Music for Thought: Recent Episodes
Gianna Milan
Hip-hop emerged in 1970s America as an artistic outlet for the marginalized to vocalize. From block parties of the Bronx to modern-day records, the genre’s tradition is alive and well. In this podcast episode, devout hip-hop fans Ajhada and John unpack the origins of hip-hop and how artists and songs have activated social change in the US and abroad. Tune in for insight from a musicology professor, a South-Florida-based rapper and our beloved Global Now intern.
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Diet culture has ingrained harmful messages and stereotypes about food, nutrition and health in our society, and it’s so important that people—especially kids in today’s age of social media and influencers galore—are better educated. In this Global Now episode, Gianna and Mariana weigh in on diet culture’s impact on youth, featuring interviews with a University of Miami student and a registered dietitian and some brilliant voice acting by Ajhada!
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The LGBTQ community has a long history of fighting for human rights and equality in the state of Florida and city of Miami, where there is an evidently strong divide between positive and negative representation of Pride. In Global Now’s debut episode, Danielle and Gianna speak with an LGBTQ student and an LGBTQ educator, both Miami-based, about the culture of Miami Beach’s prominent Pride scene and what it feels like to simultaneously witness support for and attacks toward your own minority.
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MCY222 African American Song Traditions
Gianna Milan – Final Project
Recorded on May 7, 2020.
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