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Worldwide Underground with Gabriel TeodrosMumu Fresh and The HealingMy guest today is a Worldwide Underground legend who just released one of the best projects of the year, and her name is Maimouna Youssef a.k.a. Mumu Fresh! In this episode we talk about Maimouna's journey in music, the years that went into her latest project The Healing, her family's influence, and some of the stories behind her collaborations with The Roots, DJ Jazzy Jeff, and so much more.Thank you to everyone who subscribes here on the Substack, and if you've missed any of the past episodes our archives include conversations with Mek...2024-06-041h 02
Worldwide Underground with Gabriel TeodrosMalkia Devich-Cyril and a much needed conversation about media justiceMy guest on today’s episode is Malkia Devich-Cyril, an activist, writer and public speaker on issues of digital rights, narrative power, Black liberation and collective grief. In the wake of seeing over 100 journalists murdered in Gaza, and companies like Meta’s ongoing censorship of voices who are speaking up for Palestinian lives, more conversations about what media justice means in this time are sorely needed. I couldn’t think of a better person to have this conversation with than Malkia, as we learn in today’s conversation they actually helped coin the term “Media Justice”, and went on to declare t...2024-02-011h 15
Worldwide Underground with Gabriel TeodrosIjeoma Oluo and her latest book, Be A RevolutionOn January 30, 2024 Ijeoma Oluo launches her third book BE A REVOLUTION: How Everyday People are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World - And How You Can, Too.I’ve had a front row seat these last few years in seeing Ijeoma research, conduct interviews, and write this vitally important text, and I’m so excited the rest of the world now gets to read it too! I really feel like penned a classic for our generation with this one. In our conversation for the podcast today we talk about the process behind the book, the life of a wr...2024-01-251h 01
Worldwide Underground with Gabriel TeodrosMerawi Gerima on solidarity with Palestine and destroying the wall between artist and organizerMy guest today is Merawi Gerima who released his debut film Residue to critical acclaim in 2020, and he has gone on to direct episodes for shows like Ava DuVernay’s Cherish The Day and the Black girl superhero show Naomi. His parents are the legendary filmmakers Haile Gerima & Shirikiana Aina, and he grew up in Washington, DC before relocating to his current home in Chicago. These days Merawi has been outspoken, consistent, and clear about the need for solidarity between the Black & Palestinian liberation struggles, and he’ll be the first to let you know that he is an “organi...2023-12-231h 23
Worldwide Underground with Gabriel TeodrosWhat solidarity means for artists todayEpisode 1: Solidarity. With special guests Ladybug Mecca of Digable Planets, Tef Poe, Ijeoma Oluo, Jackie Venson, Kimmortal, Alsarah, Meklit, Nikkita Oliver, Calina Lawrence, Quetzal, Maya Jupiter, Favianna Rodriguez, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Khingz. Get full access to Gabriel Teodros: Worldwide Underground at gabrielteodros.substack.com/subscribe2023-10-2456 min
The DR & the DJIjeoma OluoEpisode 3 opens with an experience Amy had growing up in the Mormon church, what that inspired and why and how she ultimately left as a young adult. In parenting this week, we get John and Amy’s view on the balance of domestic and “work” duties and how that will influence their kid’s empathetic perspective. This week’s guest is New York Times best-selling author Ijeoma Oluo (So You Want To Talk About Race). John, Amy and Ijeoma discuss what it was like to write and release her newest book, Mediocre: The D...2021-03-261h 32