Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness

Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness


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Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness- Podcast Episode 017: Moya Z. Bailey
May 17, 2021

Misogynoir Transformed with guest Moya Bailey! Listen to this engaging convo between host Yndia and Moya as they discuss the impetus for and the current pop culture significance of “misogynoir,” the importance of representation and the future of #Hasht...

Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness- Podcast Episode 016: Kinitra D. Brooks
April 19, 2021

All the things Afro-Futurism, Conjure Feminism, Ethnobotany, and Black Women in Horror are just few of the topics discussed when guest Kinitra D. Brooks, public scholar and writer for the Root.com series on HBO’s LoveCraft Country,

Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness- Podcast Episode 015: Tonya C. Hegamin
March 22, 2021

Award-winning YA author Tonya C. Hegamin chats with host Yndia about Black-Indigenous family folklore, being a (dis)ability advocate along with her diabetic alert dog Bobo, and the importance of integrating play as a way to amplify Black joy and healin...

Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness- Podcast Episode 014: Chef Keesha O’Galdez Ep 014: Chef Keesha O'Galdez
February 23, 2021

Chef Keesha O’Galdez, founder and executive chef of The Gourmet Diva in NYC, sits down with host Yndia to talk about leaving the field of engineering to become a successful entrepreneur that has combined her passion for culinary arts with natural healt...

Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness- Podcast Episode 013: Vilna Bashi Treitler Ep 013: Vilna Bashi Treitler
January 25, 2021

In this episode, your host Yndia talks with Vilna Bashi Treitler, PhD, author, sociologist and visual artist. A curator and contributor to several mixed media art exhibits nationally, Vilna’s books were also named to the Zora Canon in 2020 for one of t...

Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness- Podcast Episode 012: Natalie LeBlanc Ep 012: Natalie LeBlanc
November 16, 2020

In this episode, Host Yndia sits down with Dr. Natalie LeBlanc, public health practitioner, NIH-funded AIDS and HIV prevention researcher, and assistant professor in HIV Prevention Science at the University of Rochester School of Nursing.

Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness- Podcast Episode 011: Christen Smith, #CiteBlack Women
October 19, 2020

Host Yndia is in deep conversation with Dr. Christen Smith, professor, Black feminist anthropologist, author and founder of #CiteBlackWomen, a global social movement network, podcast and blog. Listen in as they discuss the significance of Black liberat...

Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness- Podcast Episode 010: Glory Edim, #Well-Read Black Girl Ep 010, Glory Edim, #WellReadBlackGirl
September 14, 2020

Host Yndia is in conversation with Glory Edim, founder of #WellReadBlackGirl, author of Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves, and the recipient of the Madam CJ Walker award from the Hurston/Wright Literary Foundation,

Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness-Podcast Episode 009: Victorious DeCosta Ep 009: Victorious DeCosta
June 28, 2020

In this episode, Yndia chats with award-winning documentarian and producer, Victorious DeCosta about his latest film and t.v projects, including “Digging for Weldon Irvine,” “L.A. Gold Rush,” and his forthcoming HBO movie “Storm Over Brooklyn: The Yuse...

Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness- Podcast Episode 008: Courtney Desiree Morris Ep 008, Courtney Desiree Morris
May 26, 2020

In this episode, host Yndia sits down with Courtney Desiree Morris, visual/conceptual artist for exhibits “Exploring Passages Within the Black Diaspora” and “Adjust Yo’ Eyes For This Darkness,” activist, and professor of social anthropology at UC Berke...

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