Podcasts by Saturday Mornings with Joy Keys

2022 Sickle Cell Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2022-09-17T15:00

Regina Hartfield is CEO and president of the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America. Hartfield served on the association’s board of directors for three years, including as chair of the fundrais...

Joy Keys chats with Author Catherine Adel West about The Two Lives of Sara from 2022-09-11T16:00

***THIS IS A PRE-RECORDED INTERVEW.*** Catherine Adel West was born and raised in Chicago, IL where she currently resides. She graduated with both her Bachelors and Masters of Science in Journalis...

Joy Keys chats with Corey Gumbs, Founder of The Black Podcasters Association from 2022-09-04T17:00

***Pre-recorded interview*** Corey Gumbs, the owner of Black Label Media, LLC, has over 20 years of experience in recording as an independent music producer and artist. His experience in the music...

National Breastfeeding Awareness Month with Joy Keys and Nasheeda Pollard from 2022-08-26T22:00

Nasheeda Pollard is a wife and proud mother of two beautiful breastfed children! An International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, author of Magical Milk, and owner of Lactation Goddess LLC. A...

Joy Keys chats with Author Ayana Gray about Beasts of Ruin from 2022-08-20T15:00

In this much anticipated follow up to New York Times bestselling Beasts of Prey, Koffi’s powers grow stronger and Ekon’s secrets turn darker as they face the god of death. Koffi has saved her city...

Joy Keys chats with Author Morowa Yejidé about Creatures of Passage from 2022-08-13T15:30

MOROWA YEJIDÉ, a native of Washington, DC, is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Time of the Locust, which was a 2012 finalist for the PEN/Bellwether Prize, long-listed for the 2015 PEN/...

Joy Keys chats with Author Louis Chude-Sokei -Floating In a Most Peculiar Way from 2022-08-06T15:30

Louis Chude-Sokei’s work includes the award-winning, The Last Darky: Bert Williams, Black on Black Minstrelsy and the African Diaspora, The Sound of Culture: Diaspora and Black Technopoetics as wel...

2022 Alzheimer's Awareness with Joy Keys from 2022-08-06T15:00

Special Guest:  Dr. Kyra S. O’Brien grew up in Northern Virginia and received her bachelor’s of science in biology from Yale University. She received her medical degree from the Perelman School of...

PTSD Awareness with Joy Keys, LaSheena Riley-Duvel, LSW&Dr. Janelle S. Peifer from 2022-07-24T16:00

LaSheena Riley-Duval, MSW, LSW, CCM, is a licensed social worker with more than 15 years of experience working in a variety of settings within diverse communities. LaSheena’s career started as a ca...

Joy Keys chats with Author Alex Jennings about The Ballad of Perilous Graves from 2022-07-23T15:00

Alex Jennings is a writer/editor/teacher/poet living in New Orleans. He was born in Wiesbaden (Germany) and raised in Gaborone (Botswana), Tunis (Tunisia), Paramaribo (Surinam) and the United State...

Joy Keys chats with Author Namina Forna about The Merciless Ones from 2022-07-16T15:30

Namina Forna is the author of the instant New York Times bestseller The Gilded Ones, the first book in an epic fantasy trilogy. She has an MFA in film and TV production from USC School of Cinematic...

Joy Keys chats with Author Ladee Hubbard from 2022-07-09T15:30

Ladee Hubbard is the author of The Rib King and The Talented Ribkins, which received the 2018 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Debut Fiction. H...

Joy Keys chats with Actress/Director Nana Mensah about the Queen of Glory film from 2022-07-02T15:30

'Queen of Glory' is the story of Sarah Obeng, the brilliant child of Ghanaian immigrants, who is quitting her Ivy League PhD program to follow her married lover to Ohio. When her mother dies sudden...

Joy Keys chats with Author Kevin McGruder about The Father of Black Harlem from 2022-07-02T15:00

Kevin McGruder is Associate Professor of History at Antioch College. His interest in community formation led to a career in community development, with positions that included Program Director at L...

2022 Migraine Awareness Month with Joy Keys and Jaime (Migraine Diva) Sanders from 2022-06-26T16:00

JaimeSanders is the author of the award-winning blog The Migraine Diva. She is a participant with the Coalition for Headache and Migraine Patients, with whom she worked to create an Issue Brief on ...

Joy Keys chats with Author Eric K. Washington from 2022-06-25T15:00

Eric K. Washington is an independent historian and a Bundles Community Scholar of Columbia University. Hismost recent book is Boss of the Grips: The Life of James H. Williams and the Red Caps of Gr...

Joy Keys chats with Author Umar Turaki from 2022-04-16T15:30

Umar Turaki's writing has been shortlisted for the Miles Morland Scholarship, longlisted for the Short Story Day Africa Prize, and has won the AFREADA Photo-Story Competition. Umar's short films ha...

2022 Sarcoidosis Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2022-04-16T15:00

Dr. Divya Patel’s focus is to improve the clinical care of patients with sarcoidosis and to be an advocate for them. She has completed specialized training in sarcoidosis and participates in clinic...

Joy Keys chats with Actress Ryan Michelle Bathe from NBC's The Endgame show from 2022-04-13T23:00

  Actor and producer Ryan Michelle Bathé currently stars in NBC’s high-stakes thriller series THE ENDGAME. She portrays the relentless and socially-outcast FBI agent Val Turner, who is on the hu...

Joy Keys chats with Author Sharon C. Cooper about Business Not As Usual from 2022-03-26T15:30

Award-winning and USA Today bestselling author Sharon C. Cooper loves anything that involves romance with a happily-ever-after, whether in books, movies, or real life. Sharon writes contemporary ro...

Joy Keys chats with Coss Marte, Founder of CONBODY from 2022-03-23T23:30

Coss Marte grew up in New York's Lower East Side, where he began dealing drugs at a young age, with his first arrest at only thirteen years old. In prison, Marte was told by doctors that if he did...

2022 Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2022-03-20T15:00

Special Guests: Kalina Sanders, MD, a board-certified neurologist, specializes in multiple sclerosis and spasticity management. As a former assistant professor of neurology, she stays abreast of cu...

Joy Keys chats with Author Robert Child about Immortal Valor from 2022-03-19T15:30

Robert Child is a military history writer, director, and published author with Penguin/Random House. The film rights to his book, co-authored with Denise George, The Last Eleven have been acquired....

2022 Colon Cancer Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2022-03-12T16:30

Colon Cancer Awareness Month   Guest;: Ashwani Rajput, MD, Director, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center - National Capital Region, Professor of Surgery, specializes in the surgical treatment of m...

Joy Keys chats with Author Brendan Slocumb about The Violin Conspiracy from 2022-03-12T16:00

Brendan Nicholaus Slocumb was born in Yuba City, California, and was raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He was the concertmaster for the University Symphony Orchestra at the University of Nort...

Joy Keys chats with Singer Judith Hill from 2022-03-05T16:30

Gutsy and nuanced as a vocalist, and an accomplished songwriter, arranger, and pianist as well, Judith Hill is likely the only musician who can cite Elton John, Spike Lee, Prince, and Michael Jacks...

Joy Keys chats with Author Nana Nkweti from 2022-03-05T16:00

Nana Nkweti is a Cameroonian-American writer and AKO Caine Prize finalist whose work has garnered fellowships from MacDowell, Kimbilio, Ucross, and the Wurlitzer Foundation, and several others. Her...

Joy Keys chats with Actor William Stanford Davis from ABC’s Abbott Elementary from 2022-02-26T16:30

Award-winning actor William Stanford Davis currently appears on the hit ABC series “Abbott Elementary” as the opinionated yet lovable janitor Mr. Davis. He also recurs on the sports series “Swagger...

Joy Keys chats with Poet Desiree C. Bailey from 2022-02-26T16:00

Desiree C. Bailey is the author of What Noise Against the Cane (Yale University Press, 2021), which won the 2020 Yale Series of Younger Poets Prize and was a finalist for the 2021 National Book Awa...

Joy Keys chats with Actress Cassandra Freeman from Peaock’s Bel Air show from 2022-02-23T00:30

Cassandra “Cassie" Freeman has made her mark in everything from drama to laugh out loud comedy across film, television and the stage. She will next been seen starring as Aunt Viv in Peacock’s drama...

2022 African American Women and Eating Disorders with Joy Keys from 2022-02-23T00:00

Mazella Fuller, PhD,MSW,LCSW,CEDS-S, is a Clinical Associate on staff at Duke University’s Counseling and Psychological Services(CAPS). Dr. Fuller provides clinical services, consultation, and trai...

Joy Keys chats with Singer Jake Isaac from 2022-02-17T18:00

Singer Jake Isaac- Born and raised in south London, UK, Isaac began playing drums at the age of 3 and during his school years taught himself to play piano and bass guitar. By 19, Isaac had begun t...

Joy Keys chats with Cevivor Founder Tamika Felder about Cervical Cancer from 2022-02-12T16:30

This is a prerecorded interview from Instagram At the age of 25, Tamika Felder was diagnosed with cervical cancer and underwent surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. She lost her uterus, her cervix...

Joy Keys chats with Sociologist Elijah Anderson, PhD about Black in White Space from 2022-02-12T16:00

Elijah Anderson is the Sterling Professor of Sociology and of African American Studies at Yale University, and one of the leading urban ethnographers in the United States. His publications include ...

Joy Keys chats with Majora Carter about her book Reclaiming Your Community from 2022-02-05T16:00

Majora Carter is a real estate developer, urban revitalization strategy consultant, MacArthur Fellow and Peabody Award winning broadcaster. She is responsible for the creation and successful implem...

Joy Keys chats with Actor Arjay Smith from ABC's The Rookie from 2022-02-03T00:00

Actor Arjay Smith-Going from a “child actor” to an “adult actor” can be a circus ride…but luckily things worked out for actor Arjay Smith. The Southern California native began his professional acti...

Joy Keys chats with Jason Marsalis about Music for Meditation&Relaxation from 2022-01-29T16:30

Jason is the son of pianist and music educator Ellis Marsalis and his wife Dolores, and the youngest sibling of Wynton, Branford and Delfeayo. Together, the four brothers and their patriarch Ellis,...

Joy Keys chats with Dr. Marcia Chatelain about her book Franchise from 2022-01-29T16:00

Dr. Chatelain is currently a Professor of History and African American Studies at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.  Previously, she was a Reach for Excellence Assistant Professor of Honors...

Joy Keys chats with Author Myriam J.A. Chancy about What Storm, What Thunder from 2022-01-22T16:30

Myriam J. A. Chancy-Guggenheim Fellow & HBA Chair of the Humanities at Scripps College, is a Haitian-Canadian/American writer born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and subsequently raised there and in Can...

Glaucoma Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2022-01-22T16:00

**Dr. Constance Okeke received her undergraduate and medical degrees from Yale and trained in ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute of Johns Hopkins. She completed her glaucoma fellowship train...

Joy Keys chats with Author Buki Papillon about An Ordinary Wonder from 2022-01-15T16:30

Bio: Buki Papillon was born in Nigeria, the oldest of six. After studying law at Hull University in the UK, she completed an MFA in Creative Writing at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts...

Joy Keys chats with Actress Bria Henderson from The Good Doctor TV show from 2022-01-08T16:30

Bria Samoné Henderson can currently be seen playing 'Dr. Jordan Allen' in David Shore's hit medical drama series THE GOOD DOCTOR for ABC. She also appeared as the radical feminist and "Ms. Magazine...

Joy Keys chats with Author Dawn Turner about Three Girls from Bronzeville from 2022-01-08T16:00

DAWN TURNER is an award-winning journalist and novelist. A former columnist and reporter for the Chicago Tribune, Turner spent a decade and a half writing about race, politics and people whose stor...

Joy Keys chats with Author Nadifa Mohamed from 2021-12-18T16:30

NADIFA MOHAMED was born in 1981 in Hargeisa, Somaliland. At the age of four she moved with her family to London. She is the author of Black Mamba Boy and The Orchard of Lost Souls. She has received...

Diabetes Prevention with Joy Keys from 2021-12-18T16:00

Special guest:  American Diabetes Association Ambassador- Anthony Wilson has long known about a heart condition that caused his heart to race, but the EMS professional was unaware of his type 2 di...

2021 Joy Keys chats with Astrologer Samuel F. Reynolds from 2021-12-15T19:00

Samuel F. Reynolds, ISAR CAP, a former skeptic, had a life-changing visit to an astrologer and has since spent 30 years doing charts and studying astrology. He currently serves on the board of dir...

Joy Keys chats with Author Namina Forna from 2021-12-11T16:30

Namina Forna is a young adult novelist based in Los Angeles, and the author of the New York Times bestselling fantasy The Gilded Ones. Originally from Sierra Leone, West Africa, she moved to the US...

Joy Keys chats with Singer Michael Mayo from 2021-12-11T16:00

Whether Michael Mayo is performing with his band, as a guest, or alone with a looper pedal, the LA native’s commanding and other worldly vocalese is quickly gathering critical and commercial acclai...

Joy Keys chats with Author Christine Pride from 2021-12-04T16:00

Christine Pride is a writer, editor and 20-year publishing veteran.  Over the course of her career, she’s held editorial posts at many different imprints, including Doubleday, Broadway, Crown, Hype...

Joy Keys chats with Author Uwem Akpan from 2021-11-27T16:30

Uwem Akpan'd short stories and autobiographical pieces have appeared in the special editions of The New Yorker, the Oprah magazine,Hekima Review, the Nigerian Guardian, America, etc. His first boo...

2021 Joy Keys chats with Actress Regina Taylor from 2021-11-27T16:00

Actress/director/playwright & Golden Globe winner Regina Taylor is best known to television audiences for her role as Lily Harper in "I'll Fly Away.” She received a Golden Globe Award for Best Pe...

Joy Keys chats with Author Ayana Gray about Beasts of Prey from 2021-11-20T16:00

Ayana Gray is a New York Times and Indie bestselling author of speculative fiction and a lover of all things monsters, mythos, and #MelaninMagic. Originally from Atlanta, she now lives in Little Ro...

Joy Keys chats with Actress LaToya Tonodeo from 2021-11-19T00:00

Emerging actress LaToya Tonodeo stars in Power Book II: Ghost, the spin-off series to the STARZ original drama Power. LaToya portrays the intelligent and beautiful Diana Tejada, the daughter of Mar...

Joy Keys chats with Author Chibundu Onuzo from 2021-11-13T16:00

CHIBUNDU ONUZO was born in Lagos, Nigeria and lives in London. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and regular contributor to The Guardian, she is the winner of a Betty Trask Award, has bee...

Joy Keys chats with Actress Nadine Ellis from 2021-11-06T15:30

Nadine Ellis is an in-demand actress who currently stars in the FOX series, Our Kind of People.  In the soapy and thrilling drama, Nadine plays Leah Franklin-Dupont, a strong, confident, elegant bu...

Joy Keys chats with Author Remy Ngamije from 2021-10-30T15:30

Rémy Ngamije is a Rwandan-born Namibian writer and photographer. He is the founder, chairperson, and artministrator of Doek, an independent arts organization in Namibia supporting the literary arts...

Joy Keys chats with Philly's America's Big Deal Winners from 2021-10-30T15:00

Sherrill Mosee from Philadelphia, PA was crowned the winning entrepreneur after selling out of her product, the MinkeeBlue Mariah Backpack, and earning the highest dollar sales during the show’s bu...

Joy Keys chats with Singer Kevin Ross from 2021-10-27T23:00

Music has always been a passion for Washington, D.C. native, Kevin Ross. He attended a performing arts high school and went on to earn a degree from Berklee College of Music. His career began as a ...

2021 Breast Cancer Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2021-10-23T15:30

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month Special Guest: Natasha Coleman, MPH is the Senior Director of Cancer Control Strategic Partnerships for the American Cancer Society, Inc. Northeast Region....

Joy Keys chats with Author CJ Farley from 2021-10-23T15:00

C.J. FARLEY was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and grew up in Brockport, NY, with stops in Middle-earth, Xanth, Earthsea, and Narnia. Farley’s biography Aaliyah: More Than a Woman was a national best s...

Joy Keys chats with Actress Michole Briana White from 2021-10-20T23:00

Actress Michole Briana White can currently be seen as part of the four main leads ensemble on the highly anticipated series, “Black Mafia Family.” From executive producer Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson (...

Joy Keys chats with Marita Golden about The Strong Black Woman from 2021-10-16T15:30

Marita Golden attended public schools in Washington, D.C. and graduated from American University and the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. She has been a faculty member in the M...

Joy Keys chats with Filmmaker Gregory S. Cooke about Black women in WWII from 2021-10-16T15:00

Gregory S. Cooke is a career educator, documentary filmmaker, and World War II historian, dedicated to helping "relocate African Americans from the margins to the main pages of American and global ...

Joy Keys chats wth Author Andrea Freeman about SKIMMED from 2021-10-09T15:30

Andrea Freeman is a Professor of Law at the University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law. She is the recipient of the 2020-21 Fulbright King's College London Research Scholar Award. She...

Find out about ADHD with Joy Keys from 2021-10-09T15:00

Rhashidah Perry-Jones, MPA, is an award-winning writer, communications strategist and parent education and coach. She is vice president and chief communications officer at SELF, Inc., a human servi...

Joy Keys chats with Author T.L. Huchu from 2021-10-02T15:00

T. L. Huchu (he/him) has published previously (as Tendai Huchu) The Hairdresser of Harare and The Maestro, The Magistrate and the Mathematician, which have been translated into multiple languages a...

Joy Keys chats with Author Shugri Said Salh from 2021-09-25T15:30

Shugri Said Salh was born in the Somali desert. In 1992, she immigrated to North America after civil war broke out in her home country. She attended nursing school at Pacific Union College and grad...

Blood Cancer Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2021-09-25T15:00

  Myeloma survivor, and single father of three, Oya of Philadelphia, PA won’t let anything stand in his way as he prepares his kids for another challenging school year. “Myeloma is the most preval...

Joy Keys chats with Author Yejide Kilanko about A Good Name from 2021-09-18T15:30

Yejide Kilanko was born in Ibadan, Nigeria. Her debut novel, Daughters Who Walk This Path, a Canadian national bestseller, was longlisted for the 2016 Nigeria Literature Prize. A writer of poetry a...

Learn about Abortion and the Law with Joy Keys from 2021-09-18T15:00

Special guests: Lizbeth Rodriguez serves as the Community Engagement Coordinator for the Philadelphia Women’s Center, Delaware County Women’s Center and PA State Infrastructure Project. Lizbeth De...

Learn about Black Surfers with Joy Keys from 2021-09-11T15:30

Special guests: Black Surfer Association East Coast-Louis Harris.Harris, was born in Queens and grew up in Dix Hills, Long Island. He moved to the Rockaways in 2006, where he began teaching himself...

2021 Prostate Cancer Awareness with Joy Keys from 2021-09-11T15:00

September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month ***Ingrid J. Hall, PhD, MPH, is an epidemiologist in the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control’s Epidemiology and Applied Research Branch. Dr. Hall...

Joy Keys chats with Author Lolá Ákínmádé Akerström from 2021-09-04T15:00

Nigerian-American and based in Sweden, author LOLÁ ÁKÍNMÁDÉ ÅKERSTRÖM is an award-winning author, speaker, and photographer. Her work has appeared in National Geographic Traveler, BBC, CNN, The Gua...

Joy Keys chats with Author Savala Nolan, Esq. from 2021-08-28T15:30

Savala Nolan is a writer, speaker, and lawyer. She is executive director of the Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. She and her ...

Joy Keys chats about Guns from 2021-08-21T15:30

Dr. Joseph B. Richardson, Jr., is the Joel and Kim Feller Professor of African-American Studies and Medical Anthropology at the University of Maryland. He holds aJoint Appointment in the Department...

Joy Keys chats with Author/Lawyer/Historian Annette Gordon-Reed from 2021-08-21T15:00

Though best known as a Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning historian (for The Hemingses of Monticello), Annette Gordon-Reed is also a proud Texas native and descendant of Texas slaves, for who...

Learn about Schizophrenia with Joy Keys from 2021-08-14T15:30

Special guest:Russell Margolis, M.D. is the clinical director of the Johns Hopkins Schizophrenia Center and a professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School ...

Joy Keys chats with Author Anita Kopacz about Shallow Waters from 2021-08-14T15:00

  Anita Kopacz is an award-winning writer and spiritual advisor. She is the former Editor-in-Chief of Heart & Soul Magazine and Managing Editor of BeautyCents Magazine. When she is not writing, yo...

Joy Keys learns about The Pool Project: A Social History of Segregation from 2021-08-07T15:30

  POOL: A Social History of Segregation. The POOL project aims to encourage a meaningful dialogue on social justice and the history of segregated swimming in America. HERE: The Fairmount Water Wo...

Joy Keys chats with Author and Lawyer Brittany K. Barnett from 2021-08-07T15:00

Brittany K. Barnett is an award-winning attorney and entrepreneur focused on social impact investing. She is dedicated to transforming the criminal justice system and has won freedom for numerous c...

Joy Keys chats with Author Marita Golden about Alzheimer’s from 2021-07-31T15:30

Marita Golden attended public schools in Washington, D.C. and graduated from American University and the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. She has been a faculty member in the M...

Joy Keys chats with Poet/Author Clint Smith from 2021-07-28T23:00

Clint Smith is a staff writer at The Atlantic. He is the author of the narrative nonfiction book, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America, which was a #1 New ...

Joy Keys chats with Author Deesha Philyaw from 2021-07-24T15:00

Deesha Philyaw’s debut short story collection, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, won the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the 2020/2021 Story Prize, and the 2020 LA Times Book Prize: The Art S...

Joy Keys chats with South African Writer Gugulethu Mhlungu from 2021-07-17T15:00

Special guest: Gugulethu Mhlungu. Gugulethu Mhlungu is a writer, broadcaster and editor and has held positions as deputy editor of Bona, hosted NightTalk on Radio702 and Breaking Dawn on Newzroo...

Joy Keys chats with Singer Lynne Fiddmont from 2021-07-10T15:30

Special Guest: Singer Lynne Fiddmont Lynne’s list of credits include an astounding array of legendary artists such as; Quincy Jones, Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, Phil Collins, Michael Jackson, ...

Joy Keys chats with Author Andrea Lee about Red Island House from 2021-07-10T15:00

Andrea Lee is an American-born author of novels, memoirs and short fiction that explore themes of identity and concepts of foreignness. Her writing takes on the borderlands, creating an ongoing dia...

Joy Keys chats with Author Alexis Henderson from 2021-06-26T15:00

Alexis Henderson is a speculative fiction writer with a penchant for dark fantasy, witchcraft, and cosmic horror. She grew up in one of America’s most haunted cities, Savannah, Georgia, which insti...

Joy Keys chats with Camron Jones from Amazon Prime’s Panic from 2021-06-23T23:00

Special Guest: Actor Camron Jones Camron has quickly positioned himself as a one-to-watch. This year, Camron stars in the Amazon Prime series “Panic.” Based on Lauren Oliver’s bestselling novel ...

Joy Keys chats with Poet Staceyann Chin from 2021-06-19T15:00

Performer, writer, and activist Staceyann Chin is the author of the poetry collection Crossfire: A Litany for Survival (2019), winner of the American Book Award, and the memoir The Other Side of Pa...

Joy Keys chats with Poet Hanif Abdurraqib from 2021-06-12T15:30

  Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His poetry has been published in Muzzle, Vinyl, PEN American, and various other journals. His essays and music crit...

What is Bipolar Disorder? with Joy Keys from 2021-06-12T15:00

Special Guest: Dr. Christine Crawford is a Harvard trained adult, child and adolescent psychiatrist who currently serves as the Associate Medical Director for the National Alliance of Mental Illnes...

Joy Keys chats with Actress Jasmine Davis from Showtime’s The Chi show from 2021-06-09T23:00

Special guest: Actress Jasmine Davis  Jasmine Davis came from the streets of Chicago IL.  She was raised by a single mom. Her father battled drug addiction. Jasmine knew she was different from he...

Joy Keys chats with Author Dawnie Walton from 2021-06-05T15:00

DAWNIE WALTON is a fiction writer and journalist whose explores identity, place, and the influence of pop culture. She has won fellowships from MacDowell and the Tin House Summer Workshop, and earn...

Joy Keys chats with Author Stephen Mack Jones from 2021-05-29T15:30

  Stephen Mack Jones is a published poet, an award-winning playwright, and a recipient of the prestigious Hammett Prize, Nero Award, and the Kresge Arts in Detroit Literary Fellowship. He was born...

2021 Stroke Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2021-05-29T15:00

Speciasl Guest: Dr. Richard Benson is Director of the Office of Global Health and Health Disparities (OGHHD) in the NINDS Division of Clinical Research. He is a leader in the fields of vascul...

2021 Lupus Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2021-05-22T15:00

  Special Guests : Wambui Machua, M.D., earned her bachelor’s degree in microbiology and molecular genetics from Oklahoma State University and her medical degree from American University of Inte...

Joy Keys chats with Musician Jason Marsalis from 2021-05-15T15:30

Jason is the son of pianist and music educator Ellis Marsalis and his wife Dolores, and the youngest sibling of Wynton, Branford and Delfeayo. Together, the four brothers and their patriarch Ellis,...

Joy Keys chats with Actress Tyla Abercrumbie from Showtime’s The Chi from 2021-05-12T23:00

Abercrumbie, a stalwart of the Chicago stage, is known more widely for her television roles on “The Chi” created by awarding winning, Chicago native,  Lena Waithe. The Chi entering it’s forth seaso...

Joy Keys chats with Poet Jericho Brown from 2021-05-08T15:30

Jericho Brown is author of the The Tradition (Copper Canyon 2019), for which he won the Pulitzer Prize. He is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Radcliffe Institute fo...

Joy Keys chats with the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio from 2021-05-08T15:00

  Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio—or as it is sometimes referred to, DLO3—specialize in the lost art of “feel good music.” The ingredients of this intoxicating cocktail include a big helping of the 1960s...

Joy Keys chats with Musician Ashley Henry from 2021-05-01T15:34:14

Ashley Henry is one of a new generation of musicians that have been raised with a wide range of influences Born and raised in South London, England, United Kingdom, Ashley Henry’s listening and vi...

Joy Keys Chats with Dr. Carl Hart about Drug Use for Grown Ups from 2021-05-01T15:00

Special Guest: Dr Carl Hart Dr. Carl L. Hart, Ziff Professor at Columbia University and former chair of the Department of Psychology, is one of the world’s preeminent experts on the effects of so-...

Joy Keys chats with Actress Khadijah Karriem and Director Arthur Muhammad from 2021-04-25T16:00

COMING SOON! Recession Proof is a comedy about: Regina Holloway, a Wall Street executive  who loses her entire lifesavings in a ponzi scheme and is forced to move back home with with her momma in ...

2021 Autism Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2021-04-24T15:30

Special Guests: Autism Activist Morenike Giwa Onaiwu and Dr. Linda McGhee Linda McGhee, PsyD, JD, BBA, (she/her/hers) is a clinical psychologist and founder of McGhee & Associates (Chevy Chase, M...

Joy Keys chats with Author Naima Coster from 2021-04-24T15:00

Naima Coster is the author of two novels. Her debut, Halsey Street, was a finalist for the 2018 Kirkus Prize for Fiction and longlisted for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award. It was recommended a...

2021 Fair Housing Month with Joy Keys from 2021-04-21T23:00

Special Guests: Lydia M. Pope has been in the real estate industry since 1995 and is currently president and owner of E & D Realty and Investment Co, Inc., E&D Realty Property Management & New Era...

Joy Keys chats with Singer Syssi Mananga from 2021-04-17T16:00

Congolese Singer Syssi Mananga My first album "Retour aux Sources" (i.e. Back to Roots) was released in 2013. The flagship title of this album was Tala Ngai which was awarded by the Couleurs Talen...

Joy Keys chats with Nigerian Author Suyi Davies Okungbowa from 2021-04-17T15:30

Suyi Davies Okungbowa is a Nigerian author of speculative fiction inspired by his West African origins. He is the author of David Mogo, Godhunter, and his shorter works have appeared in Lightspeed,...

Joy Keys chats with Actress Ilfenesh Hadera from Epix’s Godfather of Harlem from 2021-04-14T23:00

Ilfenesh Hadera plays Mayme Johnson on Epix's Godfather of Harlem opposite Forest Whitaker.    Ilfenesh Hadera recently wrapped Season 2 of Spike Lee’s Netflix hit series SHE’S GOTTA HAVE IT, the...

2021 Sexual Assault Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2021-04-10T15:00

Yolanda Edrington is the Director of the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC), located in Harrisburg, PA. She oversees the operations of the national center in its mission to provide le...

Joy Keys chats with Author Michelle Duster about Ida B. The Queen from 2021-04-03T15:00

Michelle Duster is a writer, speaker, professor, and champion of racial and gender equity. In the last dozen years, she has written, edited, or contributed to over a dozen books.  She co-wrote the ...

Joy Keys chats with Actress Angela Lewis from 2021-03-29T23:25:04

Special guest: Actress Angela Lewis from FXNetwork’s Snowfall Actress and new mom Angela Lewis is back for the fourth season of FX’s hit crime drama “Snowfall” (new episode every Wednesday 10pm). ...

Joy Keys chats with Author Nikki Grimes from 2021-03-27T15:30

Nikki Grimes is a New York Times bestselling author and  the recipient of the Children's Literature Legacy Award, the Virginia  Hamilton Literary Award, and the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry ...

2021 Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2021-03-20T15:30

2021 Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month: Special Guests:    Dr. Kalina Sanders, MD, a board-certified neurologist, specializes in multiple sclerosis and spasticity management. As a former assistan...

Joy Keys chats with Author Chad Sanders about his book Black Magic from 2021-03-20T15:00

  Chad Sanders is a writer, director, actor, and musician based in New York City. Previously, Chad worked at Google and YouTube and as a tech entrepreneur. He has since written and cowritten TV se...

2021 Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2021-03-17T23:00

Commander Djenaba A. Joseph, MD, MPH, is board certified in internal medicine and is a Commander in the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service. She joined the Centers for Disease Cont...

Joy Keys chats with Author Kwei Quartey from 2021-03-13T16:30

Kwei Quartey is a crime fiction writer and retired physician based in Pasadena, California. Quartey was born in Ghana, West Africa, to a Ghanaian father and a Black American mother, both of whom we...

Jou Keys chats with Author and Publisher Denene Millner from 2021-03-13T16:00

Special guest: Author and Publisher Denene Millne Denene Millner is a New York Times bestselling author and frequent contributor to publications such as Essence, NPR, Redbook, and Glamour. In 20...

Joy Keys chats with Author and Publisher Denene Millner from 2021-03-13T16:00

Special guest: Author and Publisher Denene Millne Denene Millner is a New York Times bestselling author and frequent contributor to publications such as Essence, NPR, Redbook, and Glamour. In 20...

Joy Keys chats with Author Donna Hill about Confessions In B-Flat from 2021-03-06T16:30

Donna Hill began her career in 1987 writing short stories for the confession magazines. Since that time she has more than 100 published titles to her credit since her first novel was released in 19...

Joy Keys chats with Actor Amin Joseph from FXNetwork's Snowfall show from 2021-03-06T00:00

AMIN JOSEPH CONTINUES TO MAKE HIS MARK in Hollywood as the lead patriarch “Jerome Saint” in FX’s hit series Snowfall. He was also also seen in FOX’s Stuber, starring alongside Dave Bautista and Kum...

Joy Keys chats with Singer BYHAZE from 2021-02-27T16:30

BYHAZE "The Architect of Holistic Sounds" is a creative content entrepreneur dedicated to the progression of his community through sonic healing, visual evolution, and artistic philanthropy. BYHAZE...

Joy Keys chats with Author Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi from 2021-02-27T16:00

Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi is a recipient of the Windham-Campbell Prize and her first novel, Kintu, won the Kwani? Manuscript Project Prize in 2013 and was longlisted for the Etisalat Prize in 2014...

Joy Keys chats with Actor Algee Smith from Judas and the Black Messiah movie from 2021-02-27T00:00

  Special Guest: Actor Algee Smith from Judas and The Black Messiah movie Actor, singer and songwriter can currently be seen as a series regular on HBO award winning series “Euphoria” opposite Ze...

2021 Eating Disorders Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2021-02-20T16:30

Feb,. 22nd-28th National Eating Disorders Awareness Week Guest: Dr. Rachel Goode is an Assistant Professor at the School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a key conte...

Joy Keys chats with Author Chrystal D. Giles from 2021-02-20T16:00

  Special Guest: Author Chrystal D.Giles Chrystal D. Giles’s refreshing middle-grade debut TAKE BACK THE BLOCK (Random House Books for Young Readers / On sale January 26, 2021 / Ages 8–12) is cho...

Joy Keys chats with Actress&Author Tina Lifford from 2021-02-20T00:00

Hollywood veteran Tina Lifford plays the vivacious breakout character Aunt Vi on the critically acclaimed television drama, Queen Sugar. She has played over 100 characters in her long-standing care...

Joy Keys chats with Author Walter Mosley about Blood Grove from 2021-02-13T16:30

Walter Mosley is one of the most versatile and admired writers in America. He is the author of more than sixty critically acclaimed books that cover a wide range of ideas, genres, and forms, From h...

How to create a healthy marriage with Joy Keys from 2021-02-13T16:00

  Ayo Akindumila, LMFT, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist at Council for Relationships. She has extensive experience working with individuals, couples, and families looking to cope with ...

Joy Keys chats with Actress Michael Hyatt from FX Network’s Snowfall from 2021-02-12T00:00

Special guest: Actress Michael Hyatt from FXNetwork's Snowfall. Michael Hyatt was born in England to Jamaican parents. At the age of 10 she immigrated to the United States with her mother and two ...

Interview with Author and Lawyer Nkechi Taifa from 2021-02-06T16:30

Nkechi Taifa is President of The Taifa Group LLC, a social enterprise firm whose mission is to advance justice. She is a Senior Fellow at Columbia University’s Center for Justice, and convenes the ...

Joy Keys chats with Genius Educator Dr. Chris Imafidon from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

  Dr. Chris Imafidon is a multi-award winning researcher and scientific pioneer. Father of the “Britian’s brainiest family.”  He is a member of the Information Age Executive Round-table forum - wh...

Joy Keys chats with French Singer Laëtitia Dana from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Special Guest:  Twenty Eight year old French Singer and Songwriter Laetitia Dana. Born of a Tunisian mother and an Ivorian father. Growing up, Laëtitia Dana was influenced by Soul, Hip-Hop and Jazz...

Joy Keys and Singer Khethi chat with The Muffinz from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

CO HOST: Khethukubonga ‘Khethi ‘ Ntshangase exemplifies African Evolution. She was aptly born on Africa Day, 25 May 1980 in the city of Pietermaritzburg, KZN; raised by Johannesburg’s lively underg...

Joy Keys finds out "What Black Men Think" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

SPECIAL GUEST: JANKS MORTON is a groundbreaking international and award winning Documentarian. As founder of iYAGO ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, LLC, he states “the company came into existence to reflect b...

The DivaGirl’s Guide with Fashionista Cheryl Wadlington from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Girls need help. “The DivaGirl’s Guide to Style and Self-Respect” is the answer to her “help me” cry. This book isn’t full of random “shoulds” to memorize. It explains all the “whys,” so today’s g...

Love, Inshallah with Ayesha Mattu and Nura Maznavi from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Romance, dating, sex and – Muslim women? In this groundbreaking collection, 25 writers sweep aside stereotypes to share their search for love and speak openly for the first time about love, relati...

Children's Dental Health with Joy Keys from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

February is National Children’s Dental Health Month. Jonathan Shenkin, DDS, MPH, is an American Dental Association (ADA) expert spokesperson on pediatric dentistry. He has a full time pediatric de...

Joy Keys chats with Health Guru Glenn Ellis from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

This is a Pre-recorded interview GLENN ELLIS, SR.: The Birmingham, Alabama native has earned a well-deserved reputation as an internationally respected health educator and complementary medicine co...

Joy Keys chats with Author Rebecca Walker about Black Cool from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Rebecca Walker is an award-winning author and lecturer. She is the author of the memoirs Black, White and Jewish, and Baby Love and editor of the anthologies To Be Real, What Makes a Man, and One B...

Joy Keys chats with Jamal Joseph about Panther Baby from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Eddie Joseph was an intelligent honors student well on his way to starting college early. But growing up in the Bronx’s black ghetto in the ‘60s meant that in lieu of finding early college acceptan...

Developing Healthy Relationships: Dating to Marriage from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Jennifer Jones, MSW, LCSW is a licensed clinical social worker. She has a passion for working with individuals and couples in helping them increase their self awareness, their understanding of the...

Joy Keys chats with Red Tails Movie Star Andre Royo from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Andre Royo is a Bronx-born actor with an impressive list of television and film credits. Best known for his role as confidential informant Bubbles on HBO's acclaimed series The Wire, he's also appe...

Joy Keys chats with the stars of Exit Strategy, the movie from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

James (Jameel Saleem) gets evicted from his apartment and moves in with his girlfriend of three months Kim (Kimelia Weathers) and quickly discovers she's everything he never wanted in a woman. He ...

Joy Keys chats with Red Tails movie star Marcus T. Paulk from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Special Guest: Marcus T. Paulk  is an actor, rapper and dancer best known for his role as Myles Mitchell in the UPN sitcom Moesha, which aired from 1996 through 2001.   He has also appeared with ...

Joy Keys chats with Author Naturi Thomas from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Naturi Thomas is the published author of a children’s book, Uh-Oh! It’s Mama’s Birthday! (Albert Whitman & Co., 1997) Booklist called it, “appealing…one of those stories with a universal premise.”...

Radon Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Special Guest: Director of Engineering Extension at Kansas State University Bruce Snead has been a state extension specialist in residential energy, radon and indoor air quality at Kansas State U...

Joy Keys chats with The Scottsboro Boys from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Special Guest:Clinton Roane (Broadway- Scottsboro Boys, NY Theatre-The Sporting Life of Icarus Jones, Regional Theatre- Hello! My Baby.) BFA from Howard University.   Special Guest: Actor David B...

Joy Keys chats with Life Coach Simone Kelly from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Simone graduated from Long Island University's C.W. Post Campus in 1996. She has a Bachelor's of Science degree with a concentration in Marketing and Advertising. Her career began in the music ind...

2021 Cervical Cancer Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2021-01-30T16:30

2021 Cervical Cancer Awareness Month Special Guests : Debbie Saslow, PhD Managing Director, HPV & GYN Cancers for The American Cancer Society.Tamika Felder , cervical cancer survivor and founder o...

Joy Keys chats with Author Sharon G. Flake about The Life I’m In from 2021-01-30T16:00

Sharon G. Flake first exploded onto the literary scene with her internationally acclaimed novel, The Skin I’m In. Since then, she has become a bestselling author and multiple Coretta Scott King Hon...

2021 Human Trafficking Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2021-01-23T16:30

Lillian Agbeyegbe is the Community Engagement Manager on the Strategic Initiative on Sex Trafficking team. She is the lead on a Safety Net Expansion Initiative for Polaris Big Fight that seeks to r...

Joy Keys chats with Author Candacy Taylor about the Overground Railroad from 2021-01-23T16:00

Candacy Taylor is an award-winning author, photographer and cultural documentarian working on a multidisciplinary project based on the Green Book. She is the author of the bestselling book, Overgro...

Joy Keys chats with Singer Ryan Shaw from 2021-01-16T16:30

Ryan Shaw is a three-time GRAMMY® nominated artist for his solo projects, Columbia Records’ This is Ryan Shaw, his In Between and Dynotone’s Real Love. He has shared the world stage with such artis...

Joy Keys chats with Actor Javon Johnson from BET's The Oval show from 2021-01-15T00:00

On BET's The Oval show Javon Johnson portrays 'Richard Hallsen,' a proud family man, and the esteemed White House butler who has served under several administrations at the White House, longer than...

Joy Keys chats with Authors Maika and Maritza Moulite about One of the Good Ones from 2021-01-09T17:00

In ONE OF THE GOOD ONES, Maika and Maritza Moulite have written a powerful story that transcends the pages and takes a hard look at what it means to be “one of the good ones,” when being human shou...

Joy Keys chats with Vegan Activist Tracye McQuirter, MPH from 2021-01-09T16:00

Tracye McQuirter, MPH, was named a national food hero by Vegetarian Times. She’s the author of the new book Ageless Vegan, and the national best-seller By Any Greens Necessary, which established he...

Joy Keys chats with Ben Brown creator of the Tourette's Podcast from 2021-01-09T00:00

Ben Brown is the creator of Tourette’s Podcast, a weekly podcast sponsored by the Tourette Association of America. On the show, Ben talks with strangers who have Tourette Syndrome — sometimes it’s ...

Joy Keys chats with Poet Cheryl Boyce-Taylor about Mama Phife Represents from 2020-12-26T16:30

Cheryl Boyce-Taylor is a poet and workshop facilitator. The recipient of the 2015 Barnes and Noble Writers For Writers Award, she is the founder and curator of Calypso Muse and the Glitter Pomegran...

Joy Keys chats with Actor/Director/Writer Colman Domingo from 2020-12-19T16:00

Colman Domingo is a Tony, Olivier, Drama Desk, and Drama League Award nominated actor, director, writer and producer. Colman has recently received his Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from Ursi...

Joy Keys chats with African American Astrologer Samuel F. Reynolds about 2020 from 2020-12-13T14:00

Samuel F. Reynolds, ISAR CAP, a former skeptic, had a life-changing visit to an astrologer and has since spent 30 years doing charts and studying astrology. He currently serves on the board of dir...

Joy Keys chats with African American Airline Pilot Stephanie R. Grant from 2020-12-12T16:00

  Airline Pilot Stephanie R. Grant is a graduate of Hampton University, where she earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology. ***Grant served as the Executive Officer in this 101st Airborne Div...

Joy Keys chats with Dr. Desmond U. Patton about social media&gang violence from 2020-12-05T16:00

Dr. Desmond Upton Patton, Associate Dean for Innovation and Academic Affairs, founding director of the SAFE Lab and co-director of the Justice, Equity and Technology lab at Columbia School of Socia...

Joy Keys chats with Hollywood Producer Lyn Sisson-Talbert about Jingle Jangle from 2020-12-02T23:00

Lyn Sisson-Talbert stands tall as one of the most accomplished female producers in Hollywood and the guiding force behind top grossing original projects for film, stage, and books. Sisson-Talbert i...

Epilepsy Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2020-11-21T16:30

Pamela Price currently serves as the Deputy Director for The Balm In Gilead managing the various health initiatives of the organization.  Mrs. Price holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Public H...

Joy Keys chats with Andrew Suggs about Live Chair​ from 2020-11-21T16:00

Andrew Suggs is the CEO and founder of Live Chair- one of the industry’s premier barber reservation software providers that has evolved to provide accessible and affordable health screenings in the...

Joy Keys chats with Author Michele Harper from 2020-11-14T16:00

Michele Harper has worked as an emergency room physician for more than a decade at various institutions, including as chief resident at Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx and in the emergency depa...

Joy Keys chats with Film Director Arthur Muhammad about The Lil Voice from 2020-11-07T16:30

AM Studios is releasing the empowering drama, the LIL voice,written by Arthur Muhammad & Tara Youngblood, directed by Arthur Muhammad. The story is filled with profound life lessons, and stars Lynn...

Joy Keys chats with Author Tochi Onyebuchi from 2020-11-07T16:00

Tochi Onyebuchi is the author of the young adult novel Beasts Made of Night, which won the Ilube Nommo Award for Best Speculative Fiction Novel by an African, its sequel, Crown of Thunder, and War ...

Joy Keys chats with Actress Aliyah Royale from The Walking Dead: World Beyond from 2020-11-03T18:30

Proclaimed as "one of this year's biggest and most respected breakout stars" as told to The Hollywood Reporter, the multi-talented, charismatic and beautiful actress Aliyah Royale is undoubtedly Ho...

Joy Keys chats with Saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin from 2020-10-31T15:30

  Lakecia Benjamin was named by the Downbeat Magazine Critics’ Poll as Rising Star in 2020.  Her latest album "Pursuance" is an intergenerational masterpiece that takes one on a journey through th...

Joy Keys chats with Jazz Singer China Moses from 2020-10-31T15:00

  China Moses is the daughter of jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater and director Gilbert Moses. She released her first single "Time" (1996) at the age of 18, along with her first video directed by Je...

Joy Keys chats with Author Roseanne A. Brown from 2020-10-24T15:30

Roseanne “Rosie” A. Brown was born in Kumasi, Ghana and immigrated to the wild jungles of central Maryland as a child. She graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor’s in Journalism ...

2020 Domestic Violence Prevention Month with Joy Keys from 2020-10-24T15:00

October is Domestic Volence Prevention Month. Irene Lindsay Brantley- Program Director, Women In Transition. https://www.helpwomen.org/   Irene’s passion is working to empower survivors of d...

Joy Keys chats with Author/Poet Roje Augustin about Out of No Way from 2020-10-21T23:00

Rojé Augustin is a native New Yorker who grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Her first novel, The Unraveling of Bebe Jones, won the 2013 National Indie Excellence Award in African American...

2020 World Hypertension Day with Joy Keys and the American Heart Association from 2020-10-17T15:30

Dr. Willie Lawrence is board certified in internal medicine with subspecialties in cardiovascular diseases, interventional cardiology and nuclear cardiology. In addition to his Kansas City Super Do...

Joy Keys chats with Author Nic Stone from 2020-10-14T23:30

Nic Stone is an Atlanta native and a Spelman College graduate. Her debut novel for young adults, Dear Martin, and her debut middle-grade novel, Clean Getaway, were both New York Times bestsellers. ...

Joy Keys chats with Venture Capitalist Arlan Hamilton from 2020-10-10T15:30

Arlan Hamilton is the Founder and Managing Partner of Backstage Capital, a venture capital firm dedicated to minimizing funding disparities in tech by investing in highpotential founders who are pe...

Joy Keys chats with Actor Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine from 2020-10-07T23:00

NTARE GUMA MBAHO MWINE starred as Ronnie in three seasons of the hit Showtime series The Chi.  He plays the lead role in the film Farewell Amor, for which he won the Best Actor award at the Durb...

Joy Keys chats with Nigerian Author Chigozie Obioma from 2020-10-03T15:30

Chigozie Obioma is a Nigerian writer.  In 2015, Obioma was named one of "100 Global Thinkers" by Foreign Policy magazine.  He is best known for writing the novels The Fishermen (2015) and An Orch...

Joy Keys chats with Portuguese Singer Lura from 2020-10-03T15:00

Special Guest: Singer Lura The innate talent that runs through her veins makes her one  of the most recognizable african singers. Lura has been in the music industry for 20 years, Lura was born i...

Joy Keys chats with Author Farrah Rochon about The Boyfriend Project from 2020-09-26T15:30

A native of south Louisiana, USA Today Bestselling author Farrah Rochon officially began her writing career while waiting in between classes in the student lounge at Xavier University of Louisiana....

Suicide Prevention Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2020-09-26T15:00

September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month Brandon J. Johnson, M.H.S. is a tireless advocate for positive mental health and suicide prevention services for youth and adults across the country...

Joy Keys chats with Grammy winning Musician Billy Childs from 2020-09-20T16:00

Billy Childs has garnered sixteen Grammy nominations and five Grammy awards: two for best instrumental composition (Into the Light from Lyric and The Path Among The Trees from Autumn: In Moving Pic...

Joy Keys chats with Author Ellis Cose about Free Speech in America from 2020-09-19T15:30

Ellis Cose is the author of a dozen books on issues of national and international concern, including the best-selling The Rage of a Privileged Class. Cose is a widely respected journalist who has s...

Joy Keys chats with Actor Vaughn Hebron from 2020-09-16T23:00

Vaughn Hebron who can currently be seen as one of the leads on the hit BET series “The Oval,” currently wrapping its first season, will return this fall to premiere its second season! The series fo...

Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2020-09-12T15:30

Special Guest: Dr. Titilope Fasipe is the Co-Director of the Texas Children’s Sickle Cell Program and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in Hematology/Oncology at Baylor College of Medicine in Ho...

Joy Keys chats with Saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins from 2020-09-05T15:30

Alto saxophonist and composer Immanuel Wilkins delivers an expansive opus about the Black experience in America on his remarkable debut album Omega, which will be released August 7 on Blue Note Rec...

Joy Keys chats with South African LGBTQ Activist Dr. Beverly Ditsie from 2020-09-05T15:00

Special Guest: South African LGBTQ Activist Dr. Beverly Ditsie 1995, the LGBTI activist became the first African lesbian to address gay and lesbian rights before the UN. Beverley Palesa Ditsie is...

Joy Keys chats with Scholar Thomas Lockley about the African Samurai from 2020-09-03T00:00

Thomas Lockley is an associate professor at Nihon University College of Law in Tokyo, where he teaches courses concerning the international and multicultural history of Japan and East Asia. He auth...

Learn about PTSD with Joy Keys and Psychologist Suziliene Board from 2020-08-29T15:30

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that's triggered by a terrifying event — either experiencing it or witnessing it. Symptoms may include flashbacks, nightmares and ...

Joy Keys chats with Jesmane Boggenpoel about My Blood Divides and Unites from 2020-08-29T15:00

Debut author Jesmane Boggenpoel is an experienced business executive and former Head of Business Engagement at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. She has served on the boards of various inter...

Joy Keys chats with Actress Courtney Nichole from BET's Assisted Living show from 2020-08-26T23:00

Chicago native, Courtney Nichole achieved her dreams of being an actress after working as a teacher and now stars in Tyler Perry’s new series, Assisted Living, premiering on September 2 on BET.  Co...

2020 Psoriasis Awareness Month with Joy Keys and Dr. Shani Francis from 2020-08-22T15:30

*****August is Psoriasis Awareness Month****** Shani Francis, MD, MBA is a board certified dermatologist with personal interests in skin cancer, hair loss, inflammatory skin conditions m, occupati...

Joy Keys chats with Author Rion Amilcar Scott from 2020-08-22T15:00

Rion Amilcar Scott is the author of the story collection, The World Doesn’t Require You (Norton/Liveright, August 2019), a finalist for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award. His debut story collection, In...

Joy Keys chats with Author S. A. Cosby about his book Blacktop Wasteland from 2020-08-15T15:30

Shawn A. Cosby is a writer from Southeastern Virginia, now residing in Gloucester, Virginia. His short fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies and magazines. His short story "The Grass Beneath...

2020 Breastfeeding Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2020-08-15T15:00

*********August is Breastfeeding Awarrness Month************ Jabina G. Coleman, LSW, MSW, IBCLC, is a Licensed Social Worker and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant who has dedicate...

Joy Keys chats with the CEO of S.W.A.N. Deshauna Barber from 2020-08-08T15:30

The Service Women’s Action Network (SWAN) is the voice of all military women – past, present, and future. We are a member-driven community network advocating for the individual and collective needs...

Joy Keys chats with 2020 Caine Prize Author Winner Irenosen Okojie from 2020-08-08T15:00

Irenosen Okojie is a Nigerian-British writer. Her debut novel Butterfly Fish won a Betty Trask award and was shortlisted for an Edinburgh International First Book Award. Her work has been featured ...

Joy Keys chats with Actress Brandee Evans from STARZ’s P-Valley show from 2020-08-05T23:00

Special Guest: Brandee Evans Memphis native Brandee Evans is a former High School English teacher. She has graced the stage all over the world as a professional dancer and choreographer. Brandee...

Joy Keys chats with Author Mikki Kendall about her book Hood Feminism from 2020-08-01T15:30

Mikki Kendall is a writer, diversity consultant, and occasional feminist who talks a lot about intersectionality, policing, gender, sexual assault, and other current events. Her nonfiction can be f...

Joy Keys chats with the authors of They Carried Us from 2020-07-25T15:30

  They Carried Us- The Social impact of Philadelhia's Black Women Leaders,  by Allener M. Baker-Rogers  (Author), Fasaha M. Traylor (Author) ======= Allener is a native West Philadelphian who n...

Learn more about Migraines with Joy Keys from 2020-07-18T15:30

  L. Charleston IV, MD, MSc., FAHS: Headache Medicine. Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Neurology University of Michigan. He received is M.D. from Wayne State University. Dr. Charleston...

Joy Keys chats with South African Author Masande Ntshanga from 2020-07-18T15:00

Author Masande Ntshanga is the winner of the inaugural PEN International New Voices Award 2013, and was a finalist for the Caine Prize 2015. He was born in South Africa, and graduated from the Univ...

Joy Keys chats with Singer Quiana Lynell from 2020-07-11T15:00

With a smile that will entrance you and a voice that helps your troubles disappear, Quiana Lynell’s vocal dexterity allows her to perform a limitless repertoire.  Infusing her classical training wi...

Joy Keys chats with Emmy Award Winning Actor Keith David from 2020-07-08T22:00

Three-time Emmy award-winning television and film veteran actor, and "King of Voiceovers," Keith David. Keith brings to life 'Gene Holloway" in season 6 of CBS' "NCIS: New Orleans," a new love int...

Joy Keys chats with Ghanaian Author Ayesha Harruna Attah from 2020-07-04T15:30

Ayesha Harruna Attah is the author of four novels: Harmattan Rain (Per Ankh Publishers), nominated for the 2010 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize; Saturday's Shadows (World Editions), shortlisted for the...

Joy Keys chats with Author&Activist Ms. Afropolitan-Minna Salami from 2020-06-27T15:30

Minna Salami is a Nigerian, Finnish and Swedish writer and lecturer. She is the founder of the multiple award-winning blog, MsAfropolitan, which connects feminism with contemporary culture from an ...

Joy Keys chats with Author Sulaiman Addonia about Silence Is My Mother Tongue from 2020-06-27T15:00

Sulaiman Addonia is a novelist who fled Eritrea as a refugee in childhood. He spent his early life in a refugee camp in Sudan following the Om Hajar massacre in 1976, and in his early teens he live...

Joy Keys chats with Author&Caine Prize winner Tope Folarin from 2020-06-20T15:30

Tope Folarin is a Nigerian-American writer based in Washington DC. He won the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2013 and was shortlisted once again in 2016. He was also recently named to the Afric...

2020 Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2020-06-20T15:00

Tourette Syndrome is one type of Tic Disorder. Tics are involuntary, repetitive movements and vocalizations. They are the primary symptoms of a group of childhood-onset neurological conditions know...

Joy Keys chats with Actor Curtiss Cook from Showtime’s The Chi from 2020-06-17T20:00

SPECIAL GUEST: Actor Curtis Cook Curtiss became the first American to receive a full-ride scholarship to London's prestigious Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.   He has performed on Broadway in...

Joy Keys chats with Author Antoine Bandele from 2020-06-13T15:30

SPECIAL GUEST: Antoine Bandele HE IS AN AMAZON BESTSELLING AUTHOR IN DARK FANTASY, SWORD & SORCERY, AND AFRICAN LITERATURE. Books:  An Esowan Story ***The Kishi The Sky Pirate Chronicles **By...

Joy Keys chats with Malian Singer, Musician and Activist Fatoumata Diawara from 2020-06-07T02:30

FATOUMATA DIAWARA: Hailed as one of the most vital standard-bearers of modern African music, Fatoumata Diawara takes her artistry to fresh and thrilling heights on her new album FENFO. Her spectac...

Joy Keys chats with Trumpeter Keyon Harrold about The Mugician from 2020-05-30T15:30

Keyon Harrold was born and raised in Ferguson, MO, the St. Louis suburb that tore into America’s national consciousness in 2014 with the police shooting of Michael Brown and the bitter protests and...

Joy Keys chats with Author Tembi Locke about From Scratch from 2020-05-30T15:00

An accomplished actor with over sixty television and film appearances, including the recent hit Netflix comedy Never Have I Ever, Ms. Locke is also a producer, screenwriter and author of the New Yo...

Joy Keys chats with Author Shana L. Redmond about her book Everything Man from 2020-05-23T15:30

Shana L. Redmond is a native of Racine, Wisconsin and the daughter of working-class parents, whose experiences of service work and incarceration profoundly impacted her political and racial identit...

2020 Mental Health Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2020-05-23T15:00

May is National Mental Health Awareness Month Dr. Krystal Lewis from the National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH). She is a licensed clinical psychologist and a researcher at NIMH. She conducts...

Joy Keys chats with Actor Jean Elie from HBO’s Insecure show from 2020-05-20T23:00

Jéan Elie is a Haitian American actor/writer, known for playing Ahmal Dee on HBO’s critically acclaimed comedy series Insecure. Elie rose to recognition as an actor for playing Yves Durand in the 2...

Joy Keys chats with Author Emily Bernard about Black is the Body from 2020-05-16T15:30

Emily Bernard holds a B. A. and Ph. D. in American Studies from Yale University. Her work has appeared in The American Scholar, The Boston Globe Magazine, Creative Nonfiction, Green Mountains Re...

Joy Keys chats with Singer Ayo about her album Royal from 2020-05-09T15:30

Ayo (born as Joy Olasunmibo Ogunmakin in Frechen near Cologne, Germany) is a Nigerian-German singer-songwriter. She recorded her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York Sony studio. H...

Joy Keys chats with Philadelphia’s Poet Laureate Trapeta Mayson from 2020-05-09T15:00

Trapeta B. Mayson is the city of Philadelphia’s current Poet Laureate. She reads her poetry widely and works extensively facilitating poetry and creative writing workshops. Her work sheds light on ...

2020 Stroke Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2020-05-06T23:30

NATIONAL STROKE AWARENESS MONTH   Special guest: DR. CAROLYN BROCKINGTON Carolyn D. Brockington, MD is the Director of the Stroke Center at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s and Mount Sinai West Hospital i...

Joy Keys chats with Author Michael Arceneaux about I Don’t Want To Die Poor from 2020-05-02T15:30

Michael Arceneaux  is the New York Times bestselling author of I Can’t Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I’ve Put My Faith in Beyoncé. Additionally, he is a regular contributo...

Joy Keys chats with Actor Neil Brown, Jr. from CBS’s Seal Team from 2020-05-02T15:00

Actor Neil Brown, Jr. is best known for his current role as Ray Perry in CBS' s Seal Team show. In addition, he plays Chad Kerr on HBO's Insecure show  Neil has worked on Straight Outta Compt...

Joy Keys chats with Grammy winning Drummer Terri Lyne Carrington from 2020-04-29T23:30

hree-time GRAMMY® award-winning drummer, producer, educator and activist, Terri Lyne Carrington started her professional career as a “kid wonder” while studying under a full scholarship at Berklee ...

Joy Keys chats with ABC's The Rookie Actress Mekia Cox from 2020-04-25T15:30

Mekia Cox MEKIA COX Mekia has been dazzling audiences since the age of two when she performed her first solo song and dance. It was then that she knew her purpose in life was to entertain. With ...

Joy Keys chats with Jazz Pianist Christian Sands about Be Water from 2020-04-25T15:00

Christian Sands is currently one of the most in-demand pianists working in jazz. In the last few years he has toured around the world as a bandleader and recently appeared as a sideman on records b...

Joy Keys chats with HBO’s Insecure Actress Natasha Rothwell from 2020-04-22T23:30

NATASHA ROTHWELL Natasha is a writer, actress and comedian. She currently plays Kelli on HBO’s Insecure show. Natasha was previously a writer on Saturday Night Live TV show 2014-2015 season. in...

2020 Autism Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2020-04-22T23:00

    AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH Special Guest: Kim Kaiser is a proud Mom of a son on the Spectrum. She is an Autism Advocate, Artist and Certified Peer Support Specialist and Parent Advisor with Fami...

Joy Keys chats with Kent Garrett about his book The Last Negroes at Harvard from 2020-04-18T15:30

KENT GARRETT was born in the Fort Greene Projects in Brooklyn, New York. He excelled in the New York City Public Schools and went on to Harvard College in 1959. He was one of the producers of the g...

Joy Keys chats with Therapist Bill Holmes about Coping with Stress from 2020-04-16T23:00

April is National Stress Awareneas Month Stress is up. Most Americans are suffering from moderate toh 44 percent reporting that their stress levels have increased over the past five years. Childr...

Joy Keys chats with Able-bodied African American Pilot Leslie Irby from 2020-04-11T15:30

Leslie Irby is a trailblazer, innovator, speaker and avid traveler. Irby hails from East Point, GA. As a 2012 graduate of Fort Valley State University, Leslie was at the starting point of life whe...

Joy Keys chats with Author Dr. Chika Unigwe about Better Never Than Late from 2020-04-11T15:00

CHIKA UNIGWE, PhD Chika Unigwe, PhD, is the author of four novels, including the acclaimed On Black Sisters' Street (Jonathan Cape, 2009), and winner of the $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature (...

Joy Keys chats with Professor of Law Justin Driver about The School-House Gate from 2020-04-04T15:30

Justin Driver is Professor of Law at Yale Law School. He teaches and writes in the area of constitutional law and is the author of The Schoolhouse Gate: Public Education, the Supreme Court, and the...

Joy Keys chats with Actor J. Alex Brinson from CBS All Rise tv show from 2020-04-04T15:00

As a talented actor on the rise, J. Alex Brinson continues to build his body of work by bringing dynamic characters to life within his acting career. Currently, Brinson can be seen as Bailiff Luke...

Joy Keys chats with Singer Sia Tolno from 2016-05-14T15:00

Special guest: Singer Sia Tolno. Sia Tolno was born1975 in Gueckedou in Guinea, Geopolitical this ravaged area had eleven years of civil war, from 1991 to 2002, because of the"blood diamonds", whi...

Joy Keys chats with Comedian Lil Rel Howery from NBC's The Carmichael Show from 2016-05-07T15:30

Lil Rel Howery stars as Jerrod's ever-hustling brother, Bobby Carmichael, in the NBC comedy "The Carmichael Show." Hailing from Chicago, Howery has been seen on his own Comedy Central special, "La...

Joy Keys chats with Nigerian Author Noo Saro Wiwa from 2016-05-07T15:00

Noo Saro-Wiwa was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, and raised in England. She attended King's College London and Columbia University in New York. Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria (Gr...

Joy Keys chats with Nigerian Author Chioma Okereke from 2016-04-30T15:00

Chioma Okereke was born in Benin City, Nigeria. She started her writing career as a poet and performed throughout Europe and the United States before turning her hand to fiction. Her work has been ...

2016 Autism and African Americans from 2016-04-23T15:30

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and autism are both general terms for a group of complex disorders of brain development. These disorders are characterized, in varying degrees, by difficulties in soc...

Joy Keys chats with Nigerian Author Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani from 2016-04-23T15:00

Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani is a novelist, essayist, journalist and humorist. She was born in Enugu, Nigeria. As a teenager, she secretly dreamed of becoming a CIA or KGB agent. She studied Psychology a...

Joy Keys chats with Award winning South African Singer Lira from 2016-04-16T15:30

Songstress LIRA, whose music career spans 13 years and includes 6 Studio albums, 3 live DVD’s, an autobiography and a movie; has established herself as the foremost female artist in South Africa an...

Joy Keys chats with Poet Yolanda Wisher from 2016-04-16T15:00

Yolanda Wisher is the 2016-2017 Poet Laureate of the City of Philadelphia. Wisher is the author of Monk Eats an Afro and the co-editor of Peace is a Haiku Song.  Her work has appeared in Ploughsha...

Joy Keys chats with Actress Keesha Sharp from 2016-03-12T16:30

Actress, writer and director Keesha Sharp shines in her current role as Dale Cochran, the wife of defense attorney Johnnie Cochran (Courtney B. Vance), in FX’s “The People vs. O.J. Simpson: America...

Joy Keys chats with Author Kali Nicole Gross from 2016-03-05T16:00

Kali Nicole Gross is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair of African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas at Austin and affiliate faculty in the History Department and the ...

Joy Keys chats with Author Kimberla Lawson Roby about Best Friends Forever from 2015-12-12T16:00

  Special Guest: Author  Kimberla Lawson Roby chats about her new book Best Friends Forever. BEST FRIENDS FOREVER tells the story of Celine Richardson, her husband, Keith, and their 10-year-old d...

Joy Keys chats with Author Tananarive Due about her book Ghost Summer: Stories from 2015-12-05T16:30

Special guest: Author Tananarive Due Whether weaving family life and history into dark fiction or writing speculative Afrofuturism, American Book Award winner and Essence bestselling author Tanana...

Joy Keys chats with Astrologer Samuel F. Reynolds about 2015 from 2015-12-05T16:00

Special guest : Astrologer Samuel F. Reynolds. Samuel F. Reynolds, a former skeptic, had a life-changing visit to an astrologer and has since spent 23 years doing charts and studying astrology. No...

Joy Keys chats with Soul Singer Amana Melomé from 2015-11-21T16:30

Special Guest:  Amana Melomé: Born in Germany, raised around the world, Amana Melome' is a Euro-Caribbean-American singer-songwriter.Both Amana’s mother and grandmother were professional singers an...

2015 Diabetes Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2015-11-21T16:00

November is Diabetes Awareness Mionth. 29 million Americans have Diabetes.(CDC) The mission of the American Diabetes Association is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of al...

Joy Keys chats with Dr. Shane Perrault about The Black MANual from 2015-11-14T16:30

Whether you are single, divorced or widowed -- Dr. Shane Perrault, PhD., has learned first hand that "It is never too late to live happily ever after." As founder of AfricanAmericanMarriageCounseli...

2015 Alzheimer's Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2015-11-14T16:00

It is estimated that as many as 5.1 million Americans may have Alzheimer's disease. The mission of the Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA) is "to provide optimal care and services to individua...

Joy Keys chats with MS Activist Kristen Henry King about her song Impervious from 2015-10-31T15:00

Special Guest: Singer, Model, and Actress Kristen Henry King  (http://kristenhenryking.com) - Kristen battles with Multiple Sclerosis. She was inspired to write the song IMPERVIOUS chronicling her ...

Joy Keys chats with Author Cynthia Bond about her book RUBY from 2015-10-17T15:30

Special Guest: CYNTHIA BOND is a New York Times Best-Selling Author. Her novel RUBY was chosen to be an Oprah Book Club 2.0 selection. RUBY was also a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers sele...

2015 Down Syndrome Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2015-10-17T15:00

Special Guest: David Charmatz, SVP of the Global Down Syndrome Foundation.Charmatz oversees marketing, public relations, research and analysis for Global, and his top priorities will be growing the...

2015 Domestic Violence Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2015-10-10T15:30

On average, 24 people per minute are victims of rape, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner in the United States--more than 12 million women and men over the course of a year.(www.c...

Joy Keys chats with Musician Toshi Reagon from 2015-09-28T23:00

Special Guest: Toshi Reagon has been described as “a talented, versatile singer, songwriter and musician with a profound ear for sonic Americana—from folk to funk, from blues to rock” by critic/blo...

Joy Keys chats with Author Jeffrey Renard Allen about Song of the Shank from 2015-09-26T15:00

Special Guest: Jeffrey Renard Allen. Born in Chicago, Allen holds a Ph.D. in English (Creative Writing) from the University of Illinois at Chicago and is currently a faculty member in the writing p...

Joy Keys chats with Actress Margaret Avery from Being Mary Jane about Lupus from 2015-09-19T21:00

Special Guest:  Margaret Avery moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career in 1968. In 1973 her Los Angeles Drama Circle Award-winning performance in the play “Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?” cau...

Joy Keys chats with Actor JR Lemon from NBC's The Night Shift from 2015-09-19T15:30

JR Lemon was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. A Stanford University graduate with a BS degree in Management Science and Engineering, JR was signed as a running back to the Oakland Raiders subse...

Joy Keys chats with Actress Amber Stevens West from NBC’s The Carmichael Show from 2015-09-12T15:00

Special Guest:  Amber Stevens West can be seen starring opposite Jerrod Carmichael, David Alan Grier, and Loretta DeVine on NBC’s The Carmichael Show.  Previously Amber starred opposite Jonah Hill...

Joy Keys chats with Ugandan Author Dilman Dila about A Killing In The Sun from 2015-01-17T16:00

Dilman Dila is a writer, filmmaker and a social activist who believes that stories are an important tool in creating a better world. Dilman was shortlisted for the prestigious Commonwealth Short St...

Joy Keys chats with Actor Arlen Escarpeta from Lifetime's Whitney Houston biopic from 2015-01-10T16:30

Actor Arlen Alexander Escarpeta. He is best known for his roles in the films Friday the 13th,Brotherhood,Final Destination 5, and Into the Storm (2014). Escarpeta will be playing the role of Bobby...

Joy Keys chats with Author Bridgett M. Davis about her book Into the Go-Slow from 2014-12-20T16:00

INTO THE GO-SLOW is a novel about sisters, the legacy of the Black Power Movement, and the troubled bond between African Americans and Africans.  It’s 1986, and twenty-one-year-old Angie is adrift...

Joy Keys chats with Actor Stephen Hill from 2014-12-06T16:30

Special Guest: Actor Stephen Hill.Stephen Hill is an award winning actor (Best Male Actor, ABFF Star Project 2010) and is known for solid work in a variety of roles in film, TV, theater, web series...

Joy Keys wraps up 2014 with Astrologer Samuel F. Reynolds from 2014-12-06T16:00

Samuel F. Reynolds, a former skeptic, had a life-changing visit to an astrologer and has since spent 23 years doing charts and studying astrology. Now Samuel consults and teaches astrology full-tim...

Joy Keys chats with Social Justice Advocate Bryan Stevenson from 2014-11-08T16:30

Bryan Stevenson is a public-interest lawyer who has dedicated his career to helping the poor, the incarcerated and the condemned. He's a professor of law at New York University Law School and the f...

Joy Keys chats with French Soul Singer Imany from 2014-11-01T15:00

Imany wa born Nadia Mladjao in Martigues, France. She was a model for European FORD modeling agency for several years. She began signing in 2008. Imany opened shows for artists such as N’Dambi at ...

Joy Keys chats with Actor Nate Parker from 2014-10-28T15:00

Nate Parker is an American actor and musical performer who has appeared in Red Tails, The Secret Life of Bees, The Great Debaters, and Pride.He was an All-American wrestler in both at Great Bridge ...

Joy Keys chats with Actress April Parker Jones from 2014-10-25T15:30

April Parker Jones stars on the Tyler Perry hit primetime drama If Loving You is Wrong, on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. With a diverse cast and storylines ranging from heartfelt to scandalous, April...

Joy Keys chats with Author Alexis De Veaux from 2014-10-04T15:30

Alexis De Veaux’s work is defined by two critical concerns: making the racial and sexual experiences of black female characters central, and disrupting boundaries between forms. She is the author o...

Joy Keys chats with Author&Playwright Pearl Cleage about her memoir from 2014-10-04T15:00

Pearl Cleage is an Atlanta based writer, currently Mellon Playwright in Residence at The Alliance Theatre in Atlanta where her play, “What I Learned in Paris,” opened the 2012-2013 Season. Her work...

Joy Keys chats with Actress Essence Atkins from 2014-09-20T15:30

In My Other Mother, Candace “Candy” Meyers (Essence Atkins) is a successful anchor on a top-rated national magazine show.  Fiercely independent and committed to her job, Candy doesn’t make many fri...

Joy Keys chats with Author C.J. Farley about Gameworld from 2014-09-20T15:00

Gameworld book: Dylan Rudee's life is an epic fail. He's bullied at school and the aunt who has raised him since he was orphaned as a child just lost her job and their apartment. Dylan's one chance...

Joy Keys chats with Clarinetist Anthony McGill from 2014-09-13T15:00

Anthony McGill, just named Principal Clarinet of the New York Philharmonic beginning in September 2014, held the same position with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra since 2004. He was chosen to per...

Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2014-09-06T15:00

September is Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month. An estimated 6 million people in the United States have an unruptured brain aneurysm, or 1 in 50 people. Special Guest: Survivor Theresa Robinson: She s...

Joy Keys chats with Author Morowa Yejide about Time of the Locust book from 2014-08-30T15:00

Time of the Locust: Travel into the heart and mind of an extraordinary autistic boy in this deeply imaginative debut novel of a mother’s devotion, a father’s punishment, and the power of love. Se...

Joy Keys chats with Actress Amanda Warren from HBO's The Leftovers from 2014-08-19T23:00

Amanda Warren plays Lucy Warburton who is the mayor of Mapletonon the show HBO show The Leftovers. http://www.hbo.com/the-leftovers/#/ Born and raised in New York, Amanda Warren received her Bache...

Breastfeeding Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2014-08-09T15:00

Special Guest: Susan Vierczhalek, MD, FAAP, FABM, IBCLC is an Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics New York University School of Medicine and is the medical director of the Bellevue newborn n...

What is Psoriasis? with Joy Keys from 2014-08-02T15:00

August is Psoriasis Awareness Month-Psoriasis is a common skin condition that causes skin redness and irritation. Most people with psoriasis have thick, red skin with flaky, silver-white patches ca...

Joy Keys chats with Actor McKinley Freeman from VH1's Hit The Floor from 2014-07-21T23:00

McKinley Freeman stars as the handsome, sexy, and mischievous LA Devils professional basketball player Derek Roman on VH1’s Hit The Floor series.  Hit the floor airs Monday nights at 9pm ET on VH1....

Joy Keys chats with Actor Charles S. Dutton from 2014-07-12T15:30

In Comeback Dad, Nima Babineaux (Tatyana Ali) looks like a woman who has it all – she is an accomplished pianist who runs her own music school and is engaged to Spence (Brad James), a successful en...

Joy Keys chats with Author Kimberla Lawson Roby about The Prodigal Son from 2014-07-12T15:00

New York Times Bestselling Author Kimberla Lawson Roby has published 20 novels which include  THE PRODIGAL SON, A HOUSE DIVIDED,THE PERFECT MARRIAGE, THE REVEREND’S WIFE,SECRET OBSESSION, LOVE, HON...

Joy Keys chats with Film Director Biyi Bandele about Half of a Yellow Sun from 2014-07-05T15:30

A prolific Nigerian playwright, novelist and screenwriter now based in London, HALF OF A YELLOW SUN is Biyi Bandele’s feature film directorial debut. This first feature follows his distinguished ca...

Joy Keys chats with Filmmaker Byron Hurt about Hazing: How Badly Do You Want In? from 2014-07-05T15:00

Byron Hurt is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, writer, and anti-sexist activist. Hurt is also the former host of the Emmy-nominated series, "REEL WORKS with BYRON HURT."  His documentary, Hi...

Joy Keys chats with Actor David Ajala from 2014-06-14T15:30

David Ajala is becoming a force of nature on the entertainment landscape. He was most recently seen in Fast & Furious 6 alongside the late Paul Walker and Vin Diesel. Ajala also completed work on t...

Joy Keys chats with Dr. Carl Hart about his book High Price from 2014-06-14T15:00

Dr. Carl Hart, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry at Columbia University. He is also a Research Scientist in the Division of Substance Abuse at the New ...

Joy Keys chats with Author Mitchell S. Jackson about his book The Residue Years from 2014-06-07T15:30

Mitchell S. Jackson is a Portland, Oregon native who lives in Brooklyn, New York.  He received an M.A. in writing from Portland State University and an MFA in Creative Writing from New York Univers...

Joy Keys learns What is a Midwife? from 2014-06-07T15:00

Special Guest: Marinah Farrell: President of the Midwives Alliance of North America. Politics and traditional medicine are what led Marinah to midwifery, and she has a firm commitment to both polit...

Joy Keys chats with Soul Singer Bettye LaVette from 2014-05-31T15:30

Betty Jo Haskins was born in Muskegon, Michigan. The family moved to Detroit when she was six years old.  Bettye did not get her start in the church, but in that very same living room, where there ...

Joy Keys chats with Dr. Norman H. Edelman about how to manage your Asthma. from 2014-05-31T15:00

Special Guest: Norman H. Edelman, M.D., is the American Lung Association’s leading medical authority. Having served as the Association’s Chief Medical Officer for 25 years, he is a highly sought af...

Joy Keys chats with Singer LiV Warfield about her new album The Unexpected from 2014-05-28T23:00

LiV Warfield, a native to Peoria, IL, has one of the most distinct and promising voices in R&B/soul today. Her singing career can be traced back to her college years in Portland, OR, where she’s kn...

2014 Lupus Awareness Month podcast from 2014-05-24T15:00

Lupus is a chronic, autoimmune disease that can damage any part of the body (skin, joints, and/or organs inside the body). An estimated, 1.5 million Americans have lupus. Special Guest: Annette My...

Joy Keys gets interviewed by Kevin Stone&Tamika Morris of ISTA Entertainment from 2014-05-03T15:00

Joy Keys gets interviewed by Kevin Stone & Tamika Morris of ISTA Entertainment.  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ista-network This is a pre-recorded interview. Joy Keys is a mother, trainer, speaker...

Joy Keys chats with Actress Kimberly Elise from 2014-04-17T23:00

Special Guest: Actress Kimberly Elise. Four Time NAACP Image Award winner. She currently plays Sloan Hayes on VH1's Hit The Floor show. Elise has been seen in films, such as, Beloved, The Diary of ...

Joy Keys learns about Living On A Dollar A Day from 2014-04-12T15:00

Special Guest: Author, Activist , PRofesor, & Lawyer Thomas Nazario-. Tom is a California attorney, child advocate and law professor. His expertise in children's legal issues has led him all over t...

Joy Keys chats with African American Ballet Dancer Misty Copeland from 2014-03-22T15:30

Misty Copeland joined ABT's Studio Company in September 2000 and then joined American Ballet Theatre as a member of the corps de ballet in April 2001. In 2007, Misty Copeland made history by becomi...

Joy Keys chats with Actor Aaron D. Spears from BET's Being Mary Jane from 2014-03-22T15:00

Special Guest: Aaron D. Spears His stars as "Mark Bradley" in BET's Being Mary Jane, the drama series produced by Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil (The Game, Jumping the Broom). Aaron’s co-stars are...

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month podcast with Joy Keys from 2014-03-15T15:30

Special Guest: Dr. Nicholas LaRocca is a clinical psychologist who has worked in the field of MS for over 30 years.  He was an associate professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and New Yor...

Endometriosis Awareness Month podcast with Joy Keys from 2014-03-15T15:00

Special Guest: Dr. La Tanya Hines is a board certified obstetrician-gynecologist currently practicing in Los Angeles, California .She is the former CEO of Girlfriends Medical Group,Inc. (www.girlfr...

Joy Keys chats with Actress Tasha Smith from 2014-02-25T00:00

Tasha Smith is a multifaceted actress whose work brings style and intensity to the subjects she plays on the big and small screens. Smith can currently be seen in Tyler Perry’s television series “F...

Joy Keys chats with Artist Mickalene Thomas about her HBO documentary from 2014-02-22T16:30

Runway model Sandra Bush dreamed of becoming the first African-American supermodel, only to struggle with addiction and despair. But she later achieved celebrity as Mama Bush, the model for some of...

Joy Keys chats with the Authors of Salaam, Love from 2014-02-22T16:00

In  Salaam, Love: American Muslim Men on Love, Sex & Intimacy,Ayesha Mattu and Nura Maznavi provide a space for American Muslim men to speak openly about their romantic lives, offering frank, funny...

Joy Keys chats with Actress Denise Vasi from VH1's Single Ladies from 2014-02-18T00:00

Denise Vasi has made a name for herself as one of the top actresses to watch in Hollywood. Vasi currently stars as smart, savvy businesswoman Raquel Lancaster in VH1's hit, one-hour scripted series...

Joy Keys chats with Actor Harold House Moore from VH1's Single Ladies from 2014-02-11T00:30

An actor and model known as much for his on-screen charisma as he is for his strong athletic build, Harold House Moore is a promising talent most widely recognized for his series regular role on VH...

Joy Keys chats with Dr. Rani G. Whitfield and Gospel Singer Latice Crawford from 2014-02-08T16:30

Gospel singer Latice Crawford and Dr. Rani Whitfield will share information about Most Powerful Voices gospel singing competition and stroke, the nation’s fourth leading cause of death and No. 1 pr...

Joy Keys chats with Award winning Actress Yolonda Ross from 2014-02-01T16:30

Yolonda Ross is currently starring in the John Sayles film “Go For Sisters” for which she has just been nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in the category of Best Supporting Actress. She als...

Joy Keys chats with the Authors of Hair Story from 2014-02-01T16:00

Hair Story  is a chronological exploration of the tremendous influence Black hair has had on American popular culture from the 15th century until the beginning of the 21st century. The book covers ...

Joy Keys chats with Award Winning Author Yvonne Adhiambo Owour from 2014-01-28T00:00

Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor was born in Nairobi, Kenya, and educated at Jomo Kenyatta University and the University of Reading.  She received the 2003 Caine Prize for African Writing for her short story,...

Joy Keys chats with Young Actress Yara Shahidi from 2014-01-25T16:30

Yara Shahidi began her acting career at just six weeks old, working alongside her mother in commercial and print ads, for brands such as Ralph Lauren, Gap Kids, Guess Kids and Disney, to name a few...

Joy Keys chats with Ethiopian American Singer Wayna from 2014-01-18T16:00

Wayna (known by the real name Woyneab Miraf Wondwossen) is an Ethiopian-born American R&B singer. It has been said that Grammy-nominated, Ethiopian-born, singer/songwriter, Wayna has a voice as pu...

Joy Keys chats about eminent domain with Artist James Dupree from 2014-01-11T16:00

In December 2012, the City of Philadelphia seized the deed of Dupree Studios and granted acquisition to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority in accordance with the Pennsylvania Eminent Domain C...

Joy Keys chats with Astrologer Samuel Reynolds from 2013-12-14T16:00

Special Guest: Samuel F. Reynolds, a Brooklyn, NY-based astrologer, has written astrology articles for online and print publications, including tarot.com, Ebony magazine and the British Black women...

Joy Keys chats with the Authors of Weight Broke The Wagon from 2013-12-07T16:00

Weight Broke the Wagon is a captivating and incredibly honest story chronicling the lives of three African American women in not only their quest to lose weight but they uncover the past hurt which...

Joy Keys chats with Actress Malinda Williams from 2013-12-06T00:00

Malinda Williams is starring in and the executive producer of an UP Original Movie  Marry Me For Christmas (#MarryMeForChristmas), a romantic home-for-the-holidays drama.  Marry Me For Christmas wi...

Joy Keys chats with British Actor Nonso Anozie from 2013-11-24T16:00

Nonso Anozie, the north-west London raised actor has already built up an enviable CV as a thespian, having appeared in respected projects across TV (Stolen, Occupation, Prime Suspect), film (Cass, ...

COPD Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2013-11-16T16:00

COPD, also known as emphysema and chronic bronchitis, is the third leading cause of death in the United States Special Guest: Norman H. Edelman, M.D., is the American Lung Association’s leading med...

Joy Keys chats with Author David Henry about Richard Pryor from 2013-11-02T15:00

Furious Cool: Richard Pryor and the World That Made Him Richard Pryor attracted admiration and anger in equal parts. He was a comedian who many consider the greatest ever, yet his triumphant stand...

Joy Keys chats with Author Jesmyn Ward about Men We Reaped from 2013-10-19T15:00

Men We Reaped: In five years, Jesmyn Ward lost five young men in her life—to drugs, accidents, suicide, and the bad luck that can follow people who live in poverty, particularly black men. Dealing ...

Lupus Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2013-10-12T15:30

Lupus is a chronic, autoimmune disease that can damage any part of the body (skin, joints, and/or organs inside the body). An estimated, 1.5 million Americans have lupus. Special Guest: Annette Mya...

Domestic Violence Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2013-10-05T15:00

Special Guest:Jeannine L. Lisitski, Executive Director of Women Against Abuse, has worked for more than 21 years in the public benefit sector, focusing on issues of poverty, violence and homelessne...

Joy Keys chats with Author Oonya Kempadoo from 2013-09-28T15:00

Oonya Kempadoo’s moving third novel, All Decent Animals, looks at the personal and aesthetic choices of a multifaceted cast of characters on the Caribbean island of Trinidad—a country still develop...

Joy Keys chats with Author Kiese Laymon from 2013-09-14T15:00

  How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America (August 2013) is a stirring, powerful collection of essays that explore the effects of racism, violence, and class, among other things, on Ameri...

Haitian Author Edwidge Danticat chats about Claire of the Sea Light from 2013-09-07T15:30

Edwidge Danticat is the author of numerous books, including Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work, Brother, I’m Dying, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was a National...

Joy Keys chats about Divorce w/ Attorney Lester Barclay from 2013-09-07T15:00

The African-American Guide to Divorce & Drama: Breaking Up Without Breaking Down helps parties navigate the process of separation and divorce, while seeking to minimize the “drama” and trauma for t...

Joy Keys chats with Poet&Author Musa Okwonga from 2013-08-31T15:00

Musa Okwonga is a poet, sportswriter, broadcaster, musician, PR consultant and commentator on current affairs. He studied law at Oxford University and then trained as a solicitor in the City befor...

2013 Praise Is The Cure with Joy Keys and Anita T. Conner from 2013-08-17T15:30

Anita T. Conner, 15 year breast cancer survivor and The George E. Thorne Development Center (GETDC) present the 8Annual Praise Is The Cure® Week of Hope, Health, and Healing, September 29 – October...

Joy Keys chats with South African Singer Nothende from 2013-08-17T15:00

South African Singer Nothende has been said to have her ‘soul’ house in order and its no wonder because in just a matter of years, she has worked with many SA artists, recorded NO.1 hit singles and...

Joy Keys chats w/ Actors Kali Hawk&Darrin Dewitt Henson from 2013-08-16T23:00

In The Meantime, an UP Original Movie, airing on 8/17/13 and  8/18/13 at 7, 9 and 11 p.m. EDT In the Meantime Video clip: http://www.uptv.com/videos/watch-the-up-original-movie-in-the-meantime Spec...

Learn about Drug Addiction with Joy Keys from 2013-08-10T15:30

Drug Addiction affects 23.2 million Americans — of whom only about 10 percent are receiving the treatment they need. Drug addiction is a dependence on an illegal drug or a medication. When you're a...

Joy Keys chats w/ Bill Powers about the Natural Gas Myth from 2013-08-10T15:00

Conventional wisdom has North America entering a new era of energy abundance thanks to shale gas. But has industry been honest? Cold, Hungry and in the Dark argues that declining productivity combi...

Joy Keys chats with Author Rojé Augustin from 2013-08-03T15:00

When Desiree Washington ventures into the darkly glittering world of legendary singer Bebe Jones, she gets more than just a job.  She gets a family in crisis, a diva meltdown, and a head full of st...

Joy Keys chats with Alexes Johnson about Junkie Witness from 2013-07-27T15:30

Alexes Johnson is an experienced painter working and living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Born in New York to a mother battling a heroin addiction, he grew up fast on the artsy but tough streets o...

Joy Keys chats with Singer Cody ChestnuTT from 2013-07-27T15:00

Universally hailed as a thrilling new figure in music for his edgy, lo-fi debut, The Headphone Masterpiece, back in 2002,Cody ChesnuTT is a soul troubadour whose frank, socially conscious ruminatio...

Joy Keys chats with Former NBA player Johnathan Bender from 2013-07-20T15:00

Johnathan Bender played in the NBA for eight years. He was in the top-5 of the 1999 draft pick. he was drafted by the Pacers into a $7 million dollar contract. Pulling down 10 rebounds and scoring ...

Urban Gardening with Joy Keys from 2013-07-13T15:00

Special Guest: Lauren Mandel, author of EAT UP. Lauren Mandel’s new guide, Eat Up, explains this most local of food movements to help readers learn how to use their own private and corporate roofto...

Joy Keys chats with Moroccan Singer Ahmed Soultan from 2013-05-25T15:00

Ahmed Soultan is a Moroccan singer, considered as one of the leaders of the "Nayda".(new urban Moroccan scene). Ahmed considers his singing style as Afrobian (Afro-Arabian).  He sings in four langu...

Joy Keys chats with Ghanaian Singer Kae Sun about Afriyie from 2013-05-23T23:00

Kae Sun or Kwaku Darko-Mensah Jr. is a Ghanaian-Canadian singer-songwriter. Kae Sun's music has hints of soul, folk and hip-hop creating a sound that is sometimes described as urban folk. Kae Sun's...

Arming Sisters with Joy Keys and Patricia Stein from 2013-05-18T15:30

Patricia E. Stein is a veterinary nurse, artist, and taekwondo junkie. She is Lakota. Patricia holds a black belt in Hapkido and she has competed in Taekwondo competitions for nine years. Patricia ...

Celiac Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2013-05-18T15:00

Special Guest: Jennifer North, Vice President of the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness (NFCA). Jennifer joined the staff of NFCA in 2009 as the organization’s first full-time development off...

Living w/ Lupus with Joy Keys&the Lupus Foundation from 2013-05-11T15:30

Lupus is a chronic, autoimmune disease that can damage any part of the body (skin, joints, and/or organs inside the body). An estimated, 1.5 million Americans have lupus. Special Guest: Annette Mya...

The Philadelphia Chromosome w/ Joy Keys&Jessica Wapner from 2013-05-11T15:00

Now, for the first time, The Philadelphia Chromosome: A Mutant Gene and the Quest to Cure Cancer at the Genetic Level by Jessica Wapner tells in full the origin story of treating cancer at the gene...

Joy Keys chats with Singer Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr. from 2013-05-08T23:00

As a native of Logan WV, Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. had humble beginnings before scoring the top slot on America’s Got Talent in front of a record 14 million weekly viewers. The former small town au...

Joy Keys chats w/ Single Fathers Due to Cancer from 2013-05-04T15:00

Justin Yopp, PhD is a clinical psychologist at the University of North Carolina and is a member of the UNC Comprehensive Cancer Support Program. His clinical practice focuses on providing therapeut...

Joy Keys chats with Actress&Playwright Regina Taylor from 2013-05-01T23:00

  Regina Taylor: Writer, Director, Actor and Artistic Associate at Goodman Theatre With an impressive body of work that encompasses film, television, theater and writing, Regina Taylor is best know...

Joy Keys chats with Roslyn Y. Rogers Collins, CEO of PPMNJ from 2013-04-28T15:00

 
Special Guest: Roslyn Y. Rogers Collins is President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan New Jersey (PPMNJ) in Newark.  The centers serve nearly 20,000 men, women, and adolescents ...

Mindfulness with Joy Keys and Augusta Hopkins from 2013-04-20T15:30

Augusta Hopkins has been teaching mindful movement since 1989 and is an experienced, colorful, creative instructor who is passionate about mindfulness practice. 
In addition to training in the...

Joy Keys chats with Haitian Author Edwidge Danticat from 2013-04-17T23:00

 
Edwidge Danticat is the author of numerous books, including Brother, I’m Dying, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was a National Book Award finalist; Breath, Eyes, Memory,...

When Someone Dies with Joy Keys and Scott Smith from 2013-04-13T15:30

In the midst of grieving his mother’s death Scott Smith made agonizing, costly, and time-consuming mistakes regarding the execution of her will and division of her assets.  If he, a lawyer, was ill...

Joy Keys chats with Author Yejide Kilanko from 2013-04-06T15:30

 
Yejide Kilanko was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, the daughter of a university professor and his wife. She married a computer programmer, and immigrated to Laurel, Maryland. Kilanko is now a socia...

Child Abuse Prevention Month with Joy Keys from 2013-04-06T15:00

Chris Kirchner, MSW, has worked in the field of child welfare for the past twenty-eight years. For twenty of those years she has been the Executive Director of the Philadelphia Children’s Alliance....

Joy Keys chats with Actress Angela Bassett from 2013-03-20T17:30

Actress Angela Bassett is perhaps best known for her intense portrayal of Tina Turner in the biopic WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT opposite Laurence Fishburne, Angela earned the Golden Globe for Bes...

Joy Keys chats with Filmmaker Byron Hurt from 2013-03-16T15:30

Byron Hurt is the New York-based producer of the award-winning documentary and underground classic I Am A Man: Black Masculinity in America and Moving Memories: The Black Senior Video Yearbook. Hur...

Colorectal Cancer Awareness with Joy Keys from 2013-03-16T15:00

Special Guest: Djenaba A. Joseph, MD, MPH, is board certified in internal medicine and is a Commander in the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service. She is the Medical Director of CDC...

Joy Keys chats with Actor Barry Floyd from BET The Game from 2013-03-09T16:30

A Philadelphia native and Temple University Alum, Barry Floyd portrays “Tee Tee,” the fan- favorite and lovable cousin/sidekick to Quarterback Superstar “Malik Wright” on BET’s hit show, “The Game....

Joy Keys chats with Performer Adesola Osakalumi about FELA! from 2013-03-09T16:00

Adesola Osakalumi (pronounced ah-day-SHOW-la • O-sa-ka-LU-mee) is an award-winning actor, choreographer, singer, and dancer who is currently starring in the title role of the Broadway hit musical F...

Joy Keys chats with Actor Jay R. Ellis from BET's The Game from 2013-03-08T00:00

Jay Ellis is the new series regular for the 6 season of the BET hit series, The Game, premiering March  2013.  Ellis stars as the wide-eyed Bryce “Blueprint” Westbrook, a brilliant Stanford grad a...

Joy Keys chats w/ Penny Marshall, The Harriet Tubman Journey from 2013-03-02T16:30

SPECIAL GUEST: Penny Marshall, chairperson for the Harriet Tubman Journey.

The Harriet Tubman Journey Committee is presenting the Inaugural Delaware Harriet Tubman Commemorative two mile w...

Joy Keys chats with Shoe Designer & Philanthropist Etu Evans from 2013-03-02T16:00

Etu Evans, shoe designer to the stars, is a creator of bespoke footwear that seemingly makes clothes optional. Evans has been hailed by Footwear News as the prince of luxe footwear and the new medi...

Joy Keys chats with Mike Dennis about Black Film Now docu from 2013-02-23T16:00

 
Reelblack, the film production and promotions company based in Philadelphia, has begun a crowd-funding campaign in support of BLACK FILM NOW, the first feature-length documentary on African...

Joy Keys chats with Hip Hop Artist Blitz The Ambassador from 2013-02-19T00:00

Samuel Bazawule AKA Blitz the Ambassador
Hip-hop was the soundtrack for Samuel Bazawule growing up in Accra, Ghana; later, it gave him his own voice; today, performing as Blitz the Ambassador,...

Heart Disease Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2013-02-16T16:30

Heart disease, including stroke, is the leading cause of death for men and women in theUnited States. Every year, 1 in 4 deaths is caused by heart disease.

Special Guest:: Special Guest: D...

Joy Keys chats with Dutch Jazz Singer Ntjam Rosie from 2013-02-16T16:00

On March 15, Ntjam Rosie’s new album ‘At the back of beyond’ will be released. She has taught herself to play the guitar and developed a bright new uplifting, style. With ‘At the back of beyond’ Nt...

Joy Keys chats with the creators of Black Girls Workout, Too from 2013-02-14T14:00

This is a pre-recorded interview. This interview took place Jan. 26th on 900amWURD.


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Joy Keys chats with Author Tanya Biank about UNDAUNTED from 2013-02-09T16:30

Special Guest: Tanya Biank is an author and journalist. Her latest book, UNDAUNTED: The Real Story of America’s Servicewomen in Today’s Military gives the inside story of military women’s professio...

Joy Keys chats with Filmmaker Stacey Muhammad from 2013-02-09T16:00

Stacey Muhammad is an award winning filmmaker and music video director who has written, directed and produced a series of award winning short films of both the narrative and documentary genres. She...

Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2013-02-02T16:30

Jasmine Ceja graduated from California State University, Los Angeles in 2010 with a Bachelors degree in Child Development and a Certificate in Youth Agency Administration. A strong advocate for hea...

Joy Keys chats with Actor Michael Rainey Jr. about LUV from 2013-01-20T17:00

Michael Rainey, Jr. has been featured in Sesame Street, has done commercials, music videos, and print work. Michael Rainey, Jr. was featured in Regalo Pui Grande Video, by Tizziano Ferro where he w...

Joy Keys chats with French Singer FM Laeti from 2013-01-19T16:30

FM Laeti was born in Gaudeloupe. Her father was a drummer with Zouk music pioneers Kassav and her mother co-founded and ran a music school.
Raised in a travelling musical family, through Guade...

Cervical Cancer Awareness Month w/ Joy Keys &Tamika Felder from 2013-01-19T16:00

Cervical cancer is the second leading cause of cancer in women worldwide, yet it is almost always preventable – with the Pap test, the HPV test and the HPV vaccine. That’s what the Pearl of Wisdom ...

Joy Keys chats with Black Girls Hack from 2013-01-12T16:30

#BlackGirlsHack (#BGH) is the first non-profit hackathon series specifically targeting the African American tech community. Our mission is to bring the black tech community around the country, to h...

Joy Keys chats with Brown Betty Dessert Boutique from 2013-01-12T16:00

Norrinda's love for her grandmother and mother's baking and desire to bring a modern bakery to Philadelphia's pastry scene that focused on taste as much as design (in the way old school bakeries u...

Joy Keys chats with Actor Charlie Barnett about Chicago Fire from 2013-01-09T00:00

Charlie Barnett stars as Peter Mills, a young new academy graduate who follows a long line of multi-generational firefighters, in NBC's drama "Chicago Fire."   A graduate of The Juilliard School, ...

Joy Keys chats with Actor Laz Alonso about Deception tv show from 2013-01-08T00:00

SPECIAL GUEST: Actor Laz Alonso

Deception is an upcoming American television primetime soap opera that will air on NBC. The series, created by Liz Heldens, premiers Monday, January 7, 2013...

2012 wrap up with Joy Keys and Astrologer Samuel Reynolds from 2012-12-15T16:00

Special Guest: Samuel F. Reynolds is a practicing astrologer in the heart of Brooklyn, New York. He has trained with some of the most notable minds in the astrological world, like Alan Oken, Rober...

Joy Keys chats with Author Naomi Benaron, Running The Rift from 2012-12-08T16:00

Running the Rift follows Jean Patrick Nkuba, a gifted Rwandan boy, from the day he knows that running will be his life to the moment he must run to save his life, a ten-year span in which his count...

Joy Keys & Wade Davis, Former NFL Player & LGBT Activist from 2012-12-07T02:00

Wade Davis is a nationally-recognized speaker, activist, writer and educator. Davis is a former NFL football player who played for the Tennessee Titans, Washington Redskins and Seattle Seahawks, as...

Fighting Obesity with Joy Keys and Dr. Ed James from 2012-12-01T16:30

Special Guest: Several years ago, Dr. James struggled with obesity and prediabetes, and his LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol) was elevated. He started to eat more fruits, vegetables and whole grain...

From Employee to Employer w/ Joy Keys & Devin Robinson from 2012-11-17T16:00

  Professor Devin A. Robinson is a Pulitzer prize-winning newspaper columnist, social activist, author, and an Economics Professor at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia and the Founder of G...

Joy Keys chats w/ Singer Laura Jane about Everything Changes from 2012-11-10T17:00

Laura Jane has performed and recorded with some of the biggest names in the business, such as Latin Superstar Enrique Iglesias, Dave Matthews Band, Kelly Clarkson, Anastacia, the late Teena Marie, ...

Joy Keys chats with Micro Sculptor Willard Wigan from 2012-11-03T15:30

Special Guest: Willard Wigan is a sculptor from Birmingham, England, who makes microscopic art. Willard’s micro-sculptures are so minute that they are only visible through a microscope. Each piece ...

Joy Keys finds out What is Dyslexia? from 2012-11-03T15:00

Special Guest: Susan Raymond---Academy Award-winning filmmakers Alan and Susan Raymond are among America’s most distinguished documentary filmmakers. The Raymonds have produced a feature length doc...

The State of Young Black Men with Joy Keys from 2012-10-20T15:00

Special Guest: Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Ph.D. is the Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and a former associate professor of history at Indiana University. Dr. Muhammad's ...

Joy Keys & Musician Meshell Ndgeocello discuss Nina Simone from 2012-10-06T15:30

Meshell Nedegeocello's (Mee-shell N-deh-gay-o-chel-o.) records, nine to date, have offered lyrical ruminations on race, love, sex, betrayal, God, and power.  She has been nominated for 10 Grammys. ...

Joy Keys chats with Author Sharon G. Flake about Pinned from 2012-10-06T15:00

Author Sharon G. Flake writes stories about and for young adults/children.  She has eight published books.
Pinned: Award-winning author, Sharon G. Flake, presents a powerful novel about a teen ...

Joy Keys chats with Singer and Rapper Ryan Leslie from 2012-10-02T17:00

Ryan Leslie: Born in Washington, DC and raised in 8 cities across 2 continents, I was a senior at Harvard by the age of 19. I’ve spent the last seven years producing records for a myriad of artist...

Joy Keys chats with Author Matt Garcia about Cesar Chavez from 2012-09-22T15:00

Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the founding of the United Farm Workers on September 30, 2012, FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY: The Triumph and Tragedy of Cesar Chavez and the Farm Wor...

Joy Keys chats with Musician Marcus Miller from 2012-09-20T17:30

Marcus Miller is a world renowned Grammy winning musician and producer.
Marcus's M2 ("M-squared") album won the 2001 Grammy for Best Contemporary Jazz Album and was selected by Jazziz as one ...

Yoga Awareness Month with Joy Keys and Misia Denea from 2012-09-16T15:30

Misia Denéa has a B.F.A. from Esther Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple University in Philadelphia. Misia also is a graduate of New York’s Institute of Integrative Nutrition and Washington ...

South by Southeast w/ Joy Keys and Actor Blair Underwood from 2012-09-15T16:00

South by Southeast is the fourth installment in the Tennyson Hardwick mystery series draws actor-turned-super-sleuth Tennyson Hardwick into his most challenging case, compelling him to face the unt...

Joy Keys chats w/ Fitness Guru Carol Dunlop from 2012-09-08T15:30

Exercises for every age group.
Carol Dunlop, founder of Optimum Body Sculpting and the Fitness Mattrz online fitness community, is a dynamic fitness professional whose talent and innovative s...

Joy Keys chats about VOTER ID laws from 2012-09-08T15:00

History of Voter ID laws
Where can I get my ID? How much does it cost?
What are acceptable forms of identification for voting?
What are the deadlines?
Are the laws the same in ...

Joy Keys chats with Author Robert Proctor, Golden Holocaust from 2012-08-11T15:00

Robert N. Proctor is Professor of the History of Science at Stanford University and author of Cancer Wars, Racial Hygiene, and The Nazi War on Cancer. He is also a Fellow of the American Academy of...

Live from Denmark: Joy Keys chats w/ Singer Nabiha Bensouda from 2012-07-28T15:00

Nabiha Bensouda is of Danish and North-West African Roots. Her first name Nabiha means ‘Noble’.
Her album ‘More Cracks’ has received great support from MTV.com as well as VH1 with already mor...

Joy Keys learns about Hepatitis from 2012-07-21T13:30

Thelma King Thiel’s crusade against liver disease began 41 years ago when she lost her young son Dean to a rare and fatal liver disease.  Since that time, she has been working to increase knowledge...

Live from Belgium: Joy Keys w/ Nigerian Author Chika Unigwe from 2012-07-21T13:00

Chika Unigwe was born in Enugu, Nigeria, and now lives in Turnhout, Belgium. She holds a BA in English Language and Literature from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and an MA from the Catholic Un...

Joy Keys chats w/ Author Rachel Swarns, AMERICAN TAPESTRY from 2012-07-14T15:30

Rachel L. Swarns has been a correspondent for the New York Times since 1995. She has written about domestic policy and national politics, reporting on immigration, the presidential campaigns of 200...

Joy Keys chats w/ Author Susan Fales- Hill, IMPERFECT BLISS from 2012-07-14T15:00

SUSAN FALES was born in Rome, Italy in 1962, and raised in New York City. She graduated with honors from Harvard College with a degree in History and Literature.
She began her writing career ...

Joy Keys chats with Actress Irma P. Hall from 2012-07-12T23:00

Actress Irma P. Hall:
• Taught foreign languages and English for 27 years in Dallas, Texas, USA public schools.
 
• Became an actress rather late in life and completely by surprise....

Joy Keys chats with Singer Brad Sharp from 2012-07-07T15:30

Special Guest: Brad Sharp-His talents have been showcased as a leading role on Broadway in Miss Saigon,  in the Broadway National Tours of  The Civil War  and The Full Monty,  the Oscar and Emmy Go...

Joy Keys chats with Poet Afaa M. Weaver from 2012-07-07T15:00

In 1951 in Baltimore, Maryland, Afaa Michael Weaver, formerly known as Michael S. Weaver, was born to working class parents. He attended public schools and graduated as a National Merit finalist a...

Joy Keys chats with Author Diane Brady about FRATERNITY from 2012-06-30T15:30

FRATERNITY: The inspiring true story of a group of young men whose lives were changed by a visionary mentor.
On April 4, 1968, the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., shocked the nation. Later t...

Joy Keys & the actors from Hiding In Plain Sight, the movie from 2012-06-30T15:00

“Hiding in Plain Sight” is the feature film debut of director M. Legend Brown. A Family light-hearted, faith-based film that stars Kelly O’Neil Jackson and Sharice Henry-Chasi as a 30-something cou...

Joy Keys chats with Singer Maimouna Youssef from 2012-06-24T15:00

Maimouna “Mumu Fresh” Youssef is a Grammy nominated seasoned singer, songwriter, producer and emcee. She received a Grammy nomination for her contribution on the Roots hit “Don’t Feel Right” in 20...

Joy Keys chats with Breast Cancer Survivor Anita T. Conner from 2012-06-20T23:00

Anita T. Conner, a prominent accountant and 13 year Breast Cancer survivor expanded GETDC in 2005 to incorporate Praise Is The CureÒ as a primary initiative. African American women die from this d...

Joy Keys learns how to overcome Procrastination from 2012-06-16T15:30

Special Guest: Professional Organizer Geralin Thomas offers real solutions for real people, emphasizing simplicity and excellence in her approach to organizing challenges both large and small.
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Joy Keys chats with Educator Dr. G.L. Reed from 2012-06-16T15:00

Fixing The Problem:
Making changes in how you deal with challenges
Author, Dr. G. L. Reed book provides step-by-step guidance for business leaders, organizations, and individuals on how to...

iPad program with The Color of Autism Foundation from 2012-06-02T15:30

The Color of Autism Foundation is a Non-Profit (501 c3) organization committed to educating and assisting African American families with Autistic children.
Autism affects children of every ra...

Strokes & Hip Hop w/ Cheryl 'Salt' James & Tha Hip Hop Doc from 2012-06-02T15:00

Special Guest: Cheryl 'Salt' James of the rap trio Salt-n- Pepa.They released five studio albums. They were the first female rap act to have gold, platinum, and multi-platinum albums, and the first...

Joy Keys chats with the Black Girls RUN! founders from 2012-05-31T23:00

In 2009, Toni Carey and Ashley Hicks created Black Girls RUN! in an effort to tackle the growing obesity epidemic in the African-American community and provide encouragement and resources to both ...

Joy Keys chats with Fashionista Mikki Taylor from 2012-05-26T15:30

Veteran Essence magazine beauty director and fashion and lifestyle expert Mikki Taylor uses Michelle Obama as muse in, Commander-in-Chic: Every Woman’s Guide to Managing Her Style Like a First Lad...

Joy Keys chats with the Faces of Stroke Ambassadors from 2012-05-26T15:00

SPECIAL GUESTS: Faces of Stroke Ambassadors
 
National Stroke Association's Faces of Stroke public awareness campaign aims to change the public perceptions of stroke through education an...

Joy Keys chats w/ Educator David Miller about "Khalil's Way" from 2012-05-19T17:30

One of the “soldiers” in the fight against bullying is David C. Miller, M.Ed.  Miller is the co-founder and Chief Visionary Officer of the Urban Leadership Institute, LLC, (www.urbanyouth.org) a s...

Joy Keys & Author Kimberla Lawson Roby, The Reverend's Wife from 2012-05-12T17:30

From New York Times bestselling author Kimberla Lawson Roby comes the ninth installment in her award-winning Reverend Curtis Black series, The Reverend's Wife.
It's been months since Reverend...

Live from the UK:Joy Keys chats w/ Saxophonist YolanDa Brown from 2012-05-12T17:00

YolanDa Brown is the UK's premier saxophonist. In 2008, YolanDa won a MOBO for Best Jazz, and then again in 2009. She played sax with everyone from Alexander O'Neal to Mica Paris, Soweto Kinch to T...

Joy Keys chats with Jane Hodges about Rent vs. Own from 2012-05-05T17:30

Finally, a real estate reality check that cuts through all the biased rhetoric to answer the conundrum on everyone’s mind: Should I buy now or keep renting? The magnitude of the housing crash and ...

Joy Keys chats with Author Julia Alvarez from 2012-04-28T17:30

A Wedding in Haiti, :Julia Alvarez has been called “a one-woman cultural collision” by the Los Angeles Times Book Review, and that has never been truer than in this new book, a story about three of...

Joy Keys chats with Opera Tenor Noah Stewart from 2012-04-28T17:00

Noah Stewart is the the first black singer to top the UK classical album chart in its 25-year history.
Noah’s first album aptly named, NOAH, was released March 26th this year. It includes fin...

Joy Keys chats with Singer Kae Sun from 2012-04-21T17:30

Kae Sun or Kwaku Darko-Mensah Jr. is a Ghanaian-Canadian singer-songwriter. Kae Sun's music has hints of soul, folk and hip-hop creating a sound that is sometimes described as urban folk.

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Joy Keys chats with Jazz Singer Catherine Russell from 2012-04-21T17:00

Vocalist Catherine Russell is a native New Yorker born to musical royalty. Her father, the late Luis Russell, was a pioneering pianist/composer/bandleader, and Louis Armstrong's long-time side-kic...

Joy Keys chats with Autism Society's President Scott Badesch from 2012-04-19T01:00

The Autism Society, the nation’s leading grassroots autism organization, exists to improve the lives of all affected by autism. Founded in 1965 by Dr. Bernard Rimland, Dr. Ruth Sullivan and many o...

Spring Cleaning with Professional Organizer Geralin Thomas from 2012-04-14T17:30

Professional Organizer Geralin Thomas offers real solutions for real people, emphasizing simplicity and excellence in her approach to organizing challenges both large and small.
Past Presiden...

Autism Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2012-04-14T17:00

SPECIAL GUEST: President and Founder Camille Proctor. The Color of Autism, is a Non-Profit (501 c3) organization committed to educating and assisting African American families with Autistic childr...

Alcohol Awarenes Month with Joy Keys from 2012-04-07T17:30

Robert J. Lindsey is the President/CEO of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. (NCADD). NCADD, founded in 1944 by Marty Mann, the first woman to get sober in Alcoholics...

Joy Keys chats with Actress Regan Gomez-Preston from 2012-03-31T15:00

Reagan Gomez-Preston began her career in The Parent 'Hood, as Zaria Peterson. She guest starred on UPN's One on One as Flex's younger sister/Brianna's paternal aunt. She also played Francine opposi...

Black History and Culture Showcase in Philadelphia from 2012-03-29T01:30

April 7th and 8th, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. @ the PA Convention Center.
TheBlack History and Culture Showcase features a diverse mix of enlightening exhibits and activities that use “real people, real...

Joy Keys chats with Film Illustrator David Russell from 2012-03-29T01:00

Exhibiting the sensitivity which guided him throughout the lengthy process of developing Red Tails, George Lucas invited illustrator David Russell in 2008 to design key action sequences in the fil...

Joy Keys chats with Actress LisaRaye McCoy from 2012-03-28T00:30

Joy Keys chats with Actress Michelle Van Der Water from 2012-03-24T16:30

Michelle Van Der Water. She is recurring on the second season of VH1's "Single Ladies" which returns this May. She will play Taylor Tillman- a beautiful and sophisticated socialite. Her character i...

National Colorectal Cancer Awarenes Month with Joy Keys from 2012-03-24T16:00

Dr. Durado Brooks has served as the director of prostate and colorectal cancers at the American Cancer Society’s National Home Office since 2000.  In this role he is involved in creating and implem...

Arthritis Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2012-03-17T17:00

Special Guest:  Helene Belisle, Arthritis National Research Foundation Executive Director. Helene Belisle has been Executive Director of the Arthritis National Research Foundation since 1996, helpi...

Joy Keys chats with Author Bernice McFadden from 2012-03-17T16:00

BERNICE MCFADDEN is the author of seven critically acclaimed novels including the classics Sugar and Glorious, which was featured in O, The Oprah Magazine, selected as the debut title for the One B...

National Nutrition Awareness Month with Joy Keys from 2012-03-10T17:00

Special Guest: Angela Ginn, RD, LDN, CDE, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Spokesperson,  works as an education coordinator/nutrition diabetes educator at University of Maryland Center for Diabe...

Women and Heart Disease with Joy Keys from 2012-03-03T17:00

Mary Ann McLaughlin, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.C.
Dr. McLaughlin is serving her second term as President of the American Heart Association Board of Directors, New York City. The medical director of ...

Joy Keys chats with Actress Asha Kamali from 2012-03-02T01:00

Ms. Kamali attended Howard University's School of Communications. A trained dancer and student of the theater, Asha  was crowned Miss Howard University.
Asha has starred in national commercia...

Joy Keys is Shakin' it with Singer Steffen Morrison from 2012-02-29T13:00

Steffen Morrison started attracting audiences' attention upon winning the semi-finalist position in what is considered Holland's most popular non televised musical talent competition, De Grote Pri...

Power of a Positive Mindset with Joy Keys and Edith Namm from 2012-02-25T17:30

Change To A Positive Mindset And Extend Your Lifeline: A Journey To Miles Of Smiles, Positive Energy Power, Hope, Health And Happiness
by Edith Namm & Rita Kaufman
 
 
Spe...

Joy Keys chats with Musician, Activist and Mom Taina Asili from 2012-02-25T17:00

Special Guest: Taína Asili carries on the tradition of her ancestors, fusing present and past struggles into one poetic voice. She is a puertorriqueña vocalist, poet, educator, and community organi...