On this episode, we recap our last few months of growth. But then we also recap the EVERYTHING IS LOVE event. We wanted to be open and transparent about creating a culture in our city. Thank you to each of our sponsors and our community for showing up.

Did y'all notice that John Zabala gave us a new theme song?! Let us know your thoughts!

Hosts:

Marquise Richards (@MarquiseDavon)

Brianna Tyson (@PUSHABRI)

Marie Sykes (SykesMvrie_)

DayQuan Williams (@_d_will_)

Crew:

Audio: Tyler Washington (@TheeWashington)

Alternative Blacks Podcast (@BlacksPodcast)

Content Asst: Manny Coombs (@Blondedapi)

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Bri's Blog - pushabri.com

Marie's Blog - sykesisthelimit.com

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@TylerEllisWashington or tylerelliswashington.com

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We are back for a DearRDG Live Show! During this live show, we had a pitch competition! We had honored four different creatives and change agents in our community. We also featured various women of color vendors to join us as judges as well for the live show. We want to thank everyone for coming out and enjoying our live set.

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Hosts:

Chief Quise - @MarquiseDavon

D. Will - @_D_will

MARIE - @sykesmvrie

Bri - @PUSHABRI

Production:

Audio Recording: Tyler Washington (@TylerEllisWashington)

Audio Editor: Tyler Washington (@TylerEllisWashington)

Photography: Tyler Washington (@TylerEllisWashington)

Photography: Manny Coombs (@oni.das) (@blondedapi)

Vendors: (Instagram)

Beard Oils: @HouseOfPortalatin

Potted Poetry: (@PottedPoetry) (@CreativeTiana)

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During this episode of DearRDG, we are joined by each of our hosts Chief Quise, D. Will, Marie, and Bri. We talk about some of the everyday violence that we face in the city of Reading, discussed Coondace Owens, H&M and how Black people responded, We are in the space of processing everything, but also unpack trauma.

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Hosts:

Marquise Richards

DayQuan Williams

Bri Tyson

Marie Sykes

Edited by: Marquise Richards

This episode is of DearRDG is down two hosts, so it is just Chief Quise and PUSHABRI on this episode. They decide to take it pretty lightly for this episode and just go over the news and just check in with eah other. We took an article and found different questions to ask your friends when you want to check in with them.

We discuss Tracee Ellis Ross's hair care line "Pattern," Rihanna's Diamond Ball, The effects of vaping, and the mental health advocate that was killed by suicide.

Make sure to get into this episode and share! Let us know your thoughts and screenshot to show that you're listening to our episode.

On this episode of DearRDG, we decide to keep the conversation to Dave Chappelle, the state of comedy, and this idea that we are being too sensitive in 2019. We noticed that the timeline was reacting in two separate ways and we wanted to talk about it. We didn't carry any news this time around, but we wanted to just get into the nitty gritty of the conversation. We hope that you get something out of it.

CHECK OUT MARIE's new blog: sykesisthelimit.com

Check out Pusha Bri's blog: pushabri.com

Hosts:

Chief Quise (@MarquiseDavon)

D. Will (@_d_will_)

MARIE (@sykesmvrie_)

PUSHA BRI (@PUSHABRI)

Intro Track produced by RLO

On this episode of DearRDG, we are back with our hosts Chief Quise, Pusha Bri, and MARIE. We miss you D. Will. During this episode, we discuss Jay-Z's deal, Newark's Water Crisis, and we talk about the teachers of the Reading School District. We also send our thoughts and prayers to the victims in Odessa, Texas. On the Stoop, we talk about Jay-Z a bit more and discuss the feeling of being disappointment and what it's like to watch our heroes fall from grace.

CHECK OUT MARIE's new blog: sykesisthelimit.com

Check out Pusha Bri's blog: pushabri.com

Hosts:

Chief Quise (@MarquiseDavon)

D. Will (@_d_will_)

MARIE (@sykesmvrie_)

PUSHA BRI (@PUSHABRI)

Production Team:

Content Director: Mateo Toro (@themateotoro) (@retorocle)

Producer/Audio Engineer: Jay Shaffer (@PagodaCity)

Photographer: Manny Coombs (@blondedapi) (oni.das)

Intro Track produced by RLO

Outro Track produced by Fuego Ellington.

We decided to be a little more loose for this episode of DearRDG and where we decided to take the conversation. We had a bit of a roundtable for this episode. We were joined by Marquise, Marie, Bri, Manny, Mateo, and Tyler for this conversation on the councilwoman from Michigan who didn't believe in interracial marriage, Eric Garner's murderer losing his job after 5 years, and a conversation on the Amazon moved into a conversation about veganism, access, and food deserts. We get extremely passionate during this episode, but we also get into a conversation about intimacy and what that looks like personally, in friendships, and a bit within relationships as well.

Season 4, Episode 1 and the crew of DearRDG is officially back in business. During this episode, we go through a bit of news that we all needed to catch up on. Word on the Street, we are discussing LGBTQ+ History in the classroom, the shooting in North Philly, Stacey Abrams rolling out her new Voter Protection Initiative, and Jay-Z's deal with the NFL. We decided to release some tension that we saw from our hometown and realized how conservative our city was in terms of social issues. For the Stoop, we decided to check in with one another and ask about how our summers went and what we learned.

Hosts:

Marquise Richards (@MarquiseDavon)

Brianna Tyson (@PUSHABRI)

Marie Sykes (SykesMvrie_)

DayQuan Williams (@_d_will_)

Crew:

Audio: Tyler Washington (@TheeWashington)

Alternative Blacks Podcast (@BlacksPodcast)

Content Asst: Manny Coombs (@Blondedapi)

Links:

Instagram.com/DearRDG

Facebook: Dear Reading

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbpZWEXEeRSZ5_7psVi1FlA

For this special episode, we decided to do a series of roundtables to discuss various aspects of Ava DuVernay's docu-series "When They See Us." We have featured a Black women's roundtable, Black Men's roundtable, and the media + public pressure roundtable.

You can also watch the visuals on the Dear Reading Facebook page.

We wrap up season three just doing some stuff off the cuff. We talk about our individual projects, what this year has been like for us, what's coming next, and where we hope to see the podcast go for the 4th season. Marie drops exclusives. Bri bringing more content. D. Will is realigning. Marquise starts his solo venture with "This American Negro."

CHECK OUT MARIE's new blog: sykesisthelimit.com

Check out Pusha Bri's blog: pushabri.com

Hosts:

Chief Quise (@MarquiseDavon)

D. Will (@_d_will_)

MARIE (@sykesmvrie_)

PUSHA BRI (@PUSHABRI)

Production Team:

Content Director: Mateo Toro (@themateotoro) (@retorocle)

Producer/Audio Engineer: Jay Shaffer (@PagodaCity)

Photographer: Manny Coombs (@blondedapi) (oni.das)

Intro Track produced by RLO

Outro Track produced by Fuego Ellington.