S5E11: Exploring Poetry, Storytelling, Pain, and Race in Black Culture
Naked Conversations: Race, Culture, & Beyond
Release Date: 06/30/2021
S8E8: This is Goodbye (ish) & Thank You!
Naked Conversations: Race, Culture, & Beyond
8 seasons, 51 raw, awkward & brave conversations later, we've arrived at our finale. This is definitely not the end of us using our voices to speak up against injustice & work for radical change, just the end of our podcast. We are so grateful for all of you being with us in this work; listening, learning and acting. Be brave & keep it up ya’ll. Listen to hear us talk about Sharing emotional labour between friends How has building this podcast together impacted us each personally? How are we carrying the vision for a more equitable and just world forward from here? ...
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S8E7: Healing Generational Trauma & Breaking from "Stable Misery" with Dr. Lynyetta Willis
Naked Conversations: Race, Culture, & Beyond
“Neither you nor your family are broken, you just have habits that need to be.” Today we are joined by Dr. Lynyetta Willis; psychologist, family empowerment coach, speaker, and award-winning author, who helps frustrated families break free from Stable Misery® and unhelpful parenting and partnership patterns. We’re asking; what are the unhelpful stories we tell ourselves, and are these stories different for marginalized communities? Dr. Willis brings so much hope and optimism to her work, we hope you feel as empowered from this conversation as we do. Listen to...
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S8E6: Book Bans in Schools: The What and The Why
Naked Conversations: Race, Culture, & Beyond
Book bans are increasing at a rapid pace in school districts around the United States. What’s really going on here? Today we are unpacking the motivations for book banning, which books are being banned, and what this means for our communities moving forward. We dive into the challenges of navigating content ‘appropriateness’ as a parent, and the role that fear can play in our decision making. Our homework for you is to research which books are banned in your own state. You might be surprized what you find! Listen to hear us talking about: What content would...
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S8E5: Building Trust in Organizations
Naked Conversations: Race, Culture, & Beyond
“Fear and trust are the core challenges of our time” - Sage It’s time we talked about trust. Today we explore why Erica & I first decided to trust each other, and how these same principles can be applied to building trust in organisations. This is such an important topic, when we don’t feel safe it’s extremely hard to move forward and create meaningful change. Listen to hear us talk about: When was the first moment that you trusted someone? Different types of trust Steps to building trust Restoring broken trust The role of...
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S8E4: Systematic Racism
Naked Conversations: Race, Culture, & Beyond
“You cannot heal what you have not diagnosed. You cannot repair what you do not see.” - Isabel Wilkerson Today we’re bringing it back to basics. What do we mean when we refer to “systematic racism”, and how is this different than racism on the individual level? Join us today as we unpack the realities of ‘racism by design’, and what are we really going to do about it in this lifetime. Listen to hear us talk about: Defining systematic, structural and institutionalised racism Examples of structural racism in the public system Broadway shows that are challenging...
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S8E3: Using Somatics to Reclaim Our Agency. With Maria-Victoria Albina.
Naked Conversations: Race, Culture, & Beyond
Today we are joined by the outstanding María-Victoria Albina; Master Certified Somatic Life Coach, UCSF-trained Family Nurse Practitioner and Breathwork Meditation Guide. In this lively conversation, we dive into the nature of the oppressive systems we live in, how they require us to disconnect us from our bodies and why it is such a radical act to reconnect to a feeling of safety within ourselves. Listen to hear us talk about: Our current systems demand/require us to be disconnected from our bodies Somatic practice as an inherently radical act Increasing...
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S8E2: Hope Against All Odds
Naked Conversations: Race, Culture, & Beyond
Are you finding it hard to stay optimistic lately? Our positivity has been having a beatdown too. In this episode, Sage reaches out to Erica for support and guidance through a difficult time, and we discuss strategies for restoring a sense of hope and agency amidst times that can feel quite disempowering. Listen to hear us talk about What does it take to keep having hope? Strategies for regaining a sense of agency Allowing and accepting emotions Acknowledging the difficulty of living in this moment in history Complex PTSD, survival mode & trauma ...
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S8E1: Black Hair and Black History Month
Naked Conversations: Race, Culture, & Beyond
Welcome back to Race, Culture & Beyond. Get ready for a whole new season of awkward, fun and courageous conversations. Today we’re sharing what we’ve been noticing and thinking about in our break from the show, and setting the scene for some of the incredible guests we’ll have on the show this season. Listen to hear us talk about Hair and race Being aware of spaces and places where racism operates Radical rest: rest as resistance, activism Performative allyship Black representation in spaces of consumption (Black Santa) ---- Connect with...
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S7E7: Friendship Across Race with the Humanize Podcast Hosts
Naked Conversations: Race, Culture, & Beyond
And this brings Season 7 to a close! For our final episode, we are joined by Humanize Podcast hosts Courthney Russell Jr. and Emily Braucher. These two use their podcast as a platform for social justice, engaging in honest conversations about race, and not shying away from uncomfortable, vulnerable, messy terrain. What an absolute pleasure to have this pair on our show, make sure you check out their Listen to hear us talk about - How Courthney & Emily began working together - How nerve wracking it is to get to know each other publicly on the podcast. - Conversational podcasts...
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S7E6: Race & Roe Overturned
Naked Conversations: Race, Culture, & Beyond
We are vacillating between resignation and rage in the wake of the Roe v. Wade decision. We recorded this episode on June 28. This is a heavy and raw conversation. You will hear us dive into uncomfortable terrain and uncover the nuances in our own belief systems. This is a harrowing time. Don’t forget to reach out and lean on your support networks, find healthy outlets for your emotions, and be an advocate and ally for those most experiencing the gravity of these decisions. Resources and more reading linked below. Listen to hear us talk about - Support networks:...
info_outlineWelcome back to another episode of Race, Culture & Beyond, A Naked Conversation Podcast! In today’s episode, we have an exceptional guest with us who will share with us all about her journey towards becoming a poet and how her writing has a special connection with religion, childhood, trauma, and racism.
Dr. Rochelle Robinson-Dukes is a professor at the city college of Chicago, where she teaches literature and English composition. She has been published in African American Review, Another Chicago Magazine, Poetry Hall, The Raven’s Perch, among many others. In addition, she’s the editor of Brownstone Barrio Bards, a journal celebrating its twentieth edition this year (you can find the link to the journal on Lulu, Amazon, and Apple Books).
Dr. Rochelle Robinson-Dukes began writing when she was only 8 years old. She started writing because she felt it was the best way to express her emotions, given that she comes from an era of “children should be seen and not heard.” She was also raised in a religious background that did not allow her to express her thoughts transparently. As a result, Rochelle put off writing for a couple of years, and the year of the pandemic gave her back that space to write about all of the bottled-up feelings she had.
Dr. Robinson-Dukes also speaks about how she never felt she couldn’t do anything. She accomplished everything she set her mind to and raised her son based on those beliefs. Rochelle gives those examples to her children: to never accept judgment, categories, or labels. And to instead look up to the leaders we have or have had.
We cover many topics including storytelling in Black culture, religion, abandonment issues, racism, family history and trauma, and self-awareness.
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