Lagralane Spirits
15 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsWe’re Jason and Yvonne Lee. Husband, wife, father, mother, actors, producers, seekers, educators, and explorers of identity.
Lagralane Spirits is a delicious podcast where we invite you into our living room for a family spirit symposium, a real-talk meeting of the minds over reverent cocktails.
Each week we examine an important topic related to identity that not only is about our own history and how we identify, but is also rooted in social issues, historical events and even a little genealogy. We get into some heavy stuff that often needs the light lift of a cocktail. Therefore, each episode includes a curated cocktail that we then share with a guest as we ask them their “Cocktail Confession” in relation to that episode’s topic. It’s a lot of fun!
So, join us as we dive back in time to examine the legacy of our ancestors that have shaped the stories of our shared cultural history.
By the way, you can find all of our original cocktail recipes and show notes on lagralanespirits.org. And as always, please enjoy responsibly!
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Episodes
FOOD: Creating Connection Through Story with Chef B.B. Huff
August 10, 2022 14:00 - 58 minutes - 80.1 MBIs food central or trivial to the formation of identity? In our final episode of the season, hosts Jason and Yvonne Lee welcome Yvonne’s sister, Chef B.B. Huff to the show. Chef Huff left the corporate world to begin her own company, The Salted Parlor, which is a boutique catering firm specializing in storytelling through food. In this episode, these three bring food into the story of our lives. They ask questions like how do we use ingredients and dishes to tell a story? How does art ...
ACTION: Re-framing and Reclaiming the Narrative with Nambi E. Kelley
July 27, 2022 14:00 - 57 minutes - 78.9 MBHow do we personally take action to shift the narrative? With an energetic calm that is both inspiring and soothing, playwright/actor/producer Nambi E. Kelley (Native Son, Re-Memori, Jabari Dreams of Freedom) joins hosts Jason and Yvonne Lee for a discussion about how we take action to shift the narrative from one that is exclusive and often incorrect, to one that is authentic to ourselves and our stories. Knowing that small change can make a tidal wave of change, these three dis...
Creating Access Through Film with Angela C. Lee
July 20, 2022 14:00 - 58 minutes - 83.4 MBWhy is film such an important medium for creating access? How can we use empathy to expand vision? Hosts Jason and Yvonne Lee share a moment with Spirit Award nominated producer (Songs My Brothers Taught Me), Angela C. Lee who also is the Associtate Director of Artist Development at Film Independent. By examining the ecosystem of filmmaking and producing, these three discuss the larger notion that access to “Hollywood” doesn’t come just because we deserve it. They explore how we can find (...
Blast from the Caste with Lagralane Spirits Production Team
June 29, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 116 MBCan we move away from caste to create a more equitable society? How do we understand racism by looking at caste and class? Pull up a seat and join us for a special roundtable episode with the Lagralane Team. Using the book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson as a source of exploration, we help define what caste is, and discuss how race has become the basis of our caste system in the United States. We also talk about how caste affects each of us personally...
Passing Pt 2: The Roles We Play with Chaz Ebert and Brenda Robinson
June 15, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 82.8 MBWe return to explore the theme of passing – and the duality of preserving one’s identity while being forced to navigate the world in certain ways. Joining us for this episode are producer and philanthropist Brenda Robinson and CEO and civil rights attorney Chaz Ebert. As Executive Producers on the film Passing (2021), Brenda and Chaz have so much to share on their respective roles, as well as the vital importance of the critically-acclaimed movie. Together, we examine systems of oppres...
Passing: A Path to Equity with DeMille Halliburton and Monique Marshall
June 08, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 101 MBWhat does it mean to look at yourself through the eyes of the ‘other’? How do you maintain a sense of self in this process? How do you build social equity to match the room that you are in? Hosts Jason and Yvonne Lee examine the pathways to equity in this season two debut of Lagralane Spirits. With guests Monique Marshall (anti-bias/anti-racist educator) and DeMille Halliburton (champion of access and equity), they discuss the historical perspectives of ‘Passing’ which is the ability of a ...
Storytelling: To Honor or Exploit with Kemp Powers
November 10, 2021 15:00 - 59 minutes - 110 MBIn this final episode of the first season, Jason and Yvonne spend valuable time with Oscar-nominated, “brother” Kemp Powers -- journalist, screenwriter, playwright, journalist and now, director. This grounded, yet uplifting conversation circles around this notion: to maintain truth and integrity in storytelling, we must bring ourselves into the story and we do so by holding steadfast to emotional honesty and by creating empathy. This way, we create a great story, and a great story brings u...
How Do We Author History with Jacqueline Olive
October 27, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 113 MBIn this episode, Jason and Yvonne sit down with Jacqueline Olive, a friend and a filmmaker. All three met through her documentary, “Always in Season” at the Sundance Film Festival. Here, they sit down and examine the meaning behind the question, “Who’s telling the story, and does that add or take away from the story?” Through the lens of storytellers and their own experiences as People of Color living in America, they respond. This week: Jason asks, “How do we author history? Jacquelin...
The Responsibility to Author History with Erika Alexander
October 13, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 117 MBIn this episode of Lagralane Spirits, Jason and Yvonne sit down with critically acclaimed actress and documentary filmmaker, Erika Alexander. The three discuss taking control of our storytelling destiny, being the narrators of our own history, and the meaning of true power and agency in the filmmaking industry and beyond. This week: Enjoy a Boukman Daiquiri and share this recipe’s origins Erika is the creator of Color Farm Media Erika talks about the difficulties of being a darker ...
Origins P3: Adoption in Black and White with Lisa Cole
September 29, 2021 07:00 - 46 minutes - 84.8 MBIn this 3-part series to Episode 3, we deep dive into three very different adoption stories to explore the topic of biological identity and origin. In Part 3, Jason and Yvonne sit down with Lisa Cole, a writer, mother, filmmaker, and global nomad. Lisa discusses how her writing about strong and disenfranchised women has been her way to find herself and shed light on the people who need it. Lisa also tells Jason and Yvonne about her fertility journey and her relationships with her transracial...
Origins Part 2: Building a Family Through Adoption with Channing Power
September 22, 2021 07:00 - 45 minutes - 83.7 MBIn this 3-part series to Episode 3, we deep dive into three very different adoption stories to explore the topic of biological identity and origin. In Part 1, Jason reveals a major find, a truth to his own adoption story that perhaps would have gone undiscovered if not for Ancestry.com. In Part 2, we talk about the truths one mom faced while building a family through adoption. Here, we have a heart-to-heart with a mom who shares her very personal journey to building a family through adoption...
Origins P1: Identity and Adoption with Hank and Sueann Fortener of Adopt Together
September 15, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 111 MBIn this 3-part series to Episode 3, we deep dive into three very different adoption stories to explore the topic of biological identity and origin. In Part 1, Jason reveals a major find, a truth to his own adoption story that perhaps would have gone undiscovered if not for Ancestry.com. This find led Jason and Yvonne to a soulful and identity-searching discussion with Hank and Sueann Fortener of Adopt Together, an organization that helps families come to be. This week: From the len...
The Descendant's Identity with Fanshen Cox
September 15, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 94.3 MBMore and more people are questioning their identity and looking to discover their heritage. We're asking, "Who am I?" and we chase that question with, "Where do I belong and to whom?" With the increase of platforms like Ancestry.com, answers no longer die with the dead. Tonight, we live in a space that questions existing truths about definitions of identity and creates new ones. In this episode we sit down with award-winning actor, producer, podcast host and educator, Fanshen Cox. ...
The Violence of Migration with Natividad Huff
September 15, 2021 07:00 - 47 minutes - 87.3 MBWar, marriage, and opportunity are just some of the reasons we might uproot our entire lives from one homestead to another. And while there are incredible opportunities that come with leaving all that we know and love behind, there can also be immense violence and loss -- be it to culture, identity, or life. What is at stake for those who try to assimilate into a brand new world? In episode two of Lagralane Spirits, The Violence of Migration, we tell our own migration stories and expl...
Introducing Lagralane Spirits
September 09, 2021 14:21 - 2 minutes - 3.62 MBWe, Jason and Yvonne Lee, husband and wife, father and mother, actors, producers, and explorers of identity, would like to invite you to a real talk meeting of the minds over reverent cocktails. This season we are exposing the roots of our identities, and by doing so we are hoping you’ll take some time to think about your own. From cultural connections to the authors of history, from biological origins to the families we create, we are digging deep into who makes us who we are and wha...