Ep 11: Owning Your Identity, Narrative and History with Angelika Beener

We Got This!... Or Do We?!

Yunie and Ali are ecstatic to bring a very special guest to the show who’s dropping some serious wisdom on the “We Got This Ladies” and we know you’ll love it! She’s owning motherhood with beauty and strength all while setting an example of what it means to own your identity, narrative, and history. Welcome the REAL DEAL Angelika Beener to this episode of “We Got This! Or Do We?!” We talk about what it means to be a black woman working in the music industry, sharing roots and being part of a revered musical family, and how we can advocate for women and girls RIGHT NOW. Let’s not wait for the future. Mmmmk?

Born and raised in New York, Angelika is a Creative in so many ways. You can find her writing and musings at Kultured Child as well as a variety of media outlets including DownBeat, Jazz at Lincoln Center, National Public Radio, and Nextbop. She is on the Board of Directors for the Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls and lectures on event panels and universities about jazz journalism in the contexts of race, gender, and generation. Basically she’s a Boss. Listen and love.

Follow Angelika here! instagram.com/kulturedchild/

Mentions in this episode:
Kultured Child
Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls
Digging for Weldon Irvine

Weldon Irvine Film Instagram!

At Carnegie Hall
Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane