Grounds: A Blackcast

Kwasi begins making moves. Ivan gets a publisher for his book. PJ makes a big step toward moving on. Everyone gathers for the wedding. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eugene-martin/support

Elijah and James start makin plans. PJ and Elijah have a huge fight and Marcus talks PJ off the ledge. Ivan decides to write a book of original poetry. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eugene-martin/support

Ivan gets a rejection from the press. PJ throws herself into work and Omar. Elijah and James make a life affirming decision. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eugene-martin/support

After an adjunct professor is revealed as passing as Black, Kwasi begins to question his career path even more. Elijah has a conversation with Pres. James about the dangers of going back in person. PJ is left reeling over Mal's secret and struggles with whether to tell Omar. Khai organizes a vigil for his student and Ivan makes plans to publish. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eugene-martin/support

PJ and Marcus discover Mal's secret. Omar continues to process the death of his father and sister. Khai gets disturbing news about one of his students. Kwasi begins to think about leaving. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eugene-martin/support

The professors meet in person for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic. Everything has changed. It's the end of the Spring semester of lockdown after teaching virtual classes. They meet in Khai's back yard for a socially distant gathering. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eugene-martin/support

Mal, PJ and the kids travel to her maternal grandparents house for break. Hilarity ensues. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eugene-martin/support

Kwasi and Ivan deal with the uncertainty of a school holiday break amidst the backdrop of an ensuing pandemic. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eugene-martin/support

Khai returns home for a visit with his Baba and Benefactors just ahead of the pandemic. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eugene-martin/support

After learning that his father is ill Elijah races back home to Georgia unsure of what he will find with the family that disowned him. Boyfriend tags along for moral support. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eugene-martin/support

Kwasi has an unsettling run in with a colleague. Ivan and Eli receive their tenure review results. The boys get together at Khai's house for a night of cigars and whiskey. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eugene-martin/support

When Ivan becomes upset about an article published about the evils of interracial relationships, the group tells him that they would not marry white. He questions his relationship and his Blackness. Khai and Kwasi go out for a drink to talk about finding love in their current location. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eugene-martin/support

When the town surrounding the University starts ramping up for a festival celebrating the slaveholders that owned the land on which the University now sits, Black students plan a protest. The Black Student Union asks P.J. and Khai to help and march with them. Kwasi has a visiting professor he's trying to impress. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eugene-martin/support

When the town surrounding the University starts ramping up for a festival celebrating the slaveholders that owned the land on which the University now sits, Black students plan a protest. The Black Student Union asks P.J. and Khai to help and march with them. Kwasi has a visiting professor he's trying to impress. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eugene-martin/support

When P.J. and Mal's son has a run in with police, it sparks all kinds of reactions from the group of friends. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eugene-martin/support

Misconceptions: There are always things we think Black people are supposed to like. But do they? Where does the spectrum of Blackness begin and end? If the mainstream says its not Black, does that mean you're not Black? It's the misconceptions that can get us. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eugene-martin/support

The group tries to figure out the best way to help Elijah through this crisis. Ivan and Elijah have a tense moment. Kwasi comes in with information for the administration. Is it enough to save the day and Elijah's career? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eugene-martin/support

Professor Wright is accused of trading grades for sex. How does this group navigate politics, stay true to themselves and protect one of their own without damaging themselves? Is being Black and protective of created community even possible? GROUNDS is the story of 5 Black Professors at a 4 year PWI. A fictitious college and town in the rural south, which is the home of a predominately white 4 year college with students totaling 1700 with 15% of those self-identifying as students of color. 7% of those are Black. The story follows the lives of five Black professors. The only full time, tenure track Black lecturers who work at Morris & Wilkins University. It highlights the trials, obstacles, and joys of maintaining a Black existence within a white academic structure. Grounds is produced by Eugene Martin LLC --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eugene-martin/support

GROUNDS is the story of 5 Black Professors at a 4 year PWI. A fictitious college and town in the rural south, which is the home of a predominately white 4 year college with students totaling 1700 with 15% of those self-identifying as students of color. 7% of those are Black. The story follows the lives of five Black professors. The only full time, tenure track Black lecturers who work at Morris & Wilkins University. It highlights the trials, obstacles, and joys of maintaining a Black existence within a white academic structure. Series Premier June 11, 2020 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eugene-martin/support