In this episode, Scott is joined by co-host Jarrett Moses and first-timer to the podcast, Maya Simone. The crew talks about the team’s Creatives’ Cafe Open Mic that included Maya as the closing feature. The event was hosted on Tuesday, December 9th, 2025, at Bedrock Fishtown in Philadelphia.

The episode begins with a fun dive into Maya’s story, including some lesser-known details about her childhood as an equestrian. From there, the conversation shifts to Maya’s connection to Namarah McCall who is a longtime friend and extended family member of Ripe Creatives. Maya and Scott also chat at length about some other gigs Maya served on earlier in 2025, including a Carson Simpson Farm “Peace Week” night and a morning chapel with The Christian Academy.

Towards the thirty minute mark of the episode, the crew talks about Maya’s decision to agree to perform on Creatives’ as a feature and specifically why she picked the December date to do her feature. Shortly afterwards, the crew jumps into the actual night of the event on December 9th.

The middle third of the episode gives flowers to a few of the open mic performers, as well as a healthy dose of love towards Christia,n who served as the “one man band” for Maya’s set to close out the night. From there, the conversation moves into Maya’s featured set, breaking down each song she performed and what God was speaking to her throughout the experience.

The episode ends talking about the impact of the show, including Maya’s interaction with visual artist Devyn Dais, who is a part of the Ripe community. Jarrett turns into a Reverend for a few minutes, dropping nuggets about following through on stewarding gift sets. Scott also shares a story about God’s provision for the show after the event wrapped up. We hope you enjoy today’s episode.

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Song: "Ripe Takeover" by Aable and Rick Harmoney

In this episode, Scott is joined by returner/co-host Jarrett Moses as well first time guest Zhanna Hope. Today’s episode centers on the Creatives’ Cafe Open Mic event curated by the Ripe Creatives community which featured Zhanna. The event took place on Tuesday October 14th, 2025 at Bedrock Fishtown.

The episode begins with a bunch of the backstory of how Zhanna first got connected to the platform of Creatives’ Philly as an incognito feature in 2024. Moving forward the trio journeys to the decision of inviting Zhanna to be the closing named feature for October 2025. Zhanna shares a bit of the background on her family that has helped shape her perspective tremendously

Towards the middle of the episode the co-hosts and guest focus briefly on the open mic line up that performed October 14th which a special emphasis on a couple of the artists. Afterwards the conversation shifts specifically to Zhanna’s closing feature set including which songs she decided to perform and the context for each one.

As we wrap up the episode we shoutout the Creatives’ house-band for playing behind Zhanna and then land the conversation with some of the impact the overall event had on people who attended. We hope you enjoy this episode!

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Song: "Ripe Takeover" by Aable and Rick Harmoney

In this episode, Scott is joined by returners to the podcast Greg Snow and AVG aka Gabriel Angrand. The trio of Ripe Poets chat about their trip to Messiah University to perform for an evening chapel on Tuesday October 7th. Sergine and Miss Spoken Poet also made the trip to Messiah to perform but weren't on today's episode.

The episode kicks off with a bit of the backstory of how the booking with Messiah University was made possible through Antonio Morton. Towards the middle of the episode the crew talks about night of the chapel experience. They dive into each of the poems performed by each of the five Ripe Poets who went on the trip.

Towards the end of the episode the crew talks about the impact of the chapel and ways they'd love to continue to partner with Messiah in the future.

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Song: "Ripe Takeover" by Aable and Rick Harmoney