Episodes

  • The Process #26: Anna Ray - How to Craft the Artifacts of Tomorrow

    The Process #26: Anna Ray - How to Craft the Artifacts of Tomorrow
    Mar 13 2024
    Filmmaker and producer Anna Ray, MFA, speaks with Siena about revolutionary storytelling, Southern Black joy, and changing the narrative. Anna’s Work: www.portraydproductions.com === Click “Follow” or the Plus Sign in the top right of your screen to subscribe to The Process on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Please leave a review for us - word of mouth is the best recommendation! This podcast is produced by Siena Facciolo, edited by Jessica Luo and Siena Facciolo. Our theme music, Winter Woods, is written and performed by Siena Facciolo, Chris Palace, and Jordan Rabinowitz, featuring Sally Louise on guitar, mixed by Chris Palace, mastered by Jett Galindo. The Process is presented in partnership with Rochester Groovecast. Become a patron of The Process to get access to exclusive interviews and content.
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    54 mins
  • The Process #25: Seth Faergolzia: How to Create a Real-Life Wonderland

    The Process #25: Seth Faergolzia: How to Create a Real-Life Wonderland
    Feb 14 2024
    Multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter (and puppeteer and visual artist and father etc) Seth Faergolzia speaks with Siena about pretty much everything. Seth’s Work: https://faergolzia.com/ https://multibird.bandcamp.com/ https://dufus.bandcamp.com/music === Click “Follow” or the Plus Sign in the top right of your screen to subscribe to The Process on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Please leave a review for us - word of mouth is the best recommendation! This podcast is produced by Siena Facciolo, edited by Jessica Luo and Siena Facciolo. Our theme music, Winter Woods, is written and performed by Siena Facciolo, Chris Palace, and Jordan Rabinowitz, featuring Sally Louise on guitar, mixed by Chris Palace, mastered by Jett Galindo. The Process is presented in partnership with Rochester Groovecast. Become a patron of The Process to get access to exclusive interviews and content.
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    41 mins
  • The Process #24: Susan Begy: How to Unlock the Mystery of Us

    The Process #24: Susan Begy: How to Unlock the Mystery of Us
    Jan 14 2024
    Visual artist, sculptor, and educator Su Begy speaks with Siena about grief, play, and the connective tissue that forms the mysterious collective “us.” Su’s Work: https://www.susanbegy.com/ I Am Waiting By Lawrence Ferlinghetti I am waiting for my case to come up and I am waiting for a rebirth of wonder and I am waiting for someone to really discover America and wail and I am waiting for the discovery of a new symbolic western frontier and I am waiting for the American Eagle to really spread its wings and straighten up and fly right and I am waiting for the Age of Anxiety to drop dead and I am waiting for the war to be fought which will make the world safe for anarchy and I am waiting for the final withering away of all governments and I am perpetually awaiting a rebirth of wonder I am waiting for the Second Coming and I am waiting for a religious revival to sweep thru the state of Arizona and I am waiting for the Grapes of Wrath to be stored and I am waiting for them to prove that God is really American and I am waiting to see God on television piped onto church altars if only they can find the right channel to tune in on and I am waiting for the Last Supper to be served again with a strange new appetizer and I am perpetually awaiting a rebirth of wonder I am waiting for my number to be called and I am waiting for the Salvation Army to take over and I am waiting for the meek to be blessed and inherit the earth without taxes and I am waiting for forests and animals to reclaim the earth as theirs and I am waiting for a way to be devised to destroy all nationalisms without killing anybody and I am waiting for linnets and planets to fall like rain and I am waiting for lovers and weepers to lie down together again in a new rebirth of wonder I am waiting for the Great Divide to be crossed and I am anxiously waiting for the secret of eternal life to be discovered by an obscure general practitioner and I am waiting for the storms of life to be over and I am waiting to set sail for happiness and I am waiting for a reconstructed Mayflower to reach America with its picture story and tv rights sold in advance to the natives and I am waiting for the lost music to sound again in the Lost Continent in a new rebirth of wonder I am waiting for the day that maketh all things clear and I am awaiting retribution for what America did to Tom Sawyer and I am waiting for Alice in Wonderland to retransmit to me her total dream of innocence and I am waiting for Childe Roland to come to the final darkest tower and I am waiting for Aphrodite to grow live arms at a final disarmament conference in a new rebirth of wonder I am waiting to get some intimations of immortality by recollecting my early childhood and I am waiting for the green mornings to come again youth’s dumb green fields come back again and I am waiting for some strains of unpremeditated art to shake my typewriter and I am waiting to write the great indelible poem and I am waiting for the last long careless rapture and I am perpetually waiting for the fleeing lovers on the Grecian Urn to catch each other up at last and embrace and I am awaiting perpetually and forever a renaissance of wonder === Click “Follow” or the Plus Sign in the top right of your screen to subscribe to The Process on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Please leave a review for us - word of mouth is the best recommendation! This podcast is produced by Siena Facciolo, edited by Jessica Luo and Siena Facciolo. Our theme music, Winter Woods, is written and performed by Siena Facciolo, Chris Palace, and Jordan Rabinowitz, featuring Sally Louise on guitar, mixed by Chris Palace, mastered by Jett Galindo. The Process is presented in partnership with Rochester Groovecast. Become a patron of The Process to get access to exclusive interviews and content.
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • The Process #23: John Wilson Smith - Why Stories Hold More Power than We Think

    The Process #23: John Wilson Smith - Why Stories Hold More Power than We Think
    Dec 13 2023
    Community leader and activist John Wilson Smith speaks with Siena about the power of story, community, and communication. John’s Work: Facebook Bahama Village Museum Exhibition, “Relics of a Fading Community” John Wilson Smith Key West City Commission Contact John: jwskeys@gmail.com === Click “Follow” or the Plus Sign in the top right of your screen to subscribe to The Process on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Please leave a review for us - word of mouth is the best recommendation! This podcast is produced by Siena Facciolo, edited by Jessica Luo and Siena Facciolo. Our theme music, Winter Woods, is written and performed by Siena Facciolo, Chris Palace, and Jordan Rabinowitz, featuring Sally Louise on guitar, mixed by Chris Palace, mastered by Jett Galindo. The Process is presented in partnership with Rochester Groovecast. Become a patron of The Process to get access to exclusive interviews and content.
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • The Process #22: How to Find Your People

    The Process #22: How to Find Your People
    Dec 11 2023
    Who makes you come alive? How do you know who to let in to your creative process? All this and more in this discussion of how to find your people in creativity and in life. Siena Facciolo is a musician, podcast host, educator, and writer who is fascinated by the art of being. She is honored to put this podcast out into the world. If you’d like to support The Process, and listen to exclusive content from The Process interviews, please consider becoming a patron here. “The actual presence of others (proximity and regular contact) is essential, and many studies document these structural indicators have just as powerful and, in some cases, more potent effects on indicators of health and well-being.” (Holt-Lunstad J, Steptoe A., 2022 Study) === Click “Follow” or the Plus Sign in the top right of your screen to subscribe to The Process on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Please leave a review for us - word of mouth is the best recommendation! This podcast is produced by Siena Facciolo, edited by Jessica Luo and Siena Facciolo. Our theme music, Winter Woods, is written and performed by Siena Facciolo, Chris Palace, and Jordan Rabinowitz, featuring Sally Louise on guitar, mixed by Chris Palace, mastered by Jett Galindo. The Process is presented in partnership with Rochester Groovecast. Become a patron of The Process to get access to exclusive interviews and content.
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    17 mins
  • The Process #21: Margot Lasher - You Already Know What You’re Doing

    The Process #21: Margot Lasher - You Already Know What You’re Doing
    Nov 16 2023
    Margot and Siena discuss what the writing process is really like. How do our brains work while we write? How does the creative process change as we age? Is there any value in adjusting the tone of your writing based on where you’re submitting? This fascinating conversation covers all of that, and so much more. Margot’s Work: Book - https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001H6SHRE?ingress=0&visitId=bc487f92-e9e4-4ede-ab3c-3a1fca9c63cd&store_ref=ap_rdr&ref_=ap_rdr Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/margot-lasher-74827720/ === Click “Follow” or the Plus Sign at the top of your phone screen to subscribe to The Process on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Please rate and review The Process - each time you reach out, it helps us put out more inspiring conversations. The Process is presented in partnership with Balbert Marketing & Rochester Groovecast. This podcast is produced by Siena Facciolo, edited by Jessica Luo and Siena Facciolo. Our theme music, Winter Woods, is written and performed by Siena Facciolo, Chris Palace, and Jordan Rabinowitz, featuring Sally Louise on guitar, mixed by Chris Palace, mastered by Jett Galindo.
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    48 mins
  • The Process #20: Kijana Crues: How to Find Your Path

    The Process #20: Kijana Crues: How to Find Your Path
    Oct 11 2023
    Is it possible that the imperfect can be perfect? How do you know you’re on the right path? How do you use your gifts to the fullest? Who is God, anyway? Photographer, musician and magazine CEO Kijana Crues begins to answer these big creative questions and more in this inspiring conversation. Kijana’s Work: Website: Kijanacruesimaging.com Be Brave Magazine: http://bebravemagazine.com/ Comedy: https://www.youtube.com/@KijanaCruesComedy/ === Click “Follow” or the Plus Sign at the top of your phone screen to subscribe to The Process on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Please rate and review The Process - each time you reach out, it helps us put out more inspiring conversations. The Process is presented in partnership with Balbert Marketing & Rochester Groovecast. This podcast is produced by Siena Facciolo, edited by Jessica Luo and Siena Facciolo. Our theme music, Winter Woods, is written and performed by Siena Facciolo, Chris Palace, and Jordan Rabinowitz, featuring Sally Louise on guitar, mixed by Chris Palace, mastered by Jett Galindo.
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    42 mins
  • The Process #19: How to Use Boundaries to Combat Burnout

    The Process #19: How to Use Boundaries to Combat Burnout
    Sep 27 2023
    Siena discusses boundaries: What are boundaries? How do we deal with guilt after disappointing people? How do boundaries help us avoid burnout? Siena Facciolo is a musician, podcast host, educator, and writer who is fascinated by the art of being. She is honored to put this podcast out into the world. If you’d like to support The Process, and listen to exclusive content from The Process interviews, please consider becoming a patron at the link below. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/sienafacciolo Click “Follow” or the Plus Sign in the top right of your screen to subscribe to The Process on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Please leave a review for us - word of mouth is the best recommendation! This podcast is produced by Siena Facciolo, edited by Jessica Luo and Siena Facciolo. Our theme music, Winter Woods, is written and performed by Siena Facciolo, Chris Palace, and Jordan Rabinowitz, featuring Sally Louise on guitar, mixed by Chris Palace, mastered by Jett Galindo. The Process is presented in partnership with Rochester Groovecast. Become a patron of The Process and get exclusive podcast episodes here: https://www.patreon.com/sienafacciolo
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    9 mins