Episodes
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Ep. 11 - Growing and Going: A Love Story
At the onset of the pandemic, a mother relocates and experiences several unexpected life changes, including a whirlwind romance for which her 11-year-old daughter had a front-row seat.
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Ep. 10 - Letting Go of Girl-Dads
A meditation on the loss of Kobe Bryant and his unabashed approach to raising daughters. A single mother's musings on what it means to defer to her daughter's dad.
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Ep. 9 Atatiana and the Sonic Imagination
A meditation on navigating retreat and residency culture as a Black artist, who's constantly being reminded how risk Black people are, wherever we are, in this country, and abroad. Sound for this episode was recorded at the Black Artists Retreat 2019 at the Park Avenue Armory. Featured voices...
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Ep. 8 As for Me and This House (and Senate)
Mother explores her relationship to civic duty, after taking her daughter to vote in the 2018 midterm election. Sound notes: Cuicuitte, Komiku, Podington Bear, Dilla, A Different World, The Cosby Show, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and news broadcasts dating back to 1983.
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Ep. 7 Something Hollowed, Overdue
A mother meditates on marriage, in advance of her daughter's father's wedding.
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Ep. 6 The Art of Knowing When to Retreat
Hope Chest returns with a new essay written at SPACE on Ryder Farm's Family Residency in July 2018. A week-long artist's residency for parents and their children, SPACE on Ryder Farm affords families that ever-elusive commodity that's so difficult for many artists to find, post-parenting: time....
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Ep. 5 Birth Daze: A Co-Parenting Story
A single mother navigates the shifting dynamics of her family -- at a slower pace than everyone else.
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Ep. 4 Woman to Will-Be Woman
This Hope Chest essay is about self-reflection and the challenging means by which women work to define themselves.
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Ep 3 (Don't) Forget Paris
Adapted from an essay of the same name, this episode takes listeners on an excursion to Paris, as remembered by one Black mother and as told to her daughter.
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Ep. 2 Private Black Motherhood and Public White Protest
Ep. 2 Private Black Motherhood and Public White Protest by Hope Chest: A Podcast
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Ep. 1 Sackcloth Farewell, Inauguration of Ashes
An audio essay reflecting on the departure of President Barack Obama and the arrival of a new administration.