Enter The Muse With Nick Hail

By Nick Hail

Award winning actor, rapper and emerging filmmaker Nick Hail, taps into what it's like to be an artist. Each episode he speaks with artists and influencers around the world about how the muse has inspired them and poses the question of what is the artist's role to society. From Grammy nominees to coming up fashion designers, and anonymous poets no one is too big or too small to Enter The Muse.

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ENTER THE MUSE WITH ARNO CARSTENS

Enter The Muse With Nick HailMar 26, 2024

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ENTER THE MUSE WITH ARNO CARSTENS

In anticipation of his latest EP, The Godfather of SA Rock n Roll - Arno Carstens sits down with Nick Hail. They speak about Arno's decision to go back to his Afrikaans roots in music after witnessing the performance of Celine Dion, performing with U2 and Rolling Stones, how he managed to decentralize his money with crypto, what Arno would be if he wasn't a musician, Tyson VS Paul, and Carstens tells the story of how he once tried to steal Pharrell William's golden champagne and much more on this episode of Enter The Muse!!!

Mar 26, 202445:18

SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT

Nik Hail reveals whats really happening!

Mar 19, 202404:09

ENTER THE MUSE with RICH KIRKPATRICK

On the opening episode of Enter The Muse, Nikhail sits down with author of MINDBLOWN, to discuss aspects of creativity. They talk about the link between trauma, thriving and creativity, the importance of giving yourself space away from the art so that you can be even more productive, Rick Rubin's philosophy of how Greatness Begets Greatness. Rich also gives his interpretation of the War of Art, and they pose the question of AI's role in the future of creativity plus much more.

Feb 27, 202401:10:22

ENTER THE MUSE with SNAPS ON 7TH

Having just launched an online magazine which showcases the best of Melville, Johannesburg - Aubrey Moloto better known by his brand Snaps On 7th steps into the muse in the final episode of the year with Nick Hail. They discuss mindset, game theory, books that have inspired him,the psychology of making money, the ability to being able to adapt to change, how longevity is key and much more in this insightful episode.

Dec 10, 202301:05:59

THE UNIVERSE CAN BE VERY REWARDING IF YOU ALLOW IT

On this special episode Nick Hail breaks down some of his most iconic tweets, threads and quotes

Nov 07, 202312:37

Enter The Muse with Skye Burgess

SKYE BURGESS: Traveler, Adventurer, Masseuse and Co-Founder of the non-profit organization - The People, Enters the Muse.

On the first episode of season 4, Skye Burgess sits down with Nick Hail to talk about her travels, how at 18 she decided in the moment to stay in Cambodia for 13 months, how she almost went deaf during a trip in the Amazon, climbing Mount Everest, meeting the Dalai Lama, and starting a non-profit organization to help less fortunate people in Hillbrow. Plus many more exciting stories.

Apr 02, 202301:13:36

ENTER THE MUSE WITH KHONAZ

In the SEASON FINALE of Enter The Muse, Nick Hail is joined by Khonaz, an artist, digital agency owner of Zanohk Media, and innovator behind the productivity app Flowspace.

They delve into the strange reality and how it feels like we are in the third season of a show (when the show gets weird), and they ponder whether proof of aliens was discovered during the lockdown but kept out of the news. They also reflect on whether Captain America Civil War predicted a future civil war in America and how culture is always evolving, with baggy clothing making a comeback.

Khonaz shares his journey of discovering a love for suits after attending Xhosa initiation, and how working on Flowspace has opened up new avenues of learning, including the fascinating world of pimps. This is an episode full of insights, reflections, and revelations that will leave you entertained and enlightened.

Feb 06, 202333:09

ENTER THE MUSE WITH ANGIE OEH

ON THIS EPISODE WE HAVE CONTROVERSIAL AFRIKAANS MUMBLE RAPPER ANGIE OEH ON ENTER THE MUSE WITH NICK HAIL. They Vibe To Anime Girl. Discuss Her Upcoming EP. Sex In Afrikaans. Talk On How Tik-Tok paved the way for her. Why She Is In A Partnership and Not With A Record Label. Whether Nick Should Finally Join The Dark Side and Start A Tik-Tok Page. Working With Jack Parrow. Talk Face and "Pussy Melter" Tattoos. AND THEY CALL OUT ELON MUSK!!!

Jul 25, 202238:12

Enter the Muse with Naret Loots and Gamelihle Bovana

On this episode artists and stars of the latest production of Athol Fugard's My Children My Africa, Naret Loots and Gamelihle 'Game' Bovana, Enter the Muse with Nick Hail to talk about the cultural importance of the play, how the pandemic turned artists careers on it's head, if the internet ruined the essence of being a celebrity. Gamelihle speaks about his time working on Inxeba: The Wound and the controversy around it. And how every person aspiring towards success needs to experience hard times to develop yourself for greatness.

Jun 12, 202201:18:49

Enter the Muse with Damian Muziani

Damian Muziani is an actor, writer, and broadcaster best known for roles in TV shows including MTV's Revenge Prank, Saturday Night Live, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Average Joe, Girls5eva, and more. Presently, he hosts the award-winning weekly comic news segment, Hindsight Tonight, which was nominated for an Emmy and won a w3 and Davey Award. On the season premiere of Enter the Muse, Damian talks to Nick about his Emmy nomination, the struggles of being an actor, how one can get onto SNL and how talent agents can sometimes be the weirdest people on Earth.

May 08, 202252:16

VIEWS FROM THE MUSE

New Year New Crime? It seems that 2022 is the year that Mzanzi is using to make up for two years worth of crime. On this new bonus series Nick Hail gives his views straight from the Muse on the world. He comically discusses how life in Braamfontein looks. Breaks down the first week of the year and the anarchy in South Africa, new information surrounding the Parliament fire setter. The Free State Aiport bomb scare, how foreign visitors shouldn't mistake JHB CBD for cannabis, and whether all the chaos could be connected.... Plus he plays two of his latest songs Anime Girl and Mojo Jojo.

Jan 07, 202253:20

Enter The Muse with Tsepo Kotelo 2

Tsepo Kotelo returns to Enter The Muse to talk to Nick Hail about his new EP The Science of House, which he started 9 months ago while he had Covid 19. They discuss conspiracy theories, secret societies, capitalism and more.

Oct 14, 202159:07

Enter The Muse with Matt Gardiner

Matt Gardiner from the Ground Level Falcons Enters the Muse with Nick Hail, in anticipation of their new EP, Skyline. They talk about the influence of 27 Club Icons and why their deaths made their legacy that much more significant. The different writing process for musicians, why having fun while composing often makes for a more authentic sound. The revolution of mainstream music in the 2010s and what is the determining factor between what is popular and what isn't. The psychology of Connor McGregor. And how egos are often the reason for all band's downfall.

Oct 08, 202101:00:32

Enter The Muse with Rich Wilkes

This week on Enter the Muse. Screenwriter, Rich Wilkes who has credits on xXx, The Dirt and much more talks about what its like being a screenwriter today compared to when he started off, getting to work with some of Hollywood's biggest names and how there's so many talented people in the industry but only a few are able to make it big.

Sep 26, 202101:00:45

Enter The Muse with Lala Drona

On this episode of Enter the Muse, Lala Drona talks about being an American artist living in Paris, how she created a fictional universe which she intends on turning into a podcast, her new painting: The Void. How her breast condition led her to wonder if we live in a simulation. The Matrix sequel and growing up in the 2000s listing to Punk Rock.

Sep 12, 202158:10

Enter The Muse with Mike Tucker PART 2

This Week on Enter The Muse: Poet, Author and Counter Terrorist, Mike Tucker talks with Nick Hail about what is an artist's role to society, reflects on the legacy of Joseph Brodsky, explains what it was like being betrayed in war, tracking Al Qaeda, and why he feels that the best way to counter Islamic Terrorists is to work alongside Muslims who don't share the same views as the T-Ban or other organizations.

Sep 06, 202101:14:52

HOW POETRY LED MIKE TUCKER INTO COUNTER TERRORISM

Mike Tucker infiltrated the Arabian Peninsula in March 2010, covertly lashed up with the Bedouin and was a counterterrorist Ronin against Al Qaeda inside Saudi Arabia from 2010-2015. He was under fire with Spanish counterterrorists on the second day of the Siege of the Banco Central in Barcelona, May 24, 1981, which ended the threat of a fascist dictatorship returning to Spain. Embedded with American snipers in the Afghanistan War and the Iraq War, he was wounded in the Hindu Kush in 2009 on a mission against Al Qaeda, the T***ban and Lashkar E Taiba terrorists in Afghanistan. A Marine infantry veteran from a unit tasked with counterterrorism and special operations, he worked as a concrete and demolition laborer and aided refugees during his apprenticeship as a poet and writer in Washington, D.C. from 1983-86

Sep 05, 202122:08

Enter The Muse with Vincent Soberano

This week on Enter The Muse, 8 Time Muay Thai World Champion and renowned Filmmaker Vincent Soberano talks about training UFC fighters, completing 10 of his own feature films, working with Jackie Chan, his highlights from his film career and looking back what advice would he give to his younger self.

Aug 29, 202101:04:00

Enter The Muse with Nate Zeleznick

For over 500 years, the Indonesian royal family guarded a great secret: an energy-based martial art called Merpati Putih. It is so powerful, the masters could do superhuman feats such as break stacks of concrete bricks with a gentle touch or be able to drive a motorcycle through the chaotic streets of Yogyakarta--completely blindfolded. In 1963, they began teaching Merpati Putih outside the family, but only to Indonesians. That all changed in 1999 when Nate Zeleznick, a martial artist from rural Utah, discovered them.

Nate Zeleznick is CEO of MP USA and Vibravision ® . He is a serial entrepreneur who has owned one of the most successful martial arts and meditation academies in Utah for more than two decades. He and his younger brother Mike embarked on a grueling 20-year journey to learn the secret techniques of this ancient martial art so they could teach ordinary people how to be superhuman, and now they are making this available to millions.

Aug 22, 202156:55

Enter The Muse with Slade Templeton

This Week On Enter the Muse, Musician Slade Templeton talks about his struggle with addiction, and how being admitted to a mental institution helped him to write his novel, Truth Of The Shadows. He explains what near death experience feels like, and speaks about returning to the dance scene, sober. How the birth of his new born gave him a new purpose in life, and what its like living in Switzerland. Nick and Slade discuss the current state of the world, the growth of the far right movement in Europe, and the dismissal of the director of the Olympics' opening ceremony for a joke he had made in 1998. And they talk about how it's crazy that conditions like autism remain socially unacceptable in some countries. Yet, being autistic and having conditions like ADHD often contribute to the kind of genius that makes a person great in music and other creative fields.

Aug 15, 202101:10:07

Enter the Muse with Shannon Sullivan

Award Winning Actress of the Short Film Hot Girl, Shannon Sullivan Enters The Muse. She talks about how she started acting at 5, Musical Theater and what made her write Hot Girl. She explains her interests in Third Wave Feminist pieces, recurring themes in filmmakers work, being typecast, and why she prefers New York to California.

Aug 08, 202150:08

Enter The Muse with Alyssa Couture

Fashion Author and Designer Alyssa Couture enters the Muse to talk about her new book Healthy Fashion. She delves deep into what she calls 'Magical Fashion' , she explains what are the Akashic records, and how a vision of a dragon at an early age lead her into the realms of Metaphysics and why she believes that Earth is a battle zone of Angelic and Demonic beings.

Aug 01, 202101:02:19

Enter The Muse with DMTs

Rapper DMTs Enters the Muse with Nick Hail. He talks about growing up during the crack epidemic, going into the prison system and beating it. Dissects his latest song 'The System' which explores how the system isn't broken but working how they want it. Leaving a legacy for future generations of African Americans and his fanbase in South Africa.

Jul 25, 202127:39

Enter The Muse with Kiasha

In the wake of what has happened in recent events in South Africa, Nick Hail talks with Kiasha Nair (former South African who now lives down under) about the current unrest and looting In South Africa, how colonialism contributed to the corruption and poverty; why there's no such thing as corruption in Jacob Zuma's eye? And rumours that this is an attempted coup by the EFF. She also speaks about how Australia is dealing with Covid19 and it's economy; they about some South African Indians wanting to apply for refugee status, and the importance of ensuring that this does not become a racial issue because it's not. And most importantly where does South Africa go from here?

Jul 15, 202101:16:33

Enter The Muse with KG

KG, an up and coming Actor, DJ, Rapper and Model Enters the Muse with Nick Hail

Jul 11, 202101:04:30

Enter The Muse with Phumi 'Turbo' Nkuta

Mixed Martial Artist and CFFC Flyweight Champion, Phumi 'Turbo' Nkuta, Enters the Muse with Nick Hail.
He talks about how you can be humble and still be able to tell the world how good you are, why he believes that he is 'The Black Khabib', training with UFC Bantamweight Champion Aljamain Sterling, and breaks down his intense training schedule.
He also talks about the iconic moment when he told CM Punk to pronounce his name correctly, names his top 3 pound for pound fighters in the UFC and gives his predictions for Mcgregor vs Poirier 3.
Nick and Phumi discuss dream match ups, how Jon Jones is insane for self sabotaging his career, Jake Paul and Fighter Pay, Tony Ferguson memes, Anderson Silva's dominating performance against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. the brilliance of Floyd Mayweather and more!

Jul 03, 202101:08:39

Enter The Muse with Robert Raymond Riopel

Author of international bestseller "Success Left A Clue, App Designer, Serial Entrepreneur and Motivational Speaker, Robert Riopel, Enters The Muse. On this episode Robert talks about how he went from being in debt to completely Financial Free by the age of 32. How he discovered his passion of training people around the world, his encounter with Keanu Reeves, what are the 4 currencies of life, the 4 phases of life that people constantly go through and why Chaos is not only normal but also critical in life and tells us how we could utilize it.

Jun 27, 202101:07:28

Enter The Muse with Kiesha

Actress, Musician and Model, Kiesha enters the muse with Nick Hail. They talk about her debut single Airplane Mode, which is a song about taking a break from everything to put your life on hold, the creative and business side of the industry, her struggles with compulsory heterosexuality, and her scholarship to an LA University. Nick Hail gives some words of motivation during these times and they talk about the absurdness of Tik-Tok culture and the craziness of TV shows such as Riverdale.

Jun 21, 202101:19:12

Enter the Muse with The Guy From Boston

UNFILTERED and UNCENSORED no one tells it the way The Guy From Boston does. Joe Ligotti, a veteran in radio and one of the first to make it big on the internet and YouTube, Enters the Muse with Nick Hail for an exclusive interview. On this episode we get to see that the man behind the rants is the same man, loud mouthed and real, Joe Ligotti talks about what he thinks about today's cancel culture, how he came to be The Guy From Boston, Cuban Cigars, his break from the mainstream, his struggles with obesity and more!!!

Jun 17, 202101:17:16

Enter the Muse with Richard Chiu

Nick Hail and actor/artist Richard Chiu talk about Asian Hate in the US, the difference between racism in South Africa and America, the significance of Bruce Lee on Asian-Americans, the philosophy of Nichiren Buddhism, and how Richard overcame maladaptive daydreaming.

May 09, 202101:01:30

Enter The Muse with Hekkie Budler

7 Time Boxing World Champion Hekkie "The Hexecutioner" Budler, Enters The Muse with Nick Hail. They talk about his upcoming tittle fight, Hekkie's inspirations in the ring, what his thoughts are of the heavyweight division, being a light flyweight, Canelo Alvarez, fighting around the world and whether or not You Tube boxing is good for the sport.

May 02, 202134:29

Enter The Muse with Lucas Cantor

Lucas Cantor is a composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and speaker. He finished Schubert’s 8th Symphony (the unfinished symphony) with the help of AI. The full symphony was premiered in London at Cadogan Hall and continues to be performed around the world. He has worked in NBC's music department for the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Athens, Torino, Beijing, Vancouver, London, Sochi, Rio, and Pyeong Chang. He won two Emmys for the Olympics (2008 and 2012). Lucas co-produced Lorde's cover of Everybody Wants To Rule The World on the Hunger Games: Catching Fire� soundtrack. Lucas Co-Wrote the theme song for Major League Soccer on Fox with Dan Martinez Lucas delivered a TEDx talk on the subject of Artificial Intelligence and creativity Lucas is the Chief Composer at the Melbourne Deep Learning Group at the University Of Melbourne, Australia He composed music for the Netflix Anime Cannon Busters. Follow Lucas on Instagram:@lucasdcantor . Check out video segments from the podcast on the YouTube channel: Nick Hail Entertainment. And follow on Instagram: @russian_neezy

Feb 05, 202142:06

The Man Behind The Muse: Things That I've Learnt Being A Self Promoting Artist

On this Bonus Special I talk about my journey to becoming an artist of many facets, I share tips on how I've managed to stay motivated when all odds where stacked against me, how by using one simple yet effective technique have managed to get my films shown around the world, I breakdown who I believe the five types of filmmakers are and which ones succeed. Maybe by sharing my story of how I was able to succeed it could help motivate other artists to succeed as well.

Jan 17, 202110:59

Enter The Muse with Travis Chappell

Travis Chappell is the creator and host of Build Your Network, a Top 25 Business podcast dedicated to helping entrepreneurs cultivate genuine relationships, grow their inner circle, and leverage a powerful network the right way. On the season finale of Enter The Muse with Nick Hail, Travis comes onto talk about how he was able to able to monetize his podcast in 6 months, the new software that he has launched and how he is recovering from Covid19.

Dec 21, 202013:52

Enter The Muse with Claire Richardson

Production Manager from the Lift-Off Global Network, in London, Enters The Muse to talk to Nick Hail about filmmaking, how different film festivals work, whether Tom Hardy will be the next James Bond, and if the lockdown contributed towards creativity in filmmakers.

Dec 20, 202023:49

Enter The Muse with Skinwalker

Indie band Skinwalker Enter The Muse with Nick Hail. They talk about their origins, the experience of what's it like to perform on stage, Covers and whether things like CD Baby could be the future of music.

Dec 18, 202017:15

Conversations From The 3rd World PART 2

The second part of Conversations From The 3rd World. Nick talks to Abraham about how his cousin was killed by cops, how in the midst of Covid19 Chinese were settling in Kenya, what Abraham believes the mainstream media is keeping from us, and they discuss Africa's rich history and pose the question of it's future.

Dec 17, 202057:07

Enter The Muse with Barbara A Allen

In this episode of Enter The Muse, Nick Hail talks to American patriot Barbara Allen who shares the remarkable and tragic story of how her husband was murdered in the military by a fellow soldier who was honorably discharged, and how it took her 10 years to finally recover which enabled her to write a book and give TEDx talks.
Barbara goes on to talk about the criticism she's faced being an open Trump advocate, how if the election is rigged could mean the end of democracy, and whether America could go through another civil war.

Dec 09, 202038:34

Schalk Bezuidenhout Enters The Muse

On this episode comedian Schalk Bezuidenhout talks about the festive period in Cape Town, starting out in standup, how he thought lockdown was going to be a holiday, how while working with Trevor Noah he got to see Trevor's passion for helping young talent, how he doesn't have a dream role but probably wouldn't exist without standup and on early morning interviews where only the interviewee knows what's going on.

Dec 06, 202019:09

Conversations From The 3rd World PART 1

Conversations From The 3rd World PART 1 - On this episode Nick Hail sits down to talk to Abraham Tantaine from Kenya about how lockdown has effected both countries, how Abraham's uncle lost his calf after slaying a lioness, and how South Africa is such a beautiful country that foreigners run away to come here, but if South Africans mess up the only place that they have to run to is the ocean

Nov 15, 202016:41