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Between the Reads

Audra Russell

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Dive deep into enlightening conversations with today's most compelling Black Indie and traditionally published authors. Explore diverse narratives and the voices shaping Black literature.
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Hey YA

Book Riot

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From great new books to favorite classic reads, from news to the latest in on-screen adaptations, Hey YA is here to elevate the exciting world of young adult lit.
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Zone 7 with Sheryl McCollum

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

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Work a cold case alongside investigator Sheryl “Mac” McCollum, Director of the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute. Every week, Sheryl dives into her cold case files alongside accomplished guests to look for clues into unsolved murders, missing people, and more. This ain’t just a podcast but a war room. Sheryl opens her cold case files, her heart and her little black book! You will quickly realize Zone 7 is not a place but a lifestyle!
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Welcome to the Bookcast, my platform for sharing short fiction and updates on what I'm reading and writing. The bookcast is hosted by me, DL White, an Atlanta based author of romantic fiction featuring Black men and women. I'm also a big fan of books.
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Noire History

Natasha Nicolo

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Get inspired. Get motivated. Get stories of Black history made and in the making. Noire History features Black history facts, non-fiction book reviews, and documentary discussions from across the Black diaspora. Join your host Natasha Nicolo to celebrate Black pride, excellence, and power all 365 days of the year.
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MahoganyBooks Front Row: The Podcast

MahoganyBooks, Derrick A. Young, Ramunda Lark Young

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MahoganyBooks Front Row: The Podcast is a thoughtfully curated series that offers a unique opportunity to listen to Black authors discussing their latest works. Each episode of the podcast features an in-depth conversation with an author, delving into their creative process, inspirations, and the themes explored in their book. The series is a re-cast of the live author talks hosted by MahoganyBooks, a Black-owned bookstore in Washington DC that is dedicated to promoting literature written fo ...
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The Bookstore

Awkwardly Social Media

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It's like a book club, but we actually read the book. Join hosts Becca and Corinne as they recreate their days working and hanging out at their local independent book store.
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#WizardTeam is a Black magical podcast for Black magical stories. Fantasy enthusiasts Bayana Davis, Robyn-Renée Jordan, and Porshèa Patterson-Hurst do a close read of magical books written by and about Black people. Join us on #WizardTeam Wednesdays for a spoiler-heavy discussion of AMARI AND THE GREAT GAME by B.B. Alston. Available wherever you get your podcasts! #WizardTeam is part of the Black Nerds Create collective, which provides content through the lens of critical and creative fandom ...
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Poet Major Jackson is your guide on the pathways to feel and understand our common journey – through poetry. In sharing poems, we take a moment to pause and acknowledge the world’s magnitude, and how poets illuminate that mystery. Join The Slowdown for a poem and a moment of reflection in one short episode, every weekday. Produced by APM Studios in partnership with The Poetry Foundation and supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. Ma ...
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Entrepreneurial Appetite is a series of events dedicated to building community, promoting intellectualism, and supporting Black businesses. This podcast will feature edited versions of Entrepreneurial Appetite’s Black book discussions, including live conversations between a virtual audience, authors, and Black entrepreneurs. In this community, we do not limit what it means to be an intellectual or entrepreneur. We recognize that the sisters and brothers who own and work in beauty salons or b ...
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Those Book Reading Heauxs

Those Book Reading Heauxs

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Welcome to the Those Book Reading Heauxs podcast! Check us out every other week as we talk about what we're reading, what we ain't reading, what we're thinking about reading, and what we're eating when we're not reading.
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This weekly podcast will be hosted by Torie Clarke with co-hosts David Aldridge, Jeanne McManus and Michael Kornheiser. Each week, they'll have entertaining interviews with authors, plus lively discussions about what they are reading, what they love and what they hate! This show will be many things, but boring won't be one of them!
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The Sistah Girls Book Club podcast is hosted by Sharee Hereford #TheSistahGirlNextDoor This podcast is for Black women who enjoy reading books by Black authors and having some juicy discussions. I interview some of your favorite authors and I even spill the tea on my thoughts regarding their work and all things within the Black literary community.
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It's a book club, but funny! Comedian Michael Ian Black is tackling a great work of literature: Wuthering Heights. Join Michael's weekly book club as he reads aloud from a classic and asks people like Jen Kirkman, Mike Birbiglia, Michael Showalter, and even his teenage kids to weigh in with their perspectives. Season 1: Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure. The book is bleak, but Michael does a lot of accent work. Season 2: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. It's alive, and it's just a big buddy. Also, ...
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Prosecco N Prose is a monthly virtual book club. Literature is lit with entertaining English teachers Wendy and Amy as they dive deep while deconstructing prose and downing Prosecco. It's the quiz-free English class you never knew you needed.
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Noire Book Reviews

Natasha Nicolo

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Noire Book Reviews features books by and/or about Black people from across the diaspora. Noire Book Reviews is a part of the Media Noire Network created and hosted by me, Natasha Nicolo, to celebrate Black pride, excellence, and power all 366 days of the year. (Note: In the early episodes, you will hear mention of "Noire Histoir, " my original Black history and culture podcast. That podcast still exists as Noire History but now focuses on Black history and non-fiction books and documentaries ...
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The Last Comic Shop Podcast

Black Angus Productions

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The Last Comic Shop is a podcast dedicated to saving one of the great literary art forms: Comics! Weekly reviews and recommendations for comic book fans both new and life long! Have a comic book you want us to review? Email us at lastcomicshoppodcast@gmail.com
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Brazenlee Shadee

Sharonda and Taima

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Where books n shenanigans reside. If you’re a fan of chopping it up with your girlfriends while engaging in real, raw & raunchy conversations, then Brazenlee Shadee is the podcast for you. Join romance bloggers Sharonda Isadora and Taima aka Shades N Pages for bi-weekly episodes as they discuss romance and books. From special guests and book communitea, these ladies take you on a wild ride while feeding their hunger for all things books. Be sure to follow the show on Instagram, Threads, and ...
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Written In Melanin

C. M. Lockhart

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The Written in Melanin Podcast is the space where you come for your weekly dose of melanated creativity. Hosted by C. M. Lockhart, an author of fantasy books featuring Black girls who aren't all that nice, and the owner of the Melanin Library, this podcast is a glimpse into the journey of Black authors. New episodes are released every other Wednesday! Purchase her latest book from her website https://CMLockhart.com 🤎
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The Black Book will be focusing on the education, business, and working experiences of Black people around the globe. The Black Book was inspired by both personal discovery and research of the “Negro Motorist Green Book,” Each episode highlights creatives, innovators, and successful business-people engaging in a range of lifestyles or those who even own their own business.
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AHMM introduces The Hitchcock Podcast Series. Each month we post a new reading of a favorite story from our archives, selected and introduced by the magazine's editor, Linda Landrigan. For over 60 years, AHMM has published the best in short crime fiction. This podcast series features stories by AHMM contributors, occasionally supplemented by interviews with the authors. Visit TheMysteryPlace.com for more stories, book reviews, subscription information, and more.
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BLACK BOOKS LIVE!

Black Books Live!

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Black Books Live! seeks to address the dearth of audio material available from Black Authors. Hosts Jason Harris, Cher Jey and guests will read excerpts from a Black author's classic works. Links to the print and audio copies of the featured author will be included with each episode.
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Bird Nerd Book Club

Hannah Buschert

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Join in each month to hear from some of your favorite bird-related authors about their current and upcoming books! Host is Hannah from Hannah and Erik Go Birding and Women Birders (Happy Hour).
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Data Over Dogma

Daniel McClellan and Daniel Beecher

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This ain't your pastor's Bible podcast. This is a deep interrogation of the book, and we're bringing receipts. Bible scholar Dr. Dan McClellan and atheist podcaster Dan Beecher team up to discover what the Bible actually says, what it decidedly doesn't say (even if everyone thinks it does), and explore the history of the most popular book of all time.
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The BAN Radio Literary Program aims to support the African American community and to show people, through the radio show, that African American writers are more than just a niche. We bring wonderful stories to the minds and imaginations of everyone! We have stories to tell, using our voice and our experiences, that cross all races and cultures. Join us on Monday and Wednesday Nights, 8-10 pm EST. BECOME A GUEST ON THE SHOW. Go here to sign up today: http://www.edc-creations.com
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Feminist Book Club: The Podcast

www.feministbookclub.com

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Feminist Book Club is the premier online hub for intersectional readers and anyone who wants to infuse their bookshelves with social justice. We encourage resistance through reading with our blog, podcast, events, and our signature monthly subscription box.
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The Legendarium

The Legendarium Podcast

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The Legendarium exists primarily as a book club for fantasy and sci-fi, both the classics and the new classics.Tolkien, Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan, and more.
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Black Entrepreneur Blueprint was created to help educate and inspire Black entrepreneurs to Launch, Build, and Grow successful businesses. Our podcast is designed for Black entrepreneurs by Black entrepreneurs. Our podcast consist of in depth interviews with successful Black entrepreneurs such as Dr. Dennis Kimbro; million selling author of the book "Think and Grow Rich - A Black Choice", George C. Fraser founder of www.Frasernet.com, and many others. The interviews not only focus on the ent ...
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Reading While Black Book Club is a podcast where we dissect and discuss Black literature. Each month we select a book by us with us in mind giving our listeners access to the authors via interview where their questions get answered and they become part of the show. Friends, community leaders, and activists stop by as we amplify their work in marginalized communities. We promote reading as a self-help tool for better mental health and provide a safe space where individuals can tell their stor ...
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Black Star Passes

John W. Campbell

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Follow along with Arcot, Morey, and Wade as they discover a revolutionary form of propulsion, visit our neighboring planets, and go up against aliens from a rogue solar system that passes close to our own. These three stories (Piracy Preferred, Solarite, and The Black Star Passes) were originally published (c. 1930) as a serial in Amazing Stories magazine.
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Comic Book Club

Comic Book Club

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Comic Book Club is a LIVE weekly talk show about comic books, every Tuesday night at 7pm ET! Hosted by Justin Tyler, Pete LePage, and Alex Zalben, we welcome the best guests from the world of comics and comedy every week!
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Making mostly full spoiler content since October 2018, the Black Tower Podcast focuses on topics ranging from cultures to characters to metaphysics across the entirety of Robert Jordan’s epic fantasy series The Wheel of Time. Born out of a love for the books and an appreciation for its nuance, these folks get together weekly to discuss all of the things that make us love this series.
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The Fantasy Black Book

The Brawl Network

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The Best Selling Fantasy Black Book, but the Podcast! Author Joe Pisapia, Scott Bogman and Chris Welsh bring you an hour of sports and fantasy sports talk weekly on the In This League Podcast Network. Football, Baseball, Prospects, Entertainment, Arguing, Chaos and more! Visit www.InThisLeague.com to find more Black Book and In This League content.
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"Black Cake" by Charmaine Wilkerson is a book about family and identity. Eleanor Bennett was married with two children who despite being several years apart were very close as children but have become estranged as adults. The siblings are forced to deal with each other in the aftermath of their mother's passing. She has left some recordings for the…
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Here at FBC, we wanna diversify your bookshelf in all sorts of ways and we’re here to remind you that reading Black stories doesn’t just mean reading literary fiction about pain or suffering. Genre fiction, or popular fiction that falls into certain predictable categories, is full of incredible Black women writing at the tops of their games. In thi…
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Today’s poem is Black Book of Creation by Shanta Lee Gander. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s poem builds on the belief that imagining is a kind of magic and time travel, that listening to the soil and all the voices within is a monumental way into both history, and our future.” Celebrate the power o…
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Writer Dan Watters joins Alex for a special dive into Skybound's new book Universal Monsters: Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives! What was it like collaborating with Ram V in a different way for this project? What is the enduring appeal of Gill-Man? Plus, a little bit about his upcoming run on Destro, as part of Skybound's Energon Universe. SUBSC…
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This is the second of a two-part interview with, Alice Randall, who is best known for her best-selling novels The Wind Done Gone, Rebel Yell, Black Bottom Saints and others. But before writing prose, Alice wrote country songs in Nashville, including "XXXs and OOOs", which went to top the charts for Trisha Yearwood, making Alice the first African-Am…
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A review of “Worthy” by Jada Pinkett Smith, a relatively new release about the actress' early life growing up in Baltimore, her career as an actress in LA, and of course her marriage. Show notes are available at https://medianoire.com/blog/worthy-book-review. VISIT MY WEBSITE https://medianoire.com FOLLOW ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram: https://www.i…
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Hampton Sides is a veteran journalist and non-fiction writer, with his work appearing in many publications, including National Geographic and Outside magazine. Book Talk listeners may best know him for his appearances discussing his titles like, Hellhound on His Trail, Blood and Thunder, and In the Kingdom of Ice. Today, we will begin a two-part in…
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Sheryl McCollum and Nancy Grace dive into the Suzanne Morphew case, providing their insights and opinions on the evidence and potential suspects. Although Barry Morphew has not been named a suspect or person of interest, Nancy Grace explains why the evidence points towards him. The autopsy results revealed that Suzanne had been shot with animal tra…
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Today’s poem is Blue Hour by Chanda Feldman. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Although about the birth of a child, what I love about today’s poem is how it parallels my growing sense of care for natural environments. When my children were born, their bodies demanded a softness from my body, not to mention a …
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Today’s poem is Never Did Say So by Caridad Moro-Gronlier. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s poem explores the depths of its speaker by applying the lyrics of an iconic artist who gets that indomitable spirit of smart, independent women.” Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today.…
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We look at the legacy of Naomi Drake as an infamous Race Flagger during her 16 year stent as the Registrar of the Bureau of Vital Statistics for the City of New Orleans. We discuss the Racial Integrity Act of 1924. We also discuss Racism/White Supremacy. What it is and how it works. We use clips of an interview of author Gail Lukasik on Gus T. Rene…
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On the Stack podcast for the week of May 1, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Blood Hunt #1, Superman: House of Brainiac #1, and so many more! SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, APPLE, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, TIKTOK, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. Full List of Comic Reviews for May 1, 2024:…
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In this episode we kick off our mini-series discussing Black Panther: Tales of Wakanda. BUY BLACK PANTHER: TALES OF WAKANDA #WizardTeam is part of the Black Nerds Create collective, which provides content through the lens of critical and creative fandom. www.blacknerdscreate.com Instagram: @wizardteampod @blacknerdscreate Tumblr: @wizardteampod @bl…
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Karen Read, 43, of Mansfield, is accused of second-degree murder and other charges. The prosecution says she hit her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe, with her vehicle outside of a home in Canton during a snowstorm on Jan. 29, 2022, following a night of drinking. She has pleaded not guilty. Guest Bio and Links: Joshua Schiffer is an at…
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This a part 1 of the interview with Demetrius Frazier the owner of Resist Booksellers 00:00 Welcome to the Written In Melanin Podcast 00:22 Spotlight on Demetrius Frazier: Literacy Advocate and Entrepreneur 03:05 The Mission and Impact of Resist Booksellers 11:24 Navigating the Book Industry as an Indie Author 31:30 The Power of Support: Valuing In…
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May is International Short Story Month, so dive on into some of the best YA short story collections this week with Kelly. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Looking to elevate your reading life? Tailored Book Recommendations is here …
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Today’s poem is Life on Earth by Dorianne Laux. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Poems buttress me against the hurt and the harm and the uncertainty of life itself. I fear that the global conflicts we’re witnessing are negatively impacting the health and mental wellbeing of people who are susceptible to the …
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Interested in learning about the engineer who received his first of 57 patents for creating an automatic lubricator that reduced downtime for train engine maintenance? Then my Elijah McCoy Black History Facts profile is for you. Show notes are available at http://medianoire.com/blog/elijah-mccoy. VISIT MY WEBSITE https://medianoire.com FOLLOW ME ON…
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Wendy and Amy discuss a little romance with Book Lovers by Emily Henry. We loved the sisterly bond between Nora and Libby, and the snarky banter between Nora and Charlie. Pop a cork to finding love where you least expect it! Book: Book Lovers by Emily Henry Bubbly: Caposaldo Prosecco This episode has a SPOILER SUMMARY. Character Sketches Wendy: Nor…
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Craig and Todd chat for a few minutes about the new installment of Denis Villeneuve's Dune adaptation. Before that, Craig makes an announcement about the show taking a short break. Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendarium Check out the archives at https://www.thelegendarium.com/ Join the Discord community: https://discord.co…
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It's a Comic Book Club Crime Comics Spectacular! With guests Gary Phillips ("Cold Hard Cash"), Dennis Hopeless ("She's Running On Fumes"), Lee Loughridge ("Midstate"), and Rob Hart ("Blood Oath"). SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, APPLE, SPOTIFY, OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, TIKTOK, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. Our Spo…
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Perhaps our most referential episode, ever. The book: The Employees by Olga Ravn The art it was created to accompany: Consumed Future Spewed Up as Present by Lea Guldditte Hestlund Books (many are also Movies/TV shows) Mentioned: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Phillip K. Dick (movie is titled Bladerunner) Neuromancer by William Gibson The E…
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“Relentless.” Chatter rolls with David, Torie, Jamie, and Claude. Jamie’s just back from Costa Rica – a definite yes for travel. They bid a fond farewell to the iconic Eddie Sands, father of David, Steve, and Michael and patriarch of the iconic Calvert Woodley Fine Wines and Spirits. Joe Drape joins to debrief on “Broken Horses,” the NYT expose on …
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Today’s poem is Accessory to War by Kim Stafford. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s sobering poem lands a powerful reminder: that even when we adhere to a belief against war, even when we wish not to collude in acts of aggression, in a powerful nation as ours, mere citizenship implicates us.” Celebrat…
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Prepare to go cosmic with a look at the legendary European space adventure series "The 6 Voyages of Lone Sloane" by Philippe Druillet! Plus the results of our recent fan polls which you can vote on weekly out @lastcomicshop on social media! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA ScottPar Black Angus Productions
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Clyde meets a fellow boarder, a Niles to his Frasier, a "brainless sprig" named Walter Dillard. Dillard is eager to make Clyde's acquaintance upon learning his surname and to squire him around the bright lights of Lycurgus. It's no Nashville, where your host finds himself hanging about petting a bearded dragon or two. Could Walter Dillard be a bear…
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This is part 2 of the interview with Bethany Baptiste the author of "The Poisons We Drink"00:00 Welcome to the Written In Melanin Podcast00:22 The Journey of 'The Poisons We Drink' with Bethany Baptiste00:33 Navigating the Challenges of Traditional Publishing02:16 Bethany's Publication Rollercoaster: Delays, Misprints, and Tours12:17 The Emotional …
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If you've been listening to the show for any length of time, you know that the Bible did not come from any single source, nor does it speak with one voice. This week, we have Dr. David Carr with us to discuss "the primeval history" of Genesis 1-11, and and the sources from which those chapters sprung. Were these stories taken and modified from othe…
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Today’s poem is Life In The Gush Of Boasts by Elijah Burrell. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Most writers are not “All eyes on me,” but the psychology of the social media “like” and “follower” becomes validation, it seems, between books.” Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Ever…
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In Nature's Wild: Love, Sex, and Law in the Caribbean (Duke UP, 2021), Andil Gosine engages with questions of humanism, queer theory, and animality to examine and revise understandings of queer desire in the Caribbean. Surveying colonial law, visual art practices, and contemporary activism, Gosine shows how the very concept of homosexuality in the …
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As a serial entrepreneur and business coach for twenty-five plus years, the number one question Jay gets is “what business should I start?” On today’s Black Entrepreneur Blueprint podcast episode # 515, Jay will give you seven simple questions to help you identify a money-making business opportunity. If you are currently an entrepreneur and looking…
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Ever wondered how FinTech is revolutionizing the way Black communities handle wealth? Join us as special guest Calvin Williams Jr, the enterprising mind behind Freeman Capital, unpacks how his company is leveling the financial playing field. His personal tale of entrepreneurship will not only inspire you but also provide you with the keys to unlock…
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A review of “Will” by Will Smith an autobiography about the rapper and actor that charts his life from a childhood in West Philadelphia to being a Hollywood megastar. It's an unexpectedly candid account of the ups and downs in Smith's life that led to me finishing the book with a different perspective of the man and insightful questions for myself.…
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Sara Koffi is a native of Memphis, who currently calls western Pennsylvania home. We’ll be discussing her debut, a thriller called, While We Were Burning, which is set in Harbor Town, one of the few majority-white neighborhoods in Memphis, and how that lack of integration exacerbates the grief felt by the leading women characters, both black and wh…
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The Pacific Ocean is twice the size of the Atlantic, and while humans have been traversing its current-driven maritime highways for thousands of years, its sheer scale proved an obstacle to early European imperial powers. Enter Lope Martin, a forgotten Afro-Portuguese ship pilot heretofore unheralded by historians. In Conquering the Pacific: An Unk…
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Imagining Musical Pasts: the Queer Literary Musicology of Vernon Lee, Rosa Newmarch, and Edward Prime-Stevenson (Clemson University Press, 2023) by Kristin M. Franseen explores the complicated archive of sources, interpretations, and people present in queer writings on opera and symphonic music from ca. 1880 to 1935. It focuses primarily on the wor…
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Today Nancy and Sheryl go deep into the disturbing case of two young Kansas mothers who were kidnapped, bludgeoned to death, and buried in a 10-foot pit on April 17th - the same day one of the victim's children had a birthday. The alleged mastermind is Tiffany Adams, the children's grandmother linked to the "God's Misfits" cult. Five people were ar…
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In this episode, we talk with author Bethany Baptiste about her debut novel, The Poisons We Drink. BUY THE POISONS WE DRINK Follow Bethany at @storysorcery #WizardTeam is part of the Black Nerds Create collective, which provides content through the lens of critical and creative fandom. www.blacknerdscreate.com Instagram & Tumblr: @wizardteampod @bl…
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Today’s poem is Self-Portrait with Tumbling and Lasso by Eduardo C. Corral. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… "These days, we are loving reading and writing self-portrait poems, what I call the “verbal selfie.” It allows the author to be the runway, to elevate themselves into the frame of language. In so doing…
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