No Wednesday

No Wednesday

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

  • The Outro
    It's the SEASON FINALE OF NO WEDNESDAY! Season 1  has been awesome and Emmanuel reflects upon the "why", the growth, and the future of the show. Be sure to listen until the end for the nice lil' SURPRISE...especially if you participated in the call & response or are a financial supporter! Thank YOU for everything...the best is yet to come.
    #IncreaseYourLexicon: The word of the week is "Raconteur" (n): [rah-kon-TUR] a gifted storyteller, person who excels at telling good anecdotes.
    Joyful Noise: Season 1 Playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/51mFyPJdWAocrTZutMI0Sh?si=ONAHGi4uSXGvfNVf2NnmNg Apple playlist is pending. 
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    No Wednesday has theme music produced by Causmic. Background music for interludes is by The Mini Vandals.
    21 min
  • Affirm Yourself

    Emmanuel discusses the importance of affirmations and dealing with impostor syndrome in this penultimate episode of Season 1! 

    Additional show notes below:

    • Tabitha Brown https://www.iamtabithabrown.com/ 
    • Dena Simmons' Ted Talk "How Students Of Color Confront Impostor Syndrome": https://ed.ted.com/lessons/Av9dyPkO 
    • TIME article about dealing with Impostor Syndrome: https://time.com/5312483/how-to-deal-with-impostor-syndrome/
    • Affirmations examples: Winnie the Pooh (actually, Christopher Robin but yeah): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tRepZdoRmY Jay-z https://open.spotify.com/track/34KUIBsIUiPV7oCIzSdDAU Kendrick Lamar: https://open.spotify.com/track/5d8yMIlqJH78lwOUP7T3oF Prince: https://open.spotify.com/track/2soBvUQBf5rbMj9HIyhzzK The Lox/Jadakiss: https://open.spotify.com/track/3FYSNSTUCqAZGfwEd8ui4l
    • Call And Response: What has been your favorite episode of No Wednesday so far and why? Send in your response to [email protected] and I’ll read it on the show!
    • #IncreaseYourLexicon: "Obsequious” (adj): excessively deferential or submissive.
    • Joyful Noise: "Concorde" by Gregory Porter: https://open.spotify.com/track/1SJGHveCOfrS364qHbBAS8

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

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      18 min
    • 4 Life Lessons Inspired By LeBron James
      In this episode, Emmanuel discusses 4 life lessons he's learned by following the career of LeBron James, who recently won a 4th championship (1st with the LA Lakers). Show notes:
      LBJ. Maverick Carter, Rich Paul,  Randy Mims https://theundefeated.com/features/lebron-james-the-four-horsemen-new-series-more-than-an-athlete/
      I Promise School https://ipromise.school/ 
      Kiese Laymon essay, via The Undefeated: https://theundefeated.com/features/lebron-james-continues-to-expand-our-concept-of-excellence/ 
      This week’s call is “what is one lesson that you’ve applied from movies or sports, or any form of entertainment? Send in your response to [email protected].
      #IncreaseYourLexicon "Bibliophile" (n)
      Noise: Jay-Z "What More Can I Say?" https://open.spotify.com/track/75JwFVMnX88ypgshWYBSYL?si=NIt1VkNzQlWr6UXb11oluA 
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      No Wednesday has theme music produced by Causmic. Background music for interludes is by The Mini Vandals.
      18 min
    • The Eastbay Magazine Appreciation Episode
      In this episode, Emmanuel shows a little love to Eastbay Magazine as a more lighthearted follow up to a heavy last couple of weeks.  A little nostalgia never hurt anybody, right? Current and former sneakerheads unite!
      Show notes below:
      Call And Response: Growing up, what is your fondest memory of sales catalogs, whether it’s Eastbay, or Sears, JCpenney, etc.? Send in your response to [email protected]
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      #IncreaseYourLexicon:  "Importunate (adj)": persistent, especially to the point of annoyance or intrusion.
      Joyful Noise: Brittany Howard - "Stay High": https://open.spotify.com/track/4vtyIW5uMCzu827nc5ThVt
      Dan Woike - Memories of Eastbay Catalog https://www.latimes.com/fashion/la-ig-sneakers-memories-of-eastbay-catalog-20190214-story.html
      Eastbay website: https://www.eastbay.com/ 
      Eastbay twitter: https://twitter.com/Eastbay
      Blast From The Past https://weartesters.com/detailed-look-inside-eastbay-magazine-1997/
      "And 1" t-shirts https://mashable.com/2012/10/23/old-and1-t-shirt-twitter/
      Strength shoes & Jumpsoles https://www.basketballworkouttips.com/strength-training-shoes-jumpsoles/
      No Wednesday has theme music produced by Causmic. Background music for interludes is by The Mini Vandals.
      17 min
    • Imagining A Different World

      This episode of #NoWednesday is part vent session, part exploration. In the wake of the news that the killers of Breonna Taylor won't be charged for it, Emmanuel gets vulnerable about Blackness in America and wanting to get away, even if just in imagination.  

      Sources: 

      Breonna Taylor case https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/28/us/breonna-taylor-grand-jury.html  Alisha Wormsley - There Are Black People In The Future https://alishabwormsley.com/ Joyful Noise: Outkast - Liberation https://open.spotify.com/track/1H6S9OkozTNvcASUX4Bfgb  and Jamila Woods -HEAVN  https://open.spotify.com/track/1m0h3R7ypXe4oddXKF785J  O’Jays - I Love Music  https://open.spotify.com/track/222TScMmzaZ0IdkvbLoin2 Black Wall Street https://www.history.com/news/black-wall-street-tulsa-race-massacre Watchmen HBO https://www.hbo.com/watchmen  Rosewood Massacre https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/rosewood-massacre Solange - Weary https://open.spotify.com/track/7zbX1txfcs42K2PlhFJNNE Curtis Mayfield - We The People Who Are Darker Than Blue https://open.spotify.com/track/6dSdoRdRIJ7fUvxDRq9Ln1 Derrick Bell's "Faces At the Bottom Of The Well" (where "The Afrolantica Awakening" is included) https://m.barnesandnoble.com/w/faces-at-the-bottom-of-the-well-derrick-bell/1111985559 Key & Peele - Negrotown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg58d8opQKA&list=RDYJAGNad7FLI&index=11   Toni Morrison distraction quote, via the Portland State Black Studies Center public dialogue: https://soundcloud.com/portland-state-library/portland-state-black-studies-1?mc_cid=7a27cfd978&mc_eid=e2efbcffa9   Igbo Landing and the "Flying Africans" https://m.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/ebos-landing   Freedom, Georgia https://thefreedomgeorgiainitiative.com/ and https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/12/us/freedom-black-cooperative-toomsboro/index.html   #IncreaseYourLexicon "Abscond” (v): to break away or flee from; to escape. 

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

      21 min
    • Unlearning The Miseducation
      In this episode, Emmanuel discusses the importance of unlearning various lessons he's been miseducated on throughout life. 
      Additional Show Notes:
      Call and Response: What is one thing you are unlearning, whether it’s about yourself or about life in general? What is one thing you’re unlearning about yourself or life? Again, send the response to [email protected]
      Gone With The Wind controversy: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/10/movies/gone-with-the-wind-controversy.html
      Song of the Chattahoochee: https://poets.org/poem/song-chattahoochee 
      National Anthem: https://www.dictionary.com/e/star-spangled-banner/
      Star Spangled Banner and Racist Lyrics https://theundefeated.com/features/the-star-spangled-banners-racist-lyrics-reflect-its-slaveowner-author-francis-scott-key/
      Critical Race Theory: An Introduction https://nyupress.org/9781479802760/ What is critical race theory and why is Trump Afraid of it? https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-critical-race-theory/tnamp/?__twitter_impression=true
      Big Boi quote about music: From Outkast’s “Aquemini” (1998): https://open.spotify.com/track/4V3N5LvUOh3yDPP16cwAhE 
      Goodie Mob - Beautiful Skin: https://open.spotify.com/track/5gEbOHH9CMZVMA2A3dm9Hz 
      Joyful Noise: Kaytranada’s “Freefall” featuring Duran Bernarr: https://open.spotify.com/track/2flqiTbuPeDZXxgEW67rxw 
      No Wednesday has theme music produced by Causmic. Background music for interludes is by The Mini Vandals.
      23 min
    • The Naomi Osaka Appreciation Episode
      In this episode, Emmanuel discusses exactly why we should we be showing ALL the appreciation for Naomi Osaka, a 22 year old tennis superstar who is daring to be great both on and off the tennis court.
      Additional Show Notes Below:
      Naomi Osaka 's Activism/Racial Justice https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/sep/12/naomi-osaka-racial-justice-activism-facemasks
      Wikipedia article on Naomi Osaka: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Osaka
      Video where interview excerpt was taken from, via The Undefeated https://twitter.com/TheUndefeated/status/1304910418771664897?s=19 TIME article (video also in article):  https://time.com/5888583/naomi-osaka-masks-black-lives-matter-us-open/
      Naomi's Esquire Op Ed on George Floyd https://www.esquire.com/sports/a33022329/naomi-osaka-op-ed-george-floyd-protests/
      Naomi Osaka Honors Tamir Rice: https://www.etonline.com/naomi-osaka-honors-tamir-rice-ahead-of-us-open-finals-152342 
      Word of the Week: "Diurnal" (adj): https://www.dictionary.com/browse/diurnal
      Joyful Noise selection: Little Brother's The Minstrel Show: https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-minstrel-show/79566948
      Marvin Gaye quote about music, via Erick Sermon's "Music": https://music.apple.com/us/album/music-feat-marvin-gaye/298321651?i=298321904
      16 min
    • Small Wins Are All Wins
      In this episode, Emmanuel discusses the importance of cherishing the small wins. Every victory counts and we owe it to ourselves to acknowledge the good things we do, no matter how "minor" they may seem. 
      Additional show notes below: 
      Resource: "How To Make Your Small Wins Work For You: https://ideas.ted.com/how-to-make-your-small-wins-work-for-you/
      Dr. Blanca Vega, who told Emmanuel one day to cherish the small victories: https://raceworkracelove.wordpress.com/ Phonte Coleman quote "Every now and then you gotta ask yourself, do you really wanna win or just look good losing?" Via "Dreams" by Little Brother https://music.apple.com/us/album/dreams/265925697?i=265926548 
      Bob Marley "music" quote via the song "Trenchtown Rock" https://open.spotify.com/track/6AN6ciH6HnEc9DviPYabny?si=e7Ig_CyrRi6wB9t6HHzQ-A Increase Your Lexicon: Rictus (n): https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/rictus 
      Joyful Noise: Al Green "I'm Still In Love With You" https://open.spotify.com/album/7hI0QCwcx9GB8MZK24IfTT?si=WYcp_pHrRkuKzS4w2Gdukw Article about Al Green/Walgreens: https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9444660/al-green-walgreens-prank
      No Wednesday has theme music produced by Causmic. Background music for interludes is by The Mini Vandals.
      24 min
    • Protecting My Capacity
      In this episode, Emmanuel discusses the importance of protecting his capacity in order to cherish what's most important, using personal anecdotes, the tragic death of Chadwick Boseman, and key resources to illustrate the topic. 
      Additional show notes;
      Ryan Coogler's statement on Chadwick Boseman: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-08-30/chadwick-boseman-ryan-coogler-statement-black-panther
      The Nap Ministry: https://thenapministry.wordpress.com/
      "Unpaid labor" tweet referenced in episode: https://twitter.com/jenheemstra/status/1300224648764944385?s=19
      "The Fatigue Gauge"  https://twitter.com/itsAlexCL/status/1300464075688890368?s=19
      Call & Response: How Are You Protecting Your Capacity?
      Word Of The Week: "Palliative" (n): https://www.dictionary.com/browse/palliative
      A Tribe Called Quest's "Verses From The Abstract" (Q-Tip reference as intro to Joyful Noise)): https://open.spotify.com/track/6zrsmzrMoxNkXEQLubCWtA 
      Joyful Noise: "The Gospel According to PJ": https://open.spotify.com/album/03sl2epNRPGXu64WL36RsO
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      22 min
    • Scared Money Don't Make None

      In this episode, Emmanuel explores the ways how fear manifests itself in his life and discusses ways to control it.

      References:

      hooks, b. (2001). All about love: New visions. Harper Perennial https://www.amazon.com/All-About-Love-New-Visions/dp/0060959479

      Jay-Z - The Blueprint 2 (“I will not lose for even in defeat, there's a valuable lesson learned so it evens up for me…”  - https://open.spotify.com/track/5zkMLiZLve4jFLGyqoKFMt?si=cNkbxl_vQdGrYT5Vvu5ZyQ 

      Mamba Mentality ("Better"): https://youtu.be/C9I-W1eTCbk 

      Word of the Week (#IncreaseYourLexicon): Toothsome (adj): https://www.dictionary.com/browse/toothsome

       Joyful Noise: "New Fiction" by Little Dragon https://open.spotify.com/track/3xQX97hHd5uXPKlCyyjIfp?autoplay=true

       Call & Response: What is one irrational fear you have, and how are you managing it? Email your response to @[email protected] or leave a voice message within the Anchor app. 

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

      21 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.