No Wednesday

No Wednesday

By Dr. C. Emmanuel LittleEducationSelf-Improvement
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No Wednesday episodes

  • Supreme Gratitude
    In this episode, Emmanuel uses John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" as a launch point to talk about the importance of gratitude and staying grateful in the moment. Additional show notes below:
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    Sources:
    NPR article on "A Love Supreme" https://www.npr.org/2000/10/23/148148986/a-love-supreme
    Snippet in interlude: "Better Now"...full version available via for No Wednesday Patreon subscribers
    Podcast mentioned: "Carlie's Couch" https://www.carliescouch.com/ Episode on importance of receiving: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-just-as-important-to-receive/id1435720382?i=1000513916488
    Corina Newsome: @hood_naturalist on Twitter/Instagram. Website: https://corinanewsome.wixsite.com/hoodnaturalist
    Gratitude exercises https://positivepsychology.com/gratitude-exercises/
    More gratitude exercises https://ideas.ted.com/your-5-day-gratitude-challenge-from-ted/
    Dark Night of the Soul article https://thoughtcatalog.com/brianna-wiest/2017/02/18-signs-youre-going-through-whats-known-as-a-dark-night-of-the-soul/
    Increase Your Lexicon: "Effervescent" (adj)
    Joyful Noise: John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" (of course) https://open.spotify.com/album/7Eoz7hJvaX1eFkbpQxC5PA?si=mXZrdMP2RpGZNn0AL88Ndg
    No Wednesday is produced, written and edited by Dr. C. Emmanuel Little.
    19 min
  • Happy Birthday To Me!

    IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!!  No real episode this week. I'm on break. See you next Wednesday!

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    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nowednesdaypod

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    Cashapp: $itsdrlittle

    3 min
  • OutKast Is The Greatest

    In maybe the most fun #NoWednesday yet, Emmanuel waxes poetic about his undying love for the one of the greatest musical acts of all time, OUTKAST. Join him on this funky ride through Stankonia through his eyes! Lots of show notes below.

    Support No Wednesday via:

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    • The No Wednesday Podcast Store: https://teespring.com/stores/the-no-wednesday-podcast-store
    • Cashapp: $itsdrlittle

      • Sources

      • #OUTKAST at the 1995 source awards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg4A6umDzDQ&t=742s
      • GQ 2011 Article about The Dungeon Family https://www.gq.com/story/the-dungeon-family-gq-music-issue
      • Documentary: The Art of Organized Noize (Netflix): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5105736/ 
      • Joi Gilliam: https://www.alljoieverything.com/
      • Debrah Killings (background singer on some of your fave 'Kast records): http://debrakillingsstudios.com/
      • Article about Dr. Joycelyn Wilson & Dr. Regina Bradley https://www.artsatl.org/outkastd-claimin-true-georgia-professors-bringing-two-dope-boyz-academy/
      • Dr. Joycelyn Wilson - The Outkast Imagination TED Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI2s0A0kFx0
      • Dr. Joycelyn Wilson - For those who love God….and trap music TED Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FatYe2TxNjE
      • Outkasted Conversations (Dr. Regina Bradley) https://www.outkastedconversations.com/
      • Chronicling Stankonia: The Rise of the Hiphop South (Dr. Regina Bradley): https://www.charisbooksandmore.com/book/9781469661964
      • Kiese Laymon: https://www.kieselaymon.com/
      • Outkast bracket via Chris Long & George Foster (#Outkast64) on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JOEL9ONE/status/1242882338201223179?s=20
      • Atlanta to Atlantis: An Outkast Retrospective https://pitchfork.com/features/article/9253-atlanta-to-atlantis-an-outkast-retrospective/
      • Joyful Noise - Big KRIT feat. CeeLo Green & Sleepy Brown: Get Up 2 Come Down https://open.spotify.com/track/6jtTVWnlHgyjLgwLW63SZk?si=9zOuD91tTFu5ODvhsUQ4DQ

        • No Wednesday is produced, written and edited by Dr. C. Emmanuel Little. 


        31 min
      • The New Normal
        It's been basically a year since COVID-19 hit home for all of us. In this episode, Emmanuel reflects on the lessons learned and what his new normal will look like. Additional details below: David Dennis, Jr: The Untimely Passing Of The American Buffet https://level.medium.com/the-untimely-passing-of-the-american-buffet-fff23e6033c7 | The Atlantic: The Virtues Of Isolation https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/03/the-virtues-of-isolation/521100/ Joyful Noise: Sa-Roc - The Sharecropper's Daughter https://open.spotify.com/album/5PZSZfVW0FN1U6MTKZZcnV?si=wLjIfgdqSyKz0w_SFZP48A Call & Response: What is one thing you’re including as part of your new normal to thrive, whether COVID related or not?” Send your answer as always to [email protected]. Increase Your Lexicon: Capricious (adj). Support No Wednesday via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nowednesdaypod?fan_landing=true
        • Cashapp: $itsdrlittle
        • The No Wednesday Podcast Store: https://teespring.com/stores/the-no-wednesday-podcast-store. Follow #NoWednesday and @Nowednesdaypod on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. 
        Song on interlude = me, shawty!
        Theme music by Causmic. No Wednesday is produced, written, and edited entirely by Dr. C. Emmanuel Little.
        23 min
      • Support Black Teachers. PERIOD.

        As Emmanuel continues to uplift Black stories, this week's episode is all about supporting Black teachers.  Note: there was a word omission in the initial version that has since been corrected: HBCUs are responsible for 1/3 of BLACK teacher candidates, not all. Plenty of show notes below: Joyful Noise: D'Angelo: I Found My Smile Again Increase Your Lexicon: "Bombast" (n) Support No Wednesday via Patreon and the No Wednesday Store. Cashapp: $itsdrlittle Interlude song (snippet) prod. by Masala Man, performed by yours truly Sources: James Baldwin's "A Talk To Teachers" https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/baldwin-talk-to-teachers NCES statistics https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2020/2020142.pdf Hidden History of Integration (via the NEA) https://www.nea.org/advocating-for-change/new-from-nea/hidden-history-integration-and-shortage-teachers-color Book - A Class of Their Own: Black Teachers in the Segregated South (Fairclough, 2007): https://www.amazon.com/Class-Their-Own-Teachers-Segregated/dp/0674023072 School to Prison Pipeline: https://www.aclu.org/issues/juvenile-justice/school-prison-pipeline Students of all races prefer a teacher of color https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/10/07/496717541/study-finds-students-of-all-races-prefer-teachers-of-color PUSHOUT: https://pushoutfilm.com/ Center for Black Educator Development: https://www.thecenterblacked.org/ Call Me MiSTER program (at Georgia College) https://www.gcsu.edu/education/call-me-mister-college-of-education  National Call Me MiSTER headquarters: https://www.clemson.edu/education/programs/programs/call-me-mister.html “Misogynoir”, as coined by Dr. Moya Bailey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misogynoir Teachers of Color and Exams https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-we-need-more-teachers-of-color-lets-scrap-exams-that-keep-them-out-of-the-classroom/2019/05 The Black Teacher Project https://www.blackteacherproject.org/ Dr. Bettina Love (abolitionist teaching) https://bettinalove.com/ Profound Gentlemen https://www.profoundgentlemen.org/ Black Male Educators Talk (BMEsTalk) https://bmestalk.com/ Emmanuel's Dissertation about the topic: https://getd.libs.uga.edu/pdfs/little_clifford_e_201812_phd.pdf

        26 min
      • Part 2: Who Taught You To Love Yourself?
        In part two of what is becoming a series, Emmanuel explores a few of the themes from bell hooks' AMAZING book, All About Love as an exploration of self love in particular, as relates to parenting and other relationships. Additional show notes below:
        bell hooks "All About Love": https://www.amazon.com/All-About-Love-New-Visions/dp/0060959479
        Study break article on All About Love: https://studybreaks.com/culture/reads/bell-hooks-all-about-love/
        All About Love (wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_About_Love:_New_Visions
        Natasha Nelson "Supernova Momma" and positive parenting: https://supernovamomma.com/
        Increase Your Lexicon: "Quixotic"
        Joyful Noise: Nikki Giovanni and the New York Community Choir: "Ego Trippin'" https://music.apple.com/us/album/ego-tripping/890016088?i=890016209
        Call and Response: "“what’s one person or book, or piece of art that taught you to love yourself better?” Send response to [email protected]
        Support No Wednesday via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nowednesdaypod?fan_landing=true
        Follow #NoWednesday on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram 
        Song on interlude: beat prod. by Masala Man, performer = me, shawty!
        Theme music by Causmic. No Wednesday is produced, written, and edited entirely by Dr. C. Emmanuel Little.
        23 min
      • What "The Wiz" Taught Me

        As I continue to spotlight Black stories during Black History Month, I wanted to show love to a movie that is permanently etched in my soul. So today, I'm talking about "The Wiz" and the lessons I've learned! Ease on down..... Additional show notes below:


        • Articles: How the Wiz put the Black Experience On Display: https://www.hinadirah.com/news/2018/10/24/the-wiz-turns-40-how-the-film-put-the-black-experience-in-america-on-display
          • Article: The Wonderful Afrofuturism of The Wiz http://sevenscribes.com/wonderful-afrofuturism-wiz/
          • Another Afrofuturism article about The Wiz https://www.fords.org/blog/post/afrofuturism-and-the-wiz/ 
          • Article: The Wiz and Michael Jackson:  https://time.com/4135018/the-wiz-michael-jackson/
          • Increase Your Lexicon: "Inimical"
          • Joyful Noise: Kamasi Washington's "The Space Traveler's Lullaby"
          • Call and Response: “What is your favorite moment of The Wiz and why?” Send in your mp3 response to [email protected] and I’ll play it on the show if you wish!
          • Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nowednesdaypod?fan_landing=true
          • Cashapp: $itsdrlittle
          • The No Wednesday Podcast Store: https://teespring.com/stores/the-no-wednesday-podcast-store

            • No Wednesday is produced, edited and written entirely by Dr. C. Emmanuel Little. Theme music is by Causmic. Interlude music is by the Mini Vandals.

            21 min
          • A Coalition Of Brothers
            Friends....how many of us have them? This episode features the first-ever guests for the #NoWednesday podcast, a group of friends who met in college and became brothers for life. You'll want to laugh, cry, and definitely listen to this one in its entirety. C-O! 
            Article: Men Have No Friends and Women Bear The Burden: https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a27259689/toxic-masculinity-male-friendships-emotional-labor-men-rely-on-women/ 
            Male friendships during covid article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/road-to-recovery/2020/11/30/male-bonding-covid/
            Odinaka Ezeokoli's website: http://odinakaezeokoli.com/
            Joyful Noise: Los Retros - New Humanity: https://open.spotify.com/track/3XcpvcV5tJkXav4wUTCRG0?si=Yy6nNujEQSGi2GaEQ5bzLg
            Increase Your Lexicon: "Ephemeral"
            Support via cashapp $itsdrlittle or via the patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/nowednesdaypod?fan_landing=true
            Theme music is by Causmic. Interlude song snippets by Eazy (Emmanuel Little) from "Moonlighter's Mindstate" released in 2011 via https://eazy.bandcamp.com/. Other interlude music with interview outtakes courtesy of The Mini Vandals.
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            48 min
          • We Got Black Habits

            WELCOME BACK! In the season two debut, Emmanuel discusses what he's been up to since October and talks about the importance of centering Black Joy during Black History month and throughout the year. 

            Additional Show Notes:

            • FREE Yale Black History course: https://oyc.yale.edu/african-american-studies/afam-162
            • Nina Simone quote on Blackness: https://youtu.be/c3ClwX7oyXk
            • Sandy Darity & Kirsten Mullen book about reparations, From Here To Equality: https://uncpress.org/book/9781469654973/from-here-to-equality/
            • TaNehisi Coates- The Case for Reparations via The Atlantic (2014): https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/
            • Increase Your Lexicon: "Clandestine"
            • Joyful Noise: D Smoke - "Black Habits" https://open.spotify.com/track/3hEtfSqTlPIAKlysBs1lZl?si=8I5Mgdm-QJSFG3n_mVgStQ
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              • No Wednesday is produced, written, and edited by Dr. C. Emmanuel Little and has theme music produced by Causmic. Background interlude music = The Mini Vandals.

              19 min
            • No Wednesday Has A Patreon - And Cool Stuff!

              This is just a brief announcement that, as promised, #NoWednesday has a Patreon, as well as a whole store and apparel. Thank you for the support...now it's time to make sure you get more out of it than just the usual podcast content! Links below:

              • Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nowednesdaypod
              • The No Wednesday Store: https://teespring.com/stores/the-no-wednesday-podcast-store
              • No Wednesday Apparel sold separately: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdHQOl6O2TfKpS5jlKyBAt-Iqgyyq_h3AH4w1iDdJn8UB43ng/viewform
              • Mailing List: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVlwF4FCTzqXOxHit3_1zAHWJ-lLXp5ekLTyuiOfkzhB8ysw/viewform
              • All No Wednesday links in one spot: https://linktree.com/nowednesdaypod

                • Season two starts in February!!!

                No Wednesday has theme music produced by Causmic. Background music for interludes is by The Mini Vandals.

                3 min

              About No Wednesday

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              Official home of the No Wednesday podcast, founded by Dr. C. Emmanuel Little. No Wednesday is about helping you get through your week - hump days included - with episodes that are equal parts inspiration, affirmation, and education. Every show is full of interesting soundbites and relatable truths and a healthy dosage of joy.