Help Me Understand

SHOW NOTES•Adrian's Book | My Lens, Our Ferguson: bit.ly/2JAZMiw•Adrian's Instagram: www.instagram.com/aoctaviusw/•Black Women Over Breathing Instagram: www.instagram.com/BlackWomenoverBreathing•Black Women Over Breathing Shop: www.blackwomenoverbreathing.com•••ON RANDI (AND ADRIAN'S) RADAR:•Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neal Hurston•Support the people of Flint: www.gofundme.com/LMFWater•Little Miss Flint's Twitter: www.twitter.com/littlemissflint•Summer! Go outside! Travel! Embrace nature!•••DIG WHAT YOU HEAR? Have something to say about this episode? Let us know! Email yo [at] glossrags [dot] com with your comments.•••Creator + Executive Producer + Editor: Randi GlossMusic: John Lass GLOSSRAGS Meda Co. Production

Live in LA from the Werk It! Women's Podcast Festival, Help Me Understand presents: Cuffing Season Confessions, Vol.I! Randi sat down with five different women who shared their cuffing season stories—from professional tennis players & movie moments to therapy & more. You're going to want to tune in! ••• Sponsored by Cole Haan ••• Dig what you hear? Have something to say about it? Let us know! Email yo [at] glossrags [dot] com with your comments. ••• Creator + Executive Producer + Editor: Randi Gloss Associate Producer: Niema Jordan Sound Engineer: Nigel Music: John Lass (Intro + Outro)

Live in LA from the Werk It! Women's Podcast Festival, Help Me Understand presents: Cuffing Season Confessions, Vol.II!So, what do turkey bacon, tree & triflin' all have in common?Randi sat down with the ladies of The Black Joy Mixtape—Amber J. Phillips aka The High Priestess of Black Joy & Jaz on Ya' Mine aka the King of Da' Souf for an intimate, tell-all session. Dig what you hear? Have something to say about it? Let us know! Email yo [at] glossrags [dot] com with your comments.•••Creator + Executive Producer + Editor: Randi GlossAssociate Producer: Niema JordanSound Engineer: NigelMusic: John Lass (Intro + Outro)

On this episode, Randi & Niema recap their summer highlights, discuss Kaepernick's on-going protest while questioning the world of sports, & try to figure out the rules and regulations of Cuffing Season. SHOW NOTES ••• ON SUMMER ’17: •Omarosa’s NABJ Fiasco •Black Star Film Fest •40 Million Dollar Slaves (Book) •DETROIT, the movie: HuffPo Review; Fact vs. Fiction in DETROIT: Slate •Wood Harris’ Instagram •You Had Me at Black •Vitae London ON KAEPERNICK + QUESTIONING SPORTS CULTURE: •Blavity: What if Black Americans Walked Away from Football? •Jim Brown’s Nonsense •A Year Later, Reflecting on Spotlighting Colin Kaepernick’s Anthem Protest •Mizzou’s Dilemma Following Their Protest ON CUFFING SEASON: •Demetria’s ask.fm Page •7 (Mostly) Funny Cuffing Season Memes •What are your rules, thoughts or best cuffing season stories? Send ‘em our way! Email yo [at] glossrags [dot] com, with CUFFING SZN in the subject line. Audio files are acceptable too! ON OUR RADAR: •Simeon Marsalis’ new book, As Lie is to Grin •Youth/Police Project •Gianni Lee’s story of being arrested & detained by LAPD—and how it reminds him of slavery •Dave Zirin’s Edge of Sports (Podcast) •What’s Good with Stretch & Bobbito (Podcast) •Holley Murchinson’s new book, Tell Me About Yourself: Six Steps for Accurate & Artful Self-Definition ••• Dig what you hear? Have something to say about it? Let us know! Email yo [at] glossrags [dot] com with your comments. ••• Creator + Executive Producer + Editor: Randi Gloss Associate Producer: Niema Jordan Music: John Lass (Intro + Outro) Break 1: Aqui no Baile by DKPVZ (Source: Soulection White Label) Break 2: BeFree[WenCanI] by Foisey (Source: Soulection White Label) Break 3: Crushin’ You by Lakim (Source: Soulection White Label)

•The Lucas Bros: On Drugs + Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King Netflix Specials •Know NOLA Tours Black-Owned Tour Company in New Orleans @KnowNolaTours on IG •Eat Hustle San Quentin A new podcast from inside the walls of San Quentin State Prison https://www.earhustlesq.com/ •Queen Sugar on OWN According to Randi, it's the best thing on TV right now. •Black Gotham Experience http://blackgotham.com/ •#Blkcreatives http://www.blkcreatives.com/ •You Are Badass At Making Money (Book) http://www.jensincero.com/badass-making-money-2017/ •Cassius Life https://cassiuslife.com/ ••• Dig what you hear? Have something to say about it? Let us know! Email yo [at] glossrags [dot] com with your comments. ••• Creator + Executive Producer + Editor: Randi Gloss Associate Producer: Niema Jordan Music: John Lass (Intro + Outro)

SHOW NOTES May is Mental Health Awareness Month. We've partnered with our friends at Talkspace to create an exclusive promo code for our GLOSSRAGS audience. Receive $35 off your therapy plan with the code GLOSSRAGS. Visit www.talkspace.com to learn more! #BlackMentalHealthMatters ••• ON WOKE: •What Does It Really Mean to Be "Woke"?: bit.ly/2rURPaC •Bustle: What Does "Woke" Mean? There's More to the Slang Term Than You Think: bit.ly/2kuHxPq •ESSENCE Woke 100 List(Peep Randi at #48!): bit.ly/2qh8SmK ••• ON TOXIC MASCULINITY: •Bustle's 6 Harmful Effects of Toxic Masculinity: bit.ly/2qQ0cGH •Masculinity & Misogyny in the Digital Age: bit.ly/2rUO6K5 •The Toxicity of Men Silencing Women: bit.ly/2qatIEV •Brene Brown on Vulnerability: bit.ly/1lJtLD1 ••• ON OUR RADAR: •Trap Medicine: bit.ly/2ricKbg •He Never Came Home: Interviews, Stories, and Essays from Daughters on Life Without Their Fathers (Regina R. Robertson): amzn.to/2qWQQcR •Fatherless (Fusion Docu-Series): fus.in/2rhP6vy •Second City Presents: Nothing to Lose (But Our Chains): bit.ly/2qcrbNS •Kendrick Lamar + D.R.A.M. + Travis Scott Tour: bit.ly/2qcl6Rz ••• Dig what you hear? Have something to say about it? Let us know! Email yo [at] glossrags [dot] com with your comments. ••• Creator + Executive Producer + Editor: Randi Gloss Associate Producer: Niema Jordan Music: John Lass (Intro); Nangdo (Break 1); Harris Cole (Break 2)

eaturing: *Vann Newkirk | Staff Writer: The Atlantic + Co-Host of @nwap *Reverend Yearwood | President + CEO: The Hip-Hop Caucus *Vernon Hammett | Deacon: Alfred Street Baptist Church *Vanessa Newman | Founder: Butch Baby Co. + Director of Content: Lesbians Who Tech

In the first episode of Help Me Understand, Randi sits down with creative director Mike Wallz, photographer Shannon Wallace & poet Amin Drew Law to talk about activism & what it actually means to live as a millennial.

Niema Jordan joins Randi Gloss as a co-host for the relaunch of Help Me Understand, a GLOSSRAGS Media Co. original podcast. This time around, it's a little lighter, a little wilder because you can never have enough Black joy. Dig?