Latest Blcknlit Podcast Episodes
International Fashion and Streetwear Culture: Inside the mind of Dominick Adams
BLCKNLIT - March 12, 2020 15:47 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsIn this episode, Priscilla and Jasmine speak with Dominick Adams, co-founder of Somewhere, a recently opened mixed-use retail space and cafe located in Southeast D.C. - minutes from where he grew up. He shares his story of making a career switch from working at the airport, to a corporate job, an...
Experiencing Love Through Commerce and Community: Inside the Mind of Anika Hobbs
BLCKNLIT - March 05, 2020 16:56 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsIn this episode, Jasmine and Priscilla talk to Anika Hobbs, the founder of Nubian Hueman, a local brick & mortar and online store featuring unique clothing and art by designers representing the global Diaspora. She also founded the Black Love Experience, an annual event showcasing black-owned bus...
Addressing Racial Inequality Through Tech: Inside the mind of Aerica Shimizu Banks
BLCKNLIT - February 27, 2020 15:49 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsAerica Shimizu Banks started her career in Environmental Policy, eventually working with Google on Patent Policy and Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Initiatives. She's currently the Public Policy and Social Impact Manager at Pinterest, where she works to create ecosystems that benefit marginaliz...
Wine 101: Inside the Mind of Eric Moorer
BLCKNLIT - February 20, 2020 19:15 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsEric Moorer, Sommelier and Manager of Domestique, a local D.C. wine shop, stops by the BLCKNLIT podcast to pop open a few bottles of wine and take us on a journey into the world of vino. He shares his story of how he first became obsessed with the wine industry, as well as tips on how to enter th...
Black Women Overcoming Dating Violence: Inside the Mind of Tenaj Moody
BLCKNLIT - February 12, 2020 23:03 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsJasmine and Priscilla talk with Tenaj Moody, the founder of Light to Life, a domestic violence awareness program offering workshops and events to young adults and teens on the prevention of abusive and unhealthy relationships. Tenaj survived an abusive relationship at the age of 16, which led her...
Addiction Recovery for the Black Woman: Inside the Mind of Shayla Martin
BLCKNLIT - January 22, 2020 22:57 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsJasmine and Priscilla talk with freelance writer Shayla Martin, a former hospitality publicist, and current travel and lifestyle writer who seven years ago, after a traumatic event, realized that she was struggling with alcoholism and needed to take a risk to change her life. Shayla shares how so...
The Radicalness of Black Joy Expressed Through Art: Inside the Mind of Jamea Richmond-Edwards
BLCKNLIT - January 15, 2020 23:59 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsJamea Richmond-Edwards is a D.C. based mixed media artist whose work has been featured in some of the top galleries, museums, and experiential shows across the globe. Her work uses found objects and multiple mediums to create collage-style depictions of the black experience. On this episode of BL...
Reimagining the Black Neighborhood, starting with the Nail Salon: Inside the mind of Jhavon Kashif
BLCKNLIT - January 08, 2020 23:11 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsJhavon Kashif is the owner of Nailbed & Bar, a luxury, eco-friendly nail spa East of the Anacostia river, a majority black and historically underserved neighborhood in Washington, D.C. As the first black-owned nail spa of its kind in the area, Jhavon strives to prove that black owned businesses c...
Turning a setback into a bounceback: Inside the Mind of Kwame Onwuachi
BLCKNLIT - December 19, 2019 15:14 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsJames Beard Award winning chef and author, Kwame Onwuachi, is no stranger to setbacks, having overcome a difficult adolescence and later opening his first restaurant at 24, only to have it shutter in less than a year. We close out our last episode of the year, with someone who has dominated 2019,...
Creating a community-centric business: Inside the Mind of Mahammad Mangum
BLCKNLIT - December 12, 2019 21:28 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsWhen you think of a flourishing community you likely imagine a place with access to educational and creative programming, affordable healthy food, and a safe space for members to interact. Today’s guest, Mahammad Mangum, didn’t always see these components in the community he grew up in so he crea...
Turning an Innovative Idea Into a Scalable Business: Inside the mind of Nicole Pinedo
BLCKNLIT - December 05, 2019 15:58 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsBLCKNLIT follows the stories of individuals who are pushing boundaries and inspiring their community, while exploring the varied paths that each subject has taken to reach the current point in their career. Hosted by Jasmine Pierce and Priscilla Ward, the series takes a deep look into the setback...
Creating a Black Running Community: Inside the Mind of Matthew Green
BLCKNLIT - November 14, 2019 18:23 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsAfrican Americans are notoriously underrepresented in the long distance running world. Matthew Green, the co-founder of District Running Collective (DRC) is working to change this by fostering a community of runners who go the distance and push past percieved limitiations to redefine their imposs...
What does it mean to be black?: Inside the mind of Obi Okolo
BLCKNLIT - November 08, 2019 16:57 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsBlackness is so many things, and expressed in many different ways. However, it's often policed by our own when it doesn't fall within the narrow confines of how others percieve it should be expressed. On this episode, our guest Obi Okolo, Founder of the creative agency, Stag Creative, shares his ...
Breaking down black stereotypes through film: inside the mind of Joe Marshall
BLCKNLIT - November 04, 2019 15:36 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsHumor throughout our culture has served as a place for grappling with difficult topics and stereotypes. Director, screenwriter, actor and comedian, Joe Marshall is doing just that, through his recently released web series, Middle Ground. On this episode, he discusses how he’s addressing taboo top...
Producing hits and advocating for women in the music industry: Inside the mind of TRAKGIRL
BLCKNLIT - October 24, 2019 15:20 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsIn this episode, BLCKNLIT talks with TRAKGIRL, one of the top female music producers, who has worked with artists like Jhene Aiko, Andra Day, Luke James, Belly and Omarion, just to name a few. We learn about the many ways she's advocating for women in the music industry to have access t...
Black American and African culture through the lens of soccer: Inside the mind of Topher Hegngi
BLCKNLIT - October 17, 2019 15:56 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsPowered and distributed by Simplecast
Opening doors for people of color in the beverage industry, with Kapri Robinson
BLCKNLIT - October 04, 2019 12:53 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsPowered and distributed by Simplecast
Leading with his pen and living abroad: Inside the mind of Greg Howard
BLCKNLIT - September 25, 2019 22:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsPowered and distributed by Simplecast
Art from ideation to execution: A look into the mind of District Dodger
BLCKNLIT - September 19, 2019 16:01 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsPowered and distributed by Simplecast
Surrendering to Your Life's Path and Bossing Up
BLCKNLIT - September 04, 2019 18:41 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsPowered and distributed by Simplecast
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