I met with the brilliant Huwa, a poet, spoken word artist, and voice actor, to read some of her poetry in preparation for this special season.

Find more about Huwa here:https://www.instagram.com/i.am.huwa/https://www.tiktok.com/@i.am.huwa

I met up with another Booktok voice actor who recently went viral for doing what I was doing on TikTok. Get ready to listen to two grown men growl and grunt at each other XD.

I've been slacking on my PFTI collection. Time to get some requests in!

First poem "The Fool" is by Emmanuel Borges-Da-Silva from one of his books "Poetic Persuasion: The Young Carer's Ink"

The second poem is from Irum Zahra. from a soon-to-be-published book. So...this was pretty much a sneak peek. I'll update this description when it comes out! You'll find more about her here.

Reading Practice. Chapter 4 from Divine Bonds: Celestial Warfare in the Sands by Q. Tran

Link To The Book

This is what practice looks like, I'm on my way to my 10,000 hours. The clean edit will be on YouTube soon!

Practice session for some of the coolest villains ever!

Send me requests here:

https://michaeleok.com/pages/requests?request=vr

In this episode, I attempt to speak in "Growl" for the entire recording. I hope you enjoy!

Featuring work from: Rolls To Play: https://www.instagram.com/rollstoplay/ https://gofund.me/ddf3f01c Morgan Vela https://linktr.ee/morganvelaauthor C.A. Chaplin https://linktr.ee/cachaplin M. L. Burns https://linktr.ee/mlburnsauthor

0:51 Kristel Willard

4:32 Poetic Sparkles

5:03 Tiffany Pullen

5:40 Atlas Creed

7:08 The Aan

8:18 Tarina Reichert 

10:24 ​Shantel John 

11:11 Tan Nud

13:31 Leila

14:14 Jessica Isom

15:25 Popcorn Only

17:06 Amiyre White

18:19 Tracy Forson

20:54 Iris Herben

22:!8 Adenji 

23:15 Ruth Bello

25:33 Tomi Adeyemi

27:39 Munachimso Okafor

28:39 Olasunkanmi Ashaye

0:27 You Don't Know Me

2:30 Joyce Kinyanjui

3:22 Chide Isaac

4:07 Jessica Isom 

5:08 Tomi Adeyemi

07:05 The Aan

08:37 Tracy Forson

9:27 Kristel Willard

11:10 Maura Gatti

13:05 Olasunkanmi Ashaye

16:09 Favour Chibuokem

17:07 Kirsten Ellis 

18:22 Tracy Forson 

19:40 Joyce Kinyanjui

20:36 Derek Pierce

23:11 Luwani Pixie

25:51 Diana Dee

28:18 Sharon Abraham

29:16 Laylah Abby 

31:52 Cameron Surratt

33:08 Rabia Khan

Tommie - Michael The Man On My Screen
Tommie - The Man I Can't Have
Manoj D'souza - The Heart II
Jen Allyn - What would morning taste like with you
K.L. Thompson - The Poem of the Siren
Kaylea Sims - A Rose's Thorns
Raheela Suleman - The Kabrastan Is Green
You Donna - Untitled
Selasi Sena - Home
You Donna - Murder In The USA
Brenda's Poem
You Donna - Arebella

Gabeino - He is an artist, I know by his hands

Showemino Agnes - The Glow Of My Screen

Reading your favourite songs as though they were poems. Miguel - Use Me

Billy Joel - Piano Man

Tems - Higher

Bobby Darrin - Somewhere Beyond The Sea

Maggie Rogers - Say It

The Script - The Man Who Can't Be Moved

Billie Eilish - Ocean Eyes

Macy Gray - I Try

JP Saxe - If The World Was Ending

Jacob Banks - Found

Daughter - Youth

0:41 Kristel Willard

6:43 Rosie Inspire

8:08 Rebecca Berlingieri 

8:55 Luwanipixie

10:59 Tommie

13:36 Jessica Isom

14:07 Shantel John

15:54 Ruth Bellol

18:04 Nichelle Dobbs

18:55 Cinnamon

19:14 Rebecca Berlingieri 

20:12 Precious Clark

21:19 The Aan

22:30 Paige Lawrence

23:50 Bart Reevers

25:29 Tomi Adeyemi 

27:20 Sopulu Cletus

29:17 Popcorn Only

31:08 Ima-Abasi David

33:00 Favour Chibuokem 

34:03 Iris Herben

34:55 Porsche SUV

37:00 Collector Maximum 

39:18 Tommie

43:47 Tracy Forsen

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19:45 Tales of Nyxarra - Lindsey Hart https://www.instagram.com/authorlindseyhart/

What does a love poem sound like in Yoruba. I sat down with one of the poets who performed at Serenade Lagos to go through his poetry. Yusuf Àlàbí Balógun (Àrẹ̀mọ Gemini) is a multifaceted artist, poet, storyteller, TEDx speaker and art specialist, with a core focus in Yorùbá arts and culture. Recipient of Horn of Afroclassical Merit Award for excellence in the propagation of arts and culture (2018), his art is guided by so many drives, one of which is to sell out the O2 Arena, London for Yorùbá oral arts. His art is heavily influenced by grassroot realities, female emancipation, marginalised tales and historical preservation.

I'm out of practice time to get back into the lab...

It was an honour to sit down with such a talented...skilled..multi-award wining poet... inspirational...activist...chai! What more can I say! But what a twist...she is...shy??? Sit with us as we work through her poetry and story on this episode of Whispers And Growls. Shall I make it my life's mission to get her to growl one day?😈

Her poems at:03:40 - To My Village People21:59 - A Hopeless Romantic

Another round of live requests, though this time I test out a new infrastructure.Sign up on my website as a writer to know when the new submission slots are availablehttps://michaeleok.com/

Submissions fromPatreon:

T. Reichert

Other Writers:

Elizabeth bullard

Aminat Sanni

Ajla Mehić

Benita Shammah

Etieno Essien

Nkwachukwu

Philip Udeme

Jedidiah Orakpo

Rua Professor Henrique Costa

Ositelu Mia

Sharil Miller

Tomi Adeyemi

Tierra Cox

Tahreeq Meyer

Rebecca Ogunnaike

You know I enjoy my song lyrics here and there. This time I have a guest with me...Nigerian Talent Dejo Osikoya joins me to break down a few songs he's enjoyed. I also give him a piece of some of my favourite lyrics. Oh! For the love of words. Listen as we also stray and talk through some philosophical matters, our approach to creativity and self-expression.

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I receive many requests to read from some interesting books in the Bible. Today I've got some help from the wonderful Idy Archibong to explore them.
Check her out here:

https://www.youtube.com/@IdyArchibong

https://www.instagram.com/idy.archibong

What if we sat down and practised some voice acting together?

In this episode of Whispers & Growls, I sit down with Darkua, an AfroSoul and R&B singer-songwriter, for a thoughtful conversation about her music journey, songwriting and the kind of honesty storytelling demands.

I sit down with a man with a legendary voice. Andrew Tandoh Adote! Listen as we go through some very iconic characters and scenes.

I've been getting questions about the origin of Whispers and Growls and how I found myself in this world of voice acting. I thought this would be a good reference video. I hope you enjoy the next few episodes with this in mind.

In this episode of Whispers & Growls, I sit down with Nigerian singer and songwriter Salle for a gentle and honest conversation about music, meaning, and the weight of words.Together, we explore selected song lyrics, including her own, and unpack the stories behind them. Salle shares her journey into music, how she approaches lyric writing, and what it means to write from a place of truth.

In preparation for my show in Ghana, I asked my audience to send me some works based on the prompt "Once Upon A Time".

Here they go!

Introducing Wendy Okeke and her collection of poems: Grief's First Kiss Is An Avalanche.This is the first time I've sat down with an author/poet to go through their works. I've found this episode that much more profound whilst editing and reflecting on the passing of my own father, a few months after filming with Wendy.Find out more about her:https://www.wendyokeke.com/