Meteor City is an alternate history sci-fi audio drama. In 2008, a freak meteor shower hit Detroit, killing hundreds and displacing thousands. Bianca Diaz, a vlogger returns to Detroit, nearly a decade after fleeing with her mother, after the death of her brother and father. Wanting a change of pace, Bianca decided to come back home for the 10 year anniversary, to tell the stories of the dead, the missing, and the remaining citizens of Meteor City. Shortly after returning, Bianca realizes th ...
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Brittany Packnett Cunningham is an activist, educator, and popular TV commentator—and a trusted voice for millions of people interested in social justice. Now, with UNDISTRACTED—an original podcast from The Meteor and Pineapple Street Studios—she aims her focus on the most pressing issues of our time through the lens of intersectional feminism. From the latest headlines to deep-dives with today’s most fascinating changemakers, UNDISTRACTED is your weekly guide to the revolution.
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In 1991, Anita Hill told the world that Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas had sexually harassed her. Thirty years later, we’re still feeling the ripple effects of that testimony—in our politics and our lives. This four-part podcast explores the enduring impact of that moment, with new insights and on-the-ground stories from guests like Tarana Burke, Kerry Washington and Professor Hill herself, in her first-ever public conversation with Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who testified 27 years af ...
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The Internet… the final frontier. These are the transmissions of Justin Eisenstadt, Colin Caccamise, and Sean Holmes. Our on-going mission: to explore strange new movies, to seek out great music and pop-culture references. To funnel into your ears the colossal podcasting meteor that is Boldly Going Nowhere.
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In Doctor’s Log, a new podcast from The Meteor and Pineapple Street Studios, Dr. Esther Choo, an emergency room physician in Portland, Oregon, will deliver a twice weekly report from the front lines of the coronavirus crisis: her own ER. She takes listeners into the real world doctors and nurses are facing now, as they grapple with the most significant health threat in modern history, and helps us all understand what to do to stay safe. For transcripts, please visit our website (https://pine ...
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Season 2 Finale Life in Meteor City is over as we know it. Bianca struggles to come to term with her losses. A confrontation at Dee's funeral cements Bianca's next move. In this episode you hear: Daisy Guevara as Bianca Ernesto Valentin as Malcolm Diaz Jarred Worley as Wes Cambell Alex Hammett as RJ Taylor Sam Kim as Dr. Antoine Kim Leslie Gideon a…
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Bianca lays it all out for her audience but when the truth is freed, will they believe her? Desperation makes people do reckless things, no one knows that better than in Meteor City. How far would you go for the truth, to find what was taken from you? In this episode, you heard: Daisy Guevara as Bianca Diaz Shaundria Cambell as Dee Ernesto Valentin…
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Exclusive: Vice President Kamala Harris On A Year Without Roe
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One year ago this week, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade—a momentous decision that has enabled 14 states to outlaw abortion so far. Host Brittany Packnett Cunningham knew exactly who she wanted to talk to about that, and in this special episode, she sits down with Vice President Kamala Harris to talk about the chaos, the confusion, and what…
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Minisode 8 | Regina's Revenge by Regina Del Carmen
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What's good, New Detroit?! Y'all have been asking for this one... so here it is Regina's Revenge by Regina Del Carmen. Go ahead... have a listen and check out our other featured artists or catch up on Season 2 of Meteor City. Peace! - RJ Meteor City is a Wrightwood Studios production. Written and directed by Madelyn Dorta. Produced by Angel T Dorta…
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Bianca can't shake the feeling something bad is about to happen. Sick of waiting, the gang makes a plan to get tackle things head on but nothing is ever that easy in Meteor City. This episode's artist was Regina Del Carmen Please stream Regina and help us support this artist! Meteor City is a Wrightwood Studios production. In this episode, you hear…
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Minisode 7 | Lighter Shade of Brown by Regina Del Carmen
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What's good, New Detroit?! Y'all been asking for this one... so here it is: Lighter Shade of Brown by Regina Del Carmen. Go ahead... have a listen and check out our other featured artist or catch up on Season 2 of Meteor City. Peace! - RJ Meteor City is a Wrightwood Studios production. Written and directed by Madelyn Dorta. Produced by Angel T Dort…
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This episode's featured artist was Regina Del Carmen The hunt is on. As violent, isolated weather and quakes wreaking havoc in Meteor City reach a tipping point, Antoine reveals his theory on their origin. The gang pairs off and gets to work tracking down the perpetrators, and Bianca learns what Malcomb has been up to for the past ten years. In thi…
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Minisode | Stocking Fillers | Holiday Blooper Reel
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It doesn't sound like it but we really do wish everyone happiness this season! Thank you for listening to Meteor City. We appreciate you all! If you like Meteor City, please consider helping our show and leaving a rating and review! Happy Holidays! - Madelyn, Angel, Ernesto Please follow Meteor City on Instagram and Twitter IG - https://www.instagr…
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Something....or someone is wreaking havoc in Meteor City and New Detroit and no one is safe. In this episode you heard: Lindsay Zana as New Anchor Featured song by Regina Del Carmen, please go stream and follow Regina on SpotifyBy Wrightwood Studios
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Wrightwood Studios presents Spirit Box Radio
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Sam Enfield takes over when Madame Marie – the previous host of this broadcast for witches and enthusiasts of the arcane – disappears. As if it wasn’t hard enough keeping up with calls for advice, ominous forecasts, and strange recorded messages, Sam soon discovers there are things more sinister than ghosts lurking in the Spirit Box Radio studio. A…
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This episode's featured artist was Regina Del Carmen Bianca feels haunted by everything that is happening around her and it begins taking its toll. Plus, the Diaz siblings are in for an overdue dinner. In this episode you heard: Daisy Guevara as Bianca Diaz Ernesto Valentin as Malcolm Diaz Jarred Worley as Wes Cambell Leslie Gideon as Bethany Cain-…
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Wrightwood Studios presents Boston Metaphysical Society: The Ghost Ship
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The Ghost Ship is a 4-hour, 8-episode steampunk supernatural series and season one is a complete story about an ex-Pinkerton detective, a spirit photographer, and a genius scientist who battle supernatural forces in late 1800s Boston. The current story follows our team as they investigate a ghost ship, which has appeared in Boston Harbor, killing a…
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“Every Hashtag is a Human Being”: Honoring the Five-Year Anniversary of #MeToo
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It’s been five years exactly since millions of people, most of them women, stepped forward to say #MeToo. What have we learned since then? In our season finale, host Brittany Packnett Cunningham sits down with Tarana Burke, the woman who started the movement back in 2006, along with playwright/attorney Mary Kathryn Nagle, and organizer/attorney Mon…
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The End of the World as We Know It? Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson Rates our Climate Future
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The floods, the hurricanes, the wildfires…if you feel like you’re living through a climate apocalypse, you’re not wrong. But it’s not all hellfire, says marine biologist Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson—there are signs of progress if you know where to look. In this episode, the “climate futurist” sits down with host Brittany Packnett Cunningham to give …
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Wrightwood Studios presents Greater Boston
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Greater Boston is a free, independently-produced full-cast fiction podcast created by actual Bostonians. It’s an alt-universe urban fantasy, in which the subway's Red Line secedes to form an independent city that roams beneath the streets of Boston. Follow Greater Boston on Twitter and stream Greater Boston anywhere you listen to podcasts. Greater …
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“You Can’t Win if You Don’t Start”: Rep. Cori Bush on Running for Office—and Making a Difference
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Congresswoman Cori Bush doesn’t have the usual political resume: no Ivy League alma mater, no law degree, no generational wealth––but she’s an organizer, a mother, a pastor and a survivor, and she’s brought all those pieces of herself with her to Washington. Host Brittany Packnett Cunningham sits down with Rep. Bush to talk about her brand-new memo…
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Derecka Purnell On Living (and Loving) Outside the Police State
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What do Stranger Things, social media and sexual violence all have in common? They all figure into Derecka Purnell’s brilliant world philosophy about abolition—the effort to move beyond police, and the violence too often associated with them. In this episode, host Brittany Packnett Cunningham sits down with her friend, the writer and professor, to …
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After getting caught in the act, Bianca distances herself from Trina. Featured in this episode: Daisy Guevara as Bianca Diaz Cole Burkhardt as Trina Music by Ahzia Stream Ahzia on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/14jAfDJ245Xml4Fwjfroaa?si=zZsj8Ar7RvaeZRKxfrtnTQ Be sure to listen to Meteor City on Apollo Pods Follow Meteor City on Twitter &…
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The Queen Died. Now What? Three Brilliant Women on Colonialism and the Future
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The funeral is over. The pomp has died down. But the conversations—not just around the monarchy, but around the legacy of imperialism—continue around the world. So host Brittany Packnett Cunningham sits down with three women with different perspectives on the empire: writer Luvvie Ajayi Jones, professor and scholar Caroline Elkins, and the Meteor’s…
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Desperado takes place in a world almost like ours, if myths and witchcraft were alive and thriving. The story is told by 3 characters, each chosen by the god of Death of their respective culture, as their powers awaken. Follow Desperado on Twitter at https://twitter.com/desperado_radio Stream Desperado and Meteor City by downloading Apollo Pods htt…
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The Hidden Latinx Stories We Don’t Hear, with Julissa Natzely Arce Raya
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It’s Hispanic Heritage Month! And Julissa Natzely Arce Raya has complicated feelings. The author of You Sound Like a White Girl sits down with host Brittany Packnett Cunningham to talk about why some stories get told so much more than others—and what that costs us. You’ll hear about rebel cheerleaders, solidarity between activists, the pressure to …
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While the city of Meteor City is facing a series of shocking weather, Bianca begins to buckle under the pressure and decides to take Dr. Patel's advice. In this episode you heard: Daisy Guevara as Bianca Diaz Shaundria Cambell as Dee Ernesto Valentin as Malcolm Diaz Jarred Worley as Wes Cambell Nadia Marshall as Dr. Nikkita Patel Alex Hammett as RJ…
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After another explosive episode, Bianca reluctantly lowers her guard and lets those around her help, but nothing in Meteor City is ever free, there is always a price to pay. Featured in this episode: Daisy Guevara as Bianca Diaz Madelyn Dorta as Krystal Mendoza Sam Kim as Dr. Antoine Kim Marion Toro as Cora Kim Ernesto Valentine as Malcolm Diaz Les…
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The Kids Are All Right. The Adults Are F***ing Up!
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It’s all about the young folk this week: We’ve got Gen Z protestors disrupting anti-abortion galas…a student reporter holding colleges to task…and clever TikTokers lobbying for debt relief. And that’s just in the first ten minutes! Then, host Brittany Packnett Cunningham talks to school librarian Jennisen Lucas and author George M. Johnson about th…
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Wrightwood Studios presents Hello From Hallowoods
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Come walk between the black pines! In this award-winning fiction podcast, the nightmarish Nikignik broadcasts weekly episodes following the increasingly connected residents of the forest at the end of the world. This bittersweet show explores horror genre tropes, queer identity, and finding hope in humanity's last moments. Go follow Hell From Hallo…
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Will We Be Smarter About the Next Epidemic? Two Experts Break it Down
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COVID taught us a lot of lessons—or did it? With MPV (aka monkeypox) here in its wake, host Brittany Packnett Cunningham sits down with Dr. Monica Gandhi and Dr. David Johns to talk about what we’re getting wrong, the rise of homophobic disinformation, and why it’s still so hard for us to care for our neighbors. But first, this week’s UNtrending ne…
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Wrightwood Studios presents Out of the Ashes
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A seemingly random group has been brought together by fate to fight an ancient power. Out of the Ashes is a modern fantasy audio drama that is a retelling of the lore and legends we all heard at some point in our lifetimes. Go follow Out of the Ashes on Twitter and stream OOTA and Meteor City on Apollo Pods by visiting www.apollopods.com Thanks for…
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A Future Without Police? Andrea Ritchie on Crime and Abolition
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The headlines say crime is up. And our politicians say more police are the answer. What’s the truth? And what happened to all those abolitionist promises made in the summer of 2020? Host Brittany Packnett Cunningham sits down to answer those questions with two brilliant guests: Pulitzer-winning journalist Wesley Lowery, who explains what the media’…
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“People’s Kids Are the Center of Their World”- Caitlin Dickerson on the Horrors of Family Separation
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On this week’s episode, Undistracted host Brittany Packnett Cunningham talks to journalist Caitlin Dickerson about one of the darkest policy moments in American history: the “Zero Tolerance” family separation initiative. Caitlin spent 18 months investigating family separation for The Atlantic. She conducted over 150 interviews in order to unpack th…
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Minisode 4 | Tinted Windows by Lewis Knudsen
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Featured in episode 4 was Tinted Windows by Lewis Knudsen. Please go and listen to Lewis and our other Season 2 featured artists this season. Stream Lewis down below https://open.spotify.com/artist/5cdKVbU8ujPvsHt6xFY9kZ?si=8ergB7iqQnu3DGUrcD9OHwBy Wrightwood Studios
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Beyoncé’s Renaissance, According to Four Brilliant Black Women
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“This started off as a conversation about Beyoncé,” says host Brittany Packnett Cunningham, “but like her music, it became about so many other things: the evolution of womanhood, our queer siblings, spiritual sexuality and giving Black women their things.” So settle in and listen to legendary music writer Danyel Smith, NPR reporter Ayesha Rascoe, a…
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2089. Earth is silent. Chaika leaves the moonbase where she was born in search of… someone… anyone. Is she the only human left? CHAIKA is a science fiction drama of loss, isolation, and hope, about a woman navigating a post-apocalyptic future. Follow Chaika on Twitter for more information! https://twitter.com/chaikapod Stream Chaika and Meteor City…
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Feeling her world shrink around her, Bianca looks for a change of scenery. Bethany urges Bianca to help find a missing Wes, and reluctantly she agrees. The Diaz siblings get their estranged friend to safety. Featured in this episode: Daisy Guevara as Bianca Diaz Jarred Worley as Wes Cambell Leslie Gideon as Bethany Cain-Cambell Shaundria Campbell a…
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“The System Works For Those Who Occupy It”: Maria Teresa Kumar on Voting Rights
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The majority of Americans didn’t want to see Roe v. Wade overturned—but it was. Most Americans want gun reform—but it doesn’t happen. So the big question is: What’s going on here? Maria Teresa Kumar, cofounder of Voto Latino, understands the answers, and she lays them out here, in conversation with correspondent Treasure Brooks. They talk gerrymand…
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Small Victories is a With Good Company Productions production Small Victories is a 9-episode dramatic comedy, Small Victories follows a week in the life of a recently recovered drug addict as she tries to restart life on the right foot. Now available where ever you listen to podcasts. Follow With Good Company on Twitter for more information! https:…
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Phoebe Robinson is Writing Her Own Rules (on TV and in Life)
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"The media has such a limited understanding about Black femaleness,” says Phoebe Robinson, the actress, comedian, writer, podcast host and producer. “But the complexity is always more interesting!” So she and Brittany Packnett Cunningham go complex (and hilarious) in this episode, talking about Robinson’s new show, “Everything’s Trash”; the prospec…
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Minisode 3 | Be in the Time by Lewis Knudsen
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RJ warns residents of Meteor City and New Detroit to stay off the streets. Featured in this episode: Alex Hammett as RJ Taylor Featured Artist: Lewis Knudsen, Be in the Time Go listen to all of Lewis's incredible music here Spotify Meteor City is Wrightwood Studios Production. Meteor City is written and directed by Madelyn Dorta Production & Sound …
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“Covering the End of the World”: A Reporter on Gun Violence
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You know gun violence is an American epidemic. But…why? And how do we get out of this mess? Jennifer Mascia understands those answers better than almost anyone. As a reporter with The Trace, her entire beat is gun violence. Host Brittany Packnett Cunningham sits down with her to talk about the highs and lows of the last few weeks, the threat of civ…
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Written and narrated by award-winning author and Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, Dr. Eddie S. Glaude, “History is US” is a 6-part audio documentary produced and developed by C13Originals that asks questions about who we are as a nation, and what race might reveal about our current crisis. Through the voices of disting…
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Bianca and her radio friend RJ brainstorm new ideas to save Dee’s Diner from demolition. Unable to control the constant ringing in her head, Bianca learns she has to forgive to move forward. As we all know, it’s a lot easier said than done. Featured in this episode: Daisy Guevara as Bianca Diaz Alex Hammett as RJ Taylor Shaundria Campbell as Dee Ma…
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Tiffany Cross on Roe, Resistance and What Comes Next
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“I would rather be a voice and an advocate for my people than sit and smile in the face of bullshit.” That’s host Tiffany Cross’ philosophy—and the reason she consistently centers BIPOC voices on her MSNBC show. In this episode, recorded live in Washington, D.C., she and Brittany (colleagues *and* friends) get real about everything from the Supreme…
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Some weird shit is going down in Detroit. Keep a lookout. Featured in this minisode Alex Hammett as RJ Taylor Music: Someone, Somewhere by Ahzia Stream Ahzia on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/14jAfDJ245Xml4Fwjfroaa?si=zZsj8Ar7RvaeZRKxfrtnTQ Be sure to listen to Meteor City on Apollo Pods Follow Meteor City on Twitter & IG…
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Michelle Colón is Living Through The Last Days of Legal Abortion in Mississippi
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It’s been six days since the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. But activist and “abortion freedom fighter” Michelle Colón has been defending pregnant people and providers in Mississippi for years—and she’s not going to stop now. She tells host Brittany Packnett Cunningham exactly what a post-Roe future looks like, and why her only w…
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Still reeling from the bombshell about her brother, Bianca desperately searches for a way to control what is happening around her. Meteor City is a Wrightwood Studios production. Written and Directed by Madelyn Dorta Sound Design & Mastering by Angel Dorta & Ernesto Valentine You can listen to Meteor City and other great shows Apollo Pods Download …
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In the shadow of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, what do hope and faith mean? In this bonus episode, host Brittany Packnett Cunningham joins journalist Phillip Picardi, Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis, and Jamie L. Manson, president of Catholics for Choice, to talk about religion, and the revolution ahead. This conversation originally a…
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Having a Baby While Black: Martina Abrahams Ilunga and Gabrielle Horton Know *All* The Stories
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You probably know the data about what Black women face when they give birth. But do you know the stories? Martina Abrahams Ilunga and Gabrielle Horton are committed to telling them, through their podcast NATAL. Brittany Packnett Cunningham sat down with the journalists to talk about what they’ve learned, what they advise, and her own journey to mot…
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RJ wants to hear from the folks in New Detroit! Alex Hammett at RJ Taylor Enjoy this bonus minisode featuring Notes by Night Owl by Ahzia. You can hear more music from Ahzia at the link below. https://open.spotify.com/artist/14jAfDJ245Xml4Fwjfroaa?si=I1mgWcn-Sey-4RcWsJWWCA
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You Can Be Successful Where You Are: Majora Carter on Reclaiming Communities
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Bianca Diaz is still reeling from the explosive realization of what she can do. Bianca seeks professional help navigating her ever-changing reality. Thank you for listening to Meteor City! Be sure to follow us on Twitter and Instagram @meteorcitypod In this episode you heard: Daisy Guevara as Bianca Diaz Ernesto Valentin as Malcolm Diaz Jarred Worl…
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“God is Big Enough for Our Questions:” Candice Benbow on Faith, Feminism and Lipstick
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What does having faith mean in 2022? Candice Benbow has become an icon for answering that question—especially for those of us who’ve fallen off the prayer wagon somewhere along the way. This week, the writer/theologian/educator and author of Red Lip Theology sits down with host Brittany Packnett Cunningham to talk about her rituals (some of them ha…
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