Poet & Spoken Word Artist Leroy D Bean

11/14/23 • 58 min

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On this episode, host Rodney Veal speaks with Leroy D. Bean, a poet & spoken word artist native to Dayton, about the journey of his career and how his love for the English language helped him travel to Paris to present his work to the locals.
Learn more about Leroy D. Bean over on his website:
https://www.leroydbean.com/

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Rodney Veal’s Inspired By - Poet & Spoken Word Artist Leroy D Bean

Transcript

[00:00:00] Hello everybody. I'm Rodney Veal. I'm the host of Rodney Beals, inspired by podcast, and today I have the extreme honor and privilege to sit down and have a, a conversation with Leroy Bean, who is a. poet, spoken word artists, community activists, all around champion of culture and spoken word and everything connected to the arts in this community.

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