Port Of Harlem Podcasts

We have published at least nine hot-topic Biblical stories by EJ Brock, such as her latest, “The Evangelical Right,Trump, King David, and What’s to Come,” with no reader resistance - until this week. We also talk to Brooks about Bishop Budde, who called on trump to showcompassion for LGBTQ+ and immigrant communities.

Dele Ogun owns Lawless Publications and is the author of several books for the London-based company, including “A Slave Ship Called Jesus” and his latest release “Culprits: The People And The Paper That Made Nigeria.” We talk about the one thing where we differ and the two on which we agree as it relates to his books. After years of service at Price Waterhouse Coopers LLP and in practice with Hogan Lovells LLP, Dele Ogun founded his law firm, London-based Akin Palmer LLP, where he has served for over 21 years. He also has a practice in Lagos, Nigeria.

Gladiator II premiered in Sydney, Australia on October 30, 2024, and debuted in the United States on November 22, 2024. In the movie, the Roman army led by General Acacius invades Lucius' home. He seeks revenge against Acacius and fights as a gladiator for Macrinus (Denzel Washington), a former slave who plans to overthrow the emperors Geta and Caracalla. Washington's inclusion has created controversies, including calls that the movie "blackwashes" White history.  Port of Harlem contributor C.R. Gibbs responds to these and other challenges.

Grammy-winning saxophonist Kirk Whalum released EPIC COOL, his newest album, on May 17. He will perform at DC’s Blues Alley from Friday, June 21, to Sunday, June 23, to celebrate. We talk about a range of subjects, from the impact his Nigerian/Swiss producer Greg Manning has on his new recording to the effects of his parents raising him in a blues town, Memphis, on his work in jazz. Surprisingly, when we talk about his conversion to Catholicism in 2022, he shares that he is a second cousin to Sister Thea Bowman.

"Tutankhamun: His Tomb and Treasures" opened in Washington, D.C., on May 2. King Tut and Drag Queens; Hatshepsut, Vice President Harris, and the "male power suit". . . are there connections? We go deep into Egyptian fashion, religion, and politics with Egyptologists, archeologists, professor, and consultant for "Tutankhamun: His Tomb and His Treasures," Melinda Hartwig. She and POH publisher Wayne Young compare Tut's time to today including questions beyond the five intriguing parallels between King Tut's life and modern politics that she is ready to discuss. Tutankhamun: His Tomb and Treasures Opens in Washington, D.C

Anita Hackley Lambert is an historian and biographer. Her first book, “F.H.M. Murray: A Forgotten Pioneer for Civil Justice”, is about the co-founder of the Niagara movement, who was also her and Barry Murray’s great- grandfather. ECHOES OF A VOICE FOR JUSTICE: The Story of Barry A. Murray

Cory Armand, Joseph Peterson, and Deena Johnson are rebuilding their city one house at a time. The trio of private investors has renovated more than 80 homes, more than the 48 the local government recently tore down in a neighborhood, and the 16 apartments in the city's downtown area. We talk with the trio about their strategies and they share their advice. Read More: Three Young Renovators Who Are Rebuilding Their City Note: Young and the three guests are members of the Northwest Indiana Creative Investors Association (NICIA). Joseph serves as President, Cory as Vice President, and Deana as Programming. Episode 43

The film "Oppenheimer" raked in $80.5 million in the United States on its opening weekend. In the international market, it took in about $93 million for a total of more than $174 million, according to BoxOfficeMojo. The cast list for the $100 million "Oppenheimer" mentions only one Black scientist. The movie purports to show a critical time in the life of Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb. In one of the greatest scientific efforts during WW II, the Manhattan Project marshalled the efforts of over 200,000 scientists, technicians, and workers and helped win the war by dropping two nuclear bombs on Japan. Was the only Black in the movie the only one in real life involved with the project? Who was he and what did he do? To answer these and other questions about Blacks and the bomb, we have as our guest, author, lecturer, popular Port of Harlem contributor, and historian of the African diaspora, C.R. Gibbs. ________________ Speaking of Hidden Figures: POH Podcast Host Wayne Young: Is this the making of another movie?  Guest: Historian CR Gibbs: Oh, I would think so.

My guest is a student and teacher of the Bible, EJ Brock. She is also a writer who specializes in spiritual insight. Her books that intertwine the “spiritual'” and the “carnal” are categorized as paranormal romances. Brock's books are not based on facts like her articles, but are based on fantasies. Her latest article in POH: Texas District Pulls Bible and LGBTQ+ Books - Do You Know What’s In The Bible?

Marvin Tupper Jones made his mark as a Washington, DC-based documentary photographer before starting the Chowan Discovery Group that researches, documents, preserves, and presents the history of his home area, the Winton, North Carolina Triangle. The Group has shared its findings and documentation via a variety of methods from stage presentations to historical markers. “We hope that people will find new value in the world that immediately surrounds them,” explained Jones.

Vincent Spaulding is the Project Leader of the George Henry White Memorial Health & Education Center in Bladen and Columbus Counties, North Carolina. He talks about how he used his architecture and community organizing skills honed in middle-class Washington, DC and “divine intervention” to turn a 120-year-old farm house into a community center in his home county, a part of the “other” America.

After delivering a well-received talk at DC’s Remember the Pearl 2023 commemoration, Port of Harlem magazine printed an excerpt from Dr. Richard Bell's STOLEN. The book tells the story of five free boys kidnapped into slavery and their astonishing odyssey home. Both events took place during the Reverse Underground Railroad period. POH publisher Wayne Young talks with Bell about this period and its affect on Blacks then and now.

We converse with Sabata-mpho Mokae, an academic, novelist, and translator based at the Sol Plaatje University in Kimberly, South Africa. We talk not only about Mokae’s writings, but that of his hero Sol Plaatjie, South African and world history, and he and Plaatje’s effort to develop and maintain their language, Setwana. Also see in Port of Harlem magazine: Sabata-mpho Mokae, Pridefully Keeping His Language Alive

POH talks with CR Gibbs about Abubakri II’s Voyage and why he thinks there is so much interest in the explorer and his journeys. His article on Abubakari and the mystery of his voyage from current day Gambia to current day Brazil remains very popular for those searching the web and landing on our page. After publishing the article in February 2021, we are going to finally revisit the subject audibly. Note: When answering a question, Gibbs referred to this book: "Mysterious Explorer: Solving the Puzzle of an African Explorer in America - - 180 Years Before Columbus by Dr. Ronald Stewart."

POH talks with Olaiya Temitope Templer, News Editor at The Guardian Newspapers, Nigeria, one of Nigeria’s most respected newspapers, if not the most respected. We talk about Nigeria's February 25 general elections for president, vice president, and members of the Senate and House of Representatives.

STEM Program Producer Denise Smith-Archer Denise Smith-Archer is an engineer, educator, artist, and co-author of “Black Gems in STEM: An Academic Success Workbook.” We talk to Smith-Archer about the book and how she brought the book alive during week-long summer enrichment program at Prince George’s Community College in Maryland.

Bird Photographer Charles Chuck James While rehabbing from cancer in 2008, Charles James of Bowie, MD found refuge in taking pictures of birds. Aside from his Facebook postings, some of his photos have even been showcased at the Patuxent National Wildlife Visitor Center Gallery and featured in their newsletter. We talk to James about how he found his hobby and its affect on his health.

Our guest for this podcast is Dr. Theo Hodge, Jr., Medical Director of the Washington Health Institute and Port of Harlem contributor. Dr. Hodge is especially interested in the study and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases and an outspoken proponent of HIV prevention. Today, we will take about another disease, in particular, monkeypox. As of today, nearly 38% of monkeypox cases are among Black people, yet Blacks represent only 12% of the US population. We will also talk about these disparities and the vaccine. 

Join Port of Harlem publisher Wayne Young and Port of Harlem contributor Kennedra Tucker in a 30-minute discussion on “Recipe for Change: Amplifying Black Women.” Tucker has written for Port of Harlem magazine since she was in high school - - 22 years ago. Today, she is a K-12 health and physical education specialist pursuing a doctorate in school system leadership at the University of Maryland – College Park and is a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Educational consultant. Well, we hope everyone had a chance to watch the episode of “Recipe for Change” in which we provided. If not, we will try to share enough of the show to those who saw the show can easily recall the discussions and those who did not, can follow. The show gathers celebrities, chefs, activists, and creators around a dinner table for necessary conversations.

Sheryll Cashin, a law professor and former White House staffer, has spent nearly three decades grappling with US residential segregation and resulting racial inequality. Her most recent book, “White Space, Black Hood: Opportunity Hoarding and Segregation in the Age of Inequality” reflects these decades of examination and analysis. She recently was featured in an CNN.com analysis of affluent, majority-white Buckhead seeking to secede from Atlanta. At the invitation of Chairwoman Maxine Waters, she will be testifying on residential exclusion and what to do about it Fri, Oct 15. We talk with her on the next Port of Harlem Talk Radio. 2022 Episode 30

Join Douglas Wilson, a seasoned political consultant, and I as we talk about the get-out-the-vote strategies to increase Black men's midterm turnout in light of the Supreme Court’s Roe decision. Douglas is an activist, author, and political professional who has run races nationwide at the local, state, and federal levels. He served as regional field director for President Barack Obama’s primary campaign, political director and vice president for the North Carolina Democratic Party, and the Charlotte City Council.

Lorato Trok is an early literacy consultant and expert in developing reading for pleasure books for young children, especially in African languages. She has 20 years' experience in publishing, writing, translation, editing and story development in children's literature. She also penned The Incredible Quest to Preserve a Dying South African Language for Port Of Harlem magazine and featured in Lorato Trok and The Politics and Economics of Language. Trok’s Against The Odds: The Story of Rosina Sedibane Modiba is available in the US and other countries and now in the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals Africa Book Club. 2022 Episode 28

Liberian-American Roberta Nina Sebode Brown Cooper has traveled the world as an international flight attendant and discovered African cuisine. Her quest and determination to introduce and educate her world on African cooking led her to write AFRICAN FOOD IS…A Culinary Journey. She also serves as the President of the Marylanders for Progress (Liberia), Inc. She appears at a book signing at Zawadi’s in DC on Saturday June 4, 1p-3p.

Eric Ruffin director of Mosaic Theater's Marys Seacole Playing a Mosaic Theater Wed, May 4 – Sun, May 29 Mary Seacole was a Jamaican born nurse who historically rivals Florence Nightingale during the Crimean War (1853 to 1856). “The actual story is about motherhood …,” says Ruffin, “who will take care White women and their families … at the expense of their own families.”

(special two, 30-minute segments) If you are like me, you have seen his images in the New York Times and Essence magazine to The Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore and the American Embassy Gallery in Nairobi, but never heard his voice. Well, that my change for many of us as we talk about his 8th book, Sacred Nile, which he completed after nearly five decades of traveling to the Nile Valley: Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia. 2022 Episode 25

Rufus S. Berry II is a Liberian activist and former President of the Liberian Association of Northern California (LANC). He is now living in Liberia and is the managing partner and CEO of Berry and Gaye Financial Consulting. We will talk about the country’s bicentennial, his return to Liberia, immigration issues, and corruption.

Dr. Lopez Mathews, Jr, Digital Production Librarian at Howard University Libraries /Moorland Spingarn Research Center, and I talk about the rapid changes in storage devices from stone, paper, punch cards, floppy drive, CD-ROM, CD-RW, ZIP, and cloud and how those rapid changes affects saving every day and archival documents.

Ida Jones provides an update about her National Votes for Women's Trail Markers project and Baba-C on his Storytelling Festival in Morocco project..

Historian CR Gibbs shares the history of racial dog whistles in America. Background Article: Youngkin, Virginia, and the New Dog Whistles: Three Reports  Birth of a Nation, states’ rights, busing, welfare, disannexation, Willie Horton, defund the police, and Let's Go Brandon are all dog whistles used to signal Whites, some Blacks, and some others, that they should fear the children of the formerly enslaved Africans.

Mosaic Theater's New Artistic Director Reginald L. Douglas. Fall has been a good season for Reginald Douglas.  As he is directing White Noise, now in rehearsal, at Studio Theater in Northwest, Washington, DC, across town in Northeast, Washington, Mosaic Theater named him Artistic Director.  So often when we read or talk about theater, we talk about what is most visible, the actors. With Douglass, we talked about his past and current theater jobs to get a better understanding of the many efforts that go into making what we see on stage and what is to come at Mosaic Theater. Port Of Harlem Talk Radio

Chris Jenkins (POH Subscriber C. Christopher Jenkins' New Children Books) shares how he fulfilled another item on his bucket list, publisher two children’s book and preparing for the audio version.  Ken Gwira Artist Commissions Creation of Shoes share how he made his dream a reality, having his artwork on his own shoe brand. Port Of Harlem Talk Radio

Sharon Farmer, first African-American woman to be hired as a White House photographer and the first African American and first female to be Director of the White House Photography office, provides tips and techniques that will help you improve your cell phone photography. Our talk is an offspring of a workshop, Click – Top Photographers Offered Cell Phone Photography Tips, she did with George Tolbert at the Alexandria Black History Museums. The event was co-sponsored by The Exposure Group African American Photographers Association, Inc., which she is a proud member, the Alexandria Black History Museum, and Port Of Harlem magazine. Port Of Harlem Talk Radio

Dr. Ogechi Anyanwu is professor of history and director of African and African American studies at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky. He just released “The Making of Mbano: British Colonialism, Resistance, and Diplomatic Engagements in Southeastern Nigeria, 1906–1960.” Mbano is a community located in the South-Eastern state of Imo State, Nigeria. The community spans two local government areas with about 400,000 people or the population size of Oklahoma City. In his book, Anyanwu repudiates the misrepresentation of the continent by providing authentic, ironclad proof that Africans—in this case, the Igbos of Mbano in Southeastern Nigeria—were resilient and unyielding to colonial mandates. Port Of Harlem Talk Radio

POH Talk Radio Thu, Sep 2, 8p CR Gibbs The Underground Railroad in the Midwest. When some think of the Underground Railroad, many think of conductor Harriet Tubman and the eastern seaboard routes she followed. However, the Underground Railroad had players and routes in what is now the Midwest, including Illinois and Indiana. CR Gibbs will discuss the Midwestern system complimenting the “Road to Freedom: The Underground Railroad in the DMV” lecture that he often gives in Metro DC. Port Of Harlem Talk Radio

Circa 1850, an international school of racial typology favoring the superiority of Caucasian’s over all people of color had begun to develop and publicly express itself. This international school propagated the pseudo-science of biological and intellectual inferiority of African descended people has been referred to as “scientific racism.” In 1850, Haitian Joseph Anténor Firmin challenged and meticulously dismantled the dangerous pillars of the race myth and race propaganda. Gershom Williams, Sr explains this environment, the players, and Firmin's response. Gershom Williams, Sr is a retired Adjunct Professor of African-American History and African-American Studies at Mesa Community College, Mesa, Arizona. Routledge Press released his essay "Anténor Firmin, Pan-Africanism, and the Struggle for Race Vindication" Port Of Harlem Talk Radio

Our talk today, Mammy’s Revenge, is partially based in film historian and author Donald Boogle's book “Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films,” which he released in 1973. In the book, Bogle describes a mammy figure as "representative of the all-Black woman, over-weight, middle-aged, and so dark, so thoroughly black, that it is preposterous even to suggest that she be a sex object. Instead, she was desexed." Almost 50 years later, we see women who could fit this description to some degree not only gain power, but use it, including: Also, job applicants with ethnic minority sounding names are less likely to be called for an interview was a hot topic six years ago, but now we see women with such names in power and using it, including: Port Of Harlem Talk Radio

Kevin McGruder, author of "From Philip Payton: The Father of Black Harlem," (Columbia University Press, 2021) talks about Payton and his impact on Harlem and the world, and Harlem today. McGruder is also Vice President of Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of History at Antioch College. Background Information: In the spring of 1904, the Hudson Realty Company, a firm led by White investors that had recently purchased occupied walkup apartment buildings in the Harlem Black enclave at 135th Street and Lenox Avenue, served the occupants with eviction notices. Philip A. Payton, Jr. and other Black investors quickly joined forces to purchase and lease other properties from White owner/allies in the area to block the effort to displace African Americans from the area. Port Of Harlem Talk Radio

What the Ketanji Brown Jackson and Candace Jackson-Akiwumi appointments could represent for the future of the Supreme Court? (Actual recording is 30 minutes, not 1:11:54.) A graduate of Yale University and Duke University School of Law, Former DC assistant attorney general Rawn James, Jr. has practiced law for two decades in Washington, D.C., where he lives with his wife and their two sons. He is the author of Root and Branch: Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall and the Struggle to End Segregation and The Double V: How Wars, Protest and Harry Truman Desegregated America's Military. https://portofharlem.net/pohtalkradio

Sara Stender Delaney, Sarilla Sparkling Tea founder and owner Sara Stender Delaney talks to us about trading fairly with Rwandan tea growers and the impact her products’ consumers are having in Rwanda. Her company reflects her passion, skills, and determination to create quality products for the beverage industry in an equitable fashion.

Marvin Sin, artist and leather craftsmen, who sell his bags and other accessories at private shows and cultural festivals with his wife Akosua Bandele, is now collaborating with a Bahamian on a project in Ghana.  The panAfrican project marries African American design talent with Ghanaian production capacity. Thu, May 13, 8:30p Archivist and historian Dr. Ida Jones, who also identifies as a Holiness Pentecostal, shares stories of early encounters between White Christians and Native Americans in New England. We hold this discussion in light of The Little Lights Urban ministry sponsored series of courses titled Racial Literacy 101. Port Of Harlem Talk Radio

Through the ASA Restoration Project that he started in 2008 to honor the legacy of the late Dr. Asa Hilliard, Tony Browder has raised funds for the excavation and restoration of two 25th dynasty tombs that Dr. Elena Pischikova discovered in Luxor, Egypt in 2006. (Hilliard was a professor of educational psychology who focused on indigenous ancient Egyptian history.) Both Pischikova and Browder disagree with traditional Egyptologists that claim that the 25th dynasty was the "only" time that Black kings ruled Egypt. Nevertheless, Browder adds, “Our mission is to eventually excavate all three tombs, catalogue our findings, and clean, conserve and restore the tombs to their original condition.” The work is hard he explained in 2011, "we work in 100 to120 degree temperatures and in pits 20 feet below the surface."  On the next Port Of Harlem Talk Radio, he talks more about the Project and it’s success. Browder is working on a new book that will explore the architecture and exhibits within the NMAAHC, “An African Ark: The Architectonics of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.” It is due in July 2017. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Poet, author, and Frederick Douglass historian Nathan Richardson spends a great deal of time researching the life and times for Douglass (1818-1895). As a Douglass historian, we talk with Richardson about his thoughts on the recently passed Georgia and Kentucky voting laws and their place in history. We also contrast those laws with proposed laws in The Gambia, and back in The States, we look at Marjorie Green-Taylor’s America First Caucus from a historical lens, too.

Port Of Harlem Talk Radio interviews three people, writer Peter Bailey, photographer David “Oggi” Ogburn, and oral historian Dr. Janet Sims-Wood, each whom have impacted Port Of Harlem magazine. We talk about three people they had gotten to know and how those three people impacted them, Malcolm X, Chancellor James Williams, and Dovey Johnson Roundtree, respectively. Also, read the related story, “Each One, Taught One: Life’s Impactors.”  Port Of Harlem Talk Radio

Listen and join in a conversation about historic Mount Nebo African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church's efforts to preserve the historic cemetery, restore the historic church, and offer educational programming. See Black Lives Matter in Death, Too – Mt Nebo AME Preserves Historic Cemetery. Port Of Harlem Talk Radio

Travel Specialist Bernadette Champion of Champion Services Travel. Leisure travel is expected to return first, with consumers optimistic about the distribution of vaccines and with that an ability to travel. "People are Anxious to Travel," says Champion. She will join publisher Wayne Young in an informative talk. Franklyn Malone, Founder & CEO of 100 Fathers talks about the group's Reactionary Masculinity Syndrome workshop. The workshop is based upon the five Black on Black Crime reversal steps outlined in Dr. Amos Wilson’s “Black-On-Black Violence: The Psychodynamics of Black Self-Annihilation in Service of White Domination.” PORT OF HARLEM TALK RADI0

Thu, Mar 04, 8:00p Historian CR Gibbs talks about the adventures of Abubakari II and Mansa Musa plus share how he conducted his research, the sources, and the history of those sources. Thu, Mar 04 , 8:45p Lindsay Johnson of the National Black Memorabilia, Fine Art, and Craft Show talks about rescheduling the event to October 16 and 17, 2021 after a forced cancellation of the 2020 show due to the pandemic. 2021 Episode 5

Thu, Feb 18, 8:00p (available Friday, Feb 19) George Tolbert, former United States Senate photographer. Tolbert is also Vice-President of the Exposure Group  African American Photographers Association. Online now is an exhibit of photographs from his group and the FotoCraft Camara Club. The exhibit is called “Washington DC: City of Interest, City of Change” on the DC Public Library website. Thu, Feb 04, 8:30p (available now) University Archivist at Morgan State University Dr. Ida Jones and author of “Baltimore Civil Rights Leader Victorine Q. Adams.” Jones is also a life  member of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) and a member of the Bethel Dukes Branch of ASLAH. We center our talk on the 2021 Black History Theme: The Black Family: Representation, Identity, And Diversity. 2021 Episode 4 Port Of Harlem Talk Radio

Juanita "BZB" Britton shares the behind the scene business calculations that led to the closing of her airport stores due to the pandemic and the business tasks of re-opening of the Anacostia Art Boutique in Washington, DC. (great show for current and prospective business owners) Thu, Feb 04, 8:45p DC Shadow Representative to the US Congress Dr. Oye Owolewa talks about the struggle for DC Statehood, his "shadow" position, and being the first Nigerian-American elected to this position in US history. PORT OF HARLEM TALK RADIO

Nathan Richardson and Dr. Theo Hodge, Jr. Thu, Jan 21, 8:00p Spoken word artist and Frederick Douglass reenactor Nathan Richardson talks about how the current USA crisis compares to those during Reconstruction I. See his article "January 20, 2021 Should Not Be 1863 All Over Again," in the current issue of Port Of Harlem. Thu, Jan 21, 8:30p Port Of Harlem contributor Dr. Theo Hodge, Jr. talks about the similarities of dealing with HIV and COVID-19 education and pandemics in one lifetime. He is actively involved in multiple speaker bureaus dedicated to educating healthcare providers in the management of the HIV infected. PORT OF HARLEM TALK RADIO

Dr. Sekou Franklin, Associate Professor of Political Science at Middle Tennessee State University – Nashville, talks with us about the outcomes of the Georgia senate races and the upcoming November 2022 senate races. See US Senate Elections 2022. He is also co-author of Losing Power: African Americans and Racial Polarization in Tennessee Politics. Mike Ghouse is the author of the American Muslim Agenda. He is also a public speaker, interfaith wedding officiant, and the executive director of the Center for Pluralism in Washington, DC. We will talk about his article Kamala-Ji Harris, an Indian-American Perspective. PORT OF HARLEM TALK RADIO