Am I Allowed to Like Anything?

When I came across Somali-Swedish R&B singer Cherrie's breakout song 163 För Evigt, I needed to find a way to have her on my podcast. We talk about being a Black girl growing up in Finland and Sweden, how she and other artists in Sweden are putting R&B and rap on their music charts, and her upcoming album, which features two songs in English.

+1 SEGMENT:

— The Swedish creative collective Trans94

— City High (including a "What Would You Do?" rendition... featuring Cherrie + Darian)

Here's how you can contribute to the making of #AIATLA: d.rip/darian

Follow Cherrie on Twitter! @Chxrrie | IG! @chvrrie

Follow Darian on Twitter! @dariansymone | IG! @darian

Footnotes: http://theseam.co/aiatla-cherrie/

When I came across Somali-Swedish R&B singer Cherrie's breakout song 163 För Evigt, I needed to find a way to have her on my podcast. We talk about being a Black girl growing up in Finland and Sweden, how she and other artists in Sweden are putting R&B and rap on their music charts, and her upcoming album, which features two songs in English.

+1 SEGMENT:

— The Swedish creative collective Trans94

— City High (including a "What Would You Do?" rendition... featuring Cherrie + Darian)

Here's how you can contribute to the making of #AIATLA: d.rip/darian

Follow Cherrie on Twitter! @Chxrrie | IG! @chvrrie

Follow Darian on Twitter! @dariansymone | IG! @darian

Footnotes: http://theseam.co/aiatla-cherrie/

When I came across Somali-Swedish R&B singer Cherrie's breakout song 163 För Evigt, I needed to find a way to have her on my podcast. We talk about being a Black girl growing up in Finland and Sweden, how she and other artists in Sweden are putting R&B and rap on their music charts, and her upcoming album, which features two songs in English.

Follow Cherrie on Twitter! @Chxrrie | IG! @chvrrie

Follow Darian on Twitter! @dariansymone | IG! @darian

Here's how you can contribute to the making of #AIATLA: d.rip/darian

#AIATLA on iTunes: https://apple.co/2K11aH4

+1 SEGMENT:

— The Swedish creative collective Trans94

— City High (including a "What Would You Do?" rendition... featuring Cherrie + Darian)

Show notes: http://theseam.co/aiatla-cherrie/

Live from SXSW in Austin, I interview film director and writer Sama'an Ashrawi about life growing up in Texas as a first generation Palestinian-American, working with some of Hip Hop’s legends, and the glory of velour suits.

Follow Sama'an on Twitter! @SamaanAshrawi| IG! @sam3an

Follow Darian on Twitter! @dariansymone | IG: @darian

Here's how you can contribute to the making of #AIATLA: d.rip/darian

#AIATLA on iTunes: https://apple.co/2K11aH4

+1 SEGMENT:

— Being comfortable with your Milly Rock

— The glory of velour suits.

— Passover, filmed on stage at the Steppenwolf in Chicago, film directed by Spike Lee, stage directed Danya Taymor, and written by Antoinette Nwandu.

Footnotes: http://theseam.co/aiatla-podcast-samaan-ashrawi/

Live from SXSW in Austin, I interview film director and writer Sama'an Ashrawi about life growing up in Texas as a first generation Palestinian-American, working with some of Hip Hop’s legends, and the glory of velour suits.

Follow Sama'an on Twitter! @SamaanAshrawi| IG! @sam3an

Follow Darian on Twitter! @dariansymone | IG: @darian

Here's how you can contribute to the making of #AIATLA: d.rip/darian

#AIATLA on iTunes: https://apple.co/2K11aH4

+1 SEGMENT:

— Being comfortable with your Milly Rock

— The glory of velour suits.

— Passover, filmed on stage at the Steppenwolf in Chicago, film directed by Spike Lee, stage directed Danya Taymor, and written by Antoinette Nwandu.

Footnotes: http://theseam.co/aiatla-podcast-samaan-ashrawi/

Live from SXSW in Austin, I interview film director and writer Sama'an Ashrawi about life growing up in Texas as a first generation Palestinian-American, working with some of Hip Hop’s legends, and the glory of velour suits.

Follow Sama'an on Twitter! @SamaanAshrawi| IG! @sam3an

Follow Darian on Twitter @dariansymone | IG: @darian

Here's how you can contribute to the making of #AIATLA: d.rip/darian

#AIATLA on iTunes: https://apple.co/2K11aH4

+1 SEGMENT:

— Being comfortable with your Milly Rock

— The glory of velour suits.

— Passover, filmed on stage at the Steppenwolf in Chicago, directed by Spike Lee and Danya Taymor, and written by Antoinette Nwandu.

Show notes: theseam.co/aiatla-podcast-samaan-ashrawi

Writer Lakin Starling joins me to talk about life growing in the neo-soul capital, some of her proudest work at The FADER and the sacred space she's creating during her own interviews.

And! We talk about what we're using on our faces these days, (because #skincare) before I found out about The Ordinary founder's problematic and exhausting behavior: http://bit.ly/2tqt1gu

+1 SEGMENT:

— Imani - psychic, card reader, astrologist in LA. IG: @thehoodhealer. She does tree readings at Simply Wholesome on Tuesdays!

Newsletters! Shout out to:

— Olivia Craighead from The FADER

— Elamin + BuzzFeed News Curation team with newsletter

Here's how you can contribute to the making of #AIATLA: d.rip/darian

Follow Lakin on Twitter: @lakinimani | IG: @_lakinimani

Follow Darian on Twitter @dariansymone | IG: @darian

Footnotes: http://theseam.co/aiatla-podcast-lakin-starling/

Writer Lakin Starling joins me to talk about life growing in the neo-soul capital, some of her proudest work at The FADER and the sacred space she's creating during her own interviews.

And! We talk about what we're using on our faces these days, (because #skincare) before I found out about The Ordinary founder's problematic and exhausting behavior: http://bit.ly/2tqt1gu

+1 SEGMENT:

— Imani - psychic, card reader, astrologist in LA. IG: @thehoodhealer. She does tree readings at Simply Wholesome on Tuesdays!

Newsletters! Shout out to:

— Olivia Craighead from The FADER

— Elamin + BuzzFeed News Curation team with newsletter

Here's how you can contribute to the making of #AIATLA: d.rip/darian

Follow Lakin on Twitter: @lakinimani | IG: @_lakinimani

Follow Darian on Twitter @dariansymone | IG: @darian

Footnotes: http://theseam.co/aiatla-podcast-lakin-starling/

Writer Lakin Starling joins me to talk about life growing in the neo-soul capital, some of her proudest work at The FADER and the sacred space she's creating during her own interviews.

And! We talk about what we're using on our faces these days, (because #skincare) before I found out about The Ordinary founder's problematic and exhausting behavior: http://bit.ly/2tqt1gu

Follow Lakin on Twitter: @lakinimani | IG: @_lakinimani

Follow Darian on Twitter @dariansymone | IG: @darian

Here's how you can contribute to the making of #AIATLA: d.rip/darian

+1 SEGMENT:

— Imani - psychic, card reader, astrologist in LA. IG: @thehoodhealer. She does tree readings at Simply Wholesome on Tuesdays!

Newsletters! shout out to:

— Olivia Craighead from The FADER

— Elamin + BuzzFeed News Curation team with newsletter

Show notes: http://theseam.co/aiatla-podcast-lakin-starling/

Culture writer Ira Madison III blesses the show. He's at the Daily Beasts and hosts his own podcast, Keep It. We talk about the soaps he grew up watching, and dig into our favorite people, television and songs of 2017.

Follow Ira on IG: @kingirairaira | Twitter: @ira

Follow Darian on IG: @darian | Twitter: @dariansymone

Find out how you can contribute to the making of #AIATLA! d.rip/darian

Sudio headphones 15% discount for all #AIATLA listeners! goo.gl/27yFch

+1 SEGMENT

- Former President Barack Obama

- Messy Omarosa stories

- Soap & Glory lip plumping gloss

Sign up for the #AIATLA newsletter! bit.ly/1MR18RF

Footnotes: http://theseam.co/aiatia-ira-madison-iii/