Help Me Understand: Recent Episodes
Randi Gloss
Hosts Randi Gloss & Niema Jordan delve into the world & all of its wildness through discussion because, well, the world needs help. Help Me Understands seeks to understand and challenge social phenomenons, trends, facts & things we just flat out don't understand. Like what you hear? Holla at us! yo [at] glossrags [dot] com.
SHOW NOTES
•Adrian's Book | My Lens, Our Ferguson: bit.ly/2JAZMiw
•Adrian's Instagram: www.instagram.com/aoctaviusw/
•Black Women Over Breathing Instagram: www.instagram.com/BlackWomenoverBreathing
•Black Women Over Breathing Shop: www.blackwomenoverbreathing.com
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ON RANDI (AND ADRIAN'S) RADAR:
•Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neal Hurston
•Support the people of Flint: www.gofundme.com/LMFWater
•Little Miss Flint's Twitter: www.twitter.com/littlemissflint
•Summer! Go outside! Travel! Embrace nature!
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Creator + Executive Producer + Editor: Randi Gloss
Music: John Lass
GLOSSRAGS Meda Co. Production
Live in LA from the Werk It! Women's Podcast Festival, Help Me Understand presents: Cuffing Season Confessions, Vol.I! Randi sat down with five different women who shared their cuffing season stories—from professional tennis players & movie moments to therapy & more. You're going to want to tune in!
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Sponsored by Cole Haan
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Creator + Executive Producer + Editor: Randi Gloss
Associate Producer: Niema Jordan
Sound Engineer: Nigel
Music: John Lass (Intro + Outro)
Live in LA from the Werk It! Women's Podcast Festival, Help Me Understand presents: Cuffing Season Confessions, Vol.II!
So, what do turkey bacon, tree & triflin' all have in common?
Randi sat down with the ladies of The Black Joy Mixtape—Amber J. Phillips aka The High Priestess of Black Joy & Jaz on Ya' Mine aka the King of Da' Souf for an intimate, tell-all session.
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Creator + Executive Producer + Editor: Randi Gloss
Associate Producer: Niema Jordan
Sound Engineer: Nigel
Music: John Lass (Intro + Outro)
On this episode, Randi & Niema recap their summer highlights, discuss Kaepernick's on-going protest while questioning the world of sports, & try to figure out the rules and regulations of Cuffing Season.
SHOW NOTES
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ON SUMMER ’17:
•Omarosa’s NABJ Fiasco
•Black Star Film Fest
•40 Million Dollar Slaves (Book)
•DETROIT, the movie: HuffPo Review; Fact vs. Fiction in DETROIT: Slate
•Wood Harris’ Instagram
•You Had Me at Black
•Vitae London
ON KAEPERNICK + QUESTIONING SPORTS CULTURE:
•Blavity: What if Black Americans Walked Away from Football?
•Jim Brown’s Nonsense
•A Year Later, Reflecting on Spotlighting Colin Kaepernick’s Anthem Protest
•Mizzou’s Dilemma Following Their Protest
ON CUFFING SEASON:
•Demetria’s ask.fm Page
•7 (Mostly) Funny Cuffing Season Memes
•What are your rules, thoughts or best cuffing season stories? Send ‘em our way! Email yo [at] glossrags [dot] com, with CUFFING SZN in the subject line. Audio files are acceptable too!
ON OUR RADAR:
•Simeon Marsalis’ new book, As Lie is to Grin
•Youth/Police Project
•Gianni Lee’s story of being arrested & detained by LAPD—and how it reminds him of slavery
•Dave Zirin’s Edge of Sports (Podcast)
•What’s Good with Stretch & Bobbito (Podcast)
•Holley Murchinson’s new book, Tell Me About Yourself: Six Steps for Accurate & Artful Self-Definition
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Creator + Executive Producer + Editor: Randi Gloss
Associate Producer: Niema Jordan
Music: John Lass (Intro + Outro)
Break 1: Aqui no Baile by DKPVZ (Source: Soulection White Label)
Break 2: BeFree[WenCanI] by Foisey (Source: Soulection White Label)
Break 3: Crushin’ You by Lakim (Source: Soulection White Label)
On this episode, Randi & Niema discuss the 3 D's---Daddy Issues, Daaaamn Girl! & Vitamin D. June, among other things, brings Father's Day & the start of summer---or should perhaps the start of sundress season. The hosts' radar is jumpin' too. Tune in to find out what the dynamic duo is digging on this episode of Help Me Understand.
SHOW NOTES:
D, #1: Daddy Issues | D, #2: Daaaamn Girl | D, #3: Vitamin D
ON OUR RADAR:
•The Lucas Bros: On Drugs + Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King
Netflix Specials
•Know NOLA Tours
Black-Owned Tour Company in New Orleans
@KnowNolaTours on IG
•Eat Hustle San Quentin
A new podcast from inside the walls of San Quentin State Prison
https://www.earhustlesq.com/
•Queen Sugar on OWN
According to Randi, it's the best thing on TV right now.
•Black Gotham Experience
http://blackgotham.com/
•#Blkcreatives
http://www.blkcreatives.com/
•You Are Badass At Making Money (Book)
http://www.jensincero.com/badass-making-money-2017/
•Cassius Life
https://cassiuslife.com/
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Creator + Executive Producer + Editor: Randi Gloss
Associate Producer: Niema Jordan
Music: John Lass (Intro + Outro)
On this episode, Randi & Niema work to dissect and discuss toxic masculinity and "woke"—two terms that are increasingly becoming a part of a mainstream vocabulary without an actual definition. New to this episode is what's on our hosts radar.
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SHOW NOTES
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. We've partnered with our friends at Talkspace to create an exclusive promo code for our GLOSSRAGS audience. Receive $35 off your therapy plan with the code GLOSSRAGS. Visit www.talkspace.com to learn more!
BlackMentalHealthMatters
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ON WOKE:
•What Does It Really Mean to Be "Woke"?: bit.ly/2rURPaC
•Bustle: What Does "Woke" Mean? There's More to the Slang Term Than You Think: bit.ly/2kuHxPq
•ESSENCE Woke 100 List(Peep Randi at #48!): bit.ly/2qh8SmK
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ON TOXIC MASCULINITY:
•Bustle's 6 Harmful Effects of Toxic Masculinity: bit.ly/2qQ0cGH
•Masculinity & Misogyny in the Digital Age: bit.ly/2rUO6K5
•The Toxicity of Men Silencing Women: bit.ly/2qatIEV
•Brene Brown on Vulnerability: bit.ly/1lJtLD1
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ON OUR RADAR:
•Trap Medicine: bit.ly/2ricKbg
•He Never Came Home: Interviews, Stories, and Essays from Daughters on Life Without Their Fathers (Regina R. Robertson): amzn.to/2qWQQcR
•Fatherless (Fusion Docu-Series): fus.in/2rhP6vy
•Second City Presents: Nothing to Lose (But Our Chains): bit.ly/2qcrbNS
•Kendrick Lamar + D.R.A.M. + Travis Scott Tour: bit.ly/2qcl6Rz
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Creator + Executive Producer + Editor: Randi Gloss
Associate Producer: Niema Jordan
Music: John Lass (Intro); Nangdo (Break 1); Harris Cole (Break 2)
FlintWaterCrisis + #WomensHistoryMonth
Featuring:
Vann Newkirk | Staff Writer: The Atlantic + Co-Host of @nwap
Reverend Yearwood | President + CEO: The Hip-Hop Caucus
Vernon Hammett | Deacon: Alfred Street Baptist Church
Vanessa Newman | Founder: Butch Baby Co. + Director of Content: Lesbians Who Tech
Creator + Host: Randi Gloss
Executive Producer + Editor: Jamie Benson
Music: John Lass
Recorded on 24 March 2016 in The District
In case you missed it, here's the very first episode of our podcast, Help Me Understand!
In the Wake of Freddie Gray + No Justice, No Lebron + Millennials Be Like... + Does Slam Poetry Still Live?
Featuring:
Mike Wallz (Soundcloud: @mike-wallz)
Shannon Wallace
Amin Drew Law
Creator: Randi Gloss
Executive Producer + Editor: Jamie Benson
Music: John Lass
Recorded on 29 December 2015 in The District
After far too long of a hiatus, we're back! Randi Gloss is joined by Niema Jordan as a co-host. Niema aka Neemz hails from East Oakland & puts the Bae in Bae Area. 'Nuff said. We hope you enjoy this episode!