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The AYG List with April Yvonne Garrett

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Convener, conversationalist, social commentator and action advocate April Yvonne Garrett serves as inspired host to intimate conversations with fascinating people– some at the top of their game, others still climbing– all possessing an uncommon commitment to owning their stories and achieving their visions. In addition to intimate profiles, The AYG List addresses current events by amplifying a diverse array of voices who unpack and contextualize the complexity of the human experience.

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Baratunde Thurston is CEO and Co-Founder of Cultivated Wit, a company that combines technology with humor. Informed by years of honing his craft as the director of digital for the satirical news site The Onion and Jack & Jill Politics, a black political blog, Baratunde weaves his undeniably accessible intellect, insightful wit and constant need for expression and connection into a vibrant tapestry that explores complex social issues with a lighter but profound touch. Author of four books, including the New York Times bestseller How To Be Black, Baratunde ranks among the most sought after voices of his generation, globally, regarding our digital future and storytelling, satire and democracy, and race and politics. We talk influences, creating systems of support, finding incubators for your brilliance and how he came into the world, full, and ready to go. Twitter: @Baratunde www.Baratunde.com
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Jackson's Honest Chips wants to change the way you think about potato chips. Using the healthiest, most nourishing oil available – coconut oil – Jackson's skillfully crafts their chips in small batches using only the simplest... more
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Becca Roth has been writing stories and screenplays since before she was old enough to type. When she was little, she would pace back and forth in her family's computer room while her mom transcribed Becca's excited spouting of The... more
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Sarah Lewis has served on President Barack Obama's Arts Policy Committee, been selected for Oprah's ?Power List,? and is a faculty member at Yale University, School of Art in the MFA program. Her new book, The Rise:... more
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2010 MacArthur Fellow Jason Moran has established himself as a risk-taking pianist and innovator of new directions for jazz. His awards include Jazz Artist, Jazz Album & Pianist of the Year in the 59th Annual Downbeat Critics... more
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Chazz Woodson is one of the most electrying players in lacrosse. A midfielder for the Florida Launch, he was drafted as the 19th overall pick in the 2005 MLL collegiate draft. After brief stints with the Long Island Lizards and the Boston... more
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Craig Steven Wilder is the chair of MIT's history department and has written three books including his most recent, Ebony & Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities. He began his career as a community organizer... more
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Two world wars, the Civil Rights movement, and a Jheri curl later, Blacks in America continue to have a complex and convoluted relationship with their hair. From the antebellum practice of shaving the head in an attempt to pass as a... more
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The world now knows Kenyon College sophomore men's lacrosse midfielder Holden Richards because his "coming out" story has be chronicled on SB Nation's Outsports and Huffington Post. I reached out to this student at my college alma... more
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In his new book, The Divided Mind of the Black Church, Rev. Raphael G. Warnock, Ph.D., Senior Pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, the spiritual home of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., discusses how a church... more
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