Latest Africanews Podcast Episodes
Ep. 136 Happy Juneteenth!
Real Black News - June 19, 2024 10:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 71 ratingsEpisode 136 of Real Black News, hosted by Raqiyah Mays, posts on June 19, Juneteenth 2024, featuring stories about the first HBCU in California, the Ghanaian genius in the Guinness Book of World Records, Lebron James’ Akron school milestone, the Mississippi girl saving the world, and more from t...
SPECIAL EDITION Ep. 135 Director Stefon Bristol
Real Black News - April 26, 2024 09:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 71 ratingsIn this Special Edition bonus episiode of Real Black News, one of Hollywood's hottest up-and-coming directors, Stefon Bristol, discusses his new sci-fi movie "Breathe" starring Jennifer Hudson, Milla Jovovich, Common, Quvenzhané Wallis, and Sam Worthington in theaters April 26. He shares details...
Episode 134
Real Black News - February 29, 2024 22:25 - 38 minutes ★★★★ - 71 ratingsOn Episode 134 host Raqiyah Mays shares the top five empowering Black news stories from around the world including this episode’s picks from Cameroon, Morocco, Washington, DC, Ghana, Newark, NJ, and even Dubai. Plus discussions on Wendy Williams, Black Girls Rock, and more.
Real Black News: Pop-Up Episode 133
Real Black News - December 21, 2023 17:59 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 71 ratingsPop-up episode 133 of Real Black News, hosted by Raqiyah Mays, brings uplifting news stories about people of African descent from Ghana, Sweden, Brazil, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Queens, New York. Psychotherapist Camille Banks Lee joins the episode to share three tips for staying empowered and manife...
The Pop-up Episode of Real Black News with Raqiyah Mays
Real Black News - September 26, 2023 08:04 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 71 ratingsReal Black News returns with host Raqiyah Mays after a year-and-a-half hiatus. The pop-up episode features five empowering Black news stories from around the world. #RealBlackNews
Ep. 131 - The LAST episode (for now) Writer/Director Reggie Rock Bythewood
Real Black News - February 01, 2022 03:49 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 71 ratingsWriter and director Reggie Rock Bythewood drops knowledge and discusses everything from his coming-of-age Apple TV show "Swagger" and dedicating his work in film and TV to spotlighting and uplifting the Black community, to learning from Sidney Poitier, elders like James Earl Jones and Harry Bela...
Ep. 130 - Therapist, Camille Banks-Lee
Real Black News - December 23, 2021 20:21 - 51 minutes ★★★★ - 71 ratingsEpisode 130 of Real Black News ends the year and begins 2022 with tips on manifesting and tapping into the moment with Therapist Camille Banks-Lee who gives guidance on everything from how to deal with anxiety and Intuitive eating to adolescent brains and mental health. This is an inspiring free...
Ep. 129 ABFF - Jeff & Nicole Friday
Real Black News - November 07, 2021 04:43 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 71 ratingsThe new season of Real Black News launches with Ep. 129 and the dynamic power couple behind ABFF (The American Black Film Festival), Jeff & Nicole Friday. Celebrating twenty-five years of lifting Black Hollywood, Jeff & Nicole join Real Black News to discuss the history and success that’s landed...
Ep. 128 Black Hollywood – Writer/Director Malcolm Lee
Real Black News - July 17, 2021 15:44 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 71 ratingsEp 128 of Real Black News features the top five empowering Black news stories of the week and this week’s two guests. The first is writer and director Malcolm Lee who discusses his new mega movie Space Jam: A New Legacy. He talks the ins and outs of directing for animation, plus his new journe...
Ep 127 Black-Owned Real Estate, Lyneir Richardson, Entrepreneur
Real Black News - July 11, 2021 02:17 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 71 ratingsEp 127 of Real Black News features the top five empowering Black news stories of the week and this week’s guests: Entrepreneur, commercial real estate investor, and CEO of The Chicago TREND Corporation, Lyneir Richardson, who discusses his work empowering urban retail development via Black and B...
Ep 126 Adolescent Mental Health – Actors Asante Blackk & Jasmine Carmichael
Real Black News - June 25, 2021 11:03 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 71 ratingsEp 126 of Real Black News focuses on adolescent mental health and features the top five empowering Black news stories of the week and this week’s guests: One of history's youngest Emmy-nominated actors, Asante Blackk, discusses life as a Gen Z’er and bringing attention to adolescent mental healt...
Ep 125 Black Male Health - Doctor Dre', Hip Hop Legend
Real Black News - June 14, 2021 11:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 71 ratingsEp 125 of Real Black News features the top five empowering Black news stories of the week and this week’s guest, hip hop music, and radio legend Doctor Dre' who shares his health journey and tips surviving Type 2 diabetes, blindness, and losing a limb. Blessed to see 57, he takes a trip down hip...
Ep 124 Black History & Healing - Ronda Racha Penrice, Author
Real Black News - May 25, 2021 23:37 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 71 ratingsEp 124 of Real Black News features the top five empowering Black news stories of the week and this week’s three guests: Author Ronda Racha Penrice discusses her timely second book, Black American History for Dummies, where she breaks down historical facts that shaped America (starts 22:46). Whil...
Ep. 123 Self-Defense - Geneva Solomon, Redstone Firearms
Real Black News - May 18, 2021 19:38 - 48 minutes ★★★★ - 71 ratingsEp 123 of Real Black News features Geneva Solomon, co-owner of Redstone Firearms, who joins the podcast after recently speaking to Congress about gun violence to share her thoughts as a liberal on why she stays armed, trains, and suggests more women do the same (starts 24:43). Other topics inclu...
Ep 122 The State of Black Activism - Rosa Clemente, Afro-Latina Activist
Real Black News - April 29, 2021 12:35 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 71 ratingsEp 122 The State of Black Activism: This week's episode of Real Black News features the top five empowering Black News stories of the week and this week’s guest: Black Puerto Rican Activist, soon-to-be PhD, and associate producer of the two-time Oscar-winning film Judas and the Black Messiah, Ro...
Ep. 121 – Black Empowerment: Playwright Keli Goff & Actress Adepero Oduye
Real Black News - April 21, 2021 20:42 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 71 ratingsEp. 121 of Real Black News features the top five empowering Black news stories of the week and two dope guests who use their art to lift women and black culture. This week, Image Award-winning screenwriter, Emmy nominated producer, journalist, and playwright Keli Goff discusses her critically ac...
Ep. 120 – Fighting White Supremacy
Real Black News - April 12, 2021 04:01 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 71 ratingsEp. 120 of Real Black News features conversations about tracking and fighting White Supremacists with two guests, including the president and CEO of The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Margaret Huang. She discusses the tactics they use to track hate groups, the history of white supremacists ...
Ep. 119 Jenny Lumet - Writer & Executive Producer
Real Black News - April 02, 2021 14:50 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 71 ratingsRecognizing triumph after survival, Ep. 119 of Real Black News features writer and executive producer Jenny Lumet, who discusses everything from her legendary family and grandmother Lena Horne to Black families on TV and how her trauma that came with pointing a finger at a mogul and surviving se...
Ep. 118 DJ Kuttin Kandi - Asian Community Organizer
Real Black News - March 25, 2021 10:51 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 71 ratingsEp 118 of Real Black News features Award-winning DJ and Community Organizer, DJ Kuttin Kandi, who joins the podcast to discuss coalition building in light of the rise of hateful violence against Asian-Americans. She discusses her work uniting with the Black Community via the Asian Solidarity Col...
Ep. 117 Clover Hope - Author, "The Motherlode: 100+ Women Who Made Hip-Hop"
Real Black News - March 16, 2021 10:44 - 16 minutes ★★★★ - 71 ratingsEp 117 of Real Black News provides an update on Mississippi's water crisis, where some see hints of an end. Jackson, Mississippi councilman DeKeither Stamps joins the podcast to give an update (interview begins at 59:27). While hip hop journalist and author Clover Hope discusses her new book "Th...
Ep. 116 Mental Health & Wellness
Real Black News - February 28, 2021 19:15 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 71 ratingsEp 116 spotlights mental health and wellness with psychotherapist Camille Banks-Lee who shares tips on staying emotionally fit. While entertainment journalist Ronda Racha Penrice talks upcoming TV shows and films to watch for decompression. And Drew Glover, Principle Coordinator for the Selma Ju...
Ep. 115 Amin Joseph – Actor, "Snowfall"
Real Black News - February 21, 2021 15:13 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 71 ratingsEpisode 115 of Real Black News features Snowfall actor Amin Joseph discussing his role as Uncle Jerome Saint on season four. He talks about the personal influence of Hollywood legend John Singleton and making Snowfall without him, crack in the Black community, acting, and survival tips for thesp...
Ep. 114 Blacks & Guns - Jonathan Solomon, Redstone Firearms
Real Black News - February 12, 2021 12:28 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 71 ratingsEp 114 features Jonathan Solomon, California president of the National African American Gun Association (NAAGA). Along with his wife Geneva, he owns LA's popular spot for Black gun enthusiasts, Redstone Firearms. Jonathan discusses the rising number of black gun owners, the national gun & ammo s...
Ep. 113 Black Wall Street: Jatali Bellanton & Kerwyn Phillip, Finance Experts
Real Black News - February 06, 2021 13:31 - 53 minutes ★★★★ - 71 ratingsEpisode 113 of Real Black News is all about investing in the community. This week’s “Black Wall Street Report” with former investment banker and CEO of Kids Who Bank, Jatali Bellanton, discusses Gamestop, brokerage firms connected to hate groups, and tips on investing. While author Kerwyn Philli...
Ep. 112 Gary Dourdan - Actor, "Redemption Day"
Real Black News - January 29, 2021 08:19 - 53 minutes ★★★★ - 71 ratingsEpisode 112 of Real Black News features actor Gary Dourdan who talks about starring in his latest movie Redemption Day. He gives advice on being a Black artist, discusses making it through personal struggles, and shares tips on what others can do to make it through too. Other topics include the ...
Ep 111 The New Civil War: What it Is & How to Prepare
Real Black News - January 18, 2021 11:44 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 71 ratingsEpisode 111 of Real Black News breaks down the New Civil War, the Capitol Hill Riots, and how religion is behind White Supremacist plans to take back America violently. This episode breaks down who they are, how they think, and how to be prepared to protect yourself by any means necessary. Two f...
Ep 110 Raqiyah Mays & More - The LAST show of 2020
Real Black News - December 30, 2020 14:17 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 71 ratingsEpisode 110 of Real Black News is the last show of 2020 featuring correspondents from across the world sharing updates on their countries and the outlook for 2021. Journalist Ann Marie Collymore reports from Canada. Podcaster Toby Buckle zooms in from the UK. Photographer Charlene Winfred breaks...
Ep. 109 Sonia Alleyne - Author, I Kick Ass at Work
Real Black News - December 22, 2020 12:57 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 71 ratingsEpisode 109 of Real Black News features 2x author Sonia Alleyne discussing her book I Kick Ass at Work: A Strategy Journal for Career Professionals. Sonia shares crucial career tips for 2021 related to everything from salary negotiation and documenting successes, to leaving a job, working in non...
Ep 108 - Epee Dingong - French Journalist on the Paris Uprisings
Real Black News - December 15, 2020 10:40 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 71 ratingsEpisode 108 of Real Black News features French correspondent Epee Dingong reporting on the youth uprising in Paris, France over police brutality and a measure that outlaws filming the police. He also gives an update on the response to COVID-19 and the vaccine in France and the UK. Other topics i...
Ep. 107 George C. Wolfe - Director, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Real Black News - December 13, 2020 15:55 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 71 ratingsEpisode 107 of Real Black News features the legendary George C. Wolfe. A five-time Tony Award-winning director and playwright of shows like Jelly’s Last Jam, Bring in Da Noise, Bring in ‘Da Funk, and films such as HBO’s Lackawanna Blues, and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, he discusses dir...
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