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The Ethically Immoral PodcastAuthor: Hosted by: Mike Payne
The Ethically Immoral Podcast is a program dedicated to long-form conversations with poets, spoken word artists, authors, and creatives who use language as a tool for truth-telling, healing, and resistance. Hosted by Mike Payne, the show travels beyond the typical interview to explore the personal histories, artistic philosophies, and cultural contexts that shape the voice of the Creatives we welcome. Its not just about poetry or performance its about the people behind the pen. We talk about identity, healing, joy, frustration, and the journey of becoming. Some moments are deep, others are funny, but all of them are authentic. If youre someone who values storytelling, vulnerability, and good conversation, this space was created and cultivated for you. Language: en-us Genres: Arts, Performing Arts, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Volume Six: Chapter Fourteen - Our Conversation with Candace Green
Sunday, 14 December, 2025
In Volume Six: Chapter Fourteen of The Program, we welcome Candace Marquez Green, a Chicago-born and Chicago-based community activist, entrepreneur, writer, poet, and author of the new poetry collection, "In Glimpses and Reminisces". Candace holds a Bachelor’s degree in Entertainment Business, a Master of Arts in Public Relations, and a Master of Business Administration. She is the recipient of the 2022 Chicago Defender Woman of Excellence Award, was named one of Crain’s Chicago Business and Black Women’s Professional League 40 Under 40, and currently serves on the board of the Chicago Poetry Center, a nonprofit dedicated to expanding access to poetry across diverse communities throughout Chicago. Our conversation explores the many layers of Candace’s creative identity, beginning with her long history in pageantry. She reflects on what pageantry taught her about discipline, confidence, access, and leadership, while also addressing the more complicated narratives often associated with the pageant world.From there, we transition into her creative history and examine the parallels between pageantry and poetry — performance and vulnerability, composure and truth — and how those worlds have shaped, rather than contradicted, one another. Candace speaks openly about growing up on Chicago’s South Side, witnessing addiction, loss, and trauma within her family, and how writing became her earliest and most honest form of self-expression through journaling and poetry.The conversation then turns to her newest poetry collection, a deeply personal work shaped by love, grief, resilience, and self-discovery. Candace shares the significance of writing much of the book during an intense creative period, and she also discusses the experience of self-publishing the collection and the pride she feels in releasing a book rooted in lived truth rather than polished performance.This episode is a thoughtful conversation about identity, growth, and the long journey from learning how to be seen to learning how to speak — honestly and on one’s own terms.Contact Candace:Instagram: @chosenpoetic Website: candacegreen.netRecorded Spoken Word Performances Featured Include: Porsha O – TriggerInstagram: @iamporsheolayiwola Website: porshaolayiwolaWilliam Evans – For My Wife Who Fell In Love With A Ship Buried At SeaInstagram: @williamevanswrites Website: williamthe3rd.comEphriam Nehemiah – Inheritance of a Broken HomeInstagram: @ephriamnehemiahAlyesha Wise: Untitled: To Black WomenInstagram: @alyeshawise Website: alyeshawise.com Kenneth Something: Rape PoemInstagram: @saysomethingpoetSupport the show
