Kin + Tonic: Recent Episodes
Kin + Tonic
Kin + Tonic is a podcast for a new generation of Black Americans to explore with the experts and oracles who nurtured and preserved our culture. We also seek to reconceptualize what we’ve accepted about who we are and who we can be.
It takes a village. In this episode of Kin + Tonic, we share our reflections on what "community" means and the purpose that it serves. We remember the community spaces that shaped us and our cultural identity, and we reflect on what it takes to make or break a community.
You don't know where you're going until you know where you came from. So in our first full episode of Kin + Tonic, we share stories about our hometowns and the Black communities within them. We talk about how our regional experiences shaped us and how we work to preserve our culture even after we've moved on from these places.
Welcome to Kin + Tonic, a podcast created by three young Black women who are following our paths by exploring expansive truths about who we are and embracing where we’ve come from. As we begin to build a better future for ourselves, individually and collectively, we passionately preserve and celebrate Black American culture every step of the way. Our hope is to build a community where we are all students, leaders, and keepers of our traditions.
In this special teaser episode, we're introducing the who, what and why of our podcast. Our hosts explain who we are, how we found each other, and how we found our way to the vision that ultimately became Kin + Tonic.
We're so glad that you found us, and we hope you'll stick around for our first season. Together, we will explore with contemporaries, cultural workers, elders, and ancestors who have cultivated and preserved the garden of our legacy. With its fruits, they made a tonic. Let's take a sip.