Friends Like Us
349 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 401 ratingsA podcast featuring women of color with different views on topics hosted by Marina Franklin.
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The Banana Skirt
September 01, 2021 10:30 - 1 hour - 228 MBNonye Brown-West is a New York-based Nigerian-American comedian and writer. She has been featured in the Boston Globe's Rise column as a Comic to Watch, as well as in NPR, PBS, ABC, Sway In The Morning, and the New York Comedy Festival. In 2019, Nonye made her acting debut in The Sympathy Card. Look out for her two new web series, Fairytales with Nonye and Gayby Jesus. Calise Hawkins is a stand-up comedian and writer. She has performed her standup on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC), Ru...
One Race, The Human Race
August 25, 2021 10:30 - 1 hour - 232 MBRobin Cloud is an award-winning writer and director working in television and film. As a member of the 2020 Class of the American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women, Robin wrote and directed the short film 2 Dollars that premiered at the BFI Flare Film Festival in London. During its festival run, 2 Dollars earned several audience and best of the festival awards. Her first narrative short, Out Again, was executive produced by Refinery29 as part of their Shatterbox Anthology and pre...
The Importance Of Being Proactive
August 18, 2021 10:30 - 1 hour - 237 MBNonye Brown-West is a New York-based Nigerian-American comedian and writer. She has been featured in the Boston Globe's Rise column as a Comic to Watch, as well as in NPR, PBS, ABC, Sway In The Morning, and the New York Comedy Festival. In 2019, Nonye made her acting debut in The Sympathy Card. Look out for her two new web series, Fairytales with Nonye and Gayby Jesus. Suzette Simon is the founder of NYLaughs, a New York-based nonprofit that produces free comedy events in public spaces to ...
A Lift Me Up
August 11, 2021 10:30 - 1 hour - 178 MBWendy Liebman started her stand-up career in Boston in 1984. Since then, she has been a regular on late night television, with appearances on Carson, Fallon, Letterman, Kimmel, and Leno. In 1996, she won the American Comedy Award for Female Stand-up Comedian of the Year. Wendy has half-hour specials on both HBO and Comedy Central and her first hour, “Wendy Liebman: Taller on TV” premiered on Showtime in 2011. She recently appeared on the FX documentary, "Hysterical" and performs throughout t...
Going Backwards
August 04, 2021 10:30 - 1 hour - 195 MBMia Jackson is a New York based comedian originally from Georgia. In 2017, Jackson was selected as a New Face by the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival and Atlanta's Creative Loafing named her the Critic's Choice Best Stand-Up in the city. She has toured nationally with Amy Schumer and is a featured comic at festivals and clubs across the country. Her first stand up special aired in October 2018 as part of Unprotected Sets on EPIX. Jackson has appeared on NickMom's Night Out, Viceland, Comedy C...
The Method Of Acting
July 28, 2021 10:30 - 1 hour - 263 MBBechir Sylvain is a quadruple-threat Haitian American actor, writer, director, and producer from Boston and Miami who can be seen in the second season of Netflix series BLACK SUMMER. Additionally, Bechir currently plays ‘EJ’ on the TNT’s hit comedic drama series, CLAWS and ‘Willy’ on BET+’s hit series, BIGGER currently streaming S2, and is executive-produced by Will Packer. Bechir’s television credits also include guest starring on This Is Us (NBC) Chicago, PD (NBC), Better Call Saul (AMC), ...
Effective Vaccine Conversations - Squashing Misinformation
July 21, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 182 MBDr. Florencia Greer Polite is an Associate Professor of Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology and Chief of the Division of General OBGYN at University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Dr. Polite is a native of Philadelphia and a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She completed her residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at NYU & Bellevue hospitals, where she served as the Administrative Chief Resident and received the Lyman Bart...
BONUS NEW EP: Learn Critical Thinking With Dr. Wayman Merrill
July 21, 2021 10:30 - 1 hour - 213 MBDr. Wayman Merrill -Dr. Merrill graduated from the University of Chicago Division of The Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine in 1974. Dr. Wayman Merrill has over 47 years of experience in the field of medicine Dr. Merrill works in Wilmington, CA and specializes in Family Medicine. Dr. Merrill is affiliated with Marina Del Rey Hospital As a family doctor in California, Dr. Wayman Merrill offers comprehensive medical care for individuals & families. Family doctors may diagnos...
A Fight Is A Fight: A Cause Is A Cause
July 14, 2021 10:30 - 2 hours - 290 MBSheAh Prince Eternal, of SheAh Prince Eternal Productions Inc. is a multi talented Intersex individual of the LGBTQ+ community who offers multi gifts to his community and all walks of life. He is a Personal Emotional Life Balancing Coach, with 20 + years of Shamanic Training, Holistic Healing., teacher of self love, self worth, equality,& self care through retreats, coaching, performances, writing, speaking engagements and art. He is also an ordained minister currently studying reiki heali...
Setting The Table For Bipartisan Talks
July 07, 2021 10:30 - 1 hour - 199 MBZainab Johnson, a stand-up comedian, actress, and writer is quickly being propelled as one of the most unique and engaging performers on stage and screen. In 2019, Zainab was named one of Variety’s Top 10 Comics To Watch. Recently, she was one of the hosts for Netflix's new show "100 Humans". You can also catch her as Aleesha on the new comedy series "Upload" on Amazon prime. Zainab made her first late night stand up appearance on NBC's Late Night with Seth Meyers, and has also had appearanc...
David Alan Grier And Gina Yashere Visit Friends
June 30, 2021 10:30 - 1 hour - 238 MBGina Yashere is a stand-up comedian, actress, and voice artist from London. She has appeared on Live At the Apollo, Last Comic Standing (where she made the final ten!), The Tonight Show, and Crashing. Gina is the British correspondent on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and has voiced numerous characters such as Keisha from Bromwell High and Gravelle in Early Man. She has three stand-up specials out, including Skinny B*tch on Showtime and most recently was in The Standups on Netflix.Yashere a...
Critical Race Theory Matters
June 23, 2021 10:30 - 1 hour - 187 MBJessica Kirson is a powerhouse comedian known for her silliness, vulnerability, and ridiculous characters. Jessica recently produced FX’s Hysterical, a feature-length documentary that explores the changing landscape of women in stand-up comedy. The documentary features Margaret Cho, Nikki Glazer, Chelsea Handler, Fortune Feimster, and other notable comedians (including myself!). Her one-hour special, "Talking to Myself" debuted on Comedy Central and was executive produced by Bill Burr. She i...
A One-On-One With Dr. Judith Joseph And Keith Price
June 16, 2021 10:30 - 2 hours - 297 MBJudith Fiona Joseph M.D., M.B.A is a Board Certified Psychiatrist, with additional expertise in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Family Therapy, in New York City. Dr. Judith helps people from all stages of development including childhood, adolescence, and adulthood in a collaborative treatment to identify and achieve individual and family goals. Dr. Joseph is a clinical assistant professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at NYU Langone Medical Center. She is a television consultant, car...
Lessons Learned From Trauma
June 09, 2021 10:30 - 1 hour - 249 MBPat Brown has been seen on CBS’s Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Fuse’s Uproarious, Axis’s Gotham Live, NBC’s Comics Unleashed and BET‘s ComicView, TVOne’s made for TV movie-WHITE WATER, the independent film SOMEBODIES, and the web series UNREQUITED. Pat has won both the Las Vegas Comedy Festival and the She Devil Competition. She has been featured in Time Out Magazine, After-Ellen, Splitsider and Punchline Magazine. Her critically acclaimed album “The Pat Brown Sex-Tape” has been described ...
Who Needs Integration?
June 02, 2021 10:30 - 1 hour - 257 MBEman El-Husseini A Canadian, a Palestinian, a Muslim, and a lesbian walk into a bar … ladies and gentlemen, it’s just Eman El-Husseini. Yes, she’s all those catastrophic identities rolled into one — her life is a current event. From the Muslim ban to Palestinian rights and marriage equality to the ice cream truck that insists on parking in front of her building, it’s all happening and it’s happening to her, especially. Strap in and get comfortable, Eman has a lot to work through. In her deca...
Happy Living
May 26, 2021 10:30 - 1 hour - 228 MBC. Zawadi Morris is an award-winning journalist and a Chicago native who moved to Brooklyn in 1997. Ms. Morris holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration (and a minor in Spanish) from the University of Illinois and a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University. She has worked as the communications director for Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez (NY-12), a senior account executive for Shandwick Public Affairs and Cohn & Wolf Public Relations, and an editor of Bed-Stuy Patc...
Songwriters Matter
May 19, 2021 10:30 - 1 hour - 269 MBAutumn Rowe is a Singer/Songwriter/Producer/DJ from New York. Growing up in the South Bronx, she applied her musical talents in a range of roles, from band leader to session singer. Later, she became a sought after songwriter, working with some of the world’s biggest artists and record labels. She wrote the dance anthem behind the 2011 FIFA World Cup “Happiness” featuring Alexis Jordan, and has worked with Dua Lipa, Stargate, Jax Jones, Netsky, MK, Avicci, Zedd,Alesso, AfroJack, Deadmau5, Al...
This Is America
May 12, 2021 10:30 - 1 hour - 274 MBNitika Chopra is the founder of Chronicon, a media and events company, dedicated to elevating the lives of those living with a chronic illness. Nitika was diagnosed with psoriasis at the age of 10 and psoriatic arthritis at the age of 19 and lived over 17 years of her life being defined by her conditions. In 2010 she decided to take all of the lessons her health journey had taught her and use it to help others with the creation of her online magazine Bella Life. Since the start of her entrep...
Ready For The World To Open
May 05, 2021 10:30 - 1 hour - 274 MBNonye Brown-West is a Nigerian-American comedian and writer. She has been featured in the Boston Globe's Rise column as a Comic to Watch, NPR, PBS, ABC, Sway In The Morning, and the New York Comedy Festival. In 2019, Nonye made her acting debut in The Sympathy Card. Look out for her two new web series, Fairytales with Nonye and Gayby Jesus, coming in winter 2020. Pat Brown has been seen on CBS’s Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Fuse’s Uproarious, Axis’s Gotham Live, NBC’s Comic’s Unleashe...
Representation In Books Matter
April 28, 2021 10:30 - 1 hour - 258 MBAuthor of the bestselling mythically-inspired YA fantasy A Song Below Water series, Bethany C. Morrow also writes for adult audiences, in genres ranging from speculative literary to historical fiction. In addition to penning novels like Mem and A Chorus Rises, she is a contributor to the young adult anthology Take the Mic, which was the 2020 ILA Social Justice in Literature award winner. A California native now living in north country New York, she hopes to “abolish winter but not in a clima...
Chasing The Dream While Black
April 21, 2021 10:30 - 1 hour - 249 MBRetha Jones has been tickling funny bones across America for nearly 20 years. She started her career as a model and actress, and discovered her talent for comedy after touring with Shelly Garrett’s hit stage play, Beauty Shop. From there, she hit the comedy club circuit and felt at home making audiences erupt in laughter. In addition to performing at several comedy clubs and venues across the U.S., she has performed on several television comedy shows, including HBO's Def Comedy Jam, BET’s Co...
A Move Towards A Just City
April 14, 2021 10:30 - 1 hour - 202 MBToni L. Griffin is a Professor in Practice of Urban Planning at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and leads The Just City Lab, a research platform for developing values-based planning methodologies and tools, including the 2017 Just City Index and a framework of indicators and metrics for evaluating social justice in public space. The 2015 Public Life and Urban Justice in NYC's Plazas study developed an elaborate framework of indicators and metrics to assess how the conditions of civi...
What's Age Got To Do With It?
April 07, 2021 10:30 - 1 hour - 252 MB“Lady” is an advocate for social change, vibrant businesswoman, internationally trained makeup artist, celebrity costumer/clothier, style icon, former model, and Mother of two. She is known to many as the empowering facilitator of her classic and signature Return of the Lady (ROTL) tea party seminars, established in 2003. ROTL, a division of Inner Makeup Enterprises (INRME), is a program suited for all ages, genders, ethnicities, and cultures. In June of 2016, ROTL was invited to the inaugur...
Allow Asian Joy
March 31, 2021 10:30 - 1 hour - 271 MBJammie Patton is a storyteller and currently lives in Brooklyn, NY where she enjoys working both in front of and behind the scenes. Some notable, theater credits include FLYNT (Shadowland Stages), East Side Stories (Metropolitan Playhouse) The Call (Vermont Stage), A Midsummer Night's Dream, To Kill a Mockingbird (Northern Stage), The Blacks (Classical Theater of Harlem, *off Broadway at the Classic Staging Company), Freeda Peoples, Faith OnLine (Billie Holiday Theater) in which Patton playe...
For The Love Of Feline
March 24, 2021 10:30 - 1 hour - 242 MBChristina M. Greer, PhD is an Associate Professor of Political Science and American Studies at Fordham University (Lincoln Center Campus). She was the 2018 Fellow for the McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at New York University Silver School of Social Work. Her primary research and teaching interests are racial and ethnic politics, American urban centers, presidential politics, and campaigns and elections. Her additional research interests also include transportation, mayors...
When I Think Of Home
March 17, 2021 10:30 - 1 hour - 193 MBZainab Johnson, a stand-up comedian, actress, and writer is quickly being propelled as one of the most unique and engaging performers on stage and screen. Zainab was named one of Variety’s Top 10 Comics To Watch in 2019, she hosted one of the Netflix's new show "100 Humans", she can be seen as a series regular on the new Greg Daniels half hour comedy titled “Upload” an Amazon original series premiering May 1st, and she made her first late night stand up appearance on NBC's Late Night with ...
Conversations On The Patrice O'Neal Documentary
March 10, 2021 11:30 - 1 hour - 198 MBVon Decarlo is a New York based stand up comedian, producer, and author, with appearances in global ad campaigns, and national commercials for GNC, Disney’s Aladdin, Match, and Carnival Cruise Lines. She performed at the Just For Laughs comedy festival in Montreal for Kevin Hart’s LOL Network, as well as, the Lil Rel and Friends show, and has been a featured comedian on Tru TV’s Laff Mobb’s Laff Tracks, the Jerry O Show on FOX, Buzz Feed’s Hella Opinions, CNN’s year end wrap up special,...
Sick And Tired Of Being Sick And Tired
March 03, 2021 11:30 - 1 hour - 228 MBCharla Lauriston is a Los Angeles based stand-up comedian, television writer, producer, and podcast host who’s written for The Last OG, Ghosted, People of Earth, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and the upcoming Hoops on Netflix. As a standup, she’s appeared on ‘The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail’ on Comedy Central, has performed with Jonathan Van Ness and Team Coco. Hailing from New York by way of Boston by way of Haiti, Charla’s sharp observations on everything from family to race to pop culture...
Black History Month Ain't Over
February 24, 2021 11:30 - 1 hour - 238 MBPat Brown has been seen on CBS’s Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Fuse’s Uproarious, Axis’s Gotham Live, NBC’s Comic’s Unleashed and BET‘s ComicView, TVOne’s made for TV movie-WHITE WATER, the independent film SOMEBODIES, and the web series UNREQUITED. Pat has won both the Las Vegas Comedy Festival and the She Devil Competition. She has been featured in Time Out Magazine, After-Ellen, Splitsider and Punchline Magazine. Her critically acclaimed album “The Pat Brown Sex-Tape” has been described...
On The Record's Drew Dixon Visits Friends Like Us
February 17, 2021 11:30 - 1 hour - 197 MBDrew Dixon is an accomplished record executive, having served as a former Vice President of A&R at Arista Records, a former Director of A&R at Def Jam Recordings, the former General Manager of John Legend's independent label Homeschool Records, and the former manager of recording artist Estelle. She has produced hits for Method Man, Mary J. Blige, Kanye West, Whitney Houston and more, and has been a voting member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences since 2001. In December ...
The Mask Of Mental Illness
February 10, 2021 11:30 - 1 hour - 247 MBRalinda Harvey Smith is a freelance writer and author who writes about mental health, wellness, business, and cultural issues. Her writing has been featured in L.A. Times, Huffington Post and The Washington Post. You can follow her on twitter @ralinda. Nina Daniels is a comedian, producer, host, content creator, writer and actress originally from Long Island, NY. Where most musical comedians play your standard guitar, piano, accordion, ukulele, Nina sets herself apart from the pack with h...
Living With ADHD
February 10, 2021 11:30 - 1 hour - 247 MBRalinda Harvey Smith is a freelance writer and author who writes about mental health, wellness, business, and cultural issues. Her writing has been featured in L.A. Times, Huffington Post and The Washington Post. You can follow her on twitter @ralinda. Nina Daniels is a comedian, producer, host, content creator, writer and actress originally from Long Island, NY. Where most musical comedians play your standard guitar, piano, accordion, ukulele, Nina sets herself apart from the pack with h...
Effective Vaccine Conversations
February 03, 2021 11:30 - 1 hour - 181 MBDr. Florencia Greer Polite is an Associate Professor of Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology and Chief of the Division of General OBGYN at University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Dr. Polite is a native of Philadelphia and a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She completed her residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at NYU & Bellevue hospitals, where she served as the Administrative Chief Resident and received the Lyman Bart...
America's Follower Problem
January 27, 2021 11:30 - 1 hour - 175 MBHarry Enten is a Senior Writer and Analyst for CNN Politics, where he specializes in data-driven journalism, covering politics with a focus on poll numbers and electoral trends. Prior to joining CNN, Enten was a senior political writer at FiveThirtyEight. There he became known as 'FiveThirtyEight's 'Whiz Kid' for his sharp analysis of politics using polling data combined with demographics and history. He also previously worked at The Guardian. Enten graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude ...
It's A Republican Problem
January 20, 2021 11:30 - 1 hour - 149 MBTara Setmayer focuses her "tell it like it is" commentary and analysis on political issues that impact America's future. Tara Olivia Setmayer is currently a CNN Political Commentator, Contributor to ABC News and former GOP Communications Director on Capitol Hill. She has appeared on ABC’s The View, ABC’s Good Morning America, and on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher. In addition to her work with The Lincoln Project, Setmayer is also the host of the podcast, Honestly Speaking w/Tara. Jon Last...
What A Nation We Are
January 13, 2021 11:30 - 1 hour - 213 MBChristina M. Greer, PhD is an Associate Professor of Political Science and American Studies at Fordham University (Lincoln Center Campus). She was the 2018 Fellow for the McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at New York University Silver School of Social Work. Her primary research and teaching interests are racial and ethnic politics, American urban centers, presidential politics, and campaigns and elections. Her additional research interests also include transportation, mayors...
Friends Favorite Episode Of 2020
January 06, 2021 11:30 - 1 hour - 91.1 MBDiane Latiker is a community activist in Chicago. Latiker is the founder of the nonprofit, Kids Off the Block (KOB), which provides recreational activities and educational opportunities for young people in Chicago, focusing on the neighborhood of Roseland. She has made appearances on STEVE, Steve Harvey’s show on Facebook Watch, and The Kelly Clarkson Show to discuss KOB and her work. Latiker has also received awards such as a 2011 CNN Heroes Awards, where she was among the top ten of recipi...
Ride It Out For A New Year
December 30, 2020 11:30 - 1 hour - 182 MBRachel Feinstein is a nationally touring comedian and actress. Huffington Post called her “the only comedian we’ve seen who can go from embodying her grandmother in one breath and a predatory guy on the street in the next and be equally convincing at both.” She has had three Comedy Central specials, including the most recent one hour special ‘Amy Schumer Presents Rachel Feinstein: Only Whores Wear Purple’. Rachel recently recurred on the Steven Soderbergh Amazon series RED OAKS and on Judd A...
Hope For New York And Year
December 23, 2020 11:30 - 1 hour - 133 MBROY WOOD JR. joined The Best F#@ing News Team in 2015 as a correspondent on Comedy Central’s Emmy-nominated, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. In 2017, he was named the new host of Comedy Central’s storytelling series, This is Not Happening. His first Comedy Central one-hour stand-up special, Father Figure, debuted in 2017, followed by his second Comedy Central one-hour stand-up special, Roy Wood Jr.: No One Loves You, which aired in 2019. Both are the highest rated original specials on the ...
Home For The Holidays?
December 16, 2020 11:30 - 1 hour - 188 MBZainab Johnson, a stand-up comedian, actress, and writer is quickly being propelled as one of the most unique and engaging performers on stage and screen. Zainab was named one of Variety’s Top 10 Comics To Watch in 2019, she hosted one of the host for Netflix's new show "100 Humans", she can be seen as a series regular on the new upcoming series from Greg Daniels a half hour comedy titled “Upload” an Amazon original series premiering May 1st, and she made her first late night stand up appear...
Thirst Trap For Wellness
December 09, 2020 11:30 - 2 hours - 222 MBJACKIE FABULOUS, is a gut-busting, writer, producer, speaker, and headlining comedian who uses comedy to simultaneously entertain, encourage and empower audiences. Having survived her fair share of loves, tragedies, lessons and embarrassing moments, Jackie channels all of that energy into hilarious sets and inspiring keynotes. More than just a funny lady, she is on a mission to inspire and empower women all over the world to Find The Funny In Their Flaws. When Jackie is not on tour, you will...
The Democratic Divide
December 02, 2020 11:30 - 2 hours - 228 MBLindsey Boylan is a public servant, a former government official, and mom to her 6-year-old daughter. Lindsey most recently ran for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. House of Representatives, in New York's 10th district in the 2020 elections. Lindsey previously served as Deputy Secretary for Economic Development and Housing, as well as Special Advisor to NY Governor Andrew Cuomo. Her portfolio of oversight included Empire State Development (ESD), the state’s chief economic development a...
The Impact Of Sisterhood
November 25, 2020 11:30 - 1 hour - 149 MBAmanda Seales is a comedian and creative visionary. You know her as, “Tiffany DuBois” of HBO’s Insecure and her debut stand up special, “I Be Knowin”. She is a former cohost on daytime talk show, “The Real”, host of NBCs “Bring the Funny,” and hosted the groundbreaking 2020 BET Awards. She is the creator/host of the hella successful touring and now virtual, variety game show, “Smart Funny & Black” owner of its namesake Smart Funny & Black Entertainment, and recently launched the membership ...
Fascism Done Poorly
November 18, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 196 MBDr. Leighann Lord (VeryFunnyLady.com) is a veteran stand-up comedian and the author of Dict Jokes and Real Women Do It Standing Up. She is the creator of the People with Parents podcast and has been a co-host on StarTalkRadio,with Neil de Grasse Tyson. She has been seen on Comedy Central, HBO, and The View, and was recently seen on Netflix in the Def Comedy Jam25th Anniversary Special. She was also one of the five national finalists in the 2018 ABFF-HBO Comedy Wings Competition. She’s the wi...
A Chicago Shero
November 11, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 186 MBDiane Latiker is a community activist in Chicago. Latiker is the founder of the nonprofit, Kids Off the Block (KOB), which provides recreational activities and educational opportunities for young people in Chicago, focusing on the neighborhood of Roseland. She has made appearances on STEVE, Steve Harvey’s show on Facebook Watch, and The Kelly Clarkson Show to discuss KOB and her work. Latiker has also received awards such as a 2011 CNN Heroes Awards, where she was among the top ten of recipi...
Bonus Ep For Your Election Stress
November 06, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 193 MBSubhah Agarwal has brought an honesty to her comedy that is refreshing, and at times a bit disturbing... but in a good way. Trust me. Subhah has written for "The Jim Jefferies Show"on Comedy Central, and "Comedy Knockout" on TruTv, amongst others. You can also catch her jokes live at stand up comedy clubs across the country. If you don't want to leave your couch, you can see her late night debut on NBC's "A Little Late With Lilly Singh." She will also be appearing on season three of HBO's "W...
Election 2020 Chat With Friends Like Us
November 04, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 186 MBDr. Christina Greer is a writer and professor of political science at Fordham University Lincoln Center, and was the 2018 McSilver Institute Fellow at NYU. She is the author of Black Ethnics: Race, Immigration, and the Pursuit of the American Dream, and has been published in several print outlets and academic journals, including theGrio, where she is the politics editor. She is the featured educator in six Ted-Ed lessons, one of which, “Does Your Vote Count? The Electoral College Explained,”...
Breast Cancer Awareness Saves Black Lives
October 28, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 173 MBDr. Kathie-Ann Joseph is a surgeon and researcher at New York University Langone Health where she specializes in breast surgery and oncology surgery. Joseph is also the chief of breast surgery at Bellevue Medical Center, where she was recognized in 2015 as Bellevue's Physician of the Year. Joseph works to reduce disparities in cancer care in order to improve health care for individuals in need. Specifically, Joseph focuses on developing programs that will help African-American women to addre...
A Malcom X 'By Any Means Necessary' Episode
October 21, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 203 MBTamara Payne is the co-author of The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X written with her father, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Les Payne. Tamara was the principle researcher for her father (while working in commercial real estate). After Les Payne’s sudden passing in 2018, Tamara made it her purpose to finish his life’s work. The Dead Are Arising has been selected as a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award and will be released on October 20th wherever books are sold. Veniec...
Cancel Comedian Culture
October 14, 2020 10:30 - 1 hour - 174 MBJudy Gold has had stand-up specials on HBO, Comedy Central and LOGO. She has written and starred in two critically acclaimed, Off-Broadway hit shows: The Judy Show – My Life as a Sitcom (Outer Critics Circle Nomination), and 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother (GLAAD Media Award – Outstanding NY Theater, Drama Desk Nomination – Actor). Judy received rave reviews as Gremio in The Public Theater’s all female production of The Taming of The Shrew for Shakespeare in the Park. She also co-starred in...