Archive - The Department of Homeland Inspiration

Music as Healing

Art Ranger shares a conversation amongst two musicians and two artists. Grappling with the affects of COVID 19 in personal, cultural and archeological…

Mar 9 •

Melissa Smedley

November 2023

New Podcast: Love Letter to the Constitution

a celebratory essay found in dad's brief case. He's worried about us ...

Nov 29, 2023 •

Melissa Smedley

October 2023

My California (part 2)

A meditation on place

Oct 25, 2023 •

Melissa Smedley

August 2023

"My California"

A preamble, a how did we get here, "origin story" brought on by a prompt given by the California Poet Laureate, Lee Herrick. A formative summer…

Aug 11, 2023 •

Melissa Smedley

June 2023

happy looks good on you

is a new episode from The Department of Homeland Inspiration podcast. Art Ranger sits down with poet, Daniel B. Summerhill to share some group poems…

Jun 15, 2023 •

Melissa Smedley

May 2023

Notes from the Field

from The Department of Homeland Inspiration

May 22, 2023 •

Melissa Smedley

April 2023

To hell with War!

War is a Racket!

Apr 17, 2023 •

Melissa Smedley

February 2023

Mobile Librarian

a podcast reflecting our bookishness and hunger for diverse voices in literature:

Feb 19, 2023 •

Melissa Smedley

December 2021

Emily the Dickens

readings and wonderment over a few selections from this 19th century pioneer with a pencil in her apron pocket

Dec 1, 2021 •

Melissa Smedley

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