Episode 15 ~ Yaritza Villalba aka Mrs. AI Adventurer!

We back in NY ya'll with your first Afro-Latina powerhouse. She's speaking her truth and telling our listeners how so much remains UNresolvED!

¿Qué xopá? We talk about the power of being a black woman, the creation of her innovative business McKenzies Adventures, a source of forever inspo and why she goes so hard for tech access for black and brown communities. She's keeping it ALL the way real telling us why we should use AI but not trust it and how educators should lean into this new era of education.

Find out her artist alter ego, whether she prefers spicy food or spicy conversation, the book(s) that built her and surprisingly help her with her business strategy approach and what has got her saying Oh Hell No these days.

So get ready for another conscious convo for the culture - she'll have you saying cuéntame más!

Episode 14 ~ Dr. Asia Lyons aka Dr. Drink Yo Water & Be Well!

We in Denver, CO ya'll! First time on the West Coast AND first time with a black female podder at our UNtenurED mic telling her truth, and officially, UNmutED!

We talk about the revolutionary need for black educator REST, spades or uno?, the power of bell hooks, why fiber matters, her response to "Angry black woman" and teaching social justice to 6th graders and all the ways Dr. Lyons' in her multihyphenate dopeness is buidling community and centering healing.

So grab yo water, clean yo glasses and tap in to another conscious convo for the culture - we aint LYIN' when we say Dr. Lyons is bringing it with this episode.

Episode 13 ~ Shauna McGee aka Mrs. Seasoned Potato Salad!

We're headed back to The Boogie Down for a #cityfolk vibe to chop it up with McGee the AP. Tune is as we talk about why AAVE & why duality matters, her book "Culturally Responsive Decision-Making", book banning...and MORE! You may also want to lean in to hear if she goes with : Spades or Uno? KRS-One or Rakim? Sugar or salt in her grits? and you'll never guess which artist she says matches her educational swag as an artist.

Shauna is a V.I.B.E and if you want to hear how that word is an acronym for the work she's inspiring in her leadership role, tune in ~ this is NO BLAND convo, we have seasonin' in our potato salad #iykyk

Another one for the books...and as we say and LIVE, speaking your truth can NEVER "go left" because its your RIGHT! Enjoy!

Episode 12 ~ Dr. Courtney Rose aka Dr. Identity Speaks!

We're headed to heat things up with a conscious convo for the culture with Dr. Courtney E. Rose down in Miami, Florida. This episode will not disappoint as we talk about unpacking teacher identity, Abbott elementary, Lauryn Hill's iconic first album, the attempt to dismantle the Department of Education and whether she's a fan of Insecure or Girlfriends.

We learn about her pet peeves in consultant and educational work, why she's hooked on bell hooks, her take on the perils and purpose of silence and her reaction to K. Dot's halftime moment for the culture and what her response would be to someone saying her book, "Woven Together", should be banned!

Another one for the books...and as we say and LIVE, speaking your truth can NEVER "go left" because its your RIGHT! Enjoy!

Episode 11 ~ Dr. Edmund Adjapong aka Mr. Teach Like an MC!

We're kicking off Season 2 back in NYC, the Boogie down to be exact! This dope guest gives us the perfect way post the EPIC 2025 Halftime show to lean into another conscious convo for the culture. Dr. Adjapong will leave you HYPE to learn about teaching like an MC and embracing Hip Hop as a way to heal, inspire and TEACH!

We're giving " Show Me What U Got" vibes as we talk about it all from K. Dot's iconic protest performance for the culture at the 59th Super Bowl to hip hop as an educational tool to what inspired Ed to become a science teacher to his "Hip Hop Mount Rushmore", his latest book " Teach Like an MC"...and MORE! Edmund Adjapong is more than a Professor he is a hip hop head spittin' pedagogical bars for the people and the culture.

We are MORE than a bookstore and Hip Hop is MORE than a music genre! Don't sweat the technique, get ready to put some swag into the educational system!

Episode 10 ~ asif wilson aka Mr. If We Had Listened To Black Women Yesterday...

We're closing out Season 1 in ChiTown y'all! This dope guest gives us the perfect way to lean in to 2025 as he shares his experiences, insights and inspirations for his liberation work. This conscious convo for the culture will leave you inspired and give you new ways to think about learning and educational systems.

We're giving vintage smoky jazz vibes in this convo as we talk about it all from anti-blackness, duoethnography, "neutrality in education", the school prison nexus and things that are "...hella archaic" in the system...and MORE!

Asif is more than a Professor he is a pedagogue & leader for the people and the culture and we are MORE than a bookstore so you KNOW this will be a goodie!

Episode 9 ~ Shauna Brown aka Queen of Teach for the Culture!

Hartford, CT is in the building. We are HUGE fans of Teach For The Culture LLC and have their Founder here with us to chop it up. This conscious convo for the culture will leave you inspired and HYPE to stay ten toes down for being audaciously YOU in educational settings.

We're giving mixtape vibes and talking about it all from our love for grandmothers, to being a hip hop head, to KRS One, to fresh kicks and black faces in white spaces.

Shauna is dope BEYOND the rubric and we are MORE than a bookstore so you KNOW this will be a goodie!

Episode 9 ~ Shauna Brown aka Queen Teach for the Culture!

Hartford, CT is in the building. We are HUGE fans of Teach For The Culture LLC and have their Founder here with us to chop it up. This conscious convo for the culture will leave you inspired and HYPE to stay ten toes down for being audaciously YOU in educational settings.

We're giving mixtape vibes and talking about it all from our love for grandmothers, to being a hip hop head, to KRS One, to fresh kicks and black faces in white spaces.

Shauna is dope BEYOND the rubric and we are MORE than a bookstore so you KNOW this will be a goodie!

Episode 8 ~ Bobby Morgan aka Mr. Liberation Lab!

We're standing on liberation with this episode and are hype to have our first guest with their OWN podcast for the culture. His is called Liberation Lab and there is NO confusion about the message and content of his platform ~ growing fellow disruptive educators!

We weigh in on standards versus modifications, his "Mount Rushmore" of liberators, advice to UNtenured teachers, his challenge of the term "black girl magic" and "black boy joy", a book he advises teachers and leaders to burn as well as books he would recommend for certification and MORE!

Catch a liberation vibe and see why in our house speaking your truth can NEVER "go left" because its your RIGHT.

Episode 7 ~ Dr. Shawn Brown aka Dr. Green Book!

Where's Brooklyn At? Our 1st Black male principal leading a school in Brownsville, Brooklyn, NY is joining us for a special conscious convo for the culture. We talk about it all from toxic masculinity, to Nas, to skin folk who aint "kin folk", to the secret superheroes of education, to pet peeves as a Black male educator.

We also rap about his thoughts on what support looks like for black educators and his book, "The Green Book : For Black Folks in Education". Dr Brown and I are dedicating this episode, as Biggie would say... "...to all the teachers who said I would never amount to NOTHING!".

See why "they not like us" and catch a Sadie's UNtenured type Podcast vibe.