Slater Hayes Podcast
The Slater Hayes Podcast is designed to highlight the everyday occurrences of life via poetry and social commentary. They are poignant, insightful pieces that address all facets of the black experience with the desired outcome of evoking thought and conversation. Each piece directly or indirectly addresses various topics as experienced through the unique perspective of blacks. Each piece directly or indirectly addresses various topics as experienced through the unique perspective of blacks. Episodes are to be published each Sunday.
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Episodes
125 episodes
Look to the Hills
Well, I continue to be lead to compose these pieces and I have every intention of remaining obedient.I was inspired to write this piece due to the tremendous amount of angst that has been created by a federal government that was created ...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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2:16
Remnant
The correlation with what is occurring all around us is unmistakable to a piece that I published back in June of 2024."Remnants"is a piece related to how America has allowed, NO INVITED, the actions that are now overtaking ...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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2:11
The Process
Year 5. I am truly thankful that God has used me to convey messages that have allowed me to express my innermost thoughts while possibly exposing others to my personal life as well's global events."The Process"is a piece th...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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2:30
The Fears of Slippage
In my opening I refer to white men as the one common obstacle to 4 specific movements.Their opposition has become even more prevalent since they opened the barn door and welcomed the personality and mindset of their current le...
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Season 4
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Episode 50
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1:24
The Spirit Snatchers
Black History...it runs from January 1 thru December 31...EACH and EVERY YEAR.Unfortunately, all the sweat, tears, and YES, BLOOD that our ancestors exhausted to simply get US to the point of where we always felt we belonged is now...
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Season 4
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Episode 48
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2:30
Rapid Decline
Some may find joy that this place called the UNITED STATES of AMERICA is experiencing, to put it mildly, a rough patch.Some may laugh at those who consider this a rough patch and will extol many of those things that they deem as long ov...
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Season 4
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Episode 47
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1:50
Put a Penny on the Needle
This is an old piece and if you are of my age I KNOW you can relate to the title.As a child I clearly remember being asked to move the arm of the record player so that it would no longer play in the same groove...REPEATING THE SAME TUNE...
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Season 4
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Episode 47
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2:34
"Seeing Them, Seeing Me"
The New Year, and several weeks prior to the dawn of 2025 has found me conducting a great deal of introspection.I have found that I have been overcome with thoughts of my ancestors and the multitude of issues that they had to overco...
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Season 4
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Episode 46
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1:41
Hope
At the outset of a new year it is evidenced oftentimes through the multitude of resolutions that pour forth. We are filled with various aspirations to achieve this or that special milestone that has eluded us over the years. Oftent...
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Season 4
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Episode 45
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1:53
Look Up
***May your New Year be filled with HOPE and LOVE. ***There are numerous occurrences within the Bible that speak to how numerous individuals and groups of people literally looked up to acknowledge that they were aware tha...
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Season 4
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Episode 44
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2:33
"Aye, Aye"
Another piece written while vacationing and looking out over the hustle and bustle of persons going about their daily lives in Bangkok, Thailand. In this city of 12 million, it seems that there are 24 million cars, motorcycles and...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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1:50
"The Noises of Love"
As an observer, I now truly realize that..."The Noises of Love"are demonstrated in similar ways irrespective of whether you are an observer or a participant.____________________________________________________________...
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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1:43
"a Different Kind of Cloth"
Strength, it is going to take all we have.More importantly, it is going to take US, as a group, remaining faithful and growing our faith in spite of all with which we may find ourselves confronting.We must remember that we are c...
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Season 4
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Episode 41
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1:26
"Staying the Course"
Yes, after the election a great number of US felt a palpable angst. An angst that in many instances could not be put into words.Now that I have had time to digest this situation more fully, I am left to express the following...T...
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Season 4
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Episode 39
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2:17
"She Looks Like Me"
I composed this piece on last year, just prior to the January 20, 2021, presidential inauguration.The euphoria during that time was palpable. One of US was ascending to the second highest office in the land. There was a "run" on "ch...
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Season 1
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Episode 51
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2:48
Shhh...They're Talking
Today... I have but one admonition. Think of the HELL that our ancestors endured and listen to their voices as you exercise YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT.VOTE!VOTE!!VOTE!!!OUR SPIRIT...LIVES!!!PEACE!!!________...
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Season 4
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Episode 36
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1:33
"I Ain't Made to be Contained "
I previously posted this piece on August 8, 2021, as the fifth episode in the detailing of the hold that drugs once had on my life...BUT THIS TIME... I am posting it to extol the goodness that MY GOD has in store for me and ALL ...
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Season 1
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Episode 42
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1:53
"Interlocking Spirits"
"Sometimes our goals and dreams are tied up in other's goals and dreams" ~~Pastor Samuel Chambers-Journey Center GlobalI oftentimes state that I ...
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Season 4
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Episode 35
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1:51
"Take Your Warm-Ups Off"
STOP minimizing the importance of what you are capable of bringing to the table! STOP recognizing the importance of your singular voice-EVEN within your sphere of influence!STOP waiting for someone else to verbalize, or do, that which o...
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Season 3
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Episode 34
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1:39
Majestic Adornment
I have a PURPOSE!!Just as many of the individual raindrops that are identified in this piece, I have been designed to share the words that emanate oftentimes from a place of which even I am not aware. They are composed and shared becaus...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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1:42
Them People Dangerous
They STILL GATHER...even after their preferred candidate was annihilated during last night's debate debacle. Many are professing that he laid out carefully crafted policies and that Kamala Harris still exhibited stupidity.QUESTION......
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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1:42
'It's in Here Somewhere"
As men growing older, we oftentimes view many things with the lens that was available to us during our youth-our younger years. Specifically, we attempt to treat the aches and pains that sometimes bombard our bodies in the same manner a...
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Season 4
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Episode 30
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1:19
"Let it Go"
Allow GOD to be GOD!!Once you have given it over to HIM, do not continue to relive those things, those actions that caused you to not be the person that HE intended."Let it Go"is a testament to what I personally exper...
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Season 4
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Episode 23
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1:45