The Interludes Podcast: Entrepreneurs and DJ Culture

What will the future education be in the time of coronavirus?Interludes host Valarie Johnson speaks with an award-winning principal and educator, Dr. Denise Spells, Archdiocese of Chicago's Chief Strategic Officer, Cliff Barber & 1st time author & New York City educator Gina Paul about how the current pandemic will affect the upcoming 2020-2021 academic school year.  Class is in session with prophetic writer & poet, James Baldwin during this special edition of Interludes.

Many hip hop artists have been known to use their platform to defend their faith.  Interludes host Valarie Johnson speaks on some examples of this and introduces her audience to a former Brooklyn emcee turned YouTube star & a radical defender of his faith, BK Apologist.

Interludes host Valarie Johnson reminisces over on-air talent from her childhood & the early influences of music heard on radio.  Also, an interview with CHIRP 107.1 founder, on-air talent & station manager, Ms. Shawn Campbell.

Interludes host Valarie Johnson talks about three Chicagoan artists and how we can separate the art they create from their flawed personal lives.  Also, an interview with award winning music producer, songwriter and native Chicagoan, Kendall Nesbit.

Interludes host Valarie Johnson discusses the generational affect of a practice called "redlining" in many American cities.  Also, Johnson interviews Second City Alum, improv comedian and actor on "Chicago PD", Mr. Jonathan Keaton  

Interludes host Valarie Johnson discusses the influence of how some popular television shows influenced the presence of black female doctors in our world.  Johnson reflects on how one doctor in particular helped her mother during a difficult time.  Also, she interviews Dr. Aunita Hill-Jones, an internal medicine doctor and contributing author of the book, "Women of War: Peace In the Midst of the Storm."

Interludes host Valarie Johnson breaks down why transitioning from Brooklyn, New York to Chicago was difficult in the summer of 2019.  Also, she interviews a former NY Caroline's comic and now entrepreneur Jori O'Neale of IYH Innertainment.

1st podcast introduces host Valarie Johnson and her compelling reasoning behind the title, "Interludes." Johnson uses her love of music to connect the dots between the Minneapolis sound and untimely death of a Minneapolis resident, George Floyd.