This week, Danielle talks with Bakari Sellers – friend, activist, CNN Political Analyst, youngest elected official in the South Carolina Legislature, and author of new book, “My Vanishing Country: A Memoir.” Danielle and Bakari dig into the content, the inspiration and the process of bringing “My Vanishing Country” to life, one that allowed him to put his trauma on paper in the hopes of giving black people a sense of recognition and pride and providing white folks with a road to understanding. B...
May 26, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 13
This week, Danielle talks with Sekou Andrews - 17-year full-time poet, 2019 Grammy Award Nominee for Best Spoken Word Album, and creator of Poetic Voice: a speaking category that fuses inspirational speaking seamlessly with spoken word poetry. Sekou takes Danielle through his journey from teacher, to working musician & actor, to accidentally falling in love with spoken word and finding his true passion in making a living off his words. He talks about what it was like to receive the first Gra...
May 19, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 12
In a politically fueled PM Mood, Danielle Moodie speaks with author and journalist Katherine Stewart, whose crucial work examines how America has been on a path to ending the established barriers between church & state. In her new book The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism, Katherine emphasizes how the rise of the religious right wing is in fact the rise of a political, nationalistic movement that is at its core anti-Democratic, anti-pluralistic, and anti-...
May 12, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Danielle Moodie chats with Justin Simien - filmmaker, director, actor, author and creator of Dear White People. Together, they discuss the impacts of this pandemic and the need for us all to individually determine the best coping mechanisms for ourselves. They dive into Justin’s journey with Dear White People, from the most impactful characters and story lines, to it's impending final installment. Justin reflects on his experiences as a black, queer creative in Hollywood and the obstacles and in...
May 05, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 10
It's Fuck It Friday and Danielle gives her strongest fuck it to Jared Kushner and the Second Amendment, and looks ahead to moving to Patreon. She's joined by Stacey Long Simmons who discusses the importance of the census for marginalized communities, especially the LGBTQ community, and WokeAF contributor Ned Price who goes over Trump's renewed scapegoating of China to deflect his own disastrous response to the coronavirus outbreak. We hope you enjoyed the Stay SafeAF Quarantine Special! Starting...
May 01, 2020•1 hr 3 min
Danielle Moodie vents her outrage at Republicans' apparent willingness to let millions of Americans die, and takes an emotional look back on the AIDS crisis as well as the loss of one of her own family members. Later on, she's joined by WokeAF contributor Glenn Kirschner who discusses Trump's criminality and whether it matters at this point if he breaks the law. It's the last week of the Stay SafeAF Quarantine Special: Through May 1, PM Mood listeners get new WokeAF Daily episodes FREE. Starting...
Apr 30, 2020•1 hr
Danielle Moodie soberly reflects on the extreme racial disparity in coronavirus deaths and whether America as we know it can survive. She's joined by WokeAF contributors Jonathan Metzl and Kurt Bardella, who discuss Trump's scapegoating crusade against the WHO and Republicans' willingness to let poor, mostly black & Latinx people die for the sake of going back to work for the top one percent. It's the last week of the Stay SafeAF Quarantine Special: Through May 1, PM Mood listeners get new W...
Apr 29, 2020•1 hr 1 min
As more states "re-open," Danielle Moodie considers the very serious consequences of prematurely ending social protections against the coronavirus and goes off on Trump's incompetence, the failure to hold him accountable, and the Republican party's willingness to let 7 million people die. In the second half of today's show, Danielle is joined by Teri Williams, President & COO of OneUnited Bank, to discuss the importance of banking Black, financial tips for weathering the storm of COVID-19, a...
Apr 28, 2020•1 hr 1 min
Danielle chats with comedian, actor, and newfound podcast host Donnell Rawlings about the role of comedy in a new and uncomfortable world, the ways in which he is navigating this new normal and his greatest motivation and inspiration – his son. Donnell digs into his experiences as an "OG GOAT legend" comedian who has been in the game and found success and longevity by staying patient and present along the way. He reflects on where he is today in his career, from managing hecklers and haters, adj...
Apr 28, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 9
It's a new week with the same dangers, as Danielle Moodie tears into the weekend's debacle over Donald Trump's suggestion that injecting and/or ingesting cleaning agents and disinfectant can help fight the coronavirus. WokeAF contributor and NYU Law Professor Melissa Murray joins to break down why conservatives are protesting shelter-in-place orders and the disparity between federalism & states rights when Republicans are in charge versus when Democrats are. It's the Stay SafeAF Quarantine S...
Apr 27, 2020•58 min
It's #FuckItFriday and Danielle Moodie goes off on the Republican party's willingness to let people die of COVID-19 for the sake of re-opening the economy and calls for Republicans to never be called "pro-life" again. She's joined by WokeAF contributors Ned Price - who discusses the tenuous US-China trade deal amidst the coronavirus outbreak - and Glenn Kirschner - who talks about how Republicans claim to favor states rights...unless Republicans are in charge and it's blue states exercising thei...
Apr 24, 2020•1 hr
Danielle Moodie pops off on a Twitter hater and lays out how there aren't two sides in our current crisis, unless you mean the sides of right and wrong. She's also joined by April Grayson and Adnan Khan, surrogates for Represent Justice who discuss the issues incarcerated people face amidst the coronavirus outbreak. It's the Stay SafeAF Quarantine Special: For the next two weeks, PM Mood listeners get new WokeAF Daily episodes FREE until May 4. Follow @DeeTwoCents on Twitter and Instagram for th...
Apr 23, 2020•1 hr
Danielle Moodie goes off on right wing COVID-19 protests on state capitols around the country. Prof. Jonathan Metzl joins to discuss the right wing underpinnings of the protests, and Kurt Bardella discusses the inadequate response of Democrats in this moment. It's the Stay SafeAF Quarantine Special: For the next two weeks, PM Mood listeners get new WokeAF Daily episodes FREE until May 4. Follow @DeeTwoCents on Twitter and Instagram for the latest! Host: Danielle Moodie Executive Producers: Danie...
Apr 22, 2020•1 hr
Not satisfied with stealing an election, Georgia governor Brian Kemp is now planning to reopen several Georgia businesses by the end of the week. Danielle Moodie digs into the lengths Republicans will go to harm the public just so they can "own the libs." It's the Stay SafeAF Quarantine Special: For the next two weeks, PM Mood listeners get new WokeAF Daily episodes FREE until May 4. Follow @DeeTwoCents on Twitter and Instagram for the latest! Host: Danielle Moodie Executive Producers: Danielle ...
Apr 21, 2020•1 hr
Danielle talks with Toshi Reagon, musician, artist, curator and creator of "Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower," the rock-opera adaptation of the novel by the same name. Toshi discusses her journey of discovering, developing, and fully realizing her rock-opera, a process that resulted in a fluid show that exists in conversation with the community it addresses and the issues we are facing at any given moment. Toshi & Danielle reflect on the truths that the novel predicted about our worl...
Apr 21, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 8
News doesn't quit over the weekend, and Danielle Moodie catches you up on all of it - including conservative protests against sheltering in place, and TV personalities with PhDs like Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz giving dangerous medical advice on FOX News. With guest NYU Professor Melissa Murray. It's the Stay SafeAF Quarantine Special: For the next two weeks, PM Mood listeners get new WokeAF Daily episodes FREE until May 4. Follow @DeeTwoCents on Twitter and Instagram for the latest! Host: Danielle Mood...
Apr 20, 2020•1 hr
It's #FuckItFriday and Danielle pops off on the medical disinformation being spread around COVID-19 and speaks with culture commentator April Reign and WokeAF contributor Ned Price. It's the Stay SafeAF Quarantine Special: PM Mood listeners get three weeks of new WokeAF Daily episodes FREE until May 4. Follow @DeeTwoCents on Twitter and Instagram for the latest! Host: Danielle Moodie Executive Producers: Danielle Moodie & Adell Coleman Producer: Andrew Marshello Distributor: DCP Entertainmen...
Apr 17, 2020•1 hr
Danielle talks about the existential threat a second Donald Trump threat faces to American institutions and way of life with regular guests Glenn Kirschner and Christina Greer. It's the Stay SafeAF Quarantine Special: PM Mood listeners get three weeks of new WokeAF Daily episodes FREE until May 4. Follow @DeeTwoCents on Twitter and Instagram for the latest! Host: Danielle Moodie Executive Producers: Danielle Moodie & Adell Coleman Producer: Andrew Marshello Distributor: DCP Entertainment See...
Apr 16, 2020•59 min
Danielle is joined by WokeAF contributors Prof. Jonathan Metzl and Kurt Bardella as she discusses what the Biden campaign can do now to ensure we stop Trump in November. It's the Stay SafeAF Quarantine Special: PM Mood listeners get three weeks of new WokeAF Daily episodes FREE until May 4. Follow @DeeTwoCents on Twitter and Instagram for the latest! Host: Danielle Moodie Executive Producers: Danielle Moodie & Adell Coleman Producer: Andrew Marshello Distributor: DCP Entertainment See acast....
Apr 15, 2020•1 hr 1 min
Elie Mystal, Justice Correspondent at The Nation, joins Danielle Moodie to discuss Trump's further descent into authoritarianism and the potential for voter suppression come November 2020. It's the Stay SafeAF Quarantine Special: PM Mood listeners get three weeks of new WokeAF Daily episodes FREE until May 4. Follow @DeeTwoCents on Twitter and Instagram for more information. Host: Danielle Moodie Executive Producers: Danielle Moodie & Adell Coleman Producer: Andrew Marshello Distributor: DCP...
Apr 14, 2020•1 hr
Danielle talks with Kalilah Wright, designer, founder & CEO behind the expressive brand Mess in a Bottle. As a Baltimore resident in 2015, Kalilah felt the ripple effects following the Freddie Gray riots. She noticed people around her feeling stifled and unsure of how to express their thoughts and emotions in the wake of the riots. She created Mess in a Bottle as a way to give voice to the voiceless in her community, empowering people to express themselves. Danielle learns about Kalilah’s jo...
Apr 14, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Back from the Easter weekend, Danielle Moodie talks about the difficulties social distancing brings for families and friends, and the racial and wealth disparity that continues to be shown as the US lags behind other countries in the world in responding to the coronavirus outbreak. PM Mood listeners get new episodes of WokeAF Daily FREE for three weeks until May 4. Follow @DeeTwoCents on Twitter and Instagram for more information. Host: Danielle Moodie Executive Producers: Danielle Moodie & ...
Apr 13, 2020•1 hr
Danielle Moodie talks with Dr. Yaba Blay, professor, activist, public speaker, producer and creator of Professional Black Girl – “a multi-platform digital community that celebrates the everyday, round-the-way culture of Black women and girls.” Danielle and Dr. Blay dive into the academic and creative journey that Yaba has seen - from confronting the persistence of respectability and internalized white supremacy within academia including HCBUs, to the evolution of her work and approach to fightin...
Apr 07, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Danielle speaks with Ed Gordon, experienced journalist and author of Conversations in Black: On Power, Politics, and Leadership. Ed & Danielle discuss the state of black people in our country today, the slow progress that we’ve seen, and the work that is still ahead. Ed emphasizes the strength that black people hold and the need to find common ground to create significant change. He sees the power of people coming together and showing up in numbers as the greatest tool to address the issues ...
Mar 31, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Danielle talks with Beatrice Dixon, founder & CEO of The Honey Pot Company – a plant-based feminine care & wellness company. Beatrice & Danielle talk about everything from the taboo and shame that vaginas have held since the dawn of time, to the responsibility we have to push the conversation around this essential part of our bodies and lives, to identifying and tapping into the gift that each of us are born with in order to leave a positive impact on the world. Beatrice identified h...
Mar 24, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Danielle sits down with actress Nafessa Williams, who portrays Anissa Pierce AKA "Thunder," TV's first black lesbian superhero on The CW’s Black Lightning. They discuss the status of representation in Hollywood and the work that Black Lightning is doing to spark change by tackling and mirroring the real issues black people face on a daily basis. Nafessa talks about her experience as a black woman in the entertainment industry, her desire to see more women like her in Hollywood spaces, and the ne...
Mar 17, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Danielle chats with Jemele Hill, writer for The Atlantic and host of "Jemele Hill is Unbothered," about her journey from experienced journalist at ESPN, to making headlines when the Trump administration singled her out, to her current era of professional freedom. They discuss the need for real journalism now more than ever, and dig into the systems of power at play behind ESPN and the NFL. Jemele's journey and accomplishments embody Black Girl Magic, and her musings on regrets and how the past i...
Mar 10, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Danielle sits down with Rashad Robinson, President of Color of Change, to discuss his life-long racial justice work and his positive approach to creating a better vision of the future. Danielle & Rashad dig into how Color of Change is fighting for more equitable systems within all of Hollywood. Rashad emphasizes the importance of expanding the telling of black stories that are holistic, full & authentic portrayals as a means to create a more human and less hostile world. Host: Danielle M...
Mar 03, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 1
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