<description>&lt;div&gt;My guest for this episode of the Guest Friends podcast is my fellow bray, homie, and mic-dropper: Jason Tomlinson. AKA – J-Live.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Jason was born in Guam as part of a missionary family and has lived a little bit of everywhere since then – including having been partially raised in the Mitten State from 1989-1994. He and his wife Leah are both high school teachers and reside with their three lovely children just outside of Nashville, Tennessee.   &lt;p&gt;I met up with Jason at the podcast studio inside the boutique Russell Hotel in East Nashville to discuss his passion for words – especially through the mediums of Spoken Word poetry and Podcasting. Amongst other insights, Jason shares his connection to Shel Silverstein's "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout"; what having his poems published in the Flint Journal at age 15 taught him; and how his new podcast "Eight Stories Tall" is out to prove that "an uninteresting person does not exist."&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Oh, and you'll get a chance to hear J-Live perform two of his original spoken word poems: "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Grace Tree" during the episode. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;We'd enjoy your comments or questions:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:GuestFriendsPodcast@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;GuestFriendsPodcast@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;Instagram:&lt;span class= "apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/guest_friends_podcast/?hl=en" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Guest Friends&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;LINKS RELATED TO THIS EPISODE:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;Logo Credit:&lt;span class= "apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.saint-creative.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Saint-Creative.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;Music Credit:&lt;span class= "apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href= "https://ofasaphmusic.bandcamp.com/"&gt;Of Asaph (James Alleman)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;Promo Production &amp; Voiceover: Brian "Broops" Brophy&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;Recommended Resources:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;Podcast:&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/eight-stories-tall/id1576617819"&gt;Eight Stories Tall (Jason Tomlinson)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;Podcast: &lt;a href="http://www.andrewosenga.com/podcast"&gt;The Pivot (Andrew Osenga)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Place:&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.russellnashville.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA3rKQBhCNARIsACUEW_bK0OitWLrrzHRrZf-xpR_RPQKqceQ-87AU0yf41IFae9Yw6Nv8IO0aAjaaEALw_wcB&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds"&gt;The Russell Hotel - Nashville&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;YouTube: &lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-104x-t85G4"&gt;Shel Silverstein reading "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out" &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;YouTube: &lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7MkAv9vw60"&gt;Amena Brown "Dear TV Sitcoms"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;YouTube: &lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltun92DfnPY"&gt;Shane Koyczan "To This Day" (anti-bullying poem)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</description>

Guest Friends

Christopher Waterman

Episode 13: Jason Tomlinson - Word Up to the Spoken Word

FEB 16, 202264 MIN
Guest Friends

Episode 13: Jason Tomlinson - Word Up to the Spoken Word

FEB 16, 202264 MIN

Description

My guest for this episode of the Guest Friends podcast is my fellow bray, homie, and mic-dropper: Jason Tomlinson. AKA – J-Live.   Jason was born in Guam as part of a missionary family and has lived a little bit of everywhere since then – including having been partially raised in the Mitten State from 1989-1994. He and his wife Leah are both high school teachers and reside with their three lovely children just outside of Nashville, Tennessee.  

I met up with Jason at the podcast studio inside the boutique Russell Hotel in East Nashville to discuss his passion for words – especially through the mediums of Spoken Word poetry and Podcasting. Amongst other insights, Jason shares his connection to Shel Silverstein's "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout"; what having his poems published in the Flint Journal at age 15 taught him; and how his new podcast "Eight Stories Tall" is out to prove that "an uninteresting person does not exist."

Oh, and you'll get a chance to hear J-Live perform two of his original spoken word poems: "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Grace Tree" during the episode. 

We'd enjoy your comments or questions:

[email protected]

Instagram: Guest Friends

 

LINKS RELATED TO THIS EPISODE:

Logo Credit: Saint-Creative.com

Music Credit: Of Asaph (James Alleman)

Promo Production & Voiceover: Brian "Broops" Brophy

 

Recommended Resources:

Podcast: Eight Stories Tall (Jason Tomlinson)

Podcast: The Pivot (Andrew Osenga) 

Place: The Russell Hotel - Nashville

YouTube: Shel Silverstein reading "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out" 

YouTube: Amena Brown "Dear TV Sitcoms"

YouTube: Shane Koyczan "To This Day" (anti-bullying poem)