Help Me Understand

By GLOSSRAGS Media Co.

Hosts Randi Gloss & Niema Jordan delve into the world & all of its wildness through discussion because, well, the world needs help. Help Me Understands seeks to understand and challenge social... more

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The podcast currently has 9 episodes available.

Help Me Understand episodes:

June 14, 2018 Help Me Understand | Ep. 007: A Whole New World
Season 3 is here! Randi is flying solo (tune in to find out why) & welcomes her first guest of the new season---St. Louis photographer Adrian Octavius Walker. They'll talk about the materialization of his mantra, "Black Women Over Breathing," making moves out of St. Louis to Oakland (with a stop in between), and fatherhood. And of course, it wouldn't be Help Me Understand with Randi's Radar so tune in to find out what Randi & Adrian are looking forward to.
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1h 6min
November 14, 2017 Help Me Understand | Special Episode: Cuffing SZN Confessions, Vol. I
Live in LA from the Werk It! Women's Podcast Festival, Help Me Understand presents: Cuffing Season Confessions, Vol.I! Randi sat down with five different women who shared their cuffing season stories—from professional tennis players & movie moments to therapy & more. You're going to want to tune in!
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Sponsored by Cole Haan
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Creator + Executive Producer + Editor: Randi Gloss
Associate Producer: Niema Jordan
Sound Engineer: Nigel
Music: John Lass (Intro + Outro)
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14min
November 14, 2017 Help Me Understand | Special Episode: Cuffing SZN Confessions, Vol. II
Live in LA from the Werk It! Women's Podcast Festival, Help Me Understand presents: Cuffing Season Confessions, Vol.II!
So, what do turkey bacon, tree & triflin' all have in common?
Randi sat down with the ladies of The Black Joy Mixtape—Amber J. Phillips aka The High Priestess of Black Joy & Jaz on Ya' Mine aka the King of Da' Souf for an intimate, tell-all session.
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Creator + Executive Producer + Editor: Randi Gloss
Associate Producer: Niema Jordan
Sound Engineer: Nigel
Music: John Lass (Intro + Outro)
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39min
September 20, 2017 Help Me Understand | Ep. 006: Seasons on Seasons
On this episode, Randi & Niema recap their summer highlights, discuss Kaepernick's on-going protest while questioning the world of sports, & try to figure out the rules and regulations of Cuffing Season.
SHOW NOTES
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ON SUMMER ’17:
•Omarosa’s NABJ Fiasco
•Black Star Film Fest
•40 Million Dollar Slaves (Book)
•DETROIT, the movie: HuffPo Review; Fact vs. Fiction in DETROIT: Slate
•Wood Harris’ Instagram
•You Had Me at Black
•Vitae London
ON KAEPERNICK + QUESTIONING SPORTS CULTURE:
•Blavity: What if Black Americans Walked Away from Football?
•Jim Brown’s Nonsense
•A Year Later, Reflecting on Spotlighting Colin Kaepernick’s Anthem Protest
•Mizzou’s Dilemma Following Their Protest
ON CUFFING SEASON:
•Demetria’s ask.fm Page
•7 (Mostly) Funny Cuffing Season Memes
•What are your rules, thoughts or best cuffing season stories? Send ‘em our way! Email yo [at] glossrags [dot] com, with CUFFING SZN in the subject line. Audio files are acceptable too!
ON OUR RADAR:
•Simeon Marsalis’ new book, As Lie is to Grin
•Youth/Police Project
•Gianni Lee’s story of being arrested & detained by LAPD—and how it reminds him of slavery
•Dave Zirin’s Edge of Sports (Podcast)
•What’s Good with Stretch & Bobbito (Podcast)
•Holley Murchinson’s new book, Tell Me About Yourself: Six Steps for Accurate & Artful Self-Definition
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Dig what you hear? Have something to say about it? Let us know! Email yo [at] glossrags [dot] com with your comments.
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Creator + Executive Producer + Editor: Randi Gloss
Associate Producer: Niema Jordan
Music: John Lass (Intro + Outro)
Break 1: Aqui no Baile by DKPVZ (Source: Soulection White Label)
Break 2: BeFree[WenCanI] by Foisey (Source: Soulection White Label)
Break 3: Crushin’ You by Lakim (Source: Soulection White Label)
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1h 6min
June 28, 2017 Help Me Understand | Ep. 005: The 3 D's
•The Lucas Bros: On Drugs + Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King
Netflix Specials
•Know NOLA Tours
Black-Owned Tour Company in New Orleans
@KnowNolaTours on IG
•Eat Hustle San Quentin
A new podcast from inside the walls of San Quentin State Prison
https://www.earhustlesq.com/
•Queen Sugar on OWN
According to Randi, it's the best thing on TV right now.
•Black Gotham Experience
http://blackgotham.com/
•#Blkcreatives
http://www.blkcreatives.com/
•You Are Badass At Making Money (Book)
http://www.jensincero.com/badass-making-money-2017/
•Cassius Life
https://cassiuslife.com/
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Creator + Executive Producer + Editor: Randi Gloss
Associate Producer: Niema Jordan
Music: John Lass (Intro + Outro)
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58min
May 24, 2017 Help Me Understand | Ep. 004: You & Your New Words
SHOW NOTES
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. We've partnered with our friends at Talkspace to create an exclusive promo code for our GLOSSRAGS audience. Receive $35 off your therapy plan with the code GLOSSRAGS. Visit www.talkspace.com to learn more!
#BlackMentalHealthMatters
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ON WOKE:
•What Does It Really Mean to Be "Woke"?: bit.ly/2rURPaC
•Bustle: What Does "Woke" Mean? There's More to the Slang Term Than You Think: bit.ly/2kuHxPq
•ESSENCE Woke 100 List(Peep Randi at #48!): bit.ly/2qh8SmK
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ON TOXIC MASCULINITY:
•Bustle's 6 Harmful Effects of Toxic Masculinity: bit.ly/2qQ0cGH
•Masculinity & Misogyny in the Digital Age: bit.ly/2rUO6K5
•The Toxicity of Men Silencing Women: bit.ly/2qatIEV
•Brene Brown on Vulnerability: bit.ly/1lJtLD1
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ON OUR RADAR:
•Trap Medicine: bit.ly/2ricKbg
•He Never Came Home: Interviews, Stories, and Essays from Daughters on Life Without Their Fathers (Regina R. Robertson): amzn.to/2qWQQcR
•Fatherless (Fusion Docu-Series): fus.in/2rhP6vy
•Second City Presents: Nothing to Lose (But Our Chains): bit.ly/2qcrbNS
•Kendrick Lamar + D.R.A.M. + Travis Scott Tour: bit.ly/2qcl6Rz
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Dig what you hear? Have something to say about it? Let us know! Email yo [at] glossrags [dot] com with your comments.
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Creator + Executive Producer + Editor: Randi Gloss
Associate Producer: Niema Jordan
Music: John Lass (Intro); Nangdo (Break 1); Harris Cole (Break 2)
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1h 1min
May 23, 2017 Help Me Understand | Ep. 002: More Than Just Marginalized
eaturing:
*Vann Newkirk | Staff Writer: The Atlantic + Co-Host of @nwap
*Reverend Yearwood | President + CEO: The Hip-Hop Caucus
*Vernon Hammett | Deacon: Alfred Street Baptist Church
*Vanessa Newman | Founder: Butch Baby Co. + Director of Content: Lesbians Who Tech
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35min
May 23, 2017 Help Me Understand | Ep. 001: Pilot Jones
In the first episode of Help Me Understand, Randi sits down with creative director Mike Wallz, photographer Shannon Wallace & poet Amin Drew Law to talk about activism & what it actually means to live as a millennial.
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29min
April 27, 2017 Help Me Understand | Ep. 003: Return of the Rap
Niema Jordan joins Randi Gloss as a co-host for the relaunch of Help Me Understand, a GLOSSRAGS Media Co. original podcast. This time around, it's a little lighter, a little wilder because you can never have enough Black joy. Dig?
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47min

FAQs about Help Me Understand:

How many episodes does Help Me Understand have?

The podcast currently has 9 episodes available.