𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂, 𝑴𝑰𝑵𝑬 is a thought-provoking introspective of what the future would look like in a post-white supremacist society. Sasha Banks’s poetry captivates while it initiates the decolonization of the readers’ minds to consider a life where Black lives thrive.

On this episode of the Vulgar Geniuses Podcast, we talk to Banks about her collections of poems, how she did a deep dive into the world of slam poetry, and which famous young adult author is the only one who knows the ingredients to her coveted peach cobbler.

Take two parts Betty Davis, one part Grace Jones, and a pinch of Eartha Kitt, and you have one of the best rock & roll heroines to grace the fictional stage. On this special episode of The Vulgar Geniuses Podcast, we sit down with journalist & author Dawnie Walton to talk about her much-anticipated debut novel, 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑶𝒑𝒂𝒍 & 𝑵𝒆𝒗. 

We place Walton center stage as she speaks about her love of rock & roll, the moment when she began to step into her authentic self at the start of her college years, and how those and many other experiences as a journalist helped formed this beautiful story. 

If you want something done right, you better have Regina King do it for you. In her feature film directorial debut of the Golden Globe-nominated movie 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝑵𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑰𝒏 𝑴𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒊, King masterfully wields her camera like that of Thor’s hammer, giving audiences a chance to witness a legend coming into her own behind the silver screen.  

Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown celebrate Muhammed Ali becoming the Heavyweight Champion of the World in 1964. Screenwriter Kemp Powers reimagines the conversations and the world-changing decisions that soon followed. 

Director Shaka King reunites Get Out stars Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield as they deliver Oscar worthy performances in the biopic 𝑱𝒖𝒅𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑴𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒂𝒉. Stanfield plays William O’Neil, a car thief turned informant for the FBI sent in to infiltrate the Chicago Chapter of the Black Panther Party.

Kaluuya plays 21 year old activist Fred Hampton serving as Chairman of the political movement. This dramatic story retells the moments leading up to the assassination of Fred Hampton, and how the FBI used informants to tear down one of the most powerful movements in America’s History.