Something True

In the season one finale, I share the mic with Branden Johnson, host of The Gumbo Talk Show. We chat about starting businesses, activism in our local community, and the damage that culture vultures can inflict. Follow Branden on his socials for more of his unique insights: Wipf and Stock To Pull 'Bad and Boujee' From Publication, Distribution | Sojourners Tera W. Hunter Amazon.com: To 'Joy My Freedom: Southern Black Women's Lives and Labors after the Civil War eBook Black Women in the Labor Movement Have Long Defended American Workers | Teen Vogue https://seeitsignit.com/?fbclid=IwAR1YY6e_dtm1m-UmIsr3CteyTXKatWui2cTJYmr0WUdxAnlWbvQ4AoL5Wz0 https://www.instagram.com/ukuurashidi/ https://www.facebook.com/gumbotalk https://linktr.ee/qduncalfe --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Today, I am picking the brain of genealogy librarian Christian Pippins. We had such a great time, and I learned a ton from Christian about the many resources our local libraries can offer us when we embark upon a journey to learn about our lineage. For My People by Margaret Walker - Poems | Academy of American Poets Ancestral Chart The Handy Book for Genealogists (Classic Reprint): State and County Histories, Maps, Libraries, Bibliographies of Genealogical Works, Where to Write for Records, Etc: Sr., George B. Everton The Genealogist's Handbook: Modern Methods for Researching Family History Hardcover – January 1, 1995 The Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy. 4th Edition Paperback – October 24, 2017 Evidence! Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian Hardcover – January 1, 1997 Amazon - Black Genesis: A Resource Book for African-American Genealogy (Gale Genealogy and Local History): Rose, James M. Black genealogy: How to begin: Walker, James D: Books - Amazon The National Archives at Fort Worth, Texas @qduncalfe | Linktree --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Listen in as author and educator Joyce A. Smith shares her journey to becoming a writer, as well as how she was inspired to write this particular story. Her wisdom and insight are sure to inspire. Connect with Joyce online, and find her book at the links below: JA Smith Daddy Syndrome-The Cycle Continues - Home | Facebook IG: https://instagram.com/jawrites01?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Daddy Syndrome: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1953788076/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_DT6T0TMJYFQQQJ8AZP9Y Read more of Leslé Honoré's poetry below, and connect with me across social platforms: https://www.leslehonore.com/poems https://linktr.ee/qduncalfe --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Meet Alicia Stoker Johnson, of Longview Queens United. Today, we sit down to chat about service, faith, healing, and women supporting each other. Alicia's heart exudes so much love and care. You're sure to enjoy our conversation and feel inspired to join her work and to find authentic, new ways to plug in to your own community. Donate to Longview Queens United on PayPal Longview Queens United Nonprofit Corporation - Home | Facebook Longview Queens United (@longviewqueensunited) • Instagram photos and videos Connect with me across socials --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Today, I share an illuminating conversation with author Jacquie Abram. We talk about workplace racism and the toll it can take on the mental health of people of color. Check out Jacquie's novels at the link below, and engage with and follow her work online. The work she's doing is important. HUSH MONEY: How One Woman Proved Systemic Racism in her Workplace and Kept her Job Hush Money: The Cost of Being Black in Corporate America Background: Racists Killed Jacquie Abram's career in higher education The Future of Women of Color Virtual Series by A Maven's World Forbes article: How One Woman Turned Her Traumatic Workplace Experience Into An International Bestseller Stomp by Nikki Grimes | Poetry Magazine https://linktr.ee/qduncalfe --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In today's episode, I share a conversation full of laughs and vulnerability. Jasmine shares how her faith and passion for serving our local community - especially the Black community - have helped her to find healing. You can follow Jasmine via her podcast, Starting Point, and connect with the several organizations she serves by exploring these links: 1919 Project Longview Queens United Thrive Longview And as always, you can find what I'm up to by visiting my linktree. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode, I share a conversation with transracial educator and influencer Tiffany Henness. Tiffany is a Transracial Adoption Educator with Be the Bridge, a racial literacy non-profit. She also serves on her city's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Advisory Committee and seeks to support adoptee creatives through the Adoptee Influencer Network. She lives in Oregon with her husband, two sons, and a Rhodesian Ridgeback named Moxie. You can follow her work at the links below, and plug into the work of some of the wonderful folks we mention during the course of our conversation. Calling in the Wilderness Coach Henness Angela Tucker Closure documentary Braiding Sweetgrass The Primal Wound The Body Keeps the Score Connect with me online: https://linktr.ee/qduncalfe

Diana has always loved the outdoors and nature, and developed a love of hiking while traveling to state parks with her husband. Diana learned about the Camino de Santiago while researching to teach a unit about adventure travel. She is currently walking a solo Camino, and will walk another with her son as part of a larger group later this year. https://santiago-compostela.net/poem/ https://everywherepilgrim.wixsite.com/everywhere-pilgrim https://www.instagram.com/everywherepilgrim/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1441912/ https://www.illpushyou.com/ https://linktr.ee/qduncalfe --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

On today's episode of Something True: An Honest podcast, I sit down for a candid conversation with my friend Kimberly Galindo. Kimberly and I met twenty years ago, when we were both students at the same university. Since that time, Kimberly has gone on to pursue multiple degrees and certifications as well as open her own practice. Kimberly was born and raised in East Texas and now calls the Dallas area home along with her husband. She continues to seek personal and professional growth by sharing her passion, knowledge, and experience with others and teaches part-time as adjunct professor at Dallas Baptist University and serves as one of the instructors for the Institute of Sexual Wholeness. Kimberly also enjoys mentoring and leading a vibrant group of clinicians in her role as co-owner of Aspen Haus. You can hear from her weekly on her podcast Arable. Kimberly Galindo, LPC, CST, CSE — Aspen Haus Associates Burnout by Ameila Nagoski & Emily Nagoski Connect with more of Something True online --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Enjoy this #blackbooksmonth recommendation from me, podcast host and avid reader, Querida Duncalfe. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Enjoy this #blackbooksmonth recommendation from my friend and podcast guest, Kimberly Galindo. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Enjoy this #blackbooksmonth recommendation from my friend and future podcast guest, Tiffany Henness. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Enjoy this #blackbooksmonth recommendation from fellow author and future podcast guest, Jacquie Abram. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

On today's episode, I sit down for a candid conversation with my husband Andrew. I think many people wonder what the dynamics of interracial relationships look like. And once folks find out about the nature of my work and how Black-centric it is, I think they wonder even more about what Andrew thinks of what I write and say regarding race relations. So, today's conversation will give you a little background about our relationship, and will answer the question I sometimes hear, "What does your husband think?" You can follow his musical endeavors at https://www.facebook.com/AndrewDuncalfeMusic and https://www.youtube.com/c/AndrewDuncalfe, and he occasionally tweets @mrDuncalfe. Connect with me on socials here: https://linktr.ee/qduncalfe --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Enjoy this #blackbooksmonth recommendation from my friend and future podcast guest, Jasmine Stoker. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Enjoy this #blackbooksmonth recommendation from my friend and podcast guest, Dr. Meredith May. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Enjoy this #blackbooksmonth recommendation from my friend and future podcast guest, Diana Duesterhoft. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In today's conversation, I share the mic with Amanda Martinez Beck, author of Lovely: How I Learned to Embrace the Body God Gave Me, as well as the forthcoming More of You: The Fat Girl's Field Guide to the Modern World. Amanda shares her unique, incredibly refreshing perspective on how we can love our bodies and our neighbors more deeply. Listen to Amanda's podcast Fat and Faithful Connect with Amanda online Check out Amanda's website --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In today's episode, I share a conversation with my cousin Camille Johnson. Her hair - its fullness, volume, and length - has always been enviable to me. So today, we discuss our hair journeys and skim the surface of a generations-long relationship between Black women and our hair. Teen Who Refused To Cut Locs Attends Oscars With 'Hair Love' Producer Matthew Cherry | Hype Hair Hair Love | Oscar®-Winning Short Film (Full) | Sony Pictures Animation https://poets.org/poem/absolute India.Arie ft. Akon - I Am Not My Hair (Official Video) Solange - Don't Touch My Hair ft. Sampha (Official Music Video) @qduncalfe | Linktree --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode, I share a candid conversation with my friend Catrina Ballard. We connected years ago as two of a handful of Black students who attended our university. Our conversation centers around our shared experiences as Black women who have lived much of our lives in spaces that were never intended for us. Catrina | Happy Teams (@happy.teams) • Instagram photos and videos Happy Teams Census Bureau data shows Fort Bend County is 'the most diverse county in Texas'. "Stand Up" - Official Lyric Video - Performed by Cynthia Erivo @qduncalfe | Linktree --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Today, my dear friend Miranda Chism and I have a candid conversation about the end of 2021, and how we want to approach the start of the coming year. We talk setting goals, giving ourselves space for plans to change, and changing careers. https://www.facebook.com/groups/embraceyourjourney2bmore/?ref=share https://www.myshesmore.com/ Appalachian Elegy (Sections 1-6) by bell hooks | Poetry Foundation Linktree: @qduncalfe Happy end of 2021. See y'all next year! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Today's episode is such a treat! I got to sit down with my good friend Clent Holmes to talk about something that holds a special place in both our hearts: the Black church. Twitter: Clent Holmes, II (@clent2) IG: Clent Holmes (@clent2) • Instagram photos and videos The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, MD: 9780143127741 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books https://www.facebook.com/1919longviewremembranceproject Thrive Longview - Home Piece 35: Black Church – Something True Poem: Prayer by Maya Angelou Maya Angelou and the Freedom Poetry of Advent (Congregational Use: 100 Members or Less) Linktree: @qduncalfe --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In today's episode, I sit down with my friend, community activist Amanda Veasy. She started her work years ago by serving unhoused folks food alongside her family, and she's gradually expanded her efforts to include providing mental health services, hygiene needs, COVID testing and vaccines, and so much more, all under the umbrella of her nonprofit One Love Longview. She's passionate and driven, and the work she's doing is exactly what our community needs. One Love Longview LIVE OUT LOUD - Longview Live Out Loud Longview - Youth True Colors - Longview The Center Longview Connect with Querida online --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Today, I sit down for a frank conversation about Reconstruction with a historian, my friend Dr. Meredith May. With the insurrection from January still making news as various participants face trials, and with Thanksgiving upon us with its complicated history, this is a timely conversation. How, after all, can we make sense of the present or the future without looking first to the past to try and better understand it. Let America Be America Again by Langston Hughes Gregg County Historical Museum: Longview, TX East Texas Alzheimer's Alliance | Live Local, Give Local 1919 Longview Remembrance Project Civil Rights in Black and Brown Histories of Resistance and Struggle in Texas Edited by Max Krochmal and J.Todd Moye About the UDC and the Lost Cause Read Querida's blog post about Reconstruction Connect with Querida online --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In today's episode, I sit down for a candid conversation with my friend Tisha Grotemat. Our paths crossed last summer, and we embarked upon a journey of racial reconciliation together. We talk about the group we formed, the goal we set, and how we pivoted when we couldn't quite reach the goal we had hoped we'd be able to. Born Bright by C. Nicole Mason On the Other Side of Freedom by DeRay Mckesson Be the Bridge by LaTasha Morrison: Pursuing God's Heart for Racial Reconciliation Be the Bridge: Home Time: The Kalief Browder Story Inside Rikers: Dysfunction, Lawlessness and Detainees in Control “Rock Bottom” by Glennon Doyle on Vimeo The Bridge Poem Connect with Querida online --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Something True: An Honest Podcast is a bimonthly exploration of all the components of our identity that shape our lives. Hosted by writer Querida Duncalfe. Edited and mixed by Andrew Duncalfe. Welcome to Something True. Rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. Connect with me online. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week, I sit down for a candid conversation with my cousin Candace. Her affirmations inspired my "Peace by Piece" blog series that will soon become my first published book. We will talk about how to find peace when you're going through a dark season of life, and why Candace's affirmations resonate even for people in different life circumstances than her own. Music and Editing by Andrew Duncalfe Cleo Wade's poem "It's Okay" Follow Candace Renee on Facebook or Instagram Something True Patreon, Blog, Merch, & Socials --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

My name is Querida Duncalfe. I am a writer, activist, and former high school teacher whose home base is East Texas. Something True is an honest space to examine race, culture, faith, and all the components that inform our identities and shape our lives. I believe that telling the truth about who we are is the first step to becoming the people we were created to be. Welcome to Something True. About the host About Lucille Clifton About Be the Bridge About Teachers Leaving the Classroom Music, editing, and mixing by Andrew Duncalfe. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app