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
146 episodes
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
"Sam, Didn't Say When"
I decided to republish this piece to kick off the start of Season 3 of "The Spoken Word. Slater Hayes, Productions has grown immensely since its' beginning two years ago.My desire to inspire, educate, expand horizons, increase self-...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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3:03
"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
Jagged Edge
This piece truly affirms for me that God has a sense of humor. You see, I was awakened with what I thought were words of inspiration for those who have travelled the same road as myself as it relates to athletics and the pursuit of a dr...
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Season 4
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Episode 40
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2:10
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
"All That's Inside"
Along this journey I have arrived at various junctures and either did not know what to do, did too much, or exercised an indifference that I thought would lead to progress. Needless to say, I WAS WRONG and totally baffled as to what to do...
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2:24
"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
"Rubber Trees All Around Us"
This piece though written during a specific time applies to what we find ourselves experiencing and on the cusp of experiencing...YET AGAIN.Sadly, a number of US either no longer respect the sacrifices of OUR ANCESTORS, do not know of t...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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2:02
"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
The Solution... Stop Adding Red
There has been this perpetual dialogue as to why a number of once vividly red states are now trending purple. I have a rationale for it.Those constituents who are and have been energized by the incessant vitriol concerning immig...
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Season 4
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Episode 37
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2:19
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
"Lessons From Ton Le Sap"
Simply, I am re-sharing this piece because it speaks directly to what was discussed in DAYSTART- a daily morning spiritual learning program hosted by @Journey Center Global.The topic for the week and one of the daily scriptures dealt sp...
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Season 4
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Episode 31
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1:30
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
"Stinky, Stanky, Stench"
They have coalesced around and behind their candidate.Some have failed to understand that if the entirety of his plan (Project2025) comes to fruition then they will be no more than collateral damage.Have a listen...a real listen...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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1:47