Shadow and Light

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Welcome to Shadow and Light, a historic podcast experience where we embark on a poetic journey, time-traveling to reclaim forgotten narratives. Hosted by Keyari Page, this series shines a spotlight on unsung heroes and ignites their stories through the power of original verse and immersive soundscapes. Keyari masterfully crafts each poem, drawing inspiration from the lives, courage, and powerful words of these remarkable figures, often weaving in lines from their own profound work or documented truths, ensuring their legacy is not just remembered, but reborn.

  1. Borders of Belonging

    4時間前

    Borders of Belonging

    What happens when a system asks you to prove the life you’ve already lived? In this episode of Shadow and Light, the story of the Windrush scandal opens a wider conversation about identity, migration, citizenship, and belonging. Blending neo-soul, jazz-inspired sound design, spoken word, and poetic storytelling, Borders of Belonging explores the emotional cost of borders, paperwork, and systems that place documentation above humanity. Featuring the original pieces Papers and Belonging, this episode asks: What makes a place home, and who gets to decide where someone belongs? 🎧 Headphones recommended for the full experience. Follow Shadow and Light on Instagram: @shadowlightpodcast Follow Be the change. Media Network on Instagram: @bethechangemedianetwork

    19分
  2. Democracy for Sale

    4月23日

    Democracy for Sale

    We’re told our voices matter. That choice belongs to us. That power lives in numbers. But what happens when influence can be bought? In this episode of Shadow and Light, the focus shifts to power — exploring how money shapes decisions, influences narratives, and determines what is heard. Anchored in Citizens United v. FEC, this episode examines how political systems can be reshaped when wealth is given a louder voice. Through poetic storytelling, sound, and layered reflection, Democracy for Sale questions the idea of choice in a world where attention, influence, and even truth can be funded. Who do you hear when the message is loud? And who decides what reaches you? This is not just about politics. This is about power. Follow Shadow and Light on Instagram: @shadowlightpodcast Follow Be the change. Media Network on Instagram: @bethechangemedianetwork

    12分
  3. The Price of Staying Alive

    4月9日

    The Price of Staying Alive

    What happens when survival itself becomes something you have to pay for? In this episode of Shadow and Light, the story moves beyond origins and into impact, tracing how systems of control spread across the world through Structural Adjustment Programs. Anchored in Ghana and echoed across places like Jamaica and Argentina, this episode explores how global financial policies reshaped economies, redefined access, and turned everyday survival into a transaction. Through poetic storytelling and sound, The Price of Staying Alive asks: What is the true cost of living, and who is made to pay it? This is not just history. This is a system repeating itself. Follow Shadow and Light on Instagram: @shadowlightpodcast Follow Be the change. Media Network on Instagram: @bethechangemedianetwork

    16分
  4. The System Has a Voice

    3月27日

    The System Has a Voice

    Before there were fences, there was no cost to exist. In this opening episode of Shadow and Light, Keyari Page takes you on a poetic journey through one of the quietest but most powerful shifts in history - the Enclosure Acts. Through immersive storytelling, spoken word, and sound, this episode explores how land that once belonged to everyone became something owned, controlled, and sold - and how that moment still shapes the way we live today. Why do we pay to survive? Who decided that breathing, eating, and existing should come at a cost? This is not just history. This is the system speaking. Follow Shadow and Light on Instagram: @shadowlightpodcast Follow Be the change. Media Network on Instagram: @bethechangemedianetwork

    14分
  5. Season Two Trailer of Shadow and Light

    3月12日

    Season Two Trailer of Shadow and Light

    The official trailer for Season Two of Shadow and Light is here. “In every story there is a light… but history also lives in the shadows.” This season explores voices buried in time, poetry born from resistance, and stories the world almost forgot. 🎧 Listen to the full trailer now. 🎙 Season 2 premieres March 27. Follow Shadow and Light on Instagram: @shadowlightpodcast Follow Be the change. Media Network on Instagram: @bethechangemedianetwork

    3分

  6. 2月10日

    The Smoking Gun

    A Bonus Episode of Shadow and Light Gun violence is often reduced to headlines, statistics, and soundbites. The Smoking Gun refuses that reduction. In this bonus episode of Shadow and Light, host Keyari Page takes listeners on an immersive journey through the lived reality of losing someone to gun violence—not from the moment of the act, but from what follows: the knock at the door, the unanswered calls, the anger, the temptation of revenge, and the daily battle to keep living without becoming what caused the harm. Produced by Keyari Page and Samir Smith (also known as BL A CK), the episode blends spoken word, original songs, and sound design to centre grief, memory, and restraint. It honours two loved ones who deserve justice, while acknowledging a truth many know too well: when a life is stolen, time keeps moving—and the mind struggles to keep up. The episode culminates in a powerful mashup between Keyari’s spoken-word piece “Losing My—” and BL A CK’s original song “Losing My Mind,” merging voice, music, and memory into a single act of remembrance. This is not a story about the killer. It is a story about the stolen. Follow Shadow and Light on Instagram: @shadowlightpodcast Follow Be the change. Media Network on Instagram: @bethechangemedianetwork

    21分

  7. 2025/12/19

    The Night the World Held Its Breath

    This holiday season, Shadow and Light offers a moment of stillness. The Night the World Held Its Breath is a special bonus episode created for the spaces between celebration — a pause for those carrying quiet weight, complicated feelings, or nothing in particular at all. Through spoken word and restrained sound design, this episode honours the unseen work of endurance happening in ordinary rooms, late nights, and private moments that history rarely records. This is not a holiday special about joy. It is a reminder that staying is enough. Follow Shadow and Light on Instagram: @shadowlightpodcast Follow Be the change. Media Network on Instagram: @bethechangemedianetwork

    14分

  8. 2025/11/07

    The Future Remembered

    In this final episode of Season One, we journey through the archives of the soul, where history is not past tense but a living pulse. "The Future Remembered" is the powerful culmination of every thread we’ve pulled this season. We explore how the echoes of past resistance—Harlem, Selma, and Gaza—are not just memories, but the very blueprint of tomorrow's light. We weave together familiar themes, examining how technology (AI, digital archives) both threatens to erase and empowers us to remember the fights for justice, from Cable Street to Standing Rock. This finale is a crescendo, a convergence of all the shadows and lights we have explored, ending in a grounded, hopeful benediction: a realisation that the future isn't something waiting to be written, but something remembering us, right now. Join Keyari as she closes this chapter. The story does not end; it breathes, and we are its lungs. Featured music: Eternal crossing by ScottyCBeats (1:42- 3:19) Follow Shadow and Light on Instagram: @shadowlightpodcast Follow Be the change. Media Network on Instagram: @bethechangemedianetwork

    15分
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番組について

Welcome to Shadow and Light, a historic podcast experience where we embark on a poetic journey, time-traveling to reclaim forgotten narratives. Hosted by Keyari Page, this series shines a spotlight on unsung heroes and ignites their stories through the power of original verse and immersive soundscapes. Keyari masterfully crafts each poem, drawing inspiration from the lives, courage, and powerful words of these remarkable figures, often weaving in lines from their own profound work or documented truths, ensuring their legacy is not just remembered, but reborn.

情報

  • チャンネル
    Be the change. Media
  • クリエイター
    Keyari Page and Be the change. Media Network
  • 配信期間
    25年 - 26年
  • エピソード
    17
  • 制限指定
    不適切な内容を含まない
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2025 All rights reserved.
  • 番組のWebサイト
    Shadow and Light

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