Guests
Elena Stoodley. Singer, writer, and sound designer, also doing theatre, community organizing, and illustration.
Elena's playlist
- LION BABE, Moe Moks: Rockets (2017 single)
- The Internet: Roll from Hive Mind (2018)
- DUCKWRTH: I'M DEAD from I’M UUGLY (2016)
- Anderson .Paak: Lockdown (2020 single)
- Solange: Almeda from When I Get Home (2019)
- Leikeli47: Money from Wash & Set (2017)
- Gil Scott‐Heron & Brian Jackson: The Bottle from Winter in America (1974)
- Nas: It Ain’t Hard to Tell from Illmatic (1994)
- Little Simz, Obongjayar: Point And Kill from Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (2021)
- Fela Kuti: Water No Get Enemy from The Best of Fela Kuti: The Black President (1999)
- Mos Def: Umi Says from Black on Both Sides (1999)
- Scratch: What Happ’n from The Embodiment of Instrumentation (2002)
- D’Angelo: Send It On from Voodoo (2000)
- Elena Stoodley: Solange FUBU Cover (2016 single)
- Erykah Badu: My People from New Amerykah, Part One (4th World War) (2008)
- Sampa the Great, Nadeem Din-Gabisi: Energy (2018 single)
- Youssoupha: Black Out from NGRTD (2015)
- Tobe Nwigwe, Fat Nwigwe: FYE FYE (2021 single)
- Nirvana: Breed from Nevermind (1991)
- M.I.A.: Bring the Noize (2013 single)
- M.I.A.: Double Bubble Trouble from Matangi (2013)
- Little Simz: Boss from Grey Area (2019)
- G-Shytt: Balen Bouji from Asap Fresh (1997)
- 5Lan, Oswald, Alan Cavé: Kilot (2017 single)
- Mizik Mizik: Wébè from Ki Moun ou Ye (1997)
- Nina Simone: Four Women from Wild Is the Wind (1966)
- Alex Quin, Adrian Viafara, Tronick Beats: Negrito (2021 single)
- Cesária Évora: Petit pays from Cesaria (1995)
- Björk: Venus as a Boy from Comeback (1994)
- Portishead: Mysterons from Dummy (1994)
- Zaki Ibrahim: The Do from Every Opposite (2012)
- Brazilian Girls: Internacional from New York City (2008)
Sections
(* available in the extended version.)
00:00 Intro
00:44 Welcome
01:19 * Making music with what you have
04:46 * Wearing many hats
09:25 * Teaching versus sharing
12:13 * Being less reductive
14:02 * Becoming aware of your darker side
16:58 * Having white teeth
18:51 Transcendence of twerking
27:28 * Misunderstanding Haiti
29:49 Giving a speech at eight years old
37:19 * Inheriting traits from parents
43:55 * DNA of a president
50:08 Why languages are important
53:52 * Learning from stereotypes
57:05 Taxi drivers knowing where you're from
60:52 * Preparing for the unprepared
64:13 Small talk as a superpower
68:10 * Inspired by family
70:35 Accepting grief
75:24 Conclusion
Musical sketches
Also available on Bandcamp.
