Ayana Explains It All
Each episode, Ayana brings her unique perspective to the latest headlines (including in her own life) through in-depth discussions, breaking down the underlying psychological and social factors at work. Bridging the gap between current events and human behavior, Ayana explores everything from politics and economics to pop culture and technology, and offers insights that you won't find anywhere else. So tune in, and join Ayana as she explores the fascinating and ever-evolving landscape of human behavior in the modern world through facts, figures and enlightenment. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayana-fakhir6/support
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ADHD is like holding a galaxy in your mind where every star is a thought fighting for attention. 🌌 In this episode, I take you on my personal journey with ADHD and present stories from those navigating this same universe--my friends Victoria Rashid and Jerritt Terrill. Join us in this conversation as we embrace the whirlwind inside and explore "Living Vividly: The ADHD Experience Through Voices."
Sources used in th...
The big man on campus is a group of good trouble making students who shall not be moved. The kids are alright.
Sources:
- "Freedom is a Constant Struggle" by Angela Y. Davis.
- https://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/free-speech/2024/04/15/punishments-rise-student-protests-escalate
- https://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/diversity/2024/03/08/report-most-jewish-muslim-students-fearful-amid-conflict
- ...
Ramadan is the month Muslims burn away our sins and I've been known to keep some of that fire for the unwashed and "rent payment is late" opinions on the animal farm that is social media. It's the Holy Month, not the "Holier than Thou month," see you at sundown.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayana-fakhir6/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify....Or, how conservative Whites are are having a "terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day" and want us all to suffer because of it. But when it comes to the US, they don't know her.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayana-fakhir6/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayana-fakhir6/supportBlack Excellence is a sign on a t-shirt and I'm buying two of them but not before I school you on why excellence is a double-edged sword in the Black community.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayana-fakhir6/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayana-fakhir6/supportUntil dating apps come with a coupon for a free therapy session, you'll settle for this podcast episode that'll help you find the greatest love of your life--YOU!
Works used in the making of this episode: just one!
"The Gifts of Imperfection" by Brené Brown.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayana-fakhir6/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/...We all know Dr. King had a dream, but he had fears, fears that in the years since his death have been realized and embody the ugly parts of ourselves, infecting our communities and all facets of our society; injustices that he and thousands of others labored hard during the US Civil Rights Era to eradicate. These ghosts of the past haunt our present and make me question if we understand Dr. King at all. Get on the train, people, we...
Just left Pound Town, turns out it's a place where you get beat with a sock full of coins by your unfulfilled hopes and dreams for a better tomorrow. *Sigh*
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayana-fakhir6/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayana-fakhir6/supportAnd it's their Diamond Anniversary! What do you give the couple that's been together for 75 years? Taxpayer-funded genocide, apparently.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayana-fakhir6/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayana-fakhir6/supportA Bonus Episode! The one where I read Congress and the US down to the ashy white paint on The Lincoln's Memorial's knuckles.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayana-fakhir6/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayana-fakhir6/supportYou'll have to do it yourselves, misters. Take responsibility, take stock, take a chance, take a drive to your dad's house and slap him in the face for not raising you right.
Works used in the making of this episode:
- https://loneconservative.com/2023/08/05/the-barbie-movies-lesson-on-masculinity/
- https://www.happiness.com/magazine/health-body/male-loneliness-time-bomb-killing-men/
- https://www.thecollector.com/...
We are all gravitationally blessed, unfortunately, the floor wants to know why it can't catch a break from us walking to the kitchen for snacks.
*I'm not a doctor, I'm a lawyer, that's not close enough to substitute anything in this episode for genuine medical advice. Consult a doctor for any and all things health-related.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayana-fakhir6/...Vote NO on Issue 1, Ohioans. That's it.
Sources used in the making of this episode:
- https://www.commoncause.org/ohio/democracy-wire/background-on-issue-1/
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gop-megadonor-pours-millions-into-effort-to-hinder-ohio-abortion-amendment/
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ohio-abortion-republican-ballot-measure-amend-state-constitution/
- https://www.cleveland.com/news/2022/07/ohio-state-represent...
Is that time again! That time of year when children are out of school, beaches are full and Black Women have to defend our choices.
Works used in the making of this episode:
- "Beyoncé and the End of Respectability Politics." By Myles E. Johnson. The New York Times. April 16, 2018. Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/16/opinion/beyonce-coachella-blackness.html.
- "Respectability Politics Won&#...
This one is heavy, like the weight of all the Black Women society subjugates.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayana-fakhir6/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayana-fakhir6/supportUS Olympic Gold Medalist Tori Bowie died during childbirth but what is not talked about is the epidemic that consumed her and her fetus--the epidemic of Black maternal mortality and morbidity in the United States. What killed her is killing more Black pregnant women than any other women in this country. It is a complex problem that requires all hands on deck to solve.
Sources used in the making of this episode:
- "...
On this very special episode of Ayana Explains It All, we hear from my favorite former high school freshman, my daughter. She regales us with stories of life in the 9th grade spot, feeling sometimes confident, and other times freshie. The transformative years of high school are not wasted on this one.
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