the artist conducted by David Weinstein for the radio station of the Clocktower Gallery in support of an exhibition at PS1 Contemporary Art Center (now MoMA PS1) entitled WACK: Art of the Feminist Revolution. We also hear solos and collaborative works recorded for the Roulette concert series dating from 1984 to 2014 including excerpts with the Deep Listening Band (Stuart Dempster, trombone, didjeridu and David Gamper (piano, "toys"), and a trio with David Arner (piano) and Doug Van Nort (custom electronics). The influence of Dr. Oliveros on contemporary music is unrivaled, from electronic innovations, sonic meditations, ceremonial works, the Deep Listening paradigm, her Expanded Instrument System (processing time and space), hot-wired accordion, and merging a social conscience with sound.

https://roulette.org/

The Roulette Tapes - Pauline Oliveros: Sonic Religion

We discuss America's longest running tv sketch comedy show and ponder what could be next. We'll also rundown the list of our sketch comedy faves.

Brunch, Blaze & Babble: What Is Sketch Comedy in a Few Years?!?

What would urbanist legend Jane Jacobs think of downtown Brooklyn today? Jacobs' "four elements for a good neighborhood" are foundational for many modern urban planners. But Jacobs herself did not hold downtown Brooklyn in high regard when she was writing in the 1960s. In this episode, host Maheema applies Jacobs's own four elements to modern DTBK

The Hobby Rule: Downtown Brooklyn through Jane's Eyes

Pianist/composer Aruán Ortiz, classically trained in Cuba and influenced by jazz musicians from Chick Corea to Muhal Richard Abrams, narrates his journey over excerpts from his 2025 concert at Roulette pushing the boundaries of musical Afro-diasporic traditions and storytelling. A 2024 Guggenheim Fellow, we'll hear solos and ensemble works with clarinetist Don Byron, flutist Nicole Mitchell, and percussionist Mauricio Herrera alongside strings and vocalists. Photo by Michal Novak.

The Roulette Tapes - Aruán Ortiz: The Keys of Inspiration

On Tuesday, November 15th, 2016 at Brooklyn Public Library's Central branch, John Asante, Cynia Barnwell, Robin Gelfenbien, and Delly P shared insights into developing a media profile on your own terms. Listen to this engaging discussion.

Panelists:
John Asante, WNYC
Cynia Barnwell, Truthful Trolling
Robin Gelfenbien, Yum's the Word
Delly P, Truthful Trolling

Produced and moderated by Mark Pagán

Media Talks: Building Your Media Empire from Scratch

Perfect Your Pitch

On Thursday, July 28, 2016 award-winning producer and reporter Sally Herships shared insights and tips regarding interviewing best practices gathered from over a decade of reporting and radio producing.

Meet The Presenter:

Sally Herships is an award-winning journalist who's been making radio for over a decade. Currently reporting for American Public Media's Marketplace she's also produced or reported for ABC, the BBC, The New York Times, NPR, WNYC, Studio 360 and has put in many hours at Radiolab. Sally currently teaches writing for radio at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and Sarah Lawrence College, hosts the live storytelling night series Stories You Can't Tell on the Radio, and runs the Radio Boot Camp program at UnionDocs.

Media Talks: Interview Tips w/ Sally Herships

On Saturday, February 18th panelists Tim Barnes, Mike Sacks, Emily Schorr Lesnick, Joanna Solotaroff,  and Anna Suzuki joined moderator Mark Pagán to discuss trends, history, and production needs for comedy-centered podcasts.

Filmed at Central Library, Dweck Center in Brooklyn, NY.

Media Talks: Comedy In Podcasting

CreativeForce

SPECIAL READING -- WHY HAVE THERE BEEN NO GREAT WOMEN ARTISTS?

In honor of the late Linda Nochlin, Savona Bailey-McClain, Host/Producer for the radio show State of the Arts NYC have reached out to women curators, artists, creative professionals and performers to read this groundbreaking essay. Readers are: Prairie Miller, Michele Pred, Kathleen Reckling, Queen Esther, Pamela Jean Tinnen, Brittany Clarke, Lina Puerta, Lumi Tan, Lisa K. Dent, Alessandra Mondolfi, Michelle Hartney, Ann Lewis and Savona Bailey-McClain. Special thanks to the team at Hostos Community College from the Digital Media Program, Adrian Rodriguez, Cesar Perez and Steven Pierrette.

Live Arts with Savona - WHY HAVE THERE BEEN NO GREAT WOMEN ARTISTS?

CreativeForce Podcast Episode 3
 
Guests: Renea "Lola" Cooper - Playwrite & Poet
              Cindy "ThePoet" Calderon

Radio for the People
Brooklyn Free Speech Radio is the borough's first community podcast network with content produced and edited by New York City's most diverse audio makers.
Creative Force is about creative people, creative endeavors, creative supporters, intellectuals and intelligent discussions with your host Beryl Benbow.

Creative Force Episode 3 (part 1): Lola & Cast Members

Guests: Renea "Lola" Cooper - Playwrite & Poet
              Cindy "ThePoet" Calderon
              Cast Members: TBA

Play entitled: Ole Fashioned Girl
a one act stage play
by lola cooper

adapted from book
spoken word by cindy
(a dream come true)
(&) say it in poetry 

Also, show dates are:
1.	Friday,     January 19,  7pm - 9pm
2.	Friday,     January 26,  7pm - 9pm
3.	Saturday, January 27,  7pm - 9pm
4.	Saturday, February 03, 7pm - 9pm
Where:  ART/NY, 138 South Oxford Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11217

Tickets on sale now, $20. child, $10.,  contact me - remembermeimlola@gmail.com, ph. 917-582-5053,
@ the door night of show, or, brownpapertickets.com, $18., Ole Fashioned Girl, Lola Cooper.

Creative Force Episode 3 (part 2): Cast Members

The Angry Black Man provides commentary on the political and economic conditions of black folk.

The Angry Black Man with a Plan: Biblically Black

Experts on Nothing, Opinions about Everything! Life is some bullshit, you just need the right shovel!

B FREE AWARDS PEOPLE'S CHOICE WINNER! Underqualified and Over Opinionated with Angela and Marien

Host Ed Easton Jr. takes you through a recap of some of the hottest news in sports today along with trending topics on social media from around the league. Local sports stories are also showcased.

Sports Social with Ed Easton Jr

Brooklyn based Tanzanian-American filmmaker Ekwa Msangi talks to various filmmakers from Africa and the diaspora about their work, their inspirations, their artistic processes and more.

African Cinema Now!

An interview series exploring the human condition through conversations about sex and love. Host Isabella Gutierrez talks about relationships and sexual pleasure. This show is the other side of the advice column.

Spectra

Rob has a dream about Obama and Trump on a golf course and interviews two Brooklyn mothers on opposite sides of the political spectrum.

Produced by Rob Shapiro in the BRIC Podcast Fellowship

Can I Help, America?

In this episode, a nice woman named Andrea does a generous favor for a friend and dog in need. The disturbing, absurd (and expensive)encounters she has as a result of her kind act, force her to face that there may be such a thing as "too nice."

If you have a story about the dark side of the human impulse to be nice, let us know at nicemonsterpodcast.com.

Produced by Reva Goldberg in the BRIC Podcast Fellowship

Nice Monster Episode 1: dogs and monsters

Improvisations of Possible Fictions. Episode 1: A Bold Move for the Cowardly Lion

Produced by David Colosi in the BRIC Podcast Fellowship

Premise

"The Dictator in my Living Room" - coping with the animals and people who run our lives. 

Produced by Meropi Peponides in the BRIC Podcast Fellowship

The Dictator in My Living Room

Produced by Arianne Benford in the BRIC Podcast Fellowship

The 4am Club: Wesley

Régine Romain, VODOU ROOTS: A Love Story Musical

This QPOC Life

The gang is here to have an emotional and much needed conversation about growth celebrating our scars.
**FOOD FOR THOUGHT**
What are your scars and how do you celebrate them?


Highly Melanated: We have to celebrate our scars

One Song: The Clash, Wrong 'Em Boyo takes a deep dive into the story behind the making of this song


One Song: The Clash, Wrong 'Em Boyo

A wave of women are imagining the future of Arabic music from underground clubs and DIY studios. Journalist and
DJ @ShirineSaad features their radical sounds, from Ramallah to Damascus and Cairo

Asma Ghanem

William Parker: Creation
Composer, poet, activist, organizer, author, educator, bandleader, and one of the world's most celebrated jazz and new music bass 
 players tells the tale richly illustrated with concert excerpts dating to 1990. Projects and people featured here include: Hamid Drake, Conrad Bauer, Roy Campell, Rob Brown, Jackson Krall, Matthew Shipp, Organic Orchestra, Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra, and dozens more in the ensembles. Find the full concert recordings
at roulette.org/archive.

The Roulette Tapes: William Parker: Creation

Afro-LatinX - Alt-FolK, Blues and R&B Artist, Songstress, Wordsmith, Producer, Activist, and Humanitarian Yurby calls in to The Junk and Jam Hour via Zoom to talk all about her love and joy for producing and crafting music, which began at the tender age of 10 – after her father persuaded and convinced her to turn one of her poems into a song.

The Junk and Jam Hour - Afro-Latinx, Alt Folk, Blues and R&B Singer, Songwriter and Producer - Yurby

The Junk and Jam Hour: Afro-Latinx, Alt Folk, Blues and R&B Singer, Songwriter and Producer - Yurby

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