The Colored Girls Museum is proud to announce the pilot season of our new podcast, The Girlfriend Kit: Ask A Colored Girl, hosted by DaSaint and Vashti Du Bois. Our featured girlfriends for the pilot season include Page Turner, Cassandra Bolding of BlackLotus, Gordita Libre, Rev. Leslie D. Callahan, Pastor of St. Paul’s Baptist Church, Elizabeth Wellington, Queenphierce, Jeannine Cooke of Harrietts Bookshop, and Starfire. Show topics cover everyday girlfriend triumphs and tribulations from g ...
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In History Hit's Historical Fiction podcast, authors of newly published novels talk about their work, historians and writers discuss how great historical figures are depicted in fiction, and commentators explore contemporary concerns about "fake news" and "post-truth". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Black Visuality explores the creative practices, expressions, perspectives, and life-ways found throughout the African Diaspora.
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Official Page for #NachoPodcasts featuring archived episodes of "The Uncle Nacho Show" and "Nacho Average Sportscast" hosted by #Nacho. Email: uncle.nacho.tres@gmail.com
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EP. 6 The Girlfriend Kit: Ask A Colored Girl - Grief and Certified Girlfriends
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"I wish I could give All I'm longin' to give I wish I could live Like I'm longin' to live' - Nina Simone The season finale of The Girlfriend Kit: Ask A Colored Girl delves into the notions of grief and its impact on black girls and black women. Vashti and DaSaint are joined by Reverend Dr. Leslie D. Callahan and get personal as only girlfriends can…
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Ep.5 The Girlfriend Kit: Ask A Colored Girl - Little House on the Prairie
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"Your light fills the darkest room And I can see the miracle that keeps us from falling" - Sade Are you a leader in your family? Can you lead while maintaining a family? Vashti and DaSaint investigate the push and the pull of it all with girlfriend guest Elizabeth Wellington. Elizabeth Wellington is an Emmy award winning journalist and 20-year vete…
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Ep. 4 The Girlfriend Kit: Ask A Colored Girl - Wine, Coloring Books and Crayons
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"Please don't call me on my bluff Pay me what you owe me" - Rihanna How do black women in leadership find love, self care and purpose in the midst of doing the work? How can we receive our orchard? Vashti and DaSaint dive deep in with girlfriend guest Jeannine Cook founder of Harriett's Bookshop and Ida's Bookshop. Harriett’s Bookshop, which opened…
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Ep.3 The Girlfriend Kit: Ask A Colored Girl - Cozy with who I am
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“Comfortable in my skin Cozy with who I am” - Beyonce This episode digs into girlhood and colored girl bodies. Co hosts DaSaint and Vashti Dubois welcome Gordita Libre and they investigate their relationship to their body on life’s journey. Gordita Libre is a writer, specifically in love with poetry and poetic prose, a Spanish teacher, a lover of a…
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Ep.2 The Girlfriend Kit:Ask A Colored Girl - The Woman King
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“This will be an everlasting love This will be the one I've waited for” - Natalie Cole How do we “reparent” the little girls that are carried inside? Vashti Dubois and DaSaint dive in with Cassandra Bolding founder of Black Lotus Holistic Health Collective to chat about healing, boundary setting and “The Woman King”. Cassandra is a global thought l…
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Ep.1 The Girlfriend Kit:Ask A Colored Girl - I Got All My Sisters With Me
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“We are family, I got all my sisters with me” - Sister Sledge Can your sister be your best girlfriend? DaSaint and Vashti Dubois kick off the season by exploring what makes a good girlfriend. They are joined by Page Turner, who drops many mics and jewels. See what gets put into the kit this week. Tune in! We are your official “girlfriends”, in a ki…
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A Serial Killer Rocks Ancient Rome: The Grove of Caesars
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In 1st century Rome, public gardens created by Julius Caesar have become dangerous haunts, especially for women alone. When her husband has to leave the city, Flavia Albia is left to supervise his building project in an old grotto. Soon it becomes apparent that a dangerous serial killer has made the Grove his killing ground. In this edition of Hist…
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When the painter Edgar Degas visits his French-Creole relatives in New Orleans in the 1870s, his cousin and sister-in-law Estelle encourages him to make portraits of their family members. One hundred years later, a young artist finds connections between her ancestors and Degas while renovating a house she has inherited. When she finds two identical…
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Constantine’s Conquest of Rome: The Conqueror
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In the year AD312 Rome is teetering on the brink of war and Constantine's army is on the move. On the Rhine frontier, a Germanic pagan joins the Roman army as a spy, while in Rome itself the pious daughter of a senator finds her self caught in anti-Christian politics. In this edition of Historical Fiction, Tristan Hughes talks to author Bryan Litfi…
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In 1179, rebellion was brewing against King Henry II. The King’s son Richard earns his name ‘Lionheart’, crushing rebels in Aquitaine but treachery and betrayal lurk around every corner. In his new novel Lionheart, Ben Kane – best-selling author of fiction set in the Roman Empire – turns his attention to the Middle Ages. In this edition of Historic…
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Nazi Collaborator or Victim: Finding Klara
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In the aftermath of World War Two, Clara – once a Nazi icon and heiress to the Falkenberg Iron Works – finds herself on the run, accused of complicity in her father’s war crimes. When she returns to her hometown of Essen, Clara finds everything she once knew in ruins. To survive, Clara must hide who she is and face up to the truth of what she has d…
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In 209 BC, as the most powerful empires in the world brawled over the spoils of a fading Greece, Philopoemen had a vision to stop the anarchy and endless wars. To preserve the homeland he loved, he raised an army to defend his countrymen from the powers of Sparta, Macedon and Rome. In this edition of Historical Fiction, Tristan Hughes talks to auth…
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A Young Girl in Restoration London: The Strange Adventures of H
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In 1660, with Charles II restored as King after Oliver Cromwell’s Commonwealth, an orphaned girl named H arrives in London, for a happier life with her Aunt. But the Plague and the Great Fire take away the people and the city that she loves. Friendless, destitute and disgraced by her lecherous cousin, H is forced to survive on the streets, in a Lon…
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Evacuating Museums in World War II: The Animals at Lockwood Manor
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In August 1939, Hetty Cartwright is tasked with taking a natural history museum’s collection of stuffed animals out of London, to protect it from impending air raids. When some of the animals go missing, and worse, Hetty begins to suspect someone – or something – is stalking her through the darkened corridors of the country house. Alice Loxton talk…
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A Jewish assassin, a boxer and Kristallnacht: Champion
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On 7 November 1938, 17-year old Polish Jew Herschel Grynszpan shot a Nazi official dead at the German embassy in Paris. The repercussions triggered a calamity which has been called the opening act of the Holocaust. In the novel Champion, Grynszpan's life is intertwined with that of German boxer, Max Schmeling, a poster boy of the Nazis. Rob Weinber…
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In an alternative version of reality, Britain’s culture and traditions are rooted in the legacy of Norse pagans, the Royal Family are of Scandinavian descent, and Norwegians lead the crusades. In this edition of Historical Fiction, Alice Loxton speaks to Ian Stuart Sharpe at York’s Jorvik Viking Festival about his novel Loki’s Wager, the second in …
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Marketing Hitler: Propaganda, Power and Post-truth
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Adolf Hitler understood that persuasion was everything and was the prime mover in the propaganda regime of the Third Reich. For Hitler, everything was a propaganda medium – from typography to architecture, from film to the design of uniforms. Hitler’s mastery of his own image has resonance in today’s ‘post-truth’ era of fake news. History Hit’s Rob…
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In 2019 four novels that had long been out of print were re-published in the Imperial War Museum Wartime Classics series. It aims to give forgotten novels set in the Second World War a new lease of life. Two more have now been published, novels that take the reader right into the heart of the conflict. Rob Weinberg has been finding out more from Al…
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Scandal, Intrigue and the Orange Revolution: Independence Square
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Once a senior British diplomat in Kiev, Simon Davey lost everything after a lurid scandal. Back in London, still struggling with the aftermath of his disgrace, he is travelling on the Tube when he sees the woman he holds responsible for his downfall. Set against the 2004 Orange Revolution in the Ukraine, Independence Square is an exceptional politi…
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The Deadly Dad’s Army: In Spite of All Terror
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In September 1940, as Britain faced an imminent Nazi invasion, handpicked groups of ordinary men – known as scallywags – were trained in top secret to act as saboteurs and assassins. In a new series of wartime thrillers, author V.M. Knox has created the character of vicar Clement Wisdom, called upon to lead a local team of scallywags, creating a te…
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Few historical figures have made as much of an impact on the arts and popular culture as Napoleon Bonaparte, portrayed at times as a heroic visionary, and at others as comically short and bossy. But how does the Napoleon of novels, plays and films, compare with the real man? And how did he control his image and use the theatre for personal propagan…
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Love and Loss in World War II: The Lost Lights of St Kilda
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In 1940, the thoughts of a captured prisoner of war return to the isolated Scottish island of St Kilda – where he once took a summer job – and to the island woman he can’t forget. Alice Loxton talks to novelist Elisabeth Gifford about her new book The Lost Lights of St Kilda, a moving portrait of two lovers, a desolate island and the extraordinary …
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Queen Anne’s Favourite: The Real Sarah Churchill
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Sarah Churchill – Duchess of Marlborough – was the politically influential intimate and then, blackmailer of Queen Anne. Sarah Churchill was vividly brought to life in the film The Favourite, in which she was played by Rachel Weisz. But does the film do Sarah Churchill and Queen Anne justice? How close was it to the truth of this remarkable woman? …
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Radar and The Winning of WWII: Under a Wartime Sky
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As the threat of war with Germany hung over Britain, Winston Churchill gathered the country’s brightest minds at a remote gothic mansion in Suffolk to work together on an invention that could help the Allies to victory – the Chain Home radar system. The episode has inspired a new novel of courage, belonging and hope, Under a Wartime Sky. In this ed…
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The new film Radioactive charts the life and career of double Nobel Prize-winning physicist/chemist Marie Curie, woven together with the scientific developments and disasters that emerged from her discovery of radioactivity. In this edition of Historical Fiction, Radioactive’s director Marjane Satrapi and Marie Curie’s biographer Diana Preston disc…
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In July 1553, 16-year-old Lady Jane Grey became de facto Queen of England and Ireland for just nine days. In a new novel Before the Reign Falls, a group of friends renovating an old barn chance upon a stash of manuscripts that reveal clues to a mystery going back more than four centuries. In this edition of Historical Fiction, Alice Loxton talks to…
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The Year Without Summer: 1816 - One Event, Six Lives, A World Changed
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In 1815, Mount Tambora in Indonesia erupted, impacting the weather throughout the world. The Year Without Summer imagines its impact on six separate lives, thousands of miles away. They include a fenland farm labourer, a soldier returning from Waterloo, author Mary Shelley and painter John Constable. Laura McMillan talks to author Guinevere Glasfur…
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Forgery, The French Resistance and The Book of Lost Names
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Inspired by an amazing true story from World War II, a young woman with a talent for forgery helps hundreds of Jewish children flee the Nazis in an unforgettable historical novel. History Hit's Rob Weinberg talks to author Kristin Harmel about her engaging and evocative new novel The Book of Lost Names, a testament to the resilience of the human sp…
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Power and Intrigue in The Court of Henry II: The Irish Princess
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In 1166, the King of Leinster in Ireland is forced into exile and throws himself at the mercy of Henry II to help regain his kingdom. His biggest bargaining tool in getting England’s support is his teenage daughter Aoife who has caught Henry’s eye. Author Elizabeth Chadwick talks to History Hit’s Alice Loxton about The Irish Princess, a sumptuous, …
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The Search for a Forgotten Artist: The Pelton Papers
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Artist Agnes Pelton lived through the early days of modernism in America. Fame seemed inevitable but the shy and retiring Pelton retreated to a contemplative life in the California desert where she produced scores of deeply spiritual, abstract paintings. History Hit's Rob Weinberg talks to author Mari Coates about her new novel The Pelton Papers – …
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Have you ever thought about writing an historical novel? Perhaps you fancy setting it in Ancient Rome? But how would you start researching, for example, what the different classes of Roman would be wearing, or eating, or talking about, at different times in Rome’s history? A Writer's Guide to Ancient Rome is a new book that will help you get your f…
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The Name Beneath the Stone: Secrets of the Unknown Warrior
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What would happen if the identity of the unknown warrior, entombed in Westminster Abbey, was ever uncovered? This new novel tells the story of Sarah Harding, who discovers letters from the trenches from a British Tommy, and the 1920 diaries of Captain Peter Harding, tasked with the secret mission to bring a body back for interment in Westminster Ab…
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The Deep gives an eerie, psychological twist to the sinking of the Titanic, and the fate of her sister ship the Britannic. The American novelist Alma Katsu spent 35 years as an intelligence analyst for the US government, but after six acclaimed novels, she’s now known as the Queen of Disasters, taking real events and re-imagining them – with added …
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Cleopatra was one of the most famous women of all history. For centuries she has been presented by writers and artists as a seductive temptress, a femme fatale, the tragic lover of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. But who was the real Cleopatra? How true to life are the countless representations in plays, books and films? History Hit’s Rob Weinberg h…
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The Royal Princesses in World War II: The Secret Guests
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Set in 1940, The Secret Guests speculates what would have happened if the young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret were sent to a remote stately home in Ireland to get away from the Blitz on London. When a dead body turns up, it takes every effort to uncover the truth and stop the girls’ identities coming to light. In this edition of Historical Fict…
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Witch Hunts in 17th Century Norway: The Mercies
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In the winter of 1617, the sea around the remote Norwegian island of Vardø was thrown into a reckless storm. The men of the island, out fishing, perished in an instant and Vardø became a place of women. Eighteen months later, a sinister figure arrives. Summoned from Scotland to take control of a place at the edge of the civilized world, Absalom Var…
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This episode explores the Colored Girls Museum, a sanctuary exclusively reflecting on & lifting up Black girls & women for the world to see through our lens to honor, preserve & present our ordinary, extraordinary stories with use of artwork, artifacts. My article to accompany this podcast can be found here: https://bit.ly/2KZQJUt…
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In this interview, I sat down with filmmaker and former human rights attorney Michèle Stephenson. She tells us about her migration journey as a Haitian-Panamanian woman and the family dynamics she experienced growing up. Michèle shares her unconventional path toward filmmaking and co-founding the Brooklyn based Rada Film Group with her husband Joe …
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In this episode I interviewed Vashti DuBois, Executive Director and Founder of The Colored Girls Museum in Germantown, Philadelphia, PA. Vashti speaks on her background as a leader for numerous non-profit organizations and her path that led to opening the museum. She talks about the concept of the "ordinary-extraordinary" colored girl. As Vashti pu…
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In this episode I sat down with Mikey Cordero of the multimedia project Defend Puerto Rico. Their mission statement reads, "Defend PR is designed to document and celebrate Puerto Rican creativity, resilience, and resistance. Recognizing the complex and dynamic landscapes that comprise Puerto Rican daily life and struggle, Defend PR seeks to deepen …
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In this episode I sat down with singer Ka'Ra Kersey of the Bay Area in Northern California. She tells us about singing at an early age and the music she grew up listening to. We highlight her unique jazzy style over worldly reggae and spacey trap beats while emphasizing her spirituality and chosen life path. Ka'Ra notes the organic process of getti…
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