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Jive City

Julz & Mick talk to Ahmad Jones. With 10 years of AcroSports experience, Ahmad shares with us his experiences in lettering, breaking culture,  and shares some unknown acrobatic talents. BONUS: Julz & Mick get their breakdance names.

Exploring Dissonance

In this episode, guest Will Titus talks to Julz & Mick about his journey in the world of music performance. We learned what musicians have been up to in shelter in place, and discover some fun relationships between music & movement. We recommended a few artists we’ve recently been listening to: Julz: Lotus Juice, Substantial, Kenichiro Nishihara Will: Donald Byrd, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Tigran Hamasyan Mick: The Kills Will thanks musicians he knows for their research contributions: Luke Zavala, Manuel Berry, Sam Cady, Sean Fettes, Caroline Chung, Travis Geyer & Danny Brown Also, special shout out to local record shop Noise San Francisco, which has been impacted by covid-19. Their gofundme is here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-noise-records-through-this-difficult-time?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet

Good Grief

Julz & Mick are joined by Cera Arthur this week. They go over the challenges of expressing anger and grief, especially so for the high school crowd. Link to article discussed: https://www.apa.org/topics/covid-19/children-unstructured-play

Pilot

In the debut episode of The AcroSports’ Podcast, we introduce listeners to our hosts, Mick & Julz. We discuss what we have been doing since SIP started and the significance of play for everyone. Links- AcroSports social media: @acrosports ; The Value of Play: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/freedom-learn/200811/the-value-play-i-the-definition-play-gives-insights ; Why It’s Good For Grown-Ups to Play: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/why-its-good-for-grown-ups-to-go-play/2017/05/19/99810292-fd1f-11e6-8ebe-6e0dbe4f2bca_story.html