Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness Podcast: Announcement, Season 3 Coming Soon!
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Season 3: Available September 2021
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S2, Ep 018 with Anton Nimblett, acclaimed Trinidadian poet and short story author on his most recent collection “Now/After”
In this season 2 finale, Host Yndia sits with acclaimed poet and short story author Anton Nimblett to discuss his most recent collection, Now/After, the significance of carnival and fete in storytelling, race and queer personhood, and the importance of being a "maco" (macomere)/ people watcher as a writer that ...
S2, Ep 017 with Moya Z. Bailey (author and digital scholar) on her term “Misogynoir” and the significance of #Hashtag Activism
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 #Hashtag activism, the role of accomplices vs. allies, and of course, ...
S3, Ep 016 with Kinitra D. Brooks on her Root.com series for HBO’s LoveCraft Country, Black women in horror and The Lemonade Reader (Beyonce’s visual album)
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, sits down with Host Yndia in this episode. Wouldn't want to miss it! ...
S2, Ep 015 with Tonya C. Hegamin, award-winning YA author, on the importance of play as a way to amplify Black joy and healing
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 healing. Listen in to learn more about her upcoming memoir ...
S2, Ep 014 with Chef Keesha O’Galdez of Gourmet Diva on being a Black women chef and her upcoming appearance on Food Network’s Chopped
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 healthy eating. A recipient of the Doonie Fund, ...
S2, Ep 013 with Vilna Bashi Treitler, sociologist and visual artist, on being named to the Zora Canon in 2020 for one of the best 100 books ever written by an African American woman and her forthcoming memoir “Schooled”
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 the best 100 books ever written by an ...
S2, Ep 012 with Natalie LeBlanc, public health practitioner and HIV prevention researcher, on testing, prevention and health promotion for African descended people across the diaspora
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. Listen in as they talk all things sex: sexual health, consent, MSMs, and the importance ...
Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness YouTube Live Stream of Podcast: Black Creatives Reflect on film, “40-Year-Old-Version”
Podcast "Talking" Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness YouTube Live Stream Discussion: Black Creatives Reflect on Radha Blank's directorial debut, "40-Year-Old Version" (originally recorded on October 31 6:30P EST). Conversation facilitated by host and digital creator Yndia Lorick-Wilmot; with guests Alicia Anabel Santos, Kathryn Sophia Belle, Michele Simms-Burton and Vilna Bashi ...
S2, Ep 011 with Christen Smith of #CiteBlackWomen (founder & activist) about citational practices & Black women’s brilliance
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 liberation when it comes to anti-Black state-sanctioned police violence throughout the Americas and ...
S2, Ep 010 with Glory Edim of Well-Read Black Girl (author, founder & convener) about the power of books & community
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, the Innovator’s award from the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and an Outstanding Literary Work ...
Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness: Podcast Season 2 Debuts September 2020!
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S1, Ep 009 with Victorious DeCosta (film producer and documentarian) about his films Storm Over Brooklyn: The Yusef Hawkins Story and Digging for Weldon Johnson, the importance of biopics and Black men’s mental health
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 Yusef Hawkins Story," as well as the significance of Black mental wellbeing and suicide, ...
Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness- Special Episode (YouTube Release): #UPRISINGS 2020, Part 1
Video Recording Release: June 4 (JourneysB2B YouTube Channel)
Listeners and supporters of my digital media project, Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness, understand the intention of my work is to highlight and uplift the lives and the positive experiences of African descendants. These several weeks have left me and so many ...
S1, Ep 008 with Courtney Desiree Morris (visual and conceptual artist) for “Exploring Passages Within the Black Diaspora” and “Adjust Yo’ Eyes For This Darkness”
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 Berkeley to chat about "art as ministry," ancestor veneration, and life as an artist ...