In this episode, Scott is joined by co-host Jarrett Moses and two first-time guests: HisnameJirr and Dise. The crew talks about the first Creatives’ Pier open mic of the year, hosted at Venice Island Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, February 3rd.

The episode begins with giving context with Tahjir and Dise sharing their backstories with artistry and how they connected to Ripe Creatives over 2025. Dise also talks about getting the invitation to become a feature for this particular Creatives’ open mic event.

The middle of the episode shifts to the night of the event with a special focus on HisnameJirr’s open mic performance, followed by Dise’s feature set. Dise gives an in depth look at what songs he chose to do and why.

To wrap up the episode, each of the guests shares about the impact of Creatives’ Philly events and the hope that’s ahead for drawing an even larger audience the rest of this year. We hope you enjoy today’s episode.

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Song: "Pick It Up" by Aable and Diomer

In this episode, Scott is joined by returners to the podcast, Jarrett Moses, Greg Snow, Aable, and Simone Wesley to talk about the 2026 Ripe Retreat. The retreat, which is hosted annually by Ripe Creatives, took place on Saturday, January 17th at Grace Presbyterian Church in Jenkintown, PA.

The episode begins with giving context for the annual Ripe Retreat and the shift to hosting the gathering to kick off the year. From there, Scott gives the flow of the day to provide perspective on what some of the goals were for the team.

The bulk of the episode focuses on each of the meetings that took place throughout the day. There’s a common theme of “clarity,” which seemed to be the central outcome for each branch of Ripe Creatives at the retreat.

To wrap up the episode, each of the guests shares about the value of Ripe Creatives and the hope that’s ahead for figuring out how to fund the ministry long-term. We hope you enjoy today’s episode.

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Song: "Pick it Up" by Aable and Diomer

In this episode, Scott Smith & Jarrett Moses sit down to “set the stage” again for the fifth time. This conversation is to wrap up season 4 and turn the page into season 5 of the “Time Is Ripe” podcast.

The episode begins with Jarrett & Scott recapping season 4 as a whole and sharing some of their favorite episodes. Midway through, they turn the page to talk about Season 5 through the lens of sustainability and stewardship.

The episode wraps up talking about how grateful both co-hosts have been for other creators initiating platforms and allowing Ripe Creatives to be part of them. The duo also leaves listeners with a challenge to spread the word about the podcast throughout season 5. We hope you enjoyed today’s episode.

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Song: "Pick It Up" by Aable and Diomer

In this episode, Scott is joined by co-host Jarrett Moses and returners to the podcast Devyn Dais and Jake Doggett. The squad talks about the team’s 2 Lines Philly Open Mic that featured Jake as the closing poet on the event. Jake is both a Ripe Poet and a 2 Lines Philly team member. Devyn serves with the 2 Lines Philly team and joined as a special guest to share some insight into how the night transpired.

The episode begins with a bit of Jake’s growth as a poet of the past couple of years and the context for 2 Lines Philly choosing team members as the closing features. The conversation then shifts to the open mic list for the event, which included a number of Jake’s favorite poets, including a few in our crew.

The middle of the episode gets us to Jake’s featured set, where he breaks down the process of designing the set and gives a deeper dive into each of the poems he performed. This part of the conversation includes an absolutely hysterical segment where the entire room thought Jake was going to propose to Devyn. The episode wraps with everyone sharing the impact from the experience that they each personally saw. 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 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

In this episode, Scott is joined by co-host Jarrett Moses, returner to the podcast Megan Dehaven, and first-timer Tucker Rodkey. Tucker is the founder of Painting Freedom located in Chester, PA. This episode is all about the Breakaway Middle School Retreat hosted at Northbay Adventure Camp from September 26th-28th, 2025.

Megan serves on staff with InFaith and also as the director of this particular youth retreat. Tucker was booked as the speaker for the weekend. Jarrett served as the sound engineer/production manager for his third straight time. Ripe Worship also served as the worship team for the retreat for their fourth straight year.

The episode begins with giving some context for previous years at Breakaway before diving into how Tucker and Meg connected specifically for Breakaway 2025. From there the group jumps into the weekend itself while shouting out each of the people who served with Ripe Worship for the various sessions.

The middle half of the episode focuses on each of the four main sessions of club throughout the retreat. The story of how God moved on Saturday night becomes a highlight of this section of the episode.

Towards the end of the podcast Meg, Tucker, and Scott talk about the awakening that’s been happening in Gen Z and the unity of purpose that can happen in spaces like the Breakaway Middle School Retreat. We hope you enjoy today’s episode.

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Song: "Ripe Takeover" by Aable and Rick Harmoney