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BLCKNLIT
by Jasmine Pierce, Priscilla Ward
BLCKNLIT follows the stories of individuals who are pushing boundaries and inspiring their community, while exploring the varied paths that each subject has taken to reach the current point in their career. Hosted by Jasmine Pierce and Priscilla Ward, the series takes a deep look into the setbacks, wins, and the lessons that have shaped each guest's career trajectory, offering the listener valuable advice and inspiration to light their own path.
Episodes
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International Fashion and Streetwear Culture: Inside the mind of Dominick Adams
In this episode, Priscilla and Jasmine speak with Dominick Adams, co-founder of Somewhere, a recently opened mixed-use retail space and cafe located in Southeast D.C. - minutes from where he grew up. He shares his story of making a career switch from working at the airport, to a corporate job…
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Experiencing Love Through Commerce and Community: Inside the Mind of Anika Hobbs
In this episode, Jasmine and Priscilla talk to Anika Hobbs, the founder of Nubian Hueman, a local brick & mortar and online store featuring unique clothing and art by designers representing the global Diaspora. She also founded the Black Love Experience, an annual event showcasing black-owned...
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Addressing Racial Inequality Through Tech: Inside the mind of Aerica Shimizu Banks
Aerica Shimizu Banks started her career in Environmental Policy, eventually working with Google on Patent Policy and Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Initiatives. She's currently the Public Policy and Social Impact Manager at Pinterest, where she works to create ecosystems that benefit…
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Wine 101: Inside the Mind of Eric Moorer
Eric Moorer, Sommelier and Manager of Domestique, a local D.C. wine shop, stops by the BLCKNLIT podcast to pop open a few bottles of wine and take us on a journey into the world of vino. He shares his story of how he first became obsessed with the wine industry, as well as tips on how to enter…
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Black Women Overcoming Dating Violence: Inside the Mind of Tenaj Moody
Jasmine and Priscilla talk with Tenaj Moody, the founder of Light to Life, a domestic violence awareness program offering workshops and events to young adults and teens on the prevention of abusive and unhealthy relationships. Tenaj survived an abusive relationship at the age of 16, which led her...
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Addiction Recovery for the Black Woman: Inside the Mind of Shayla Martin
Jasmine and Priscilla talk with freelance writer Shayla Martin, a former hospitality publicist, and current travel and lifestyle writer who seven years ago, after a traumatic event, realized that she was struggling with alcoholism and needed to take a risk to change her life. Shayla shares how...
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The Radicalness of Black Joy Expressed Through Art: Inside the Mind of Jamea Richmond-Edwards
Jamea Richmond-Edwards is a D.C. based mixed media artist whose work has been featured in some of the top galleries, museums, and experiential shows across the globe. Her work uses found objects and multiple mediums to create collage-style depictions of the black experience. On this episode of...
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Reimagining the Black Neighborhood, starting with the Nail Salon: Inside the mind of Jhavon Kashif
Jhavon Kashif is the owner of Nailbed & Bar, a luxury, eco-friendly nail spa East of the Anacostia river, a majority black and historically underserved neighborhood in Washington, D.C. As the first black-owned nail spa of its kind in the area, Jhavon strives to prove that black owned businesses…
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Turning a setback into a bounceback: Inside the Mind of Kwame Onwuachi
James Beard Award winning chef and author, Kwame Onwuachi, is no stranger to setbacks, having overcome a difficult adolescence and later opening his first restaurant at 24, only to have it shutter in less than a year. We close out our last episode of the year, with someone who has dominated 2019,...
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Creating a community-centric business: Inside the Mind of Mahammad Mangum
When you think of a flourishing community you likely imagine a place with access to educational and creative programming, affordable healthy food, and a safe space for members to interact. Today’s guest, Mahammad Mangum, didn’t always see these components in the community he grew up in so he...
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Turning an Innovative Idea Into a Scalable Business: Inside the mind of Nicole Pinedo
So many of us have had an idea for a business, but had literally no idea where to begin or how to get it off the ground. On this episode, Nicole Pinedo, the founder of the creative agency, Made in the District and the experiential event concept, Future of Sports tells us how she turned her love…
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Creating a Black Running Community: Inside the Mind of Matthew Green
African Americans are notoriously underrepresented in the long distance running world. Matthew Green, the co-founder of District Running Collective (DRC) is working to change this by fostering a community of runners who go the distance and push past percieved limitiations to redefine their...
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What does it mean to be black?: Inside the mind of Obi Okolo
Blackness is so many things, and expressed in many different ways. However, it's often policed by our own when it doesn't fall within the narrow confines of how others percieve it should be expressed. On this episode, our guest Obi Okolo, Founder of the creative agency, Stag Creative, shares his...
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Breaking down black stereotypes through film: inside the mind of Joe Marshall
Humor throughout our culture has served as a place for grappling with difficult topics and stereotypes. Director, screenwriter, actor and comedian, Joe Marshall is doing just that, through his recently released web series, Middle Ground. On this episode, he discusses how he’s addressing taboo...
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Producing hits and advocating for women in the music industry: Inside the mind of TRAKGIRL
In this episode, BLCKNLIT talks with TRAKGIRL, one of the top female music producers, who has worked with artists like Jhene Aiko, Andra Day, Luke James, Belly and Omarion, just to name a few. We learn about the many ways she's advocating for women in the music industry to have access to more...
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Black American and African culture through the lens of soccer: Inside the mind of Topher Hegngi
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Opening doors for people of color in the beverage industry, with Kapri Robinson
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Leading with his pen and living abroad: Inside the mind of Greg Howard
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Art from ideation to execution: A look into the mind of District Dodger
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Surrendering to Your Life's Path and Bossing Up
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
BLCKNLIT follows the stories of individuals who are pushing boundaries and inspiring their community, while exploring the varied paths that each subject has taken to reach the current point in their career. Hosted by Jasmine Pierce and Priscilla Ward, the series takes a deep look into the setbacks, wins, and the lessons that have shaped each guest's career trajectory, offering the listener valuable advice and inspiration to light their own path.
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BLCKNLIT follows the stories of individuals who are pushing boundaries and inspiring their community, while exploring the varied paths that each subject has taken to reach the current point in their career. Hosted by Jasmine Pierce and Priscilla Ward, the series takes a deep look into the setbacks,...
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BLCKNLIT is created and hosted by Jasmine Pierce, Priscilla Ward.
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