• s4e8 Black Lantern Books & The Legacy Library

    Cipriano Belser is co-founder of Black Lantern Books, housing the Legacy Library, a collection of some 10,000 books curated by organizer, Kwazi Nkrumah. Poetry by Shizue Seigel, Joseph Jason Santiago Lacour. New music with Celia Cruz, Arturo O’Farrill and Fred Wesley and the New JB’s.

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  • Beyond Borders – s2e5 – At Aunties’ Table, When God Was a Woman ’til Now

    Judy and Martha invite you to Auntie’s table as we explore origin stories, goddess stories, the divine feminine, the Witches’ Hammer, motherhood and more.

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