The Black & Brown Get Down Podcast

My Grandma Could Whoop Muhammad Ali’s Ass

This episode we are joined by DJ Johnson, the founder of Baldwin and Co. and Nola Art Bar, and also the gracious host of our podcast studio. We talk about the problematic “In the Heights”, buying Black the block, and Juneteenth becoming a national holiday.

Getcha Sum

We have the amazing Vanessa Nisperos on with us to chat hip hop and holistic healing practices, Black Wall Street, Naomi Osaka, and how one becomes a skipper. 

Wendy Williams The Great Sage

This episode we have Evelyn Alvarez on talking with Mary and Joe about all the problems with “latinidad”. We also chat Thick House, eco-hip hop, and oppression in Israel/Palestine. 

Substantiate That!

Season 2 is here! We are joined by our good friend Dr. David Wallace to talk spirituality and what we can learn by reconnecting with our ancestors.

Election Special: Winning Season!

It’s a #BlackAndBrownGetDown Election Special y’all! We’re joined by Tenicka Boyd from ACLU, newly elected DC Councilmember-At-large Christina Henderson, and Arizona organizer Luis Avila.

They Don’t Wash Their Chicken!

Mary and Joe are joined by Chef Wendy Centeno of Guayaba Kitchen to chat about decolonizing our foodways, family separation, early voting, and poultry hygiene habits. 

Abolish All That Shit

We’re back! On this episode, we’re joined by good friend and executive director of ISLA, Homero Lopez. We talk Trump and COVID, Megan Three Stallion, LeBron, ICE detention, and how we gotta ABOLISH ALL THAT SHIT!

Wash Your Mouth, Wash Your Plants

Mary and Joe dive into Maya Moore, Andrew Gillum, reconnecting to the soil with Krystle from For the Horticulture, and the 19 Black families that bought Freedom, Georgia.

Long Live the King: Chadwick Boseman

Joe joins us again as we say goodbye to King T'Challa and talk movement building with OG organizer and actual Black Puerto Rican woman, Rosa Clemente.

They Can't Get To The WAP

WAP, conflict photography, and Black women politics.