The Optional Facts

Tonight we are going to talk about freedom. The kind of freedom you get when you are a slave back in the 1800s, and wanting to be free. We are going to talk about one woman in particular.  Moses. Harriet Tubman

But we are going to do it in a different way. We are going to talk with Linda Harris, who organized a walk that she and a group of women walked, following the path that Harriet Tubman took from Maryland’s Eastern Shore through Delaware to her freedom in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a route that Harriet took many times, helping to free slaves.

Teeny Tucker, and her Band, have been featured headline performers at some of the world’s most prestigious major music festivals in the USA, Canada, and Europe.

She was born into blues royalty, being the daughter of Tommy Tucker, the singer of the hit song “Hi-Heel Sneakers”

Teeny has been invited to appear on the same Bill with great blues artists such as B.B. King, KoKo Taylor, Etta James, Buddy Guy, The Holmes Brothers, Calvin Owens, Robert Cray, Keb Mo, Deanna Bogart, and many others.

Teeny has done so many interviews but this one is a bit different. We are not talking about her music..we are talking about her, her life, growing up, being at the March on Washington, and what it has been like to be Teeny Tucker.

We talk to Chris Brown about their mission, the communities the uplift, defunding the police, and what a great community might look like.

Craig Mitchell has been a resident at NYC’ s famous Tunnel and Limelight nightclubs. He has done sets throughout North America, Canada and Jamaica. He fathered the dance music scene in Burlington VT. On this show we talk about how Black culture has influenced modern music, his love of Prince, and how racism has affected and shaped his life.

in this episode, we talk with John Oliver, a Pastor in Washington state. We talk about music, life, and his role as a pastor in the wake of George Floyd.

In this bonus section, we let you hear the full interview with Maurice Dixon, returning citizen, and owner of Reese's Catering Service.

Voices Unbarred gives incarcerated individuals a platform to have their voices heard. On today’s show I talk with founder Lori Pitts, and two returning citizens, Ronald Whaley and Maurice Dixon, about the program.