The delightful soul/hip-hop performer Maya Azucena shares her talent and wisdom gained from growing up in Flatbush Brooklyn. Also a quick look at an African American rapper who can rhyme in Japanese!

Maya Azucena talks about her various influences, which range from classic soul to gospel to synth pop. She talks about her experience growing up mulitiracial in an African American neighborhood and how it shaped her worldview.

Hip Hop is probably now the most pervasive popular music in the world, but it’s still at its freshest on the streets of New York, where it was born. These fresh young talents give us a take on Hip Hop’s new directions and ever changing possibilities for expression.

Vanessa Hidary is a New York poet and performer who tackles issues of race , ethnicity and identity both onstage and off. She mixes rap, observation and story telling to explore difficult themes and issues of importance to us all.

WBER is a radio station in Rochester, New York, in the Northeastern part of the United States. Anyone in the Rochester area can be a DJ on the station, if they are willing to put the time in.

When a non-commercial radio station needs gear, and it doesn’t have money in the budget, it must turn to the audience and ask for help. When Tim Beideck heard that WBER’s transmitter urgently needed replacing, he decided to turn the premiere of Drivers Wanted into a fundraiser for the station.

Luckily, the fundraiser was a big success, and the movie got a lot of great press. Thousands of dollars were raised; WBER got the transmitter and the gear it needed.

Talented San Francisco DJ talks about her hometown and how much she’s grown to appreciate it. Often times you have to leave a place to realize how good it really is!

Jim’s known for writing about bible-thumping rural Florida, but it wasn’t until he headed north that his music started to reflect the place he grew up. His ticket out of town was a call from his sister, who had lined up a job for him as a fashion model!

A nameless guitar discovered in a Florida pawn shop is asking important questions with surprisingly unimportant answers. A man ready to try to save a woman who only wants to see him falling. A Jim White interview is much like a one of his songs: you can read a story between the lines.

Lamb meatballs! Lamb meatballs! Here at Yabla we love food as much as Anthony Rico, a chef with street cred, loves his lamb meatballs!

Invited to Shutdafunkup and Eat, Dj Moni mixes tunes from multiple and diverse influences: some Hip-Hop, Drum and Bass, House, Soul, and even Brazilian sounds, among many others. We’re glad she didn’t listen to her parents’ career advice.

George Evageliou of Urban Homecraft shows us a dresser he made that’s inspired by traditional Shaker furniture designs.

Singer-songwriter Chris de Burgh is interviewed receiving an award at the DIVA World Music Awards and gives solo performances of his well-known hits The Lady in Red and Don’t Pay the Ferryman.

Former US Marine and self-made millionaire Bob Parsons, with the help of several women of dubious function but in undeniably tight t-shirts, explains how to have a successful job interview.

Former US Marine and self-made millionaire Bob Parsons explains how to have a successful job interview.

17-year-old David Bowie is interviewed in 1964 on the BBC Tonight program by Cliff Michelmore as the founder of “The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Longhaired Men.”

Former US Marine and self-made millionaire Bob Parsons, with the help of his assistants, explains how to have a successful job interview.

Actor Johnny Depp discusses his role and working with director Tim Burton in the 2005 film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Paul Van-Auken and the Aqua Quest team are in search of the lost continent Atlantis. Paul reveals some of his discoveries and tells us a little bit about his life.

‘Boo Boo’ from Atlanta, Georgia, shows us around his boat, the “Aqua Quest”. He’s been working on this boat for 22 years and talks mainly about the engine technology.

An interview with Sam Light about Kiteboarding, different technics and the best way to improve yourself. Most important, you’ve got to believe you can do anything, even if you might crash. It might hurt a little bit, but it’s just water…

Get introduced to life on a sailboat, and learn about some things a yacht just can’t do without.

Ric Shoots gives you an introduction to his trawler Tumbili and shows you what it looks like from the inside.