Belonging to Blackness
By Yndia Lorick-Wilmot, PhD
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Belonging to Blackness is a monthly podcast that explores the infiniteness of Blackness through meaningful conversations about Black identities. Hosted by scholar-activist, author and storyteller Dr. Yndia Lorick-Wilmot (@ProfYndia), episodes feature a diverse line-up of global Black pioneers and award-winning change-makers. These guests share their intimate experiences that have led them to understand their Blackness. Topics include celebrating Black life, history and the state of Black art, music and culture; Black love and relationships; social justice, reconciliation and reparations; and building global networks and wealth. Follow IG @BelongingToBlackness_Podcast
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S7, Ep 061 with Ieasha James, award-winning luxury event designer, visionary founder and Creative Director of Endless Flair Events, on aligning faith and purpose in design and visual storytelling
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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S7, Ep 060 with visual artist, photographer, filmmaker, and broadcaster Simon Frederick on Redefining Black Representation in British Art and Media
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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S7, Ep 059 with Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., scholar, political commentator and NYT author of We Are The Leaders We Have Been Looking For
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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S6, Ep 058 with Edna Bonhomme, historian, global public intellectual and author of A History of the World in Six Plagues
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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S6, Ep 057 with 3x-Super Bowl Champion and TV sports commentator Devin McCourty on being a champion and advocate for our communities
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May 13, 2025 |
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S6, Ep 056 with Shadan Deleveaux, Google global recruiter and co-founder of TechFIN, on representation of Blackness in tech: bridging the divide
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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S6, Ep 055 with Mitchell Jackson, Pulitzer Prize winning author on Re-visioning Black life through stories
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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S6, Ep 054 with Tawny Chatmon, photographic artist, on the art and regal reflection of Black life
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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S6, Ep 053 with Wendy Eley Jackson on Black Storytelling and Producing for TV and Film
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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S6, Ep052 with Charla Jones, founder/CEO of the award-winning skincare brand Eu2Be, on Black beauty as more than skin deep
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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S6, Ep 051 with Talib Jasir, founder of Afros & Audio, on Black podcast communities and why they are important
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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S6, Ep 050 with Joy-Ann Reid and Goldie Taylor on The Right to be Loved (Live Show) x Give Black Alliance
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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S6, Ep 049 with Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley on the power of Black womanhood in 2024 U.S. politics
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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S5, Ep 048 on 5-Star Luxury at MBano Manor (Zimbabwe) with Dr. Mati, first Black female Hotelier
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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S5, Ep 047 with M’Hudi Wines, first and oldest Black-owned wine farm & brand in Stellenbosch South Africa
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May 14, 2024 |
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S5, Ep 046 with Bo-Kaap Kombius Restaurateur Yusef Larney on Colouredness in Cape Town, South Africa
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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S5, Ep 045 with political analyst and author Tessa Dooms on Blackness & being Coloured in South Africa
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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S5, Ep 044 with Antoinette Sithole and the Legacy of the Hector Pieterson Museum in SOWETO
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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S5, Ep 043 with Hannah Drake and Josh Miller of (Un)Known Project on using art to unearth the names of enslaved African descendants
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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S5, Ep 042 with Terysa Ridgeway, computer scientist and author of the children’s book series “Terysa Solves It”
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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S5, Ep 041 with award-winning journalist and historian Nadege Green on Black Miami Dade and Black digital archives
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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S5, Ep 040 with Rob Marriott/alias DJ Tafari (humanitarian, artist, Hip Hop journalist and documentarian) about the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop and the state of the Culture
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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S5, Ep 039 with Sheena Collier, CEO of Boston While Black, on the importance of Black spaces
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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S4, Ep 038 on Summertime Rest, Refresh & Reimagining (Special Topic with Dr. Yndia)
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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S4, Ep 037 with Tiffani Johnson, physician scientist and President of Academic Pediatric Association on dismantling racism through clinical practice
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May 23, 2023 |
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S4, Ep 036 with Malik Yoba (NAACP Image Award winner, Hollywood veteran actor and entrepreneur) about increasing health and wealth equity in Black diasporic communities
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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S4, Ep 035 with Colette Phillips, award-winning Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) pioneer, on “The Includers” anti-racists and white allies
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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S4, Ep 034 with Dr. Bernard Harris (former NASA astronaut and author) about being the first African American to walk in space and the importance of Black children in STEAM education
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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S4, Ep 033 with African American/Visual Studies author Jasmine Nichole Cobb on “New Growth: The Art and Texture of Black Hair”
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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S4, Ep 032 with Javaka Steptoe, award-winning children’s book author & illustrator, about Black storytelling through art
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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S4, Ep 031 with Ruth E. Carter (two-time Academy Award winner for Fashion/Costume Design) about Black futurism and working with Oprah, Spike Lee and Chadwick Boseman
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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S4, Ep 030 with media executive and author Charity C. Elder on “Power: The Rise of Black Women in America”
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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S4, Ep 029 with historical fiction author Natasha Gordon-Chipembere of “Finding La Negrita” on the legacy of African descended storytelling in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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S3, Ep 028 with Desiree Gordon, cultural strategist and curator on how art and art institutions are tools for social justice, wellness and equity
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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S3, Ep 027 on Trusting the Process (Special Topic with Dr. Yndia)
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May 24, 2022 |
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S3, Ep 026 with Regine Jean-Charles, english professor and author on the significance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s “Trumpet of Conscience” today (Live recording)
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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S3, Ep 025 with Yvonne Blake of Hakim’s Bookstore, the first and oldest Black-owned Bookstore in US about the importance of Black-owned community spaces
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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S3, Ep 024 with Kevin Adonis Browne, poet, photographer and winner of the Bocas Literary Prize on visual arts and carnival cultures
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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S3, Ep 023 with Shameek Cook, producer, actor and screenwriter, on scaling the “invisible Hollywood wall”
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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S3, Ep 022 with Amanda Bates of The Black Expat on traveling while Black and being a “third culture kid”
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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S3, Ep 021 with Black Farmers Collective about the historical legacy of Black farming, sustainable food systems and food justice
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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S3, Ep 020 with Janell Hobson on her book, “When God Lost Her Tongue,” and the Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Series Podcast Episode 020, Janell Hobson
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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S3, Ep 019 with Mahogany L. Browne (performance poet, activist and inaugural Lincoln Center Poet-in-Residence) about Black freedom and Black girlhood
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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S2, Ep 018 with Anton Nimblett, acclaimed Trinidadian poet and short story author on his most recent collection “Now/After”
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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S2, Ep 017 with Moya Z. Bailey (author and digital scholar) on her term “Misogynoir” and the significance of #Hashtag Activism
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May 18, 2021 |
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S3, Ep 016 with Kinitra D. Brooks on her Root.com series for HBO’s LoveCraft Country, Black women in horror and The Lemonade Reader (Beyonce’s visual album)
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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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
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Mar 23, 2021 |
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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 Ep 014: Chef Keesha O'Galdez
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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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” Ep 013: Vilna Bashi Treitler
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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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
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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S2, Ep 011 with Christen Smith of #CiteBlackWomen (founder & activist) about citational practices & Black women’s brilliance
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Oct 20, 2020 |
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S2, Ep 010 with Glory Edim of Well-Read Black Girl (author, founder & convener) about the power of books & community
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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S1, Ep 009 with Victorious DeCosta (film producer and documentarian) about his films Storm Over Brooklyn: The Yusef Hawkins Story and Digging for Weldon Johnson, the importance of biopics and Black men’s mental health
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Jun 28, 2020 |
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S1, Ep 008 with Courtney Desiree Morris (visual and conceptual artist) for “Exploring Passages Within the Black Diaspora” and “Adjust Yo’ Eyes For This Darkness”
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May 26, 2020 |
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S1, Ep 007 with Chef Michael Poole of Hot Chocolat Artisan (award-winning chocolatier) about the art of Black food
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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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
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Mar 25, 2020 |
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S1, Ep 005 with Alicia Anabel Santos “La Santera” on ancestral veneration and what it means to “stand in the fullness of one’s Blackness” (part 2)
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Feb 13, 2020 |
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S1, Ep 004 with Alicia Anabel Santos “La Santera” on ancestral veneration and what it means to “stand in the fullness of one’s Blackness” (part 1)
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Feb 13, 2020 |
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S1, Ep 003 with Michele Simms-Burton (certified instructional designer, author and founding board member of the Toni Morrison Society)on the 2020 Smithsonian seminar on the life and works of her colleague Toni Morrison
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Jan 15, 2020 |
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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) Ep 002, Part 2: Masauko Chipembere
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Dec 06, 2019 |
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S1, Ep 001 with Masauko Chipembere of BLK Sonshine on music and the legacy of Malawian Freedom Fighters Henry Masauko and Catherine Chipembere(part 1) Ep 001, Part 1: Masauko Chipembere
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Dec 06, 2019 |
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Nov 01, 2019 |