Nourish What’s Next: Preparing Our Minds, Bodies, and Dreams for 2026
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”6691″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vlt_spacer height=”30px” height_on_mob=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]With the New Year 2026 a few weeks away, December is a month we hold both reflection and anticipation of who we’ve been and who we’re becoming, and have the opportunity to reclaim the parts of ourselves we may have set aside while navigating 2025. As African […]
S7, Ep 061 with Ieasha James, award-winning luxury event designer, visionary founder and Creative Director of Endless Flair Events, on aligning faith and purpose in design and visual storytelling
[vc_row][vc_column][vlt_spacer height=”50″ height_on_mob=”50″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”6679″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vlt_spacer height=”50″ height_on_mob=”50″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]In this episode, Dr. Yndia sits with award-winning luxury event designer Ieasha James, founder and creative director of Endless Flair Events, a Boston-based event-design firm nationally recognized for immersive, luxury, story-driven installations. Listen in as Ieasha shares her journey as a former healthcare professional who […]
Season of Shine: Celebrating Black Visionaries Lighting the Way Forward
[vc_row][vc_column][vlt_spacer height=”50″ height_on_mob=”50″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”6674″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vlt_spacer height=”50″ height_on_mob=”50″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] It’s November, a month typically focused on gratitude, gathering, and reflection, and we are reminded to honor what has been and celebrate what is becoming. Hence, it is no time like the present that we use this season to highlight the work of Black visionaries who […]
S7, Ep 060 with visual artist, photographer, filmmaker, and broadcaster Simon Frederick on Redefining Black Representation in British Art and Media
[vc_row][vc_column][vlt_spacer][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”6661″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vlt_spacer][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]In celebration of UK’s Black History Month, this episode Dr. Yndia features award-winning British-Grenadian visual artist, photographer, and filmmaker Simon Frederick, one of the 100 Most Influential Black Britons in Media & Entertainment. In this powerful conversation, Simon Frederick and Dr. Yndia discuss visual storytelling, identity, and the important […]
Celebrating Black History Month in the UK: Featuring Acclaimed Artist and Filmmaker Simon Frederick
[vc_row][vc_column][vlt_spacer][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”6657″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vlt_spacer][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] October is Black History Month in the United Kingdom, a month dedicated to recognizing and honoring the monumental impact of people of African and Caribbean heritage on British society and culture. Inspired by the U.S.’s commemoration each February, the British observance was first celebrated in London in 1987 thanks […]
Belonging to Blackness Named Finalist for 2025 Black Podcasting Awards: Podcast of the Year!
[vc_row][vc_column][vlt_spacer][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”6652″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border” css=””][vlt_spacer][vc_column_text css=””]Ayyyyyyy! We’re thrilled to share our podcast Belonging to Blackness has been named a Finalist for Podcast of the Year at the 2025 Black Podcasting Awards! This nomination is a profound honor. The Black Podcasting Awards (BPA) celebrates and uplifts the creativity, innovation, and impact of Black podcasters from […]
We’re Finalists! Help Us Win the 2025 Signal Awards Listener’s Choice
[vc_row][vc_column][vlt_spacer][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vlt_simple_image image_overlay=”1″ image=”6644″][/vlt_simple_image][vlt_spacer][vlt_spacer][vc_column_text css=””] Good people! We have some exciting news to share: our podcast, BELONGING TO BLACKNESS has been named a finalist for the 2025 Signal Awards in the category Curators Shaping Culture! This recognition means so much—it affirms the global stories, voices, and experiences of African descendants we amplify are not just being […]
S7, Ep 059 with Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., scholar, political commentator and NYT author of We Are The Leaders We Have Been Looking For
[vc_row][vc_column][vlt_spacer][vlt_simple_image image_overlay=”1″ caption=”” gallery=”1″ image=”6617″][/vlt_simple_image][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vlt_spacer][/vc_column][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]WE ARE BACK! In this Season 7 premiere, Dr. Yndia is in conversation with Dr. Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., scholar, T.V political commentator, and NYT bestselling author. In this deeply personal and thought-provoking episode, they discuss his latest and riveting book, We Are The Leaders We Have Been Looking […]
Changing Seasons, Lasting Power: Belonging to Blackness, Season 7 Premieres
[vc_row][vc_column][vlt_spacer][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”6609″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline” border_color=”purple” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vlt_spacer][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]There’s something undeniably seductive about the beginning of the fall season. Slightly cooler air carries both memory and possibility, the golden light of the sun’s amber rays softens against tree leaves, hinting autumn is right around the bend. And, of course, the start of the fall season also […]
S6, Ep 058 with Edna Bonhomme, historian, global public intellectual and author of A History of the World in Six Plagues
It’s June and Caribbean American Heritage month! In this Season 6 finale, Dr. Yndia is in conversation with historian of science, writer, and global public intellectual, Dr. Edna Bonhomme about her new book A History of the World in Six Plagues. Bonhomme, herself of Haitian descent, discusses how plagues—both microbial and structural—have shaped the contours […]