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Special Sauce: Osayi Endolyn on the Legacy of Southern Fried Chicken

'The superb young food and culture writer Osayi Endolyn is back again for this week's episode of Special Sauce. This time our far-reaching conversation includes a discussion of a brilliant piece on fried chicken Endolyn wrote for You and I Eat the Same: On the Countless Ways Food and Cooking Connect Us to One Another , a fascinating anthology edited by former Lucky Peach editor Chris Ying and Noma's Rene Redzepi.' -- SeriousEats 

At 83, Mary Lane Upholds The Blues Tradition: 'I Still Got It'

'The Arkansas-born blues singer, Mary Lane, looks back on her career and discusses Travelin' Woman, her first album in more than 20 years.' -- Weekend Edition Saturday 

The Universal Hip Hop Museum

'Kurtis Blow, the first rapper to sign on to a major record label, and Rocky Bucano , a former DJ and producer at Strong City Records, join All of It with Alison Stewart to discuss the creation of the Universal Hip Hop Museum in the Bronx. Kurtis Blow serves as chairman of the museum's board and Rocky Bucano is the museum's executive director. Set to break ground in December of this year, and scheduled to open in 2023, the museum will celebrate and preserve the history of local and global hip-hop music and culture. The museum will also open a 6,000 square foot pop-up museum at the Bronx Terminal Market this summer.' -- All Of It
         
        

J.S. Ondara Says Hello To The 'American Dream'

'J.S. Ondara is a Minneapolis-based singer-songwriter whose love for Bob Dylan spurred him to move to Minnesota from Nairobi, Kenya in 2013. Since he won a Green Card lottery that allowed the move, he learned to play guitar and has lived the so-called American Dream. He learned English both in school and because he wanted to understand the lyrics in music by Pearl Jam, Radiohead, Nirvana, Death Cab for Cutie Neil Young, and Dylan.'-- Soundcheck

You Have to be Able to Feel: On the Power of Pleasure Activism

'Writer adrienne maree brown explores the radical, liberatory potential of pleasure - to reclaim the self from the bounds of oppression, to restore our relationships with other people and the planet, and to imagine (and inhabit) the future worlds we hope to win with our activism. brown is author of the book Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good from AK Press.' -- This is Hell!  

School is a Tracking Device: On Deschooling as Abolitionist Practice

'Writer Sujani K. Reddy examines deschooling, as a radical lesson in abolitionist politics - as the demands and logic of capitalism corrupt the institutions of public education, we must revalue knowledge itself, outside schools and within our communities, if we are to reclaim the classroom and education for the good of the people. Reddy wrote the chapter "We Don’t Need No Education: Deschooling as an Abolitionist Practice" in the book Abolishing Carceral Society from Common Notions.' -- This is Hell!  

Racial Disparities Persist in Stillbirth Rates

'Stillbirths are an under-discussed part of the infant mortality picture in the United States, as are the racial disparities within those numbers. According to new data, the Ohio stillbirth rate for African-Americans is twice that of the whites, and it has been so for more than a decade. The racial disparities in Ohio mirror national trends in pregnancy complications, including stillbirths. In 2017, there were more than 850 known stillbirths in Ohio. According to the CDC, stillbirth statistics across the country are similar. Anne Glausser, managing producer of health and education for WCPN, Cleveland, has been reporting on this and joins The Takeaway to discuss her findings.' -- The Takeaway

Racial Disparities Persist in Stillbirth Rates Download

'Stillbirths are an under-discussed part of the infant mortality picture in the United States, as are the racial disparities within those numbers. According to new data, the Ohio stillbirth rate for African-Americans is twice that of the whites, and it has been so for more than a decade. The racial disparities in Ohio mirror national trends in pregnancy complications, including stillbirths. In 2017, there were more than 850 known stillbirths in Ohio. According to the CDC, stillbirth statistics across the country are similar. Anne Glausser, managing producer of health and education for WCPN, Cleveland, has been reporting on this and joins The Takeaway to discuss her findings.' -- The Takeaway

The Women of the Cuban Jazz Scene

'Lauren Du Graf joins us to discuss her most recent article for The New Yorker, "A New Vanguard of Women in Cuban Jazz.” She is joined by Melvis Santa, a musician who is featured in the article.' -- All Of It
         
        

'Nobel Of The Heart' Is The Real Prize For Author Ngugi Wa Thiong'o

'The U.S.-based Kenyan Ngugi Wa Thiong'o writer is often tipped for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Now he's released Minutes of Glory, a short story collection which he calls his "literary autobiography".' -- Morning Edition