Closing out the year with poetry performances, Raven reads “Cozy Apologia” by Rita Dove, and “The Black Finger” by Angelina Weld Grimké, and Olivia delivers a moving performance of Maya Angelou’s “Still I Rise.” -- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod -- Learn More! Rita Dove https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/rita-dove | The Black Finger https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/157902/the-black-finger | Still I Rise BY MA ..read more

Olivia and Raven share two stories each from Native American tribes, telling of plant myths, gratitude, and sharing food with the community. Raven closes the episode by reading thoughts on Thanksgiving from 5 Native Americans who celebrate the day. | Thanks to Kevin MacLeod over at incompetech.com for the background tracks used in the stories: "Firesong," "Drums of the Deep," "Spirit of the Girl," and "River Fire." -- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook pag ..read more

Olivia details the journey of this educator to start a school for Black youth, that is now an HBCU. -- Learn More! Elizabeth Evelyn Wright https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/wright-elizabeth-evelyn-1872-1906/ -- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod\   ..read more

Raven honors the life and contributions of this abolitionist, educator, and women’s rights activist, who dedicated her life to Black advancement. -- Learn More! Celebrating Charlotte https://www.salemstate.edu/charlotte-forten | Charlotte Forten Grimké https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charlotte-Forten-Grimke -- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod ..read more

Raven discusses the traditions and lore behind this harvest celebration in Igbo Land. -- Learn More! NEW YAM FESTIVAL IN IGBO LAND http://www.ndiigbogermany.de/articles/igbo-new-yam-festival | Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod\ -- Story background music: "Arcane" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)   ..read more

Olivia kicks off our Festive Season series with this winter solstice tradition of the Zuni people. -- Learn More! Winter Solstice Traditions https://blog.kachinahouse.com/native-american-winter-solstice-traditions/ | Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod\   ..read more

Raven serves this slice of southern horror, in which a Confederate-supporting enslaver plays a terrible trick on an enslaved girl, but the joke’s on him. --- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod | Read the story here! https://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2010/08/big_liz.html ..read more

Olivia talks about this Black-owned skincare line designed to address major skin conditions common in the Black community, and she shares some of the story of founder, Jamika Martin. -- Learn More! ROSEN SKINCARE FOUNDER JAMIKA MARTIN IS DEFYING ACNE SKINCARE BARRIERS FOR BLACK WOMEN https://www.blackenterprise.com/rosen-skincare-founder-jamika-martin-is-defying-acne-skincare-barriers-for-black-women-at-ulta-beauty/ | Rosen Skincare https://www.rosenskincare.com/ -- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpo ..read more

Raven unpacks her thoughts on what is appreciated about racism and its legacy in the US, as well as the ways it impacts the identities of Black people and US citizens. -- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram | Twitter @I_squaredpod | Facebook page ..read more

Olivia and Raven discuss the meaning of heritage, why it matters to them, and why heritage can be valuable for everyone. They share their thoughts on claims that cherishing the past isn’t important, the issue with only focusing on the the past’s problems, and ways in which the past can be a source of hope for present-day struggles. -- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram | Twitter @I_squaredpod | Facebook page ..read more