Who Yo People Is

Hosted by Sharon Bridgforth, this series features intimate conversations with artists whose work and artistic practices are rooted in serving our communities through healing/creative/Spiritual and cultural traditions - centered in Love.

Bonus Track - Florinda Bryant 04/26/2021

Bonus Track - Florinda Bryant Florinda is an interdisciplinary artist, activist and educator that I’ve been art-family with since 1998. Here she talks about tending not only to her art, and her communities, but to her own mental, physical, spiritual health. A Texas gurl who calls Austin home, Florinda has worked with Salvage Vanguard Theater, the Rude Mechs, the Vortex, Paper Chairs, Theater en Bloc and Teatro Vivo in Austin, TX and the Ensemble Theater in Houston. /episode/index/show/whoyopeopleis/id/18813995

Episode 36 - Mankwe Ndosi 04/19/2021

Episode 36 - Mankwe Ndosi Mankwe Ndosi says her people are “fierce makers, re-workers, healers and those the push themselves to make in the uncomfortable places/and populate the uneasy textures and terrains…(they are) connectors who are willing to be compassionately uncomfortable...” /episode/index/show/whoyopeopleis/id/18682529

Episode 35 - Renita Martin 04/12/2021

Episode 35 - Renita Martin In addition to writing, performing, publishing and producing - Renita is founder of Rhythm Visions Production Company whose mission is to advance social and economic development in our communities through the creation and promotion of world-class art. More at: http://www.whoyopeopleis.com/season-3 /episode/index/show/whoyopeopleis/id/18472112

Episode 34 - Aimee K. Bryant 04/05/2021

Episode 34 - Aimee K. Bryant Aimee says "take a leap of faith - move towards what you want, what feels good - even if it is scary.” /episode/index/show/whoyopeopleis/id/18379391

Episode 33 - Sonja Parks 03/29/2021

Episode 33 - Sonja Parks Making certain that the “entire artist” is taken care of and respected. /episode/index/show/whoyopeopleis/id/18358955

Episode 32 - Stacey Karen Robinson 03/22/2021

Episode 32 - Stacey Karen Robinson Stacey Karen Robinson "stewarding what is coming through". /episode/index/show/whoyopeopleis/id/18309773

Announcing Season 3 03/11/2021

Announcing Season 3 Season 3 of "Who Yo People Is" will be dropping soonsoon...check out more at: https://www.whoyopeopleis.com/season-3 /episode/index/show/whoyopeopleis/id/18276593

Episode 31 - End of Season 2/Honoring Diane Rodriguez 04/13/2020

Episode 31 - End of Season 2/Honoring Diane Rodriguez Today we honor Diane Rodriguez. Diane transitioned on 4/10/20. May all the Love Beauty & Blessings that she so generously gave the world/carry her in Light with Love. Listen to episode 18/and receive her wisdom/and Glory. /episode/index/show/whoyopeopleis/id/13955975

Episode 30 - Alexis Pauline Gumbs 04/06/2020

Episode 30 - Alexis Pauline Gumbs An academic guided by intellectual practices inspired by Black liberation and Love, Alexis is a 2020-21 National Humanities Center Fellow. She says she is a Marine Mammal Apprentice...one who is carrying on blood line traditions of listening to whales. Alexis says, "one foot in the water one foot in the sand is where I hear the best." /episode/index/show/whoyopeopleis/id/13810259

Episode 29 - Sangodare 03/30/2020

Episode 29 - Sangodare Sangodare creates media and art for healing and transformation. Activating energy and vibrational fields to open space for people to be more of who they are, Sangodare makes connections between the vocality of Black preaching styles, and Ifa oriki traditions and tonalities. /episode/index/show/whoyopeopleis/id/13686887

Episode 28 - Amara Tabor-Smith 03/23/2020

Episode 28 - Amara Tabor-Smith Amara is a dancer, choreographer, and the artistic director of Deep Waters Dance Theater. She is Afro Futurist Conjure Art. Her dance making practice utilizes Yoruba spiritual ritual to address issues of social and environmental justice, race, gender identity, and belonging. Amara says, "I am a death doula for patriarchy. Every piece is I make is really in service of helping patriarchy die." /episode/index/show/whoyopeopleis/id/13593203

Episode 27 - gina Breedlove 03/16/2020

Episode 27 - gina Breedlove A sound healing vocalist, composer, actor, & abolitionist, gina says that everything she does is ritual. She speaks about the grief work that she does as being rooted in her people's histories of keening and wailing/as a way to move grief...grief being sometimes distant, sometimes intimate and sometimes lineages old. gina tours the world with her music that she calls "folksoul", holding sound healing circles in every city she visits. /episode/index/show/whoyopeopleis/id/13421303

Episode 26 - Ron Ragin 03/09/2020

Episode 26 - Ron Ragin Ron speaks of growing up in Perry, Georgia being from story telling historians who primed him to be a critical thinker with things like post school pre-homework sermon sessions with his grandfather - centered on questions like "what does it mean to be a man and how can you grow into that all areas of your life?" Growing up singing in congregational choirs, Ron speaks about time traveling through song/Shape Shifting imposed assumptions. /episode/index/show/whoyopeopleis/id/13421150

Episode 25 - Rebecca Mwase 03/02/2020

Episode 25 - Rebecca Mwase Rebecca speaks about growing up African in rural Arkansas; navigating belonging and finding fortitude through literature and the arts; and the work of crafting ritual in performance. /episode/index/show/whoyopeopleis/id/13193009

Episode 24 - Stephanie McKee 02/24/2020

Episode 24 - Stephanie McKee Stephanie is a performer, choreographer, educator, facilitator, and cultural organizer born in Picayune, MS, and raised in New Orleans. She is the Artistic Director of Junebug Productions. Stephanie speaks about: being from singers and medicine people; creating life-long friendships in art making spaces; her determination to make and hold space for Black creatives. /episode/index/show/whoyopeopleis/id/13192799

Episode 23 - E. Patrick Johnson 02/17/2020

Episode 23 - E. Patrick Johnson One of the most Beloved artist/scholar/community members of our times - Dr. E. Patrick Johnson, says that in these perilous times, art is the thing that is going to save us and keep us sane...and so will grace. All who know him know he not only is one of the hardest working/fiercely advocating/ground breaking/door openers, Patrick is the embodiment of Grace. /episode/index/show/whoyopeopleis/id/13141310

Episode 22 - Nick Slie 02/10/2020

Episode 22 - Nick Slie Nick Slie is a New Orleans-born performer, producer, cultural organizer, and the Co-Artistic Director of Mondo Bizarro. An artist that creates work that lives outside, Nick says "we are nature," so returning to being in the great mysteries and gentleness of outdoors returns him to his goal of being a better person. /episode/index/show/whoyopeopleis/id/13034876

Episode 21 - Lisa C. Moore 02/03/2020

Episode 21 - Lisa C. Moore Lisa is the founder and editor of RedBone Press which publishes award-winning work celebrating the culture of black lesbians and gay men and promoting understanding between black gays and lesbians and the black mainstream. In addition to her work as a publisher, Moore is a reference archivist at the Amistad Research Center in New Orleans. /episode/index/show/whoyopeopleis/id/12928049

Episode 20 - Alicia Bauman-Morales 01/27/2020

Episode 20 - Alicia Bauman-Morales Alicia Bauman-Morales is an Oakland born Boricua tomboi, a queer woman, a dancer/organizer/performer/trouble maker. /episode/index/show/whoyopeopleis/id/12838931

Episode 19 - Omi Osun Joni L. Jones 01/20/2020

Episode 19 - Omi Osun Joni L. Jones With Guest Host, Sonja Perryman, Omi talks about: growing up in Chicago's Southside suburbs; her connection with Yoruba spiritual practices; and life post retirement - discovering and activating her work now. /episode/index/show/whoyopeopleis/id/12709241

Diane Rodriguez 01/13/2020

Diane Rodriguez Diane Rodriguez shares some of her experiences growing up in San Jose - during which she learned early on/from her parents how to serve in community...she talks about her history with Teatro Campesino, her experiences as a Chicana actress in Hollywood, her more than twenty years of work on artistic staff at Center Theatre Group, and much more! In 2016 President Obama appointed her to the National Council on the Arts, a body to which she still serves. /episode/index/show/whoyopeopleis/id/12701006

Episode 17 - Ananya Chatterjea 01/06/2020

Episode 17 - Ananya Chatterjea Ananya Chatterjea is Ananya Dance Theatre founder, artistic director, choreographer, dancer. In this interview Ananya speaks of building community - while creating space for WOC to share their stories and histories of colonialism, violence and resilience through dance. /episode/index/show/whoyopeopleis/id/12492365

Episode 16 - Alexis De Veaux 12/30/2019

Episode 16 - Alexis De Veaux Widely published, Alexis De Veaux, Ph.D, is an activist and writer whose work in multiple genres is nationally and internationally known. In this interview Alexis talks about: reaching back to bring it forward; Black Diasporic ways of being; and growing up with elders deeply steeped in re-imagining while making due. /episode/index/show/whoyopeopleis/id/12470336

Episode 15 - Daniel Alexander Jones, Pt. 2 12/23/2019

Episode 15 - Daniel Alexander Jones, Pt. 2 A critically acclaimed, award winning artist, Daniel Alexander Jones is a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow. In this interview Daniel speaks about: some of his mentors; his gender being a constant unfolding and revelation; becoming a vessel for Jomama Jones; everyday acts of family making/being in community and more. /episode/index/show/whoyopeopleis/id/12358172

Episode 14 - Daniel Alexander Jones Pt. 1 12/16/2019

Episode 14 - Daniel Alexander Jones Pt. 1 A critically acclaimed, award winning artist, Daniel is a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow. In this interview Daniel speaks on Intentional showing up...of being born into a community - as well as a family . . . of women being in charge - modeling precision of perception. This is part 1 of a 2 part interview. /episode/index/show/whoyopeopleis/id/12315131

Season 2/BONUS TRACK 12/09/2019

Season 2/BONUS TRACK Hosted by Sharon Bridgforth, "Who Yo People Is" features conversations with artists whose Work and artistic practices are rooted in serving our communities through healing/creative/Spiritual and cultural traditions - centered in Love. /episode/index/show/whoyopeopleis/id/12170159

NEW Podcast Jingle 12/02/2019

NEW Podcast Jingle Hosted by Sharon Bridgforth, "Who Yo People Is" features conversations with artists whose Work and artistic practices are rooted in serving our communities through healing/creative/Spiritual and cultural traditions - centered in Love. /episode/index/show/whoyopeopleis/id/12146561

Episode 10 With Marjani Forte-Saunders 05/27/2019

Episode 10 With Marjani Forte-Saunders In this conversation Marjani speaks about the alchemy of Black folks finding our spiritual fortitude and power through our creative energies; the vulnerability of imagining that you can do something; and getting Sun’d in the dance. /episode/index/show/whoyopeopleis/id/9892388

Virginia Grise and Misha Chowdhury 05/20/2019

Virginia Grise and Misha Chowdhury In this conversation Virginia Grise & Shayok Misha Chowdhury talk about longing, Love and the Moon…migration histories…shared lineages…real time collaborations/and just doing the work. /episode/index/show/whoyopeopleis/id/9819602

Episode 08 - Ebony Noelle Golden 05/13/2019

Episode 08 - Ebony Noelle Golden In this episode Ebony Noelle Golden speaks of being from People who fight for justice and practice Love as action . . . Love in the DNA, and Seeing at the Cross Roads. /episode/index/show/whoyopeopleis/id/9741920

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