Black Muse

Episode 71: Michael Bennett & Nathaniel Freeman BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 70: Christopher Benson BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 69: Katara Washington Patton BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 68: Raymond Boyd BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 67: Vanessa Williams BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 66: Tavis Smiley BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 65: Kalisha Buckhanon BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 64: The Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 63: Monica Haslip BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 62: Taylor Moore BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 61: Troy Pryor BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 60: Franklin Vanderbilt BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 59: Deonte Baker BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 58: Devon Sandridge BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 57: Dr. Margena A. Christian BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 56: Terell Johnson BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 55: Devorah Crable BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 54: Sasha Daltonn BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 53: LaRob K. Rafael BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 52: Darryl Dennard BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 51: Nora Brooks-Blakely BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 50: Danny K. Davis BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 49: Perri Irmer BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 48: Liz Mikel BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 47: Dr. Rochelle Sennet BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 46: Jackie Taylor BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 45: Vanessa Stokes BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 44: Heather Ireland Robinson BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 43: Crystal Dyer BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 42: Yvonne Gage BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 41: Jesse White BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 40: Joan Collaso BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 39: Otez Gary BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 38: Donald Harrison BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 37: Marlon King & Brian Sykes BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 36: Joel Hall BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 35: Natalie Moore BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 34: Dr. Benjamin Wright BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 33: Howard Simmons BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 32: Celeste Moy BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 31: The Dells BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 30: Thaddeus Tukes BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 29: G. Thomas Allen BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 28: Pam Morris-Walton BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 27: Ron O.J. Parson BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 26: Carl Davis II BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 25: Hermene Hartman BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 24: John W. Fountain BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 23: Ricard Steele BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.

Episode 22: Reginald R. Robinson BLACK MUSE is a weekly 30-minute video podcast series exploring the rich genealogy of Black culture. It's where creatives from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, gospel, politics, sports, fashion, theater, and literature engage "in the lively art of conversation." BLACK MUSE is hosted by Clarence Waldron, Doris Davenport, and David Houston and created and produced by Howard Sandifer for Chicago West Community Music Center with funding support from the Driehaus Foundation.