Podcasts by My Colorful Nana

The Beauty&Challenges of Studying Caribbean Playwriting, Kay Kemp (PhD Candidate) from 2023-04-26T21:37:03

For our 2nd episode of Season 5, we interviewed (one of my cohort colleagues :)! and) first-year PhD student in the English Department, Theater Colloquium–– Kay Kemp. Together, we chat...

Investigating The Art of Being a Diplomat, Fareed Abdullah from 2023-03-15T22:57:55

For our first episode of Season 5, we interviewed current U.S. Diplomat and Columbia University graduate student in the School of International and Public Affairs–– Fareed Abdullah. Together, we...

Audio Essay Reflection: To Be Free from 2022-12-06T10:27:54

This audio essay is a reflection of how my research is beginning to evolve. We will listen to a clip on Nina Simone, a brief reflection examining artistic depictions of Blackness, and a previous...

”Black Hair Is The Root of Pan-Africanism,” (Audio Segment) MCN Event 6/16/2022 from 2022-06-15T09:41:37

Topic: "Black Hair Is The Root of Pan-Africanism," My Colorful Nana (Talk in English) 

Date & Time: Thursday, June 16th at 3:00pm  

Summary: "This presentation about Back Hair & Pa...

”People Are Like Waves,” (Short Story: Audio Version) from 2022-05-30T05:46:23

This week, I'm excited to share the audio version of the short story that I wrote about Identity Formation & Spirituality in Senegal entitled, "People Are Like Waves." 

I am moving into m...

Dr. Korka Sall (PhD)- ”Believe in Your Natural Power.” from 2022-05-01T16:38:57

Listening to the way Dr. Sall is enthralled by her work was absolutely exhilarating. Dr. Sall's research reframes debates about the participation and conversation of francophone women writers in...

Alioune Sene- ”I Evolved.” from 2022-04-20T06:59:43

For this episode, I interviewed one of my first friends in Senegal, Alioune Sene! Alioune shared his experience growing up in Dakar before receiving a BA in New York & Tennessee, a MA in Paris...

Dr. Mamadou Bodian (PhD)– Understanding Identity Formation&Black Hair from 2022-03-21T11:07:04

For my Fulbright Community Engagement project in Senegal, I hope to nurture my scholarly interests in Body Politics, hair, beauty culture, race, and popular media as sites of creativity and poli...

Why Black Hair Matters (with Dr. Kari Williams, PhD) from 2021-03-03T15:21:46

A conversation about Black hair and Black joy. Dr. Kari is passionate about hair styling and education. She has merged her passion and degree to create a business that caters to a market that is...

"We Got Us Now: Children of Incarcerated Parents." from 2021-01-04T14:33:49

Black hair is a story of resilience and the story has continued as a key topic of conversation throughout 2020. Yes, our twist outs, fros and low cuts are taking center stage as a repr...

"We Got Us Now: Children of Incarcerated Parents." from 2021-01-04T14:33:49

Black hair is a story of resilience and the story has continued as a key topic of conversation throughout 2020. Yes, our twist outs, fros and low cuts are taking center stage as a repr...

Post Election Liberation Dreams from 2020-10-28T12:30:03

Election day is less than one week away. Have you voted? More importantly, what are your plans to move this fight forward after you vote? Katrina Adams leads our conversation on the significance...

Sports Activism, Influence&Leverage from 2020-09-16T22:05:42

As a professional athlete and current Harlem Globetrotters, Maxwell Pearce stands in solidarity as fellow NBA & WNBA players use their platforms to disrupt pro sports in wake of  the Jacob Blake...

Harlem Globetrotters' Belief in Sports Activism from 2020-08-27T11:57:46

NBA & WNBA Teams strike and disrupt pro sports in wake of the Jacob Blake shooting by police. Begging the question: "What does it mean to be a Black athlete in today’s political climate?" Tune i...

Vanessa Williams&Identity Politics from 2020-07-24T21:36:36

American actress and singer, Vanessa Williams joins fellow Horace Greeley High alum and host Lauren Stockmon Brown to discuss the complexity of identity politics. Williams dives into her phenome...

History of the "N Word"&Respectability Politics from 2020-06-17T22:24:45

Our first Mother-Daughter debut. Founder, Lauren Stockmon Brown hosts a special episode featuring Richard Pryor's daughter and granddaughter, Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor and Lilli Stordeur. Famous ...

Education is Our Modern Civil Rights Movement from 2020-05-27T14:30:28

Chidi Asoluka and founder, Lauren Stockmon Brown question how we can collectively liberate the minds of young people.... Asoluka is currently a Class Dean and English teacher at Horace Mann Scho...

Bending Gender Norms&Finding Creativity from 2020-04-28T20:29:01

Through a conversation on race and hair, Jaysen Henderson-Greenbey and founder, Lauren Stockmon Brown discuss how one's gender expression is a form of creativity, control and strength. Jaysen is...

Making Believers in Unprecedented Times from 2020-03-26T18:39:25

Lauren Stockmon Brown interviews 2021 NYC mayoral candidate, Dianne Morales. Dianne is an Afro-Latina woman who believes that the best way to change the future is to create it. She is running a ...

Type Casting Black Hair from 2020-03-26T17:36:05

Jordan Boatman is an extremely talented actress who has performed at The Manhattan Theatre Club, The Geffen Playhouse, recently appeared on CBS All Access’s The Good Fight and is currently in th...

Legally Bald from 2019-12-09T22:09:53

Lauren Stockmon Brown (Host & Founder) talks with Amivi Sogbo, a sophomore from New York University. After Amivi decided to shave her head, she claimed that this experience was absolutely "freei...

My Music is My Identity from 2019-12-09T21:15:33

Lauren Stockmon Brown (Host & Founder) sits down with Jordan Dorsey ( NYU '19). This episode features two queer, black, women who do not conform to societal standards of femininity discussing th...

Black Hair&Self Care from 2019-11-19T11:13:27

Lauren Stockmon Brown (Host & Founder) dicusses the nuances of black hair and the importance of self care with Linda Duverné (Senior at NYU). To love is a revolutionary act. To love another is e...

White Suburbia&Me from 2019-11-13T18:52:28

Lauren Stockmon Brown (Host) & old high school friend, Alyssa Ashley (University of Delaware '18), reminisce about their hair-care experience growing up in a predominately white community locate...

It's Not Just Hair. from 2019-11-13T17:50:02

Lauren Stockmon Brown (Host & Founder) and Ale Gonzalez (Junior from NYU) studying History & Politics will explore the complexities of oppression on black hair. Ale calls himself "racially ambig...

When Do Black Women Get To Be an Individual? from 2019-11-13T17:48:01

Lauren Stockmon Brown (Host & Founder) explores Camille Lo Bianco's (Senior from NYU) essay about Black feminism inspired by TMCNP's event last February. Lo Bianco covered Black women being view...

Young Black Women In The Corporate World from 2019-10-31T21:31:02

Lauren Stockmon Brown (Host & Founder of TMCNP) asks Marquel Love ('19 graduate from NYU, former college athlete, NBC Studios employee, Page Program recipient) to take us through her hair-care e...

What Does It Mean to Have an Identity That Has No Limits? from 2019-10-31T20:34:59

Lauren Stockmon Brown (TMCNP Host & Founder) asks Meskie Taylor (Sophomore from NYU) about her experience with her hair as a Black Ethiopian woman who was adopted at 8 years old . When Meskie me...

Is There Space For The White Man's Perspective? from 2019-10-31T20:23:59

Lauren Stockmon Brown (TMCNP Founder) asks Mike Flom (A Junior from NYU) if there is space for the white man's perspective in a discussion about black women's hair.