On today's episode we welcome our first doctor to the show, that is my brilliant college English Professor Dr. Natalie King Pedroso (fun fact: she tried to get me to take on an English minor in my junior year at FAMU which I politely declined because ya girl was just trying to get out, you feel me). I'm thrilled to have such a timely conversation with Dr. Pedroso given that she is someone whose mind and locs–which stretch down her back– I've admired since I first set foot in her classroom. We touch on everything from aesthetics to cultural traditions and this idea of rootedness for Black American which drives the philosophy and curation of her own virtual space called the Cottonboll Collective, learn more https://cottonbollcollective.com/ or @cottonbollcollective on Instagram.