Podcasts by At the Edge: Think Culture
Award-winning show bringing knowledge to the digital community! At the Edge discusses ideas, crossing cultural boundaries to expand ideas about art, writing, knowledge, publishing, and production, while contending with challenges about access, virtual space, political context/challenges, and incursion of cyber cultures. http://afrofuturismscholar.com
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Dr. Nelda Ormond, UDC Music Dept: The Spiritual from 2021-03-20T19:00
It was from, and because of the hard living conditions of slavery, the spiritual was born. The spiritual was the creation of the American slaves brought from Africa. Spirituals expressed the histor...
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Arts and Sciences Education Now: Context for responsible revolution from 2021-03-15T21:00
Dr. April Massey, Ph.D.–my Dean at UDC is coming on again and we are going to talk about building bridges across disciplines, across humanities and STEM, gender, race, and more. Please join us–she ...
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Congo Square: Afrofuturism as a Space of Confrontation from 2021-02-27T19:00
In Professor Jameel Paulin's 2020 MFA project "Congo Square", an audio-visual album produced and developed for virtual reality, Paulin situates Afrofuturism and hip-hop within the long history of A...
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Dr. Olive Vassell: Black British Women - the Power of the Pen from 2021-02-26T18:00
Three Black British women from different centuries who are pioneers in using the power of the pen and in doing so have highlighted the Black experience in Britain: Mary Seacole 19th century - Fir...
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Activist-Icon Stormé Delarverie: Into the Light, Where She Belongs! from 2021-02-26T01:00
Black queerness has long been absent from the adoration of black histories. The stories of black queer women -- their courage, creativity, and audacity -- are hidden beneath even deeper shadows of ...
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“Where and How Science and the Arts Meet” by Dr. Rosie Sneed from 2021-02-23T19:00
Dr. Rosie Sneed is currently an associate professor in the Biology Program, Division of Science and Mathematics at the University of the District of Columbia, Washington DC. Dr. Sneed’s current ...
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Vanessa Maddox CEO of V.R. Maddox Consulting LLC from 2021-01-30T21:00
Vanessa Maddox CEO of V.R. Maddox Consulting LLC Founder, #BlackWallStreet: Loudoun Community Think Tank Vee Maddox CEO, V.R. Maddox Consulting LLC Founder, #GetHired Employment Community F...
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Professors’ Lounge: An Afrofuturism-Scholar Production. This is Episode Two. from 2021-01-29T00:00
Eileen James teaches literature, composition, and public speaking at the Community College of RI. Cherie Ann Turpin, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the English Program at the University of t...
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Professors’ Lounge: An Afrofuturism-Scholar Production Episode One from 2021-01-14T19:00
Eileen James teaches literature, composition, and public speaking at the Community College of RI. Bill Dalessio is an Associate Professor of English at the Community College of Rhode Island, wher...
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Ajeune Lynch: Black Feminism-Intersectionality and 2020 from 2020-12-13T19:00
Ajeune Lynch is a black feminist committed to improving the lives of black queer people and femmes. She is a graduating senior at UDC. Ajeune currently serves as a housing advocacy specialist for a...
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The Rise of Black Glory: Jamila A. Stone, the Rising Literary Star from UDC from 2020-12-12T18:00
Jamila A Stone, a recent alum of the English Program at UDC, not only successfully published a Urban Fantasy/Paranormal/LGBTQ book series and a murder mystery/crime series but created her own publi...
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Chase Duffy, UDC English Major: Future Teacher and Poet from 2020-12-10T19:00
Born and raised in South Dakota, Chase Duffy has been studying in DC for the past four years and UDC for the last two. He has been working on a collection of poetry over this time. He intends to go...
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Dr. Craig Wynne: The Language of Singlehood from 2020-11-21T21:30
Dr. Craig Wynne, the newest professor in the English Program at UDC, will be the next guest on my podcast show At the Edge: Think Culture. We will talk about Dr. Wynne’s latest book “How to be a ...
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Lawrence T. Potter, Jr., Ph.D. Chief Academic Officer/Provost UDC from 2020-11-11T18:00
Dr. Lawrence T. Potter, Jr., was appointed UDC’s Chief Academic Officer/Provost in February 2019. With more than two decades in higher education, Dr. Potter has moved through the professorial rank...
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Opening Your Fourth Eye: Libraries, Digital Humanities, and Diversity from 2020-10-29T16:00
The importance of information literacy and the role of libraries in diversity and social justice in higher education. Meghan Kowalski is the Outreach and Reference Librarian at the University o...
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No Rest For Poets: Songs of Planets Aligning from 2020-04-10T15:00
Even scholars take notice of the silence. Listen to Dr. Carl Moore and Dr. Cherie Ann Turpin talk poetry, the mind, the spirit, the self and the collective in the midst of a pandemic moment in hum...
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Corona Virus: History and Prevention from 2020-03-30T21:00
Corona Virus: History and Prevention
In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, I am hosting a show where you can listen to Lisa Rose Rodriguez, Mph. (University of Connecticut Health) talk...
Pathways to Equity in Higher Education: Humanities and More #equalfundingudc from 2019-10-18T23:00
Words like equity and humanities, as well as phrases like "pathways for a better life" are skeletons of concepts we will unpack and discuss as part of a larger conversation about changes coming to...
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Quantum Flow of the Poet's Voice: Ronald Mason from 2019-06-12T22:00
Learn what I mean by "quantum flow" in the poet's voice--this episode will have you thinking about the power of language. Ronald Mason the spoken word artist who came to Washington DC as an educat...
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Advancing Women's Leadership and Higher Education: Dr. April Massey, Dean from 2019-03-28T22:00
April Massey, Ph.D., Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of the District of Columbia, has earned degrees from The Ohio State University, the University of Cincinnati, and H...
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Adapting the Interpersonal: Reducing Gun Violence in Black Communities from 2019-01-05T18:00
How many leaders who shape policy in American institutions believe in the racist myth that African-Americans accept gun violence in our communities as a norm? Dehumanizing African-Americans in the...
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Soulful Visions of the Speaking Self: Ronald Mason from 2018-12-13T00:00
Ronald Mason the spoken word artist who came to Washington DC as an educator from New Orleans returns for part two to talk about poetry, spoken word, and making culture. Poet Carl Moore who hails ...
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Amanda Huron - Carving Out the Commons from 2018-12-05T21:30
Provoked by mass evictions and the onset of gentrification in the 1970s, tenants in Washington, D.C. began forming cooperative organizations to collectively purchase and manage their apartment buil...
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Culture Makers: Ronald Mason and Spoken Word from 2018-06-22T00:00
President Ronald Mason, who originally hails from New Orleans, Louisiana, came to Washington DC to be the current president of my university, University of the District of Columbia in 2015. Besides...
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Artists at Work: Peter Quinn from 2013-11-02T00:00
My next guest is Peter Quinn, who joined Time Inc. as the chief speechwriter in 1985 & retired as corporate editorial director for Time Warner in 2007. He received a BA from Manhattan College (1969...
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Artists and Writers at Work: TJ English from 2013-06-04T00:00
This episode features Thomas Joseph "T.J." English, "Author of The Savage City (2011), a NY Times best-selling account of racial turmoil between the NYPD and the Black Liberation Movement in the 60...
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Artists and Writers at Work: Interview with S Torriano Berry from 2013-01-19T01:00
This episode features Professor S. Torriano Berry, an associate professor at Howard University’s Department of Radio, Television, and Film. We will discuss his self-published novel TEARS, a study ...
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Talking Erotics&Afrofuturism with AfroerotiK: Part Two from 2012-11-03T00:00
At the Edge presents Part Two of my discussion with Scottie Lowe, also known as AfroerotiK, who will be discussing her new erotic videos and new collection of erotic short stories, as well as conti...
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Mannix Flynn: Trafficked-Bought&Sold/(Un)Gathering Ireland from 2012-10-17T18:00
This episode features Irish actor/performer/novelist Gerald Mannix Flynn (Born in Dublin 1957). He has performed in film for over 25 years. In 1983 he published the novel Nothing To Say. His plays:...
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The Black Church-Practical Theology: Rev Dr Gregory E Thomas from 2012-09-28T00:30
This week I interview my uncle, the Reverend Dr. Gregory E. Thomas has pastored the historic, Calvary Baptist Church of Haverhill, MA for 22 years. Since coming to the predominately African-America...
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At the Edge: Dr. Randall Horton, Poet and Scholar from 2012-09-21T01:00
Dr. Randall Horton, Assistant Professor of English at University of New Haven, hails from Birmingham, AL, and is a former recipient of the Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Prize. His first book The Defin...
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At the Edge-Dr. Anthea Butler: Religion, Politics, Gender from 2012-09-10T14:00
In this episode I interview Dr. Anthea Butler, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Graduate Chair of Religion at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. We will discuss Reli...
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At the Edge-African Traditional Religions: Madrina Angelique from 2012-08-30T00:00
Dr. Cherie Ann Turpin interviews Madrina Angelique, who "is initiated in the Palo tradition as Madre Nganga of Munanso Centella Ndoki Nyuyo Malongo Corta Lima Cordosa, initiated by Chief Ololele...
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At the Edge: Tzynya L. Pinchback, Poet and Visionary from 2012-08-09T00:00
This episode Dr. Cherie Ann Turpin interviews Poet Tzynya Pinchback, who is a "mother, writer, spinster and cranberry enthusiast. Using narrative as shaman, lyric as landscape, [she is] a corporat...
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At the Edge: Dr. Alondra Nelson, Scholar&Author from 2012-07-26T00:00
In this episode, Dr. Cherie Ann Turpin interviews Dr. Alondra Nelson, Associate Professor of Sociology at Columbia University, whose latest work Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Figh...
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At the Edge: Interview with Corset Mag Editor Arielle Loren from 2012-07-19T00:00
Dr. Cherie Ann Turpin interviews Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Corset MagazineArielle Loren about her ground-breaking magazine, her work towards building healthy conversations about female sexual...
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Afrofuturist Visions: Interview with Author Thaddeus Howze from 2012-07-11T01:00
Dr. Cherie Ann Turpin interviews up and coming speculative/science fiction author Thaddeus Howze about his novel Hayward's Reach, his collection of short fiction on his website Hubcity Blues, and t...
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At the Edge: Talking Erotics&Afrofuturism with AfroerotiK from 2012-06-20T00:00
Our first episode features a conversation between Dr. Cherie Ann Turpin and Afroerotik about erotic agency, gender, race, and technology: what does it mean to be subject of desire and an Afrofuturi...
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