In this live recording special, we talk with our mom about the book that changed her relationship to reading, Disappearing Acts by Terry McMillan. She takes us back to the '90s and surprises us with stories we've never heard before...
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May 13, 2024
1 hr 8 min
In this episode, we talk with our dad, Robert Menafee, about jazz and all of the things that jazz shines a light on.
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May 5, 2024
1 hr 33 min
In this episode, we reflect on our incredible journey with this podcast. A true freestyle.
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May 4, 2024
1 hr 17 min
We learned a lot about questions during this podcast, so we wanted to dedicate an episode to just asking each other fun questions and questions about questions. How many questions can you count?
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May 4, 2024
1 hr 31 min
In this episode, we talk with our brilliant older brother, Danny Dunson.
Danny went to church on this one, sharing an interwoven story and analysis of his life and experience with Toni Morrison's classic work, Song of Solomon.
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Mar 10, 2024
2 hr 40 min
In this episode, we talk with the incredible writer, Sean Enfield about his debut collection of essays, Holy American Burnout.
Sean goes deep into the questions and experiences that shaped the writing of this book and still propel his thinking today.
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Mar 10, 2024
1 hr 12 min
In this episode, we talk with the brilliant Kendall Bryant about a book that's in the hallowed halls of their personal canon, Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison.
The story of this book for Kendall is interwoven with their history, their conception of the present, and their vision for the future.
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Mar 10, 2024
1 hr 4 min
In this episode with our dear brother, Justus Pugh we talk about beavers, ducks, bird people, and all of the beauty of discovering the world anew through the lens of Emergent Strategy, adrienne marie brown's classic book. e
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Mar 9, 2024
1 hr 35 min
Felton Kizer is an uncontainable creative and entrepreneur who we also know as a dear friend and brother.
In this episode, we talk about a book that is as raw and truthful as he is, Prelude to King.
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Mar 5, 2024
1 hr 25 min
We got to chop it up with our good brother Sidney, a local Chicago legend, fitness coach, entrepreneur, artist, model, and community organizer. We talked with him about his story getting back into reading in college, the importance of books to his health practices, and what home and community means to him being raised and having family all over the world.
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Feb 11, 2024
47 min
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