Hope Chest: A podcast

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The War and Treaty’s Michael and Tanya Trotter grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, and Washington, DC, respectively, but both have family roots in the South. They also grew up in the musical traditions of their churches – Tanya in the Black Baptist Church and Michael in the Seventh Day Adventist Church – where they learned the power of song to move people. After becoming a father at a very young age, Michael eventually joined the armed forces and served in Iraq and Germany, where he took up songwriting as a way of dealing with his experiences there. Meanwhile Tanya embarked on a singing and acting career after a breakthrough appearance in Sister Act 2 alongside Whoopi Goldberg and Lauryn Hill. Now, after a long and sometimes traumatic journey, Michael and Tanya are married, touring, winning all sorts of awards, and set to release their fifth album together, and their fourth as The War and Treaty. Sid talks to Michael and Tanya about the new record, Plus One , as well as their collaboration with Miranda Lambert, what it was like to record at FAME studios in Muscle Shoals, and how they’re blending country, soul, gospel, and R&B. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

Hope Chest: A Podcast

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A new audio essay podcast by Stacia Brown

11 episodes

#Society #Hope Chest

Hope Chest: A Podcast

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updated 3 years ago

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A new audio essay podcast by Stacia Brown

11 episodes

#Society #Hope Chest

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Ep. 11 - Growing and Going: A Love Story 19:08

3 years ago19:08

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At the onset of the pandemic, a mother relocates and experiences several unexpected life changes, including a whirlwind romance for which her 11-year-old daughter had a front-row seat.

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Ep. 10 - Letting Go of Girl-Dads 18:11

5 years ago18:11

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A meditation on the loss of Kobe Bryant and his unabashed approach to raising daughters. A single mother's musings on what it means to defer to her daughter's dad.

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Ep. 9 Atatiana and the Sonic Imagination 12:17

5 years ago12:17

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A meditation on navigating retreat and residency culture as a Black artist, who's constantly being reminded how risk Black people are, wherever we are, in this country, and abroad. Sound for this episode was recorded at the Black Artists Retreat 2019 at the Park Avenue Armory. Featured voices include Theaster Gates, Nona Hendryx, Toshi Reagon, and Esperanza Spalding. This episode also includes recordings of Joshua Brown and Atatiana Jefferson.…

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Ep. 8 As for Me and This House (and Senate) 12:55

6 years ago12:55

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Mother explores her relationship to civic duty, after taking her daughter to vote in the 2018 midterm election. Sound notes: Cuicuitte, Komiku, Podington Bear, Dilla, A Different World, The Cosby Show, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and news broadcasts dating back to 1983.

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Ep. 7 Something Hollowed, Overdue 21:05

6 years ago21:05

21:05

A mother meditates on marriage, in advance of her daughter's father's wedding.

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Ep. 6 The Art of Knowing When to Retreat 13:38

7 years ago13:38

13:38

Hope Chest returns with a new essay written at SPACE on Ryder Farm's Family Residency in July 2018. A week-long artist's residency for parents and their children, SPACE on Ryder Farm affords families that ever-elusive commodity that's so difficult for many artists to find, post-parenting: time. While there, Stacia writes to Story about how the culmination of her academic and professional decisions to date have led her to face some harsh realities of late.…

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Ep. 5 Birth Daze: A Co-Parenting Story 18:02

7 years ago18:02

18:02

A single mother navigates the shifting dynamics of her family -- at a slower pace than everyone else.

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Ep. 4 Woman to Will-Be Woman 14:38

8 years ago14:38

14:38

This Hope Chest essay is about self-reflection and the challenging means by which women work to define themselves.

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Ep 3 (Don't) Forget Paris 16:26

8 years ago16:26

16:26

Adapted from an essay of the same name, this episode takes listeners on an excursion to Paris, as remembered by one Black mother and as told to her daughter.

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Ep. 2 Private Black Motherhood and Public White Protest 12:51

8 years ago12:51

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Ep. 2 Private Black Motherhood and Public White Protest by Hope Chest: A Podcast

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Ep. 1 Sackcloth Farewell, Inauguration of Ashes 10:43

8 years ago10:43