Ayana Explains It All

Ayana Explains It All

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Ayana Explains It All episodes

  • Ayana Explains the Temerity of White Privilege

    ANCESTORS ASSEMBLE! This one is long overdue.


    Works Cited: 

    1. "10 Examples That Prove White Privilege Protects White People in Every Aspect Imaginable."  November 26, 2015.  Jon Greenberg. https://everydayfeminism.com/2015/11/lessons-white-privilege-poc/
    2. "Riot for Me" by Burden featuring Mesus.


      3. music by Skilsel at Pixabay

      1 hr 14 min
    3. Ayana Explains Why Young People Need a Tool Kit

      If you're on your way out the door to college (or looking for a refill on your "things you should know" mental folder), don't go before you've heard these "7 Hard Truths" that may make you a better human or hate being a grown up altogether.  Put them in a box labeled "TOOLS" and use them as often as needed, which is everyday.  Unlike your game console these tools won't break before the warranty is up.  


      Music by Skilsel at Pixabay.com.

      Inspired by "8 Hard to Swallow Pills" by TherapyWithMaggieLPC at Instagram.com.

      1 hr 30 min
    5. Ayana Explains Why The 4th of July IS CANCELLED.
      NSFW message about the state of the union.  
      Works used in this podcast: "Justice Samuel Alito, the architect of overturning Roe v. Wade, told senators he viewed the abortion rights landmark as 'important precedent.'  Now he says 'stare decisis' doesn't protect it." Jacob Shamsian. Business Insider.com. June 24, 2022.
      Music by Skilsel from Pixabay.
      1 hr 4 min
    6. Ayana Explains the Toxicity of Traditional Gender Roles

      Tradition is bullying from dead people and while you're in 2022 using gender roles from 1693, they're watching you from the Upper Room laughing their assess.


      Works Cited: "Traditional Gender Roles: Do They Make, and Then Break, our Relationships."  William Ickes.  Journal of Social Issues, Vol. 49, No. 3, 1993, pp 71-85.


      Music by Skilsel from Pixabay.

      1 hr 11 min
    7. Ayana Explains PTSD

      June is PTSD awareness month, but I don't need a fancy title to be reminded of my trauma.  Listen up for some things you should know about this invisible illness.   

      Works used in this episode: "PTSD Examined: The Five Types of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder" at https://bestdaypsych.com/ptsd-examined-the-five-types-of-post-traumatic-stress-disorder/. 

      Music by Skilsel from Pixabay 

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       *This episodes contains references to sensitive topics such as sexual assault and intimate-partner violence.  Listener discretion is advised.

      56 min
    8. Ayana Explains America's Gun Problem
      I like guns how I like packages from Amazon that arrive daily at my house: handled with care.
      Works used in the making of this podcast: 
      1. "Ghost Guns. Aren't hard to make and new laws won't restrict them all." By Adi Guajardo. May 31, 2022. https://www.newsy.com/stories/ghost-guns-aren-t-hard-to-make-new-laws-won-t-restrict-them/  
      2. "Right to carry gun laws explained concealed and open carry gun laws differ between states." USAFacts. June 20, 2021.
      https://usafacts.org/articles/right-to-carry-gun-laws-explained/utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=NDJusticeDefense&gclid=Cj0KCQjwqPGUBhDwARIsANNwjV5k6JTcMcq-TJSRu3FvhufGiDqHV62XMI6AUst3gOr7R4LZ-Dezp5kaAnyPEALw_wcB 
      3. "Ohio concealed carry reciprocity map and gun laws." https://www.usconcealedcarry.com/resources/ccw_reciprocity_map/oh-gun-laws/#top 
      4. "Why 18-year-olds can buy AR-15 in Texas but not handguns." By Kiah Collier and Jeremy Schwartz, The Texas Tribune and Propublica. May 26, 2022. https://www.texastribune.org/2022/05/26/gun-buying-age-texas-handguns-rifles-uvalde/
      5. "The very racist history of gun control. The second amendment right to keep and bear arms is indispensable to black equality." By Jeff Jacoby. July 31st, 2021. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/07/31/opinion/very-racist-history-gun-control/
      6. Wikipedia entry "Mulford Act."
      7. "Fast facts, firearm violence prevention." National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Violence Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/firearms/fastfact.html
      Music by Skilsel from Pixabay
      1 hr 14 min
    9. Ayana Explains What Makes Her Crazy!

      I recently graduated from Crazy Town University. This is my valedictory speech in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month. 


      Intro music by audionautiX and outro music by madIRFAN from Pixabay.

      1 hr 30 min
    10. Ayana Explains the Hypocrisy of the Infant Formula Shortage Crisis

      I scream! You scream! We all scream but only some voices are heard! *womp womp*


      Works Used: 

      1. “Baby Formula Factory Says Its Still Months Away From Production” Laura Reiley and Same Easter, Washington Post, May 14, 2022.

      2. “President’s 2021 Budget Would Cut Food Assistance for Millions and Radically Restructure SNAP” by Dottie Rosenbaum and Zoe Neuberger, February 18, 2020 https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/presidents-2021-budget-would-cut-food-assistance-for-millions-and; and Changes in SNAP Benefit Levels and Food Spending and Diet Quality: Simulations from the National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey, MAY 12, 2022 | BY MICHELE VER PLOEG AND CHEN ZHEN, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities at https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/changes-in-snap-benefit-levels-and-food-spending-and-diet-quality

      3. “Creating Healthy Communities” discussion of the Cuyahoga County Planning Commission at https://www.countyplanning.us/projects/creating-healthy-communities/

      4. “East Side Cleveland to be a food desert? Regional supermarket chain plans closure” Alexander Stott, April 22, 2022 at https://www.liberationnews.org/east-side-cleveland-to-be-a-food-desert-regional-supermarket-chain-plans-closure/

      5. Food Deserts in the United States, POSTED FEBRUARY 13, 2021, BY THE ANNIE E. CASEY FOUNDATION

      6. “10 Corner Stores, 1 Supermarket: New Orleans Food Desert Encourages Poor Nutrition” published at https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/ex/sustainablecitiescollective/10-corner-stores-1-supermarket-new-orleans-food-desert-encourages-poor/192876/

      7. America’s Healthy Food Financing Initiative at investinginfood.com

      8. “What’s a Food Desert?” published by The Health Gap at https://closingthehealthgap.org/culture-of-health/key-issues/food-desserts/

      9. “Race, Ethnicity, WIC Participation, and Infant Health Disparities in the United States” by Alexander Testa, PhD. and Dylan B. Jackson PhD., Annals of Epidemiology, Volume 58, June 2021, Pages 22-28 at https://www.sciencedirect.com/


      Music by audionautiX

      1 hr 40 min

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    A sharp, insightful podcast where host Ayana tackles life’s complexities with humor, honesty, and intelligence. From societal norms and politics to relationships and mental health, Ayana breaks down…