Black Land Podcast

Host Vanessa Tyler talks with herbalist Amanda David - founder of The People's Medicine School and Rootwork Herbals in Upstate New York.  Amanda details the struggles her family and farming community have endured for years due to repeated harrassment from a violent and racist neighbor, forcing her to relocate her farming sanctuary.

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Host Vanessa Tyler talks with Newbern, Alabama Mayor Patrick Braxton. Mayor Braxton was elected as Newbern's first Black mayor in 2020, but lawsuits and discrimination kept him from taking office in a town that hadn't held a mayoral election in more than 60 years.

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Vanessa Tyler attends the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, WI and talks to an African American MAGA gear vendor who supports Donald Trump.

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Vanessa Tyler talks with Lionel Ray Williams and filmmaker Letitia McIntosh about the circumstances surrounding Lionel's conviction for the murder of actor Sal Mineo in 1979. Letitia has produced a documentary, "Unseen Innocence", exploring reports of false accusations and misconduct during the investigation in the hopes of erasing the stigma surrounding Lionel's name and reputation.

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Vanessa Tyler talks with artist, author and cultural influencer, Demegod about social injustice and crime in the Black community. Demegod gives us his thoughts on the causes, shares insight into his personal journey, and what he's doing to help end this plague on our community.

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Vanessa talks with scientists and inventors Jacob Boyle and Darryl Shawn Dixon about MARCo - their Health Assisting Robot Companion. The goal of this unique A.I. robot is early detection of a mental health crisis and to better assist mental health professionals and law enforcement.

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Vanessa Tyler speaks with Dr. Deloris Thomas, president of the Joseph Business School in Chigago as well as alumni about entrepreneurship and creating generational wealth within the Black community.

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Vanessa Tyler talks with author, journalist and critical thinker Edward Sargent about  his strategy for slavery reparations and the inconspicuous history of reparations that exists in the United States.

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Vanessa Tyler investigates the lack of quality care for pregnant women who are incarcerated, and the healthcare deficiencies in our justice system.

Special guest: Kimberly Haven, Executive Director of Reproductive Justice Inside.

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Vanessa Tyler explores the benefits that many African-Americans are realizing by moving from the United States to Africa. Vanessa talks to Capt. Hayford and Rashad McCrorey about this trend. 

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