VisAbleBlackwoman
By Jeanine T. Abraham
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Music by Geminelle, Nickodemous, Nikolaj Hess
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VisAbleBlackwoman Apr 01, 2022
A Chat With Dreaming Whilst Black Director Koby Adom
Koby Adom is a Ghanaian-British director, writer, and executive producer. Best known for his work on Netflix’s British drama Top Boy and Knoughts and Crosses which is set in South Africa. Koby Adom has worked extensively across TV and film. In 2019, Koby founded London-based DBK Studios to quote the filmmaker, and make film and TV content for untold stories, especially for black and diverse narratives.
CLICK HERE to read my interview with Koby Adom on Black Girl Nerds.
CLICK HERE for my review of Dreaming Whilst Black on VisAbleBlackwoman Blog
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Letting the Outside in with Baratunde Thurston
His show America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston premiered last year and blew my mind. I interviewed Baratunde for Black Girl Nerds last year and this year attended a press briefing PBS held about season two of this outstanding series.
I reached out to his team to schedule a one-on-one, and they wholeheartedly said yes, so..here's our full edited conversation filmed for my podcast, VisAbleBlackwoman.
CLICK HERE for info on the Ice Mermaids of Maine
CLICK HERE for the book Baratunde Thurston recommended, Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists by Leah Penniman
CLICK HERE for TED talk - How to Deconstruct Racism One Headline at a Time - Baratunde Thurston
Season two of America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston returns for a second season on Wednesdays, September 6-October 11, 2023, 10:00 pm EST on PBS (CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS), PBS.org and the PBS App.
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Oppenheimer: A conversation with Nuclear Disarmament Advocate Stephen Schwartz
The panelists Tina Cordova, Co-Founder of Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium, Mari Faines, and Nuclear Disarmament Advocate Stephen Schwartz, Senior Fellow, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, shared the stories of the people we most likely won't see in the film. The Latinx men and women who cleaned nuclear waste without protection cooked and cleaned the scientist's homes in Los Alamos, Navaho uranium miners who are still fighting for the government to cover the costs of their cancer treatments.
This podcast focus on my conversation with Stephen Schwartz about why The United States decided to bomb Japan instead of Germany.
Interview with PrimeVideo's Harlem Director- Shea William Vanderpoort
S4. E.6 À ta santé! a conversation with Wine Educator Tanisha Townsend of Girl Meets Glass and Favorite Book of the week, The Agitators by Dorothy Wickenden
Then I have a wonderful conversation with wine educator Tanisha Townsend of The Wine School Dropout podcast. We chat about her love of wine and discover how she moved from Chicago to Paris and started a thriving business hosting wine tours all over France.
Follow Tanisha Townend on IG @girlmeetsglass.
S4. E5. Vive La France! Review of season 1 Julia and interview with Culinary Travel Expert Yetunde Oshodi-Fraudeau
S4. E4. The Climb, Physical 100, Make or Break, and a conversation about The Last of US with director/writer Julian Higgins
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S4. E3. Loving Dear Edward and Grammy award nominated recording artist Amerie's book, You Will Do Great Things
This week's Yummies- There She Goes, The Last of Us episode 3 - and this week's yuck- Shrinking
Two yummies:
The first from the UK starring one of my favorite actors, David Tennant: There She Goes
The second straight from the brilliant folks at HBO The Last of Us
The Yuck:
AppleTV+'s Shrinking.
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Three weeks in Paris- A return to me❤️
Bake Your Way Happy! with Chef Mathieu Teissier
I met pastry Chef Mathiew Teissier on my annual Fall visit to Paris. He has a special way of looking at and living life that is connected to joy that is right up my alley. This is a special Thanksgiving edition to cook to.
Chef Mathieu shares how he made a change to do what he loves and how that change made him live his life connected to joy.
Please follow Chef Mathieu Teissier on IG @oconfeiteioviajante.
Please CLICK HERE to Join me for Healthy Thru the Holidays 2022!
Stay safe!
A tête-à-tête with Chef Antonin Simon of Cook'n with Class in Paris, France
The past three weeks I've been channeling my inner Julia Child taking cooking classes in Paris! Here's a little tête-à-tête (private conversation) I had with one of my favorite instructors, Chef Antonin Simon of Cook'n with Class in Montmarte, Paris.
You can follow Chef Antonin on Instagram @bistro_bonhomme . The cooking school you can follow @cookinwithclass.paris and @ _Letseattheworld on IG as well.
CLICK HERE to Book online cooking classes with Cook'n with Class. There's a FREE COOKING DEMO Saturday November 18th at Noon EST.
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Interview with God's Country Co-writers & Director Shaye Ogbonna and Julian Higgins
God's Country premieres in theaters nationwide on Friday, September 16th, and I speak with co-writers Shaye Ogbonna and Julian Higgins about their collaborative process in crafting this film. We also talk about storytelling when dealing with challenging subject matter, shooting during a global pandemic, and, of course, joy.
Shaye Ogbonna is "a writer known for God's Country (2022), The Chi (2018), and Lowlife (2017)."
Julian Higgins is "a director and producer, known for God's Country (2022), Thief (2010), and House (2004)."
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Talking Acting with The Barrow Group Theater Company's Artistic Directors, Lee Brock and Seth Barrish
The Barrow Group was founded in 1986 by an ensemble of actors and directors who wanted to produce meaningful plays using a natural, intimate performance style that allows actors to be spontaneous and free. The Barrow Group has developed and/or produced over 150 shows, and actors like academy award winner Anne Hathaway, Emmy award winner Tony Hale from Veep, and working actor Allison wright from The Americans all studied at the Barrow Group.
The Barrow Group offers acting classes in person and virtually from wherever you are in the world. CLICK HERE for more information. And The Barrow Group has moved to a new performance and rehearsal space at 520 8th Ave in midtown Manhattan! Check out information about the space in the link in the show notes.
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RhythmTherapy Creative Arts Salon- Third Eye Chakra
Experience transformative movement-based theater, creative writing and sketching and unleash your inner artist to relieve stress and connect to your natural state…Joy.
🎭RhythmTherapy grooves you out of your judging mind and into your loving body.
My music sponsor is Nikolaj Hess. The music is from his album Mikroskop CLICK HERE to listen to the entire album which is an incredible journey. I just LOVE Nikolaj's music. Nikolaj Hess is a Danish Jazz pianist, producer,composer and arranger and Associate Professor at the Rhythmic Conservatory in Copenhagen as well as the Art Director of Summersession, an educational program for professional musicians organized by JazzDanmark. We were moving to the album Mikroskop. Check out my friend Susanna Barkataki on IG @susannabarkataki
If you’re listening on Anchor.fm or Spotify, please leave me a voicemail or respond to the poll in the show notes asking if you’d like more RhythmTherapy moving meditations on the podcast. Everyone else, DM me on Instagram my handles @visableblackwomann or @Rhythmmtherapy. Stay safe ❤️.
Chatting with actor Saidah Arrika Ekulona Toni from A League of Their Own
Saidah Arrika Ekulona is starring in the new dramedy series A League of Their Own on Prime Video. Jeanine spoke with Saidah via zoom about her process self-care and so much more.
In the interview Ms. Ekulona mentions some resources that served her well on her artists journey.
Regina Thomashauer's School of Womanly Arts
Jeanine's Review of A League of Their Own on Black Girl Nerds
Enjoy!
Will Brothers Train Primal
You can find Will Brothers at his website www.gotrainprimal.com . Follow Will on IG @willgotrainprimal for some awesome workout and nutrition tips.
Jeanine’s favorite TV shows to Binge watch in July 2022
2022 Tribeca Film Festival virtual reality space
Online Coach Alicia Archer on the Beautiful Flexibility of Weight Training
Click Here for Alicia Archer on YouTube
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Alicia's Website: kinkysweatnyc.com
Yoga Teacher Ross Practicing on the creative energy behind practicing mind-body Sovereignty
Yoga with Ross for the past two years has given me the NYC yoga experience I’ve been missing since quarantine. The music the poses and Ross’s vast knowledge of the body from a structural perspective, have allowed me to have access to consistent healing yoga practice at home. I literally roll out of bed onto my yoga mat and start my day grounded in a yoga practice grounded in love. Ross generously said yes when I DM’d him on IG and asked if we could chat about his creativity. The conversation was …well please listen for yourself to my conversation with the incredible, Ross Rayburn.
Click Here to Follow Ross on IG.
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Yoga Teacher Tara Stiles on Letting Go of Rigidity and Relaxing into Joy
The retreat is called Fire Ice Flow the dates are December 3-8 2022 and you can go to @eatpraymoveyoga on Instagram to get all the information about the retreat. Follow tara on IG @tarastiles and check her out on the cover of the print magazine OmYoga Lifestyle in the may 2022 issue. If you’d like to practice yoga with Tara and tai chi with her husband and partner Mike in your livingroom. Go to Stralayoga.com and you’ll get live classes as well as a library of yoga, tai chi, and so much more.
Stay Safe!
J9
3.5 Creative care for BIPOC Folx with Dietician & RN Whitney Trotter
Save the dates July 20-22 for the BIPOC Eating disorders conference hosted by Angela Gorens and Whitney trotter on zoom. “The BIPOC Eating Disorders conference is specifically for BIPOC folx and the theme is We are the table. To quote Whitney we no longer need to wait for an invite to dismantle the status quo of eating disorder treatment. Follow Whitney on IG @whitneytrotter.RD for registration info which is coming soon. If you’d like to work with Witney, go to www.whitneytrotter.com to get information.
BONUS: Sarah Jones- Creativity as a Healing Path.
So, during a global pandemic and while on the verge of being “canceled” Sarah Jones dove deep into her creative core and crafted Sell/Buy/Date brilliantly. Her approach, is to tell the truth of the situation and instead of interviewing sex workers, taking their stories and appropriating them into characters… Sarah visits and interviews sex workers with diverse perspecteives of sex work and the audience is allowed to learn about sex work from sex workers who know the life.
As Sell/Buy/Date prepares for the 2022 San Francisco film festival this week, she was so generous to take a little time out of her busy schedule to talk to me about her creative process. So if you’d like to see the film this week it will be screening at the San Francisco film festival on Sunday, April 24th, at 5:30pm at the Vogue theater CLICK HERE for tickets. (https://sffilm.org/event/sell-buy-date/) Follow Sarah on IG @yesimsarahjones If you loved what you heard today please subscribe, share and give us a positive review wherever you’re listening. And if you’d like to see the video interview with Sarah and all of my other podcast guests become a sustaining member of VisAbleblackwoman productions on Patreon. www.patreon.com/visAbleblackwoman
3.4 Just Because Your Art goes viral, Doesn’t Mean you get a Paycheck with artist Michael James Schnider
This week my special guest is Michael James Schneider, my favorite Instagram artist AKA @blcksmith on IG. Michael has attracted 586K followers by creating Memes of funny and inspiring quotes like
"New Rule The Underwear has to stay on longer than the sex lasts."
And one of my favorite quotes by comedian Stephen Szczerba, "Growing up no one tells you that one day you’ll get tired for no reason and just stay that way for the rest of your life."
I discovered Michael’s IG during my time sheltering in place. During that time I developed this terrible insomnia and would wake up at 2:00 in the morning and look at Instagram. Through all my anxiety and fear, his posts made me belly laugh out loud and feel better. Michael is so kind, open, and honest about his creative process. In this interview, we talk about the reality of what life is like as a creator on social media, how being fully transparent about his life on social media taught him how to learn to be more strategic about what he decides to share on social media and where process ends and creativity begins. I hope you enjoy my conversation with artist, Michael James Schneider.
Stay safe
J9
3.3 Talking Intimacy Coordination With Laura Rikard & Chelsea Pace of Theatrical Intimacy Education
Intimacy coordination became visible in the TV, Film, and theater industries right after the #metoo movement went viral back in 2017. Jeanine first heard of Intimacy coordination when, one of the lead female actors in that HBO series about the Adult film industry The Deuce requested the producers hire an intimacy coordinator to be on set for all of the scenes that involved intimacy, and HBO hired an intimacy coordinator. The same year, HBO required all shows with scenes of intimacy to hire intimacy coordinators to be on set. If you’ve ever wondered what an intimacy coordinator actually does, you are listening to the perfect podcast. Jeanine's conversation begins with Laura as she shares the difference between Intimacy coordination and Intimacy direction, then Jeanine discovers how Chelsea and Laura met and were inspired to pool their resources and create Theatrical Intimacy Education, and they dive deep into the creative process of intimacy direction and talk about TIE’s revolutionary views on certification.
A note from Jeanine," Full disclosure, I've been taking classes with TIE throughout the pandemic and have deep admiration and gratitude to Chelsea, Laura, and the entire theatrical Intimacy Education team for their commitment to this interesting new profession is inspiring and I’m excited for you to hear our conversation."
In the podcast Chelsea talks about The Journal of Consent-Based Performance, ("The Journal of Consent-Based Performance promotes community-based learning among intimacy professionals, without the gatekeeping often associated with scholarly models and the arts industry.")
CLICK HERE to read The Certification Question by Chelsea Pace.
CLICK HERE for Theatrical Intimacy Education's Workshop Schedule
Stay safe and Thanks for Listening
VisAbleBlackwoman
Grounded, Glowing and Connected to Joy- A conversation with Actor Ashli Haynes
Episode 2 Listen to the full unedited interview on my Patreon! Join the community www.Patreon.com/VisAbleBlackwoman
This week on VisAbleBlackwoman the Podcast, Jeanine has a conversation with actor Ashli Haynes.
Ashli plays Courtney in the groundbreaking BET+ series Twenties (season 2 is now streaming on Showtime). And she plays Bridget on Lemert Park another fantastic show on the same network. Ashli is a native New Yorker who grew up doing off-off broadway theater before moving to LA to live her dream. Ashli is also a writer, empath and a skilled intuitive tarot reader. In this episode we talk about Ashli’s creative process, and how she keeps herself grounded in the chaos that is the 21st century entertainment industry.
You can follow Ashli on IG and TikTok @ashlihaynes.
Black Girl Nerds founder & Editor in Chief Jamie Broadnax
3.1 interview- Documentary film editor Darrin Roberts 2022 Oscar nominee- Audible
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The French Connection- Travel 🧳 Journal episode 3- Last Days in France
Day 2- The French Connection Travel Journal - The Louvre
Day 1- Paris- The French connection Travel Journal
Settling in, and figuring out what's what and how to in a country where I do not speak the language, and there's a global pandemic.
Music ooh child Nina Simone Remixed by DJ Nickodemous
The French Connection Travel Diary- Arrival- Paris
15 minute BodyScan relaxation meditation- music by Nikolaj Hess-Sissel Vera Pettersen
Rhythm Therapy Rise! 10 Minute Root Chakra DanceWalk
Rhythm Therapy rise Dance Walks use the chakras as a body map to focus our mind body while we are walking. Today we center the Root Chakra.
If you'd like to learn more about the chakra system I highly recommend The book of Chakras: Discover the Hidden Forces within you by Ambika Wauters.
If you LOVED this Dancewalk... please join us on Sundays at Noon EST for Rhythm Therapy Dance Temple on my virtual studio on Core To Coeur. Every experience is pay what you feel and I turn no one away for lack of funds. All are welcome...we never dance alone. CLICK HERE to register.
Thanks to our music sponsor Wonderwheel Recordings and DJ Nicodemus
Songs: Open Heart Surgery-Instrumental -Nickodemus
Mama Clo-Thornato,Benjamin Banegas
Available on WonderWheel Recordings. Please support independent artists! (http://www.wonderwheelrecordings.com/now-new-lp-escape-plan-thornato/)
Rhythm Therapy Rise 10 minute Dance Walk solar plexus chakra Focus. Connect to JOY!!
I connect to joy through my solar plexus chakra. This weeks podcast is a rhythm therapy rise dance walk. I’ve been a member of GirlTrek since 2015 and walking 🚶🏿♀️ for me is a healing practice.
Take a 10 minute solar plexus based Rhythm Therapy Rise Dance walk is designed to elevate your solar plexus chakra and connect to your joy body. Our music sponsor is DJ Nickodemous of Wonderwheel recordings. (http://wonderwheelrecordings.com)
This music is from his 2016/2107 New Years Eve set in SanFrancisco. Listen to his entire set on soundcloud.
If you love what you hear please support me on Patreon (http://patreon.com/visableblackwoman) for my Healthy Thru the Holidays wellness program.
To stay connected on community care this surreal 2020.