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In The Telling: Black Family Podcast
Chronicling the Black family experience is an exciting project for us. Documentation does not always involve something tangible; it is sometimes in the telling. If we are fortunate, we learn our past from those who lived it. Oftentimes, it is by our own efforts and labor to uncover pieces of truth about our family history. This is what we will explore in this monthly podcast, people sharing stories about their families and how they came to learn them.
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Contact us if you would like to be a guest on the show.
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Original music by Sean Bempong
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We’re thrilled to announce that Season 4 premiered on our new YouTube channel! New and previously recorded episodes of In The Telling will be available monthly, so come tune in to listen (and watch) in a way you've never experienced our podcast before! NAP is excited to launch our journey into this medium.
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Seasons
In the inaugural season of In The Telling, we engage with guests from the African diaspora as they share powerful family stories, exploring themes of loss, resilience, and kinship. Our guests include writers, librarians and scholars wrestling with love, loss, absence, mourning, and mysteries with parents and grandparents, home with biological and chosen family.
This season, we discuss the challenges Black people encounter when researching our family history. We spotlight the experts whose work helps us forge meaningful connections to our ancestral stories. Here, we hand the mic over to genealogists as they share their unique journeys, professionally and personally.
This season, we expand the conversation on heritage and traditions, crossing borders to engage with voices from the Caribbean, South America, Africa, and Europe. Together, we delve into the rich and complex threads that intertwine our histories, creating a shared and vibrant tapestry of collective identity.
This season, we engage in meaningful conversations with Trans and Gender Non-Conforming family from across the world. They share deeply personal stories about their connections to family—both biological and chosen—while reflecting on the significance of honoring their past and envisioning a more unique future.