Dr. Cleo Manago is a behavioral health and cultural analyst, writer, educator, popular speaker, and Black/African social justice and defense-focused human rights activist. He is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Pride Center of Maryland

Roots of the Magnolia Tree w/ Terry Guest

Apr 7th, 2022 51m 41s

Season 2 Episode 2: The Roots of the Magnolia Tree. Thank you Terry for bringing Black Queer stories to stage here in Indianapolis. Catch the show at @phoenixtheatreindy!!!Terry Guest is a Chicago based playwright, actor and teaching artist. He

New Year! We're Back... and we can't stop talking about Encanto!

Feb 13th, 2022 49m 35s

Welcome back to BLQPodcast with A.J. Lucky. Our host sits down with long time friend Deandrea Wiliams to talk about all things Encanto and a few lessons they've learned in 2021. Encanto Chat: 9:30Lessons from 2021: 37:00Follow BLQPodcast Twitte

What's Happenin' in Eagles Landing?

Jan 28th, 2021 30m 35s

A.J. Lucky and Carrington Hay sits down to discuss all the bullcrap that's happened over the last month. From Flo Milli's Beats commercial, to Capitol Hill, and a viral video of CEO and Founder of NVisions Global Technology verbally harassing a

Remove the Mask: Wellness Check & Top 5 Lessons of 2020

Dec 22nd, 2020 34m 49s

Tune in as our host A.J. Lucky removes the mask, and gets intimate with listeners about 2020 and lessons learned. 1.Be honest with yourself 2.Invest in your friendships 3.Trust Yourself 4.It's okay if people don't like you 5.Shit HappensThis po

Black Trans Lives Matter Part 2

Sep 7th, 2020 40m 43s

Tune in to hear part two of our two part series on Black Trans Women. In this episode, Nicole and A.J. hold conversations around challenging statistics for Black Trans Women. Nicole Kutour is a 25 year old transgender woman from Atlanta Georgia

Black Trans Lives Matter Part 1

Sep 7th, 2020 39m 54s

Tune in to hear part one of our two part series on Black Trans Women. A.J. Lucky sits down with content creator, model, and humanitarian Nicole Kutour to discuss her journey and life as a Trans Woman. Nicole Kutour is a 25 year old transgender

Ally or Co-conspirator?

Aug 2nd, 2020 36m 5s

Creative and community organizer A.J. sits down with an old friend, Emma Noelke, to discuss allyship. From challenging our families, to changing our tactics, to white men on tinder. Tune in to find answers and perspectives on common topics surr

Responsive Black Minds

Aug 2nd, 2020 33m 27s

Creative and community organizer A.J. sits down with Heather Simpson to discuss the effects of Covid and social unrest on Black Minds. Heather believes It's crucial for us to renegotiate our expectations around time, and space to accommodate th

Protest in Black Movements

Jul 12th, 2020 39m 32s

Creative and community organizer A.J. Lucky has an intimate conversation with Ph.D. candidate Chanel Beebe, about protest and their role in the current movement. Chanel takes time to give her thoughts on the performative mess she's been seeing,

A Mother's Word

Jul 12th, 2020 52m 21s

Our longest episode to date… Game-changing community leader, Ashley Thomas, joins A.J. to have an intimate discussion around this movement and motherhood. How do we explain the plight of Black Americans to Black children? How do we navigate thr

Responsive Black Bodies

Jun 19th, 2020 36m 58s

Creative and community organizer A.J. Lucky has an intimate conversation with Ph.D. candidate Chanel Beebe, about individual and collective Black bodies, responding to the current social movement. From Black bodies doing “fu fu” things to twerk

Protect Yourself

Jun 16th, 2020 21m 3s

BLQ(blæk)Podcast is the first step in BlackLoveQueer's multilevel digital platform. Historically, Black Queer voices have been marginalized in both Black and Queer spaces. This is for us, designed and crafted by us, to amplify and protect our i

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