As mainstream media and radio continues to deteriorate, it's wonderful to see people with the desire to take control of their images and share them with the world on their own terms.  More and more Black women are creating podcasts and radio shows that showcase our unique perspectives.

Here are a few we love.

by Krislyn Dominguez

Dr. Regina Bradley sparks “Outkasted Conversations” with a simple question.. “How did you become Outkasted?,” prying into various personal encounters with rap group, Outkast.

Outkasted Conversations is a segment of Bradley’s Red Clay Project and expertly contextualizes Outkast within various frequencies of Black cultural study. Professor of English and American Studies over at Kennesaw State University, Bradley assembles a lineup of noteworthy scholars, generating reflective exchange about the dynamic layers of Outkast over the past two decades.

 
In 1998, New Jersey state troopers sent Pope John Paul II a letter asking him to call for the extradition of former Black Panther Assata Shakur, who was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the 1973 murder of a New Jersey state trooper. In 1979, she broke out from prison, and now lives in exile in Cuba. In this open letter addressed to the Pope, Assata tells her side of the story. (source)