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Hip-Hop, Community, and the Fight to End Illiteracy with Jonathan Beatty (ILOVEBOOKS.org) from 2021-12-30T14:36

On this episode of Hip-Hop Can Save America!, aka, ‘the world’s smartest Hip-Hop podcast,” improving youth literacy, one book at a time -- with a little Hip-Hop added to the mix. We hear from Jonat...

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Hip-Hop Education, Movement & Empowerment with Aysha Upchurch from 2021-11-10T03:00

We often talk about the intersection of Hip-Hop and education on this show -- and for good reason. It’s an area that has produced a ton of receipts showing the effectiveness of merging these two wo...

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Dance and International Diplomacy with Junious Brickhouse from 2021-11-06T14:15

On this episode, Manny Faces speaks with Junious Brickhouse, internationally established educator, choreographer, cultural preservationist, Founder/Executive Director, https://urbanartistry.org/ (...

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Hip-Hop Meets the Orchestra with Thee Phantom from 2021-10-29T17:35

Peace and love, happy Halloween weekend, perhaps a perfect time to talk to not just A Phantom, but https://www.theephantomhiphop.com/ (Thee Phantom), the maestro behind the magnificent Illharmonic ...

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The Healing Power of Hip-Hop with Dr. Raphael Travis Jr. from 2021-10-16T12:15

Two of the more recurring topics we’ve covered on this show have been the authentic, compassionate and effective use of Hip-Hop music and culture in educational settings and in therapeutic sessions...

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Hip Hop Therapy with J.C. Hall from 2021-06-23T18:30

Prior to the pandemic, and at the insistence of one of our prior guests Dr. Elliot Gann, I visited Mott Haven Community High School in the Bronx, to see J.C. Hall’s Hip Hop Therapy Studio program i...

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Hip-Hop + Youth Empowerment + Social Justice with Khafre Jay from 2021-05-25T09:53

Khafre Jay is the founder and executive director of https://www.hiphopforchange.org/ (Hip Hop For Change), a nonprofit that is empowering youth, adults, and entire communities through the power of ...

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Hip-Hop x Civics, Education & Activism with Ellect from 2021-04-02T06:00

On this episode, artist, activist and educator, Ellect gave us a taste of how his work with #HipHopIsVoting was aimed at making an impact on the 2020 election cycle as well as the future of civic e...

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Hip-Hop x Philosophy with Dr. Mark Sanders from 2021-03-23T09:20

On this episode of Hip-Hop Can Save America! aka ‘the world’s smartest Hip-Hop podcast’, (we think very deeply). A look at the intersection of Hip-Hop and philosophy with Dr. Mark Sanders of the Un...

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Mental Health Therapy Through Hip-Hop Beat Making with Dr. Elliot Gann from 2020-10-22T17:41

On this episode of Hip-Hop Can Save America!, healing trauma in young people through therapeutic beat making. Dr. Elliot Gann of https://todaysfuturesound.org/ (Today's Future Sound) breaks down th...

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Youth Empowerment, #HipHopEd, and God with Timothy David Jones from 2020-10-06T16:23

Scholar, youth leader, minister, poet, rapper, and content curator for probably the largest Hip-Hop based education community in the world -- Timothy David Jones.
Timothy, who is currently a le...

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Freestyle Mondays + 20 Years of Evolving Artistry with Corey James Gray (fka Illspokinn) from 2020-10-02T11:16

For close to 20 years, Corey James Gray (formerly known as Illspokinn) has been at the helm of https://www.freestylemondays.com/live (Freestyle Mondays), a live, interactive, Hip-Hop event series f...

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Entrepreneurship, Black Independent Media & Self-Care Gems with Bondfire Radio from 2020-09-30T15:35

Entrepreneurship, the independent media landscape, being Black in media and self-care gems from TK Dutes and C, owner-operators of online, community-oriented radio station https://www.bondfireradio...

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#VTDITC: Hip-Hop Studies at Virginia Tech with Craig Arthur from 2020-09-29T06:34

Established in 2016, https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/vtditc/ (#VTDITC) "fosters community-based experiential learning for and by artists, fans, and scholars" at Virginia Tech. Craig Arthur, ...

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How Hip-Hop Can Improve Mental Health Therapy & School Counseling with Dr. Ian P. Levy from 2020-09-26T17:48

A fascinating discussion about the ways Hip-Hop music and culture are yielding positive results when applied in school counseling and mental heath therapy settings with youth.
LIVE at 1pm EST e...

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The Cultural Importance of Mixtapes + Hip-Hop Meets Technology from 2020-09-25T10:53

Sommer runs http://www.mixtapemuseum.org (The Mixtape Museum), dedicated to documenting, archiving, and preserving the history and artifacts related to mixtapes, showcasing their importance to the ...

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Hip Hop Association of Advancement and Education President Dr. Tasha Iglesias from 2020-09-24T10:21

Educator and co-founder of nonprofit Hip Hop Association of Advancement and Education talks about teaching with and about Hip-Hop on a collegiate level, adapting through the COVID-19 crisis, and th...

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Hip-Hop x College: Guiding Students to Success with Dr. Nate Nevado from 2020-09-23T09:25

Dr. Nate Nevado is a college educator and counselor whose primary concern is helping guide students to success -- both academically and in life. On this episode, he explains how Hip-Hop music and c...

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'Why White Christians Need Hip-Hop' with Delvyn Case from 2020-09-17T18:26

Delvyn Case is an educator, musician, and writer who covers the intersection of popular music and Christianity. We discuss his recent op-ed, "https://www.patheos.com/blogs/alleluiamusicandthechrist...

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Building Community, Connecting Creatives, and Facilitating Impact with #CultureFix from 2020-09-17T08:19

#CultureFix is a "global network of creatives who are making social impact," often intersecting with the Hip-Hop community to help connect and facilitate collaboration and collective progress. Co-f...

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How Hip-Hop Remixed The Fashion Industry with Elena Romero from 2020-09-15T19:46

Today's guest is Elena Romero, professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology, and author of Free Stylin': How Hip Hop Changed the Fashion Industry, who recently made an appearance on Netflix doc...

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How Hip Hop Can Improve Public Health with Lori Rose Benson (HHPH.org) [HHCSA DAILY] from 2020-09-14T15:05

LIVE at 1pm EST every Monday through Thursday in the month of September, join Manny Faces in exploring innovative, inspiring, and sometimes surprising ways that Hip-Hop music and culture are uplift...

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Social Justice Meets Hip-Hop With Groundbreaking 'News Beat' Podcast from 2020-09-11T14:46

https://www.usnewsbeat.com (News Beat) blends high-level social justice journalism, including interviews with academics, activists, and directly to those affected by injustice, lays it all down ove...

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Mikal Amin: Critical Hip-Hop Pedagogy, Working with Institutions and Empowering Youth [HHCSA DAILY] from 2020-09-10T20:00

LIVE at 1pm EST every Monday through Thursday in the month of September, join Manny Faces in exploring innovative, inspiring, and sometimes surprising ways that Hip-Hop music and culture are uplift...

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Legendary Hip-Hop Photographer Ernie Paniccioli [HHCSA DAILY] from 2020-09-08T18:02

Today's guest, acclaimed Hip-Hop photographer and author Ernie Paniccioli ("https://www.amazon.com/Hip-Hop-End-World-Photography/dp/0789334410 (Hip-Hop At The End of The World: The Photography of B...

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HHCSA DAILY - Dr. Marti Cason on #HipHopEd Pedagogy: Teaching Math & Teaching Teachers from 2020-09-07T21:00

LIVE at 1pm EST every Monday through Thursday in the month of September, join Manny Faces in exploring innovative, inspiring, and sometimes surprising ways that Hip-Hop music and culture are uplift...

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The Art, Science, Brilliance and Universal Applications of Freestyle Rap with David "BS" Bradshaw from 2020-09-04T06:00

If there was an activity that anyone could participate in, young to old, corporate to entrepreneurial, creative types to analytical types, high school educated up to PHds, and that this activity co...

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HHCSA DAILY - Adum7 on independent artist evolution & longevity, healthy eating & Wakanda from 2020-09-03T16:39

LIVE at 1pm EST every Monday through Thursday in the month of September, join https://www.mannyfaces.com (Manny Faces) in exploring innovative, inspiring, and sometimes surprising ways that Hip-Hop...

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HHCSA DAILY - Dyalekt on Hip-Hop theater + etymology + financial literacy from 2020-09-02T16:45

LIVE at 1pm EST every Monday through Thursday in the month of September, join https://www.mannyfaces.com (Manny Faces) in exploring innovative, inspiring, and sometimes surprising ways that Hip-Hop...

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Hip-Hop x Social Justice with Innocence Project Ambassador Silent Knight from 2020-09-01T14:43

Silent Knight is an acclaimed independent Hip-Hop artist, artist-in-residence for the award-winning social justice podcast, News Beat, and an Innocence Project artist ambassador, and frontman for t...

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Hip-Hop, Bluegrass & Freedom with Gangstagrass from 2020-07-11T17:01

Hip-Hop just might be the most malleable of musical genres -- it is built off of the foundations of so many other genres, and is itself perhaps the most mashiest up of all musical mashups -- so by ...

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Can't Stop Hip-Hop Education at Harvard University from 2020-06-30T10:07

Few would disagree that the education system in America could use some tweaking. Maybe large-scale reform. Perhaps even a complete overhaul. Educational output across most metrics fall short of whe...

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Mini-Ep! Celebrating Women & Girls In/With Hip-Hop #WomensMonth from 2020-03-06T16:31

Introducing, Hip-Hop Can Save America! Mini-Episodes!


Full-length, in in-depth interviews with individuals and organizations using Hip-Hop music and culture to uplift humanity are sup...

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Keeping Hip-Hop Based Education 'Real,' with Dr. Lauren Leigh Kelly from 2020-02-11T19:00

On this episode of Hip-Hop Can Save America… Dr. Lauren Kelly teaches teachers how to teach using Hip-Hop -- We speak about why it works, and some things to watch out for. Plus, info on a brilliant...

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The Influence of Cold Chillin' Records & the Juice Crew with Author Ben Merlis from 2020-01-06T14:37

Ben Merlis isn’t a Hip-Hop historian by nature, but he has had his feet in the music business for decades, and since his early days, has been a superfan of rap music, with a particular affinity to ...

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Hip-Hop World Diplomacy with Mark Katz from 2019-12-05T00:00

A renowned "hip-hop diplomacy" program called Next Level, run by the United States State Department, sends groups of hip-hop teaching artists to places throughout the world as cultural ambassadors....

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Hip-Hop Music Education with Jarritt Sheel from 2019-10-24T14:33

Jarritt Sheel is an assistant professor of music education at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. He is also a fifth-year doctoral candidate at Teachers College, Columbia University in t...

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Hip-Hop + Computer Coding with Richard Achee (Google / PythonMC) from 2019-10-05T16:45

On this episode, I'm speaking with Richard Achee. Richard works in Strategic Partnerships at Google, and through Google’s Code Next initiative and a partnership with Rapport Studios, created an ini...

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What The Jay-Z / NFL Deal Is Still Missing from 2019-10-03T19:45:44

For a few days, the Jay-Z / NFL deal was all that anyone in hip-hop or sports was talking about. It was polarizing, and many people felt many types of ways about it.


But like a tornad...

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HHCSA Update + Jay Z's REAL Mistake from 2019-08-21T15:15:26

An update on the future of our groundbreaking http://www.hiphopcansaveamerica.com (Hip-Hop Can Save America!) podcast, plus, a quick take on hip-hop, social justice, and the one big mistake Jay Z m...

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Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings [Hip-Hop Education Pioneer] from 2018-08-29T02:00

Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings' theories and research around culturally relevant pedagogy has been a foundation of forward thinking education circles, and many of today’s leading hip-hop educators are ...

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Tierney Oberhammer of Flocabulary [Hip-Hop Education] from 2018-08-15T07:00

Tierney Oberhammer is the Director of Production for https://www.flocabulary.com (Flocabulary), overseeing content creation, working with rappers, singers and producers to make music that aligns wi...

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Ben Ortiz [Hip-Hop Archiving, Hip-Hop Education] from 2018-08-08T02:00

Ben Oritz serves as the assistant curator for the Cornell Hip-Hop Collection, a part of Cornell Library’s Rare and Valuable Manuscript department. As someone who is very much of the culture, we hea...

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Dr. Andrea Hunt [Hip-hop education, community service] from 2018-08-01T01:59

On this episode, we return to the hip-hop education space, as I talk with Dr. Andrea Hunt.
Dr. Hunt developed and teaches a Sociology of Hip-Hop Culture course at the University of North Alabam...

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Sage Salvo [Hip-Hop Education, Literacy] from 2018-07-18T02:00

On this episode, Manny Faces speaks to artist, educator and entrepreneur Gil Perkins, aka Sage Salvo who, founded a literacy program called https://www.wordsliive.org/ (Words Liive) that helps teac...

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Kevin Kosanovich [Hip-Hop Archiving, Education] from 2018-07-04T02:30

Kevin Kosanovich founded the College of William and Mary Hip Hop Collection dedicated to documenting and preserving Virginia’s hip-hop history. Kevin earned his PhD writing about the Bronx River Ho...

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Mikal Amin [Hip-Hop Education, Events, Youth] from 2018-06-27T02:56

A veteran of more than a dozen international tours, including as a State Department Cultural Ambassador with the Music Abroad Program, Mikal Amin is someone I consider to be the epitome of a hip-ho...

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Hip Hop Fundamentals [Hip-Hop Dance, Education] from 2018-06-20T02:00

This episode, I speak to Mark "Metal" Wong and Steve "Believe" Lunger from Hip Hop Fundamentals. Based in Philadelphia, Hip Hop Fundamentals is an educational company run by breakdancers, whose mis...

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Dr. Ian Levy [Hip-Hop Education, Counseling, Therapy] from 2018-06-13T02:54

This episode, Manny Faces talks with Dr. Ian Levy about hip-hop and school counseling. Dr. Levy was the 2016 New York State school counselor of the year and is currently Assistant Professor of Scho...

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Dr. Bettina Love [Hip-Hop Education&Civics] from 2018-06-04T22:13

On this inaugural episode, host Manny Faces is joined by Dr. Bettina Love, an award-winning author and Associate Professor of Educational Theory& Practice at the University of Georgia. Her rese...

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Dr. Bettina Love [Hip-Hop Education&Civics] from 2018-06-04T22:13

On this inaugural episode, host Manny Faces is joined by Dr. Bettina Love, an award-winning author and Associate Professor of Educational Theory & Practice at the Universi...

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Dr. Bettina Love [Hip-Hop Education & Civics] from 2018-06-04T22:13

On this inaugural episode, host Manny Faces is joined by Dr. Bettina Love, an award-winning author and Associate Professor of Educational Theory and Practice at the University of Georgia. Her resea...

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