This is our fiftieth and final episode! Thank you everyone for your support over the past three years, we could not have done this without you. In this episode, you will hear our incredible conversation with Professors Ryan Jobson and Jennifer

Bonus

Bonus Episode: Hot Takes

Apr 12th, 2023 32m 16s

In this short bonus episode, Alyssa and Brendane share their hot takes of the week: Angel Reese and Black feminists, the problems with appropriation of AAVE, and the rise of the vanilla girl aesthetic.S1, Episode 2: RespectabilityS1, Episode

ICONversations, Pt. 4: Dr. Yolanda T. Moses

Feb 22nd, 2023 57m 45s

Welcome to our ICONversations, a series where you will hear iconic Black feminist anthropologists answer five questions about their intellectual projects and growth, what their work has meant to them, and the imprints they want to leave on the

ICONversations, Pt. 3: Tracy Heather Strain

Feb 15th, 2023 54m 1s

ICONversations, Pt. 2: Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole

Feb 8th, 2023 44m 58s

ICONversations, Pt. 1: Dr. Irma McClaurin

Feb 1st, 2023 1h

S3, E9 You Asked, We Answered!

Jan 18th, 2023 1h 40m

We have a major announcement up top so be sure to tune in!Today on the episode we center... YOU! We asked for your listener questions and wow, you delivered. In this episode, we answer questions about pursuing a PhD and career advance, dealing

S3, E8 The Crown Chronicles

Dec 21st, 2022 1h 57m

We're doing this 'fro the culture! In our last episode of the semester Brendane and Alyssa talk featurism, texturism, the politics of Black hair, and are joined by biological anthropologist Tina Lasisi.We'll be back in 2023 with new episodes.

S3, E7 We Call Her Zora

Dec 7th, 2022 1h 9m

It's all about Zora: Writer, Anthropologist, Filmmaker, Genius of the South, Capricorn Queen!What's The Word? Anthropology. Difficult to define, but we throw our ideas into the ring! We cover its history, genealogy, what we think makes somethi

S3, E6 Diary of Mad Black Women

Nov 24th, 2022 1h 13m

Get in loser, we're doing neuroexpansive shit!What's the Word? Neuroexpansive. Coined by Ngozi Alston (@ngwagwa), neuroexpansive is an invitation to think about our differences and disabilities as an expansion, rather than a divergence, of hum

S3, E5 It's Not You, It's Them: Tips for Academic Conferences

Nov 9th, 2022 1h 34m

Now that we're "back to normal," it takes more than hitting 'Leave Meeting' to exit a boring talk! We skip the usual structure of our episodes and speak freely about preparing for and attending conferences as graduate students. We answer listen

S3, E4 All Skinfolk Ain't Kinfolk

Oct 19th, 2022 1h 33m

"I'm not Black, I'm OJ!" Today, Brendane and Alyssa are talking kinship, belonging, diaspora wars, and what we need to do to get free.What's the Word? Kinship. Kinship studies are foundational to the discipline of anthropology, but in this sec

S3, E3 Looting the Womb: Black Birthing People and Reproductive Unfreedom

Oct 5th, 2022 1h 13m

We're getting down with Marxy Marx and the Foucky Bunch! In this episode, Alyssa and Brendane discuss reproductive justice, dispossession, and the stakes for Black birthing people in a post-Roe v. Wade world with Dr. Mali Collins (IG | Twitter)

S3, E2 The Death of Sovereignty

Sep 21st, 2022 1h 21m

Ding dong! In this week's episode, Alyssa and Brendane are talking about sovereignty, non-sovereignty, and the death of the sovereign Queen Elizabeth II to ask whether it's possible (and desirable!) to leave the past behind while creating our c

S3, E1 Dangerously in Love with Celebrity

Sep 7th, 2022 1h 17m

Your favorite terrestrial commoners are back! For our first episode of the new season, we're talking about popular culture, the cult of celebrity and influence, and how they undermine radical movements for change.What's the Word? Postfeminism.

S2, E16 Practicing Zora

May 25th, 2022 1h 39m

In this final episode of the season, you will hear our incredible conversation with Professors Riché J. Daniel Barnes, Kevin Quashie, and Autumn Womack, and vocalist and composer Candice Hoyes from Wednesday, May 4th.Traditionally, Zora Neale

S2, E15 What In The World?!

May 11th, 2022 1h 23m

In today's episode, we are too TIED to repeat ourselves! There is simultaneously so much to talk about and little we haven’t said in previous episodes, so we're treating this as a moment to hold space, be in community with each other and you al

S2, E14 Defund the Non-Profit Industrial Complex

Apr 13th, 2022 1h 25m

The industrial complex is an industrial complex! Today we’ll be talking about the spread of industrial complexes, non-profits, so-called activist influencers, the controversy around BLM Global Network spending, and the whispers around Nikole Ha

S2, E13 No Body is Normal

Mar 30th, 2022 1h 27m

Sometimes it's love and light, sometimes it's love and light that ass up! In this episode, we're joined by founder, inventor, and curator Adero Knott to discuss accessibility, disability, technology, and the ableist joke Chris Rock made that go

S2, E12 Villain Origin Story

Mar 16th, 2022 1h 46m

Is rejection and trauma the Black Manosphere and Toxic Femininity villain origin story?! In today's episode we're joined by soon-to-be PhD Candidate Anuli Akanegbu to discuss patriarchy, the know-your-place aggression towards Black women online

S2, E11 Notes On The Field

Mar 2nd, 2022 1h 17m

Today we're talking about the quintessential anthropological experience: fieldwork! We heeded your requests to do more casual episodes, so we're answering questions about what the field is, what it's like to go to the field, and other tips we h

S2, E10 Entitled IX

Feb 16th, 2022 1h 13m

Happy Birthday to our wonderful co-host Alyssa! We're back for our second episode of the semester to talk about hegemony, institutional power, and the academic hierarchies that fail to protect Black queer and trans women.What's the Word? Hegem

S2, E9 Separate But Equal Month

Feb 2nd, 2022 1h 28m

There wouldn't be a fabric of the nation if Black Americans hadn't picked the cotton for it! Brendane and Alyssa are back for Semester 2 with announcement of all the big things we've been talking about and getting into decolonization, history a

S2, E8 40 Acres Ain't Praxis

Dec 22nd, 2021 1h 42m

We're giving you notes from the shoal! In our last episode of the semester, Alyssa and Brendane are joined by the brilliant Amber Starks AKA Melanin Mvskoke to talk about blackness, indigeneity, the im/possibility of solidarity, and so much mor

S2, E7 Harlem Ever After

Dec 8th, 2021 1h 21m

Who are these new folx on the block?! In this episode, Brendane and Alyssa are talking about gentrification, blackness, mambo sauce, and the new show Harlem (2021) on Amazon Prime that has Blackademic Twitter abuzz. There are definitely spoiler