Mr. BigHead Reads

By Tait Brooks

Mr. Big Head Reads is a podcast designed to celebrate the art and beauty of reading. This channel will promote black authors, known and unknown. The goal is to encourage young people of color; specifi... more

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The podcast currently has 16 episodes available.

Mr. BigHead Reads episodes:

May 28, 2025 Brother Breathe Series: D'Shawn Harris
Join us for our finale with the incredible D’Shawn Harris. His transparency, authenticity, and vulnerability were nothing short of powerful.
He reminded us that healing isn’t linear, that community matters, and that creating safe spaces—especially for Black men—is a revolutionary act of love.
Be sure to like, subscribe and share!
If you missed the episode, do yourself a favor and tap in. This one’s for the heart.
#MrBigHeadReads #MentalHealthMatters #SafeHavenTherapy #BlackMenHealing #DShawnHarris #TherapyIsPower #Blackliteracyisblackliberation
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May 21, 2025Brother, Breathe: Kevin Dedner on Black Mental Health
For Mental Health Awareness Month, I’m honored to welcome Kevin Dedner to Mr. Big Head Reads. Kevin is a nationally recognized public health executive, founder of Hurdle Health, and author of The Joy of the Disinherited — a moving collection of essays on trauma, oppression, and Black mental health.
In this episode, Kevin shares:
His personal journey navigating mental health as a Black man
The founding and impact of Hurdle Health
How joy and rest can be tools of resistance
Why culturally competent care is non-negotiable for equity
This is a must-listen for educators, DEI professionals, healthcare leaders, and anyone committed to mental wellness and systemic change.
🎧 Listen now & subscribe — help us reach 600 subscribers by the end of summer!
Let’s keep breathing, building, and breaking cycles.
#BrotherBreathe #MentalHealthAwareness #KevinDedner #MrBigHeadReads #BlackMenHeal #PublicHealthLeadership #MentalHealthEquity #ActiveMinds #BlackliteracyisBlackliberation
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50min
May 14, 2025 Brother Breathe Series: Rodrick Johnson
Welcome back!!! This episode of my podcast! Be sure to subscribe/like/share!!! We are continuing this Mental Health awareness month with another incredible conversation featuring Rodrick Johnson, licensed coach, scholar, teacher, consultant and author of Joey's Story! Follow him on IG @coachrod_reads keep up with his powerful work.Subscribe, subscribe, subscribe!And don’t forget to hit that notification bell so you never miss an episode.Every Wednesday in May, we're bringing you resources, inspiration, and reflections in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month — all through the lens of Black men, mental health, and liberation.Because Black literacy is Black liberation.Let’s go!#MrBigHeadReads #BrotherBreathe #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #BlackMentalHealth #PodcastPremiere #BlackLiteracyIsBlackLiberation #SubscribeNow
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44min
May 07, 2025 Brother Breathe Series: Jordan Costen-Sumpter
The premiere episode of my new podcast drops on YouTube (@MrBigHeadProduction) and you do not want to miss it!
I'm kicking things off with an incredible conversation featuring Jordan Costen-Sumpter — licensed psychotherapist, founder of Safe Space NOVA, and advocate for LGBTQ+ youth.
Follow him on IG @affirmativeguy to keep up with his powerful work.
Subscribe, subscribe, subscribe!
And don’t forget to hit that notification bell so you never miss an episode.
Every Wednesday in May, we're bringing you resources, inspiration, and reflections in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month — all through the lens of Black men, mental health, and liberation.
Because Black literacy is Black liberation.
Let’s go!
#MrBigHeadReads #BrotherBreathe #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #BlackMentalHealth #PodcastPremiere #BlackLiteracyIsBlackLiberation #SubscribeNow
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38min
March 29, 2024 If you are not outraged, you are not paying attention!
Book Review of the week - March 29, 2024
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On Being Included x Sara Ahmed
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Genre: Diversity
Published: Duke University Press, 2012
Length: 256 pages; 4 hours 10 mins
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Want to know more about diversity and its function? Sara Ahmed writes about diversity in a way that is compelling and informative. By interviewing diversity practitioners in higher education, she explains why diversity work is hard and there is constant resistance to doing diversity work. What happens when diversity is offered as a solution to racism in higher education?
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Let's talk about DEI! As a Black leader working in a diversity, equity, and inclusion role in higher education I find myself in a consistent posture of pushing up against the walls of status quo and structural whiteness. Utilizing the works found in this book further assists leaders like me in understanding the ways institutional policies and practices continue marginalization. This book is a resource, and since DEI has taken on a new energy, I think it is important to share some resources with you that I find to be informative and illuminating.
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#podcast #youtuber #blackauthorsmatter #blackwomen #DEI #authorsofcolor #blackreads #betonblack #podcaster #youtube #podcastlife #diversity #inclusion #whatisDEI #IamDEI #DEIwithanattitude

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March 03, 2024 March into Greatness!!!
Hey Readers!!! Thank you for rocking with me and for listening!!!

This is a quick check-in to let you know what is happening in my life and what you can look forward to soon.

Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe! It means a lot!
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5min
August 02, 2023 Racial Innocence x Tanya Hernandez
Book Review of the week - August 2, 2023
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Racial Innocence x Tanya Hernandez
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Genre: Education
Published: 23 August 2022 (Beacon Press)
Length: 216 pages; 4hours 5 mins
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Racial Innocence will challenge what you thought about racism and bias and demonstrate that it’s possible for a historically marginalized group to experience discrimination and also be discriminatory. Racism is deeply complex, and law professor and comparative race relations expert Tanya Katerí Hernández exposes “the Latino racial innocence cloak” that often veils Latino complicity in racism. As Latinos are the second-largest ethnic group in the US, this revelation is critical to dismantling systemic racism. Basing her work on interviews, discrimination case files, and civil rights law, Hernández reveals Latino anti-Black bias in the workplace, the housing market, schools, places of recreation, the criminal justice system, and Latino families.
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#podcast #youtuber #latinxauthorsmatter #antiblackbias #criticalreads #blackreads #racialinnocence #tanyahernandez #podcaster #youtube #podcastlife

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June 21, 2023 The Vibes You Feel x Kierra Sheard Kelly
Book Review of the week - June 21, 2023
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The Vibes You Feel x Kierra Sheard Kelly
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Genre: Memoir/ Self-Help
Published: 9 May 2023 (Zonderkidz)
Length: 224 pages; 5 hours 12 mins
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Each day, we are under attack—by people who want to keep us down or who doubt our gifts, as well as by spiritual forces who want to knock us off our God-given path and into the darkness. In The Vibes You Feel, Kierra “Kiki” Sheard-Kelly invites you to uncover what it means to have the Holy Spirit in your life, and how listening to the vibes we sense in certain situations can help steer us toward the future God intends.
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#podcast #youtuber #blackauthorsmatter #blackwomen #blackhistorymonth #blackreads #betonblack #kierrasheard #podcaster #youtube #podcastlife
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June 16, 2023 We Need A Revival
Book Review of the week - June 16, 2023
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Red Lip Theology x Candice Marie Benbow
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Genre: Memoir/ Self-Help/ Spiritual
Published: 18 January 2022 (Convergent Books)
Length: 208 pages; 6 hours 7mins
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Synopsis: Blurring the boundaries of righteousness and irreverence, Red Lip Theology invites us to discover freedom in a progressive Christian faith that incorporates activism, feminism, and radical authenticity. Essayist and theologian Candice Marie Benbow’s essays explore universal themes like heartache, loss, forgiveness, and sexuality, and she unflinchingly empowers women who struggle with feeling loved and nurtured by church culture.
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March 05, 2023 A Quick Check-In!!!
Hey Readers! Thank you for rocking with me and for supporting me! This is just a quick check-in to let you all know what is happening in my life and what to expect moving forward with Mr. Big Head Reads.

Thank you for listening and don't forget to subscribe, like, comment and share!!!!
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FAQs about Mr. BigHead Reads:

How many episodes does Mr. BigHead Reads have?

The podcast currently has 16 episodes available.