Award-winning storyteller Phill Branch chops it up on life after physical and mental pandemic lockdown.
Episodes
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
Warning: I sing/talk (twice) this episode. You can hear my car engine (I needed heat in the studio). There are long pauses. I ramble a bit. And...it's not sound edited. But, I'm here talking and pushing through my tendency to get in my own way. Felt good.
It's been so long, I almost forgot I had podcast. Hi.
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Had a conversation with a friend that made me think about how much (and how seemingly well) I suppress emotions. I'm just talking through the work many of us do, to be "okay."
Isolation Be Like is Created, Produced and Hosted by Phill Branch (aka Phill Boogie) This podcast is supported by a 2019 Rubys Artist Grant, which is a program of the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation. Phill Branch is a storyteller working in film, creative nonfiction and theater. He is the 2019 recipient of the Maryland State Arts Council’s Solo Performance Artist Award. He is also a GrandSlam Champion of The Moth in DC. An alumnus of the American Film Institute, Branch recently directed Searching for Shaniqua; his documentary about the impact names have on people's lives.The film won the HBO Best Documentary award at the 2016 Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival. Branch has served as a professor at his alma mater Hampton University and recently at Howard University. He is currently a Visiting Professor at Goucher College in Communication and Media Studies, focusing on race and ethnicity in film and media.
Find us at @isolationbelike and @phillbranch on Twitter and IG / phillbranch.com / isolationbelike.com
Edited by Ronald Young Jr. - follow him on Twitter and IG - @ohitsBigRon
Friday Oct 02, 2020
Friday Oct 02, 2020
I didn't even wait to get into my studio/car. I just captured the moment.
Isolation Be Like is Created, Produced and Hosted by Phill Branch (aka Phill Boogie) This podcast is supported by a 2019 Rubys Artist Grant, which is a program of the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation. Phill Branch is a storyteller working in film, creative nonfiction and theater. He is the 2019 recipient of the Maryland State Arts Council’s Solo Performance Artist Award. He is also a GrandSlam Champion of The Moth in DC. An alumnus of the American Film Institute, Branch recently directed Searching for Shaniqua; his documentary about the impact names have on people's lives.The film won the HBO Best Documentary award at the 2016 Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival. Branch has served as a professor at his alma mater Hampton University and recently at Howard University. He is currently a Visiting Professor at Goucher College in Communication and Media Studies, focusing on race and ethnicity in film and media.
Find us at @isolationbelike and @phillbranch on Twitter and IG / phillbranch.com / isolationbelike.com
Edited by Ronald Young Jr. - follow him on Twitter and IG - @ohitsBigRon
Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Spent some time thinking about how I've gotten in my own way and how I had to learn to let myself be great (and be average sometimes, and nervous, and uncertain...but still moving).
Isolation Be Like is Created, Produced and Hosted by Phill Branch (aka Phill Boogie) This podcast is supported by a 2019 Rubys Artist Grant, which is a program of the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation. Phill Branch is a storyteller working in film, creative nonfiction and theater. He is the 2019 recipient of the Maryland State Arts Council’s Solo Performance Artist Award. He is also a GrandSlam Champion of The Moth in DC. An alumnus of the American Film Institute, Branch recently directed Searching for Shaniqua; his documentary about the impact names have on people's lives.The film won the HBO Best Documentary award at the 2016 Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival. Branch has served as a professor at his alma mater Hampton University and recently at Howard University. He is currently a Visiting Professor at Goucher College in Communication and Media Studies, focusing on race and ethnicity in film and media.
Find us at @isolationbelike and @phillbranch on Twitter and IG / phillbranch.com / isolationbelike.com
Edited by Ronald Young Jr. - follow him on Twitter and IG - @ohitsBigRon
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
Between the pandemic and all the insta-wokeness, it's hard to stay sane and find joy...but not impossible.
Isolation Be Like is Created, Produced and Hosted by Phill Branch (aka Phill Boogie) This podcast is supported by a 2019 Rubys Artist Grant, which is a program of the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation. Phill Branch is a storyteller working in film, creative nonfiction and theater. He is the 2019 recipient of the Maryland State Arts Council’s Solo Performance Artist Award. He is also a GrandSlam Champion of The Moth in DC. An alumnus of the American Film Institute, Branch recently directed Searching for Shaniqua; his documentary about the impact names have on people's lives.The film won the HBO Best Documentary award at the 2016 Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival. Branch has served as a professor at his alma mater Hampton University and recently at Howard University. He is currently a Visiting Professor at Goucher College in Communication and Media Studies, focusing on race and ethnicity in film and media.
Find us at @isolationbelike and @phillbranch on Twitter and IG / phillbranch.com / isolationbelike.com
Edited by Ronald Young Jr. - follow him on Twitter and IG - @ohitsBigRon
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
I went INSIDE of a market for the first time in months. It went as expected.
Isolation Be Like is Created, Produced and Hosted by Phill Branch (aka Phill Boogie) This podcast is supported by a 2019 Rubys Artist Grant, which is a program of the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation. Phill Branch is a storyteller working in film, creative nonfiction and theater. He is the 2019 recipient of the Maryland State Arts Council’s Solo Performance Artist Award. He is also a GrandSlam Champion of The Moth in DC. An alumnus of the American Film Institute, Branch recently directed Searching for Shaniqua; his documentary about the impact names have on people's lives.The film won the HBO Best Documentary award at the 2016 Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival. Branch has served as a professor at his alma mater Hampton University and recently at Howard University. He is currently a Visiting Professor at Goucher College in Communication and Media Studies, focusing on race and ethnicity in film and media.
Find us at @isolationbelike and @phillbranch on Twitter and IG / phillbranch.com / isolationbelike.com
Edited by Ronald Young Jr. - follow him on Twitter and IG - @ohitsBigRon
Monday Jul 13, 2020
Monday Jul 13, 2020
Folks are out of their minds if they think students are going to read intricate reopening plans, filled with new rules and regulations. We can't even get them to read the syllabus. My thoughts on school reopenings.
Isolation Be Like is Created, Produced and Hosted by Phill Branch (aka Phill Boogie) This podcast is supported by a 2019 Rubys Artist Grant, which is a program of the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation. Phill Branch is a storyteller working in film, creative nonfiction and theater. He is the 2019 recipient of the Maryland State Arts Council’s Solo Performance Artist Award. He is also a GrandSlam Champion of The Moth in DC. An alumnus of the American Film Institute, Branch recently directed Searching for Shaniqua; his documentary about the impact names have on people's lives.The film won the HBO Best Documentary award at the 2016 Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival. Branch has served as a professor at his alma mater Hampton University and recently at Howard University. He is currently a Visiting Professor at Goucher College in Communication and Media Studies, focusing on race and ethnicity in film and media.
Find us at @isolationbelike and @phillbranch on Twitter and IG / phillbranch.com / isolationbelike.com
Edited by Ronald Young Jr. - follow him on Twitter and IG - @ohitsBigRon
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
17 weeks into being at home and it's looking like it's just the beginning. It's starting to catch up with me.
Isolation Be Like is Created, Produced and Hosted by Phill Branch (aka Phill Boogie) This podcast is supported by a 2019 Rubys Artist Grant, which is a program of the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation. Phill Branch is a storyteller working in film, creative nonfiction and theater. He is the 2019 recipient of the Maryland State Arts Council’s Solo Performance Artist Award. He is also a GrandSlam Champion of The Moth in DC. An alumnus of the American Film Institute, Branch recently directed Searching for Shaniqua; his documentary about the impact names have on people's lives.The film won the HBO Best Documentary award at the 2016 Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival. Branch has served as a professor at his alma mater Hampton University and recently at Howard University. He is currently a Visiting Professor at Goucher College in Communication and Media Studies, focusing on race and ethnicity in film and media.
Find us at @isolationbelike and @phillbranch on Twitter and IG / phillbranch.com / isolationbelike.com
Edited by Ronald Young Jr. - follow him on Twitter and IG - @ohitsBigRon
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
Reflecting on having pride, while not feeling a connection to PRIDE. A follow-up to a piece I wrote in the Baltimore Sun in 2019, "Finding my place in PRIDE."
"Pride month and all of its colorful and now corporate celebrations often cause me to examine my place within the multiple communities in which I identify. To be clear, I respect the symbolism of the celebration, but I have no idea of what to do with “Happy Pride” well-wishes. I grew up in and around Newark, N.J. Whatever messaging that was making it to some communities about Pride had not made its way to my neighborhood. The closest contact to Pride I had as a young person were the local news clips of drag queens and men dressed like The Village People. Even squinting, I did not see myself anywhere within that frame."
Isolation Be Like is Created, Produced and Hosted by Phill Branch (aka Phill Boogie) This podcast is supported by a 2019 Rubys Artist Grant, which is a program of the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation. Phill Branch is a storyteller working in film, creative nonfiction and theater. He is the 2019 recipient of the Maryland State Arts Council’s Solo Performance Artist Award. He is also a GrandSlam Champion of The Moth in DC. An alumnus of the American Film Institute, Branch recently directed Searching for Shaniqua; his documentary about the impact names have on people's lives.The film won the HBO Best Documentary award at the 2016 Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival. Branch has served as a professor at his alma mater Hampton University and recently at Howard University. He is currently a Visiting Professor at Goucher College in Communication and Media Studies, focusing on race and ethnicity in film and media.
Find us at @isolationbelike and @phillbranch on Twitter and IG / phillbranch.com / isolationbelike.com
Edited by Ronald Young Jr. - follow him on Twitter and IG - @ohitsBigRon
Friday Jun 19, 2020
Friday Jun 19, 2020
Juneteenth is having the best week ever...and I have some thoughts.
P.S. I recorded this the day before I was given Juneteenth off, as a holiday. So, if my wonderful administrators are listening, this is not a response to your Juneteenth sentiments...it's more of a premonition of a cultural wave. I swear.
Isolation Be Like is Created, Produced and Hosted by Phill Branch (aka Phill Boogie) This podcast is supported by a 2019 Rubys Artist Grant, which is a program of the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation. Phill Branch is a storyteller working in film, creative nonfiction and theater. He is the 2019 recipient of the Maryland State Arts Council’s Solo Performance Artist Award. He is also a GrandSlam Champion of The Moth in DC. An alumnus of the American Film Institute, Branch recently directed Searching for Shaniqua; his documentary about the impact names have on people's lives.The film won the HBO Best Documentary award at the 2016 Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival. Branch has served as a professor at his alma mater Hampton University and recently at Howard University. He is currently a Visiting Professor at Goucher College in Communication and Media Studies, focusing on race and ethnicity in film and media.
Find us at @isolationbelike and @phillbranch on Twitter and IG / phillbranch.com / isolationbelike.com
Edited by Ronald Young Jr. - follow him on Twitter and IG - @ohitsBigRon