Centered

Centered Podcast
  • 5.0 (33)
  • Performing Arts
  • Semimonthly Series

Recent college grad Selah Copeland (Jerrika Hinton) is being groomed to takeover her mother's accounting business, but after a life-changing weekend away at a yoga retreat, she's considering other options. Centered is an audio drama about finding yourself on and off the mat.

Episodes

  1. Episode 1

    Introducing Annotations... Embodied Criticism :: feat. Angelica Jade Bastien

    Hello Centered listeners! Check out my new podcast Annotations, a podcast that thinks critically about cultural criticism. Ep1: Embodied Criticism feat. Angelica Jade Bastien. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Funding for this project comes from Critical Minded, a grantmaking and learning initiative founded by the Nathan Cummings Foundation and Ford Foundation to support cultural critics of color in the United States.  _____________________________________________________________________________________ Host Beandrea July sits down with Vulture Magazine critic Angelica Jade Bastien. For full show notes and written annotations, subscribe to the companion newsletter. Film series in Los Angeles (July 25 - Aug 15, 2025): The Devil Finds Work: James Baldwin's Cinema of the Mind. Free and open to the public. @beandreadotcom @annotationswithbjuly Letterboxd

    Introducing Annotations... Embodied Criticism :: feat. Angelica Jade Bastien

  2. 03/06/2019

    Introducing Centered

    Introducing Centered, an audio drama about finding yourself on and off the mat. It stars Jerrika Hinton and premieres Saturday, March 23rd. It was written and directed by Beandrea July and produced by Hannah Smith.

  3. 03/23/2019

    Shavasana Part One

    Episode Description: Recent college grad Selah Copeland bristles against the realities of still living at home with her parents and working in her mother Gwen's accounting business. Centered is a fiction podcast created, written, and directed by Beandrea July Produced, recorded, and mixed by Hannah Smith. Sound Design by Hannah Smith Our theme music is by Ganessa James **************************************************** Rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts. Reach out to us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook with your thoughts on the episode using the hashtag #CenteredPodcast or @CenteredPodcast Email us your reflections in a voice memo to: info@centeredpodcast.com Full Show Notes: http://centeredpodcast.com/shownotesepisodeone

    Shavasana Part One

  4. 04/06/2019

    Shavasana Part Two

    Episode Description: Selah escapes the city for a weekend yoga retreat. Centered is a fiction podcast created, written, and directed by Beandrea July Produced, recorded, and mixed by Hannah Smith. Sound Design by Hannah Smith Our theme music is by Ganessa James Poetry by Maleka Fruean(@FrueanK) Additional music by Voices on the Verge. "Hunger." Rykodisc & Slow River Records, 2001.  **************************************************** Rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts. Reach out to us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook with your thoughts on the episode using the hashtag #CenteredPodcast or @CenteredPodcast Email us your reflections in a voice memo to: info@centeredpodcast.com Full Show Notes:https://centeredpodcast.com/shavasana-part-two-show-notes/

    Shavasana Part Two

  5. 04/20/2019

    Shavasana Part Three

    As unexpected changes surface for Selah at the yoga retreat, she starts to consider new options.  Centered is a fiction podcast starring Jerrika Hinton. Created, written, and directed: Beandrea July Produced, recorded, and mixed: Hannah Smith Sound Design: Hannah Smith Theme music: Ganessa James Full show notes https://centeredpodcast.com/shavasana-part-three-show-notes Instagram: @centeredpodcast Twitter: @centeredpodcast #CenteredPodcast

    Shavasana Part Three

  6. 05/04/2019

    Shavasana Part Four

    As the yoga retreat comes to an end, Selah finds herself at a fork in the road. Centered is a fiction podcast starring Jerrika Hinton. Created, written, and directed by Beandrea July Produced, recorded, and mixed by Hannah Smith; Sound Design by Hannah Smith Our theme music is by Ganessa James Full Show Notes https://centeredpodcast.com/shavasanapartfour #CenteredPodcast @centeredpodcast

  7. Bonus

    Bonus: Interview with Jerrika Hinton

    A conversation between the star of Centered Jerrika Hinton (@hellojerrika) and the show's writer-director Beandrea July (@beandreadotcom). Jerrika opens up about life in her 20s, how therapy helped her, and why a story about a woman of color on a spiritual journey matters. We also dig deeper into Selah's relationship with her mother Gwen. Credits Recorded and produced: Hannah Smith Edited and mixed: Beandrea July Theme music: Ganessa James Full Show Notes www.centeredpodcast.com/bonusepisode1 The next episode of Centered drops Sat, April 5, 2019. Subscribe, rate, review wherever you listen. Share: #CenteredPodcast @centeredpodcast

    Bonus: Interview with Jerrika Hinton

  8. Bonus

    Beandrea Wonders What 'Being in Your Body' Means

    Is Centered a memoir? What do you hope listeners will take from the show? What's next for the series?  Centered Producer and Sound Designer extraordinaire Hannah Smith interviews Beandrea July about the backstory that lead her to create Centered, including her time spent training to teach yoga at Kripalu Yoga Center and meditating at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. They talk vulnerability, hot tubs, and dig into what it really means to "be in your body" in daily life.  Also Beandrea wants you to know that everyone was fully clothed during the making of Centered and she receives no kickbacks from Piedmont Springs.  Edited and Mixed by Beandrea July    Produced w/ Sound Design by Hannah Smith Our theme music is by Ganessa James Full Show Notes https://centeredpodcast.com/beinginyourbody #CenteredPodcast @CenteredPodcast

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Recent college grad Selah Copeland (Jerrika Hinton) is being groomed to takeover her mother's accounting business, but after a life-changing weekend away at a yoga retreat, she's considering other options. Centered is an audio drama about finding yourself on and off the mat.

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  • Creator
    Centered Podcast
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2025
  • Episodes
    8
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    Centered