Podcast appearances and mentions of ericka blount danois

This week marks the release of Hanif's new book, A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance, and the opening chapter dives into the colorful world of Soul Train. Bell bottoms, the Soul Train line, afro's as high as the sky. Hanif and journalist Ericka Blount Danois talk through how the show forever changed fashion, dance, and carved out a path for the all-Black media empires we see today. For the playlist of songs curated for this episode visit http://bit.ly/oos-soultrain/ Show Notes / Hanif's new book is A Little Devil in America: Notes In Praise of Black Performance. Erica's book on Soul Train is Love, Peace and Soul: Behind the Scenes of America's Favorite Dance Show Soul Train: Classic Moments./ Music In This Week's Playlist / Some Kind of Lover - Dance Remix , Jody Watley Let It Whip, Dazz BandHe's The Greatest Dancer, Sister SledgeLove Come Down, Evelyn Champagne KingFamily Affair, Sly & The Family StoneSeptember, Earth, Wind & Fire Do Wa Ditty (Blow That Thing), ZappLove Train, The O'Jays/ Credits / Object of Sound is a Sonos show produced by work x work: Scott Newman, Jemma Rose Brown, and Babette Thomas. The show is additionally produced by Hanif Abdurraqib. Our engineers are Sam Bair and Josh Hahn of The Relic Room.

Ericka Blount Danois is an award winning author who has worked as a staff writer, editor, freelancer, and stringer for a number of publications including: Spin, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, ESPN The Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Vibe, and The Source. She also has written a non-fiction book on the history of Soul Train, entitled, Love, Peace and Soooooouul! The BRNDD hosts caught up with her to talk about her career over the past couple decades; from interviewing Pac to meeting former Cuban President Fidel Castro.  Highlights:  15:01: Behind the Scenes of All Eyez On Me and Rooming with Benny Boom 23:40 Journalistic fairness and the story behind Little Melvin 29:45 Working for Vibe and Covering Nas before illMatic 38:32 Writing for the Legendary Source 41:38 The world of Freelance Writers 44:29 Writing Love, Peace and Soooooouul! 51:25 the Transition from Traditional Print to Digital and Blogs 54:26 Black Comedy 1:02:15 Unsung Stories and Charlie Murphy 1:08:28 Sports Figures and 30 for 30 1:11:52 Interviewing Fidel Castro 1:17:18 Fake News 1:23:00 Where Were you When Prince Died? 1:30:41 The Impact of Love Peace & Soul 1:32:28 Advice to Upcoming Writers; is it still fun for you?  Ericka's  Website: http://www.erickablount.com/ Love, Peace & Soul Fanpage: https://www.facebook.com/lovepeaceandsoul/ Purchase Love, Peace & Soul:  http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/love-peace-and-soul-ericka-blount-danois/1114718203?ean=9781480341012  BRNDD Podcast: Website: debonairmaterial.com E-Mail: brndd@debonairmaterial.com Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/brnddpodcast Twitter: @DebMaterial Instagram: @debonairmaterial facebook: www.facebook.com/DebonairMaterial/ https://www.facebook.com/brnddpodcast/ RSVP for BRNDD Live: July 13th:  https://www.facebook.com/events/1293084974112947/ Ronald James Twitter and Instagram: @whoisronjames  

Peggy finally talks about the baby she gave up for adoption, and the team gets back together for one last pitch to save their agency. It was an episode people have been waiting for a long time, so what else do we expect? Mad Men has taken a lot of knocks for being - perhaps unrealistically - lily white in its depiction of the 1960s. Host Ellen Horne talks about the show's blind spots when it comes to race with Ericka Blount Danois, a writer who's tackled the topic for Ebony, and Gilbert Cruz, TV Editor for The New York Times, who says the show might not have gotten it as wrong as we think.

Mark Anthony Neal is joined by Ericka Blount Danois to discuss her new book, "Love, Peace and Soul Behind the Scenes of America's Favorite Dance Show Soultrain: Classic Moments". In the second half of the show, Devorah Heitner sits down with Mark to talk about her new book, "Black Power TV".

Soul Train, Black College Football, and Their Part in the Civil Rights Struggle Award-winning journalist Ericka Blount Danois is the author of Love, Peace, and Soul: Behind the Scenes of America's Favorite Dance Show SOUL TRAIN: Classic Moments. A graduate of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, she teaches at the Philip Merrill School of Journalism at the University of Maryland. Samuel G. Freedman is the author of Breaking the Line: The Season in Black College Football That Transformed the Sport and Changed the Course of Civil Rights. He tells the story of the battle for the 1967 black-college championship between Grambling College and Florida A&M, their legendary coaches, and their talented quarterbacks. Samuel Freedman is a columnist for the New York Times, professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and the author of six books. His book, Small Victories: The Real World of a Teacher, was a finalist for the 1990 National Book Award. Another book, The Inheritance: How Three Families and America Moved from Roosevelt to Reagan and Beyond, was a finalist for the 1997 Pulitzer Prize.  Recorded On: Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Rodney takes a look behind the scenes of Soul Train this week on Rodney Perry Live with Author of "Love, Peace, and Soul - Behind the Scenes of America's Favorite Dance Show Soul Train: Classic Moments", Ericka Blount Danois. Joining Ericka and Rodney will be legendary Bow Legged Lou! Tune in on Monday, October 14th, 2013 at 2PM EST!   Rodney Perry Live is a show consisting of all arts and entertainment. Everything from comedy and politics to music and acting. Rodney covers it all with a comedic slant. Tune in each and every Monday at 2pm EST www.blogtalkradio.com/rodneyperrylive to check out "Rodney Perry Live" on internet radio: Call in number: (718) 305-6383.

Ericka Blount Danois, an award-winning journalist, writer, editor, and professor began her career as a stringer at the Philadelphia Tribune with a cover story on the king of Philly Int'l Records, Kenny Gamble. Ericka graduated from Columbia University’s Grad School of Journalism and has worked as a staff writer, editor, freelancer, and stringer for: Spin, Washington Post, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, ESPN The Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Heart and Soul, Uptown, The City Sun, City Paper, Vibe, Wax Poetics, The Source, and online publications such as AOL and Newsone.com. She teaches at the Philip Merrill School of Journalism at the University of Maryland.  She has interviewed cultural figures such as Cuban President Fidel Castro, Andy Rooney, Ed Koch, Andre Harrell, Zane, and Johnnie Cochran; film/TV provocateurs such as David Simon, Ed Burns, and Ernest Dickerson. She’s interviewed celebrity athletes like Patrick Ewing, Bernard Hopkins, Ryan Howard, Oscar De La Hoya, Dominique Wilkins, Sugar Ray Leonard, and Caron Butler. She has covered musical luminaries such as The Roots, Tricky, Damien Marley, Nas, Olu Dara, Jay-Z, Quincy Jones, LL Cool J, Rakim, Tupac, Earth, Wind & Fire, Anthony Hamilton, R. Kelly, Run DMC, Horace Silver, De La Soul, The Fugees among others. Her cover story on Earth, Wind and Fire was selected to appear in the annual series, the book, “Best Music Writing of 2012,” with guest editor Questlove. Her first book, “Love, Peace and Soooooouul!” The Behind the Scenes Story of America’s Favorite Dance Show, will be published in 2013 by Backbeat Books. As a journalist, she’s examined public and private school education, the crime beat in Atlantic City and Brooklyn, covered rape trials of celebrities, the plight of black farmers, health disparities in the black community, world renowned architects, boxing matches, and restaurant food in exotic locales.