Hello Somebody
141 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -Hello Somebody! Senator Nina Turner is back with a powerful podcast that brings together some of her most influential and inspirational friends, as well as everyday people doing good work on behalf of social justice and human rights. The show will touch on fierce themes from perseverance to resistance, Nina and her guests will share, ignite and conspire for better.
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Let's Get Vulnerable with Erika Alexander
October 21, 2021 10:00 - 59 minutesSometimes a guest comes along who just sorta stops you in your tracks. Today’s listening journey does exactly that. SNT spends quality time with actress, filmmaker and soul whisperer, Erika Alexander “The Great.” Grab a cup of tea and hanky and be prepared to aurally witness these two superheroes slay. Hello Somebody. LINKS: Erika Alexander https://www.colorfarmmedia.com/- a 21st century entertainment, innovation, and social impact company. “We are the “Motown of film, TV, and tech.” Concret...
Let's Get Vulnerable with Erika Alexander
October 21, 2021 10:00 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBSometimes a guest comes along who just sorta stops you in your tracks. Today’s listening journey does exactly that. SNT spends quality time with actress, filmmaker and soul whisperer, Erika Alexander “The Great.” Grab a cup of tea and hanky and be prepared to aurally witness these two superheroes slay. Hello Somebody. LINKS: Erika Alexander https://www.colorfarmmedia.com/- a 21st century entertainment, innovation, and social impact company. “We are the “Motown of film, TV, and tech.” Con...
Let's Run to See What the End Will Be with Senator Nina Turner
October 14, 2021 10:00 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBAs we approach the end of the year, in this solo moment to you, SNT earnestly asks you to ask yourself, “What do I want to be when I grow up?” Senator Turner speaks to us about reflection, about our journey, dreams, and plans. She implores us to hold onto hope as we work to edify ourselves and our communities in these final opportunity-filled months of 2021. LINKS: Song: Run On, See What the Ends Gonna Be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd8h3zrBDEA Mel Robbins, The High 5 Habit https:/...
Let's Run to See What the End Will Be with Senator Nina Turner
October 14, 2021 10:00 - 30 minutesAs we approach the end of the year, in this solo moment to you, SNT earnestly asks you to ask yourself, “What do I want to be when I grow up?” Senator Turner speaks to us about reflection, about our journey, dreams, and plans. She implores us to hold onto hope as we work to edify ourselves and our communities in these final opportunity-filled months of 2021. LINKS: Song: Run On, See What the Ends Gonna Be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd8h3zrBDEA Mel Robbins, The High 5 Habit https://www...
Let's Live a Shared Experience with Senator Erica D. Smith
October 07, 2021 10:00 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBLET’S LIVE A SHARED EXPERIENCE with Senator Erica D. Smith SNT gets politically maternal with Senator Erica D. Smith. These two “Senator Moms” discuss the gravity of what it means to care deeply about issues like maternal health quality, climate change, neglected rural communities and the infrastructure bill – all in relation to uplifting the quality of life that will be left for all of our children. Recorded on September 22nd, they also touch on systemic racism, the importance of owning la...
Let's Get Agitated with Jim Hightower
September 30, 2021 10:00 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBOhioan SNT and the honorable agricultural commissioner Jim Hightower, a true Texan, dig their spurs into big lies, honest truths, the power of power, the health of wealth, and the magnitude of a second! They get agitated, they get to movin’ and they let us know how to not be legislative furniture! #HelloSomebody! LINKS: Jim Hightower - https://jimhightower.com/ 1619 Jamestown Craftsman Strike - https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-polish-worker-strike-20190718-hpai...
Let’s Get College for All with Erica England
September 23, 2021 10:00 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MBSNT gets into the nitty gritty of the dire state of education with mentee, friend and Howard University student, Erica England. From gentrification in collegiate neighborhoods, to the housing and job financial crisis, to student debt and the needed regulation for tuition, Erica bravely shares her story of what she’s experiencing (and megaphoning about) when it comes to what it is really like at an HBCU (Historically Black College University) specifically and college in general. Link: Ame...
Let's Stay on the Path to Justice with Senator Nina Turner
September 16, 2021 10:00 - 31 minutes - 29 MBSNT returns with a post-election solo episode full of reflective golden nuggets for you -- and for herself! Full of heart and, yes, sorrow and disdain, Senator Turner questions what brought about the election outcome and gives thanks to the thousands of supporters who made her race competitive. While taking the bitter with the sweet, SNT implores us to remain vigilant; reminds us that the journey does not end with a loss as there is still opportunity and NEED to continue on this path to just...
Let's Stay on the Path to Justice with Senator Nina Turner
September 16, 2021 10:00 - 36 minutesSNT returns with a post-election solo episode full of reflective golden nuggets for you -- and for herself! Full of heart and, yes, sorrow and disdain, Senator Turner questions what brought about the election outcome and gives thanks to the thousands of supporters who made her race competitive. While taking the bitter with the sweet, SNT implores us to remain vigilant; reminds us that the journey does not end with a loss as there is still opportunity and NEED to continue on this path to justi...
Hello Somebody Season 2 Teaser
September 02, 2021 20:22 - 1 minute - 1.4 MBLearn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Let’s Keep Our Foot on the Gas with Philip Agnew (Revisited)
August 12, 2021 10:00 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBRecorded, produced and edited by Larj Media in April 2020 Some lessons never get old! This oldie but goodie conversation between organizer, artist and leader, “Dr” Phillip Agnew and SNT is a special lecture at the “Nina Turner School of Hell-Raising Humanitarians”. More than a history review, this mind-blowing session takes on wealth, health, safety, morality and how our “bastard” country has murdered its way to exactly where we are right now. Be prepared to be schooled with helpful facts t...
Let's Not Pass the Buck with Congressman Ro Khanna
August 05, 2021 10:00 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBFrom health care to filibuster to getting to a better normal, Senator Turner and Congressman Ro Khanna passionately run-down the current state of affairs with an eye on hope. LINKS: Congressman Ro Khanna (17th Congressional District, California) and his Universal Health Care bill: https://khanna.house.gov/media/press-releases/release-rep-khanna-introduces-state-based-universal-health-care-act-landmark History of the Filibuster https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/filibusters-c...
Let's Be Political Poets with Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.
July 29, 2021 10:00 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MBRather than “run out the room screamin’”, SNT and Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., American Academic and Princeton African American Studies Chair, purposefully intellectualize about the gutted voting rights act, white supremacy and the value gap, the dire need for critical thinking, and how the current political moment attacks imagination. James Baldwin quotes fly in this episode as these two urgently implore us to fight back and become political poets – right now, in real time, or else. Hello Somebody...
Let's Be Political Poets with Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.
July 29, 2021 10:00 - 49 minutesRather than “run out the room screamin’”, SNT and Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., American Academic and Princeton African American Studies Chair, purposefully intellectualize about the gutted voting rights act, white supremacy and the value gap, the dire need for critical thinking, and how the current political moment attacks imagination. James Baldwin quotes fly in this episode as these two urgently implore us to fight back and become political poets – right now, in real time, or else. Hello Somebody!...
Let's Not Make Poverty a Policy Choice with Joanne Goldblum & Colleen Shaddox
July 22, 2021 10:00 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBSenator Turner elevates U.S. poverty repair with author-activists, Joanne Goldblum & Colleen Shaddox. These three break down the gravity of how we’re perpetuating poverty through policy, practices and pre-conceived notions about the morality of being poor…and how we can change. #HelloSomebody LINKS Broke in America: Seeing, Understanding and Ending U.S. Poverty by Joanne Goldblum and Colleen Shaddox *Foreword by Bomani Jones; SNT reads from the foreword in this episode http://brokeinamer...
Let's Center Our Humanity with Joe Sanberg
July 15, 2021 10:00 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBSenator Turner has a heart-felt conversation with progressive entrepreneur, Joe Sanberg about corporate responsibility, public policy serving humanity, the call for universal healthcare … and how we can live morally and strive to simply treat one another better. #HelloSomebody! LINKS Joe Sanberg https://www.joesanberg.com/ Working Hero https://workinghero.org/why-eitc/ Aspiration https://www.aspiration.com/ Robert Reich & Antitrust in the New Gilded Age https://robertreich.org/post...
Let's Change the Narrative with Gary Chambers
July 08, 2021 10:00 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBSNT and trail-brazing, millennial activist Gary Chambers discuss the evolution of politics, liberation, mobilizing the progressive South, and how real the struggle is when it comes to the possibility of change. LINKS Bigger Than Me Working to elect progressive leaders across the South. https://biggerthanme.com/ Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Let's Change the Narrative with Gary Chambers
July 08, 2021 10:00 - 49 minutesSNT and trail-brazing, millennial activist Gary Chambers discuss the evolution of politics, liberation, mobilizing the progressive South, and how real the struggle is when it comes to the possibility of change. LINKS Bigger Than Me Working to elect progressive leaders across the South. https://biggerthanme.com/ Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Let's System Check with Melissa Harris-Perry
July 01, 2021 22:36 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBSNT dishes on all the things with the Professor of life and learning, Melissa Harris-Perry. From justice-centered education, to media monopoly, to policy imagination, to political “shiny objects”, to Black excellence versus Black mediocrity, to joy and gratitude, these two cover it all! Listen in and get ready to shout, “Hello, Somebody!” Links: Melissa Harris-Perry https://www.melissaharrisperry.org/professor Podcast: System Check with Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian Warren https://pod...
Let's Get Critical with Dr. Heather Gautney
June 24, 2021 10:00 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBIt is business as usual with Senator Turner and Dr. Heather Gautney (aka Dr. G) in this episode of #HELLOSOMEBODY. A Professor of Sociology at Fordham University and Senior Advisor for the Bernie 2020 campaign, Dr G and SNT exemplify why progressive politics is not just a “job”, but a vocation. They examine, dissect and disseminate so much critical knowledge in this episode; get a pen and get ready! LINKS: Crashing the Party: From the Bernie Sanders Campaign to a Progressive Movement by He...
Let's Get Celebrated with Senator Turner
June 17, 2021 10:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBTo celebrate Juneteenth and the one-year anniversary(!) of HELLO SOMEBODY, Senator Turner asks us to reflect on what motivates us to be free, how we are defining the word “freedom” in the 21st Century, and the symbolization of Juneteenth and the emancipation of enslaved people in the confederate states. Settle in for this solo episode where SNT embraces you with a personal message of renewal, recognition, and celebration.Links: Activist Opal Lee’s campaign to make Juneteenth a National Holi...
Let's Protect Our Democracy with Prof. Zephyr Teachout
June 10, 2021 10:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBSenator Turner calls out corruption with Zephyr Teachout, attorney, author and a policy police woman. These two political crime fighters get tough on the superpowers of super PACs and more. Listen and learn! #HelloSomebody. Links: Book: Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin’s Snuff Box to Citizens United by Zephyr Teachout https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674659988&content=reviews CREW - Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics https://www.citizensforethics.org/ ...
Let's Be Our Own Historians with Edwin Lindo & Estell Williams
June 03, 2021 10:00 - 45 minutes - 42 MBIn what feels like a fireside chat, SNT meets with the minds of power couple, Edwin Lindo and Dr. Estell Williams, founders of Seattle’s social justice bookstore and library, Estelita. From building community and psychological growth, to the Black Panther Party, and even love, these three griots discuss living the dream our ancestors imagined. #HelloSomebody LINKS Estelita’s Library: Justice Focused Community Bookstore & Library http://estelitaslibrary.com/ Edwin Lindo Assistant Dean fo...
Let's Own the Block with Trey Lamont
May 27, 2021 10:00 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBSenator Turner chops it up with Trey Lamont, activist, owner/chef of Seattle’s Jerk Shack, and citizen of the world. They actively imagine a 3-point prosperity pipeline plan to create wealth, belonging, and “Big Momma’s” love. Links: Jerk Shack: https://jerkshackseattle.com/ Jerk Shack Seattle Land Fund (GoFundMe): https://www.gofundme.com/f/jerk-shack-seattle-land-fund?utm_campaign=p_cp_url&utm_medium=os&utm_source=customer American Descendant of Slaves (ADOS) https://en.wikipedia.org/...
Let's Twerk and Werk with Tamika D. Mallory
May 20, 2021 07:00 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBSNT gets personal with sister-girlfriend and activist, Tamika D. Mallory. With Mallory’s new book, State of Emergency at the forefront of the conversation, these two discuss the long journey to equality, those who have come before us in the fight for justice and equity, and the notion of who will carry the torch once we’ve passed on. #HelloSomebody Links: All things Tamika: https://tamikadmallory.com/ Until Freedom: https://untilfreedom.com/ Street Politicians podcast with Tamika D. Mall...
Let's Do the Right Thing with Killer Mike
May 13, 2021 10:00 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MBOriginally recorded one year ago, this conversation between Nina Turner and Michael Render (AKA: Killer Mike) reminds us of how far we've come and what's still left to be done! From 420 to compassionate capitalism to Fannie Lou Hamer, these two friends sling a rapid-fire history lesson as today’s social justice battle cry. Produced by Larj Media For more content and to receive episodes before the public, join the party on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/HelloSomebody SHOW NOTES Run ...
Let's Get Protected by Association with Rickey Smiley
May 06, 2021 10:00 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBSNT and Rickey Smiley, world-renowned comedian and talk-show host, have a come-to-Jesus family meetin’ about anti-blackness, psychological trauma, violence and how we must get deeply involved within our own communities to stay safe. Join these two life-long friends (aka “Ya-Ya” and “Pop-Pop”) for a candid, inspiring discussion. #HelloSomebody. LINKS: Rickey Smiley https://rickeysmileymorningshow.com/ https://rickeysmiley.com/ $5,000 reward for Areyelle Yarbough shooting incident h...
Let's Turn Protest Into Policy with Ben & Jerry
April 29, 2021 10:00 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBBen & Jerry make a repeat appearance with SNT on #HelloSomebody! This time, these two social activists educate us about Qualified Immunity, which is essentially a “Get Out of Jail Free” card for bad cops. Ben has written a book all about it and these two get us fired up to get involved to make change and make law enforcement accountable. Links: Above the Law: How “Qualified Immunity” Protects Violent Police by Ben Cohen With A Foreword by Michael Render ("Killer Mike") https://www.orboo...
Let's Find Our Place in the Quilt with Dr. James Zogby
April 22, 2021 10:00 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBSenator Turner has a historical heart-to-heart with Dr. James Zogby, founder and president of the Arab American Institute, which centers on the fact that justice is not a destination but a journey. Join them as they recount movements started and continued by our greats, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Reverend Jesse Jackson, Barbara Jordan, Shirley Chisolm, and Senator Bernie Sanders. (Be sure to listen until the end where Dr. Zogby drops some inspiration perfect for April’s Arab American Herita...
Let's Get Civically Activated with Rikimah Glymph
April 15, 2021 10:00 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBSNT and wellness author/activist Rikimah Glymph discuss Glymph’s new book, Real Talk: A Book of Love Notes for Black and Brown Womxn. They examine what it takes for us to dream big, to combat imposter syndrome, to become civically activated, and of course the spiritual and psychological support we need as women to never give up. LINKS: Learn all about Rikimah, find links to her book, and more here: http://www.rikimahglymph.com/ Jennifer Farmer: First & Only: A Black Woman’s Guide to Thr...
Let's Get Civically Activated with Rikimah Glymph
April 15, 2021 10:00 - 36 minutesSNT and wellness author/activist Rikimah Glymph discuss Glymph’s new book, Real Talk: A Book of Love Notes for Black and Brown Womxn. They examine what it takes for us to dream big, to combat imposter syndrome, to become civically activated, and of course the spiritual and psychological support we need as women to never give up. LINKS: Learn all about Rikimah, find links to her book, and more here: http://www.rikimahglymph.com/ Jennifer Farmer: First & Only: A Black Woman’s Guide to Thriving...
Let's Lay a New Foundation with Jemele Hill
April 08, 2021 10:00 - 56 minutesRecorded in January 2021 SNT speaks candidly with Emmy award-winning journalist, podcaster, culture critic and sports-reporting trailblazer, Jemele Hill. From the digital potency of today’s white supremacy mobilization to our unification through sports, to eulogies and 3-inch killer heels, these two dissect methods of inspiration and leverage via the voice of black women. #HelloSomebody Links: Jemele Hill is Unbothered podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1SXD1U55jqbK9HHoPvdbs...
Let's Lay a New Foundation with Jemele Hill
April 08, 2021 10:00 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBRecorded in January 2021 SNT speaks candidly with Emmy award-winning journalist, podcaster, culture critic and sports-reporting trailblazer, Jemele Hill. From the digital potency of today’s white supremacy mobilization to our unification through sports, to eulogies and 3-inch killer heels, these two dissect methods of inspiration and leverage via the voice of black women. #HelloSomebody Links: Jemele Hill is Unbothered podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1SXD1U55jqbK9HHo...
Let's Get US with Actor-vist Danny Glover
April 01, 2021 10:00 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBRecorded during Black History Month, SNT speaks with the Lethal Weapon, Mr. Danny Glover. More than a walk down memory lane, these two activists recall motivating moments in history that demonstrate our proximity to pain (and glory). This inspirational episode comes from love -- signifyin’ and testifyin’ that these two are our generational heroes. #HelloSomebody Links: Alabama Amazon workers – unionization and intimidation https://www.democracynow.org/2021/3/23/amazon_workers_union_drive_...
Let's Get US with Actor-vist Danny Glover
April 01, 2021 10:00 - 1 hourRecorded during Black History Month, SNT speaks with the Lethal Weapon, Mr. Danny Glover. More than a walk down memory lane, these two activists recall motivating moments in history that demonstrate our proximity to pain (and glory). This inspirational episode comes from love -- signifyin’ and testifyin’ that these two are our generational heroes. #HelloSomebody Links: Alabama Amazon workers – unionization and intimidation https://www.democracynow.org/2021/3/23/amazon_workers_union_drive_bess...
Let's Get Fair and Equitable with Debra Furr-Holden, PhD
March 25, 2021 10:00 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBCOVID in the Black Community: Crossing Color Lines – Episode 4 – Dr. Debra Furr-Holden Here in our last COVID-series episode, Senator Turner talks mandating vaccination equity with Dr. Debra Furr-Holden, epidemiologist, health equity researcher, public health activist and Associate Dean for Public Health Integration at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. Understanding that the good-will of government is simply not enough to get shots into arms, SNT and Furr-Holden break...
Let's Take Care of Ourselves with Cliff Louis
March 18, 2021 10:00 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBCOVID in the Black Community: Crossing Color Lines – Episode 3 – Cliff Louis Recorded 2/11/21 When Cliff Louis, former NFL player and current real estate agent/ investor, found himself crawling on the floor from his bed to the bathroom, he knew something was terribly wrong. He didn’t think it was COVID-19 until a trip to urgent care and the ER confirmed it. Senator Turner and Louis talk about what it takes for Black folk, Black men and all of us to trust going to the doctor. Louis’ COVID-1...
Let's Get the Facts with Dr. Dooley & Erica England
March 11, 2021 11:00 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBCOVID in the Black Community: Crossing Color Lines – Episode 2 – Dr. Victoria Dooley & Erica England Senator Turner has a frank discussion with physician Dr. Victoria Dooley and Howard University student, Erica England about debunking vaccination myths. We understand that while it is okay to be fearful to get vaccinated, we must pay attention to the facts of this situation as we all have a role to play in being able to live with COVID. Dr Dooley breaks down the facts while also giving some ...
Let's Put Culture at the Center with Dr. Gregory Carr
March 04, 2021 11:00 - 41 minutes - 38.5 MBIn our first episode of the Hello Somebody COVID-19 Series, Senator Turner speaks with Dr. Gregory Carr, Associate Professor and Chair at Howard University’s Department of Afro-American Studies. With shocking clarity, we learn the irreversible truths behind why black folks -- in particular -- are more hesitant to get vaccinated. From Eugenics, to “snatching bodies,” to health policy based on anti-blackness, to even the Atlanta Child Murders, we begin to understand the cultural and historical...
Let's Resist with Jennifer Farmer (Revisited)
February 25, 2021 11:00 - 49 minutes - 45 MBOriginal Broadcast 09/03/2020 SNT shares the mic with her friend Jennifer Farmer, the PR Whisperer who has written the best love letter there is, “First & Only: A Black Woman’s Guide to Thriving at Work and in Life.” These two life-long besties share the love in this episode that is all about that – LOVE. Lean in and learn how we can do good and do well; how love of self is one of the grandest forms of resistance out there – especially for Black women; how you can light your soul on fire by...
Let's Not Do Each Other Like That with Briahna “Brie-Joy” Gray
February 18, 2021 11:00 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MBSenator Turner and former Bernie Sanders Press Secretary Briahna Joy Gray dissect their collective experiences with misogynoir – which is the specific distrust, hatred and prejudice toward black women. Listen in as these to sister-friends pridefully sling chocolate donuts at some historical moments in their fight for justice and offer some insight on how you can (and should) do the same when faced with similar, spiteful adversity. #HelloSomebody LINKS: Bad Faith Podcast hosted by Briahna J...
Let's Make the World a Better Place with Freddie Figgers
February 11, 2021 11:00 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBSNT illuminates tech wizard and modern-day historical figure, Freddie Figgers. The Black community has a lot of historical greats, some that flourished during times when solely because they were Black, nary a soul heard about their patents and their brilliant minds. Let’s not do that with Mr. Freddie Figgers. SNT inspires you to learn more about this patent-holding African-American miracle maker who is making the world a better place with one ground-breaking invention at a time. #HelloSOMEBO...
Black Effect Podcast Network Trailer
February 09, 2021 17:00 - 1 minuteThe Black Effect Podcast Network, a partnership between Charlamagne Tha God and iHeartRadio, is positioned to become the world’s largest podcast publisher dedicated to Black listeners, bringing together the most influential and trusted voices in black culture for stimulating conversations around social justice, pop culture, sports, mental health, news, comedy and more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Let's Share the Wealth with Jacob Walthour
February 04, 2021 11:00 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBSenator Turner talks not “Civil Rights” but “Silver Rights” with Jacob Walthour, JR., CEO of Blueprint Capital Advisors, LLC. Robbed of his proprietary assets in the state of New Jersey, Mr. Walthour shares how he is not only fighting the system but proving that systems can (and should) be revolutionized by not being quiet. Get a glimpse into what an African American asset-management company goes through when nobody is looking and learn how you can share the wealth when others simply don’t w...
Let's Get Into Good Trouble with Martese Chism
January 28, 2021 11:00 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MB*Warning: This episode contains a description of violence. Our fearless leader, Senator Nina Turner, gets back into formation with organizer and Freedom Fighter, Sister Martese Chism of National Nurses United. Get on this emotional rollercoaster with these two bold, non-conforming, “good-trouble” troublemakers as they shout to the heavens about policy and power, sacrifice, listening to elders, and of course, their eye glass game. Hello Somebody!! LINKS: Produced in Partnership with Larj M...
Lets Organize with Elaine Brown
January 22, 2021 11:00 - 53 minutes - 49 MBFormer leader of the Black Panther Party, Chairwoman Elaine Brown retells the incredible story of Michael Lewis convicted of a 1997 murder at age 13 in Atlanta and sentenced as an adult to life in prison. Through this young man’s experience (one of millions), Senator Turner and Chairwoman Brown look at the chilling system of incarceration in this country, the criminalization of Black people, how there has been no effort to change the design of this country AND MORE. (Elaine Brown is so hot i...
Let's Slay the Dragon
January 14, 2021 11:00 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBRecorded in August 2020, we're republishing LET'S SLAY THE DRAGON because less has changed than more -- and we need a reminder. On July 27, 2020, Medicare For All, which SNT is a large proponent of, was voted down. She’s pissed, she’s fired up, she’s calling on Jesus to help us rise up, to help us unite, to help us get to a day of reckoning that says ‘No’ to a corporatist system that has run amok. Through a call to us and to progressive organizations, she makes a plea for Choice, Challenge ...
Let's Get Ella Bakered with Dr. Barbara Ransby
January 07, 2021 11:00 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MBOur former history professor SNT prophesizes with respected historian, author, activist, intellectual and educator, Dr Barbara Ransby. These two history teachers make an intersectional analysis on where we’ve been and where we’re going by looking specifically at the Black woman’s experience in America and how that affects ALL people. Looking back to our foremothers and sisters like Ella Baker and Anita Hill, Turner and Ransby – bonded in defense of ourselves – present an educational prelude ...
Let's Be First for What Is Good with Dr Victoria Dooley and Councilwoman Tara Samples
December 31, 2020 11:00 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBSNT hangs with her girlfriends (Dr D and Councilwoman T) to shoot the sh*t on what matters: HOPE, health care, vaccinations and joining the Angry Black Girls Club for free! Jump on this joy ride that hits the pinnacles and the valleys of friendship, evolution, the heart of Black women, and what has been (a sucky) 2020. Hello Somebody! Links: Protesters outside Councilwoman Sample’s home https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2020/12/06/protest-outside-akron-councilwoman-tara-samples...
Let's Over Love with Dr. Cornel West
December 24, 2020 11:00 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBNina has a philosophically lyrical conversation with Dr Cornel West, author, philosopher, activist and whom she refers to as an “intergalactically known intellectual.” Under the guise of comparing the blues to our painful current times, this Blues Brother and Blues Sister get low down and dirty about love – that type of bounce-back love that is needed to heal our current catastrophe, that type of love that the Blues songs encapsulate so well and that type of blues that Black folks have been...