Foot On Yo’ Neck

It has been a hot minute y’all but we are back! In this episode, we catch y’all up on our last year and a half since recording. Kicking off SZN 2.5 we question our generational responsibility to create wealth for our predecessors, what does that really look like? Does monetary wealth equate to abundance? Like the old folk say, "you can't take it with you!" but you can leave it here! What else other than money can we collect and leave to those who will inhibit this planet long after we are gone?

#FreePalestineTilIt'sBackwards #FreeSudan #FreeHaiti #FreeCongo

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won’t you celebrate with me by Lucille Clifton https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50974/wont-you-celebrate-with-me

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We are fundraising to get all the monetary resources necessary to pay our artists and guests for season 3! If you would like to contribute please refer below:

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We are on an extended break from FYN, but we still have to remind y'all to keep your foot on necks! In the name of Juneteenth and uplifting the freedom of our enslaved ancestors, we are re-releasing our journalistic Juneteenth episode where we interviewed Black femmes at the 2021 Leimert Park Rising festival. 

We hope you enjoy this replay and we'll see you soon!

Special thank you to everyone who was willing to speak with us: Ciera B, Raven T, Auset A., Bridget, Ashley C, Kia & Tasha, Ebony O, KJ & Betty R, and Quayala & Teshara. (Some chose to be unnamed, which we respect!)

Thank you, thank you to these folks being open and sharing with us! 

We launched our website: footonyoneck.squarespace.com 

How Can You Support Our Podcast? Follow us on IG and Twitter @footonyoneck. Interact with us on these platforms too; we love reading the comments! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! We love our listeners so let us know how you feel! FYN needs financial support to keep this ship running so feel free to donate via Venmo: @planetcrab (Jana) and @Nia-McClinton.

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Ahh it's our very first minisode! Are you tired of listening to men, and specifically men with podcasts? Are they causing you grief, irritation, and genuine discomfort to your eardrums? If you answered yes to either of those questions, this episode is the end of all that grief! Let's lay them to rest once and for all, never allowing them reverence on Earth again.   Title Card and Social Media Design - Ariel Mengistu.  IG: @rellyrooo and Arielmengistu.com  How You Can Support Our Podcast:  Follow us on IG and TikTok @footonyoneck. Interact with us on these platforms too; we love reading the comments!   Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and now Spotify! We love our listeners so let us know how you feel!   FYN needs financial support to keep this ship running so also feel free to donate via Venmo: @planetcrab (Jana) and @Nia-McClinton.  Podcast Intro and Outro Theme Song Audio - Playing indigo IG: @indigo.player77  Follow and listen to Playing indigo on Spotify for healing and anti-capitalist tunes at playingindigo.org

Podcast Intro and Outro Theme Song Audio - Playing indigo

IG: @indigo.player77

Follow and listen to Playing indigo on Spotify for healing and anti-capitalist tunes

playingindigo.org

Title Card and Social Media Design - Ariel Mengistu

IG: @rellyrooo

Arielmengistu.com

Ahh it's our very first minisode! Are you tired of listening to men, and specifically men with podcasts? Are they causing you grief, irritation, and genuine discomfort to your eardrums? If you answered yes to either of those questions, this episode is for you! Let's lay them to rest once and for all, never allowing them reverence on Earth again. 

How You Can Support Our Podcast - 

Follow us on IG and Twitter @footonyoneck. Interact with us on these platforms too; we love reading the comments! 

Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and now Spotify! We love our listeners so let us know how you feel! 

FYN needs financial support to keep this ship running so also feel free to donate via Venmo: @planetcrab (Jana) and @Nia-McClinton.

I bet you didn’t know this podcast was made up of two bibliophiles, did you? In our season two finale, we break down our favorite pieces of text by Black Women. These choices are text that have carried us, radicalized us, and guided us on our way. Go check out some of the text we talk about and give them a gander and share your thoughts with us! Season two has been real and we hope you have enjoyed the ride as much as we have. Until next time, keep APPLYING THE MF PRESSURE! Website: footonyoneck.squarespace.com  How You Can Support Our Podcast? Follow us on IG and Twitter @footonyoneck. Interact with us on these platforms too; we love reading the comments! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! We love our listeners so let us know how you feel! FYN needs financial support to keep this ship running so feel free to donate via Venmo: @planetcrab (Jana) and @Nia-McClinton. Podcast Theme Audio by Playing indigo   IG: @indigo.player77 (Follow and listen to Playing indigo on Spotify for healing and anti-capitalist tunes!) Title Card and Social Media Designs by Ariel Mengistu  IG: @rellyrooo  Arielmengistu.com

In this episode, We discuss the intersection of colorism and its deleterious impact on Black people, specifically Women and Femmes, affected by misogyny with TK! TK is the founder and the heart n' soul behind the digital Black feminist platform The Darkest Hue, where she creates provocative and transformative content surrounding the issue of colorism. TK's pronouns are she and hers. And she is a rising senior at Columbia University. If you resonate with our conversation and would like to further support TK's work, be sure to follow @darkest.hue on IG and her baking page @blkgrlbaking if you have a sweet tooth!

Website: footonyoneck.squarespace.com 

How You Can Support Our Podcast? Follow us on IG and Twitter @footonyoneck. Interact with us on these platforms too; we love reading the comments! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! We love our listeners, so let us know how you feel! 

FYN needs financial support to keep this ship running so feel free to donate via Venmo: @planetcrab (Jana) and @Nia-McClinton.

Podcast Theme Audio by Playing indigo   IG: @indigo.player77

(Follow and listen to Playing indigo on Spotify for healing and anti-capitalist tunes!)

Title Card and Social Media Designs by Ariel Mengistu  IG: @rellyrooo  Arielmengistu.com

In this episode, we revisit the the topic of Black Excellence by offering another perspective that we decided to call "Black Authenticity." How has whiteness, race, capitalism and all the other -isms and power structures affect how we live our lives? SURPRISE! THERE'S A FUCK TON OF ways we inhibit, exhaust, and betray ourselves for the sake of others. Not over here though baby! Black Women and Femmes innately deserve the capacity to show up in the world as we are authentically and simply, no performance necessary!!!!!

Website: footonyoneck.squarespace.com 

How You Can Support Our Podcast? Follow us on IG and Twitter @footonyoneck. Interact with us on these platforms too; we love reading the comments! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! We love our listeners so let us know how you feel! FYN needs financial support to keep this ship running so feel free to donate via Venmo: @planetcrab (Jana) and @Nia-McClinton.

Podcast Theme Audio by Playing indigo   IG: @indigo.player77

(Follow and listen to Playing indigo on Spotify for healing and anti-capitalist tunes!)

Title Card and Social Media Designs by Ariel Mengistu  IG: @rellyrooo  Arielmengistu.com

In episode 11, We revisit the topic of Juneteenth with some guest! During our time celebrating Juneteenth at the Leimert Park Rising Festival we asked some Black Women about their opinions on Juneteenth becoming a "federal holiday." Note: the day after we recorded Episode 8, Juneteenth officially became a federal holiday. So we decided it was the perfect moment to get folks real opinions on this. We got the opportunity to speak with some familiar voices and some new ones. Special thank you to everyone who was willing to speak with us: Ciera B, Raven T, Auset A., Bridget, Ashley C, Kia & Tasha, Ebony O, KJ & Betty R, and Quayala & Teshara. (Some chose to be unnamed, which we respect!)Thank you, thank you to these folks being open and sharing with us! And thank YOU for listening, we hope this episode makes you laugh like it made us laugh.

We launched our website: footonyoneck.squarespace.com 

How You Can Support Our Podcast? Follow us on IG and Twitter @footonyoneck. Interact with us on these platforms too; we love reading the comments! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! We love our listeners so let us know how you feel! FYN needs financial support to keep this ship running so feel free to donate via Venmo: @planetcrab (Jana) and @Nia-McClinton.

Podcast Theme Audio by Playing indigo   IG: @indigo.player77

(Follow and listen to Playing indigo on Spotify for healing and anti-capitalist tunes!)

Title Card and Social Media Designs by Ariel Mengistu  IG: @rellyrooo  Arielmengistu.com

On this week’s episode of Foot On Yo’ Neck, we are joined by our lovely guest and fellow bruin NJ Omorogieva to discuss what it’s like living outside the US and the impact it has on daily life as a Black woman.NJ's pronouns are She/Her. NJ is an LA native currently living in Madrid,Spain and preparing for her move to London, England to continue her education journey. For the past two years, she has worked as an English Language Teacher Assistant in a Spanish high school. Though her job is arbitrary at times, she gives purpose to her position by curating activities and presentations highlighting BIPOC issues and history and discussing social issues with her students. Her time in Spain has changed her perspective and future plans significantly, offering her an alternative Black existence and decentralizing the American Black narrative. These realizations are ever present in her work, art, and spiritual journey. If you resonate with any part of our conversation and would like to further support NJ’s work, be sure to follow them on instagram @radgal_nj and her art page @radgal.paints.

We also launched our website: footonyoneck.squarespace.com Go check it out!

How You Can Support Our Podcast? Follow us on IG and Twitter @footonyoneck. Interact with us on these platforms too; we love reading the comments! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! We love our listeners so let us know how you feel! FYN needs financial support to keep this ship running so feel free to donate via Venmo: @planetcrab (Jana) and @Nia-McClinton.

Podcast Theme Audio by Playing indigo   IG: @indigo.player77

(Follow and listen to Playing indigo on Spotify for healing and anti-capitalist tunes!)

Title Card and Social Media Designs by Ariel Mengistu  IG: @rellyrooo  Arielmengistu.com

On this week’s episode of Foot On Yo’ Neck we will be discussing the realities of being our whole Black girl selves in academia , grad school, and beyond with Alexis Umoye. Alexis's pronouns are she and her. Alexis Umoye is a second-year medical student at University of California, Davis, where she is a Vice Chancellor MARCH Scholar and a member of the Academic Research Career for Medical Doctors Pathway. Throughout her time in higher education, she has been an advocate for increased diversity and representation for racial communities that have been historically and presently excluded in medicine. Above all, she hopes to continue to build an authentic voice in spaces such as medicine, to amplify issues that directly impact Black women.  If you resonate with our conversation and would like to further support Alexis's work, be sure to follow Alexis on IG @lexumoye or Twitter @UmoyeAlexis.

We also launched our website: footonyoneck.squarespace.com Go check it out!

How You Can Support Our Podcast? Follow us on IG and Twitter @footonyoneck. Interact with us on these platforms too; we love reading the comments! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! We love our listeners so let us know how you feel! FYN needs financial support to keep this ship running so feel free to donate via Venmo: @planetcrab (Jana) and @Nia-McClinton.

Podcast Theme Audio by Playing indigo   IG: @indigo.player77

(Follow and listen to Playing indigo on Spotify for healing and anti-capitalist tunes!)

Title Card and Social Media Designs by Ariel Mengistu  IG: @rellyrooo  Arielmengistu.com