Nina has a philosophically lyrical conversation with Dr Cornel West, author, philosopher, activist and whom she refers to as an “intergalactically known intellectual.”

Under the guise of comparing the blues to our painful current times, this Blues Brother and Blues Sister get low down and dirty about love – that type of bounce-back love that is needed to heal our current catastrophe, that type of love that the Blues songs encapsulate so well and that type of blues that Black folks have been singing since 1870. This episode will have you pressing rewind – just like any good song – so you can catch that “Doc West” melody, that phrasing, that messaging that will feed your soul in this time that is full of heartache but capable of compassion, creativity, smiles and styles. Get on this train, put your headphones on … and listen.   

NOTES:

Blues created by black community 1870s

https://www.britannica.com/art/blues-music

Race Matters by Dr Cornel West https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/643717/race-matters-25th-anniversary-by-cornel-west/

“Justice not Revenge”- Kimberly Jones Quote and Speech https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/kimberly-latrice-jones-blm-video-speech-transcript

 Dr. Jill Stein

https://www.jill2016.com/about

 Kanye West- running for president https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/05/entertainment/kanye-west-running-for-president-trnd/index.html

 Debra Messing incident https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/debra-messing-used-stacey-abrams-to-attack-nina-turner-%E2%80%94-and-it-backfired/ar-BB16vjF3

Quotes:

“You cannot lead people if you do not love people”- Dr. Cornell West

WC Handy - St. Louis Blues

Ma Rainy-Black Eye Blues

Bessie Smith - Downhearted Blues

Muddy Waters -  Hootchie Coochie Man

Jimi Hendrix— Freedom

John Coltrane – A Love Supreme

Stevie Wonder – Love’s in Need of Love Today

BB King - The Thrill is Gone

Marvin Gaye - National Anthem

The Ohio Players - I Want to Be Free and Ohio

Gerald Levert— Baby Hold On to Me

Sly & The Family Stone

Teddy Pendergrass – Joy written by Calloway Brothers of Midnight Star

 

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