This episode features artist and archivist Hypatia Sorunke and their newest project: "Fitted WNBA". Listen as Hypatia discusses their love for the way WNBA sporting events build community, provide a safe platform for personal expression, and help preserve Black queer collective memory.

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Edited by: Kaitlyn B. Jones

Produced by: Conduit Arts, LLC

This month, I'm in conversation with Los Angeles-based photographer, Maya June Mansour! As a Co-Founder of Black Image Center, a non-profit committed to uplifting LA's Black storytellers, Maya discusses her love for portraiture and affirms the importance of photography as a visual language that preserves culture and transcends time.

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Edited by: Kaitlyn B. Jones

Produced by: Conduit Arts, LLC

For this episode, I'm in conversation with community historian and Co-Founder of 1838 Black Metropolis, Morgan Lloyd. Listen as she shares the histories of extraordinarily ordinary Black Philadelphians in the early 1800s whose lives were enriched by community, joy, and intersectional experiences.

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Edited by: Kaitlyn B. Jones

Produced by: Conduit Arts, LLC

On this episode, I'm in conversation with Los Angeles-based multidisciplinary artist and activist, Autumn Breon. Listen in as we discuss Autumn's use of archival material in her artistic collaborations and the importance of Black creativity, Black communal spaces, afrofuturist imagination, and believing Black women (the first time!).

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Edited by: Kaitlyn B. Jones

Produced by: Conduit Arts, LLC

This month, I'm in conversation with Nasir Anthony Montalvo, an award-winning journalist and memory worker based in Kansas City, MO. Listen in as we discuss Black Queer Kansas City histories, the evolution of the {B/qKC} archive, abolitionist frameworks, and a new model for collection ownership.

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Edited by: Kaitlyn B. Jones

Produced by: Conduit Arts, LLC

Hello and Welcome to The Black Ordinary Podcast!

Hosted by curator and archival researcher Kaitlyn B. Jones, The Black Ordinary Podcast platforms Black artists, Black community archivists, and Black historians working to preserve the histories and culture of Black-American people. Each episode introduces listeners and viewers to Black-American community-based archives and archival projects that are redefining how they interact with institutional archives and utilize museum-based archival practices.

From unique community-owned licensing models to art-based traditions and intergenerational oral histories, each conversation is rooted at the intersection of art, archives, and the autonomy of Black-American people. With conviction, The Black Ordinary platforms the collective memories of Black America. As Black people live and breathe, so does the Black Archive.