{"id":18940,"date":"2021-12-21T12:22:02","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T17:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/?page_id=18940"},"modified":"2021-12-21T18:26:40","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T23:26:40","slug":"season-one","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/media\/podcast\/season-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Season One: Black Memoirs in the Global Age"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Episode One<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17056\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17056\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/humanities\/files\/2020\/10\/Bassey-Ikpi-Headshot-2020-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-17056 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2020\/10\/Bassey-Ikpi-Headshot-2020-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2020\/10\/Bassey-Ikpi-Headshot-2020-768x764.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2020\/10\/Bassey-Ikpi-Headshot-2020-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2020\/10\/Bassey-Ikpi-Headshot-2020-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2020\/10\/Bassey-Ikpi-Headshot-2020-710x710.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2020\/10\/Bassey-Ikpi-Headshot-2020-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2020\/10\/Bassey-Ikpi-Headshot-2020-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2020\/10\/Bassey-Ikpi-Headshot-2020-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bassey Ikpi<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17057\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17057\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/humanities\/files\/2020\/10\/Galea1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-17057 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2020\/10\/Galea1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2020\/10\/Galea1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2020\/10\/Galea1.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17057\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sandro Galea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the first episode, <strong>Dr. Sandro Galea<\/strong>, Dean of Boston University\u2019s School of Public Health, interviews Nigerian-American writer and activist<strong> Bassey Ikpi<\/strong> on her memoir <strong><em>I\u2019m Telling the Truth, but I\u2019m Lying<\/em><\/strong> about living with bipolar II and anxiety and advocating for mental health.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"110px\" src=\"https:\/\/player.acast.com\/buch-podcast\/episodes\/bassey-ikpi-on-her-memoir-im-telling-the-truth-but-im-lying\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Episode Two<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17432\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17432\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/humanities\/files\/2021\/01\/Williams_Photo-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-17432 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2021\/01\/Williams_Photo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2021\/01\/Williams_Photo-768x764.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2021\/01\/Williams_Photo-1536x1528.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2021\/01\/Williams_Photo-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2021\/01\/Williams_Photo-710x710.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2021\/01\/Williams_Photo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2021\/01\/Williams_Photo-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2021\/01\/Williams_Photo-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17432\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patricia Williams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17433\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17433\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/humanities\/files\/2021\/01\/Picture1-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-17433 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2021\/01\/Picture1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2021\/01\/Picture1-768x764.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2021\/01\/Picture1-550x550.png 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2021\/01\/Picture1-710x710.png 710w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2021\/01\/Picture1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2021\/01\/Picture1-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2021\/01\/Picture1-893x900.png 893w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2021\/01\/Picture1-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17433\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orlando Patterson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Patricia Williams<\/strong>, University Distinguished Professor of Law and Humanities at Northeastern, interviews <strong>Orlando Patterson<\/strong>, John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard, about his 2019 book, <em><strong>The Confounding Island: Jamaica and the Postcolonial Predicament<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/em>The interview covers a variety of topics including slavery, social death, colonialism, gender, reggae, cricket, and Afro-pessimism in both Jamaica and the United States.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"110px\" src=\"https:\/\/player.acast.com\/buch-podcast\/episodes\/orlando-patterson-jamaica-the-confounding-island\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Episode Three<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17611\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17611\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/humanities\/files\/2021\/02\/Chude-Sokei-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-17611 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2021\/02\/Chude-Sokei-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2021\/02\/Chude-Sokei-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2021\/02\/Chude-Sokei-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2021\/02\/Chude-Sokei.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Louis Chude-Sokei<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17613\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17613\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/humanities\/files\/2021\/02\/Phillips_New-York-27-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-17613 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2021\/02\/Phillips_New-York-27-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2021\/02\/Phillips_New-York-27-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2021\/02\/Phillips_New-York-27-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caryl Phillips<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Caryl Phillips<\/strong>, Professor of English at Yale, interviews <strong>Louis Chude-Sokei<\/strong>, Professor of English and Director of The African American Studies Program at Boston University about his 2021 book, <em><strong>Floating in a Most Peculiar Way: A Memoir<\/strong><\/em>. Reviewed by the New York Times <span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/02\/02\/books\/review\/louis-chude-sokei-floating-in-a-most-peculiar-way.html\">here<\/a><\/strong>, the memoir traces Professor Chude-Sokei\u2019s life.\u00a0 Born in Africa during the Nigerian-Biafran war, Chude-Sokei poignantly relates his journey from childhood spent in Jamaica and Washington, DC, through coming of age both personally and professionally in Los Angeles.<\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"110px\" src=\"https:\/\/player.acast.com\/buch-podcast\/episodes\/louis-chude-sokei-on-his-memoir-floating-in-a-most-peculiar-\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span>The podcasts in Season One are produced by<strong>\u00a0Arthur George Kamya<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Ryan Blaney<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode One In the first episode, Dr. Sandro Galea, Dean of Boston University\u2019s School of Public Health, interviews Nigerian-American writer and activist Bassey Ikpi on her memoir I\u2019m Telling the Truth, but I\u2019m Lying about living with bipolar II and anxiety and advocating for mental health. \ufeff Episode Two Patricia Williams, University Distinguished Professor of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16661,"featured_media":0,"parent":18935,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18940"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18940"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19022,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18940\/revisions\/19022"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}