Black Bottom Saints

This week Alice discusses Thomas Bullock, the famed bartender who was the first known African-American author to publish a cocktail manual, The Ideal Bartender. 

This week Alice Discusses Black Bottom Saint Night Train Lane, the famed MFL player who was the widower of Dinah Washington. 

This week Alice discusses the revered emcee Edward St. Benedict Plique.

On this special podcast episode Alice discusses Black Bottom Saint, Nancy Elizabeth Johnson, Ziggy’s own mother. She then welcomes her own daughter Caroline Randall Williams for an intimate conversation examining the experience of becoming adults together, the myriad ways they support each other's creative processes, sharing cocktails, and seeing mothers unfold as human.

This week Alice examines the painful yet promising future of patriotism as she discusses Black Bottom Saint Reverend Cook, Independence Day, environmentalism, and what we build for future generations. 

This week Alice discusses the first Black Bottom Saint and first Black poet laureate, Robert Hayden. Themes of cancel culture, redemption and self identification are explored as we dive into the first Sunday after Father's Day of the Black Bottom Saints podcast.

This week Alice talks about boxer and Black Bottom Saint, Joe Louis, patron saint of Sons, Representation, and Filial Piety. Louis’ chapter is paired with the Summer Moveable Feast of Juneteenth. Alice explores the significance of Louis and what he meant to the Black community and the world and why his story is connected to the holiday of Juneteenth.

In this introductory episode Alice Randall introduces us to Ziggy, Black Bottom Detroit and the book we will be exploring saint by saint, week by week; Black Bottom Saints. Join us for the stories, the cocktail recipes, and the play between history and fiction and how one informs the other.