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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness- Special Episode (YouTube Release): #UPRISINGS 2020, Part 2, Global Perspectives
(YouTube Release) Journeys of Belonging to Blackness Channel on June 11 2020 “We use our craft, our artistry to uplift people. Despite our location, it has not deterred our Black […]
S1, Ep 006 with Kathryn Sophia Belle, philosopher and owner of La Belle Vie on Black self-empowerment, being a high achiever, happily unmarried and erotic empowerment
In this episode, host Yndia is engaged in a fun, intellectually stimulating and titillating conversation with Dr. Kathryn Sophia Belle, philosopher, writer and coach on issues of Black self-empowerment, being […]
S1, Ep 002 with Masauko Chipembere of BLK Sonshine on music and the legacy of Malawian Freedom Fighters Henry Masauko and Catherine Chipembere(part 2)
S1, Ep 002: Part 2. In this episode, host Yndia continues her conversation Masauko Chipembere, internationally renowned jazz musician and son of Malawian freedom fighters, as he talks about his […]