S2, Ep 015 with Tonya C. Hegamin, award-winning YA author, on the importance of play as a way to amplify Black joy and healing
Award-winning YA author Tonya C. Hegamin chats with host Yndia about Black-Indigenous family folklore, being a (dis)ability advocate along with her diabetic alert dog Bobo, and the importance of integrating play as a way to amplify Black joy and healing. Listen in to learn more about her upcoming memoir and Bisexual BIWOC T1Diabetes activism via […]
S2, Ep 014 with Chef Keesha O’Galdez of Gourmet Diva on being a Black women chef and her upcoming appearance on Food Network’s Chopped
Chef Keesha O’Galdez, founder and executive chef of The Gourmet Diva in NYC, sits down with host Yndia to talk about leaving the field of engineering to become a successful entrepreneur that has combined her passion for culinary arts with natural healthy eating. A recipient of the Doonie Fund, which supports Black Women Entrepreneurs, you […]
S2, Ep 013 with Vilna Bashi Treitler, sociologist and visual artist, on being named to the Zora Canon in 2020 for one of the best 100 books ever written by an African American woman and her forthcoming memoir “Schooled”
In this episode, your host Yndia talks with Vilna Bashi Treitler, PhD, author, sociologist and visual artist. A curator and contributor to several mixed media art exhibits nationally, Vilna’s books were also named to the Zora Canon in 2020 for one of the best 100 books ever written by an African American woman. Debuting her […]
S2, Ep 012 with Natalie LeBlanc, public health practitioner and HIV prevention researcher, on testing, prevention and health promotion for African descended people across the diaspora
In this episode, Host Yndia sits down with Dr. Natalie LeBlanc, public health practitioner, NIH-funded AIDS and HIV prevention researcher, and assistant professor in HIV Prevention Science at the University of Rochester School of Nursing. Listen in as they talk all things sex: sexual health, consent, MSMs, and the importance of HIV testing, prevention and […]
Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness YouTube Live Stream of Podcast: Black Creatives Reflect on film, “40-Year-Old-Version”
Podcast “Talking” Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness YouTube Live Stream Discussion: Black Creatives Reflect on Radha Blank’s directorial debut, “40-Year-Old Version” (originally recorded on October 31 6:30P EST). Conversation facilitated by host and digital creator Yndia Lorick-Wilmot; with guests Alicia Anabel Santos, Kathryn Sophia Belle, Michele Simms-Burton and Vilna Bashi Treitler. Topics include external and […]
S2, Ep 011 with Christen Smith of #CiteBlackWomen (founder & activist) about citational practices & Black women’s brilliance
Host Yndia is in deep conversation with Dr. Christen Smith, professor, Black feminist anthropologist, author and founder of #CiteBlackWomen, a global social movement network, podcast and blog. Listen in as they discuss the significance of Black liberation when it comes to anti-Black state-sanctioned police violence throughout the Americas and the politics of race and gender […]
S2, Ep 010 with Glory Edim of Well-Read Black Girl (author, founder & convener) about the power of books & community
Host Yndia is in conversation with Glory Edim, founder of #WellReadBlackGirl, author of Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves, and the recipient of the Madam CJ Walker award from the Hurston/Wright Literary Foundation, the Innovator’s award from the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and an Outstanding Literary Work nomination from the NAACP Image […]
Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness- Special Episode (YouTube Release): #UPRISINGS 2020, Part 2, Global Perspectives
“We use our craft, our artistry to uplift people. Despite our location, it has not deterred our Black consciousness. We have not left the community. I am physically removed from the community but I am spiritually connected as long as there is 1 Black brother or Black sister in the world in bondage, there is […]
S1, Ep 006 with Kathryn Sophia Belle, philosopher and owner of La Belle Vie on Black self-empowerment, being a high achiever, happily unmarried and erotic empowerment
In this episode, host Yndia is engaged in a fun, intellectually stimulating and titillating conversation with Dr. Kathryn Sophia Belle, philosopher, writer and coach on issues of Black self-empowerment, being a high achiever, happily unmarried, and erotic and ecstasy empowerment.
S1, Ep 002 with Masauko Chipembere of BLK Sonshine on music and the legacy of Malawian Freedom Fighters Henry Masauko and Catherine Chipembere(part 2)
S1, Ep 002: Part 2. In this episode, host Yndia continues her conversation Masauko Chipembere, internationally renowned jazz musician and son of Malawian freedom fighters, as he talks about his parents’ legacy of Malawian liberation and their influence on his latest music and work with NGO WIN Malawi.