Mic'd Up

Show host Mika discusses how the onslaught of money pouring into South Carolina from presidential campaigns and local elections complicates the Black community's ability to maintain political autonomy and power.

Mentioned During This Episode:

https://soundcloud.com/user-150973509/black-voters-matter-live-in-studio

The State Article on Tom Steyer:

https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/election/article238192759.html

MoveOn.org - Black Political Power Summit

https://youtu.be/Wt3jAZC4hIg

Ebony Magazine:

https://www.ebony.com/news/black-staff-matters-behind-the-scenes-biden-2020-team/

Music Featured On This Episode:

https://soundcloud.com/benjaminstarrship

www.bennystarrsc.com

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Mika unpacks the Trump administration's changes to the federal SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), commonly referred to as Government Food Stamps. Also, straight from local headlines - - Gov. Henry McMaster announces new work requirements for Medicaid recipients. Placing one more barrier to assistance for South Carolina's most vulnerable residents.

Content Mentioned or Played During the Show:

McMaster Medicaid Rollbacks - www.postandcourier.com/health/sc-medicaid-beneficiaries-will-now-be-legally-required-to-show/article_aad72a6a-1d08-11ea-9471-63df1100e58e.html

Seema Verma/NY Magazine http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/12/seema-verma-gives-south-carolina-the-worst-holiday-present.html

True Story of the 'Welfare Queen' - https://youtu.be/mr_8B1IzFFY

Welfare & The Politics of Poverty - https://youtu.be/Y9lfuqqNA_g

The Myth of the 'Welfare Queen' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDiwKiYQBNs

AP on Trump's SNAP rollbacks - https://youtu.be/oIYy-CeCLmk

SNAP Restrictions - https://youtu.be/wpwPNu9WB1o

Music - bennystarrsc.com

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**Show Note**

The political views expressed on this show are solely those of host, Mika Gadsden and do not reflect the opinions or beliefs of Ohm Radio Station or any other organization

On this episode of Mic'd Up, host MIka speaks with organizer and strategist, Angela Peoples, to discuss her work with Black Womxn For.

For More Information, Visit:

https://www.blackwomxnfor.com

Elizabeth Warren in Atlanta:

https://youtu.be/6_H-ZbV2tyY

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On this episode of Mic'd Up, Mika explores the rich history of Indigenous (Pre-American) tribes here in South Carolina and how they intersected with Black lives to create communities of "Black Indians", both here in the Palmetto State and nation wide.

Links to clips played during the show:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTJyor_rFlc&t=184s

www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0TImCHcAWY

www.npr.org/2010/11/30/131696685/-Black-Indians-Explore-Challenges-Of-Hidden-Heritage

www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=146087630

USC Lancaster's Native American Studies Center www.sc.edu/about/system_and_campuses/lancaster/study/student_opportunities/native_american_studies_center/

www.npr.org/2011/09/20/140630565/americas-2nd-largest-indian-tribe-expels-blacks

Other Links:

Black Indians by William books.google.com/books?id=9M95DgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=black+indians&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj-0p7m24_mAhUQvFkKHVVGAtcQ6AEwAHoECAMQAg

www.smithsonianmag.com/history/an-ancestry-of-african-native-americans-7986049/

https://www.kgou.org/post/why-indian-territorys-all-black-towns-prospered-while-most-oklahoma-territorys-faded-away

Catawba Indians - www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSHZ4K8nq0Y

Black Towns of Oklahoma - www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL2ihPUjuj0

Music featured on this episode:

Benny Starr's A Water Album (Forever Love & Water Keeps Rising)

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Mika is joined on Mic'd Up by friend of the show, Benny Starr, as he prepares to launch his first book club, Chapter & Verse.

Learn more about Chapter & Verse Here: bit.ly/ChapterAndVerseNickelBoys

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On this episode of Mic'd Up on Ohm, Mika sits down with the Executive Director of the Charleston Friends of the Library, Jeanell Marvin to discuss her love of books, reading and her fantastic use of social media via @JeanellNicoleReads, a #Bookstagram account where she shares book reviews, current reads and much more!

Find Jeanell on Instagram: www.instagram.com/jeanellnicolereads/

Jeanell's Review of Colson Whitehead's The Nickel Boys: www.instagram.com/p/Byfa6qWgfFz/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

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On this episode of Mic'd Up, Mika chats with the fantastic author, Eden Royce from her home in Kent, England. Eden discusses her Gullah roots, her thoughts on the genre that is Southern Gothic and how she weaves her Freshwater Geechee heritage into her writing.

A Short List of Work from Eden:

For Southern Girls When the Zodiac Ain't Near Enough

https://www.apex-magazine.com/for-southern-girls-when-the-zodiac-aint-near-enough/

Every Good-bye Ain't Gone

http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/every-good-bye-aint-gone/

Witches for Mars (Read by the amazing Gullah-Geechee writer Sara Daise)

https://www.drabblecast.org/2019/04/20/drabblecast-404-witches-for-mars-2/

Recommended reading:

The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington by P. Djeli Clark

https://firesidefiction.com/the-secret-lives-of-the-nine-negro-teeth-of-george-washington

J. California Cooper

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/31571/a-piece-of-mine-by-j-california-cooper/9780385420877/readers-guide/

"Sweat" - short story by Zora Neale Hurston

https://biblioklept.org/2013/01/21/sweat-zora-neale-hurston/

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Just in time for Halloween, Mika shares her favorite books, audio clips and ghost stories that highlight Gullah culture and folklore. Included in this episode is audio from the Strange Horizons podcast featuring Eden Royce's "Every Goodbye Ain't Gone".

Strange Horizons: http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/every-good-bye-aint-gone/

Cleansing, Spiritual Okra Bath Recipe:

bit.ly/SpiritualOkraBath

Suggested Reading - Lowcountry Lore: Haunts, Hags & Plat-Eyes

by Janie Dease Greene, Blue Roots: African American Folk Magic of the Gullah People by Roger Pinckney, Spook Lights: Southern Gothic Horror by Eden Royce and Mules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston

Gullah folk lore glossary: http://www.lowcountryweekend.com/haints-and-boo-hags-what-ghosts-haunt-you/

Links to the videos referenced in the show -

Roger Pinckney explains Gullah Root Magic: https://youtu.be/e6F0Z4MRnV8

Dr. Buzzard's Burial Site: https://youtu.be/5gARnIKrlA4

Roger Pinckney explains "Haant Blue": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICQAtRm2nyI

The Black Collective/Gullah Revenge Thriller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJugnekKNro

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This week, host Mika Gadsden takes a closer look at the recently released CNA audit of the Charleston Police Department and its uncovering of racial bias. Mika, also, discusses her recent trip to the EJI Legacy Museum and links that visit to the history of policing in America.

Denmark Vesey's Garden Authors - bit.ly/MicdUpEp6

Denmark Vesey's Garden - https://thenewpress.com/books/denmark-veseys-garden

EJI - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP_8NA5c6br1aHFizoeWSHw

Samuel Sinyangwe Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcQ9GLEuyJE&t=1788s

Colin Quashie Exhibit -http://halsey.cofc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/extended-captions-for-quashie_lr.pdf

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