The drumbooty's Podcast

Abdu sits down with artist-archivist Angela N. Carroll navigating in the art world as a black body and making space for black art in museums. 

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In this episode of drumBOOTY, Abdu Ali invites Astral Birth Services founder Kendra Nelson, who is an aspiring doula and reproductive justice advocate for black women. 

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In this episode of drumBOOTY, Abdu Ali invites the Brooklyn based poet and meme artist Jenson Leonard aka @Coryintheabyss to talk about how black people cultivated meme culture and how black people stand today in the nucleus of internet culture.

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After our winter holiday hiatus we are back with an episode focusing on gender politics and performance. Your host, Abdu Ali brings on the community director of the Baltimore Trans Alliance Jamie Grace Alexander to discuss the journey of navigating gender in western Society! 

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Thank you so much for supporting season two of drumBOOTY! We will be back in 2019 to deliver more beautiful content!

In our second installation of Black & Anxious, your host Abdu Ali brings photographer Devin Allen to the table to discuss how growing up in the concrete universe of Baltimore City, toxic masculinity, and family struggles affected their mental health journey.

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In this week's episode Abdu Ali interviews Baltimore's own, poet and social justice advocate Tariq Toure as they discuss the power of literacy and the exploitation of black bodies, especially in the sports world. Tariq also reads a poem from his new poetry and prose book 2 Parts Oxygen: How I Learn To Breathe. 

 

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In this episode of drumBOOTY Abdu Ali goes inside the studio of Murjoni Merriweather, an emerging sculpturist based in Baltimore. 

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In this episode of drumBOOTY Abdu invites writer & critic Myles E. Johnson to discuss the journey of navigating desirability politics as queer people. 

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In this episode of drumBOOTY Abdu premiers the Black And Anxious series. They bring on their friend and artist Mel Gross to discuss what it means to be black and living with an anxiety disorder.

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