Brooklyn, USA

For over three thousand years, the Aramaic language has been used throughout Mesopotamia. In Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, a community of Syrian immigrants preserves this ancient language – and a connection to their homeland – through prayer and song. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, Khyriel Palmer, and Mayumi Sato. If you have something to say and want us to share it on the show, here’s how you can send us a message: https://bit.ly/2Z3pfaW

• Thank you to Professor Geoffrey Khan, Safaa Jalou, Father Gabriel Adde, the St. George Syriac Orthodox Church in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, and Nadège Fleurimond.

• LINKS

Professor Geoffrey Khan studies, teaches, and documents the various dialects of Neo-Aramaic. You can learn more about his work and hear field recordings at https://nena.ames.cam.ac.uk/

Nadège Fleurimond is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, business strategist, and culinary maven from East Flatbush, Brooklyn. She is the author of Taste of Solitude: A Culinary Journal, and Haiti Uncovered: A Regional Adventure Into the Art of Haitian Cuisine.

The Endangered Language Alliance is a New York City-based nonprofit with a mission to document endangered languages and support linguistic diversity. Explore their interactive language map at www.languagemap.nyc, and donate to ELA at the $50 dollar level to receive a beautiful print copy.

Visit us online at bricartsmedia.org/Brooklyn-USA

• MUSIC and CLIPS

“Flowing Gentle” by Erik Wollo, courtesy of De Wolfe Music.

This episode featured clips from the Al-Sarah & the Nubatones, and Jomion & Los Uklos live performances on B-Side, produced by BRIC TV.

• TRANSCRIPT: https://bit.ly/3s1BAKU

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Before European colonization, varieties of Lenape were spoken for thousands of years in the New York City metropolitan area. Today, after centuries of genocide, dispersal, and diaspora, Lenape speakers, teachers, archivists and activists keep the language alive. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, Khyriel Palmer, and Mayumi Sato. If you have something to say and want us to share it on the show, here’s how you can send us a message: https://bit.ly/2Z3pfaW

• Thank you to Sriyanka Ray, Jasia Ka, Curtis Zunigha, Nikole Pecore, and Jim Rementer.

• LINKS
Jasia Ka is a New York Emmy and Telly award-winning director working in documentary, commercials, brand content, music videos & scripted.

The Lenape Center has the mission of continuing Lenapehoking, the Lenape homeland through community, culture, and the arts. Follow The Lenape Center on Instagram at @lenapecenter.

The Lenape Talking Dictionary is an online resource created by the Delaware Tribe of Indians. It is an extensive, searchable dictionary of Lenape words, sentences, stories, grammar, songs, and lessons spoken by a number of native speakers of Lenape.

Learn more about the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians at www.mohican.com.

The Endangered Language Alliance is a New York City-based nonprofit with a mission to document endangered languages and support linguistic diversity. Explore their interactive language map at www.languagemap.nyc, and donate to ELA at the $50 dollar level to receive a beautiful print copy.

Visit us online at bricartsmedia.org/Brooklyn-USA

• MUSIC and CLIPS
This episode featured clips from The Lenape Talking Dictionary. The Lenape Talking Dictionary is the intellectual property of the federally-recognized Delaware Tribe of Indians in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The use of any written or audio material from this site shall require the advance-written permission of the Delaware Tribe of Indians.

This episode featured clips from the Al-Sarah & the Nubatones, Jomion & Los Uklos, and Arooj Aftab live performances on B-Side, produced by BRIC TV.

• TRANSCRIPT: https://bit.ly/3HOydwf

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This season, we’re celebrating Brooklyn’s linguistic diversity. To kick off the season, we spoke with New York-based linguist, and co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance, Ross Perlin. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, Khyriel Palmer, and Mayumi Sato. If you have something to say and want us to share it on the show, here’s how you can send us a message: https://bit.ly/2Z3pfaW

• Thank you to Ross Perlin and the Endangered Language Alliance for supporting New York’s linguistic diversity, and inspiring our language season. Thank you to the Lenape Talking Dictionary, Curtis Zunigha, and the Delaware Tribe of Indians for sharing audio clips from their archive with us.

• LINKS

Ross Perlin is a New-York based linguist, teacher, and co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance. He is currently working on a book about the languages of New York. Social Media: @rossperlin

The Endangered Language Alliance is a New York City-based nonprofit with a mission to document endangered languages and support linguistic diversity. Explore their interactive language map at www.languagemap.nyc, and donate to ELA at the $50 dollar level to receive a beautiful print copy.

The Lenape Talking Dictionary is an online resource created by the Delaware Tribe of Indians. It is an extensive, searchable dictionary of Lenape words, sentences, stories, grammar, songs, and lessons spoken by a number of native speakers of Lenape.

Visit us online at bricartsmedia.org/Brooklyn-USA

• MUSIC and CLIPS

“Wëntaxa Kishelëmiàn” sung by Cornelius Wilson. Courtesy of the Lenape Talking Dictionary.

“Voices of the Himalaya” featuring Nawang Gurung. Courtesy of the Endangered Language Alliance.

"Lovers Under the Moonlight" sung by Mimi Palma. Courtesy of the Endangered Language Alliance.

“Poems on New York” Courtesy of the Endangered Language Alliance.

“Walamiseru” or “Our Sad Experience” sung by James Lovell. Courtesy of the Endangered Language Alliance.

“Kishelmukonk Os'hakame” sung by Cornelius Wilson. Courtesy of the Lenape Talking Dictionary.

“Breton Poem” sung by Fabienne Geffroy. Courtesy of the Endangered Language Alliance.

“The Dance of the Deer'' performed by Alberto Rivera. Courtesy of the Endangered Language Alliance.

"Garifuna Lullaby" sung by James Lovell. Courtesy of the Endangered Language Alliance.

“Wordpath Episode 43” produced by the Intertribal Wordpath Society. Prayer voiced by Leonard Thompson. Courtesy of the Lenape Talking Dictionary.

“Nomad Song” sung by Sonam Lhamo. Courtesy of the Endangered Language Alliance.

"Chëkënakwi, waha!" or "The Blackbird Song" sung and told by Nora Thompson Dean. Courtesy of the Lenape Talking Dictionary.

This episode featured clips from The Lenape Talking Dictionary. The Lenape Talking Dictionary is the intellectual property of the federally-recognized Delaware Tribe of Indians in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The use of any written or audio material from this site shall require the advance-written permission of the Delaware Tribe of Indians. 

This episode featured clips from the Al-Sarah & the Nubatones, Arooj Aftab, and Jomion & Los Uklos live performances on B-Side, produced by BRIC TV.

• TRANSCRIPT: https://bit.ly/3L9mMRO

• Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @BRICTV 

This week, we’re sharing stories from Brooklyn’s newest audio-makers. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Khyriel Palmer, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, and Mayumi Sato. If you have something to say and want us to share it on the show, here’s how you can send us a message: https://bit.ly/2Z3pfaW

• Thank you to Sriyanka Ray, Karim Douaidy, and Jude Chehab.

• “Your Coffee is on Me / قهوتك على حسابي” was produced by Amal Al Khateeb, Wael Ali, Osama Al Mathil, and Waleed Hassan.

• “The Bodega Strike” was produced by Abeer Al Harazi, Sam El Seidi, and Lamia Hauter.

• “Yemeni-Americans and the pursuit of Education” was produced by Takhia Hussein, Yehya Elfgeeh, and Sara Said.

• “Bullying Arab Woman / التنمر ضد المرأة العربية” was produced by Ghada Amin, Amira Talbah, Fatima Mokhtar, and Gamila AlShamiri, with help from Anwar Bazar and Amel Haridy.

• “Be Yourself (Social Media) / كن كما أنت” was produced by Hanane Elkahal, Nadia Boukhriss, Lalla Abdel Wahab, and Kawtar Kamal.

•  “Homeland / الوطن” was produced by Ahlam Ali and Andalib Bakr, with help from Mona Gad and Fathia Ibrahim.

• LINKS:

Brooklyn, USA - bricartsmedia.org/Brooklyn-USA

Radio Free Bay Ridge - https://www.radiofreebayridge.org/

Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs - https://www1.nyc.gov/site/immigrants/index.page

Yemeni American Merchants Association (YAMA)- https://www.yamausa.org/

Arab American Association of New York- https://www.arabamericanny.org/

• TRANSCRIPT: https://bit.ly/3dp7usP

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This week, we head out on the highway with the oldest and largest women's motorcycle club in New York. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Khyriel Palmer, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, and Mayumi Sato. No Siren Left Behind is the title of an upcoming documentary short co-directed by Shirin Barghi and Martine Granby. Keep an eye out for its premiere this summer. If you have something to say and want us to share it on the show, here’s how you can send us a message: https://bit.ly/2Z3pfaW

• Thank you to Martine Granby, KT Ballantine, Cheryl Stewart, Jen Baquial, and their sisters at the Sirens Motorcycle Club of New York City, as well as The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, The Lesbian HerStory Archives, Désirée Yael Vester “DYV”, Dyke TV, Mary Patierno, and Clipper Master D’Barberia.

Directors of Photography:

Danielle Calodney

Kristin Kremers

Edited by

Shirin Barghi 

Katherine Rodriguez

Additional Camera

Martine Granby 

Katherine Rodriguez

Sasha Whittle

Production Assistants

Ariana Rosas

Sasha Whittle

Gabriel Azavero

Sean Anthony 

David Francois 

Zoë Kase 

Myra Al-Rahim

Nana Shakhnazaryan

• LINKS:

Brooklyn, USA - bricartsmedia.org/Brooklyn-USA

• TRANSCRIPT: https://rb.gy/83b3ng

• Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @BRICTV

This week, we’re sitting down with a new generation of Arab activists. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Khyriel Palmer, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, and Mayumi Sato. If you have something to say and want us to share it on the show, here’s how you can send us a message: https://bit.ly/2Z3pfaW

• Thank you to Ro Johnson, Sriyanka Ray, Amanda Harrington, Eileen Arias Reyes, Brian Vines, Anna Lueck, Jonathan Ortiz, Michael Carroll, David Feldman, Eric Haugesag, Alex Onica, Leslie Hayes, Peter Rywelski, Clinton Philson Jr., Antonio M. Rosario, Onel Mulet, Steve de Séve, Jada Dantzler, Stephen Arnold, Marcus Kearns, Rebecca Rouse, Anhelo Reyes, Laurel Sheridan, and the Brooklyn Nomads.

• LINKS:

Brooklyn, USA - bricartsmedia.org/Brooklyn-USA

Onwards: The Future of Arab-American Activism - https://bit.ly/3ynnQLl

Mariam Barghouti - @mariambarghouti on Instagram

Yafa Dias - https://www.arabamericanny.org/team-aaany

Somia Elrowmeim - https://www.wecnyc.org/the-founder

Mohammed Missouri - https://www.jet-pac.com/team/mohammed-missouri/

Vetnah Monessar - https://www.yamausa.org/vetnah-y-monessar/

• TRANSCRIPT: https://tinyurl.com/byn2f5kx

• Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @BRICTV

This week, we’re sharing work and stories from Indigenous documentarians, poets, and performers who are setting the art world and its history of cultural and historical theft on fire. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Khyriel Palmer, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, and Mayumi Sato. If you have something to say and want us to share it on the show, here’s how you can send us a message: https://bit.ly/2Z3pfaW

• Thank you to BRIC Radio Junior Correspondent Griff City, Taylor Cook, Lauren Germain, Sky Hopinka, and Tanaya Winder.

• LINKS:

Brooklyn, USA - bricartsmedia.org/Brooklyn-USA

Syreeta Hector - https://www.syreetahector.com/

Sky Hopinka - http://www.skyhopinka.com/

Tanaya Winder - Website: https://tanayawinder.com/; IG: @tanayawinder; Book: https://bit.ly/3h86Rqx

Soni Moreno - https://bit.ly/3ui1kBr

Native Roots - http://www.nativeroots.net/

Ulali - https://purafe.com/ulali-project
Maika'i Tubbs - http://www.maikaitubbs.com

• RESOURCES:

Frack Outta Brooklyn - https://www.instagram.com/frackouttabk/

Amerinda - http://amerinda.org/main/

Manna-hatta Fund - https://mannahattafund.org/

American Indian Community House - https://www.aich.org/

Indigenous Kinship Collective - https://indigenouskinshipcollective.com/

LANDBACK - https://landback.org/

• PODCASTS:

“Indigenous Action Ep. 1: Acknowledge This!” - https://bit.ly/3uecU0h

• TRANSCRIPT: https://bit.ly/3vNnkEx

• Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @BRICTV 

This week, public access television rules the nation. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Khyriel Palmer, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, and Mayumi Sato. If you have something to say and want us to share it on the show, here’s how you can send us a message: https://bit.ly/2Z3pfaW

• Thank you to Alease Annan, Anthony Riddle, and the Free Speech TV family.

• LINKS:

Brooklyn, USA - bricartsmedia.org/Brooklyn-USA

Brooklyn Free Speech TV - https://bit.ly/3tCixFk

Lottie Shannon - Facebook.com/KeepingItRealWithShannon

Ed Easton Jr - @EdEastonJr on Twitter and Instagram

Alfonso Siverls - www.alfonsosiverls.com

Ketriana Yvonne - www.ketrianayvonne.com

• TRANSCRIPT: https://rb.gy/tugs3g

• Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @BRICTV 

This week, we’re imagining our disability justice future, and asking you to do the same. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Khyriel Palmer, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, and Mayumi Sato. If you have something to say and want us to share it on the show, here’s how you can send us a message: https://bit.ly/2Z3pfaW

• Thank you to Nader Bahu, Taylor Cook, BRIC Radio Junior Correspondent Griff City, Lauren Germain, and Laura Mauldin.

• LINKS:

Brooklyn, USA - bricartsmedia.org/Brooklyn-USA

“What Are We Building Towards”

Nader Bahu is a Palestinian-American Disabled Filmmaker, who makes films mostly focus on disabled characters and his films touch upon disability issues. Nader started out making autobiography films about himself and his hardships, but now is focused on making fictional films. Nader’s films are doing well in film festivals around the world and have been well received by many. You can here his full comments https://drive.google.com/file/d/12VtlyKUCCUr0rzrkL5CdF3Vg7qzJdxT6/view?usp=sharing

Follow Nader on Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/BahuNader
Instagram: https://instagram.com/naderbahu/

Nicole Schroeder is a PhD Candidate at the University of Virginia. She studies the intersection of disability, welfare, and medicine in early America from the founding of the nation to the Civil War. As a historian of disability, Nicole reclaims the unheard voices of disabled individuals who are absent from our collective narratives in her written work and teaching. You can learn more about her work https://www.nicoleleeschroeder.com

Follow Nicole on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nicole_lee_sch?s=21

Michele Kaplan couldn’t make it to the episode, but you can learn about her covid experience here 

https://rebelwheelssoapbox.tumblr.com/post/646739383843782656/did-new-york-state-give-disabled-people-covid

“There Is No Scarcity Of Care”
Una Aya Osato is a Brooklyn based burlesque performer, sex educator, and activist. To stay up to date with Una and support her work, you can subscribe to her patreon (https://www.patreon.com/ThisIsUna), follow her on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/thisisuna), and visit BrASS Burlesque’s website (http://www.brassburlesque.com/).

Parts of my conversation with Una were inspired by the books Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure by Eli Clare and Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi- Piepzna Samarasinha. You can find Leah Lakshmi- Piepzna Samarasinha at https://brownstargirl.org/ and Eli Clare on his website (http://eliclare.com/) and Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/eliclare).

This piece was produced by Taylor Cook. Taylor is a graduate student of disability studies at CUNY and a freelance audio producer. You can follow her on Twitter @taylormcook7.

“District 75”

Forget Me Not - http://www.forgetmenotdocumentary.com/index.php/about-film/

“Voice Memos”

Brian McCarthy - https://twitter.com/brianpmccarthy?lang=en

Sick in Quarters (SIQ) - https://www.sickinquarters.com/pages/about

• MUSIC:

“Pulsers” by Podington Bear

• TRANSCRIPT: https://bit.ly/3dIMNYj

• Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @BRICTV 

This week, we’re sending radical love and care to our AAPI neighbors. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Khyriel Palmer, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, and Mayumi Sato. If you have something to say and want us to share it on the show, here’s how you can send us a message: https://bit.ly/2Z3pfaW

• Thank you to Hui and Jeffrey Su.

• LINKS:

Brooklyn, USA - bricartsmedia.org/Brooklyn-USA

BRIC statement on anti-AAPI violence: https://www.instagram.com/p/CMnVZ-zjyeq/

Dr. Sherry Wang - https://bit.ly/3rcrhju

Asian American Research Institute - https://aaari.info

Red Canary Song - https://www.redcanarysong.net

Yin Q - http://www.yinq.net

Support survivors and their families’ direct funding requests: https://bit.ly/2QBhLdb

AAPI Journalists Therapy Relief Fund: https://bit.ly/3cWUKc1

• MUSIC: 

“Dark Matter” by Podington Bear

• TRANSCRIPT: https://bit.ly/3db4jEa

• Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @BRICTV