Black Bottom Saints: Recent Episodes
Alice Randall
Alice Randall will be exploring her novel, Black Bottom Saints, week by week, saint by saint, cocktail recipe by cocktail recipe. Join us for the stories, and the play between history and fiction and how one informs the other. Produced by Erin McAnally and Chelsea Crowell Music by Louis York and Rissi Palmer
In this final episode of the Black Bottom Satins podcast Alice discusses Ziggy Johnson, narrator of Black Bottom Saints patron saint of ballet babes and other small fry with taps on their heels and toes.
The Black Bottom Saints podcast was produced by Erin McAnally and Chelsea Crowell.
This week Alice discusses Ted Rhodes, Nashville native and groundbreaking professional golfer.
This week Alice discusses Baby Doll, patron saint of young wives, younger wives, and office workers with Erin McAnally and Chelsea Crowell, producers of the Black Bottom Saints Podcast.
This week Alice discusses Alf Thomas, patron saint of homemakers, utopia makers, and stepparents
This week Alice discusses Arthur Braggs, patron saint of ring leaders, circus masters, and CEOs.
This week Alice discusses Clifford Fears, patron saint of proteges, prodigies, mentors, and the forgotten.
This week Alice discusses Detroit Red and Moms Mabley, patron saint of dandies, first Robbins of spring, and candid daughters.
This week Alice discusses Bubbles and Buck, patron saint of dynamic duos and unbreakable teams.
This week Alice discusses Shirley McNeil, patron saint of teachers, psychologists, meditators, and all manner of Black zen.
This week Alice discusses Marc Stepp, patron saint of union members, collective bargainers, and hardballers.
This week Alice invites Julieanna Richardson, founder of The History Makers, on to the podcast to discuss Maxine Powell, patron saint of charmers, the masked, and the unmasked.
This week Alice discusses Anna Gordy, patron saint of putting family first, living in the present, and Black enterprise.
This week Alice discusses John White, patron saint of club house founders and vertical integration.
In this episode Alice discusses Sammy Davis Jr., patron saint of peerless people, performers, veterans, and other wounded.
This week Alice discusses Lynette Dobbins Taylor, patron saint of rescuers who refuse to be victims, ironic alliances, and clubwomen.
This week Alice discusses Black Bottom Saint Nat King Cole with Dr. Steven Lewis, Curator of Music and Performing Arts at the
National Museum of African American History and Culture.
This week Alice discusses Black Bottom saint, Skipper Mills with Danielle Jackson, editor of Oxford American.
This week Alice discusses Nellie Hill Trapp, patron saint of beauties, informal adoptees, and using talk to advocate for self.
This week Alice discusses Lucille Ellis, patron saint of trick bag inhabitants, psychotherapy clients, and shrinks.
This week Alice discusses Dr. Robert C. Bennet, patron saint of fighters, hypochondriacs, and medicine men with Dr. Hildreth.
This week Alice discusses Lawrence Massey, patron saint of lawyers, fixers, and all who use language to advocate for others with lawyer Richard Manson.
This week Alice discusses Bette Jean Stanley, patron saint of the unforgiven, bad mothers, and narcissists.
This week Alice discusses Harold "Killerman" Johnson, patron saint of cagey corner men, versatile allies, and other able motivators.
This week Alice Discusses Billy D. Parker, patron saint of fathers, breadwinners, and audiences.
This week Alice discusses Ruth Charlotte Ellis, patron saint of the salon builders, and those who look out for kids.
In this very special episode Alice talks with actor Courtney B. Vance about Lloyd George Richards, patron saint of fence builders, fencer menders, and fence jumpers.
This week Alice discusses Josette Johnson, patron saint of daughters by birth and by adoption.
This week Alice talks about Della Reese, patron saint of battered women, exceptional allies, and those who would be lucky.
This week Alices welcomes Steve Earle to discuss Martin Luther King Jr., patron saint of racemen, racewomen, reverends, and voters.
This week Alice discusses Billy Eckstine, patron saint of Black brilliance, sartorial splendor, and capable charismatics.
This week Alice discusses Tallulah Bankhead, patron saint of orphans, big mouths, and ill-folk. Tallulah Bankhead is also one of the only white saints. With her she welcomes producers of the Black Bottom Saints podcast; Erin McAnally and Chelsea Crowell to discuss white allyism.
This week Alice discusses George Stanley, patron saint of alcoholics, badass brains, and ritual makers.
This week Alice discusses Artis Lane, patron saint of painters, sculptors, and offstage artists of life.
This week Alice has a special guest, Bjorn DuPaty, join her to discuss Elsie Roxborough, patron saint of unconventional and invisible Blackness. Alice and Bjorn further discuss theater, Broadway, and the may new shows out now created by and staring brilliant Black talent.
This week Alice discusses Milton Winfield Jr., patron saint of gamblers, best friends, and barkeeps.
This week Alice digs into Charles Diggs Sr., patron saint of mourners, equestrians, and fathers. Alice also talks about her favorite Black owned businesses.
First Saint of Fall, this week Alice discusses Tanya Blanding, patron saint of violated innocence, civilians in war zones, and Black girls creating magic.
In this special episode part two on Ethel Waters, Alice discusses memoirs, life, motherhood, and telling your own story with author and musician Rosanne Cash.
This Sunday Alice discusses Ethel Waters, patron saint of twice told stories, having your say, and abused children.
Stay tuned for a special part two!
This week Alice discusses Valda Gray, patron saint of self-invention, gender nonconformists, and exuberant living.
This week Alice discusses Herman "Scatterbrain" Stevens, patron saint of chefs, criminals, and byzantine brains.
This week Alice discusses Tim Moore, patron saint of the innovative, the misunderstood, and the good friend.
This week Alice discusses Butterbeans and Susie, patron saints of Married Folk, Sly Whisperers, and Witnesses.
This week Alice discusses Bricktop, patron saint of fish out of water, aging with swagger and audacious ambition.
This week Alice discusses Clarence Cobbs, patron saint of self-care, self-respect, and choir singers.
This week Alice discusses Sadye E. Pryor, patron saint of teachers, principals, and librarians. Sadye, who is Ziggy's aunt, aids in examining the importance of women who organize.
This week Alice talks about Cordie King Stuart, patron saint of impoverished people, jet-setters, and alumni of alumni.
This week Alice discusses Thomas Bullock, the famed bartender who was the first known African-American author to publish a cocktail manual, The Ideal Bartender.
This week Alice Discusses Black Bottom Saint Night Train Lane, the famed MFL player who was the widower of Dinah Washington.
On this special podcast episode Alice discusses Black Bottom Saint, Nancy Elizabeth Johnson, Ziggy’s own mother. She then welcomes her own daughter Caroline Randall Williams for an intimate conversation examining the experience of becoming adults together, the myriad ways they support each other's creative processes, sharing cocktails, and seeing mothers unfold as human.
This week Alice examines the painful yet promising future of patriotism as she discusses Black Bottom Saint Reverend Cook, Independence Day, environmentalism, and what we build for future generations.
This week Alice discusses the first Black Bottom Saint and first Black poet laureate, Robert Hayden. Themes of cancel culture, redemption and self identification are explored as we dive into the first Sunday after Father's Day of the Black Bottom Saints podcast.
This week Alice talks about boxer and Black Bottom Saint, Joe Louis, patron saint of Sons, Representation, and Filial Piety. Louis’ chapter is paired with the Summer Moveable Feast of Juneteenth. Alice explores the significance of Louis and what he meant to the Black community and the world and why his story is connected to the holiday of Juneteenth.
In this introductory episode Alice Randall introduces us to Ziggy, Black Bottom Detroit and the book we will be exploring saint by saint, week by week; Black Bottom Saints. Join us for the stories, the cocktail recipes, and the play between history and fiction and how one informs the other.