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THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW, a weekly public radio program, is show about race and courage. The show airs and streams live Saturdays at 12:00 noon ET on WJFF -- www.WJFFradio.org.
RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:In these days of book bans, I’ve curated a pro-book, pro-African American studies, pro-sanity recommended reading list inspired and requested by readers like you.Sign up for 50 BOOKS THAT CHANGED THE STORY OF AFRICAN AMERICA and other Resources at www.JanusAdams.com → ResourcesLearn More about Menah Pratt: www.MenahPratt.com Also mentioned on the show: Menah’s brother is Awadagin Pratt—the internationally-renowned concert pianist, and conductor. Learn more about Awadagin Pratt www.awadagin.com/ Watch what happens when he visits Sesame Street https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4M9sy4PFKE TAKEAWAY QUOTES FROM MENAH PRATT:1.The Queen of Sheba moment“He said, ‘Who do you think you are?’ And I responded, ‘Queen of Sheba.’ … Many Black girls come into the world with attitude… and the world kind of squashes that. Our responsibility becomes, how do we become that Black, wild girl again as women?” 2.On discipline and excellence“For what needs to be accomplished in my life… we have to operate at a level of excellence, or set that as an expectation and strive for it. We may not always meet the mark, but it’s the striving for excellence.” 3.On her father’s wound and the ‘Pratt setup’“After three years as a tenure-track professor, the racism of America terminated his university contract… His mindset became, I will raise my children so they are never dependent on the American system… That was the Pratt setup.” 4.On the struggle to tell the truth on the page“I was tired of fighting invisible ghosts of racism, sexism and hatred… I’ve been experiencing an internal battle about what to share, what to reveal, and what to allow to remain hidden… My brother reminds me that sanitizing protects no one.” 5.Her mother’s affirmation“You are special. You are a Pratt. You are African, part of one of the oldest cultures in the world. Remember that and never take a back seat to anyone… Aspire to be the best that is in you to be.” – Mildred Pratt’s letter to her daughter, Menah. For more about Janus Adams and the show, visit: www.JanusAdams.com
In this wide ranging conversation, Janus Adams speaks with Felipe Zurita Quintana about his journey from a conservative upbringing in Chile and deep immersion in Mormonism—including serving a mission during California’s Prop 8 campaign— to coming out as queer, leaving the church, and dedicating his life to the work of compassion.Together, they explore how religion can both wound and heal, what it takes to reclaim one’s spiritual and moral agency, and why compassion—starting with self compassion—may be one of the most radical tools we have in today’s fractured world.
In a world often divided by borders, beliefs, and differences, Gail Straub offers a transformative vision of human connection. Author of "Home Inside the Globe: Embracing Our Human Family," Straub takes us on a remarkable journey from her childhood in Delaware to empowering women across Africa, India, and the Middle East.
What must we do to fortify our sons (and our daughters); to teach them not just how to survive but to thrive; to save their righteous minds, bodies and spirits? This week's show: RAISING BLACK BOYS IN TOUCH TIMES with our guests, MaryAnne Howland, author of "WARRIOR RISING: How Four Men Helped a Boy on His Journey to Manhood," and Raymond Winbush, PhD, author of "THE WARRIOR METHOD: A Parents' Guide to Rearing Healthy Black Boys."
At a time when the entire world is in turmoil and the brink of chaos seems not far off, what does it take to right the world—to right the world order to balance. Are these very goals—balance, world order—the root of the problemAmbassadar Stuart E. Eizenstat, veteran U.S. diplomat, member of the Carter and Clinton administrations, former ambassador to the European Union, is this week's guest.. His new book is: THE ART OF DIPLOMACY: How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements. Ambassador Eizenstat (retired) was appointed by President Joe Biden to chair the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Council.
In this special broadcast, FarmArts Collective--an Agri/Cultural Center at Willow Wisp Organic Farm in Damascus, PA--discusses its second annual Juneteenth celebration. Guests: Tasa Faronii, Robin Grey Wolf Henderson, Adrienne Jensen, Faye Kaiser-Valdera, G. Oliver King, and FarmArts founder, Tannis Kowalchuk. Special thanks to Radio Catskill Program Director Jason Dole.
As an artist, Christina Hunt Wood is known for her paintings and printmaking; her “Human Nature” series which merges photography with clay imprints; her “Landscapes” of discarded "road soda" litter; her “Living Archive Project” which rethinks rural tradition through the lens of inclusive representation; and such video project installations as Untitled Interactions, the Manual Project? So, what made her―a Black artist―decide to photograph herself as in blackface? Christina Hunt Wood is this week’s guest on “The Janus Adams Show.”
Two elite swimmers (Ann Smith, 82, and Madeline Murphy Rabb, 76) journey to the National Senior Games. TEAM DREAM--a serious contender in the run-up to awards season, this little star of a film flares with unexpected brilliance; capturing imaginations and challenging long-standing assumptions about Black people, swimming, history, current realities, the surprising facts of life (and death), and joy—“Black joy.” Guests: athletes Rabb and Smith, filmmaker Luchina Fisher, and historian Kevin Dawson. This documentary short, TEAM DREAM, was made possible by the Queen Collective—an initiative begun by executive producers Queen Latifah and Procter & Gamble. Their mission: to create opportunities for women filmmakers of color to tell their stories by providing access to mentorship, production support, and distribution. The film was featured at the Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival.
What does it do to you when someone you love is ripped from the family, charged with a crime, wrongfully incarcerated, and – after nearly 25 years, continues to serve a life sentence without the possibility of parole in the infamous Angola prison – a national disgrace – despite evidence of his innocence, and still protesting his innocence?Deborah G. Plant, author of the book OF GREED AND GLORY: IN PURSUIT OF FREEDOM FOR ALL is my guest today. Informed by her own personal experience . . . armed with her skills as a scholar, author, and literary critic with a masters and doctorate in English . . . YES, this story could happen to anyone, and has too often happened to too many African-American Everymans and EverywomansDeborah Plant takes moments that can bring you to your knees and gives us a book to bring us to our senses; to a knowledge of what is being done to thousands of people in our name as American citizens.We close this episode with a profile of Angola Prison, the infamous Louisiana State Penitentiary located on the site of 8,000-acre Angola Plantation—so named for the homeland of people enslaved there. Clint Smith travelled to the prison to research his #1 New York Times bestseller, "HOW THE WORD IS PASSED: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America." He spoke about Angola during his visit to the show in 2021.
Nicole Franklin and Bryant Monteilh are the producers and co-hosts of an extraordinary podcast series, BEFORE YOU GO. Lurking in the background of that title is the taboo subject of death. But, “Before You Go” is, without question, about life. In on-site interviews, here are stories about life and living from the vantage of those who know more about the subject than most of us ever will—centenarians, people who've achieved or are nearing their 100th birthdays. What do they have to tell us about living long and living well? What would you want to pass on as your stories of a lifetime? BEFORE YOU GO: a 100-year old piano teacher with a current roster of 90 students; a Negro Leagues baseball player turned NASA scientist. It’s really quite a show.
Coming up on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW, "Before You Go"--centarians tell stories of a lifetime. Guests: Producers and Co-Hosts, Nicole Franklin and Bryant Monteilh.
For four decades, Ramon Hervey II has been a manager and publicist to some of the entertainment industry's most famous talents. Quincy Jones, Bette Midler, Richard Pryor, Vanessa Williams and Muhammad Ali!! All have sought his counsel in confidence. He's also the executive producer who brought us the Peabody award-winning documentary, "Chisholm 72, Unbought and Unbossed." But, what is FAME and why does something as elusive as fame so dominate our media and mental space? Now, to his credits and our rescue comes his book, "THE FAME GAME: An Insider’s Playbook for Earning Your 15 Minutes.”
“I see joy is a form of resistance. I see it as a source of power, because it's how we continue to stand on our two feet. Even when we're knocked down, we find that power and a lot of that power is sourced through joy that we create. And the reason why I say that joy is power is because when so much is being stripped of our rights of our voices and all of that. We choose to embody joy, that's a form of taking back our power.”When Pamela Larde, takes to the air for her talk show and podcast, she's known as “The Joy Whisperer.” Dr. Pamela Larde, PhD, is also Associate Professor of Leadership and Director of Education at the Institute of Coaching, McLean/Harvard Medical School, Founder of the Academy of Creative Coaching & Tandem Light Press, Joy researcher, mom, and our guest on this week’s show.Website: www.JanusAdams.com
He’s the New York Times bestselling author of "The Black Friend." A mover and maker, he made the Forbes “30 Under 30” list as Founder of “We Have Stories,” which provides free support to marginalized storytellers and organizations that shift cultural bias toward full inclusion. His #RentRelief campaign—a COVID19 support effort—raised more than $2 million dollars in aid. He created the largest ever GoFundMe campaign: #BlackPantherChallenge; raising over $950,000 and allowing 75,000 children worldwide to see the Black Panther film for free. He's Frederick Joseph, author of the book, PATRIARCHY BLUES, and my guest on this episode of The Janus Adams Show.
As the Israel-Hamas War evolves, what is the role of journalists and historians in deciphering the crisis? As professionals, they are trained to be well-researched, well-sourced, “objective,” and to cover “both sides” of a debate. But, what of context? That’s the question when journalist Laura Flanders joins Janus Adams for a rare conversation of this scope and magnitude by two veteran women journalists: one British-American and White, the other Afri-Caribbean-American and Black; both wary of answers, knowing that what the situation calls for is questions—not to mention: critical thinking.Laura Flanders is the Host and Executive Producer of "The Laura Flanders Show," which airs on PBS stations nationwide. She is an Izzy-Award winning independent journalist, a New York Times bestselling author, and the recipient of the Pat Mitchell Lifetime Achievement Award from the Women’s Media Center.
Chloe Dulce Louvouezo, author and podcaster, brings us her "undertaking of the heart"―a book so needed and so right for these times, "LIFE, I SWEAR: Intimate Stories from Black Women on Identity, Healing, and Self-Trust."
With this interview, Chloe gifts us "the irony, the challenge, the faith, the resilience, the sweet manifestation, the ugly chaos, and the calm―all the ebbs and flows that frame how we experience and interpret this life." And, what a life it is―and has been―for African American women!
Decades after writing "St. Stephen: A Passion Play," Janus Adams' play takes on new life.
Janus Adams remembers Harry Belafonte--the musician and human rights activist--who, together with Sidney Poitier, was her first interview as an NPR correspondent.
DAVID LESTER, graphic novelist, and MARCUS REDIKER, historian, on the story behind their graphic non-fiction novel: PROPHET AGAINST SLAVERY. Based on Rediker's book, "THE FEARLESS BENJAMIN LAY: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist."
Journey to the Cradle of Civilization, as master photographer, CHESTER HIGGINS, JR. shares stories from his fifty-year pilgrimage through the ancient roots of modern-day faith.
A rarely seen portrait of Appalachia―Black Appalachia. William H. Turner, coal miner's son, is author of the memoir, THE HARLAN RENAISSANCE: Stories of Black Life in Appalachian Coal Towns. From African American family life and culture in the boom years of Harlan County, Kentucky’s coal-mining company towns, to the bust era of the “Rust Belt,” Bill Turner comes bearing stories of family, friends, and a centuries-old history of Black “Middle-America." He takes us to the heart of the scene as only an expert storyteller, dedicated scholar, and native son can. Making good on the charge his friend and mentor, Alex Haley, author of Roots, gave him, he has written a book in “a voice my Mama would read.” With that voice and witness, the lives and legacies of Black coal miners take on a visibility, dignity, respect and presence long overdue.
How do we rectify racial injustice? Through his power as a storyteller and his skills as a journalist, Solomon Jones leverages his own life experience to resurrects ten people whose lives were ravaged by racism. His indictment of what he calls the "Criminal Injustice System,” will get you thinking about how YOU—how WE, together—can opt-in on an actionable plan “to repair our racist past, change the racist present, and bring justice to the future.”Philadelphia-based Solomon Jones, author of TEN DEMANDS, is a columnist for the "Philadelphia Inquirer" and morning host for WURD radio in Philadelphia.
Otis Moss III. Author, DANCING IN THE DARKNESS: Spiritual Lessons for Thriving in Turbulent Times. A 2-part Janus Adams SPECIAL with Rev. Dr. Moss is Senior Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago--the congregation once pastored by the Obama family's minister, Rev. Jeremiah Wright.WEBSITE: JanusAdams.comSHOW NOTES: bit.ly/JA-OMoss3RATING, REVIEWING & FOLLOWING "THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW"Thanks for listening to the podcast. I’d so appreciate your rating and reviewing the show: FIVE STARS, if you love listening to the show as much as I love producing it for you. Your ratings and reviews help me reach and inspire more people, just like you, with engaging insights into “race and courage” by thought leaders you’d like to hear more from and neighbors you’d like to learn more about. And, if you haven’t done so yet, please FOLLOW the podcast and leave a COMMENT! My team and I value your opinion.
Otis Moss III. Author, DANCING IN THE DARKNESS: Spiritual Lessons for Thriving in Turbulent Times. Rev. Dr. Moss is Senior Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago--the congregation once pastored by the Obama family's minister, Rev. Jeremiah Wright.For extended show notes: JanusAdams.com or https://bit.ly/JA-OMoss3
This special episode of "The Janus Adams Show" features TEAM DREAM—a documentary film short about two elite swimmers (Ann Smith, 82, and Madeline Murphy Rabb, 76) and their journey to the National Senior Games. A serious contender in the run-up to awards season, this little star of a film flares with unexpected brilliance—capturing imaginations and challenging long-standing assumptions about Black people, swimming, history, current realities, the surprising facts of life (and death), and joy—“Black joy.” Guests: athletes Rabb and Smith, filmmaker Luchina Fisher, and historian Kevin Dawson.
With pushback on immigration policies being shaped by White supremacist legacies, what is the United States' vision for the future? What can——and must——each of us do today to ensure the well-being of a multiracial tomorrow?
Confronting the racist legacy of US immigration policy with our guest, REECE JONES Guggenheim Fellow, political geographer, and author of the books, WHITE BORDERS and NOBODY IS PROTECTED. And, as always, where do we go from here?
As US government-backed Dakota Access Pipeline proponents wreaked havoc on Indigenous peoples, their lands, sensibilities, and on Nature herself, First Nations (Mexica and Otomi) documentary photographer, cinematographer, and film director, Josué Rivas was on the scene as witness and participant; demonstrator and Water Protector. The experience endangered his life. It also marked what he calls his “year of awakening.”
He’s since received the FotoEvidence Book Award with World Press Photo for STANDING STRONG, his stunning and haunting photographic account of the events at Standing Rock.
Meet "Philly" Walls: poet, photographer, and “multidisciplinary artist. She is curator and creator of the digital installation, THE MUSEUM OF BLACK JOY——a “borderless refuge for the observation, cultivation, celebration, and preservation of Black joy.”
What does Black Joy mean and why do we need a museum for it? That’s the question that propels this interview with Andrea “Philly” Walls through uncharted waters to unexpected depths as she spirits us from the inspired works of the Harlem Renaissance to the Black Arts Movement; from Philadelphia’s 1985 MOVE massacre to life's everyday moments, the African American hymn-turned-anthem, “I Don’t Feel No Ways Tired,” and beyond.
On this episode of "The Janus Adams Show": The Sister Days Mother/Daughter* Sistafest (Part 2). Five guests gather in celebration of women and our lives: Elle Cole, MaryAnne Howland, Irma McClaurin, Dakota Nelson, and Deborah Payton-Jones.
AMERICAN SANCTUARY: A Path Through History - Guest: Walter Gable This program was produced in cooperation with ILoveNewYork.
Congressman Ritchie Torres (D-NY15) returns to the show. With all that’s going on in his New York City hometown, the state, the country, indeed the world; his unique perspective is right on time.
On this episode of "The Janus Adams Show": The Sister Days Mother/Daughter* Sistafest (Part 1). Five guests gather in celebration of women and our lives: Elle Cole, MaryAnne Howland, Irma McClaurin, Dakota Nelson, and Deborah Payton-Jones.
On the anniversary of Dr. King's "Letter from a Birmingham City Jail" (April 16, 1963), a message from his last speech, just four days before he was assassinated, becomes a call-to-action for today. With this episode of The Janus Adams Show, we pay tribute to the man and his legacy: THANK YOU, DR. KING,
The jail cell pictured here is a replica of the actual cell in which he wrote his historic "Letter." It is on permanent exhibit at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, TN. The museum is housed at the now-sacred site of Dr. King's assassination―the Lorraine Motel. Dr. King delivered what would be his last speech at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC on March 31, 1968. He was assassinated on April 4. Portions of this special episode of The Janus Adams Show first aired to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his assassination (April 4, 2018).
“We have a long fight and this fight is not mine alone. But you are not free whether you are White or Black until I am free.”
Keisha N. Blain, Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh, MSNBC contributor brings us her new book, “UNTIL I AM FREE: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message to America.” With Ibram X. Kendi (whose books on Anti-Racism have changed the way we speak of the American experience), Dr. Blain is co-editor of the New York Times #1 bestseller, “Four Hundred Souls.”
Voter suppression. What’s at stake? With Republican-led state legislatures enacting laws designed to disfranchise Black and Brown voters, what impact will this surge have on our legal system? juries? convictions? fundamental human rights? Civil Rights Attorney DeWitt Lacy of California on the current political climate: justice, injustice, policing, voting rights—and wrongs. And, as always: where do we go from here?
It's the infamous event known at the "Birmingham Church Bombing." A bomb, planted by White supremacists and pro-segregationists, was detonated at the 16th Street Baptist Church murdering "Four Little Girls" and severely injuring Sarah Collins Rudolph. This week's guest on The Janus Adams Show, she is joined by Tracy Snipe, PhD―co-author of her memoir, "The Fifth Little Girl."
NOTE: This show airs as fourteen HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) took bomb threats in over two days in new wave of White supremacist terror against Black institutions.
What are your hopes for the year ahead? How will you turn the page on one year and rethink priorities for a new?
Tune into this week’s Janus Adams Show and podcast with my guest―psychologist and author Peggy Fitzsimmons―on life, work, the Omega Institute, Oprah Winfrey’s “Super Soul” series, Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper, Dr. Michael Beckwith’s visionary prognosis, healing our world from the inside out, and her new book, "RELEASE: Create a Clutter-Free, Soul-Driven Life."
Singer, songwriter, teacher, descendant of two of the 20th century’s worst atrocities, Lucas Maehara Rotman’s very existence is also a miracle. “Dear Miki: An All-American Family Saga” on The Janus Adams Show.
The Janus Adams Show with guest, DENISE WOODS: voice, speech, and dialect coach to Hollywood's A-Listers; author of "THE POWER OF VOICE: A Guide to Making Yourself Heard."
THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW: #DangerousWomen. What happens when a male congressman feels so threatened by Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez―a powerful woman doing the job she was elected to do―that he verbally assaults her in the most sexist and racist of terms.
From 1917 to 1923, there were 25 White Supremacist race massacres across the United States. There was also a determination by Blacks to rise from the ashes. Director, writer and producer DAWN PORTER brings the 1921 Tulsa Massacre into sharper focus and context with her film, "RISE AGAIN: Tulsa and The Red Summer."
"Dear America, my wish for you on your birthday is..." © Janus Adams 2021 Excerpted from my forthcoming memoir for the July 4th edition of "Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper."
With his #1 New York Times bestseller "HOW THE WORD IS PASSED: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America," CLINT SMITH takes us to the marrow of who we are as a nation, what we’ve done, where we’ve been, what must change, why, and—if we listen we are brave enough to take the journey—how.
Throughout American history to the twenty-first century, regardless of the laws, court decisions, and changing political environment, the Second has consistently meant this: That the second a Black person exercises this right, the second they pick up a gun to protect themselves (or the second that they don't), their life may be snatched away in that single, fatal second.
"When I wrote that," says Carol Anderson — author of THE SECOND: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America — "I wrote it from the heart."
This week on the show, author and historian, Dr. Carol Anderson — Professor and Chair of African American Studies at Emory University — on her latest book, THE SECOND, and her New York Times bestsellers, ONE PERSON, NO VOTE and WHITE RAGE.
As Republican-led states pass laws to shun and victimize transgender children, this special Mother's Day edition of the show welcomes JODIE PATTERSON -- activist mom and advocate for the rights of non-gender-conforming people and their families. She's on a mission to keep her transgender son -- every child--healthy, happy, unscathed by bigotry and alive!
For the beauty of her storytelling and the power of her message, her books are truly groundbreaking -- THE BOLD WORLD: A Memoir of Family and Transformation, for adult readers; and her newest book, BORN READY: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope, for young readers.
A social activist and entrepreneur, this mother of five children -- two of whom are gender non-conforming(one transgender and another genderqueer)was named Family Circle magazine’s "Most Influential Mom in 2018." She works closely with a number of gender/family/human rights organizations and is the chair of the board of directors of the Human Rights Campaign.
The verdict is in on Derek Chauvin’s obvious guilt for murdering GEORGE FLOYD, but the jury is out on whether America has the courage to change.
With more than 40 Black and Brown people killed by police during the span on the trial, will we—as Americans—renounce state-sanctioned violence against Black and Brown citizens? Do we have the courage and conscience to change policies that exonerate most police officers before they even stand trial? Will Congress enact the "George Floyd Justice in Policing Act?" Can People of Color ever feel safe in America?
In the wake of THE VERDICT, where do we go from here?
Guest: IRVING L. JOYNER, Esq. Professor of Law and life-long activist in the freedom fight. As victim, witness, ally and advocate, he’s been there.
In these hyper-political times, what can we learn from other countries and their heads of state? What do their stories tell us about our own?
Dr. EWART BROWN, MD is author of the memoir, “WHOM SHALL I FEAR? Pushing the Politics of Change.” A physician turned politician; his precipitous and contentious rise elected him PREMIER of BERMUDA.
Serving from 2006-10, his signature slogan, “Doc delivers” and progressive agenda pushed against longstanding inequities in a Caribbean nation still under British colonial rule. From his support for Bermuda’s largest labor union and secret negotiations with President Barack Obama’s White House to provide asylum to four innocent Chinese Muslim Uighurs wrongfully detained at Guantanamo; encounters with music legend Bob Marley, Black Power! Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Toure), Rev. Al Sharpton, and the Congressional Black Caucus, to the tragedy of his sons’ incarceration.
WHOM SHALL I FEAR? It’s a provocative, defiant title—and mantra—for an extraordinary personal, professional, and political journey.
With headlines and history being made in Minneapolis, police officer Derek Chauvin is on trial for the murder of citizen George Floyd. So is the American legal system--and America itself. Do we believe in JUSTICE or JUST US?
Is an African American man (Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Eric Garner, Elijah McClain), woman (Sandra Bland, Eleanor Bumpers), or child (Michael Brown, Tamir Rice) safe at the hands of police and legal systems nationwide? That’s the question.
This week on the show: the filmmakers of "American Trial: The Eric Garner Story" — Roee Messinger, director; Ralph Richardson, co-executive producer —and Esaw Snipes, the widow of Eric Garner. http://bit.ly/ja-garner
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KARLA FC HOLLOWAY -- scholar, nonfiction author, Duke University Professor of English and Professor of Law -- reads from her debut mystery novel, A DEATH IN HARLEM. It's 1927: Harlem Renaissance heyday, Sugar Hill, and Harlem's newly-assigned first Black police detective, Weldon Haynie Thomas, is on the case.
The American Sustainable Business Council has produced a new report: "Creating An Economic System That Works for All." What's surprising isn't that it talks about business or buyouts, economics and the environment--especially in the wake of COVID--but because it's opening line is unequivocal: "There is no going back." Getting down to business, among its talking points are: reparations, universal basic income. and universal Pre-K. Really?!
GUESTS: Jeffrey Hollender, CEO & Chief Inspired Protagonist, ASBC; and MaryAnne Howland, Chair, Race & Equity Working Group, ASBC
DR. JANUS ADAMS celebrates the launch of the SISTER DAYS MOTHER/DAUGHTER BOOK CLUB with a reading from her book, SISTER DAYS: 365 Inspired Moments in African American Women's History
Guest: ERIN HATTON--author of "COERCED: Work Under Threat of Punishment"--takes a surprising look at our American way of work.
Guest: JULIAN AGYEMAN--scholar, author, educator--re-imagines cities for a brave new world of “Belonging and Becoming.”
Author Janus Adams reads "Going Home"--her story of history, healing, and hope. This personal essay was published in Essence Magazine (2000). It was reprinted in the anthology, "MENDING THE WORLD: Stories of Family by Contemporary Black Writers" (2002), edited by Rosemarie Robotham. Preface by Maya Angelou. Forward by Pearl Cleage.
We did it! 154 million Americans voted. Democracy won. At the top of the ticket, President-elect Joseph R. Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris.
How did it happen? On the show: two everyday people who put their boots-on-the-ground to turn ideal into reality: KRISTINA "Krissy" SMITH, owner and proprietor of The Callicoon Theater; DAYNA HALPRIN, chef, community organizer, president of the Sullivan County Young Democrats.
We did it! 154 million Americans voted. Democracy won. At the top of the ticket, President-elect Joseph R. Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris. How did it happen? On the show: two everyday people who put their boots-on-the-ground to turn ideal into reality: KRISTINA "Krissy" SMITH, owner and proprietor of The Callicoon Theater; DAYNA HALPRIN, chef, community organizer, president of the Sullivan County Young Democrats.
In eight powerful case studies ranging from the slave trade to fossil fuels, INDUSTRIAL-STRENGTH DENIAL asks the essential question—how far will industry leaders go to protect their bottom line?
In the wake of the police murder of George Floyd and demonstrations worldwide, local government officials host a "Listening Town Hall." and get an earful when a mother challenges the two-year wrongful and malicious arrest and prosecution of her minor daughters.
When Congressman John Lewis died in the summer of 2020, he left us a message: “Together, you can redeem the soul of our nation.” His OpEd was published in The New York Times on the day of his funeral. He also left behind an amazing documentary, "JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE." Guests: the film's director, DAWN PORTER, and producer, LAURA MICHALCHYSHYN,
An inspired video catches my eye online. It’s rich with the activity and energy of scientific research. A woman narrates. She’s a scientist. I’m impressed. “And so,” she says, “we need to understand the basics and that’s what really gives rise to the ability to rationally engineer; to determine our own destiny.”
Determine our own destiny. Wow. And there on the video, not one person of any color other than white in sight. Really? This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW: “ #ScienceMatters . . . Mindsets too!”
Guests: Dr. Irma McClaurin, PhD -- Biocultural Anthropologist. Poet. Former President of Shaw University and E. Mgavi Brathwaite -- Bioinformatics Specialist. Bioinformatics Program Director at the NYU Tandom School of Engineering.
In Callicoon, New York -- a tiny 99.9% White upstate farm town of less than 3,000 residents -- a crowd of 500 demonstrators gathers to protest the police murder of George Floyd and too many others. How did that happen? Organizers and participants join in "demonstrating" the COURAGE TO CHANGE.
You don't have to be a father to be a dad. And you don't have to be a boy or Black to need (and appreciate) a Black Mitzvah. MaryAnne Howland, author of the book, “WARRIOR RISING: How Four Men Helped a Boy on His Journey to Manhood” joins us for this timely and unique Father's Day tribute.
You don't have to be a father to be a dad. And you don't have to be a boy or Black to need (and appreciate) a Black Mitzvah. MaryAnne Howland, author of the book, “WARRIOR RISING: How Four Men Helped a Boy on His Journey to Manhood” joins us for this timely and unique Father's Day tribute.
An inspired video catches my eye online. It’s rich with the activity and energy of scientific research. A woman narrates. She’s a scientist. I’m impressed. “And so,” she says, “we need to understand the basics and that’s what really gives rise to the ability to rationally engineer; to determine our own destiny.”
Determine our own destiny. Wow. And there on the video, not one person of any color other than white in sight. Really? This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW: “ #ScienceMatters . . . Mindsets too!”
Guests: Dr. Irma McClaurin, PhD -- Biocultural Anthropologist. Poet. Former President of Shaw University and E. Mgavi Brathwaite -- Bioinformatics Specialist. Bioinformatics Program Director at the NYU Tandom School of Engineering.
With the horrific events of recent weeks, the life-endangerments and murders of unarmed African American men by White vigilantes, dog-walkers, and police, we dedicate this special edition of "The Janus Adams Show" to the memories of Armaud Arbery, George Floyd, and Eric Garner.
Featured on the program: Roee Messinger (Director), Ralph Richardson (Co-Executive Producers) of AMERICAN TRIAL: THE STORY OF ERIC GARNER.
Special Guest: Esaw Snipes-Garner, widow of Eric Garner.
"When power corrupts, poetry cleanses." I happened upon that 1963 quote from President John F. Kennedy and thought you'd want to hear it, too. As the COVID19 crisis winds on, how are you facing the challenges and opportunities? On this show, eleven artists, activists, and politicians offer cleansing fuel for thought. #WordsMatter.
"When power corrupts, poetry cleanses." I happened upon that 1963 quote from President John F. Kennedy and thought you'd want to hear it, too. As the COVID19 crisis winds on, how are you facing the challenges and opportunities? On this show, eleven artists, activists, and politicians offer cleansing fuel for thought. #WordsMatter.
Malaika Adero -- one of publishing’s select few African American and most successful editors -- turns author with her new book, "A Black Woman Did That: 42 Boundary-Breaking, Bar-Raising, World-Changing Women." And, did we mention their achievements (and Malaika's): against hair-raising odds?
Malaika Adero -- one of publishing’s select few African American and most successful editors -- turns author with her new book, "A Black Woman Did That: 42 Boundary-Breaking, Bar-Raising, World-Changing Women." And, did we mention their achievements (and Malaika's): against hair-raising odds?
A man of Dutch ancestry, who dates the history of his family in America to 1665, is researching his family history. He happens upon a name, then a photo--"The Osterhouts"--by Harlem Renaissance lion James Van Der Zee. These Osterhouts are Black. He’s White. What? Who? Wow! This week on The Janus Adams Show, "Who Did the Shirt on the Line Belong To?" Out guest: conceptual artist, writer, family ancestry researcher, bearer of amazing surprises--Mike Osterhout
For centuries Handel’s Messiah has inspired people the world over. Even today, audiences jump to their feet – called to exaltation – by the opening chords of The Hallelujah Chorus. Then, in 1992, in a stunning re-imagining, an all-star chorus the likes of which was never assembled before or since, recorded A Soulful Celebration; bringing hundreds of years of Black music history to bear on Handel’s masterpiece. Guest: Darryl Tookes, member of that historic all-star chorus.
In May of 2019, Dr. Donald P. Christian, president of SUNY New Paltz, phoned Janus Adams: "Would you be interested in returning to campus for this year's Distinguished Speaker lecture in conversation with Ilyasah Shabazz?" "I don't think you know what you've just done," said Janus. Nor could she know -- or imagine -- what an inspired pairing this event would prove to be.
To Be Or Not To Be" An Intergenerational Fireside Chat with Ilyasah Shabazz --author, educator, fellow New Paltz alumnae, and daughter of Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz.
On this episode of THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW: ROAR AND SOAR! What do our words—and how we use them— say about who we are? Guest: Dr. NEYOOXET GREYMORNING PhD, member of the ARAPAHO Nation, on the power of words, language, and the golden eagle.
Why this special edition of The Janus Adams Show? Because -- as a young public radio host, producer, and soon-to-be-NPR correspondent -- Janus co-anchored the Watergate Hearings in the Senate and the Nixon Impeachment proceedings in the House. And why was she uniquely positioned for the task? More about that on this inter-generational look at impeachment then and now. Guest: WJFF Program Director Jason Dole
For two decades, author, daughter of baseball great Jackie Robinson, and creator of the "Breaking Barriers" baseball-themed educational program (Major League Baseball), has been helping millions of children find their voices. Now, with her latest young adult book, CHILD OF THE DREAM: A MEMOIR OF 1963 she writes--and speaks--about the year she found her voice as a young teen. A year that changed her life, it would also change the nation with tragic yet empowering consequences.
"About the Latter End of August" is a Janus Adams project commemorating 1619 and celebrating 400 years of the African American Experience. In thirty daily posts, we embark upon a journey of conscience and commitment; making pilgrimage from History to Healing and Hope.
DAY 29: "From History to Healing" features Dr. Karinn Glover, Professor of Psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
"I know what you're all thinking: what does one wear to a slave quarter sleepover?" On the show: REMEMBERING TO KNOW. On Juneteenth (the African-American holiday celebrating the end of slavery), five writers spend the night in a cellar kitchen where enslaved people were once held enchained by the town of New Paltz's colonial-era founding families.
ABOUT THE LATTER END OF AUGUST is an original JANUS ADAMS series commemorating the arrival of the first Africans bound for slavery in America "about the latter end of August" 1619; and celebrating 400 years of the African American Experience. A month-long weekly radio series and thirty daily posts confront American history’s myths, inconvenient truths, and delightful surprises. What happened, why it matters, and where do we go from here? With courage and conscience, we make pilgrimage from History to Healing and Hope.
Go back where we came from? Amazingly--confounding notions of progress on race- and gender-equity--that’s the conversation today!
This week on the show—in honor of the first Women’s Rights Convention July 19-20, 1848—we’re at the Susan B. Anthony Home and Museum in Rochester, NY.
This show is the fifth in our series in partnership I Love New York traveling the "Path Through History" to upstate New York.
Anthony—the most visible 19th e. women’s rights activist, had her own thoughts on “going back”—even back then!
Deborah L. Hughes—President of the Anthony Home—makes the connection this week on The Janus Adams Show.
This Independence Day weekend on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW, our #PledgeWeek public radio special:
WeThePeople in order to form a more perfect union, Move To Amend the Constitution of the United States. A discussion of the proposed 28th Amendment with our guest, co-convenor of MoveToAmend.org, Leesa "George" Friday.
Where do human rights activism and patriotism meet? In 19th century America, that place was uniquely Waterloo, New York. For this special edition of "The Janus Adams Show," Seneca County Historian Walter Gable is our guest and guide on a “Path Through History.”
This program is Part 5 in a special series produced in cooperation with “I Love New York.”
Happy Mother’s Day! A podcast in tribute and remembrance from The Janus Adams Show. For the women of my family – and yours – here’s a clip from my radio show in honor of my grandmother, Myra Carlisle Landsmark and her identical twin sister Mabel Carlisle Walters (pictured above). The pianist performing the spiritual, “Balm in Gilead,” is my grandmother’s eldest daughter—my aunt, Marjorie Landsmark DeLewis. At the time of this recording (made at home on her trusty old audiocassette recorder) she was 89.
Adventure into the world of publishing with Max Rodriguez--visionary founder of QBR: The Black Book Review. Founded in 1992, QBR is home to the Video Book Channel and the nation's premier African American celebration of books: the Harlem Book Fair--now an annual event on CSPAN's BookTV.
Adventure into the world of publishing with Max Rodriguez--visionary founder of QBR: The Black Book Review. Founded in 1992, QBR is home to the Video Book Channel and the nation's premier African American celebration of books: the Harlem Book Fair--now an annual event on CSPAN's BookTV.
A special PLEDGE BREAK edition of "The Janus Adams Show," WJFF Radio Catskill, Program Director Jason Dole joins Janus for a conversation on this week's show. Check it out: https://bit.ly/2Jkax54 "Thank You, Dr. King" commemorates the assassination 4/4/1968. Where were you when and where are we now? Guests -- Mark Colvson, Ted Landsmark, Irma McClaurin -- recall the man, the times, and their own life's journey since.
It was the question that defined an era: What will you do for the rights of Black people in America? Here are the extraordinary answers of nine women, as profiled by Janet Dewart Bell, who put their lives on the line for freedom--and would not be talked or terrorized out of it. Guest: activist, award-winning television and radio producer, and author of the book, "LIGHTING THE FIRES OF FREEDOM: African American Women in the Civil Rights Movement." 2019 NAACP Image Award nominee for Outstanding Literary Work by a Debut Author.
It was the question that defined an era: What will you do for the rights of Black people in America? Here are the extraordinary answers of nine women, as profiled by Janet Dewart Bell, who put their lives on the line for freedom--and would not be talked or terrorized out of it. Guest: activist, award-winning television and radio producer, and author of the book, "LIGHTING THE FIRES OF FREEDOM: African American Women in the Civil Rights Movement." 2019 NAACP Image Award nominee for Outstanding Literary Work by a Debut Author.
This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW--timed to coincide with #InternationalWomensDay (3/8), #HarrietTubman Day (3/10), and #WomensHistoryMonth (March)--a tribute to the greatest Underground Railroad conductor of them all @HarrietTubman.
We’re on the road, taking a #PathThroughHistory to Auburn, New York; visiting the historic home where she lived and where her legacy lives on. Guests: Rev. Paul Gordon Carter (who has shepherded her legacy at the Harriet Tubman Home for 29 years); Sandria Washington (of #GirlTrek); and Hobie Romig, guide. Features #GraceAngelaHenry as the voice of Tubman and #HattieWinston as the singing voice of hope.
This episode was produced in cooperation with #ILoveNY. Photo: A recently discovered photo of a young Harriet Tubman.
What began trending among Black women scholars on Twitter is now a movement that has seized the imaginations -- the validated the experiences -- of women in every field. Why? What happened to Dr. Christen Smith PhD at a professional conference could happen to anyone -- especially to African American women, people of color, and women worldwide. Whether a university professor, a grocery store clerk, a corporate executive up against that 'glass ceiling,' or a presidential candidate: all can relate. It's time to #CiteBlackWomen's accomplishments. Time for a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T. (With thanks and remembrance due Aretha Franklin!)
What began trending among Black women scholars on Twitter is now a movement that has seized the imaginations -- the validated the experiences -- of women in every field. Why? What happened to Dr. Christen Smith PhD at a professional conference could happen to anyone -- especially to African American women, people of color, and women worldwide. Whether a university professor, a grocery store clerk, a corporate executive up against that 'glass ceiling,' or a presidential candidate: all can relate. It's time to #CiteBlackWomen's accomplishments. Time for a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T. (With thanks and remembrance due Aretha Franklin!)
For Black History Month, an historic marker in tribute to an 'unknown' man is unveiled in Rochester, New York. Why?
"Who Was Austin Steward and Why Should We Care?" winds a "Path Through History" to the intersection of current events; revealing the complicated history and legacies of slavery in the American North. Three self-emancipated men--"Co-founders of Afro-Rochester"--who changed the story of America: FREDERICK DOUGLASS, THOMAS JAMES and their mentor, AUSTIN STEWARD. Guest: Dr. David Anderson, co-founder of Akwaaba Tours. This show was produced in cooperation with I Love NY.
The life and legacy of FREDERICK DOUGLASS in his own words. A man for his time with a message for ours, this is Douglass: self-emancipated slave, abolitionist, Underground Railroad conductor, publisher, diplomat, women's rights champion. Actor, OLIVER KING, brings us the man behind the hero.
New York City's 15th District has a superstar councilman: RITCHIE TORRES. At 31, he's the city's youngest elected official. His passion: affordable housing. His mission: making the city work for all of its people. His mantra: "If you do nothing, nothing will change."
New York City's 15th District has a superstar councilman: RITCHIE TORRES. At 31, he's the city's youngest elected official. His passion: affordable housing. His mission: making the city work for all of its people. His mantra: "If you do nothing, nothing will change."
Getting the new year off to a worthy start, OMID SAFI PhD -- Duke University Professor and Director of the Duke Islamic Studies Center; Author, and Tour Guide (really!) -- brings us his brand of "Radical Love." We're talking Islamic mysticism and American pragmatism; the liberationist tradition and traditions that link together love and justice.
Getting the new year off to a worthy start, OMID SAFI PhD -- Duke University Professor and Director of the Duke Islamic Studies Center; Author, and Tour Guide (really!) -- brings us his brand of "Radical Love." We're talking Islamic mysticism and American pragmatism; the liberationist tradition and traditions that link together love and justice.
The Janus Adams Show airs and streams live Saturdays at 4:00 pm ET on WJFF. For more information, visit JanusAdams.com. Subscribe to our podcast on SoundCloud.
In 1738, The Fearless Benjamin Lay: the Quaker Dwarf who became the first revolutionary abolitionist prophesied: "Beware rich men who ‘poison the World for Gain.’” And, why is he important today? On THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW: human rights, animal rights, environmentalism with historian and biographer, MARCUS REDIKER, PhD.
The Janus Adams Show airs and streams live Saturdays at 4:00 pm on WJFF. For more information, visit JanusAdams.com. Subscribe to our podcast on SoundCloud.
In 1738, The Fearless Benjamin Lay: the Quaker Dwarf who became the first revolutionary abolitionist prophesied: "Beware rich men who ‘poison the World for Gain.’” On THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW: human rights, animal rights, environmentalism with historian and biographer, MARCUS REDIKER, PhD.
The Janus Adams Show airs and streams live Saturdays at 4:00 pm on WJFF. For more information, visit JanusAdams.com. Subscribe to our podcast on SoundCloud.
THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW: "Giving Thanks." Holiday readings from Janus' book, "SEDIDDY: Attitude, Gratitude, and Seeing RED" (c) Janus Adams 2017
THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW: "Giving Thanks." Holiday readings from Janus' book, "SEDIDDY: Attitude, Gratitude, and Seeing RED" (c) Janus Adams 2017
THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW: "Giving Thanks." Holiday readings from Janus' book, "SEDIDDY: Attitude, Gratitude, and Seeing RED" (c) Janus Adams 2017
We love this image - so perfect for this week's episode of THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW. What's our national mood? Spiraling down? Looking up? It's all in how you look at it. But, "Where Do We Go From Here?" Guests: L.A. Kauffman author, "How To Read a Protest" and SandyOxford (Sullivan County NAACP)The Janus Adams Show streams live Saturdays at 4:00 pm ET on WJFF Radio.
This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW, ELECTION 2018: What just happened? We're checking the nation's scorecard: what happened and what didn't -- especially in New York's 19th congressional district. In one of the most hotly-contested and openly-racist campaigns, Republican incumbent John Faso was defeated by his constituents! In a "victory for democracy," fairness, and dignity, the district elected Democrat Antonio Delgado. Guests: Catherine Baxter (The OpEd Project), Aditi Juneja (The Protect Democracy Project), Sandra "Sandy" Oxford (Sullivan County, NY NAACP).
The Janus Adams Show airs and streams live Saturdays at 4:00 pm on WJFF. Subscribe to our podcast and listen to past shows on SoundCloud.
This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW, ELECTION 2018: What just happened? We're checking the nation's scorecard: what happened and what didn't -- especially in New York's 19th congressional district. In one of the most hotly-contested and openly-racist campaigns, Republican incumbent John Faso was defeated by his constituents! In a "victory for democracy," fairness, and dignity, the district elected Democrat Antonio Delgado -- Harvard graduate, Rhodes scholar, attorney, rap artist; husband and father of twin boys. Guests: Catherine Baxter, Aditi Juneja, Sandra "Sandy" Oxford.
The Janus Adams Show airs and streams live Saturdays at 4:00 pm on WJFF. Subscribe to our podcast and listen to past shows on SoundCloud.
This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW: Voter suppression. What it is. How it's done. It's repercussions. What people are doing to fight it. Our guests: Laverne Berry, activist attorney; Anne De Mare, director; co-producers of one of the year’s most important film documentaries, "Capturing the Flag" -- how the big idea of American democracy can be defended by small acts of individual citizens.
“This film is called Capturing the Flag—literally. That’s what you have here. You do not have people winning. You have people cheating; which also is a sign of our power if we can organize. Because people do not cheat you if they can beat you in a straight up fight.” ~ Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
The Janus Adams Show airs and streams live Saturdays at 4:00 ET at WJFFradio.org
This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW, #Voting While Female: Live from the Susan B. Anthony House in Rochester, New York. Here, where history happened, November 18, 1872: Susan B. Anthony was arrested in the front parlor of her home. Indicted in Albany, she was tried and found guilty. Her crime: voting as a woman. She did not deny what she had done. Indeed, her criminality had even been covered in The New York Times twelve days earlier:
“Miss Susan B. Anthony has had the honor of leading to the polls the advanced guard of the leading squadron of female voters. The little band of nine ladies whose ballots were received by the election inspectors at Rochester deserve a permanent place in history.”
The Janus Adams Show airs and streams live on WJFF radio, Saturdays at 4:00 pm eastern.
This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW: Voter suppression. Our guests: Laverne Berry, activist attorney; Anne De Mare, director; co-producers of one of the year’s most important film documentaries, "Capturing the Flag."
“This film is called Capturing the Flag—literally. That’s what you have here. You do not have people winning. You have people cheating; which also is a sign of our power if we can organize. Because people do not cheat you if they can beat you in a straight up fight.” ~ Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
The Janus Adams Show airs and streams live Saturdays at 4:00 ET at WJFFradio.org
IN TRIBUTE: MAX ROACH. For the anniversary of his death, 8/16/07, we're commemorating the life and legacy of my late husband, drummer/composer Max Roach with an encore presentation of "The Dreamer, The Drummer, The Struggle: Dr. King, Max Roach, FREEDOM NOW!"
The show pays tribute to Dr. King's vision, courage, gift of hope, and leadership with “The Dream.” Composed and performed by Max, this duet features his solo drumming and Dr. King's historic "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington.
Hear selections from Max' masterwork “WE INSIST: The Freedom NOW Suite,” with commentary by two special guests who worked with Max and called him friend: musician Brother Ah and stage director George Ferencz.
This week: two men, fathers both, speak of the legacies passed to them and the gifts they now pass on.
MATT MIXON – city-born and bred broadcast executive, filmmaker, and co-producer of “The Janus Adams Show.” Recalling childhood summers on the family farm, Matt thinks back on the lives of his elders in rural Mississippi -- in particular, his father and his father's fathers; reminding us of the power of remembrance on identity and a life-affirming sense of self.
NEYOOXET GREYMORNING, PhD – Professor of Anthropology and Native American Studies. Son of the Arapaho Nation, Neyooxet shares stories of the golden eagle and of ripples made by a pebble cast upon the waters: “Nothing is so small that it’s not capable of putting something much greater than itself in motion.”
This week: two men, fathers both, speak of the legacies passed to them and the gifts they now pass on.
MATT MIXON – city-born and bred broadcast executive, filmmaker, and co-producer of “The Janus Adams Show.” Recalling childhood summers on the family farm, Matt thinks back on the lives of his elders in rural Mississippi -- in particular, his father and his father's fathers; reminding us of the power of remembrance on identity and a life-affirming sense of self.
NEYOOXET GREYMORNING, PhD – Professor of Anthropology and Native American Studies. Son of the Arapaho Nation, Neyooxet shares stories of the golden eagle and of ripples made by a pebble cast upon the waters: “Nothing is so small that it’s not capable of putting something much greater than itself in motion.”
Hail to the Class of 2018! Celebrating graduates everywhere: a graduating senior speaking for her class; recipients of honorary doctorates and their inspired commencement addresses.
Attorney and activist Anita Hill; congressman and human rights icon John Lewis; media mogul Oprah Winfrey; graduating senior Yasmin Younis; the Black Panther his-real-self, actor Chadwick Boseman, and show host, Janus Adams.
Hail to the Class of 2018! Celebrating graduates everywhere: a graduating senior speaking for her class; recipients of honorary doctorates and their inspired commencement addresses.
Attorney and activist Anita Hill; congressman and human rights icon John Lewis; media mogul Oprah Winfrey; graduating senior Yasmin Younis; the Black Panther his-real-self, actor Chadwick Boseman, and show host, Janus Adams.
A Centennial Remembrance of "Black Wall Street": On May 30, 1921, Greenwood – home to a city of Black strivers – stood tall. Two days later, it was a smoldering rubble. In what is considered the worst race riot in U.S. history, hundreds were murdered as White marauders backed by local government took to the streets in rage; leaving bodies – many decapitated, tarred and feathered, burned alive – in their wake and 10,000 people homeless. Hannibal Johnson--author and attorney--on "Black Wall Street" and a community's rise "Up From the Ashes."
On May 30, 1921, Greenwood – home to a city of Black strivers – stood tall. Two days later, it was a smoldering rubble. In what is considered the worst race riot in U.S. history, hundreds were murdered as White marauders backed by local government took to the streets in rage; leaving bodies – many decapitated, tarred and feathered, burned alive – in their wake and 10,000 people homeless. Hannibal Johnson--author and attorney--on "Black Wall Street" and a community's rise "Up From the Ashes."
There is a health crisis in America. This week, we celebrate Mother’s Day with GirlTrek—the largest national public health nonprofit and movement for Black women and girls; sponsors, too, of “Harriet’s Great Escape.” 10 women walking 100 miles in 5 days in an act of self-liberation and “radical self-care at its core.”
Says Sandria M. Washington, GirlTrek’s Chief of External Relations and this week’s guest: “We've seen, throughout history—from Harriet Tubman to the Civil Rights Movement—that change can happen whenever people get together and walk.” #WeAreHarriet
There is a health crisis in America. This week, we celebrate Mother’s Day with GirlTrek—the largest national public health nonprofit and movement for Black women and girls; sponsors, too, of “Harriet’s Great Escape.” 10 women walking 100 miles in 5 days in an act of self-liberation and “radical self-care at its core.”
Says Sandria M. Washington, GirlTrek’s Chief of External Relations and this week’s guest: “We've seen, throughout history—from Harriet Tubman to the Civil Rights Movement—that change can happen whenever people get together and walk.” #WeAreHarriet
This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW, "Thank You Dr. King" - a tribute to the man and a reality check for the nation 50 years after he was assassinated. In this clip, guest W. Mark Colvson (Dean of the Sojourner Truth Library at the State University of New York at New Paltz): "oppression cannot be dismantled through oppression."
This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW, "Thank You Dr. King" - a tribute to the man and a reality check for the nation 50 years after he was assassinated. In this clip, guest Theodore "Ted" Landsmark, PhD (Director, Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy, Northeastern University; past president, Boston Architectural College; subject, historic photo: "The Soiling of Old Glory") on "cutting down a man of peace and nonviolence through violence."
This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW, "Thank You Dr. King" - a tribute to the man and a reality check for the nation 50 years after he was assassinated. In this clip, guest Irma McClaurin, PhD (former president, Shaw University, author, activist anthropologist)on life in "CH-IRAQ" -- occupied Chicago -- then and since.
This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW, "Thank You Dr. King" - a tribute to the man and a reality check for the nation . . . on this 50th anniversary of his assassination. Guests: * W. Mark Colvson (Dean, Sojourner Truth Library, SUNY NewPaltz) * Irma McClaurin, PhD (former president, Shaw University, author, activist anthropologist) * Theodore "Ted" Landsmark, PhD (Director, Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy, Northeastern University; former president, Boston Architectural College; subject, historic photo: "The Soiling of Old Glory")
The Janus Adams Show airs and streams live on WJFF Radio, Saturdays at 4:00p ET.
This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW, "Thank You Dr. King" - a tribute to the man and a reality check for the nation . . . on this 50th anniversary of his assassination. Guests: * W. Mark Colvson (Dean, Sojourner Truth Library, SUNY NewPaltz) * Irma McClaurin, PhD (former president, Shaw University, author, activist anthropologist) * Theodore "Ted" Landsmark, PhD (Director, Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy, Northeastern University; former president, Boston Architectural College; subject, historic photo: "The Soiling of Old Glory")
Saturday, March 31, at 4:00p ET - airs and streams live on WJFF Radio.
GRACE ANGELA HENRY - actor, audiobook narrator, world traveler - A VOICE FOR ALL REASONS on her life and artistry. The voice of Condoleezza Rice (reading from Dr. Rice's book "DEMOCRACY: The Long Road to Freedom") Harriet Tubman, and Isoke (a 17-year-old girl enslaved in colonial-era New York).
GRACE ANGELA HENRY - actor, audiobook narrator, world traveler - A VOICE FOR ALL REASONS on her life and artistry. The voice of Condoleezza Rice (reading from Dr. Rice's book "DEMOCRACY: The Long Road to Freedom") Harriet Tubman, and Isoke (a 17-year-old enslaved in colonial-era New York).
HOMESCHOOLING: THE ABCs OF PARENTING FOR SUCCESS Parents who've joined the ranks of more than 1.6 million families nationwide speak out about personally taking on the mission of educational excellence for their children. Going "old school," they've become home school educators. In Maryland, Carley (CleverlyChanging.com) and David Cavins, are parents of 9-year-old twin daughters. In Louisiana, Joyce Burges (NHBE.net) -- a former city councilwoman -- is now into her second generation as a home educator; homeschooling her grandchildren.
HOMESCHOOLING: THE ABCs OF PARENTING FOR SUCCESS Parents who've joined the ranks of more than 1.6 million families nationwide speak out about personally taking on the mission of educational excellence for their children. Going "old school," they've become home school educators. In Maryland, Carley (CleverlyChanging.com) and David Cavins, are parents of 9-year-old twin daughters. In Louisiana, Joyce Burges (NHBE.net) -- a former city councilwoman -- is now into her second generation as a home educator; homeschooling her grandchildren.
LIVE FROM THE SOJOURNER TRUTH LIBRARY Last week's show broadcast Janus Adams' Distinguished Speaker Series lecture before a live audience: "KNOW WHEN TO LEAVE THE PLANTATION." On the show this week, a followup roundtable led by W. Mark Colvson, Dean of the Library. Recorded the day after the event, members of the campus community joined him and me for a mid-day chat. Some in the audience had attended the speech; others had not. All were welcome to speak their minds and open their hearts. "There is no agenda," said Colvson in his opening remarks. In that spirit, what resulted was a riveting hour of caring, sharing and -- most importantly -- listening to each other.
Last week's show broadcast Janus Adams' Distinguished Speaker Series lecture before a live audience: "KNOW WHEN TO LEAVE THE PLANTATION." On the show this week, a followup roundtable led by W. Mark Colvson, Dean of the Library. Recorded the day after the event, members of the campus community joined him and me for a mid-day chat. Some in the audience had attended the speech; others had not. All were welcome to speak their minds and open their hearts. "There is no agenda," said Colvson in his opening remarks. In that spirit, what resulted was a riveting hour of caring, sharing and -- most importantly -- listening to each other.
LIVE FROM THE SOJOURNER TRUTH LIBRARY Last week's show broadcast Janus Adams' Distinguished Speaker Series lecture before a live audience: "KNOW WHEN TO LEAVE THE PLANTATION." On the show this week, a followup roundtable led by W. Mark Colvson, Dean of the Library. Recorded the day after the event, members of the campus community joined him and me for a mid-day chat. Some in the audience had attended the speech; others had not. All were welcome to speak their minds and open their hearts. "There is no agenda," said Colvson in his opening remarks. In that spirit, what resulted was a riveting hour of caring, sharing and -- most importantly -- listening to each other.
Show host Janus Adams delivers the annual Distinguished Speaker Series lecture before a live audience at her undergraduate alma mater, the State University of New York at New Paltz. Her topic: "Know When To Leave The Plantation,"
As a student, Janus sought solace from the pressures of a segregated society in walks to Huguenot Street in historic New Paltz, New York. With the North in denial of its slavery ties, little did she know she’d been following in the footsteps of Sojourner Truth. Then, in one telling incident, she was made aware of the vestiges of slavery and the suppression of women’s rights driving American society. Inspired by passions nurtured at the school and informed by scholarly work on the Underground Railroad, her speech mines the wisdom of the UGRR; extracting its power to rescue freedom-seekers to this day.
Adams is introduced by Dr. Donald Christian, President of SUNY New Paltz.
Show host Janus Adams delivers the annual Distinguished Speaker Series lecture before a live audience at her undergraduate alma mater, the State University of New York at New Paltz. Her topic: "Know When To Leave The Plantation,"
As a student, Janus sought solace from the pressures of a segregated society in walks to Huguenot Street in historic New Paltz, New York. With the North in denial of its slavery ties, little did she know she’d been following in the footsteps of Sojourner Truth. Then, in one telling incident, she was made aware of the vestiges of slavery and the suppression of women’s rights driving American society. Inspired by passions nurtured at the school and informed by scholarly work on the Underground Railroad, her speech mines the wisdom of the UGRR; extracting its power to rescue freedom-seekers to this day.
Adams is introduced by Dr. Donald Christian, President of SUNY New Paltz.
"I know what you're all thinking: what does one wear to a slave quarter sleepover?" On the show: REMEMBERING TO KNOW. On Juneteenth (the African-American holiday celebrating the end of slavery), five writers spend the night in a cellar kitchen where enslaved people were once held enchained by the town of New Paltz's colonial-era founding families.
Reflecting on their transformative experience, they perform their monologues before a live audience at the historic Reformed Church of New Paltz. This program was produced in cooperation with Historic Huguenot Street, The Slave Dwelling Project, and TMI Project's #BlackStoriesMatter initiative.
"I know what you're all thinking: what does one wear to a slave quarter sleepover?" On the show: REMEMBERING TO KNOW. On Juneteenth (the African-American holiday celebrating the end of slavery), five writers spend the night in a cellar kitchen where enslaved people were once held enchained by the town of New Paltz's colonial-era founding families.
Reflecting on their transformative experience, they perform their monologues before a live audience at the historic Reformed Church of New Paltz. This program was produced in cooperation with Historic Huguenot Street, The Slave Dwelling Project, and TMI Project's #BlackStoriesMatter initiative.
"This Little Light of Mine": Our family packed up the van and went off in search of adventure. We’d read stories of long-ago courage, hope, determination; of men, women, children daring insurmountable obstacles. A special Black History Month podcast series from "The Janus Adams Show" and JanusAdams.com
This Little Light of Mine: Our family packed up the van and went off in search of adventure. We’d read stories of long-ago courage, hope, determination; of men, women, children daring insurmountable obstacles. A special Black History Month podcast series from "The Janus Adams Show" and JanusAdams.com
Happy Black History Month! Happy Valentine's Day! And, what does this Day have to do with this Month? The answer really is quite love-ly. A special Black History Month podcast series from "The Janus Adams Show" and JanusAdams.com
On the show this week: "Glory Days-in-Concert, Part Two." A rebroadcast of our Black History Month special in words and song. In tribute to the African American experience, this broadcast -- inspired by Janus Adams' live concerts -- features readings from her book, "Glory Days: 365 Inspired Moments in African American History" and the music of a people from the Spirituals to Gospel, Jazz, and HipHop.
On the show this week: "Glory Days-in-Concert. A rebroadcast of our Black History Month special in words and song. In tribute to the African American experience, this broadcast -- inspired by Janus Adams' live concerts -- features readings from her book, "Glory Days: 365 Inspired Moments in African American History" and the music of a people from the Spirituals to Gospel, Jazz, and HipHop.
This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW, "BAND OF ANGELS."
We're on the road in upstate New York - following Underground Railroad trails. It's the 1850s. Or is it? Sanctuary cities? Congress vs conscience? Justice vs “just us”? And “do unto others...?" OMG what a trip! So much to see. So much to discover. Produced in cooperation with ILoveNY.com.
Hear the show live on WJFF – www.wjffradio.org - Saturdays at 4pm. Subscribe to our podcast at: soundcloud.com/janusadams/
This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW, "BAND OF ANGELS."
We're on the road in upstate New York - following Underground Railroad trails. It's the 1850s. Or is it? Sanctuary cities? Congress vs conscience? Justice vs “just us”? And “do unto others...?" OMG what a trip! So much to see. So much to discover. Produced in cooperation with ILoveNY.com.
Hear the show live on WJFF – www.wjffradio.org - Saturdays at 4pm. Subscribe to our podcast at: soundcloud.com/janusadams/
WomensMarch #MeToo #BlackLivesMatter #ActionPlan
We’re talking next steps: running for office with our guest, Ede Fox – a woman who’s done it herself. This Brooklynite’s insurgent campaign almost landed her a seat on the NY City Council. Now she's gearing up to run again, giving a behind-the-scenes how-they-make-the-sausage look at campaigning, and inspiring others to run for their lives -- and ours.
WomensMarch #MeToo #BlackLivesMatter #ActionPlan
We’re talking next steps: running for office with our guest, Ede Fox – a woman who’s done it herself. This Brooklynite’s insurgent campaign almost landed her a seat on the NY City Council. Now she's gearing up to run again, giving a behind-the-scenes how-they-make-the-sausage look at campaigning, and inspiring others to run for their lives -- and ours.
This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW: “The Dream: Dr. King, Max Roach, and The Freedom NOW Suite.” Honoring the Dream of social justice, the Struggle for human rights, and two birthdays: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15) and the legendary drummer, composer, Jazz pioneer, human rights activist, MacArthur “genius” Award-winner Max Roach (January 8). Roach was married to show host, Janus Adams.
The show features: excerpts from Roach’s “The Dream” a “duet” for solo drum and Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech; excerpts from “WE INSIST! The Freedom NOW Suite”; events at the Library of Congress; and a discussion of the man, his music, and the times in which he lived.
Guests: Brother Ah, Master musician and host of WPFW radio’s “The Collectors” (www.AhNorthern.com) and George Ferencz, pioneering Stage Director (www.GeorgeFerencz.com)
Hear the show live on WJFF – www.wjffradio.org - Saturdays at 4pm. Subscribe to our podcast (uploaded weekly on Mondays) at: soundcloud.com/janusadams/
The Janus Adams Show, a weekly public radio program, is “a show about race – every race – and courage.”™ To learn more about the show and join the conversation, visit us at: JanusAdams.com.
This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW, Leora Kahn - founder and Executive Director of PROOF: Media for Social Justice.
Based in New York City, PROOF brings together photographers, documentarians, journalists, academics, students, and activists to create exhibitions, publications, and workshops that document social injustices and empower the broader public to act to change the world.
Hear the show live on WJFF – www.wjffradio.com Saturdays at 4pm. Subscribe to our podcast (uploaded weekly on Mondays) at: soundcloud.com/janusadams/
The Janus Adams Show, a weekly public radio program and podcast, is “a show about race – every race – and courage.”™ To learn more about the show and join the conversation, visit us at: JanusAdams.com.
This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW, Leora Kahn - founder and Executive Director of PROOF: Media for Social Justice.
Based in New York City, PROOF brings together photographers, documentarians, journalists, academics, students, and activists to create exhibitions, publications, and workshops that document social injustices and empower the broader public to act to change the world.
Hear the show live on WJFF – www.wjffradio.com Saturdays at 4pm. Subscribe to our podcast (uploaded weekly on Mondays) at: soundcloud.com/janusadams/
The Janus Adams Show, a weekly public radio program and podcast, is “a show about race – every race – and courage.”™ To learn more about the show and join the conversation, visit us at: JanusAdams.com.
Our Black Music Month fest continues on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW with 'GLORY DAYS-IN-CONCERT, PART ONE.' A tribute of the African American experience in word and song - from the Spirituals to Blues, Gospel, Jazz, and HipHop. From African roots to the dawn of freedom and the era of Obama. Celebrating "How we got ovah..."
Our Black Music Month fest continues on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW with 'GLORY DAYS-IN-CONCERT, PART ONE.' A tribute of the African American experience in word and song - from the Spirituals to Blues, Gospel, Jazz, and HipHop. From African roots to the dawn of freedom and the era of Obama. Celebrating "How we got ovah..."
Our Black Music Month fest concludes on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW with 'GLORY DAYS-IN-CONCERT, PART TWO.' A tribute of the African American experience in word and song - from the Spirituals to Blues, Gospel, Jazz, and HipHop. Coming through the storm, facing the rising sun; celebrating "How we got ovah..."
We're celebrating Black Music Month (June) with this tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King and drummer/composer Max Roach.
This episode opens with “The Dream” -- a duet for The Dreamer (Dr. King delivering his "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington) and The Drummer (percussionist-composer, human rights activist Max Roach). Also featured are excerpts from Roach's masterwork "WE INSIST: The Freedom NOW Suite" with two guests who worked with him and called him friend: musician Brother Ah, and stage director George Ferencz. Roach was married to show host, Janus Adams.
Hear the show live on WJFF – www.wjffradio.com Saturdays at 4pm. Subscribe to our podcast (uploaded weekly on Mondays) at: soundcloud.com/janusadams/
The Janus Adams Show, a weekly public radio program and podcast, is “a show about race – every race – and courage.”™ To learn more about the show and join the conversation, visit us at: JanusAdams.com.
OMG, what a week! But, does it really change how we feel or the temper of increasingly-intemperate times?
This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW: “Retaking the Indomitable Spirit” with our guest, Dr. Irma McClaurin, PhD – Past President of Shaw University, Chief Officer of Diversity for Teach For America, and Program Officer for The Ford Foundation turned Motivational Strategist.
“People are walking around saying they are in such despair,” says Dr. Irma – as she’s popularly known. “You know our ancestors faced far worse than this. C’mon now. We need to find that indomitable spirit that fueled them to rise.”
Retooling grief and disappointment as catalysts for personal and professional growth; that’s the story.
OMG, what a week! But, does it really change how we feel or the temper of increasingly-intemperate times?
This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW: “Retaking the Indomitable Spirit” with our guest, Dr. Irma McClaurin, PhD – Past President of Shaw University, Chief Officer of Diversity for Teach For America, and Program Officer for The Ford Foundation turned Motivational Strategist.
“People are walking around saying they are in such despair,” says Dr. Irma – as she’s popularly known. “You know our ancestors faced far worse than this. C’mon now. We need to find that indomitable spirit that fueled them to rise.”
Retooling grief and disappointment as catalysts for personal and professional growth; that’s the story.
We Are the Ones We've Been Waiting For. This Mother's Day rebroadcast of our tribute to the Women's March features human rights activist-icons Gloria Steinem and Angela Davis, and three women who made pilgrimage to the March from Boston, New York City, and Oakland (CA): Dawn Hayes, Melanie Freeman, and Errin Mixon.
What's happening to America? Millions of people – once financially successful – are falling over the cliff into poverty --extreme poverty. Some point scapegoating fingers. Others figure it out.
This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW – author Elizabeth White, talks about her book, FAKING NORMAL. Also on the show: the music of Eubie Blake, Alberta Hunter, and Abbey Lincoln.
Hear the show live on WJFF – www.wjffradio.com Saturdays at 4pm. Subscribe to our podcast (uploaded weekly on Mondays) at: soundcloud.com/janusadams/
The Janus Adams Show, a weekly public radio program and podcast, is “a show about race – every race – and courage.”™ To learn more about the show and join the conversation, visit us at: JanusAdams.com.
On making a life - even when you're barely making a living. Elizabeth White reads "Bruce's story" from her book, "Faking Normal"
This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW – author Elizabeth White, talks about her book, FAKING NORMAL. Also on the show: the music of Eubie Blake, Alberta Hunter, and Abbey Lincoln.
Hear the show live on WJFF – www.wjffradio.com Saturdays at 4pm. Subscribe to our podcast (uploaded weekly on Mondays) at: soundcloud.com/janusadams/
The Janus Adams Show, a weekly public radio program and podcast, is “a show about race – every race – and courage.”™ To learn more about the show and join the conversation, visit us at: JanusAdams.com.
What's happening to America? Millions of people – once financially successful – are falling over the cliff into poverty --extreme poverty. Some point scapegoating fingers. Others figure it out.
This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW – author Elizabeth White, talks about her book, FAKING NORMAL. Also on the show: the music of Eubie Blake, Alberta Hunter, and Abbey Lincoln.
Hear the show live on WJFF – www.wjffradio.com Saturdays at 4pm. Subscribe to our podcast (uploaded weekly on Mondays) at: soundcloud.com/janusadams/
The Janus Adams Show, a weekly public radio program and podcast, is “a show about race – every race – and courage.”™ To learn more about the show and join the conversation, visit us at: JanusAdams.com.
This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW – wrapped up and tied in a bow - readings from my new book due out later this week: “SEDIDDY: Stories of History, Heritage, Hope, and Seeing Red.” And, there’s more: the music of Roberta Flack, Edwin Hawkins, Rene Marie, Les McCann, and Catherine Russell.
Hear the show live on WJFF – www.wjffradio.com Saturdays at 4pm. Subscribe to our podcast (uploaded weekly on Mondays) at: soundcloud.com/janusadams/
The Janus Adams Show, a weekly public radio program and podcast, is “a show about race – every race – and courage.”™ To learn more about the show and join the conversation, visit us at: JanusAdams.com.
EARTH DAY 2017. The political environment: climate change denial, disinformation, attacks on science. And the real world? As this year’s Earth Day campaign focuses about environmental and climate literacy, what does all this mean on the YOU-AND-ME THIS-IS-REAL level? On this edition of THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW, we ask our guest: environmental activist and resilience strategist, Pamela Boyce Simms.
Hear the show live on WJFF – www.wjffradio.com Saturdays at 4pm. Subscribe to our podcast (uploaded weekly on Mondays) at: soundcloud.com/janusadams/
The Janus Adams Show, a weekly public radio program and podcast, is “a show about race – every race – and courage.”™ To learn more about the show and join the conversation, visit us at: JanusAdams.com.
EARTH DAY 2017. The political environment: climate change denial, disinformation, attacks on science. And the real world? As this year’s Earth Day campaign focuses about environmental and climate literacy, what does all this mean on the YOU-AND-ME THIS-IS-REAL level? On this edition of THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW, we ask our guest: environmental activist and resilience strategist, Pamela Boyce Simms.
Hear the show live on WJFF – www.wjffradio.com Saturdays at 4pm. Subscribe to our podcast (uploaded weekly on Mondays) at: soundcloud.com/janusadams/
The Janus Adams Show, a weekly public radio program and podcast, is “a show about race – every race – and courage.”™ To learn more about the show and join the conversation, visit us at: JanusAdams.com.
This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW: we're talking about money and food. What could be better? We're serving up heaps of food for thought with our guests: Elizabeth White (speaker and author of "Faking Normal") and Marcus Guiliano (restauranteur and author of "50 Mistakes Business Owners Make").
Hear the show live on WJFF – www.wjffradio.com Saturdays at 4pm. Subscribe to our podcast (uploaded weekly on Mondays) at: https://soundcloud.com/janusadams/
The Janus Adams Show, a weekly public radio program and podcast, is “a show about race – every race – and courage.”™ To learn more about the show and join the conversation, visit us at: JanusAdams.com.
This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW: we're talking about money and food. What could be better? We're serving up heaps of food for thought with our guests: Elizabeth White (speaker and author of "Faking Normal") and Marcus Guiliano (restauranteur and author of "50 Mistakes Business Owners Make").
Hear the show live on WJFF – www.wjffradio.com Saturdays at 4pm. Subscribe to our podcast (uploaded weekly on Mondays) at: https://soundcloud.com/janusadams/
The Janus Adams Show, a weekly public radio program and podcast, is “a show about race – every race – and courage.”™ To learn more about the show and join the conversation, visit us at: JanusAdams.com.
This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW: a journey of discovery. On this UN-declared “International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Transatlantic Slave Trade,” we pay tribute to the lives and their legacies.
Seized by the story of the Amistad Rebellion (a major turning point in the history of America, slavery, and human rights worldwide) historian and filmmaker, MARCUS REDIKER made a once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage in search of the “Ghosts of Amistad.”
Hear the show live on WJFF – www.wjffradio.com Saturdays at 4pm. Subscribe to our podcast (uploaded weekly on Mondays) at: https://soundcloud.com/janusadams/
The Janus Adams Show, a weekly public radio program and podcast, is “a show about race – every race – and courage.”™ To learn more about the show and join the conversation, visit us at: JanusAdams.com.
This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW: a journey of discovery. On this UN-declared “International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Transatlantic Slave Trade,” we pay tribute to the lives and their legacies.
Seized by the story of the Amistad Rebellion (a major turning point in the history of America, slavery, and human rights worldwide) historian and filmmaker, MARCUS REDIKER made a once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage in search of the “Ghosts of Amistad.”
Hear the show live on WJFF – www.wjffradio.com Saturdays at 4pm. Subscribe to our podcast (uploaded weekly on Mondays) at: https://soundcloud.com/janusadams/
The Janus Adams Show, a weekly public radio program and podcast, is “a show about race – every race – and courage.”™ To learn more about the show and join the conversation, visit us at: JanusAdams.com.
“Tipping on the Tightrope”: Dr. Karinn Glover, MD
This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW, our guest is Psychiatrist and Mindfulness Coach, Dr. Karinn Glover, MD.
"I dig for information about how people got through challenges – especially oppression" says Dr. Karinn Glover, MD. "Because, the more I feel like everything we’re facing is new; the more I’m reminded that it is not. For people who have had traumatic experiences, I help them to figure out their story; to put together their narrative, because putting experiences to words is healing."
Featured: James Baldwin, Dr. Claude Steele, Rene Marie, and Janelle Monae's "Tightrope."
Hear the show live on WJFF – www.wjffradio.com Saturdays at 4pm. Subscribe to our podcast (uploaded weekly on Mondays) at: https://soundcloud.com/janusadams/
The Janus Adams Show, a weekly public radio program and podcast, is “a show about race – every race – and courage.”™ Learn more about the show and join the conversation at: JanusAdams.com.
“Tipping on the Tightrope”: Dr. Karinn Glover, MD
This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW, our guest is Psychiatrist and Mindfulness Coach, Dr. Karinn Glover, MD.
"I dig for information about how people got through challenges – especially oppression" says Dr. Karinn Glover, MD. "Because, the more I feel like everything we’re facing is new; the more I’m reminded that it is not. For people who have had traumatic experiences, I help them to figure out their story; to put together their narrative, because putting experiences to words is healing."
Featured: James Baldwin, Dr. Claude Steele, Rene Marie, and Janelle Monae's "Tightrope."
Hear the show live on WJFF – www.wjffradio.com Saturdays at 4pm. Subscribe to our podcast (uploaded weekly on Mondays) at: https://soundcloud.com/janusadams/
The Janus Adams Show, a weekly public radio program and podcast, is “a show about race – every race – and courage.”™ Learn more about the show and join the conversation at: JanusAdams.com.
This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW, we draw inspiration from a Mexican proverb: “They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds.” Our guest is resilience strategist and environmental activist, Pamela Boyce Simms.
The Janus Adams Show, a weekly public radio program and podcast, is “a show about race – every race – and courage.”™ Learn more about the show and join the conversation at: JanusAdams.com.
Hear the show live on WJFF – www.wjffradio.com Saturdays at 4pm. Subscribe to our podcast, here at @JanusAdams.
This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW, we draw inspiration from a Mexican proverb: “They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds.” Our guest is resilience strategist and environmental activist, Pamela Boyce Simms.
The Janus Adams Show, a weekly public radio program and podcast, is “a show about race – every race – and courage.”™ Learn more about the show and join the conversation at: JanusAdams.com.
Hear the show live on WJFF – www.wjffradio.com Saturdays at 4pm. Subscribe to our podcast, here at SoundCloud.com/JanusAdams.
Looking back on the extraordinary phenomenon of the Women's March and charting routes forward: An International Women's Day Tribute. This episode revives the spirit of the Women’s March, 21 January 2017, that overtook more than 600 cities in 60 countries across every continent. The show features speeches by human rights activist-icons Gloria Steinem and Angela Davis; and three women who made pilgrimage to the March from Boston, New York City, and Oakland (CA).
Hear the show live on WJFF – www.wjffradio.com Saturdays at 4pm. Subscribe to our podcast (uploaded weekly on Mondays) at: soundcloud.com/janusadams/
The Janus Adams Show, a weekly public radio program and podcast, is “a show about race – every race – and courage.”™ Learn more about the show and join the conversation at: JanusAdams.com.
Looking back on the extraordinary phenomenon of the Women's March and charting routes forward: An International Women's Day Tribute. This episode revives the spirit of the Women’s March, 21 January 2017, that overtook more than 600 cities in 60 countries across every continent. The show features speeches by human rights activist-icons Gloria Steinem and Angela Davis; and three women who made pilgrimage to the March from Boston, New York City, and Oakland (CA).
Hear the show live on WJFF – www.wjffradio.com Saturdays at 4pm. Subscribe to our podcast (uploaded weekly on Mondays) at: https://soundcloud.com/janusadams/
The Janus Adams Show, a weekly public radio program and podcast, is “a show about race – every race – and courage.”™ Learn more about the show and join the conversation at: JanusAdams.com.
"Glory Days-in-Concert: A Black History Month Special, Part 2” A tribute to the African American experience in word and song adapted from Janus Adams' live concerts and her book, "Glory Days: 365 Inspired Moments in African-American History." This radio special features the music of a people from the Spirituals to Blues, Gospel, HipHop, and Jazz.
Hear the show live on WJFF – www.wjffradio.com Saturdays at 4pm. Subscribe to our podcast on SoundCloud (uploaded weekly on Mondays).
The Janus Adams Show, a weekly public radio program, is “a show about race – every race – and courage.”™ Learn more about the show and join the conversation at: JanusAdams.com.
"Glory Days-in-Concert: A Black History Month Special, Part 2” A tribute to the African American experience in word and song adapted from Janus Adams' live concerts and her book, "Glory Days: 365 Inspired Moments in African-American History." This radio special features the music of a people from the Spirituals to blues, Gospel, Jazz, and HipHop.
Hear the show live on WJFF – www.wjffradio.com Saturdays at 4pm. Subscribe to our podcast on SoundCloud (uploaded weekly on Mondays).
The Janus Adams Show, a weekly public radio program, is “a show about race – every race – and courage.”™ Learn more about the show and join the conversation at: JanusAdams.com.
"Glory Days-in-Concert: A Black History Month Special” A tribute to the African American experience in word and song adapted from Janus Adams' live concerts and her book, "Glory Days: 365 Inspired Moments in African-American History." This radio special features the music of a people from the Spirituals to blues, Gospel, Jazz, and HipHop.
On the show this week: "Glory Days-in-Concert: A Black History Month Special” -A tribute to the African American experience inspired by Janus Adams' concerts, this public radio special features readings from her book, "Glory Days: 365 Inspired Moments in African American History" and the music of a people from the Spirituals to Gospel, Jazz, and HipHop.
“Teaching The Camera To See Her Face: Syreeta McFadden.”
And what was that about Beyoncé?! This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW: Huffington Post, Guardian, and Buzz Feed contributor, Syreeta McFadden. What this writer/photographer is showing us how to see is trending.
Hear the show live on WJFF – www.wjffradio.com Saturdays at 4pm. Subscribe to our podcast (uploaded weekly on Mondays) at: soundcloud.com/janusadams/
“Teaching The Camera To See Her Face: Syreeta McFadden.”
And what was that about Beyoncé?! This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW: Huffington Post, Guardian, and Buzz Feed contributor, Syreeta McFadden. What this writer/photographer is showing us how to see is trending.
Hear the show live on WJFF – www.wjffradio.com Saturdays at 4pm. Subscribe to our podcast (uploaded weekly on Mondays) at: https://soundcloud.com/janusadams/
116: “Let Your Voice Be Heard: Arrested Development’s SPEECH Speaks Out.”
You don’t want to miss this one. This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW, fresh from his performance at the Women’s March in Atlanta . . . “Let Your Voice Be Heard: Arrested Development’s SPEECH Speaks Out” about family, HipHop, social justice, and seizing the “breaks.”
Twenty years ago, Arrested Development took to the stage; challenging gangsta-dominated images of Hip Hop with defiant lyrics of hope. Breaking down walls and raising expectations, the Grammy Award-winning group produced a string of rousing hits. With the success of their chart-topping single, “Mr. Wendal,” Arrested Development not only took the issue of homelessness to audiences worldwide; they donated half of their royalties to the National Coalition for the Homeless.
Hear the show live on WJFF – www.wjffradio.com Saturdays at 4pm. Subscribe to our podcast (uploaded weekly on Mondays) at: https://soundcloud.com/janusadams/
The Janus Adams Show, a weekly public radio program, is “a show about race – every race – and courage.”™ Learn more about the show and join the conversation at: JanusAdams.com.
(photo: Donovan Thorne)
Arrested Development's Speech on the achievements of HipHop in art and life by Janus Adams
This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW, fresh from his performance at the Women’s March in Atlanta . . . “Let Your Voice Be Heard: Arrested Development’s SPEECH Speaks Out” about family, HipHop, social justice, and seizing the “breaks.”
(photo: Donovan Thorne)
The Janus Adams Show, a weekly public radio program, is “a show about race – every race – and courage.”™ Learn more about the show and join the conversation at: JanusAdams.com.
This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW: “The Dream: Dr. King, Max Roach, and The Freedom NOW Suite.” Honoring the Dream of social justice, the Struggle for human rights, and two birthdays: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15) and the legendary drummer, composer, Jazz pioneer, human rights activist, MacArthur “genius” Award-winner Max Roach (January 8). Roach was married to show host, Janus Adams.
The show features: excerpts from Roach’s “The Dream” a “duet” for solo drum and Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” oration; excerpts from “WE INSIST! The Freedom NOW Suite”; events at the Library of Congress; and a discussion of the man, his music, and the times in which he lived.
Guests: Brother Ah, Master musician and host of WPFW radio’s “The Collectors” (www.AhNorthern.com) and George Ferencz, pioneering Stage Director (www.GeorgeFerencz.com)
Hear the show live on WJFF – www.wjffradio.com Saturdays at 4pm. Subscribe to our podcast (uploaded weekly on Mondays) at: https://soundcloud.com/janusadams/
The Janus Adams Show, a weekly public radio program, is “a show about race – every race – and courage.”™ To learn more about the show and join the conversation, visit us at: JanusAdams.com.
On this episode of THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW: “Retaking the Indomitable Spirit.”
As the new year gets underway and political aftershocks take sway; can grieving and disappointment become catalysts for personal and professional growth?
“People are walking around saying they are in such despair,” says our guest, Dr. Irma McClaurin. “You know our ancestors faced far worse than this. C’mon now. We need to find that indomitable spirit that fueled them to rise!”
Meet Irma McClaurin, PhD – Past President of Shaw University, Chief Officer of Diversity for Teach For America, and Program Officer for The Ford Foundation turned Motivational Strategist (www.linkedin.com/in/irma-mcclaurin-21881942)
To learn more about the show and join the conversation, visit us at: JanusAdams.com.
“People are walking around saying they are in such despair. You know our ancestors faced far worse than this. C’mon now. We need to find that indomitable spirit that fueled them to rise.”
This week on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW: “Retaking the Indomitable Spirit.” Seeing grieving and disappointment as catalysts for personal and professional growth with our guest: Dr. Irma McClaurin, PhD – Past President of Shaw University, Chief Officer of Diversity for Teach For America, and Program Officer for The Ford Foundation turned Motivational Strategist.
Hear the show live on WJFF – www.wjffradio.com. Subscribe to our podcast (uploaded weekly on Mondays) at: https://soundcloud.com/janusadams/
To learn more about the show and join the conversation, visit us at: JanusAdams.com.
Gift-wrapped up and tied to a ribbon of fabulous music. Janus Adams heads home for the holidays with readings from her book, SEDIDDY: Attitude, Gratitude, and Seeing RED. Hear the full show and subscribe to the podcast at: https://soundcloud.com/janusadams/
Learn more about the show and join the conversation at: JanusAdams.com.