Johannes and me meet for the first time in person to unpack his Blackademic work and our collaboration on Everyday Black Matter film. If you haven't watched the film yet; DO IT. This is one of many "talkback" kikis we'll host on this platform. Johannes is the lead musician on the film. After (virtually) working together to create a type of Black Matter we both vibe wit, I had to bring him on the podcast! *Special guest Aurora Higgs drops by to kiki about her scene in the film using Johannes's beat. Tune into *part 1 AND part 2*... It was too much tea for one ep.

PSA: Ally and Comrades. Drop $AuroraHiggs and/or $JohannesBarfield some love for their work on Everyday Black Matter film [$$], cause we been out here and we need reparations now. 

Episode Reads

1. Tina M. Campt, Listening to Images, 
2. Chaz Antoine and Crew, Everyday Black Matter (Film)
3. Imagination of the Marginalized by bell hooks 
4. bell hooks, Black Vernacular: Architecture as Cultural Practice (article)
5. Rebecca Walker and Crew, "The Geek" by Mat Johnson,  found in Black Cool: One Thousand Streams of Blackness (anthology) 

*All beats featured in this episode by Johannes*