The Professa Jazz Podcast

By: Minista Jazz
  • Summary

  • Expand your media literacy and take a deeper dive into your favorite tv shows, films, and books.
    Copyright 2021 All rights reserved.
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Episodes
  • The Color Purple - Episode #3
    May 4 2021

    In this episode Betty Wendell makes her narcissistic debut foreshadowing much about her personality and odd obsession with the color blue.  A realtor in dressed head to toe in purple has us question her intentions and as we learn more about the tragic life of Judy Garland. Get Ready, Get Ready, Get Ready... 

     

    Featured Songs

    Somewhere Over the Rainbow Judy Garland

    Get Happy Judy Garland

    Featured Audio

    CBS 8 San Diego Marcella Lee Carlo Cecchetto Monica Peters   Bishop TD Jakes   Featured Film Clip from Unbought & Unbossed - Shirley Chisholm '72  
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    17 mins
  • Sorry Luck - Episode #2
    Apr 26 2021

    This week we take the 2,518-mile drive cross country ride from Chatham County, North Carolina to Compton, California with the Emorys.  We learn about George Moses Horton, an antebellum Hip Hop artist, a bit of Black Power from Stokely Carmichael, we find easter eggs hidden in plan sight, we learn about one of the biggest problems with the English language, and so much more. 

     

    Featured:

    Celia H. Cook "Blind but not Broken"

    The Secret of Selling the Negro

    Doris Day Look-A-Like Contest (1965)

    Fletcher Smith "Brand New Neighborhood"

    Labelle - Lady Marmalade

    Issac Hayes "Walk On By"

    Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett

    Sponsored by Harrietts Bookshop

     

    Special Thank you to Amazon Prime Video and the creator of THEM: Covenant - Little Marvin for giving me such a complex body of work to teach history, mental health, and dismantle racist systems in the USA.

     

    Me & Epic Powers in the lab

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    34 mins
  • Obsessed Much? Episode #1
    Apr 23 2021

    Minista Jazz aka the "Professa" gives it to you dense and intense for a play by play of THEM the anthology series on Amazon Prime Video.  In this opening episode, Professa comes through with a unique point of view on THEM created by Little Marvin.  From Trailer to opening scene, this episode give you a little taste of what it's like to be inside the mind of The Professa. Learn how they think and what stands out to them the most about each scene.  A well-read jawn, Professa brings in literature, music, history, and real stories from real people.  This is NOT a solitary event, The Professa invites other fans to chat it up and break it down along with them. 

    In this episode featured music

    "Over the Rainbow" by Patti LaBelle and the BlueBells (1966)

    Francine Anderson by way of StoryCorps (2017) - A Story on Jim Crow South

    "One, Two, Freddy's Coming for You" (1984) - Nightmare on Elm Street

    Produced by Much Different Productions

     

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    35 mins

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