Black Steel Magnolia

Black Steel Magnolia shares the outlook of Tami Sawyer, a black southern woman who is an elected official and activist in her hometown of Memphis, TN. Whether talking pop culture or politics, she's giving it to you straight just like her momma and granny taught her to do.

Episodes

Episode 9 - Wakanda Forever (Ft. Abiosseh Davis)

September 9, 2020 • 28 mins

A week ago the world lost King T'Challa, Chadwick Boseman. In honor of one of the most unifying displays of art for Black Americans and Africans, we are dropping part two of Tami & Abi's conversation on the intersections of Blackness from the Continent to the States.

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Episode 8 - My VP is Black, Pink & Green (Ft. M. Addison Hooks)

August 13, 2020 • 39 mins

In a deluxe episode, Tami is joined again by her far left brother, Marcus. While the host rocks pink and green from head-to-toe, they discuss the racial, cultural, political, ideological and personal implications of Kamala Harris being named the Democratic nominee for Vice-President of the United States.

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Episode 7 - (Africa) is King ft. Abiosseh Davis

August 5, 2020 • 21 mins

One of Tami's oldest friends, Abiosseh, calls in from Nairobi, Kenya to join this week. A Black Steel Magnolia in her own right, Abi discusses the relationship between Africans and Black Americans with Tami, sprinkled with pop culture and their personal history.

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Episode 6 - Sticks and Stones...and Steel

July 29, 2020 • 15 mins

In Episode 6, Tami talks about the impact of words on the internet and making commitments to ourselves in this stressful and complicated time.

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Episode 5 - Per My Last Email

July 9, 2020 • 16 mins

June was a month...a whole month. But Tami is back with new cover art and a few "Per my last email" reminders such as black lives matter, Kanye is a clown and COVID19 is real, it's really real y'all.

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Episode 4 - Laughter is Resistance (Ft. M. Addison Hooks)

June 3, 2020 • 26 mins

It's been a tough week for Black people in the US. In Episode 4, Tami and her grown little brother, Marcus, link up after a weekend of leading protests in their respective cities (LA and Memphis) for a late night virtual chat filled with "super leftist liberal" politics and some soul healing laughs.

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Episode 3 - George Floyd et al.

May 27, 2020 • 15 mins

Episode 3. Tami shares her early morning thoughts and feelings on the killing of George Floyd.

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Episode 2 - Didn't Die Yesterday

May 13, 2020 • 15 mins

Episode 2 takes a different pace as Tami reflects on the impact of COVID19 on workers, her family's ancestry, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and more.

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Episode 1 - Not Here for the Foolishness

May 6, 2020 • 14 mins

In the 1st episode of BSM, Tami jumps straight into Imposter Syndrome, Joe Biden's Lift Every Voice Plan, Southern Governors & Mother's Day in quarantine. She also sings, but not really.

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