final episode for season 4, today we talk to another power couple. Founders of the Houston based streetwear brand, Grits. this couple uses imagery from a time when black america was in full segregation and was creating its own narrative. they coined the phrase Black Americana. 
Also, hood politics... seeesh! just enjoy!
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BLACK AMERICANA Live in houston

Join rapper and activist Propaganda and his wife, university professor Dr. Alma Zaragoza-Petty, on their red couch for candid conversations and interviews covering everything from pop culture to important social issues—all with the unique perspective, insight and wit only they can bring.

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STILL need a break from the election? How about the second part of a conversation about black women's complicated relationship to hair and how its a metaphor for being subjected to standards of beauty they could never meet? Also, how we as a culture have internalized that ideal and oppress our own daughters? ONLY THIS TIME from an Afro Latina perspective? Today we talk to beautician and NuYorican Christina Mineo about her journey to reclaim beauty from an Afro Latina lens 


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Good Hair Pt 2 The Afro latina

Hey, wanna talk about something other than the election? Good! How about the complicated relationship black people with their hair and how its a metaphor for the larger issue of being subjected to a stand of beauty? You know something light. We are joined by the brilliant Zakiya Jackson to hear about her journey in coming to love the crown on her head.
Mixed and scored and mastered by Matt Oswoski 
recorded by Andrew Quintero
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Good Hair Pt 1.

This week the duo looks deep into their shadow and asses how they have been doing as a couple. this aint for the squeamish. 


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Mixed and scored and mastered by Matt Osowski 


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The Pettys Grade Themselves

This week, Prop and the Doc discuss how our cultural backgrounds inform our approach to to work. They discuss the two conflicting motivations that BIPOCs vacillate between once they experience any form of success. they discuss survivor's guilt and how not all skin folk is kinfolk. Enjoy 






Mixed and mastered by Matt Osowski 
 



Recorded by Andrew Quintero. 
 
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Con Mucho Trabajo

I'm not gonna lie, sometimes white people can be alot! Between managing fragility, the newly woke our just the blissfully unaware. This episode is a light hearted approach and managing cross cultural relationships and strengthening friendships outside your sphere. 














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BLACK AMERICANA Live in houston

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