Belonging to Blackness

Season 3, Episode 20: Host Yndia sits down with professor and author Janell Hobson to discuss her latest book, When God Lost Her Tongue, her upcoming Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Series with Ms. Magazine, patriotic education, and the significance of the Black Feminist Imagination when amplifying African descended women’s voices and experiences across history, pop culture and beyond. Don’t want to miss this truly empowering conversation!

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In this SEASON 3 PREMIERE, host Yndia is in conversation with guest Mahogany L. Browne, performance poet, author and the Lincoln Center’s Inaugural Poet-in-Residence. Listen in as they talk about Mahogany’s books “Black Girl Magic,” “Chlorine Sky” and the recently released “I Remember Death by Its Proximity to What I Love.” This is an episode all about journeys of love of self, of community, reclaiming joy, vulnerability and wellness. Check it out! Credits: Produced by Yndia Lorick-Wilmot. Editing and Music by MASAUKO.

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In this season 2 finale, Host Yndia sits with acclaimed poet and short story author Anton Nimblett to discuss his most recent collection, Now/After, the significance of carnival and fete in storytelling, race and queer personhood, and the importance of being a “maco” (macomere)/ people watcher as a writer that captures the subtle nuances of human life. Don’t want to miss this fun conversation with Anton, the “Trinidadian living and writing in New York!”

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Misogynoir Transformed with guest Moya Bailey! Listen to this engaging convo between host Yndia and Moya as they discuss the impetus for and the current pop culture significance of “misogynoir,” the importance of representation and the future of #Hashtag activism, the role of accomplices vs. allies, and of course, all things 90s R&B and fried catfish! Don’t want to miss it!

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All the things Afro-Futurism, Conjure Feminism, Ethnobotany, and Black Women in Horror are just few of the topics discussed when guest Kinitra D. Brooks, public scholar and writer for the Root.com series on HBO’s LoveCraft Country, sits down with Host Yndia in this episode. Wouldn’t want to miss it! (Credit: audio editing, music and co-production by Masauko)

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Award-winning YA author Tonya C. Hegamin chats with host Yndia about Black-Indigenous family folklore, being a (dis)ability advocate along with her diabetic alert dog Bobo, and the importance of integrating play as a way to amplify Black joy and healing. Listen in to learn more about her upcoming memoir and Bisexual BIWOC T1Diabetes activism via DIABITCHY.

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Chef Keesha O’Galdez, founder and executive chef of The Gourmet Diva in NYC, sits down with host Yndia to talk about leaving the field of engineering to become a successful entrepreneur that has combined her passion for culinary arts with natural healthy eating. A recipient of the Doonie Fund, which supports Black Women Entrepreneurs, you may have seen Chef Keesha on multiple episodes of Epicurious’s 50-Person Prep challenge web series and other online platforms showcasing her culinary delights. Hot topics include all things about Black entrepreneurship and being a Black woman chef in the time of Covid-19.

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In this episode, your host Yndia talks with Vilna Bashi Treitler, PhD, author, sociologist and visual artist. A curator and contributor to several mixed media art exhibits nationally, Vilna’s books were also named to the Zora Canon in 2020 for one of the best 100 books ever written by an African American woman. Debuting her forthcoming book– a memoir tentatively titled, Schooled, Vilna and Yndia share adventures of being schooled in life and in academia.

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In this episode, Host Yndia sits down with Dr. Natalie LeBlanc, public health practitioner, NIH-funded AIDS and HIV prevention researcher, and assistant professor in HIV Prevention Science at the University of Rochester School of Nursing.  Listen in as they talk all things sex: sexual health, consent, MSMs, and the importance of HIV testing, prevention and sexual health promotion for African descended cisgender and trans women and couples in Africa, U.S and the Caribbean. You are guaranteed to learn a lot!

Production credit: Masauko Chipembere

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Host Yndia is in deep conversation with Dr. Christen Smith, professor, Black feminist anthropologist, author and founder of #CiteBlackWomen, a global social movement network, podcast and blog. Listen in as they discuss the significance of Black liberation when it comes to anti-Black state-sanctioned police violence throughout the Americas and the politics of race and gender in the academy’s citational practices of Black women scholars.

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