Category: Episodes

  • This is What Hip-Hop Activism Looks Like [Genesis Be]

    This is What Hip-Hop Activism Looks Like [Genesis Be]

    On this episode of Hip-Hop Can Save America! We hear from Genesis Be, a lifelong artist activist who has put her career, and life, on the line making politically charged music, groundbreaking public statements and quite literally, helped make history.

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  • Mental Health Therapy Through Hip-Hop Beat Making with Dr. Elliot Gann

    Mental Health Therapy Through Hip-Hop Beat Making with Dr. Elliot Gann

    On this episode of Hip-Hop Can Save America!, healing trauma in young people through therapeutic beat making. Dr. Elliot Gann of Today’s Future Sound breaks down the concept, his acclaimed work in the field, and the neuroscience behind it all.

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  • Youth Empowerment, #HipHopEd, and God with Timothy David Jones

    Youth Empowerment, #HipHopEd, and God with Timothy David Jones

    Scholar, youth leader, minister, poet, rapper, and content curator for probably the largest Hip-Hop based education community in the world — Timothy David Jones.

    Timothy, who is currently a lecturer and Hip-Hop Scholar in Residence at Teachers College, Columbia University, details his path to Hip-Hop based education, how he e-stumbled into his #HipHopEd role, his company Techniques4Learning, and, as an ordained minister, how religion and spirituality blend into the mix.

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  • Freestyle Mondays + 20 Years of Evolving Artistry with Corey James Gray (fka Illspokinn)

    Freestyle Mondays + 20 Years of Evolving Artistry with Corey James Gray (fka Illspokinn)

    For close to 20 years, Corey James Gray (formerly known as Illspokinn) has been at the helm of Freestyle Mondays, a live, interactive, Hip-Hop event series featuring gameshow-styled, impromptu rap battles, backed by an incredible live band. It’s among the best Hip-Hop experiences in the world (and has, in fact, branched out to several countries). Corey explains the history of the event, and how it, and he, has evolved over the years, and through the Coronavirus pandemic, to be able to virtually continue the series, and his own artistic journey.

  • Entrepreneurship, Black Independent Media & Self-Care Gems with Bondfire Radio

    Entrepreneurship, Black Independent Media & Self-Care Gems with Bondfire Radio

    Entrepreneurship, the independent media landscape, being Black in media and self-care gems from TK Dutes and C, owner-operators of online, community-oriented radio station Bondfire Radio.

    LIVE at 1pm EST every Monday through Thursday in the month of September, join Manny Faces in exploring innovative, inspiring, and sometimes surprising ways that Hip-Hop music & culture are uplifting and improving humanity — in areas such as education, science & technology, health & wellness, social justice, the fine arts, and much more.

    Special guests daily, and your comments/questions welcome during the show!

    Never miss an episode (plus get special Friday BONUS episodes) by subscribing to the Hip-Hop Can Save America! podcast on your favorite podcast or streaming audio app: https://link.chtbl.com/hhcsa

    Visit us on the web for more information at https://hiphopcansaveamerica.com/live

    Support this work at http://www.patreon.com/mannyfaces

  • #VTDITC: Hip-Hop Studies at Virginia Tech with Craig Arthur

    #VTDITC: Hip-Hop Studies at Virginia Tech with Craig Arthur

    Established in 2016, #VTDITC“fosters community-based experiential learning for & by artists, fans, & scholars” at Virginia Tech. Craig Arthur, the head of community engagement for the university’s library system, heads the program which brings the college and the community together through Hip-Hop music and culture.

    LIVE at 1pm EST every Monday through Thursday in the month of September, 2020, join Manny Faces in exploring innovative, inspiring, and sometimes surprising ways that Hip-Hop music & culture are uplifting and improving humanity — in areas such as education, science & technology, health & wellness, social justice, the fine arts, and much more.

    Special guests daily, and your comments/questions welcome during the show!

    Never miss an episode (plus get special Friday BONUS episodes) by subscribing to the Hip-Hop Can Save America! podcast on your favorite podcast or streaming audio app: https://link.chtbl.com/hhcsa

    Visit us on the web for more information at https://hiphopcansaveamerica.com/live

    Support this work at http://www.patreon.com/mannyfaces

  • How Hip-Hop Can Improve Mental Health Therapy & School Counseling with Dr. Ian P. Levy

    How Hip-Hop Can Improve Mental Health Therapy & School Counseling with Dr. Ian P. Levy

    A fascinating discussion about the ways Hip-Hop music and culture are yielding positive results when applied in school counseling and mental heath therapy settings with youth.

    LIVE at 1pm EST every Monday through Thursday in the month of September, join Manny Faces in exploring innovative, inspiring, and sometimes surprising ways that Hip-Hop music & culture are uplifting and improving humanity — in areas such as education, science & technology, health & wellness, social justice, the fine arts, and much more.

    Special guests daily, plus your comments/questions welcome during the show!

    Never miss an episode (plus get special Friday BONUS episodes) by subscribing to the Hip-Hop Can Save America! podcast on your favorite podcast or streaming audio app: https://link.chtbl.com/hhcsa

    Visit us on the web for more information at https://hiphopcansaveamerica.com/live

    Support this work at http://www.patreon.com/mannyfaces

  • The Cultural Importance of Mixtapes + Hip-Hop Meets Technology

    The Cultural Importance of Mixtapes + Hip-Hop Meets Technology

    Sommer runs The Mixtape Museum, dedicated to documenting, archiving, and preserving the history and artifacts related to mixtapes, showcasing their importance to the spread of Hip-Hop music and culture in the U.S. and throughout the world. She also runs an acclaimed initiative called #HipHopHacks, which uses Hip-Hop music and technology to engage with young people and help introduce them to STEM/STEAM fields.

    LIVE at 1pm EST every Monday through Thursday in the month of September, join Manny Faces in exploring innovative, inspiring, and sometimes surprising ways that Hip-Hop music & culture are uplifting and improving humanity — in areas such as education, science & technology, health & wellness, social justice, the fine arts, and much more.

    Special guests daily, and your comments/questions welcome during the show!

    Never miss an episode (plus get special Friday BONUS episodes) by subscribing to the Hip-Hop Can Save America! podcast on your favorite podcast or streaming audio app: https://link.chtbl.com/hhcsa

    Visit us on the web for more information at https://hiphopcansaveamerica.com/live

    Support this work at http://www.patreon.com/mannyfaces

  • Hip Hop Association of Advancement and Education President Dr. Tasha Iglesias

    Hip Hop Association of Advancement and Education President Dr. Tasha Iglesias

    Educator and co-founder of nonprofit Hip Hop Association of Advancement and Education talks about teaching with and about Hip-Hop on a collegiate level, adapting through the COVID-19 crisis, and the organization’s upcoming Global Conference on Hip Hop Education, taking place in February, 2020.

    LIVE at 1pm EST every Monday through Thursday in the month of September 2020, join Manny Faces in exploring innovative, inspiring, and sometimes surprising ways that Hip-Hop music & culture are uplifting and improving humanity — in areas such as education, science & technology, health & wellness, social justice, the fine arts, and much more.

    Special guests daily, and your comments/questions welcome during the show!

    Never miss an episode (plus get special Friday BONUS episodes) by subscribing to the Hip-Hop Can Save America! podcast on your favorite podcast or streaming audio app: https://link.chtbl.com/hhcsa

    Visit us on the web for more information at https://hiphopcansaveamerica.com/live

    Support this work at http://www.patreon.com/mannyfaces

  • Hip-Hop x College: Guiding Students to Success with Dr. Nate Nevado

    Hip-Hop x College: Guiding Students to Success with Dr. Nate Nevado

    Dr. Nate Nevado is a college educator and counselor whose primary concern is helping guide students to success — both academically and in life. On this episode, he explains how Hip-Hop music and culture help him do both.

    Part of a special LIVE podcast series, broadcasting at 1pm EST every Monday through Thursday in the month of September, 2020. Join Manny Faces in exploring innovative, inspiring, and sometimes surprising ways that Hip-Hop music & culture are uplifting and improving humanity — in areas such as education, science & technology, health & wellness, social justice, the fine arts, and much more.

    Special guests daily, and your comments/questions welcome during the show!

    Never miss an episode (plus get special Friday BONUS episodes) by subscribing to the Hip-Hop Can Save America! podcast on your favorite podcast or streaming audio app: https://link.chtbl.com/hhcsa

    Visit us on the web for more information at https://hiphopcansaveamerica.com/live

    Support this work at http://www.patreon.com/mannyfaces