We have a very special episode for you today, Classmates! Last April, as part of the Hear it Here Podcast Festival, we gathered at Lincoln Center's David Rubinstein Atrium to sit in the presence of music royalty! So please join us for an audience with Nona Hendryx, legendary singer/songwriter, technological innovator, and all-around wise and wonderful person. She'll talk to us about her long, illustrious career spent blurring the lines between genres and her brand new project, "The Dream Machine," which will debut this summer as part of Lincoln Center's Summer for the City. Later on in the conversation, we're joined by two young artists working with her on "The Dream Machine," Nia-Simone Egerton and Sophia Edwards, who chat about their experience making this larger-than-life project come to fruition. We're so excited to finally share this experience with all of you, so take your seats. Class in session! LIVE!!!Hosts: Lee Bynum, Rocky Jones, Paige Reynolds (Mabolé Inawale)Guests: Nona Hendryx, Nia-Simone Egerton, Sophia EdwardsContributor: Emilia MettenbrinkProducer: Rocky Jones--LinksNona Hendryx (Website) (Insta)The Dream Machine Experience (Learn More)--Hey hey, THE SCORE is now on social! Follow us @thescorepod on Instagram here and Bluesky here!--New episodes of THE SCORE drop every other Tuesday. If you like what you hear, please support us and SUBSCRIBE to the show on your favorite podcast app and be sure to SHARE our show with your friends. Also, leaving a 5-star REVIEW on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you're listening is a great way to help people find our show. Email your questions or comments to [email protected] to Listen: Apple | Spotify | YouTubeFollow Your Hosts on Insta! Lee | Paige | Rocky

Hey, Scorekeepers! We're on summer vacation this week. Please enjoy this episode of our 2024 podcast, ART CLASS, that you may have missed. This episode was originally released on May 7, 2024.--Welcome to another episode of ART CLASS, dear classmates! On this week's episode, we continue our discussion about creating more equitable and inclusive spaces in classical music with Lecolion Washington, a brilliant musician who's blazing new trails as the Executive Director of the Community Music Center of Boston (0:05:32). And boy, do we talk about it all: fundraising, DEI initiatives, mentorship, a life-changing encounter with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and more! It's a conversation you don't want to miss! After that, part two of Paige's Kinfolk conversation with Gambian kora virtuoso and founder of The Gambia Academy, Sona Jobarteh (0:46:38). In this installment, Sona talks about why it's so important for her to preserve African traditions for future generations and for people across the African diaspora. Plus, Morning Announcements with Emilia (0:42:55) and a little Pure Black Joy (1:04:35) to get you through to the end of the week. Take your seats, because class is in session, y'all!Hosts: Lee Bynum, Rocky Jones, Paige Reynolds (Mabolé Inawale)Guests: Julia Bullock, Sona JobartehContributor: Emilia MettenbrinkProducer: Rocky Jones--Lecolion Washington (Insta)Community Music Center of Boston (Website) (May 16 Event!)Sona Jobarteh (Website) (Instagram)Sphinx Virtuosi (Website)Blood at the Root by LaDarrion Williams (Buy Now)--Hey hey, THE SCORE is now on social! Follow us @thescorepod on Instagram here and Bluesky here!--New episodes of THE SCORE drop every other Tuesday. If you like what you hear, please support us and SUBSCRIBE to the show on your favorite podcast app and be sure to SHARE our show with your friends. Also, leaving a 5-star REVIEW on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you're listening is a great way to help people find our show. Email your questions or comments to [email protected] to Listen: Apple | Spotify | YouTubeFollow Your Hosts on Insta! Lee | Paige | Rocky

Hello, dear Scorekeepers! Happy Pride to you all! Have we got an episode for you today! Heated Rivalry! Drag Race All-Stars! Cult documentaries! Plus, did you know there's a theater company in England that tried to mount a production of Dreamgirls with an almost exclusively white cast? I mean they certainly tried it and we're here to chat a bit about why that might be a touch problematic. All that plus, a special Pride-themed PBJ and Paige delivers a word, as they're often wont to do. Let's do it to it, y'all!Hosts: Lee Bynum, Rocky Jones, Paige ReynoldsProducer: Rocky Jones--Links"U.K. Theatre Group Somehow Casts ‘Dreamgirls’ With Practically All-White Cast…" (OnStage Blog)--Hey hey, THE SCORE is now on social! Follow us @thescorepod on Instagram here and Bluesky here!--New episodes of THE SCORE drop every other Tuesday. If you like what you hear, please support us and SUBSCRIBE to the show on your favorite podcast app and be sure to SHARE our show with your friends. Also, leaving a 5-star REVIEW on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you're listening is a great way to help people find our show. Email your questions or comments to [email protected] to Listen: Apple | Spotify | YouTubeFollow Your Hosts on Insta! Lee | Paige | Rocky

Hi there, Scorekeepers! Welcome to another episode of THE SCORE! This week we're doing a bit of news roundup. From AI to Spencer Pratt to frivolous lawsuits aimed at Black doctors of all people, we've all the news that's fit to print. Plus, we chat about Black, queer composer Omar Thomas and his piece "A Mother of a Revolution!" which commemorates the Stonewall Uprising and the life of Marsha P. Johnson and, infuriatingly, was recently banned by a school board in Wisconsin for celebrating "political violence". We also chat about Knoxville, Tennessee's school board banning Alex Haley's Roots, and what the erasure of our history and culture means for Black and white kids alike. All this, plus an extra spicy edition of PBJ! Let's do it to it, y'all! Hosts: Lee Bynum, Rocky Jones, Paige ReynoldsProducer: Rocky Jones--Links"Watertown school board votes to remove song tied to LGBTQ history from spring concert" (TMJ4.com)"We built him a statue. Then we banned his book. | Opinion" (KnoxNews.com)"White Dermatologist Sues 'Find A Black Doctor' Over Alleged Racial Bias" (Complex)--Hey hey, THE SCORE is now on social! Follow us @thescorepod on Instagram here and Bluesky here!--New episodes of THE SCORE drop every other Tuesday. If you like what you hear, please support us and SUBSCRIBE to the show on your favorite podcast app and be sure to SHARE our show with your friends. Also, leaving a 5-star REVIEW on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you're listening is a great way to help people find our show. Email your questions or comments to [email protected] to Listen: Apple | Spotify | YouTubeFollow Your Hosts on Insta! Lee | Paige | Rocky

Hey there, Scorekeepers! It's time for another episode of THE SCORE. Now that SCOTUS has declared America past racism, we can finally turn our attention to other things. (And thank goodness! Wasn't that a bummer for the past 400 years!) Namely, the Tony nominations and the Met Gala. Plus, Paige leads an important conversation about the scourge of Black femicide ravaging our communities. And, as always, we'll end with a culinary edition of PBJ. Let's do it to it!Hosts: Lee Bynum, Rocky Jones, Paige ReynoldsProducer: Rocky Jones--LinksFundraiser for Junauda Petrus (Link)--Hey hey, THE SCORE is now on social! Follow us @thescorepod on Instagram here and Bluesky here!--New episodes of THE SCORE drop every other Tuesday. If you like what you hear, please support us and SUBSCRIBE to the show on your favorite podcast app and be sure to SHARE our show with your friends. Also, leaving a 5-star REVIEW on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you're listening is a great way to help people find our show. Email your questions or comments to [email protected] to Listen: Apple | Spotify | YouTubeFollow Your Hosts on Insta! Lee | Paige | Rocky

I mean they both seem to be all rage these days, right? Welcome to another episode of THE SCORE, dear Scorekeepers. This week we're catching up with the current events both in the culture and in our personal lives. So join us for a quick Drag Race postmortem, a little trans euphoria, a sexy round of icebreakers, and so much more! Plus, a little Pure Black Joy to sweeten the deal. Let's do it to it, y'all!Hosts: Lee Bynum, Rocky Jones, Paige ReynoldsProducer: Rocky Jones--Hey hey, THE SCORE is now on social! Follow us @thescorepod on Instagram here and Bluesky here!--New episodes of THE SCORE drop every other Tuesday. If you like what you hear, please support us and SUBSCRIBE to the show on your favorite podcast app and be sure to SHARE our show with your friends. Also, leaving a 5-star REVIEW on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you're listening is a great way to help people find our show. Email your questions or comments to [email protected] to Listen: Apple | Spotify | YouTubeFollow Your Hosts on Insta! Lee | Paige | Rocky

Happy spring, Scorekeepers! This week, in honor of it finally being spring picnic season, we're gonna call this our "Picky Bits" episode. Since there's so much going on in the culture right now, we're just gonna cook for an hour and a half, jumping from topic to topic and hopefully, we'll hit on something that interests you! The MAGAfication of Black celebrities! Kanye! Drag Race! Traitors! Ciara Miller and Black representation on reality television! And so much more! Plus, since you deserve a sweet treat, we'll end with a little PBJ to keep you going til the end of the week. Let's do it to it, y'all!Hosts: Lee Bynum, Rocky Jones, Paige ReynoldsProducer: Rocky Jones--Hey hey, THE SCORE is now on social! Follow us @thescorepod on Instagram here and Bluesky here!--New episodes of THE SCORE drop every other Tuesday. If you like what you hear, please support us and SUBSCRIBE to the show on your favorite podcast app and be sure to SHARE our show with your friends. Also, leaving a 5-star REVIEW on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you're listening is a great way to help people find our show. Email your questions or comments to [email protected] to Listen: Apple | Spotify | YouTubeFollow Your Hosts on Insta! Lee | Paige | Rocky

Good day, Scorekeepers! It's time for another jam-packed episode of your favorite podcast, THE SCORE. This week, we're once again tackling the somewhat mystifying career of Mr. Tyler Perry. Recently Youtuber F.D. Signifier released a scathing 4-hour critique of Perry's oeuvre and we were sat for the whole thing. Highly recommend it! And with so much material to work with, naturally there were some things we agreed with, some we didn't, and some that just straight up confused us. Let's talk about it! Plus, some current events up top and, as always, a little PBJ at the end. Let's do it to it, y'all!Hosts: Lee Bynum, Rocky Jones, Paige ReynoldsProducer: Rocky Jones--LinksA Short Video about Tyler Perry by F.D. Signifier (YouTube)--Hey hey, THE SCORE is now on social! Follow us @thescorepod on Instagram here and Bluesky here!--New episodes of THE SCORE drop every other Tuesday. If you like what you hear, please support us and SUBSCRIBE to the show on your favorite podcast app and be sure to SHARE our show with your friends. Also, leaving a 5-star REVIEW on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you're listening is a great way to help people find our show. Email your questions or comments to [email protected] to Listen: Apple | Spotify | YouTubeFollow Your Hosts on Insta! Lee | Paige | Rocky

Dearly beloved Scorekeepers, we are gathered here today to join these two in a good ol' fashioned dragging. First up, we haven't had an episode since Mr. Chalamet said what he said about ballet and opera, and if you know us, then you know we have some opinions about that. (But those opinions just might surprise you!) And then we turn to Ms. Banks. We watched the new docu-series Reality Check: America's Next Top Model over on Netflix, and let's just say we weren't impressed. In fact, we found Tyra's performance and lack of accountability for the harms done to the ANTM contestants a little reminiscent of a certain Cheeto-in-Chief. Just sayin. But fear not, after all that reading, as always we'll end with a little Pure Black Joy. Let's do it to y'all!Hosts: Lee Bynum, Rocky Jones, Paige ReynoldsProducer: Rocky Jones--Hey hey, THE SCORE is now on social! Follow us @thescorepod on Instagram here and Bluesky here!--New episodes of THE SCORE drop every other Tuesday. If you like what you hear, please support us and SUBSCRIBE to the show on your favorite podcast app and be sure to SHARE our show with your friends. Also, leaving a 5-star REVIEW on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you're listening is a great way to help people find our show. Email your questions or comments to [email protected] to Listen: Apple | Spotify | YouTubeFollow Your Hosts on Insta! Lee | Paige | Rocky

Hola Scorekeepers! It's been a tough couple of weeks, huh? ICE is still in Minnesota. Trans folks in Kansas are under attack. World War 3's officially breaking out. And if that wasn't enough, Rocky was actually in Puerto Vallarta last weekend when the cartel violence broke out and had to take shelter while cars and buses and things exploded around him. Let's talk about it. Plus, a little Traitors, a little Drag Race and a little Pure Black Joy!Oh, and it's our 5th anniversary! Can you believe it? Happy birthday us! And thank you all so much for sticking around and supporting us. We love you!Hosts: Lee Bynum, Rocky Jones, Paige ReynoldsProducer: Rocky Jones--Hey hey, THE SCORE is now on social! Follow us @thescorepod on Instagram here and Bluesky here!--New episodes of THE SCORE drop every other Tuesday. If you like what you hear, please support us and SUBSCRIBE to the show on your favorite podcast app and be sure to SHARE our show with your friends. Also, leaving a 5-star REVIEW on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you're listening is a great way to help people find our show. Email your questions or comments to [email protected] to Listen: Apple | Spotify | YouTubeFollow Your Hosts on Insta! Lee | Paige | Rocky