Saturday Mornings with Joy Keys
530 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings“Saturday Mornings with Joy Keys” is an interactive, live Internet talk-radio show that focuses on providing people with tools to enrich and advance their lives mentally, physically, and emotionally. Callers are encouraged to call (516) 387-1745 to listen or ask questions.The show is LIVE on Saturdays at 11:00 a.m.12:00 p.m. Eastern. Joy is a licensed social worker, mother, trainer, speaker, mentor, actress, writer, producer and director. Ms. Keys holds a Masters in Social Work. She is a Leeway Art and Change grantee. She is passionate about making a difference in her local and global communities. *Make PAYPAL donations to : https://paypal.me/saturdayswithjoykeys
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Joy Keys chats with Ben Brown creator of the Tourette's Podcast
January 09, 2021 00:00 - 41 minutes - 36.7 MBBen Brown is the creator of Tourette’s Podcast, a weekly podcast sponsored by the Tourette Association of America. On the show, Ben talks with strangers who have Tourette Syndrome — sometimes it’s their first time talking openly about it — to learn how they’ve dealt with it, what still challenges them, and how their identities are shaped by it all. Ben was diagnosed with TS when he was a little kid and hid his disorder from his friends and coworkers until his late 30s. Opening up changed ever...
Joy Keys chats with Poet Cheryl Boyce-Taylor about Mama Phife Represents
December 26, 2020 16:30 - 42 minutes - 38 MBCheryl Boyce-Taylor is a poet and workshop facilitator. The recipient of the 2015 Barnes and Noble Writers For Writers Award, she is the founder and curator of Calypso Muse and the Glitter Pomegranate Performance Series. Cheryl earned an MFA in Poetry from Stonecoast: The University of Southern Maine, and an MSW from Fordham University. She is the author of four collections of poetry: Raw Air, Night When Moon Follows, Convincing the Body, and Arrival. A poetry judge for The New York Founda...
Joy Keys chats with Actor/Director/Writer Colman Domingo
December 19, 2020 16:00 - 36 minutes - 32.9 MBColman Domingo is a Tony, Olivier, Drama Desk, and Drama League Award nominated actor, director, writer and producer. Colman has recently received his Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from Ursinus College. He is a Juilliard School Creative Associate and on faculty of the Yale School of Drama. He has starred in some of the most profound films in recent years such as Barry Jenkins' If Beale Street Could Talk, Steven Spielbergs' Lincoln, Lee Daniel's The Butler, Ava DuVernay's Selma and Nate...
Joy Keys chats with African American Astrologer Samuel F. Reynolds about 2020
December 13, 2020 14:00 - 39 minutes - 35 MBSamuel F. Reynolds, ISAR CAP, a former skeptic, had a life-changing visit to an astrologer and has since spent 30 years doing charts and studying astrology. He currently serves on the board of directors for the International Society for Astrological Research (ISAR) and the International Academy of Astrology. He’s also a co-founder of the International Society of Black Astrologers, and a faculty member for the International Academy of Astrology. He’s written for multiple print and online out...
Joy Keys chats with African American Airline Pilot Stephanie R. Grant
December 12, 2020 16:00 - 32 minutes - 28.9 MBAirline Pilot Stephanie R. Grant is a graduate of Hampton University, where she earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology. ***Grant served as the Executive Officer in this 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) unit until she fulfilled her military obligation. ***One of her most influential mentors was her cousin, Herman Samuels, a retired American Airlines Captain. It was with his encouragement that she took on flight school at Ari Ben Aviator in Fort Pierce, Florida. ***On Februa...
Joy Keys chats with Dr. Desmond U. Patton about social media & gang violence
December 05, 2020 16:00 - 35 minutes - 31.6 MBDr. Desmond Upton Patton, Associate Dean for Innovation and Academic Affairs, founding director of the SAFE Lab and co-director of the Justice, Equity and Technology lab at Columbia School of Social Work, is a leading pioneer in the field of making AI empathetic, culturally sensitive and less biased. Also the co-chair of the Racial Equity Task Force at The Data Science Institute and founder of the SIM|ED tech incubator at Columbia University, Patton’s research uses virtual reality to educa...
Joy Keys chats with Hollywood Producer Lyn Sisson-Talbert about Jingle Jangle
December 02, 2020 23:00 - 36 minutes - 32.2 MBLyn Sisson-Talbert stands tall as one of the most accomplished female producers in Hollywood and the guiding force behind top grossing original projects for film, stage, and books. Sisson-Talbert is producing Netflix's first original live-action musical Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, a 20-year passion project she has been developing alongside her husband David E. Talbert. Sisson-Talbert's other film producing credits include Fox Searchlight's Baggage Claim, Universal's Almost Christmas, ...
Epilepsy Awareness Month with Joy Keys
November 21, 2020 16:30 - 28 minutes - 25.2 MBPamela Price currently serves as the Deputy Director for The Balm In Gilead managing the various health initiatives of the organization. Mrs. Price holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Public Health and has more than 20 years of experience in public health, epidemiology, and healthcare. In addition to her role as Deputy Director, she also serves as the Director for The National Brain Health Center for African-Americans. Mrs. Price has co-developed educational curricula and trainings for ...
Joy Keys chats with Andrew Suggs about Live Chair
November 21, 2020 16:00 - 29 minutes - 25.9 MBAndrew Suggs is the CEO and founder of Live Chair- one of the industry’s premier barber reservation software providers that has evolved to provide accessible and affordable health screenings in the barber chair. Prior to Live Chair, he held various senior executive sales roles managing and overseeing multimillion dollar books of business. He earned his bachelor's from an HBCU, Claflin University, and MBA degree from Eastern University.
Joy Keys chats with Author Michele Harper
November 14, 2020 16:00 - 42 minutes - 37.7 MBMichele Harper has worked as an emergency room physician for more than a decade at various institutions, including as chief resident at Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx and in the emergency department at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Philadelphia. She is a graduate of Harvard University and the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University. The Beauty in Breaking, her first book, is now a New York Times bestseller.
Joy Keys chats with Film Director Arthur Muhammad about The Lil Voice
November 07, 2020 16:30 - 29 minutes - 25.8 MBAM Studios is releasing the empowering drama, the LIL voice,written by Arthur Muhammad & Tara Youngblood, directed by Arthur Muhammad. The story is filled with profound life lessons, and stars Lynn Andrews, III (Carter High, Greenwood), and Evan Myles Hosely (S.W.A.T., Carter High). Malik Armstrong portrayed by Lynn Andrews, III is trying to rebuild and reconnect the shattered pieces of his life after returning home from prison. Teiana Banks, who plays Teiana, is Malik’s no-nonsense, yet c...
Joy Keys chats with Author Tochi Onyebuchi
November 07, 2020 16:00 - 32 minutes - 28.5 MBTochi Onyebuchi is the author of the young adult novel Beasts Made of Night, which won the Ilube Nommo Award for Best Speculative Fiction Novel by an African, its sequel, Crown of Thunder, and War Girls, a Locus and Nommo Award Finalist. He holds degrees from Yale, the Tisch School of the Arts, Sciences Po, and Columbia Law School. Riot Baby is his adult fiction debut. Next month Tochi brings readers back to this incredible world with REBEL SISTERS.
Joy Keys chats with Actress Aliyah Royale from The Walking Dead: World Beyond
November 03, 2020 18:30 - 31 minutes - 28 MBProclaimed as "one of this year's biggest and most respected breakout stars" as told to The Hollywood Reporter, the multi-talented, charismatic and beautiful actress Aliyah Royale is undoubtedly Hollywood's next big superstar as she stars as the lead in the highly-anticipated television spin-off series "The Walking Dead: World Beyond," Based on the extremely popular AMC series, "TWD: World Beyond" is a gritty drama set 10 years following the apocalypse and is a coming-of-age experience for th...
Joy Keys chats with Saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin
October 31, 2020 15:30 - 28 minutes - 25.3 MBLakecia Benjamin was named by the Downbeat Magazine Critics’ Poll as Rising Star in 2020. Her latest album "Pursuance" is an intergenerational masterpiece that takes one on a journey through the lineage of the music with the works of John and Alice Coltrane. Benjamin pays homage to those who have come before by featuring innovative bandleaders of her generation, such as, Reggie Workman (Coproducer and playing ), Ron Carter , Gary Bartz, DeeDee Bridgewater, Meshell Ndegecello, Regina Cart...
Joy Keys chats with Jazz Singer China Moses
October 31, 2020 15:00 - 32 minutes - 28.6 MBChina Moses is the daughter of jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater and director Gilbert Moses. She released her first single "Time" (1996) at the age of 18, along with her first video directed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino. This was followed by three albums: China (1997), On tourne en rond ("We Turn Around") (2000), and Good Lovin (2004). She worked on her albums with Shwedish hip hop label Breaking Bread as well as artists such as DJ Mehdi, Diam’s, Karriem Riggins, Guru, Anthony Marshall, and ...
Joy Keys chats with Author Roseanne A. Brown
October 24, 2020 15:30 - 35 minutes - 31.9 MBRoseanne “Rosie” A. Brown was born in Kumasi, Ghana and immigrated to the wild jungles of central Maryland as a child. She graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor’s in Journalism and was also a teaching assistant for the school’s Jiménez-Porter Writers’ House program. Her journalistic work has been featured by Voice of America among other outlets. A Song of Wraiths and Ruin is her debut novel. She is represented by Quressa Robinson at Nelson Literary Agency.
2020 Domestic Violence Prevention Month with Joy Keys
October 24, 2020 15:00 - 31 minutes - 27.7 MBOctober is Domestic Volence Prevention Month. Irene Lindsay Brantley- Program Director, Women In Transition. https://www.helpwomen.org/ Irene’s passion is working to empower survivors of domestic violence and substance abuse to make positive changes in their lives, free of addiction, poverty, and violence. As Women In Transition’s (WIT) Program Director, Irene is the force behind WIT’s free and confidential domestic violence and substance abuse services. Irene created WIT’s Sister Cir...
Joy Keys chats with Author/Poet Roje Augustin about Out of No Way
October 21, 2020 23:00 - 37 minutes - 33.4 MBRojé Augustin is a native New Yorker who grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Her first novel, The Unraveling of Bebe Jones, won the 2013 National Indie Excellence Award in African American fiction. She wrote the novel while living in London and Sydney as a stay-at-home-mom. Rojé continues to work as a producer while also writing in her spare time. Rojé Augustin has written a groundbreaking debut collection of dramatic poems about hair care entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker and her...
2020 World Hypertension Day with Joy Keys and the American Heart Association
October 17, 2020 15:30 - 31 minutes - 27.9 MBDr. Willie Lawrence is board certified in internal medicine with subspecialties in cardiovascular diseases, interventional cardiology and nuclear cardiology. In addition to his Kansas City Super Doctors honor, Dr. Lawrence was named the 2011 national Physician of the Year by the American Heart Association. He is chief of cardiology at Research Medical Center. Dr. Lawrence is the founder and director of Research Medical Center's Congestive Heart Failure program and director of the hospital's c...
Joy Keys chats with Author Nic Stone
October 14, 2020 23:30 - 32 minutes - 28.5 MBNic Stone is an Atlanta native and a Spelman College graduate. Her debut novel for young adults, Dear Martin, and her debut middle-grade novel, Clean Getaway, were both New York Times bestsellers. She is also the author of Odd One Out, a novel about discovering oneself and who it is okay to love, which was an NPR Best Book of the Year and a Rainbow Book List Top Ten selection, Jackpot, a love-ish story that takes a searing look at economic inequality and Shuri: A Black Panther Novel based on ...
Joy Keys chats with Venture Capitalist Arlan Hamilton
October 10, 2020 15:30 - 39 minutes - 35.1 MBArlan Hamilton is the Founder and Managing Partner of Backstage Capital, a venture capital firm dedicated to minimizing funding disparities in tech by investing in highpotential founders who are people of color, women, and/or LGBT. Started from scratch in 2015, Backstage has now raised nearly $12 million and invested in more than 130 startup companies led by underestimated founders. In 2018, Arlan co-founded Backstage Studio, which launched four accelerator programs, in Los Angeles, Detroit,...
Joy Keys chats with Actor Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine
October 07, 2020 23:00 - 32 minutes - 28.8 MBNTARE GUMA MBAHO MWINE starred as Ronnie in three seasons of the hit Showtime series The Chi. He plays the lead role in the film Farewell Amor, for which he won the Best Actor award at the Durban International Film Festival. The award-winning film (in competition at the Sundance Film Festival 2020) will be released by IFC Films in December. He will next star in the independent feature Tazmanian Devil, directed by Solomon Onita, Jr.. Mwine is currently set to write, direct and produce...
Joy Keys chats with Nigerian Author Chigozie Obioma
October 03, 2020 15:30 - 35 minutes - 32 MBChigozie Obioma is a Nigerian writer. In 2015, Obioma was named one of "100 Global Thinkers" by Foreign Policy magazine. He is best known for writing the novels The Fishermen (2015) and An Orchestra of Minorities (2019), both of which were shortlisted for the Booker prize in their respective years of publication, one of only two writers to be so honored. Between the two books, his work is being translated into thirty languages
Joy Keys chats with Portuguese Singer Lura
October 03, 2020 15:00 - 31 minutes - 28.3 MBSpecial Guest: Singer Lura The innate talent that runs through her veins makes her one of the most recognizable african singers. Lura has been in the music industry for 20 years, Lura was born in Portugal. Her compositions are based on traditional Cape-Verdean music,for example the Morna, Funaná and Batuque, and influenced by African and contemporary Western music. In 1996 she recorded her first album Nha Vida with her own compositions. In 2006, she released M´bem di fora, she appeared ...
Joy Keys chats with Author Farrah Rochon about The Boyfriend Project
September 26, 2020 15:30 - 38 minutes - 34.7 MBA native of south Louisiana, USA Today Bestselling author Farrah Rochon officially began her writing career while waiting in between classes in the student lounge at Xavier University of Louisiana. After earning her Bachelor of Science degree from Xavier and a Masters of Arts from Southeastern Louisiana University, Farrah decided to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming a published novelist. She was named Shades of Romance Magazine's Best New Author of 2007. Her debut novel, Deliver Me, the f...
Suicide Prevention Awareness Month with Joy Keys
September 26, 2020 15:00 - 31 minutes - 28.3 MBSeptember is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month Brandon J. Johnson, M.H.S. is a tireless advocate for positive mental health and suicide prevention services for youth and adults across the country and within the local community of Baltimore, MD. Currently, he serves in the Federal Government working on suicide prevention. He provides guidance to states, tribes, and healthcare systems on suicide prevention initiatives. Another highlight of Brandon’s career is his current role as the Co-Lead...
Joy Keys chats with Grammy winning Musician Billy Childs
September 20, 2020 16:00 - 39 minutes - 35 MBBilly Childs has garnered sixteen Grammy nominations and five Grammy awards: two for best instrumental composition (Into the Light from Lyric and The Path Among The Trees from Autumn: In Moving Pictures), two for best arrangement accompanying a vocalist (including New York Tendaberry from Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro, featuring Renee Fleming and Yo-Yo Ma), and one for best instrumental jazz album (Rebirth, 2018). In 2006, Childs was awarded a Chamber Music America composer’s g...
Joy Keys chats with Author Ellis Cose about Free Speech in America
September 19, 2020 15:30 - 41 minutes - 37 MBEllis Cose is the author of a dozen books on issues of national and international concern, including the best-selling The Rage of a Privileged Class. Cose is a widely respected journalist who has served as columnist and contributing editor of Newsweek, editor page chief for the New York Daily News, a fellow at the National Research Council/National Academy of Science, a fellow of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a fellow of the Gannett Center for Media Studies at Columbia ...
Joy Keys chats with Actor Vaughn Hebron
September 16, 2020 23:00 - 33 minutes - 29.7 MBVaughn Hebron who can currently be seen as one of the leads on the hit BET series “The Oval,” currently wrapping its first season, will return this fall to premiere its second season! The series follows the seemingly perfect interracial first family who becomes the White House's newest residents, but behind closed doors they unleash a torrent of lies, cheating and corruption. On the show Vaughn plays ‘ Barry,’ a young man whose daughter has been kidnapped by his ex-girlfriend who is a member ...
Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness Month with Joy Keys
September 12, 2020 15:30 - 37 minutes - 33.5 MBSpecial Guest: Dr. Titilope Fasipe is the Co-Director of the Texas Children’s Sickle Cell Program and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in Hematology/Oncology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. She is passionate about public health strategies to curb the psychosocial barriers, health complications and decreased lifespan of individuals with sickle cell disease. Dr. Fasipe has been repeatedly appointed to sickle cell-related advisory committees of the Texas Department of State Hea...
Joy Keys chats with Saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins
September 05, 2020 15:30 - 30 minutes - 27.4 MBAlto saxophonist and composer Immanuel Wilkins delivers an expansive opus about the Black experience in America on his remarkable debut album Omega, which will be released August 7 on Blue Note Records.Omega was produced by Jason Moran and features a next-generation quartet with pianist Micah Thomas, bassist Daryl Johns, and drummer Kweku Sumbry. The first single “Warriors” is available to stream or download today. With powerful pieces like “Mary Turner - An American Tradition” and “Fergus...
Joy Keys chats with South African LGBTQ Activist Dr. Beverly Ditsie
September 05, 2020 15:00 - 31 minutes - 28.1 MBSpecial Guest: South African LGBTQ Activist Dr. Beverly Ditsie 1995, the LGBTI activist became the first African lesbian to address gay and lesbian rights before the UN. Beverley Palesa Ditsie is well-known for becoming the first African lesbian to address gay and lesbian rights before a conference of the United Nations (UN). In 1995, the year after South Africa's first democratic election, she told the UN Conference on Women that if it was to address the concerns of all women “it must sim...
Joy Keys chats with Scholar Thomas Lockley about the African Samurai
September 03, 2020 00:00 - 45 minutes - 40.4 MBThomas Lockley is an associate professor at Nihon University College of Law in Tokyo, where he teaches courses concerning the international and multicultural history of Japan and East Asia. He authored the first academic paper on the life of Yasuke, which led to the release of a Japanese-language book on the historical figure and now to African Samurai, a narrative history co-written with thriller and speculative fiction author Geoffrey Girard that relays Yasuke’s story in a cinematic, endles...
Learn about PTSD with Joy Keys and Psychologist Suziliene Board
August 29, 2020 15:30 - 29 minutes - 26.3 MBPost-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that's triggered by a terrifying event — either experiencing it or witnessing it. Symptoms may include flashbacks, nightmares and severe anxiety, as well as uncontrollable thoughts about the events. ********************************************************************************************************************************* Suziliene Board, Psy.D, is a licensed psychologist in PA and DE who has been in practice for nearly...
Joy Keys chats with Jesmane Boggenpoel about My Blood Divides and Unites
August 29, 2020 15:00 - 31 minutes - 27.6 MBDebut author Jesmane Boggenpoel is an experienced business executive and former Head of Business Engagement at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. She has served on the boards of various international organizations and holds a Master's degree from Harvard University's JFK School of Government. Jesmane was honored as a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, is a Harvard Mason fellow and a shareholder and founding board member of African Women Chartered Accountants Investment Hol...
Joy Keys chats with Actress Courtney Nichole from BET's Assisted Living show
August 26, 2020 23:00 - 32 minutes - 29.2 MBChicago native, Courtney Nichole achieved her dreams of being an actress after working as a teacher and now stars in Tyler Perry’s new series, Assisted Living, premiering on September 2 on BET. Courtney takes on the role of Leah who is the supportive wife of Jeremy (Na’im Lynn), the patriarch of a young family who decides to move to the backwoods of Georgia to help his crazy grandfather after he foolishly purchased a run-down home for the elderly. She has been on the television shows SWAT ...
2020 Psoriasis Awareness Month with Joy Keys and Dr. Shani Francis
August 22, 2020 15:30 - 32 minutes - 29.1 MB*****August is Psoriasis Awareness Month****** Shani Francis, MD, MBA is a board certified dermatologist with personal interests in skin cancer, hair loss, inflammatory skin conditions m, occupational and holistic dermatology. She is passionate about advancing treatment for skin cancer, improving people’s quality of life and strongly believes in providing patients with treatment options that they are comfortable with. In addition to providing comprehensive skin cancer evaluations and minimal...
Joy Keys chats with Author Rion Amilcar Scott
August 22, 2020 15:00 - 31 minutes - 27.5 MBRion Amilcar Scott is the author of the story collection, The World Doesn’t Require You (Norton/Liveright, August 2019), a finalist for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award. His debut story collection, Insurrections (University Press of Kentucky, 2016), was awarded the 2017 PEN/Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction and the 2017 Hillsdale Award from the Fellowship of Southern Writers. His work has been published in journals such as The New Yorker, The Kenyon Review, Crab Orchard Review, and The Rumpus, amo...
Joy Keys chats with Author S. A. Cosby about his book Blacktop Wasteland
August 15, 2020 15:30 - 36 minutes - 32.6 MBShawn A. Cosby is a writer from Southeastern Virginia, now residing in Gloucester, Virginia. His short fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies and magazines. His short story "The Grass Beneath My Feet" won the Anthony award for best short story in 2019. He is also the author of My Darkest Prayer and Brotherhood of the Blade. His writing is influenced by his experience as a bouncer, construction worker, retail manager and for six hours a mascot for a major fast food chain inside the world...
2020 Breastfeeding Awareness Month with Joy Keys
August 15, 2020 15:00 - 31 minutes - 27.8 MB*********August is Breastfeeding Awarrness Month************ Jabina G. Coleman, LSW, MSW, IBCLC, is a Licensed Social Worker and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant who has dedicated over a decade of her life to serving women, children, and families in Philadelphia. Jabina received her Master's degree in Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania, School of Social Policy & Practice. Jabina is the owner of Life House Lactation &Perinatal Services, LLC where she provides la...
Joy Keys chats with the CEO of S.W.A.N. Deshauna Barber
August 08, 2020 15:30 - 33 minutes - 29.5 MBThe Service Women’s Action Network (SWAN) is the voice of all military women – past, present, and future. We are a member-driven community network advocating for the individual and collective needs of service women. SWAN’s priorities are guided by our members, who include thousands of women and men, service members, and civilians alike. We are committed to seeing that all service women receive the opportunities, protections, benefits, and respect they deserve. Our goal is to ensure all servi...
Joy Keys chats with 2020 Caine Prize Author Winner Irenosen Okojie
August 08, 2020 15:00 - 31 minutes - 27.5 MBIrenosen Okojie is a Nigerian-British writer. Her debut novel Butterfly Fish won a Betty Trask award and was shortlisted for an Edinburgh International First Book Award. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, the Observer, the Guardian, the BBC and the Huffington Post amongst other publications. Her short stories have appeared internationally in publications including Salt's Best British Short Stories 2017, Kwani? and The Year's Best Weird Fiction. She was named at the London Short...
Joy Keys chats with Actress Brandee Evans from STARZ’s P-Valley show
August 05, 2020 23:00 - 31 minutes - 27.8 MBSpecial Guest: Brandee Evans Memphis native Brandee Evans is a former High School English teacher. She has graced the stage all over the world as a professional dancer and choreographer. Brandee booked her first feature film role on Trey Haley's NOTE TO SELF, and has since gone on to appear in supporting roles on THE NEW EDITION STORY, LETHAL WEAPON, and numerous commercials.Brandee was also cast in Don B. Welch's hit plays CHURCH SECRETS and I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS. Recently, she playe...
Joy Keys chats with Author Mikki Kendall about her book Hood Feminism
August 01, 2020 15:30 - 32 minutes - 28.8 MBMikki Kendall is a writer, diversity consultant, and occasional feminist who talks a lot about intersectionality, policing, gender, sexual assault, and other current events. Her nonfiction can be found at Time.com, the Guardian, Washington Post, Ebony, Essence, Salon, XoJane, Bustle, Islamic Monthly and a host of other sites. Her media appearances include BBC, NPR, the Daily Show, PBS, MSNBC, Al Jazeera, WVON, WBEZ, TWIB, and Showtime. She has discussed race, feminism, violence in Chicago, te...
Joy Keys chats with the authors of They Carried Us
July 25, 2020 15:30 - 39 minutes - 34.8 MBThey Carried Us- The Social impact of Philadelhia's Black Women Leaders, by Allener M. Baker-Rogers (Author), Fasaha M. Traylor (Author) ======= Allener is a native West Philadelphian who now resides in Virginia. She is an honorary board member and former president of the Philadelphia child-advocacy organization, Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY). She served on mayoral advisory committees, and was a governor’s appointee and board chair of the Philadelphia County Assistance...
Learn more about Migraines with Joy Keys
July 18, 2020 15:30 - 37 minutes - 33.3 MBL. Charleston IV, MD, MSc., FAHS: Headache Medicine. Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Neurology University of Michigan. He received is M.D. from Wayne State University. Dr. Charleston's research focuses on better understanding disparities and challenges in headache management among minority, vulnerable, and underserved populations, with the aim of developing strategies to reduce those disparities and inform health policy. He has also chaired the American Headache Society's (AHS)...
Joy Keys chats with South African Author Masande Ntshanga
July 18, 2020 15:00 - 30 minutes - 27.4 MBAuthor Masande Ntshanga is the winner of the inaugural PEN International New Voices Award 2013, and was a finalist for the Caine Prize 2015. He was born in South Africa, and graduated from the Univeristy of Cape Town. There he completed his Masters in Creative Writing under the Mellon Mays Foundation. He has received a Fulbright Award, an NRF Freestanding scholarship, a Civitella Ranieri Fellowship and a Bundanon Trust Award. His work has appeared in The White Review, Chimurenga, VICE and n+1...
Joy Keys chats with Singer Quiana Lynell
July 11, 2020 15:00 - 32 minutes - 28.6 MBWith a smile that will entrance you and a voice that helps your troubles disappear, Quiana Lynell’s vocal dexterity allows her to perform a limitless repertoire. Infusing her classical training with her gospel upbringing she approaches jazz as a storyteller. Graduating from Louisiana State University’s music department Lynell is able to harness her voice as a true instrument and perform various genres of music with precision and validity. Lynell frequents the stage as a clinician, perform...
Joy Keys chats with Emmy Award Winning Actor Keith David
July 08, 2020 22:00 - 30 minutes - 27.1 MBThree-time Emmy award-winning television and film veteran actor, and "King of Voiceovers," Keith David. Keith brings to life 'Gene Holloway" in season 6 of CBS' "NCIS: New Orleans," a new love interest of Dr. Loretta Wade, and a high-ranking NOPD officer. Episode 17 titled "Biased" tackles the difficult topic of African-Americans and the police in the US. Coming back for its final season, Keith returns as 'Bishop James Greenleaf' one last time. Greenleaf" follows the unscrupulous world of t...
Joy Keys chats with Ghanaian Author Ayesha Harruna Attah
July 04, 2020 15:30 - 34 minutes - 30.3 MBAyesha Harruna Attah is the author of four novels: Harmattan Rain (Per Ankh Publishers), nominated for the 2010 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize; Saturday's Shadows (World Editions), shortlisted for the Kwani? Manuscript Project in 2013; The Hundred Wells of Salaga (Cassava Republic Press, UK; Other Press, US); and a forthcoming young adult novel, The Deep Blue Between (Pushkin Children's). Educated at Mount Holyoke College, Columbia University, and NYU, Ayesha has degrees in Biochemistry, Journal...