Latest Taja lindley Podcast Episodes
Cultivating Abundance Beyond Capitalism: Experiments in Commerce & Economy
Black Women's Dept. of Labor - August 31, 2022 03:00 - 59 minutes“What does a post capitalist future look like?” ~ Renee Hatcher In our season finale, our brilliant guests share their experience and experiments in commerce and economy to answer this question. Tune in to learn more about: Worker cooperatives and the solidarity economy Spirit led creative en...
Domestic Workers Part 2: Community Organizing Strategies & Contexts Historically & Today
Black Women's Dept. of Labor - August 17, 2022 12:00 - 58 minutesWe're continuing our conversation about domestic labor with a deep dive into the historical and current practice of organizing domestic workers for dignity and respect. Tune in to learn more about: the role of storytelling in building collective identity community organizing strategies in and...
Domestic Workers Part 1: The Labor That Makes All Other Work Possible
Black Women's Dept. of Labor - August 03, 2022 02:00 - 58 minutesTaking care of children, disabled folks, the elderly, and the home is important work, but it doesn’t always get the respect it deserves - whether it’s paid or unpaid labor. In this first part of a two-part series, we get an inside look into an occupation behind closed doors and in private homes...
Back to Work: Examining Labor Narratives During Welfare Reform & the Pandemic
Black Women's Dept. of Labor - July 06, 2022 05:00 - 1 hourWelfare reform in the 90’s and the recent pandemic may seem like radically different moments in history but they share a few things in common, namely back to work labor narratives that: are overly reliant on frameworks of personal responsibility prioritize work over health and wellbeing perpe...
Discovering Your Purpose with Astrology
Black Women's Dept. of Labor - June 22, 2022 03:00 - 59 minutesHave you ever asked yourself: “why am I alive?”| “what is my calling?” | “what’s my next career move?” If so, this episode is for you! In this intergenerational podcast workshop, we discuss: Astrology 101 reviewing signs, elements, and modalities How to tap into your personal astrology wi...
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) | A Panel Discussion about Race, Gender, & the Labor of Anti-Oppression Work
Black Women's Dept. of Labor - June 08, 2022 05:00 - 52 minutes“We are in the business of putting ourselves out of business.” Nico Le Blanc In our first - and only! - panel discussion of the season, Taja Lindley facilitates a conversation with 3 diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practitioners with 40+ years of experience between them. Tune in to hear:...
All Black Everything | Is a diverse healthcare workforce enough to eradicate racism in medicine?
Black Women's Dept. of Labor - May 25, 2022 05:00 - 57 minutesIs a diverse healthcare workforce enough to eradicate racism in medicine? The short is no. Using race to remedy racism is not enough. And let's talk about why with four Black providers in reproductive health: an OBGYN, a nurse midwife, a traditional midwife, and a midwifery student. Tune i...
All Black Everything
Black Women's Dept. of Labor - May 25, 2022 05:00 - 57 minutesIs a diverse healthcare workforce enough to eradicate racism in medicine? The short is no. Using race to remedy racism is not enough. And let's talk about why with four Black providers in reproductive health: an OBGYN, a nurse midwife, a traditional midwife, and a midwifery student. Tune i...
The A.R.T. of Birthing with Olivia Ford | Part Two: The Old Fashion Gay Way
Black Women's Dept. of Labor - May 11, 2022 04:00 - 1 hourPart Two: The Old Fashion Gay Way Are you curious about how to get pregnant when queer? “Don't use a turkey baster!” Olivia Ford Olivia started her path to parenthood before being partnered. After her intuition told her it was time to pursue pregnancy, she popped the question to her gay guy fr...
The A.R.T. of Birthing with Olivia Ford
Black Women's Dept. of Labor - May 11, 2022 04:00 - 1 hourPart Two: The Old Fashion Gay Way Are you curious about how to get pregnant when queer? “Don't use a turkey baster!” Olivia Ford Olivia started her path to parenthood before being partnered. After her intuition told her it was time to pursue pregnancy, she popped the question to her gay guy fr...
The A.R.T. of Birthing with LeConté Dill | Part One: The Ol’ Mama Gang
Black Women's Dept. of Labor - April 27, 2022 05:00 - 54 minutesPart One: The Ol’ Mama Gang “I saw my daughter for the first time in a vision while I was meditating.” LeConté Dill After Dr. LeConté Dill’s vision in 2014, she met her husband, had an epic first date, eloped, and began her journey to motherhood. She soon discovered she would need some suppo...
The A.R.T. of Birthing with LeConté Dill
Black Women's Dept. of Labor - April 27, 2022 05:00 - 54 minutesPart One: The Ol’ Mama Gang “I saw my daughter for the first time in a vision while I was meditating.” LeConté Dill After Dr. LeConté Dill’s vision in 2014, she met her husband, had an epic first date, eloped, and began her journey to motherhood. She soon discovered she would need some suppo...
Gendered as Laborers with Jennifer Morgan & Dorothy Roberts
Black Women's Dept. of Labor - April 13, 2022 05:00 - 48 minutesA Select History of Race, Labor, & Reproduction in the U.S. “Black women are at the heart of the history of the Atlantic world.” Jennifer Morgan What does it mean to be gendered as laborers? Both physiologically and economically? How has that served colonial and U.S. economic interests? A...
Gendered as Laborers with Jennifer Morgan & Dorothy Roberts | A Select History of Race, Labor, & Reproduction in the U.S.
Black Women's Dept. of Labor - April 13, 2022 05:00 - 48 minutesA Select History of Race, Labor, & Reproduction in the U.S. “Black women are at the heart of the history of the Atlantic world.” Jennifer Morgan What does it mean to be gendered as laborers? Both physiologically and economically? How has that served colonial and U.S. economic interests? A...
Introducing the Black Women's Dept. of Labor
Black Women's Dept. of Labor - April 01, 2022 08:00 - 3 minutesWelcome to the Black Women's Dept. of Labor - a project and podcast by Taja Lindley about race, gender, and the double entendre of labor: to work and to give birth. The first episode premieres Wednesday April 13th, 2022 during Black Maternal Health week! Tune in every other Wednesday for dynami...
Run It Back! S1 Recap
Black Women's Dept. of Labor - February 22, 2022 12:00 - 24 minutesIt's been a minute! The Birth Justice Podcast NYC team has been deep in process for the last year to bring you season 2 in 2022! But before we jump into a new season, it felt important to revisit and review some of the wisdom and insight from season one. Tune in to take a trip down memory lane a...
BJP NYC: Run It Back! S1 Recap
Black Women's Dept. of Labor - February 22, 2022 12:00 - 24 minutesIt's been a minute! The Birth Justice Podcast NYC team has been deep in process for the last year to bring you season 2 in 2022! But before we jump into a new season, it felt important to revisit and review some of the wisdom and insight from season one. Tune in to take a trip down memory lane a...
BJP NYC 12: Tales from a Bronx-Based Time Traveling Doula with Evelyn Alvarez
Black Women's Dept. of Labor - September 23, 2020 04:00 - 1 hourSeason 1 Episode 12 is the season finale and features an interview with Evelyn Alvarez: mom, doula, trainer, and the world’s best hypewoman! She’s also the cofounder of Bronx Rebirth and Progress Collective. In this week’s episode Evelyn shares the tales and the tea of being a doula in NYC. She ...
12: Tales from a Bronx-Based Time Traveling Doula
Black Women's Dept. of Labor - September 23, 2020 04:00 - 1 hourSeason 1 Episode 12 is the season finale and features an interview with Evelyn Alvarez: mom, doula, trainer, and the world’s best hypewoman! She’s also the cofounder of Bronx Rebirth and Progress Collective. In this week’s episode Evelyn shares the tales and the tea of being a doula in NYC. She ...
12: Tales from a Bronx-Based Time Traveling Doula with Evelyn Alvarez
Black Women's Dept. of Labor - September 23, 2020 04:00 - 1 hourSeason 1 Episode 12 is the season finale and features an interview with Evelyn Alvarez: mom, doula, trainer, and the world’s best hypewoman! She’s also the cofounder of Bronx Rebirth and Progress Collective. In this week’s episode Evelyn shares the tales and the tea of being a doula in NYC. She ...
BJP NYC 11: Pregnancy and Substance Use in NYC: An Introduction to Harm Reduction
Black Women's Dept. of Labor - September 16, 2020 04:00 - 1 hourSeason 1 Episode 11 features an interview with Nathalia Gibbs and Dana Kurzer-Yashin from the National Harm Reduction Coalition. In this week’s episode we dive into a harm reduction 101 crash course where we get into the definition, history and current landscape of harm reduction policies and pr...
11: Pregnancy and Substance Use in NYC: An Introduction to Harm Reduction
Black Women's Dept. of Labor - September 16, 2020 04:00 - 1 hourSeason 1 Episode 11 features an interview with Nathalia Gibbs and Dana Kurzer-Yashin from the National Harm Reduction Coalition. In this week’s episode we dive into a harm reduction 101 crash course where we get into the definition, history and current landscape of harm reduction policies and pr...
Pregnancy and Substance Use in NYC: An Introduction to Harm Reduction
Black Women's Dept. of Labor - September 16, 2020 04:00 - 1 hourSeason 1 Episode 11 features an interview with Nathalia Gibbs and Dana Kurzer-Yashin from the National Harm Reduction Coalition. In this week’s episode we dive into a harm reduction 101 crash course where we get into the definition, history and current landscape of harm reduction policies and pr...
BJP NYC 10: How the Child Welfare System Undermines Pregnant People and Families with Erin Miles Cloud
Black Women's Dept. of Labor - September 09, 2020 04:00 - 1 hourSeason 1 Episode 10 features an interview with Erin Miles Cloud: a lawyer and a mother, as well as the Co-Director and Co-Founder of Movement for Family Power. In this week’s episode we do a deep dive into the womb to foster care pipeline and the ways in which hospitals and social workers are co...
10: How the Child Welfare System Undermines Pregnant People and Families with Erin Miles Cloud
Black Women's Dept. of Labor - September 09, 2020 04:00 - 1 hourSeason 1 Episode 10 features an interview with Erin Miles Cloud: a lawyer and a mother, as well as the Co-Director and Co-Founder of Movement for Family Power. In this week’s episode we do a deep dive into the womb to foster care pipeline and the ways in which hospitals and social workers are co...
09: A Sisterly Approach to Doula Care in NYC with Nicole Jean Baptiste
Black Women's Dept. of Labor - September 02, 2020 04:00 - 1 hourSeason 1 Episode 9 features an interview with Nicole Jean Baptiste: a mother of two, a full spectrum community based doula, lactation counselor, yoga instructor, and oral historian. In this week’s episode we discuss Nicole’s journey into birthwork (which includes a bit about her own birth story)...
A Sisterly Approach to Doula Care in NYC with Nicole Jean Baptiste
Black Women's Dept. of Labor - September 02, 2020 04:00 - 1 hourSeason 1 Episode 9 features an interview with Nicole Jean Baptiste: a mother of two, a full spectrum community based doula, lactation counselor, yoga instructor, and oral historian. In this week’s episode we discuss Nicole’s journey into birthwork (which includes a bit about her own birth story)...
BJP NYC 09: A Sisterly Approach to Doula Care in NYC with Nicole Jean Baptiste
Black Women's Dept. of Labor - September 02, 2020 04:00 - 1 hourSeason 1 Episode 9 features an interview with Nicole Jean Baptiste: a mother of two, a full spectrum community based doula, lactation counselor, yoga instructor, and oral historian. In this week’s episode we discuss Nicole’s journey into birthwork (which includes a bit about her own birth story)...
BJP NYC 08: How Female Genital Mutilation & Cutting Impacts the Reproductive Health of New Yorkers with Natasha Johnson
Black Women's Dept. of Labor - August 26, 2020 04:00 - 1 hourSeason 1 Episode 8 features an interview with Natasha Johnson: activist, artist, advocate, academic, attorney, yoga instructor and the founder of Globalizing Gender. In this week’s episode we discuss female genital mutilation and cutting - what it is, why and how it happens, how it impacts sexua...
08: How Female Genital Mutilation & Cutting Impacts the Reproductive Health of New Yorkers with Natasha Johnson
Black Women's Dept. of Labor - August 26, 2020 04:00 - 1 hourSeason 1 Episode 8 features an interview with Natasha Johnson: activist, artist, advocate, academic, attorney, yoga instructor and the founder of Globalizing Gender. In this week’s episode we discuss female genital mutilation and cutting - what it is, why and how it happens, how it impacts sexua...
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