March 30, 2022 Unreleased: What You Haven't Heard Summary: Krystal Roberts and Matt Linder reflect on their favorite contributor moments from Season 2, the Lauryn Hill season. They also walk through their top three bars from Lauryn Hill's unreleased songs that have been the most impactful on them. Timestamps: Krystal and Matt discuss their favorite moments from Season 2 - 1:45 Krystal and Matt share their top three bars from unreleased Lauryn Hill songs. - 11:27 Hosts: Lauryn Hill researcher, Kr...
Mar 30, 2022•33 min•Season 2Ep. 6
March 23, 2022 Babylon System Summary: "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" was an album very clearly held together by a theme, love. And then when Lauryn performed on that stage in MTV studios with a brand new set of songs with just her and an acoustic guitar, there seemed to be a lack of cohesion within the songs themselves as well as the performance as a whole. Initially derided by critics and fans, "MTV Unplugged No. 2.0" went on to influence artists such as Kanye, Lecrae, and many others in hi...
Mar 23, 2022•55 min•Season 2Ep. 5
March 16, 2022 The Spirit of Freedom Summary: A mixtape of Lauryn Hill songs that speak of freedom. From her personal emancipation to her freedom as black woman in the United States to the freedom she wants all of humanity to have. Krystal and Matt breakdown "I Get Out." And then we hear from Cona Marshall, Cheryl Kirk-Duggan, Eric House, Alex Nava, and OT The Goldn Child as they cover "Lost Ones," "Final Hour," "I Used to Love Him," "Oh Jerusalem," and "Freedom Time." Timestamps: Cona Marshall ...
Mar 16, 2022•43 min•Season 2Ep. 4
March 9, 2022 Love: It Ain't Working Summary: Lauryn Hill experienced good love growing up in a loving, caring, and supportive family. But once she went out into the world and started to interact with others, she began to realize that not everyone experienced that sort of grounding familial love. She discovered that the love she was experiencing outside of her family came with baggage and was often broken. And yet, that type of broken and messy love taught her lessons about what love she deserve...
Mar 09, 2022•27 min•Season 2Ep. 3
March 2, 2022 Zion: The Joy of My World Summary: Zion. The name of Lauryn Hill's son. The representation of God's holiness on earth. For Lauryn, Zion is both things, a holy place and the holiness she found in giving birth to her son. We explore "To Zion" and the choice she made to continue on with her pregnancy, despite pressure from friends, family, and record executives to end her pregnancy. In addition, Raven Jones Stanbrough will walk us through Lauryn's religious history via "Everything is ...
Mar 02, 2022•42 min•Season 2Ep. 2
February 28, 2022 Episode 235: Lauryn Hill (Flickers Podcast) Krystal and Matt recently appeared on the Beerz and Barz podcast to discuss the creation of this season of Flickers and give our thoughts on Lauryn Hill and her music, all while enjoying a beer. About Beerz and Barz: RAP and BEER with OT the Goldn Child and Kamalkiddo. Two former college roommates still drinking and arguing about the world’s most popular music genre Episode Details: On this episode, we talked with Krystal and Matt of ...
Feb 28, 2022•42 min
February 23, 2022 How We Met Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill with only one studio album had a significant impact on many hip hop artists that came after her. Her impact on women rappers is not to be understated and even the wave of Drakes and melodic rappers can be directly traced back to her. But her influence is more than just her music but how she presented and carried herself as strong, feminine, and confident in God. And also the ways in which she spoke up against misogyny, racism, classism, capita...
Feb 23, 2022•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 1
February 16, 2022 Season 2 Trailer: Ms. Lauryn Hill Ms. Lauryn Hill, the singer, rapper, songwriter, producer, poet, actress, mother, and social activist. Her music and life have been imbued with a spiritual foundation founded on love. Love for Lauryn is the place where her own justice and freedom have blossomed and love is what drives her to fight for the salvation and emancipation of all people. Join the hosts, Lauryn Hill scholar, Krystal Roberts, and Hip Hop scholar, Matt Linder as they expl...
Feb 16, 2022•2 min
February 2, 2022 Season 2 Teaser: Ms. Lauryn Hill Ms. Lauryn Hill, the singer, rapper, songwriter, producer, poet, actress, mother, and social activist. Her music and life have been imbued with a spiritual foundation founded on love. Love for Lauryn is the place where her own justice and freedom have blossomed and love is what drives her to fight for the salvation and emancipation of all people. Join the hosts, Lauryn Hill scholar, Krystal Roberts, and Hip Hop scholar, Matt Linder, as well as hi...
Feb 02, 2022•1 min
Matthew Metcalf ends off Season 1 with an exploration of the EP and the song "Yesterday's Wake." FPzhpg3BrX9gjAeEaSmb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 15, 2021•35 min
We finally cover the song that blew up Son Lux, "Easy." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 15, 2021•19 min
Finishing out our theme of light, Blake explores "Pyre" and Damon covers "Lanterns Lit." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 15, 2021•18 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Entering our last theme, light, with "Flickers." Then we hear from Krispin Mayfield, Jeremy Doan, and Chris Karnadi. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 15, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Looking into the creation of Son Lux's second album, "We are Rising." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 15, 2021•19 min
Continuing our exploration of resurrection, Damon Hamm and Christ Karnadi breakdown "Resurrection" and Jeremy Doan dissects "Raise." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 15, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 10
"Like Lazarus Did" is a dance piece that Ryan Lott scored and we explore the piece's resurrection themes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 15, 2021•37 min•Season 1Ep. 9
We're finally diving into the "Weapons" theme and exploring every single instance of it in Son Lux's discography. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 15, 2021•31 min
As we continue our exploration of Salvation, Jeremy Doan discusses "Weapons" and "Flight," and Blake Collier covers "Betray." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 15, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Part 1 of salvation explores "Tear, Part 1" and then our contributors, Damon Hamm, Chris Karnadi, and Krispin Mayfield breadown songs from "Lanterns" and "Brighter Wounds." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 15, 2021•35 min•Season 1Ep. 7
We look into the liturgical nature of Son Lux's first album, hear about lectio divina from William Yearout, and then apply the ancient spiritual practice to the album. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 15, 2021•18 min
In part 2, Krispin Mayfield and Jeremy Doan explore liturgy in "Lantern's Lit," "Now I Want," and "Plan the Escape." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 15, 2021•22 min•Season 1Ep. 6
With part 1 of liturgy, Matt explores "Remedy" and our contributors, Damon Hamm, Chris Karnadi, and Blake Collier, bring us their takes on various Son Lux songs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 15, 2021•35 min•Season 1Ep. 5
We hear how a Son Lux song literally saved a person's life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 15, 2021•10 min
In part 2 of prayer, Damon Hamm, Christ Karnadi, and Blake Collier bring the selections of "Al the Right Things," "Forty Screams," and "Weapons VI." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 15, 2021•21 min•Season 1Ep. 4
In our first theme we hear Krispin Mayfield and Jeremy Doan on their selections of "Tell" and "Slowly." Matt also breaks down "Stolen." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 15, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Taking a deeper dive into Ryan's background as we explore his days playing piano in a funk band. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 15, 2021•7 min
In part two we continue looking into Son Lux's background and then our contributor's attempt to describe the band's sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 15, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 2
In this first part we learn about Son Lux's background and meet our contributors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 15, 2021•31 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Trailer for season 1 of the podcast exploring the music of Son Lux. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 15, 2021•1 min
