In this episode, Scott is joined by Greg Snow, and first-time guest Simone Wesley to talk about the 2 Lines Philly anniversary showcase, which took place on August 17th, 2024.

The episode begins centering on 2 Lines Philly’s overall journey and Simone’s personal story of how she became a part of the team. During the intro, Greg shares how the 2 Lines Philly team decided to join up under the ministry of Ripe Creatives in the fall of the previous year.

Towards the middle of the trio's chat, they talk exclusively about August 17th and why they decided to do a showcase for their third anniversary. Greg and Simone spend time sharing about each of the five poets who took the stage for the event and what they’ve meant to the 2 Lines community.

Nearing the final third of the episode Greg, Scott & Simone chat mostly about their friend Taj aka T-Sleeveless. All three spend time sharing specific ways God ministered to Taj individually through the night of the showcase and the days after the event.

The episode wraps up talking about evangelism and missions as a whole while focusing on the ways spaces like 2 Lines create opportunities to have conversations about faith with people who are seeking to establish their own relationships with God. We hope you enjoy!

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In this episode, Scott is joined by Diomer and two first-time guests Craig Watson and Maria Balch to talk about the AgapeFest event. Partway through the episode they are also joined by Austin Hall. Both Maria & Austin help lead the team that hosts and facilitates AgapeFest.

AgapeFest is a multi-day Christian Music festival that takes place in central PA. Diomer and Craig performed together at the festival on Friday, June 21st into Saturday, June 22nd, 2024.

The episode begins by sharing much of the backstory of how Agapefest was launched in the wake of the closure of CreationFest a couple of years ago. Maria shares about how the team was able to fill the festival’s lineup with different artists from around the tri-state. Maria also tells the story of how she connected to Diomer specifically to invite him to perform at the 2024 festival.

This episode continues with Diomer sharing about his desire to involve more friends in his set and ultimately how that included inviting Craig Watson to come perform as well. Throughout the conversation, Diomer and Craig share specific details about people they met before and after performing. The performance conversation centers mostly on the Friday night set.

At the very end of the episode, the whole cast talks about the future of AgapeFest and the hopes/dreams for what’s ahead in partnership with Ripe Creatives.

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Song: "WHO AM I?" by Diomer

In this episode, Scott is joined by Greg Snow, Sergine, and first-time guest Red Lion to talk about Ripe Poetry’s week-long trip to Houston Texas to perform spoken word as a team. The episode focuses mainly on the crew's performance at WeGoLive on Friday, May 24th, 2024.

The episode begins with telling the backstory of how Red Lion and Scott connected at WeGoLive in 2023 through Houston-based curators Scott Free & Courtney B. The conversation continues by sharing how Red Lion became a bit of a mentor to the entire Ripe Poetry collective over the past year.

As the episode picks up the team shares briefly about their experience at WAN (Write About Now) on Wednesday, May 22nd where Miss Spoken Poet was featured. Throughout the episode personal stories are shared that give honor and encouragement to all the five Ripe Poets who made the trip.

Towards the second half of the episode, the team focuses heavily on the WeGoLive event exclusively. Greg shares the rundown of the night's flow and each guest talks about the overlapping Ripe Poetry set. As we’re wrapping up the episode the crew chats about the impact of the trip overall and ways that our relationship with Red Lion has served a greater purpose.

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Song: "Joyride" by Aable