/homegoings Homegoings en-US 开云体育 Thu, 24 Apr 2025 18:30:40 GMT /show/homegoings/2025-04-24/a-dancers-journey-toward-loving-her-body Marjani Fort茅-Saunders is a mother, choreographer, performer, community organizer and three-time Bessie Award winner. In this episode, Marjani speaks about the score a dancer鈥檚 body keeps, both on and off the stage. It鈥檚 a journey of acceptance, fearless expression and hard personal truths. Thu, 24 Apr 2025 18:30:40 GMT /show/homegoings/2025-04-24/a-dancers-journey-toward-loving-her-body Myra Flynn /show/homegoings/2025-04-10/madame-gandhi-your-superpower-is-your-only-option Kiran 鈥楳adame鈥� Gandhi gained notoriety as a drummer who toured the world drumming with superstar M.I.A., and as an activist 鈥� who ran the London City Marathon free bleeding while menstruating. In this episode, Kiran talks about leaning into the multidimensionality of our humanity and viewing our traumas as superpowers. In the end 鈥� we have no other option. Thu, 10 Apr 2025 18:51:46 GMT /show/homegoings/2025-04-10/madame-gandhi-your-superpower-is-your-only-option Myra Flynn /show/homegoings/2025-03-27/theres-nothing-soft-about-being-gay-a-conversation-with-65-year-old-toussaint-st-negritude Toussaint St. Negritude is a poet, teacher and musician who has chosen his own path and his own name. In this episode, Toussaint speaks about fierceness as a survival tool for Black queer men, like him, who were out and gay in the 1970s. Thu, 27 Mar 2025 20:24:06 GMT /show/homegoings/2025-03-27/theres-nothing-soft-about-being-gay-a-conversation-with-65-year-old-toussaint-st-negritude Myra Flynn /show/homegoings/2025-03-13/what-is-jazz-thats-up-to-you What is jazz? And who gets to call themselves a jazz musician? Recorded live at the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival, host Myra Flynn sits down with renowned musicians Nicole "Lady" Wray, Adi Oasis and Melanie Charles to unpack how they are redefining the landscape of jazz on their own terms. Thu, 13 Mar 2025 18:45:52 GMT /show/homegoings/2025-03-13/what-is-jazz-thats-up-to-you Myra Flynn /show/homegoings/2025-02-20/black-birth-laboring-for-justice-the-remix We released this episode, 鈥淏lack birth, laboring for justice,鈥� back in October 2023. At the time, we felt it was crucial to make because Black women had the highest maternal mortality rate in the United States. The CDC actually called it a crisis. Recently, we checked back in with this crisis to see what鈥檚 changed in two years, and learned that maternal deaths have dropped 鈥� just not for Black women. So, we figured it鈥檚 time to press play on this. Again. Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:36:41 GMT /show/homegoings/2025-02-20/black-birth-laboring-for-justice-the-remix Myra Flynn /show/homegoings/2025-02-06/patchwork-to-power-with-chawne-kimber Our sister podcast Stitch Please is a sewing podcast that centers around Black women, girls and femmes, weaving threads of creativity, technique and passion with every episode. And in this episode we鈥檙e dropping into our feed, 鈥淧atchwork to Power,鈥� renowned quilter Chawne Kimber sits down with host Lisa Wolfot to talk about how she strives to maintain a balance between aesthetic beauty and activist messaging in her quilts. Thu, 06 Feb 2025 20:00:00 GMT /show/homegoings/2025-02-06/patchwork-to-power-with-chawne-kimber Myra Flynn /show/homegoings/2025-01-23/its-more-than-the-wind-the-power-greed-and-racism-behind-the-la-fires Los Angeles native Shelley Bruce joins Myra Flynn as they discuss the devastating impact of the recent fires in L.A., particularly the Eaton fire that has destroyed so many homes and businesses, including many in the historically Black suburb of Los Angeles, Altadena. Together they discuss the systemic issues that have led to the fire鈥檚 disproportionate impact on marginalized communities. Thu, 23 Jan 2025 20:13:07 GMT /show/homegoings/2025-01-23/its-more-than-the-wind-the-power-greed-and-racism-behind-the-la-fires Myra Flynn /show/homegoings/2025-01-09/talking-about-it-what-residential-schools-did-to-indigenous-children In this episode, 开云体育 reporter Elodie Reed joins Huntington, Vermont resident and Lakota elder Beverly Little Thunder and her daughter, Lushanya Echeverria, at the movies. Together they watch the documentary Sugarcane, about the horrific history and intergenerational trauma of residential or boarding schools. Thu, 09 Jan 2025 19:01:33 GMT /show/homegoings/2025-01-09/talking-about-it-what-residential-schools-did-to-indigenous-children Elodie Reed, James Stewart /show/homegoings/2024-12-26/what-does-the-concept-of-mother-and-child-mean-to-you For this intimate Homegoings Shorty, Vermonter Raph Draws asks host Myra Flynn a question that doesn鈥檛 have one right or wrong answer: 鈥淲hat does motherhood mean to you?鈥� Myra sits down with her mother Martha Mathis and her daughter Avalon as three generations share the holidays and their thoughts about mothers and daughters. Thu, 26 Dec 2024 20:14:48 GMT /show/homegoings/2024-12-26/what-does-the-concept-of-mother-and-child-mean-to-you Myra Flynn /show/homegoings/2024-12-12/why-do-black-folks-carry-hot-sauce-in-their-bag Vermonter Kiah Morris wants to know why Black folks have a history of carrying hot sauce in their bag. In this spicy Homegoings Shorty we dive right into it with Torrance, California, hot sauce maker Brittney McCray, and unpack how the Great Migration impacted the portability of this spicy condiment. Thu, 12 Dec 2024 19:56:01 GMT /show/homegoings/2024-12-12/why-do-black-folks-carry-hot-sauce-in-their-bag Myra Flynn