The award-winning podcast Being Seen is an in-depth exploration of culture’s role in resolving the tension between how we are seen and how we see ourselves. It is a space to explore current cultural representations and their impact through conversations with leading artists, writers, activists, entertainers, and community leaders. If we create nuanced and accurate cultural portrayals of identity and experience, we have an opportunity to reduce stigma and change perception - impacting everyth ...
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Podcasts from Jace M - Remixer, producer, and creator of the popular Thots & Prayers parties.
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Podcast - July 2024 - Joining Hearts Official Promo Set
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Podcast - January 2024 - Winter Party Festival Promo
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Podcast - November 2023 - Glow Festival Promo Set
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Join me and GSP for CLINIC, as we celebrate Turn's 4 year anniversary at Glow Festival this Thanksgiving weekend in San Diego! Get those dancing shoes ready because this’ll be an anniversary to remember!! Tickets:www.turnsd.com/ticketsBy Jace M
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Jace M - Podcast - August 2023 - Live @ Market Days Hydrate/Viiv Healthcare Stage
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Jace M - Podcast - July 2023 - BOS Philly Promo Set
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I am super excited to visit Philadelphia for the first time for GLOW UP!By Jace M
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Jace M - Podcast - March 2023 - White Party Palm Springs 2023 Official Promo Set
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Hi! White Party Palm Springs is right around the corner. Take a listen to this set as I take you on a journey with proper pool party tunes — melodic synths, soaring vocals, and big percussion — and songs that span the decade! Let me know what you think, and enjoy! 🥰🥰 Tickets at whitepartyglobal.com!By Jace M
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Jace M - Podcast - January 2023 - Winter Party Festival 2023 Promo
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You’ll hit the jackpot when you score a spot to Ignite. On Thursday, March 2nd, Winter Party is heading full tilt into their EPIC 30th anniversary edition of Winter Party Festival with me and J Warren. Reunite on the dance floor with your chosen family for the perfect start to your weekend with their high energy, uplifting vocals! This year, we tak…
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Jace M - Podcast - December 2022 - Mantamar NYE Promo
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We are less than a month away and I hope you’re ready to share the dance floor with me in the paradise that is #PuertoVallarta Join me on New Years Day and Let’s kick in the new year together with great music, great location and great friends! Grab your tickets before they’re gone! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/new-years-2023-mantamar-tickets-349875…
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Jace M - Podcast - July 2022 - Discotech
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Decided to go in a slightly different direction on this one. I hope you enjoy it! <3By Jace M
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Jace M - Podcast - June 2022 - CircuitMOM Love Revolution
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This podcast and all the songs on it are about love. Join us.. at Love Revolution on June 25th at the House of Blues in Chicago - after Pride in the Park.. Presented by CircuitMOM and CircuitSON. Tickets are available at circuitmom.com! Get them today!By Jace M
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Jace M - Podcast - May 2022 - Spring!
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I am ready for spring... are you?By Jace M
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Jace M - Podcast - January 2022 - Live at AfterThots
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This set was recorded live at AfterThots in Detroit, MI, a party by Thots & Prayers. It's a long one, I hope you enjoy it!By Jace M
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We want to hear from our listening community! We need your input, your feedback, your agreements and your disagreements. Share your thoughts and help shape the future of Being Seen by filling out our listener survey. It only takes two minutes and can be found at beingseenpodcast.com/survey.By Harley & Co. and ViiV Healthcare
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Jace M - Podcast - December 2021 - Live at the Chapel
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I am excited to share this recording from my set at the Chapel at the Abbey in West Hollywood! Make sure you follow the chapel to find out when I'm back! (hint: it's around New Years...)By Jace M
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How does movement show up in our lives and what power does it hold? With movement comes the future, the ability to grow, to try something new, adapt, and become. Featured in this episode: A’ja Wilson, Ashley Everett and Lady Jess. Artwork provided by Sarah Dahir. Photography provided by Amber Pinkerton…
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The ability to feel safe -- when and how one wishes. How do we define safety, on our own terms? What does the future look like when we create, and dream into being, safe spaces for all Black women? Featured in this episode: Jessamyn Stanley, Aria Sa’id and Mariame Kaba. Artwork provided by Tiffany Alfonseca Photography provided by Kate Sterlin, Nyd…
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Laughter as a salve, a weapon, a commentary, and an intimacy that is often best shared. Where does laughter show up in our lives, and how can we use it as a tool for empathy and understanding? Featured in this episode: Ts Madison. Artwork provided by Uzo Njoku Photography provided by Kourtney King and Amber Pinkterton…
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How can we find our freedoms and ourselves through our stories? Freedom from stereotypes, from stigma, from silence. The freedom of visibility. The freedom of being seen. Featured in this episode: Dominique Jackson, Calida Rawles and Jacqueline Woodson. Artwork provided by Calida Rawles Photography provided by Kate Sterlin…
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Jace M - Podcast - November 2021 - The Remixes
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By Request: I made a little mix of all of my remixes from this year. I hope you enjoy it! Tracklist: Above & Beyond - Sun & Moon Dan Slater ft Zoe Badwi - We Are Janet - Together Again Brett Oosterhaus ft Debby Holiday - Love & Beats Adele - Easy on Me Coldplay - Fix You Rihanna - Where Have You Been Miley Cyrus ft Dua Lipa - Prisoner Tina Turner -…
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All too often motherhood is a narrowly defined space full of bias and assumption. How can we think about it more expansively and in what ways have we provided or received mothering in our own lives? Featured in this episode: Raquel Willis, Ciarra Covin and Kaitlyn Greenidge. Artwork provided by Sydney Vernon Photography provided by Imani Dennison, …
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A conversation about health and care, with a focus on mental health. How can we create the spaces and systems needed to dismantle stigma for ourselves and for each other? Featured in this episode: Taraji P. Henson. Artwork provided by Megan Gabrielle Harris Photography provided by Lucie Rox and Ruby Okoro…
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What are we asked to be responsible for? Do we assume our responsibilities willingly or are they placed upon us? A conversation on the many things we have been asked to carry. Featured in this episode: Sydney Barber, Tiya Miles and Martha Jones. Artwork provided by Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi Photography provided by Nydia Blas and Kate Sterlin…
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An exploration of power. How we use it, how it can be used against us, and the many ways it manifests in our lives. Featured in this episode: Ledisi (Singer & Actress) and Roxane Gay (Author). Artwork for this episode provided by Quiana Parks.By Harley & Co. and ViiV Healthcare
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Being Seen, Episode 21, Introducing Season 3
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A conversation between Darnell Moore, host of Seasons 1 and 2, and Anika Noni Rose, host of Season 3, on occupying this space at this moment and the importance of prioritizing the voices and experiences of Black women. Featured in this episode: Darnell Moore (Host of Season 1 and 2) and Anika Noni Rose (Host of Season 3) Artwork for this episode pr…
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We want to hear from our listening community! We need your input, your feedback, your agreements and your disagreements. It only takes two minutes to fill out and can be found at beingseenpodcast.com/survey.By Harley & Co. and ViiV Healthcare
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A look behind the scenes at what it means to create in this moment. Reflections on community, fellowship and love from the creators of Being Seen. Featured in this episode: Emil Wilbekin (Founder, Native Son), Darius Brown (Emmy-Award Winning Producer), Gioncarlo Valentine (Visual Narrator, Writer & Curator), and DaShawn Usher (Founder, Mobilizing …
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How gay and queer Black men are reimagining sports, creating space, and discovering new possibility models. Featured in this episode: Nate Burleson (Sports Commentator & Former NFL Player), Jason Collins (Former NBA Player), and LZ Granderson (Award-Winning Sports Journalist). Artwork for this episode provided by Jonathan Lyndon Chase, and photogra…
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Jace M - Podcast - June 2021 - Motorball Promo
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Motorball Detroit 2021 is coming up! Sept 30-Oct 3. Dani Brasil, Deanne, Jace M, Calagna, Dan Slater, Isaac Escalante, Cindel, Tom Stephan, Joe Gauthreaux. The year's HOTTEST circuit lineup. Tickets at www.gearedforlife.us.By Jace M
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Being Seen, Episode 18, Trans Masculine Experience
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An exploration of masculinities through the eyes of trans masculine people, gender-expansive individuals, and the ones who love us. Featured in this episode: Guest Host Texas Isaiah (Visual Narrator), Wazi Maret (Producer & Songwriter), Ahya Simone (Multidisciplinary Artist), and Marquise Vilsón (Actor & Activist). Artwork for this episode provided…
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How interconnected identities shape our stories, through the lens of the Afro-Latinx experience. Featured in this episode: Representative Ritchie Torres, Steven Canals (Screenwriter & Producer), and Wilson Cruz (Award-Winning Actor). Artwork for this episode provided by Gustavo de Nazareno and photography provided by Steven Molina Contreras & Gionc…
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An exploration of representation in Hollywood and how entertainment can become a tool for transformation. Featured in this episode: Anthony Hemingway (Director & Producer), Brandon Goodman (Writer & Actor), and Colman Domingo (Actor, Writer & Director). Artwork for this episode provided by Xavier Daniels and photography provided by Dustin Thierry.…
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Finding spaces where we can inhabit shared visions of freedom. Featured in this episode: Quincy Mills (Professor & Author), Marc Lamont Hill (TV Host, Author & Activist), and Lorenzo Lewis (Advocate, Speaker & Author). Artwork for this episode provided by Stephen Towns and photography provided by Antonio Johnson.…
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An exploration of marking our existence, building community and cherishing our youth. Featured in this episode: Shangela (Actor, Comedian & Performer), Kalen Allen (Creator, Writer & Actor), and Keiynan Lonsdale (Dancer & Singer-Songwriter). Artwork for this episode provided by Daniel Marcellus Givens and photography provided by Widline Cadet.…
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The power of mentoring to create representative narratives, construct community and build a collective legacy. Featured in this episode: Guest Co-Host Lena Waithe (Writer, Actor & Producer), Gina Prince-Bythewood (Writer & Director), Little Marvin (Writer & Producer) and LaDarian Smith (Writer & Producer). Artwork for this episode provided by Jon K…
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An exploration of the power, the challenge, the opportunities and the experience of fatherhood. Featured in this episode: Dennis Williams (SVP, WarnerMedia), Jericho Brown (Award-Winning Poet), and Calvin & Tim (Fathers & Advocates) joined by their daughter Grady. Artwork for this episode provided by Cbabi Bayoc and photography provided by Gioncarl…
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Jace M - Podcast - April 2021 - ThoTea Promo
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Come check out ThotTea @ Como's this summer!By Jace M
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Jace M - Podcast - March 2021 - Live at Tea
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Recorded Live on March 7th, 2021, in Detroit at Thots & Prayers Tea.By Jace M
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Jace M - Podcast - January 2021 - Goodbye 2020
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2020 was one for the books, that's for sure. I gathered up a few of my favorite songs from the year and put them together. Happy New Year!By Jace M
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Stories as freedom. Our futures. Transforming culture and ourselves through the power of narrative, community, and our connection to our pasts. Featured in this episode: Lena Waithe (Writer, Actor & Producer) and a special interview with James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni (courtesy of WNET and originally recorded for Soul!). Artwork for this episode …
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The pain of stigma and the power we have to dismantle it. Building communities that embrace and care for people living with HIV in all the ways. Giving them the love, care and consideration they have always deserved. Featured in this episode: Dr. Kimberly Smith (Head of R&D, ViiV Healthcare), Emil Wilbekin (Founder, Native Son), Tboy (Community Act…
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Jace M - Podcast - November 2020 - Thanksgiving Weekend
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Just posted my latest podcast! It's got some great remixes of Lady Gaga, Mel C, Katy Perry, and Ava Max .. as well as some original productions! Available on most platforms! This should keep you dancing (in your living room) through Thanksgiving! I even got the wig out for this one :) Follow me on my socials! Instagram - @jacedj Facebook - @jacedj …
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Creating inclusive communities of faith, sexuality and the divine, the church as a “horizon for imagining the terms of Black life.” How can we create spaces of faith that expand and affirm the fullness of all of our existences? Featured in this episode: Mykal Kilgore (Musician & Activist), Bishop Yvette Flunder (Pastor & Activist), and Josef Sorett…
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Black men loving Black men is, as the deceased Black gay writer Joseph Beam opined in the 1980s, a “revolutionary act” because every moment a Black man is transgressive enough to love what he has been socialized to hate, he commits an act of insurgency. And this is what it is to love, radically. Featured in this episode: Luke James (Musician & Acto…
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How do we define intimacy and in what ways do we cultivate it or allow it to show up in our lives? Are our intimacies many or are they few? And do we ask the people we let into our spaces to show us the care and consideration we both need and deserve? Featured in this episode: Zeke Thomas (Musician & Advocate), Dyllon Burnside (Actor), Kai M. Green…
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Jace M - Podcast- October 2020 - Affirmations Big MASKerade Bash Fundraiser
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Since Thots & Prayers had to cancel their Halloween Event and Affirmations has moved theirs to a virtual format, we decided to team up and bring everyone a virtual dance party! I spun live for two hours - virtually of course - starting with some chill house and disco and ending with the most banging circuit tracks! Here's the recording and I hope y…
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Double consciousness. Who defines how we are seen and who creates our archives? What is the power of process when creating more accurate representations? The effects of the many gazes that fall upon us and the ones we apply to ourselves. Featured in this episode: E. Patrick Johnson (Artist & Scholar), Gioncarlo Valentine (Photographer & Curator), T…
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Mississippi, Texas, the Bronx, Camden. The power of context. The places and landscapes that define us from our countries to our bodies. The stories that take place amongst these backdrops and the ways in which our specificity should never be denied or overlooked. Featured in this episode: Kiese Laymon (Author), Diedrick Brackens (Artist), Jerome La…
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Spaces. Space. The places we occupy and a trip that takes us beyond to a point where we can transcend. Eddie Ndopu plans to be the first disabled person to go to space, the first Black queer disabled person. This quest is confirmation of what we should all already know, that people like Eddie are magnificent in all of their multiplicities. Featured…
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A Strange Loop, making it in Hollywood, getting to Broadway, Billie Holiday. What is the story behind culture firsts that break down barriers, push back against invisibility and refute stereotypes? How does the creation impact the creator? Why are we still fighting to get these firsts made? Featured in this episode: Lee Daniels (Writer, Director & …
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Being Seen, Episode 02, Finding The Story
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Who decides what stories will be told and how can we rewrite the narrative of what constitutes the “American” story? How can stories become our proof of life? What will it take to bring forth more stories from places that aren’t officially sanctioned? Featured in this episode: Saeed Jones (Poet & Author), Ben Cory Jones (Writer, Director & Producer…
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