Sekou Andrews - The Power of Speaking Love Right Now

Untangle

Health & Fitness

4.2 • 772 Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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In this powerful and deeply moving episode, inspirational spoken word poet Sekou Andrews shares his upbringing as the child of 2 Black college professors, his perspective on social justice, and the power of Love to overcome Hate. Sekou shares extraordinary performances of his poetry during the interview, inspiring and empowering listeners to find their voice now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Untangle. I'm Patricia Carpus.
0:07.0	This is an incredible time in history, and while my heart breaks for all the suffering that is in our world right now,
0:15.0	I'm hopeful too. I hope that what we're experiencing right now in this pivotal moment will bring about
0:23.5	much needed change inside our hearts, our communities, our country, and in the world. This is
0:30.6	truly a time as our guest today shares where the power of our voices can make a huge difference.
0:38.1	As always, we at Untangle, Muse, and Meditation Studio are sending out love and healing wishes to all.
0:46.3	Aria is hosting this week's episode, so over to you, Arieo.
0:52.2	Hello, everyone.
0:54.5	We are in challenging times as a society, with both a lot of heartbreak and the hope of real change.
1:01.3	I am so honored to have Seku Andrews here take the time to be with us today.
1:07.5	Seku is a poet and the creator of an entire genre called Poetic Voice, which blends inspirational
1:13.3	speaking with poetry.
1:15.4	His powerful poem, Love Says, is about how love can help us overcome hate and has been
1:21.0	shared thousands of times in the last few days.
1:24.6	Seiku is here to share his insights and poetic voice with us.
1:28.9	His words are deeply nourishing.
1:31.0	Speak truth and invite opportunities to find our power and the best of ourselves and each other.
1:37.5	Welcome, Seku.
1:39.4	Thank you, thank you, thank you, Ariel.
1:41.3	I appreciate that.
1:42.1	It's awesome.
1:43.3	It is such an amazing honor to be here with you. I you, Ariel. I appreciate that. It's awesome. It is such an amazing honor to be here with you.
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