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My guest for this episode is celebrated hip hop artist, podcaster, comedy writer, and host, Open Mike Eagle. The topic is underground hip hop and Black fandom. We use the influential Los Angeles based...

“It’s the completion of a colonial project where you actually get to mine the Black body without dealing with any Black bodies,” writer Baratunde Thurston tells TODAY.com.

My guest for this episode is Dr. Quincy T. Mills, who is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland in addition to serving as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs for Graduate ...

The delicious fruit is abundant throughout the D.C. region. Here's how to get your paws on “nature’s best kept secret.”

Dr. Paulette Richards is a celebrated artist, educator, performer, and author who studies the meaning of puppets, masks, and other performing objects in the African diaspora. She joins me for this epi...

The guest for this episode is geographer and scholar Dr. Priscilla McCutcheon, who is an Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Kentucky. We discussed the concept of Black geographies...

Debra Freeman is helping bring the story of chef Edna Lewis to new audiences through a film exploring the life and legacy of one of Virginia’s most influential yet often overlooked culinary figures.

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My guest is accomplished jazz bassist, professor, and public music educator Paul Thompson. We discuss the influence of jazz bass on other genres, the regional differences in jazz styles, and the vibra...

The guest for this episode is Dr. Kimberly Thomas McNair, Lecturer in the Department of African and African American Studies at Stanford University. One of Dr. McNair's major research projects is expl...

My guest for this episode is Jason A. England, acclaimed writer, cultural critic, and English professor. We use Jason's controversial piece lamenting the state of popular hip hop as an entry point int...

My guest for this episode is Anela Malik, who is a writer, speaker, food and travel enthusiast, and social media influencer. She is the author of the book American Soul: The Black History of Food in ...

My guest for this episode is Lamont Jack Pearley, Executive Director and founder of Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Preservation Foundation & the African American Folklorist Magazine . He is an appli...

At Potlikker, we tell African American history through the food that carried it: Sunday dinners, church suppers, Juneteenth tables, and the everyday cooking that became some of the best this country h...

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Last week, an elder family friend told me they followed a popular YouTube page called The Hungry Historian , which uses historical reel footage of Black American life in their many soul food videos. ...

My guest for this episode is Dr. Constance Bailey, Assistant Professor of African American Literature and Folklore at Georgia State University and Digital Media Editor at the American Folklore Soci...

In this episode, I speak to film critic, writer, podcaster, and musician Marcus Pinn of the blog Pinnland Empire and the Zebras in America podcast. We discuss the history of efforts to build a Bla...

In this marathon episode, I speak to Boston writer and hip hop historian Dart Adams about the history of the hip hop canon starting from the early days of recorded old school classics through the main...

My guest for this episode is community organizer, food writer, educator, and social media influencer. KJ Kearney. He is the creator of the James Beard Award winning Instagram account Black Food Frida...

The guest for this episode is renowned playwright, author, educator, and activist J.e. Franklin. Ms. Franklin is the founder and producing artistic director of Harlem's Blackgirl Ensemble Theater, Inc...

My guest is writer and music critic Chris Stevens, who hosts the R&B podcast On The Groove Line . Chris and I discuss the first ever quiet storm R&B radio broadcast by Melvin Lindsey at Howar...

The guest for this episode is Charla L. Draper, Chicago food writer/consultant and former food editor of Ebony & Southern Living . I talk to Ms. Draper about her early Black food writing influe...

My guest for this episode is Dr. Aneeka Ayanna Henderson, Associate Professor of American Studies at Amherst College. Dr. Henderson and I discuss the historical, political, and cultural context of Bla...

In this episode, I speak with siblings Alima Wheeler-Trapp and Ali J. Wheeler of the arts organization and archive The Black Canon , which is committed to preserving and promoting African American li...

My guest for this episode is Chef Rahman "Rock" Harper, who is a chef, entrepreneur, author, speaker, and food media personality based in the Washington, D.C. area. We explore the differences between ...

The guest for this episode is Sheree Williams. She is Publisher & Owner of Cuisine Noir Magazine as well as Executive Director of the nonprofit The Global Food & Drink Initiative. She is als...

Digital creator Sonja Norwood reintroduces lost recipes in her series "Lost Black American Recipes," shared on social media.