Foot On Yo’ Neck

CW: death, dying At the beginning of 2024, we recorded and sent each other voice notes on the topic of grief. We start with a short intro to bridge into these recordings and end the episode with reflection about how our experiences of grief have changed over time, the significance of water and grief for Black people as descendants of enslaved Africans, and how we would like to be commemorated and remembered in time. Accompanied with sounds of the ocean, this is truly a one-of-a-kind Foot on Yo' Neck episode.  Website: ⁠⁠footonyoneckpodcast.net For all inquiries, please email us at footonyoneck@gmail.com  How You Can Support Our Podcast?  Share this episode with a friend/ya mama/ya papi Follow us on IG and TikTok: @footonyoneck Give us a 5 star rating and review on Spotify and Apple Podcasts If you would like to contribute monetarily to help support our show: Venmo - @planetcrab (Jana)  Zelle -  footonyoneck@gmail.com Hosts:  Nia Latriese @nialatriese Jana Lang @planetcrab Credits:  Music by Playing indigo Follow and listen to Playing indigo on ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠ for healing, anti-capitalist tunes! Logos & Graphics by Ariel Mengistu Arielmengistu.com⁠⁠ Mentions: Gem of the Ocean by August Wilson (a play) Lucid Dying by Sam Parnia, MD, PhD (a nonfiction book)

What's an outline? We still don't know her. We're back with no outline again. Just talking where the wind takes us! This month we discuss the generative power of Blackness and how it has been perverted to vilify and subjugate Black peoples, particularly Women and children. We discuss purpose of Thanksgiving and we ponder if Black folks participation the holiday is in fact also venerating the  violence and genocide of Native peoples? In our renewed segment, “I Know Why the Choppa Sings” we empty the clip of all our gripes and dislikes about this past month, which was a shit show! As always, we close it out with our prophetic proclamations segment Put Yo' Name On It. Website: ⁠⁠footonyoneckpodcast.net For all inquiries, please email us at footonyoneck@gmail.com  How You Can Support Our Podcast?  Share this episode with a friend/ya mama/ya papi Follow us on IG and TikTok: @footonyoneck Give us a 5 star rating and review on Spotify and Apple Podcasts If you would like to contribute monetarily to help support our show: Venmo - @planetcrab (Jana)  Zelle -  footonyoneck@gmail.com Hosts:  Nia Latriese @nialatriese Jana Lang @planetcrab Credits:  Music by Playing indigo Follow and listen to Playing indigo on ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠ for healing, anti-capitalist tunes! Logos & Graphics by Ariel Mengistu Arielmengistu.com⁠⁠

What's an outline? We don't know her! We have officially accepted that we are both world class yappers and in this episode we riff and rap about it all!  Music and our favorite albums. We revive an old segment called “ I Know Why The Choppa SIngs,” where we air out our grievances. We celebrate the power of knowing when to shut up and when to yap, and we eventually dive into our weariness around all the political propaganda swirling around in times such as these. We also introduce our 2nd new segment “Message!” where we break down and critique an event from pop culture or the news.  And of course, we close it out with our prophetic proclamations with our segment Put Yo' Name On It! Website: ⁠⁠footonyoneckpodcast.net For all inquiries, please email us at footonyoneck@gmail.com  How You Can Support Our Podcast?  Share this episode with a friend/ya mama Follow us on IG and TikTok: @footonyoneck Give us a 5 star rating and review on Spotify and Apple Podcasts Currently gathering all the monetary resources necessary to pay our artists and guests for season 3! If you would like to contribute please refer below: Venmo - @planetcrab (Jana)  Zelle -  footonyoneck@gmail.com Hosts:  Nia Latriese @nialatriese Jana Lang @planetcrab Credits:  Music by Playing indigo Follow and listen to Playing indigo on ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠ for healing, anti-capitalist tunes! Logos & Graphics by Ariel Mengistu Arielmengistu.com⁠⁠

What We Do: GATHER LIBERATION DRIVEN BLACK WOMEN AND FEMME ARTISTS AND COMMUNITY BUILDERS WHO CREATE WITH THE PURPOSE OF AFFIRMING THE LIVES OF BLACK COMMUNITIES GLOBALLY CATALYZE HEALING DIALOGUE TO NURTURE TRUTHTELLING AND DISPEL SYSTEMIC MISINFORMATION CURATE SONIC OFFERINGS WITH TOOLS AND RESOURCES THAT ALIGN OUR THEORY + EVERYDAY ACTIONS TO EMBOLDEN REVOLUTIONARY LIVING WATER THE SEEDS OF A LOVING WORLD THROUGH THE EMBODIMENT OF AN ETHIC OF CARE, LAUGHTER, PLEASURE, AND JOY RECLAIM THE POSSIBILITIES OF OUR HUMANITY THROUGH RADICALLY ENGAGING OUR IMAGINATIONS Website: ⁠⁠footonyoneckpodcast.net For all inquiries, please email us at footonyoneck@gmail.com  How You Can Support Our Podcast?  Share this episode with a friend/ya mama Follow us on IG and TikTok: @footonyoneck Give us a 5 star rating and review on Spotify and Apple Podcasts Currently gathering all the monetary resources necessary to pay our artists and guests for season 3! If you would like to contribute please refer below: Venmo - @planetcrab (Jana)  Zelle -  footonyoneck@gmail.com Hosts:  Nia Latriese @nialatriese Jana Lang @planetcrab Credits:  Music by Playing indigo Follow and listen to Playing indigo on ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠ for healing, anti-capitalist tunes! Logos & Graphics by Ariel Mengistu Arielmengistu.com⁠⁠

In this episode, we discuss ponder what does it mean to feel seen, to be seen, and how and where does that happen? We tussle with the questions of “Do Black Women have an obligation to see one another?” and “Do we really believe that we can see ourselves in every human being?”  EVERY human being!!!!…..Yikes idk y'all. And of course, we close it out with our prophetic proclamations with our closing segment Put Yo' Name On It! Website: ⁠⁠footonyoneckpodcast.net For all inquiries, please email us at footonyoneck@gmail.com  How You Can Support Our Podcast?  Share this episode with a friend/ya mama Follow us on IG and TikTok: @footonyoneck Give us a 5 star rating and review on Spotify and Apple Podcasts Currently gathering all the monetary resources necessary to pay our artists and guests for season 3! If you would like to contribute please refer below: Venmo - @planetcrab (Jana)  Zelle -  footonyoneck@gmail.com Hosts:  Nia Latriese @nialatriese Jana Lang @planetcrab Credits:  Music by Playing indigo Follow and listen to Playing indigo on ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠ for healing, anti-capitalist tunes! Logos & Graphics by Ariel Mengistu Arielmengistu.com⁠⁠

Summertime is ripe for change! In this episode, we discuss how summer can awaken our inner child, and how healing this part of ourselves is integrally connected to our capacity to dream of a new world.  Website: ⁠⁠footonyoneckpodcast.net For all inquiries, please email us at footonyoneck@gmail.com  How You Can Support Our Podcast?  Share this episode with a friend/ya mama Follow us on IG and TikTok: @footonyoneck Give us a 5 star rating and review on Spotify and Apple Podcasts Currently gathering all the monetary resources necessary to pay our artists and guests for season 3! If you would like to contribute please refer below: Venmo - @planetcrab (Jana)  Zelle -  footonyoneck@gmail.com Hosts:  Nia Latriese @nialatriese Jana Lang @planetcrab Credits:  Music by Playing indigo Follow and listen to Playing indigo on ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠ for healing, anti-capitalist tunes! Logos & Graphics by Ariel Mengistu Arielmengistu.com⁠⁠

What kind of community and care could be possible if we rid ourselves of all the hateration in this dancery?? References: Lorde, Audre. “Eye to Eye: Black Women, Hatred, and Anger.” Sister Outsider, Crossing Press, 1984, pp. 142–175. https://rhinehartibenglish.weebly.com/uploads/2/2/1/0/22108252/sister_outsider_audrey_lorde_ib_pdf_packet.pdf Website: ⁠⁠footonyoneckpodcast.net For all inquiries, please email us at footonyoneck@gmail.com How You Can Support Our Podcast? Share this episode with a friend/ya mama Follow us on IG: @footonyoneck Give us a 5 star rating and review on Spotify and Apple Podcasts Currently gathering all the monetary resources necessary to pay our artists and guests for season 3! If you would like to contribute please refer below: Venmo - @planetcrab (Jana) Zelle - footonyoneck@gmail.com Credits: Hosts: Nia Latriese @nialatriese Jana Lang @planetcrab Music by Playing indigo Follow and listen to Playing indigo on ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠ for healing, anti-capitalist tunes! Logos & Graphics by Ariel Mengistu Arielmengistu.com⁠⁠

In this episode, we discuss the diabolical and calculated ways that krackas (krackas = actors on behalf of the status quo and oppressive systems; racism, capitalism, whiteness, patriarchy, christianity, colonialism, etc.) seek to hinder our liberation and often recruit us to help them do so. To that we say f*ck no! Our minds and bodies belong to us and we are reclaiming em!! Join us as we discuss and dream up tools to resist participating in our own demise. How can we reaffirm our humanity and return to an ethic of love and care? How do we return to our authentic impulses? And how do you curate loving and caring community? Website: ⁠⁠footonyoneckpodcast.net For all inquiries, please email us at footonyoneck@gmail.com  How You Can Support Our Podcast?  Share this episode with a friend/ya mama Follow us on IG: @footonyoneck Give us a 5 star rating and review on Spotify and Apple Podcasts Currently gathering all the monetary resources necessary to pay our artists and guests for season 3! If you would like to contribute please refer below: Venmo - @planetcrab (Jana)  Zelle -  footonyoneck@gmail.com Credits: Music by Playing indigo  IG: @indigo.player77 (Follow and listen to Playing indigo on ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠ for healing, anti-capitalist tunes!) Logos & Graphics by Ariel Mengistu Arielmengistu.com⁠⁠

Cheers!!!! We made it to the new year! Join us in a bonus minisode for a special “Put Yo Name On It“ segment as we proclaim the many blessings and experiences that Black Women and ourselves will recieve in 2024. (Not mentioned in the episode: We are very excited to witness a a freed Congo, a freed Palestine, a freed Haiti, a freed Tigray, freed Sudan, and more liberated world in 2024. The disenfranchisement and oppression of the global majority has no place in 2024. May God cover and protect our loved ones and martyrs lost in 2023. May they continue to rest in perfect peace.) Website: ⁠footonyoneck.squarespace.com How You Can Support Our Podcast?  Share this episode with a friend/ya mama Follow us on IG: @footonyoneck Give us a 5 star rating and review on Spotify and Apple Podcasts We are fundraising to get all the monetary resources necessary to pay our artists and guests for season 3! If you would like to contribute please refer below: Venmo - @planetcrab (Jana)  Zelle -  footonyoneck@gmail.com Music by Playing indigo  IG: @indigo.player77 (Follow and listen to Playing indigo on ⁠Spotify⁠ for healing, anti-capitalist tunes!) Title Card and Social Media Designs by Ariel Mengistu  website: ⁠ Arielmengistu.com⁠ For all inquiries, please email us at footonyoneck@gmail.com 

In this episode, we reflect on what our journey as individual creatives has been like for the past two years. We discussed our artist journeys previously in season 2, Episode 7 back in 2021 and this is the Re-Up!!! We reflect on what has changed in our practices and what has stayed the same and even more so why are we artists? Go grab a warm beverage and come reflect on some tings with us! #FreeCongo #FreePalestineTilIt'sBackwards #FreeSudan #FreeHaiti #FreeTigray Website: ⁠footonyoneck.squarespace.com show notes: Poetry Is Not A Luxury bY Audre Lorde https://makinglearning.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/poetry-is-not-a-luxury-audre-lorde.pdf Poem: Why people be mad at me sometimes by Lucille Clifton  Jana's Blog: @planetrcrab on Instagram  Nia's Writergram: @justkeepscribblin on Instagram How You Can Support Our Podcast?  Share this episode with a friend/ya mama Follow us on IG: @footonyoneck Give us a 5 star rating and review on Spotify and Apple Podcasts We are fundraising to get all the monetary resources necessary to pay our artists and guests for season 3! If you would like to contribute please refer below: Venmo - @planetcrab (Jana)  Zelle -  footonyoneck@gmail.com Music by Playing indigo  IG: @indigo.player77 (Follow and listen to Playing indigo on ⁠Spotify⁠ for healing, anti-capitalist tunes!) Title Card and Social Media Designs by Ariel Mengistu  website: ⁠ Arielmengistu.com⁠ For all inquiries, please email us at footonyoneck@gmail.com 

It has been a hot minute y'all but we are back! In this episode, we catch y'all up on our last year and a half since recording. Kicking off SZN 2.5 we question our generational responsibility to create wealth for our predecessors, what does that really look like? Does monetary wealth equate to abundance? Like the old folk say, "you can't take it with you!" but you can leave it here! What else other than money can we collect and leave to those who will inhibit this planet long after we are gone? #FreePalestineTilIt'sBackwards #FreeSudan #FreeHaiti #FreeCongo show notes: won't you celebrate with me by Lucille Clifton https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50974/wont-you-celebrate-with-me How You Can Support Our Podcast?  Share this episode with a friend/ya mama Follow us on IG: @footonyoneck Give us a 5 star rating and review on Spotify and Apple Podcasts We are fundraising to get all the monetary resources necessary to pay our artists and guests for season 3! If you would like to contribute please refer below: Venmo - @planetcrab (Jana)  Zelle -  footonyoneck@gmail.com Music by Playing indigo  IG: @indigo.player77  (Follow and listen to Playing indigo on Spotify for healing, anti-capitalist tunes!) Title Card and Social Media Designs by Ariel Mengistu  IG: @rellyrooo  Arielmengistu.com For all inquiries, please email us at footonyoneck@gmail.comWebsite: footonyoneck.squarespace.com 

We are on an extended break from FYN, but we still have to remind y'all to keep your foot on necks! In the name of Juneteenth and uplifting the freedom of our enslaved ancestors, we are re-releasing our journalistic Juneteenth episode where we interviewed Black femmes at the 2021 Leimert Park Rising festival. We hope you enjoy this replay and we'll see you soon! Special thank you to everyone who was willing to speak with us: Ciera B, Raven T, Auset A., Bridget, Ashley C, Kia & Tasha, Ebony O, KJ & Betty R, and Quayala & Teshara. (Some chose to be unnamed, which we respect!) Thank you, thank you to these folks being open and sharing with us! We launched our website: footonyoneck.squarespace.com How Can You Support Our Podcast? Follow us on IG and Twitter @footonyoneck. Interact with us on these platforms too; we love reading the comments! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! We love our listeners so let us know how you feel! FYN needs financial support to keep this ship running so feel free to donate via Venmo: @planetcrab (Jana) and @Nia-McClinton. Podcast Theme Audio by Liliana Jeanine IG: liliana.jeanine (Follow and listen to Liliana Jeanine on Spotify for healing and anti-capitalist tunes!) Graphics and title card by Ariel Mengistu arielmengistu.com

Ahh it's our very first minisode! Are you tired of listening to men, and specifically men with podcasts? Are they causing you grief, irritation, and genuine discomfort to your eardrums? If you answered yes to either of those questions, this episode is the end of all that grief! Let's lay them to rest once and for all, never allowing them reverence on Earth again. Title Card and Social Media Design - Ariel Mengistu. IG: @rellyrooo and Arielmengistu.com How You Can Support Our Podcast: Follow us on IG and TikTok @footonyoneck. Interact with us on these platforms too; we love reading the comments! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and now Spotify! We love our listeners so let us know how you feel! FYN needs financial support to keep this ship running so also feel free to donate via Venmo: @planetcrab (Jana) and @Nia-McClinton. Podcast Intro and Outro Theme Song Audio - Playing indigo IG: @indigo.player77 Follow and listen to Playing indigo on Spotify for healing and anti-capitalist tunes at playingindigo.org

Podcast Intro and Outro Theme Song Audio - Playing indigo IG: @indigo.player77 Follow and listen to Playing indigo on Spotify for healing and anti-capitalist tunes playingindigo.org Title Card and Social Media Design - Ariel Mengistu IG: @rellyrooo Arielmengistu.com Ahh it's our very first minisode! Are you tired of listening to men, and specifically men with podcasts? Are they causing you grief, irritation, and genuine discomfort to your eardrums? If you answered yes to either of those questions, this episode is for you! Let's lay them to rest once and for all, never allowing them reverence on Earth again. How You Can Support Our Podcast - Follow us on IG and Twitter @footonyoneck. Interact with us on these platforms too; we love reading the comments! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and now Spotify! We love our listeners so let us know how you feel! FYN needs financial support to keep this ship running so also feel free to donate via Venmo: @planetcrab (Jana) and @Nia-McClinton.

I bet you didn't know this podcast was made up of two bibliophiles, did you? In our season two finale, we break down our favorite pieces of text by Black Women. These choices are text that have carried us, radicalized us, and guided us on our way. Go check out some of the text we talk about and give them a gander and share your thoughts with us! Season two has been real and we hope you have enjoyed the ride as much as we have. Until next time, keep APPLYING THE MF PRESSURE! Website: footonyoneck.squarespace.com How You Can Support Our Podcast? Follow us on IG and Twitter @footonyoneck. Interact with us on these platforms too; we love reading the comments! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! We love our listeners so let us know how you feel! FYN needs financial support to keep this ship running so feel free to donate via Venmo: @planetcrab (Jana) and @Nia-McClinton. Podcast Theme Audio by Playing indigo IG: @indigo.player77 (Follow and listen to Playing indigo on Spotify for healing and anti-capitalist tunes!) Title Card and Social Media Designs by Ariel Mengistu IG: @rellyrooo Arielmengistu.com

In this episode, We discuss the intersection of colorism and its deleterious impact on Black people, specifically Women and Femmes, affected by misogyny with TK! TK is the founder and the heart n' soul behind the digital Black feminist platform The Darkest Hue, where she creates provocative and transformative content surrounding the issue of colorism. TK's pronouns are she and hers. And she is a rising senior at Columbia University. If you resonate with our conversation and would like to further support TK's work, be sure to follow @darkest.hue on IG and her baking page @blkgrlbaking if you have a sweet tooth! Website: footonyoneck.squarespace.com How You Can Support Our Podcast? Follow us on IG and Twitter @footonyoneck. Interact with us on these platforms too; we love reading the comments! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! We love our listeners, so let us know how you feel! FYN needs financial support to keep this ship running so feel free to donate via Venmo: @planetcrab (Jana) and @Nia-McClinton. Podcast Theme Audio by Playing indigo IG: @indigo.player77 (Follow and listen to Playing indigo on Spotify for healing and anti-capitalist tunes!) Title Card and Social Media Designs by Ariel Mengistu IG: @rellyrooo Arielmengistu.com

In this episode, we revisit the the topic of Black Excellence by offering another perspective that we decided to call "Black Authenticity." How has whiteness, race, capitalism and all the other -isms and power structures affect how we live our lives? SURPRISE! THERE'S A FUCK TON OF ways we inhibit, exhaust, and betray ourselves for the sake of others. Not over here though baby! Black Women and Femmes innately deserve the capacity to show up in the world as we are authentically and simply, no performance necessary!!!!! Website: footonyoneck.squarespace.com How You Can Support Our Podcast? Follow us on IG and Twitter @footonyoneck. Interact with us on these platforms too; we love reading the comments! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! We love our listeners so let us know how you feel! FYN needs financial support to keep this ship running so feel free to donate via Venmo: @planetcrab (Jana) and @Nia-McClinton. Podcast Theme Audio by Playing indigo IG: @indigo.player77 (Follow and listen to Playing indigo on Spotify for healing and anti-capitalist tunes!) Title Card and Social Media Designs by Ariel Mengistu IG: @rellyrooo Arielmengistu.com

In episode 11, We revisit the topic of Juneteenth with some guest! During our time celebrating Juneteenth at the Leimert Park Rising Festival we asked some Black Women about their opinions on Juneteenth becoming a "federal holiday." Note: the day after we recorded Episode 8, Juneteenth officially became a federal holiday. So we decided it was the perfect moment to get folks real opinions on this. We got the opportunity to speak with some familiar voices and some new ones. Special thank you to everyone who was willing to speak with us: Ciera B, Raven T, Auset A., Bridget, Ashley C, Kia & Tasha, Ebony O, KJ & Betty R, and Quayala & Teshara. (Some chose to be unnamed, which we respect!)Thank you, thank you to these folks being open and sharing with us! And thank YOU for listening, we hope this episode makes you laugh like it made us laugh. We launched our website: footonyoneck.squarespace.com How You Can Support Our Podcast? Follow us on IG and Twitter @footonyoneck. Interact with us on these platforms too; we love reading the comments! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! We love our listeners so let us know how you feel! FYN needs financial support to keep this ship running so feel free to donate via Venmo: @planetcrab (Jana) and @Nia-McClinton. Podcast Theme Audio by Playing indigo IG: @indigo.player77 (Follow and listen to Playing indigo on Spotify for healing and anti-capitalist tunes!) Title Card and Social Media Designs by Ariel Mengistu IG: @rellyrooo Arielmengistu.com

On this week's episode of Foot On Yo' Neck, we are joined by our lovely guest and fellow bruin NJ Omorogieva to discuss what it's like living outside the US and the impact it has on daily life as a Black woman.NJ's pronouns are She/Her. NJ is an LA native currently living in Madrid,Spain and preparing for her move to London, England to continue her education journey. For the past two years, she has worked as an English Language Teacher Assistant in a Spanish high school. Though her job is arbitrary at times, she gives purpose to her position by curating activities and presentations highlighting BIPOC issues and history and discussing social issues with her students. Her time in Spain has changed her perspective and future plans significantly, offering her an alternative Black existence and decentralizing the American Black narrative. These realizations are ever present in her work, art, and spiritual journey. If you resonate with any part of our conversation and would like to further support NJ's work, be sure to follow them on instagram @radgal_nj and her art page @radgal.paints. We also launched our website: footonyoneck.squarespace.com Go check it out! How You Can Support Our Podcast? Follow us on IG and Twitter @footonyoneck. Interact with us on these platforms too; we love reading the comments! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! We love our listeners so let us know how you feel! FYN needs financial support to keep this ship running so feel free to donate via Venmo: @planetcrab (Jana) and @Nia-McClinton. Podcast Theme Audio by Playing indigo IG: @indigo.player77 (Follow and listen to Playing indigo on Spotify for healing and anti-capitalist tunes!) Title Card and Social Media Designs by Ariel Mengistu IG: @rellyrooo Arielmengistu.com

On this week's episode of Foot On Yo' Neck we will be discussing the realities of being our whole Black girl selves in academia , grad school, and beyond with Alexis Umoye. Alexis's pronouns are she and her. Alexis Umoye is a second-year medical student at University of California, Davis, where she is a Vice Chancellor MARCH Scholar and a member of the Academic Research Career for Medical Doctors Pathway. Throughout her time in higher education, she has been an advocate for increased diversity and representation for racial communities that have been historically and presently excluded in medicine. Above all, she hopes to continue to build an authentic voice in spaces such as medicine, to amplify issues that directly impact Black women. If you resonate with our conversation and would like to further support Alexis's work, be sure to follow Alexis on IG @lexumoye or Twitter @UmoyeAlexis. We also launched our website: footonyoneck.squarespace.com Go check it out! How You Can Support Our Podcast? Follow us on IG and Twitter @footonyoneck. Interact with us on these platforms too; we love reading the comments! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! We love our listeners so let us know how you feel! FYN needs financial support to keep this ship running so feel free to donate via Venmo: @planetcrab (Jana) and @Nia-McClinton. Podcast Theme Audio by Playing indigo IG: @indigo.player77 (Follow and listen to Playing indigo on Spotify for healing and anti-capitalist tunes!) Title Card and Social Media Designs by Ariel Mengistu IG: @rellyrooo Arielmengistu.com

We're back!! On this week's episode of Foot On Yo' Neck, Nia and Jana break down the (now popularized) holiday Juneteenth. We talk about the history of Juneteenth and it's origins historically and we also breakdown how fucking weird Juneteenth last year (2020) was. In addition to that, our in house astrologer, Jana breaks down the astrological significance of both the original Freedom Day June 19th, 1865 and last year June 19th, 2020. And their are some scary historical similarities y'all!! We also launched our website! footonyoneck.squarespace.com Go check that out! How You Can Support Our Podcast? Follow us on IG and Twitter @footonyoneck. Interact with us on these platforms too; we love reading the comments! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! We love our listeners so let us know how you feel! FYN needs financial support to keep this ship running so feel free to donate via Venmo: @planetcrab (Jana) and @Nia-McClinton. Podcast Theme Audio by Playing indigo IG: @indigo.player77 (Follow and listen to Playing indigo on Spotify for healing and anti-capitalist tunes!) Title Card and Social Media Designs by Ariel Mengistu IG: @rellyrooo Arielmengistu.com

Podcast Intro and Outro Theme Song Audio - Playing indigo IG: @indigo.player77 Follow and listen to Playing indigo on Spotify for healing and anti-capitalist tunes Title Card and Social Media Design - Ariel Mengistu IG: @rellyrooo Arielmengistu.com On this very special episode, we discuss what it is to be an artist, our journeys thus far, how we've been overcoming fears and leaning into our joys, and our least and most favorite parts about doing what we do. Being an artist is such a beautiful thing --- enveloping, ever-changing, a practice, a process --- and we want to include our listeners in that with us. This is the last episode for our first half of Season 2! We need a break to make sure the second half of the season is just as impactful and intentional. See y'all! Link to this episode's playlist: coming soon! How You Can Support Our Podcast - Follow us on IG and Twitter @footonyoneck. Interact with us on these platforms too; we love reading the comments! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! We love our listeners so let us know how you feel! FYN needs financial support to keep this ship running so feel free to donate via Venmo: @planetcrab (Jana) and @Nia-McClinton.

Podcast Intro and Outro Theme Song Audio - Playing indigo IG: @indigo.player77 Follow and listen to Playing indigo on Spotify for healing and anti-capitalist tunes Title Card and Social Media Design - Ariel Mengistu IG: @rellyrooo Arielmengistu.com On this week's episode of Foot On Yo' Neck we will be discussing Black Feminist Health Science Studies with Ugo Edu, who we first encountered as our professor at UCLA last year. However, Ugo's work and scholarship go so much further. Ugo's pronouns are she/her/hers and lives in So Cal. Ugo is a medical anthropologist and an Assistant Professor in the Department of African American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. She received her PhD from the joint Medical Anthropology program at University of California, San Francisco/UC Berkeley, with a designated emphasis in Women, Gender, and Sexuality. Ugo's scholarship has a strong interdisciplinary approach to issues of aesthetics, affect, race, gender, body knowledge and modification, and social justice. Her work is situated at the intersections of medical anthropology, public health, black feminism, and science, technology, and society studies. If you resonate with any part of our conversation and would like to further support Ugo's work, be sure to visit ugofedu.com Link to this episode's playlist: coming soon How You Can Support Our Podcast - Follow us on IG and Twitter @footonyoneck. Interact with us on these platforms too; we love reading the comments! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! We love our listeners so let us know how you feel! FYN needs financial support to keep this ship running so feel free to donate via Venmo: @planetcrab (Jana) and @Nia-McClinton.

Podcast Intro and Outro Theme Song Audio - Playing indigo IG: @indigo.player77 Follow and listen to Playing indigo on Spotify for healing and anti-capitalist tunes Title Card and Social Media Design - Ariel Mengistu IG: @rellyrooo Arielmengistu.com On this week's episode of Foot On Yo' Neck we will be discussing the art of being a content creator, managing the hustle and drive that follows, and how to bring visions to life with the lovely Ifeoma Bosah, a model, student, and content creator. Ifeoma's pronouns are she/her and she lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. Ifeoma is currently a student at UCLA, where she spends her free time booking photoshoots, painting, and planning her next breathtaking lewk. She is passionate about using art as a mode of healing; she is constantly inspired by her family history, heritage, and amazing friends; and is currently focused on freeing herself from the shackles of academia. If you resonate with any part of our conversation and would like to further support Ifeoma and her work, be sure to follow her personal account @gldnify and inspirations page @belu.0lisa (pronounced Beh-Lo-Lisa). Like, comment, bookmark, alladat. Link to this episode's playlist: How You Can Support Our Podcast - Follow us on IG and Twitter @footonyoneck. Interact with us on these platforms too; we love reading the comments! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! We love our listeners so let us know how you feel! FYN needs financial support to keep this ship running so feel free to donate via Venmo: @planetcrab (Jana) and @Nia-McClinton.

Podcast Intro and Outro Theme Song Audio - Playing indigo IG: @indigo.player77 Follow and listen to Playing indigo on Spotify for healing and anti-capitalist tunes Title Card and Social Media Design - Ariel Mengistu IG: @rellyrooo Arielmengistu.com On this week's episode of Foot On Yo' Neck we will be discussing How to Feed the Chaos with Taylor Beasley, who is a corporate creative. Taylor's pronouns are she,her, hers and she lives and works in Los Angeles,CA. Taylor works in admin at USC Keck Hospital for now and continues to positively navigate everyday chaos to make the world her bitch. She has a new YouTube channel with new content coming soon, so If you resonate with our conversation and would like to further support Taylor's work, be sure to follow Taylor on IG @waylorbeas and subscribe to her YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNFrzJt2b9RLJnOl06z6JVg Link to this episode's playlist: How You Can Support Our Podcast - Follow us on IG and Twitter @footonyoneck. Interact with us on these platforms too; we love reading the comments! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! We love our listeners so let us know how you feel! FYN needs financial support to keep this ship running so feel free to donate via Venmo: @planetcrab (Jana) and @Nia-McClinton.

Podcast Intro and Outro Theme Song Audio - Playing indigo IG: @indigo.player77 Follow and listen to Playing indigo on Spotify for healing and anti-capitalist tunes Title Card and Social Media Design - Ariel Mengistu IG: @rellyrooo Arielmengistu.com On this week's episode of Foot On Yo' Neck we are discussing how tattooing and body modification can be tools for liberation and self-definition and investigating on how colorism affects the realm of tattooing within the Black diaspora. Our guest this week is Tann Parker, who is the founder and creative behind the Ink The Diaspora collective. Tann's pronouns are They/Them and they live and work in Brooklyn, NY. Tann has been practicing tattooing for a year, and was motivated to start hand poked tattooing after seeing the impact of Ink the Diaspora within the tattoo industry. Tann has been featured in articles from Allure, Tattoodo, r29unbothered, Studio (Museum) Magazine and Bustle. Tann is born and raised in Southern California, and they came east to attend college. They have their BFA in fashion design from Pratt Institute. Tann's first visual expression is clothing and articulating their creativity, personality, humor and mood from their personal style. If you resonate with any part of our conversation and would like to further support Tann's work, be sure to follow them on the Ink the Diaspora's IG @inkthediaspora. Also check out linktr.ee/inkthediaspora to find out ways to support them even further. Link to this episode's playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0tCb4gzhgDtY2do8VnCgAp?si=EVPZPw2FTei7Ts_oc8gtPQ How You Can Support Our Podcast - Follow us on IG and Twitter @footonyoneck. Interact with us on these platforms too; we love reading the comments! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! We love our listeners so let us know how you feel! FYN needs financial support to keep this ship running so feel free to donate via Venmo: @planetcrab (Jana) and @Nia-McClinton.

Podcast Intro and Outro Theme Song Audio - Playing indigo IG: @indigo.player77 Follow and listen to Playing indigo on Spotify for healing and anti-capitalist tunes Title Card and Social Media Design - Ariel Mengistu IG: @rellyrooo Arielmengistu.com Do you even thrift???? On this week's episode of Foot On Yo' Neck we will be discussing fashion & sustainability with Mahal Williams, who is a model and fashion designer. Mahal's pronouns are she/her and she lives and works in Los Angeles,CA. Mahal is currently signed to Select Model Los Angeles and has worked for clients such as American Eagle, SavageXFenty, PacSun, Thrive Causemetics and more. Aside from modeling, she has recently started a brand, Nimiety, that brings awareness to the overconsumption and overproduction of clothing. Currently, Nimiety offers personalized style bundles with thrifted and secondhand pieces. With these bundles, they hope to highlight the importance of intentionality and sustainable living. Her favorite topics in fashion center sustainable fashion, the secondhand clothing market and technology in fashion. If you resonate with our conversation and would like to further support Mahal's work, be sure to follow Mahal on IG @mahalw. If you're interested in Mahal's sustainable shopping service Nimiety, follow them on IG @nimietyofficial. Link to this episode's playlist [jana's pick]: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2qIHLLcxUPKw0SYMUDPm7C?si=XsD74YARRauUIWVKgTQzug How You Can Support Our Podcast - Follow us on IG and Twitter @footonyoneck. Interact with us on these platforms too; we love reading the comments! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! We love our listeners so let us know how you feel! FYN needs financial support to keep this ship running so also feel free to donate via Venmo: @planetcrab (Jana) and @Nia-McClinton.

Podcast Intro and Outro - Playing indigo IG: @indigo.player77 Follow and listen to Playing indigo on Spotify for healing and anti-capitalist tunes Title Card and Social Media Design - Ariel Mengistu IG: @rellyrooo Arielmengistu.com We've been gone for a minute but we're BACK with our foot on y'all's necks (duh)! In this special first episode of our SECOND season, we discuss the abundance of delusion and scarcity of truth (or the acceptance of it) in our worlds, our daily life! We've personally been affected by others' lack of willingness to CHANGE and expand their minds to make the world a better place since childhood, and we are entitled to compensation. No guest this week; just us, pure vibes, and our lived experiences. Link to this episode's playlist [N + J collab]: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6LpFqcfi15j5fDVlW8GJFP?si=-3fJrEnvREmbC5DlPCh2yg How You Can Support Our Podcast - Follow us on IG and Twitter @footonyoneck. Interact with us on these platforms too; we love reading the comments! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! We love our listeners so let us know how you feel! FYN needs financial support to keep this ship running so feel free to donate via Venmo: @planetcrab (Jana) and @Nia-McClinton.

This is our last episode of the season (sad we know) BUT in it we are talking about our most (and least) favorite parts of the show. Join us as we reminisce and as always APPLY THE MFN PRESSURE. We'll be back sooner than you think ;) Follow us on socials: IG and Twitter: @footonyoneck Watch the video that goes along with this recording on YouTube! Type 'Foot On Yo' Neck' in the search bar to see all of our content!

The Black Superwoman Complex affects us all in one way or another, whether you know it or not. Tune in to get a more in-depth understanding of what it is and how it works, and send the audio over to the people stressing you out! Black women are tired of doing the work! Also check out Therapy for Black Girls on Shedding Your Superwoman Status: https://therapyforblackgirls.com/2020/01/09/session-54-shedding-superwoman-status/

In this episode, Jana and Nia discuss Colorism and its many iterations from personal experiences to movies and pop culture. Check us out discussing in the flesh on our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL2ZhxygjmbPksRQqnwrjCA

In this episode, Nia and Jana dig deep into what "Black excellence" truly means and the ways in which we think about success for Black people. Tune in!

In this episode we discuss Black Capitalism and weigh the cons and the cons hahaha (no, but really.) Interact with us by joining the conversation via social media on our IG and Twitter @footonyoneck

We hate it. We like it. We engage in it. L-O-V-E. Loooveeee. In our last episode on UCLA Radio air waves, our amazing friend Ariel helps us dissect how Black women experience love, the different types of love, soulmates, and more. We could all use more love.

What makes a good friend? What qualities do you look for in friends? Do you love this shit? Are you high right now? Do you ever get nervous? Episode 7 is all about friendship: the ups, the downs, friend fights, and love languages. Join us and our lovely friend Mai-Lin as we get into what it truly means to have friends.

It's a new year and Jana and Nia are back to apply the pressure! In this starting episode of the second season of FYN, Chiamaka joins us (again, yes of course, duh) to talk about militant feminism, weapons, and change and violence. Put your timbs on it's a mothafuckin' riot!

‘Twas the week before winter break and everything was as quiet as a mouse. Not a Black woman was stirring, not even in the house. In this fifth and final episode of our first season as Foot on Yo Neck, we are joined by our dearest friend Chiamaka to discuss representation in media, the importance of awards, and the limitations of creating. Happy Holidays!

In this episode Jana and Nia reflect on what “Thanksgiving” looks like for us, what we're thankful for, and set intentions for our holiday break. Y'all ain't thankful?

In episode 3, the dynamic duo give all of their best tips and advice on how to get through college for Black women only!! From picking a major and developing interests outside of school to relationships and friendships to self care. We got it all.

In this second episode, Jana and Nia are joined by their friend Zi to talk about the ways in which students make themselves ‘perform' in order to survive the mess that is UCLA and other forms of higher education. How do you shuck and jive?

In this debut episode, featured live on UCLA Radio, Jana and Nia talk about what Foot On Yo Neck is, the music, books, and art that got them through summer 2019, and lessons learned. This is our space, this is our area, so have fun!

In episode 17, we reflect on our 4 year journey at UCLA that is now over!!! (whewwww) This episode features a familiar special guest, Chiamaka Nwadike! We discuss the highs, the lows, the fun, the disasters, the joys, the chaos, the good memories and everything in between!

This week our dear friend Chiamaka joins us again to engage in discussion around revolution and Black liberation, and the use of violence as an appropriate means of resistance. Y'all know where we stand on all Black issues. We demand justice for Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd and the countless others that have died at the hands of police brutality.

In this episode, we are joined by our lovely friend Dou'jae (thee Philosopher D) to dissect what spirituality and religion are, how it shows up in our lives as Black women, and the meaning of the soul. We often talk about these topics off-air in our personal conversations so we decided to put our feet on your necks!! Enjoy!

Your favorite Cancer-Virgo duo digs into Astrology! Do you believe in astrology? We dig into our opinions on the best and worst signs. We even rank them from top to bottom.

In this episode, Jana and Nia discuss everything! from superstitions to the power of manifestation. We dig into or thoughts on signs, luck, coincidence and WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN? We don't have a clue but listen to us talk it out

In episode 12, Jana and Nia dive into the world of drugs with their special guest, Mai-Lin Graves (yes, again), Community, weed, and drugs as oppression are discussed and dissected as they put the pressure on y'all's necks! As always, follow @footonyoneck on Twitter and Instagram to keep up with the latest news.

In our 11th episode, we discuss what is beauty? How does it function, who has it and who "doesn't"? What is the difference between beautiful and pretty? We dig into eurocentric beauty standards, texturism, featurism, colorism, and so many more tangential rants as always!

In our 10th episode (screams), we sit down to discuss the very important topic of social media and how it shapes our personalities, for better or worse

In our 9th episode, we have a familiar guest and Octavia Butler researcher, Mai-Lin Graves, chat with us. We all had the opportunity to attend an opera based on Octavia Butler's novel Parable of The Sower by Toshi Reagon. We recount what our experience was with that and then we just end up talking about how to exist in the time of quarantine, productivity, restlessness, and hope for the future. Follow us @footonyoneck on all platforms!