Oxtail and Salt Beef - A Gangalee Podcast

Featuring contributions from Todd Simmons, Jadyn Hardie-Bardy and Kevin Reigh, this episode combines personal essay, sound collage and spoken word poetry to examine different facets of the ongoing negotiation that Afro-Caribbean Diasporic bodies undertake within less than welcoming circumstances and spaces.

0:00 Intro by Kevin Reigh

2:30 Embodied Language - Kevin Reigh 

14:00 Obeah for the Un* - Todd Simmons (Instagram - @troddskimmins)

17:35 Bloody Hands - Jadyn-Hardie-Bardy (Instagram - @machiinegunfunkk)

19:30 - A conversation with Jadyn-Hardie-Bardy

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*Obeah for the Un premiered at the Black Visual Arts Exhibition in London Ontario (April 3 - May 30, 2022) and features the following voices:

In part 1. of this episode podcaster, lover of all things Caribbean and all around bon-vivant Nandie Myers joins Kevin to chat about ‘The Case for Emancipated Waistlines’, by Natassia Morris, a piece exploring the spiritual and liberatory power of the Caribbean wine, published over on Gangalee. Among other things Nandie and Kevin discuss:

In part 2. of this episode multi-hyphenate creator Deydra Baptiste and Kevin talk about and preview an upcoming work that they collaborated on.

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Nadia Batson and Skinny Fabulous discussing clockwise vs counterclockwise wine.

Nandie's podcast - unsaltedd

Find out more about Deydra here.

After a LOOOOOOOONG break between episodes, your host Kevin Reigh is back with another ridiculous conversation. This time up, Kevin's cousin Jason from NYC pops in for a conversation about cooking, Jamaican food, and a little unscripted and unvarnished relationship discussion. Also, Kevin and Jason discuss what happened to their childhood dreams of marrying Jamaican women.....uh...this episode is also...not always...uh...the most progressive space....

As referenced in this episode you can listen to 'Cook' here.

My dear friend Nandie Myers joins me to chat about our mutual love of TRASH TV! Nandie gives us the low-down on her top 4 trash tv programs that help her (and maybe you) cope with the COVIDIAN times we are living through. Plus we talk about Nandie's love for Prince (they still calling him that???) Harry and scorn for all things Megan Duchess of Sussex.

As referenced in this episode you can relive Nandie's bull riding exploits here.