Am I Allowed to Like Anything?

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This week's guest is Michael Arceneaux. Michael is a writer who has contributed to some of your favorite publications: Complex, Gawker and The Root. He’s also contributed to New York Times Magazine, BuzzFeed and Fusion and appeared on MSNBC, NPR and HuffPost Live.

We cover a lot of ground this week: We talk about everything from our love for Janet Mock to the importance of popping off on twitter, to Ann Friedman's pie charts to Ebony Magazine and The Weeknd.

Things we like:

- Janet Mock's msnbc.com/so-popular

- ebony.com

- annfriedman.com/tagged/pie+charts

- Trevor Noah

- @TheWeeknd

You can find Michael on twitter at @youngsinick.

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Intro song: JUKE BOUNCE - TRAXMAN 2015

This week's guest is James Harness. He’s a Social Media Editor over at BuzzFeed - we met in college and became fast friends. I consider him a student of pop culture. We cover a lot of ground this week: love for the @Buzzfeed's news team, being happy in your job right now, the movie KIDS, peak teenage-ness, NYC in the 70’s/80’s, Lady Gaga (where is she?), pop music, national treasure Laurianne Gibson, applying Nicki Minaj's come-up to everything in life, Hailey Steinfeld, Twitter's @ShadyMusicFacts, Breakfast Club interviews, commencement speeches, and woke white males (#WWM).

Footnotes: http://theseam.co/aialta-podcast-jamesharness-buzzfeed/

+1 SEGMENT:

- Twitter's @ShadyMusicFacts

You can find James on twitter at @JamesHarness.

Intro song: Nobody to Love - TREO Remix

This week's guest is James Harness. He’s a Social Media Editor over at BuzzFeed - we met in college and became fast friends. I consider him a student of pop culture. We cover a lot of ground this week: love for the @Buzzfeed's news team, being happy in your job right now, the movie KIDS, peak teenage-ness, NYC in the 70’s/80’s, Lady Gaga (where is she?), pop music, national treasure Laurianne Gibson, applying Nicki Minaj's come-up to everything in life, Hailey Steinfeld, Twitter's @ShadyMusicFacts, Breakfast Club interviews, commencement speeches, and woke white males (#WWM).

Footnotes: http://theseam.co/aialta-podcast-jamesharness-buzzfeed/

+1 SEGMENT:

- Twitter's @ShadyMusicFacts

You can find James on twitter at @JamesHarness.

Intro song: Nobody to Love - TREO Remix

#AIATLA is on iTunes: itun.es/us/7WgY8.c

This week's guest is James Harness. He’s a Social Media Editor over at BuzzFeed - we met in college and became fast friends. I consider him a student of pop culture.

We cover a lot of ground this week: love for the @Buzzfeed's news team, being happy in your job right now, the movie KIDS, peak teenage-ness, NYC in the 70’s/80’s, Lady Gaga (where is she?), pop music, national treasure Laurianne Gibson, applying Nicki Minaj's come-up to everything in life, Hailey Steinfeld, Twitter's @ShadyMusicFacts, Breakfast Club interviews, commencement speeches, and woke white males (#WWM).

Things we like:

- Twitter's @ShadyMusicFacts

You can find James on twitter at @JamesHarness.

Intro song: Nobody to Love - TREO Remix

This episode, I talk to my good friend, Danielle Howe, a staff writer at STASHED.com and Editor-in-Chief of The Library. We talk about STASHED, HRDCVR's HRDlist, writing, print mags, going to college in Boston, and Mike, Trayvon & what they've both taught us.

Footnotes: http://theseam.co/aiatla-podcast-danielle-howe/

+1 SEGMENT:

- Tyrese's album Black Rose

- The beginning of Tidal

You can find Danielle on Twitter at @dhowE_.

Intro song is: Janet Jackson - If (Kaytranada Remix)

This episode, I talk to my good friend, Danielle Howe, a staff writer at STASHED.com and Editor-in-Chief of The Library. We talk about STASHED, HRDCVR's HRDlist, writing, print mags, going to college in Boston, and Mike, Trayvon & what they've both taught us.

Footnotes: http://theseam.co/aiatla-podcast-danielle-howe/

+1 SEGMENT:

- Tyrese's album Black Rose

- The beginning of Tidal

You can find Danielle on Twitter at @dhowE_.

Intro song is: Janet Jackson - If (Kaytranada Remix)

#AIATLA is on iTunes: itun.es/us/7WgY8.c

This episode, I talk to my good friend, Danielle Howe, a staff writer at STASHED.com and Editor-in-Chief of The Library. We talk about STASHED, HRDCVR's HRDlist, writing, print mags, going to college in Boston, and Mike, Trayvon & what they've taught us.

Things we like:

- Tyrese's album Black Rose

- the beginning of Tidal

You can find Danielle on Twitter at @dhowE_.

Intro song is: Janet Jackson - If (Kaytranada Remix)

I speak to Entrepreneur and Founder of Blavity, Morgan DeBaun, about the making of Blavity, living in San Francisco, loving our 20's, and all the parts of the internet we are actually enjoying.

Footnotes: www.theseam.co/aiatla-podcast-morgan-debaun-blavity

+1 SEGMENT:

- Instagram, @blackgirlinom

- ClassPass

- Beats 1 Radio & Apple Music

- Podcasts

- Soulection on Soundcloud

You can find her on Twitter at @MorganDeBaun.

Intro song is: "F*ck the Summer Up" by Leikli47.

I speak to Entrepreneur and Founder of Blavity, Morgan DeBaun, about the making of Blavity, living in San Francisco, loving our 20's, and all the parts of the internet we are actually enjoying.

Footnotes: www.theseam.co/aiatla-podcast-morgan-debaun-blavity

+1 SEGMENT:

- Instagram, @blackgirlinom

- ClassPass

- Beats 1 Radio & Apple Music

- Podcasts

- Soulection on Soundcloud

You can find her on Twitter at @MorganDeBaun.

Intro song is: "F*ck the Summer Up" by Leikli47.

Culture Curator and founder of the Gates Preserve, Syreeta Gates, and I talk about how much we love exploiting the internet, who really won Drake vs Meek Mill, failure, digital archiving and showing gratitude.

Footnotes: http://theseam.co/aiatla-podcast-syreeta-gates/

You can find her on Twitter at @Syreeta Gates

+1 SEMGENT:

- Artist and LEGO expert Nathan Sawaya’s Art of the Brick Exhibition

- House of Cards' Frank Underwood in seasons 1 & 2

Intro song is: "I Wonder" by Kanye West.

#AIATLA is on iTunes: itun.es/us/7WgY8.c