The Thinking Voice Podcast

The Thinking Voice

Vocal Health Education
Since forming Vocal Health Education, one question that comes up time and again is, “When are you doing a podcast?!” Well we now have an answer! It’s NOW! The Thinking Voice podcast by Dr Jenevora Williams, Robert Sussuma and Stephen King is all about exploring the human voice through open conversation. The podcast is split in to two types of episode; INTERVIEWS and CONVERSATIONS. The Interviews; The Interviews will be released every two weeks, and will follow a standard interview format, with one host interviewing a special guest. The topic of conversation is always about how the guest journeyed into the world of Vocal Health. The Conversations; The conversations are real time, unplanned musings between Dr Jenevora Williams, Stephen King and Robert Sussuma and include phenomenological, existential, anatomic, pedagogic and experiential motor learning principles. The nature of these conversations will see a one word topic be steered down all kinds of cobbled conversational streets between the three hosts, unpicking relevant research (sometimes published by the hosts themselves) or anecdotal concepts and “practice based evidence”. We can’t wait to share this with you!For more information:Vocal Health Education: www.vocalhealth.co.ukThe Singing Self - Robert Sussuma: www.thesingingself.comJenevora Williams: www.jenevorawilliams.com
The Facilitation Conversation
When does teaching become facilitating? How much are we imparting information and how much are we enabling the student to discover things for themselves? Why would facilitation be a more effective way to learn? All these questions, questions and more questions - will Stephen, Robert and Jenevora ever find an answer?
Jan 18, 2022
42 min
The Festive Conversation - Season Finale
Stephen, Robert and Jenevora present a 'festive special' and reflect on the first season of 'The Thinking Voice' podcast. 
Dec 21, 2021
39 min
The Tongue Conversation
Robert Sussuma, Stephen King and Dr Jenevora Williams open up a conversation with the randomly generated topic of ‘hope’. 
Dec 14, 2021
52 min
The Heidi Moss Interview
Heidi Moss and Jenevora chat about a career as both a scientist and a performer, how one can feed the other and how to turn adversity into advantage.
Dec 7, 2021
54 min
The Hope Conversation
Robert Sussuma, Stephen King and Dr Jenevora Williams open up a conversation with the randomly generated topic of ‘hope’. 
Nov 30, 2021
47 min
The Lynn Bursten Interview
In this episode, Robert opens a conversation with Dr Lynn Bursten about her dissertation 'Constructed realities and transformation of consciousness: A holonomic approach'.Links to materials mentioned:FLOW, by Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiOpen Space Technology by Harrison Owen
Nov 23, 2021
41 min
The Awareness Conversation
Robert Sussuma, Stephen King and Dr Jenevora Williams open up this conversation with the randomly generated topic of ‘awareness’. What makes us aware, and what are we aware of? From bats to phenomenology, our hosts dive deep into the world of awareness.
Nov 16, 2021
53 min
The Anne Luise Interview
“I did not respond adequately to your question concerning the role of phenomenology in my work. Phenomenology has, in fact, been the major theoretical framework and methodological tool in my research from the beginning. Thus, I described both theory and method most exhaustively in my thesis. This thesis (defended I 1998) was transformed into a book and published by Kluwer Academic Publishers – who later fused into Springer – in 2001. Springer has defined the book as a “classic text” and holds it available upon request in their “Classical Library”. The electronic version is also available in Amazon’s Kindle-Edition.I mention this book because most of my colleagues have responded that they find the theoretical chapters in my book far too heavy to read. Still, exactly these chapters give insight into both how the in-depth interviews were performed, how my way of asking and responding contributed to the shaping of the text = the data, and how the analysis was done. This analysis, by means of rules and principles in phenomenology, did the most salient job in the whole process: It allowed me to identify the patterns of lived experience inscribed in the bodily structures. Precisely these patterns have by now, twenty years later, been confirmed by means of biomedical tests (stress-research etc.) and neuro-radiological documentation (brain research), clearly demonstrating the reliability and the validity of a phenomenological approach to embodied hardship and integrity violation.In short: the extensive excerpts from the original interview-transcripts in my thesis may be illuminative as to “how to talk with people whose complex suffering is medically unexplained yet still real”, which may be a basic point of departure in your work, if I got it right. The book: Kirkengen AL. Inscribed Bodies. Springer 2001.Kind regards from OsloAnna Luise”Useful Links:https://www.thesurvivorstrust.orghttps://www.met.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/rsa/rape-and-sexual-assault/support-for-victims-of-rape-and-sexual-assault
Nov 9, 2021
1 hr 5 min
The Play Conversation
Robert Sussuma, Stephen King and Dr Jenevora Williams open up the seventh conversation with the randomly generated topic of ‘play’. Theory, origins and etymology… what could we consider about play in pedagogy?
Nov 2, 2021
56 min
The Marissa Lee Naismith Interview
Dr Marisa Lee Naismith shares some of her early experiences as a touring rock singer, life on the road wasn’t easy and of course there’s a vocal health story in there.
Oct 26, 2021
1 hr 3 min
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