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‘Dear Culture’: Revisiting the story of ‘How Trump ruined my relationship with my white mother’

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‘Dear Culture’: What exactly makes Brandy the ‘Vocal Bible,’ with journalist Dai Poole

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Watch: We took ‘Dear Culture’ to The Roots Picnic 2022 for Black Music Month

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‘Dear Culture’: Talking the Notorious B.I.G. and the book ‘It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World That Made Him’ with author Justin Tinsley

As a genre, hip-hop is worthy of analysis, debate and discussion, but I think we have a tendency to go…
/ June 23, 2022

‘Dear Culture’: 15 of the Blackest Songs (in celebration of Juneteenth) with The 80z Babies’ Yinka Diz and Outlaw

It’s still June in African America and that means a time-honored tradition is also upon us: Juneteenth, aka Freedom Day.
/ June 16, 2022

‘Dear Culture’: Talking Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’ with Shamira Ibrahim

When Kendrick Lamar, aka Oklama, announced via social media that he had a new album dropping in May, well, the…
/ June 9, 2022

‘Dear Culture’: Are Janet Jackson’s albums better than Michael Jackson’s albums? A discussion with Matthew Allen

If I can just be honest here for a second, I don’t ever actually think that any of my “takes”…
/ June 2, 2022

Welcome (back) to ‘Dear Culture’!

I’m taking over the hosting duties for "Dear Culture," one of theGrio’s legacy podcasts, with a new vim and vigor—and…
/ May 26, 2022

DCP EP. 99 An Abolitionist’s Handbook: Patrisse Cullors

Transcribed by: Sydney Henriques-Payne Completion date: January19, 2022 Shana Pinnock: [00:00:03] What’s up, Grio Fam, welcome to Dear Culture, the…
/ January 20, 2022

DCP EP. 87 Black Witches: Blue Telusma

Transcribed by: Sydney Henriques-Payne Completion date: October 27, 2021 Shana Pinnock [00:00:02] Welcome to Dear Culture, the podcast that gives…
/ October 28, 2021