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Rocco Toscano, Morten Kjaer

Morten and Rocco are two poiheads. They like to talk about juggling, circus, creativity and the community sorrounding those spaces. Expect some chill yapping about spinning a ball connected to a rope, usually with a guest!

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  • S1 · E20
    October 23 · 1 hr 29 min

    SEASON FINALE! with Martin Nielsen

    What a season finale we have here! Martin not only went on various humanitarian missions around the world, bringing magic and wonder through circus to kids and adults in difficult situations Not only did he start his own NGO with the goal of helping MORE people through social circus, flow arts workshops and donating musical instruments to people in need More importantly, he was there when MORTEN STARTED HIS POI JOURNEY, and to this day, still consider him his Poi Padawan! Jokes aside, check the episode as it is full of interesting stories and information for all the people that are interested in making the world a little bit better through flow arts and circus Check out Martin's NGO "Songs of Tomorrow" at this link https://www.songsoftomorrow.org/ This week's Poiheads are Martin Nielsen - https://www.instagram.com/martinnielzen/ Morten Kjaer - https://www.instagram.com/morten.moves/ Rocco Toscano - https://www.instagram.com/circularvideos/ Follow our podcast on https://www.instagram.com/poiheads/ Get our merch at poiheads.com Send us an email contact@poiheads.com Intro by Flavio "il Naya" Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/il_naya Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@il_naya

  • S1 · E19
    October 9 · 1 hr 1 min

    Taking pictures with Camille La Verde

    Welcome to another episode of the Poi Podcast that rarely talks about poi spinning and juggling: in fact this week we are talking photography, specifically circus and performative arts photography! Come and meet Camille La Verde, photographer of circus and movement! We had a lovely discussion about how she approaches photoshoots, how she composes and picks her shots, her philosophy and her wishes for the future! This week's Poiheads are Camille La Verde - https://www.instagram.com/camillelaverde/ Morten Kjaer - https://www.instagram.com/morten.moves/ Rocco Toscano - https://www.instagram.com/circularvideos/ Follow our podcast on https://www.instagram.com/poiheads/ Get our merch at poiheads.com Send us an email contact@poiheads.com Intro by Flavio "il Naya" Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/il_naya Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@il_naya

  • S1 · E18
    September 25 · 1 hr 32 min

    Balancing ropes with Colin Morton

    Grab your 3 poi and listen to the new Poiheads episode! This week's guest is none other than Colin Morton! Based in Edinburgh, he has been spinning poi since 2008, sharing practice spaces with poi spinning legends like Keith Marshal and Rob Thorburn and coming up with his unique style, blending juggling, spinning and multi poi manipulation! We will also talk about how is the day to day life of running an online juggling shop, and what are his ideas for future performances! This week's Poiheads are Colin Morton - https://www.instagram.com/juggle_monkey/ Morten Kjaer - https://www.instagram.com/morten.moves/ Rocco Toscano - https://www.instagram.com/circularvideos/ Follow our podcast on https://www.instagram.com/poiheads/ Get our merch at poiheads.com Send us an email contact@poiheads.com Intro by Flavio "il Naya" Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/il_naya Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@il_naya

  • S1 · E17
    September 11 · 1 hr 42 min

    Chilling and Reminiscing with Rocco & Morten

    After a summer full of juggling, spinning and podcasting, we decided to have a chill episode, just Me and Morten and chat about this summer. We talked about the events and convention we attented this summer and the future plan regarding the podcast. Also, we would have felt pretty weird not to talk a little about Chris Kelly's passing away: a complicated and troubled poi spinner and juggler that left a very important mark in our community and on poi spinning as a whole. RIP Chris Kelly Also, here's a list of things we spoke during the episode Events Artemisia Fire Gathering - https://www.instagram.com/artemisiafiregathering/ Phoenix Fire Convention - https://www.instagram.com/phoenixfireconvention/ European Juggling Convention - https://www.instagram.com/ejc26ptuj/ Roztoc International Circus Festival - https://www.instagram.com/roztocfest/ People Yuta Suzuki - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDbkiFHOwSU Orange Llama - https://www.instagram.com/3poi100tricks.orange_llama__/ Manu Catz - https://www.instagram.com/flow_catz/ Mnv_poi - https://www.instagram.com/mnv_poi/ Noah - https://www.instagram.com/pulsebynoah/ This week's Poiheads are Morten Kjaer - https://www.instagram.com/morten.moves/ Rocco Toscano - https://www.instagram.com/circularvideos/ Follow our podcast on https://www.instagram.com/poiheads/ Get our merch at poiheads.com Send us an email contact@poiheads.com Intro by Flavio "il Naya" Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/il_naya Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@il_naya

  • S1 · E16
    August 28 · 1 hr 24 min

    Poiheads LIVE! at European Juggling Convention 2026 with Sebastian Berger

    Altho he would not define himself as such, we can easily say that Sebastian Berger is a Fishtail Master. Not only he greatly helped develop a graphic notation system called NAVU to define the possible stalls performable with fishtails, he is also an active part in the Austrian circus arts scene. An amazing human being that we had the honor to interview at the European Juggling Convention 2026 in Ptuj. Please check out this lovely episode, and prepare some magnisium for your sweaty wrists :) This week's Poiheads are Sebastian Berger - https://staffmanipulation.com/ https://www.fenfire.at/about-fenfire/ Morten Kjaer - https://www.instagram.com/morten.moves/ Rocco Toscano - https://www.instagram.com/circularvideos/ Follow our podcast on https://www.instagram.com/poiheads/ Get our merch at poiheads.com Send us an email contact@poiheads.com Intro by Flavio "il Naya" Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/il_naya Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@il_naya

  • S1 · E15
    August 14 · 1 hr 21 min

    Starting a business with Minds on Flow & Modern Poi

    Starting a new company is hard, but starting it in a niche market like flow arts might be even harder! Jesse from Minds on Flow is releasing a new modular LED system and will tell us how tricky it is to make a machine to mold silicon. Andreas on the other hand is launching a platform that would resemble a skill tree for poi, with the aim of helping beginners in their learning journey. This week's Poiheads are Minds on Flow - https://www.instagram.com/mindsonflow/ https://www.youtube.com/@mindsonflow Modern Poi - https://www.instagram.com/modern_poi/ https://www.youtube.com/@modern-poi Morten Kjaer - https://www.instagram.com/morten.moves/ Rocco Toscano - https://www.instagram.com/circularvideos/ Follow our podcast on https://www.instagram.com/poiheads/ Get our merch at poiheads.com Send us an email contact@poiheads.com Intro by Flavio "il Naya" Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/il_naya Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@il_naya

  • S1 · E14
    July 31 · 1 hr 20 min

    Poiheads LIVE! @PhoenixFireConvention 2026 with GORA!

    If you are an european fire spinner there is a very high chance that your first ever fire prop was probably a Gora branded one. Krisztian Gora, or just simply Gora, is a pioneer of prop manufacturing, the inventor of dragonstaff as we know it, an amazing fire performer and an insanely good and captivating story teller! We had the chance of sitting down with him for a chat at Phoenix Fire Convention 2026, and we loved it! In this episode we will also go through some heavier topics, like remembering the beloved Linda Farkas, and a gruesome story about an accident that happened to Gora during a fire show, that changed his life. This week's Poiheads are Krisztian Gora - https://www.https://gora.hu/ Morten Kjaer - https://www.instagram.com/morten.moves/ Rocco Toscano - https://www.instagram.com/circularvideos/ Follow our podcast on https://www.instagram.com/poiheads/ Get our merch at poiheads.com Send us an email contact@poiheads.com Intro by Flavio "il Naya" Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/il_naya Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@il_naya

  • S1 · E13
    July 17 · 1 hr 30 min

    Wtf are we doing? Inbetween worlds with Anna

    Is this a podcast or a simple call with friends? Is Anna a Juggler or a Fashion Designer? Is imitation the highest form of praise? What are we even doing? We will answer this and many more question in this episode of the Poiheads Podcast :) Poiheads of the week Anna Weszelovszky - https://www.instagram.com/annaweszelovszky/ Morten Kjaer - https://www.instagram.com/morten.moves/ Rocco Toscano - https://www.instagram.com/circularvideos/ Follow our podcast on https://www.instagram.com/poiheads/ Get our merch at poiheads.com Send us an email contact@poiheads.com Intro by Flavio "il Naya" Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/il_naya Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@il_naya

  • S1 · E12
    July 3 · 1 hr 28 min

    Poiheads LIVE! @Artemisia Fire Gathering 2026 with Tim Goddard

    On the last day of Artemisia Fire Gathering we sat down with none other than the poi legend himself Tim Goddard and bombarded him with questions! Does he manages to survive from poi spinning alone? What's the scene like in Australia? Is he Mainstream now? Listen to the episode and let us know if the answers were satisfying :) Also, don't get spooked if the audio gets weird sometimes: we were outside on a very windy day, surrounded by jugglers playing music, cracking whips and throwing knives, so I had to crank up the noise reduction in some small bits :) This week's Poiheads Tim Goddard - https://www.instagram.com/timmehtek/ Morten Kjaer - https://www.instagram.com/morten.moves/ Rocco Toscano - https://www.instagram.com/circularvideos/ Follow our podcast on https://www.instagram.com/poiheads/ Get our merch at poiheads.com Send us an email contact@poiheads.com Intro by Flavio "il Naya" Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/il_naya Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@il_naya

  • S1 · E11
    June 19 · 1 hr 18 min

    Moving our bodies with Zuz Soutova

    Are poi the hardest prop to dance with? Let's figure it out! Zuz Soutova is here to talk about what she thinks poi dancing is, and where the community is going. We will also talk about making and selling your own sock poi and how did she start her poi journey! Check out Zuz's poi shop! Zuz's Galaxy Poi https://www.etsy.com/shop/PoiDanceLove Poiheads is a very chill podcast about juggling, circus, and all the communities sorrounding it, from the perspective of two poi spinners :) This week's Poiheads Zuz Soutova - https://www.instagram.com/zuz.soutova/ Morten Kjaer - https://www.instagram.com/morten.moves/ Rocco Toscano - https://www.instagram.com/circularvideos/ Follow our podcast on https://www.instagram.com/poiheads/ Get our merch at poiheads.com Send us an email contact@poiheads.com Intro by Flavio "il Naya" Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/il_naya Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@il_naya

  • S1 · E10
    June 5 · 1 hr 33 min

    Writing research papers... about poi? With Mel

    For this episode of the podcast Rocco & Morten will welcome Ivan Gorbunov, aka Mel on the podcast! HYPE! We will talk about Mel's beginnings, how he feels about working as a poi spinner and teacher and how to write a research paper on Body Tracing in 2026! Go and check out Mel's research! Some rumor says that if you read it all you might be able to find a secret discord link for poi nerds 👀👀 Mel's Body Tracer Framework https://antispinner.gitbook.io/btf Poiheads is a very chill podcast about juggling, circus, and all the communities sorrounding it, from the perspective of two poi spinners :) This week's Poiheads Ivan "Mel" Gorbunov - https://www.instagram.com/antispinner/ Morten Kjaer - https://www.instagram.com/morten.moves/ Rocco Toscano - https://www.instagram.com/circularvideos/ Follow our podcast on https://www.instagram.com/poiheads/ Get our merch at poiheads.com Send us an email contact@poiheads.com Intro by Flavio "il Naya" Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/il_naya Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@il_naya

  • S1 · E9
    May 22 · 51 min

    Defeating the procrastination demon with Rocco & Morten

    Rocco and Morten are left alone to themselves without a guest, chatting about mental health and procrastination, while deciding what's better to freestyle: fire poi or contact poi? They are also on the lookout for somebody to run a Prop Battle at Phoenix Fire Convention this year, if you are interested you can fill in the google form at this link! https://forms.gle/C3CtaRYkU7G9qT8Y6 Also, they are announcing a Live Podcasting Tour! Check the episode to see where they will be this summer! Poiheads is a very chill podcast about juggling, circus, and all the communities sorrounding it, from the perspective of two poi heads :) This week's Poiheads Morten Kjaer - https://www.instagram.com/morten.moves/ Rocco Toscano - https://www.instagram.com/circularvideos/ Follow our podcast on https://www.instagram.com/poiheads/ Get our merch at poiheads.com Send us an email contact@poiheads.com Intro by Flavio "il Naya" Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/il_naya Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@il_naya

  • S1 · E8
    May 8 · 1 hr 27 min

    Poiheads LIVE! @ BJC 2026 with Rob "Bluecat" Thorburn

    Thought your new trick was revolutionary? Rob Thorburn is here to ruin your day because apparently, ALL POI was invented between 2000 and 2007 (this tagline was carefully engineered to rage bait you into watching this episode, Rob's word might have been misconstrued to such effect🙄👀😈) In this Live episode of the Poiheads Podcast recorded at the BJC (British Juggling Convention) we will talk with Rob "Bluecat" Thorburn about learning poi before youtube was a thing, how to setup a great show line up and why rivalry might kill community Check the document with extra info at this link: linktr.ee/poiheads Poiheads is a very chill podcast about juggling, circus, and all the communities sorrounding it, from the perspective of two poi heads :) This week's Poiheads Rob Thorburn - https://www.circusalba.co.uk/about/ Morten Kjaer - https://www.instagram.com/morten.moves/ Rocco Toscano - https://www.instagram.com/circularvideos/ Follow our podcast on https://www.instagram.com/poiheads/ Get our merch at poiheads.com Send us an email contact@poiheads.com Intro by Flavio "il Naya" Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/il_naya Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@il_naya

  • S1 · E7
    April 26 · 1 hr 23 min

    Getting married to our props with Marta Mądry

    Are we married to our props? What is the EJA? Is circus art or sport? These and many more question will finally be solved in this episode of Poiheads with Marta Mądry, incredible Hoop manipulator, Aerial Artist and Secretary of European Juggling Association. Check the document with extra info at this link: linktr.ee/poiheads Poiheads is a very chill podcast about juggling, circus, and all the communities sorrounding it, from the perspective of two poi heads :) This week's Poiheads Marta - https://www.instagram.com/marta.madry/ Morten Kjaer - https://www.instagram.com/morten.moves/ Rocco Toscano - https://www.instagram.com/circularvideos/ Follow our podcast on https://www.instagram.com/poiheads/ Get our merch at poiheads.com Send us an email contact@poiheads.com Intro by Flavio "il Naya" Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/il_naya Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@il_naya

  • S1 · E6
    April 10 · 1 hr 24 min

    Getting in contact with Antoine

    Thought Excel was just for taxes or office work? 📊 Antoine uses it to navigate Contact Poi! In this episode, we go down the rabbit hole of Contact Poi with Antoine, the artist who turned technique into a science: 128 variation of a single trick? Madness! Check the document with extra info at this link: linktr.ee/poiheads Poiheads is a very chill podcast about juggling, circus, and all the communities sorrounding it, from the perspective of two poi heads :) This week's Poiheads Antoine - https://www.instagram.com/artone404/ Morten Kjaer - https://www.instagram.com/morten.moves/ Rocco Toscano - https://www.instagram.com/circularvideos/ Follow our podcast on https://www.instagram.com/poiheads/ Get our merch at poiheads.com Send us an email contact@poiheads.com Intro by Flavio "il Naya" Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/il_naya Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@il_naya

  • S1 · E5
    March 27 · 1 hr 39 min

    Creating new shapes with Jay Gilligan

    When I started playing with Poi, I stumbled upon a video of Jay Gilligan talking about juggling. It blew my mind back then, and changed the way I approached learning with Poi. My mind was blown again when he accepted to have a chat with us for the podcast: Jay is one of the mind that shaped modern juggling, and we are so happy to share our chat with you guys! Check the document with extra info at this link: linktr.ee/poiheads Poiheads is a very chill podcast about juggling, circus, and all the communities sorrounding it, from the perspective of two poi heads :) This week's Poiheads Jay Gilligan - https://www.instagram.com/jaygilligan_/ Morten Kjaer - https://www.instagram.com/morten.moves/ Rocco Toscano - https://www.instagram.com/circularvideos/ Follow our podcast on https://www.instagram.com/poiheads/ Get our merch at poiheads.com Send us an email contact@poiheads.com Intro by Flavio "il Naya" Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/il_naya Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@il_naya

  • S1 · E4
    March 13 · 1 hr 37 min

    Doing all the things with Vojta

    Vojta Stolbenko is a poi spinner, drummer, artistic director, event organizer, retreat mastermind, tutorial maker and of course, since he's not doing enough already, a multi prop artist and all around amazing human being. We will talk about how to keep everything afloat without going crazy and how he tackles organizing event and creating new shows. We also have a little user question section at the end of the episode! Check the document with extra info at this link: linktr.ee/poiheads Poiheads is a very chill podcast about juggling, circus, and all the communities sorrounding it, from the perspective of two poi heads :) This week's Poiheads Vojta - https://vojtastolbenko.com/contacts/ Morten Kjaer - https://www.instagram.com/morten.moves/ Rocco Toscano - https://www.instagram.com/circularvideos/ Follow our podcast on https://www.instagram.com/poiheads/ Get our merch at poiheads.com Send us an email contact@poiheads.com Intro by Flavio "il Naya" Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/il_naya Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@il_naya

  • S1 · E3
    February 27 · 1 hr 26 min

    The Poi Nerds episode with Stefan

    Stefan Hohenberger, owner of Flow Art Manufacture will tell us how it feels to run a prop making business in the best community in the world. Also we will figure out what people are looking for in a set of fire poi, what's the closest poi to the original maori design and why we should go on an adventure to find all the ropes of the world: Gotta catch em all! For the first time, we also released a document with some usefull links about the stuff that we talked about in the podcast, kinda like some extra curricular homework: find the link in our linktree linktr.ee/poiheads Poiheads is a very chill podcast about juggling, circus, and all the communities sorrounding it, from the perspective of two poi heads :) This week's Poiheads Stefan - https://www.instagram.com/hohenberger.stefan/ or https://flow-art-manufacture.de/ Morten Kjaer - https://www.instagram.com/morten.moves/ Rocco Toscano - https://www.instagram.com/circularvideos/ Follow our podcast on https://www.instagram.com/poiheads/ Get our merch at poiheads.com Send us an email contact@poiheads.com Intro by Flavio "il Naya" Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/il_naya Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@il_naya

  • S1 · E2
    February 13 · 1 hr 20 min

    Appropriating Otters culture with Gouri

    Gouri will tell us about martial arts, hinduism and which animal remind of which juggling prop. Also, Rocco learned that Hindu(ism) is not a language, it's a religion! He also left that in because it was a very teachable moment! Poiheads is a very chill podcast about juggling, circus, and all the communities sorrounding it, from the perspective of two poi heads :) This weeks Poiheads Gouri - https://www.instagram.com/poizila/ Morten Kjaer - https://www.instagram.com/morten.moves/ Rocco Toscano - https://www.instagram.com/circularvideos/ Follow our podcast on https://www.instagram.com/poiheads/ Get our merch at poiheads.com Send us an email contact@poiheads.com Intro by Flavio "il Naya" Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/il_naya Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@il_naya

  • S1 · E1
    January 28 · 1 hr 23 min

    Bow is addicted to Juggling

    Bow Juggler will tell us how much he's addicted to juggling and why juggling should NOT be fun! We will also talk about why and how poi juggling fits into the juggling scene, his crazy training routine and why plateaus are actually a good thing to be in! Poiheads is a very chill podcast about juggling, circus, and all the communities sorrounding it, from the perspective of two poi heads :) This weeks Poiheads Bow https://www.instagram.com/bow_juggler/ Rocco Toscano https://www.instagram.com/circularvideos/ Morten Kjaer https://www.instagram.com/morten.moves/ Follow our podcast on https://www.instagram.com/poiheads/ Get our merch at poiheads.com Send us an email contact@poiheads.com Intro by Flavio "il Naya" Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/il_naya Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@il_naya

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