S8, Ep 071 with My’Kal Stromile, A Movement Architect on Blackness, Ballet, & Reimagining Tradition
Podcast (talkingjourneysofb2b): Play in new window | Download In this episode, Dr. Yndia sits with her guest choreographer and dancer My’Kal Stromile to discuss Black identity, ballet, artistic inheritance, and […]
Another Win! Belonging to Blackness Takes Silver at the 2026 Anthem Awards
We’re thrilled to announce that Belonging to Blackness, our public humanities project (which includes the podcast + forthcoming book), has been awarded the Silver Medal at the 2026 6th Annual […]
Reimagining the Inherited: Blackness, Tradition, & the Freedom to Create
We all inherit something. Sometimes it is a tradition, a way of seeing the world, a set of values, material items, or an artistic practice. And sometimes what we inherit […]
Gold Medal Glory! Belonging to Blackness Wins Big at the 2026 Signal Awards and Earns Anthem Awards Finalist Honors
Big news for the podcast Belonging to Blackness! We’re thrilled to announce the podcast has won Gold at the 2026 Signal Awards in the show genre category of Curators Shaping […]
S8, Ep 070 with Cindy Allman of Book of Cinz on #ReadCaribbean, Books, Belonging, & The Stories that Shape Us
Podcast (talkingjourneysofb2b): Play in new window | Download In this episode, host Dr. Yndia wants us to consider the question: What does it mean to truly Read Caribbean? In this […]
Blackness Without Borders: How Caribbean and Afro-Latine Identities Expand What It Means to Be African Descended
October invites us to consider something I find increasingly urgent: not simply who belongs but how belonging is negotiated across languages, borders, and histories. Too often, conversations about Black identity […]
S7, Ep 066 with Dianne M Stewart, on Black spiritual and African heritage traditions, and the sacred lives we carry
Podcast (talkingjourneysofb2b): Play in new window | Download In this powerful episode, author and leading scholar of African diaspora religions, Black sacred imagination, and womanist thought, Dr. Dianne M. Stewart […]