On today’s show:
0:08 – This first hour, we bring you excerpts of a longer interview with Malik Al Nasir (@malikandtheogs), journalist, filmmaker, academic, performance poet, and author of Letters to Gil, his memoir of racism and abuse under Liverpool’s care system, the transformative power of the music, and the mentorship of Gil Scott-Heron.
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1:08 – We spend our second hour with Bryant Terry (@bryantterry), Chef-in-Residence at the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco and editor-in-chief of 4 Color Books joins us to discuss a massive collaboration he edited called Black Food.
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