When you meet Greg Eskridge, you’ll notice his smile, how easy it is to talk to him, and you’ll lean in when he tells you his story. After being incarcerated for 30 Christmases, he's making this one special. Today, award-winning journalist and storyteller Greg Eskridge reflects on love, family, and what this season means to him.

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 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;When you meet Greg Eskridge, you’ll notice his smile, how easy it is to talk to him, and you’ll lean in when he tells you his story. After being incarcerated for 30 Christmases, he's making this one special. Today, award-winning journalist and storyteller Greg Eskridge reflects on love, family, and what this season means to him.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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A very merry Christmas


        When you meet Greg Eskridge, you’ll notice his smile, how easy it is to talk to him, and you’ll lean in when he tells you his story. After being incarcerated for 30 Christmases, he's making this one special. Today, award-winning journalist and storyteller Greg Eskridge reflects on love, family, and what this season means to him.
      

This Christmas Will Be

'Have a seat in my chair..' Today we're at the braiding salon with Ghanaian American playwright Jocelyn Bioh, creator of the Tony Award-winning Broadway play,  Jaja's African Hair Braiding. We chat with her about braiding salon culture, and the different kinds of people she portrays in the play. We explore the African American-African immigrant dynamics that can happen at braiding salons, we talk immigrant life,  audiences that maybe don't get it, and the practice of Black playwrights holding "Black out" nights at the theatre.

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 &lt;p&gt;'Have a seat in my chair..'&lt;br&gt;Today we're at the braiding salon with Ghanaian American playwright Jocelyn Bioh, creator of the Tony Award-winning Broadway play,  Jaja's African Hair Braiding.&lt;br&gt;We chat with her about braiding salon culture, and the different kinds of people she portrays in the play. We explore the African American-African immigrant dynamics that can happen at braiding salons, we talk immigrant life,  audiences that maybe don't get it, and the practice of Black playwrights holding "Black out" nights at the theatre.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Bringing the braiding salon to the theatre


        'Have a seat in my chair..'
Today we're at the braiding salon with Ghanaian American playwright Jocelyn Bioh, creator of the Tony Award-winning Broadway play,  Jaja's African Hair Braiding.
We chat with her about braiding salon culture, and the different kinds of people she portrays in the play. We explore the African American-African immigrant dynamics that can happen at braiding salons, we talk immigrant life,  audiences that maybe don't get it, and the practice of Black playwrights holding "Black out" nights at the theatre.
      

Braids on Stage

As Black country music is having its moment, Hana has always wondered why her Sudanese mom loved Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton. You can hear country music playing in cafes in African capitals. There is a love of American country music among our African elders, many say they grew up with it.  While for many, country music is associated with white culture and isn't relatable, for many African elders it holds a very special place in their hearts. Why?  We explore the surprising histories and the appeal, and follow the story of legendary Ivorian country music duo Peter One &amp; Jess Sah Bi. This ain't Texas. It's Africa.

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 &lt;p&gt;As Black country music is having its moment, Hana has always wondered why her Sudanese mom loved Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton. You can hear country music playing in cafes in African capitals. There is a love of American country music among our African elders, many say they grew up with it. &lt;br&gt;While for many, country music is associated with white culture and isn't relatable, for many African elders it holds a very special place in their hearts. Why? &lt;br&gt;We explore the surprising histories and the appeal, and follow the story of legendary Ivorian country music duo Peter One &amp;amp; Jess Sah Bi.&lt;br&gt;This ain't Texas. It's Africa.&lt;/p&gt;
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        As Black country music is having its moment, Hana has always wondered why her Sudanese mom loved Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton. You can hear country music playing in cafes in African capitals. There is a love of American country music among our African elders, many say they grew up with it. 
While for many, country music is associated with white culture and isn't relatable, for many African elders it holds a very special place in their hearts. Why? 
We explore the surprising histories and the appeal, and follow the story of legendary Ivorian country music duo Peter One &amp; Jess Sah Bi.
This ain't Texas. It's Africa.
      

This ain't Texas, it's Africa

Let’s take a moment. It was a tense few months leading up to the election. Today we want to pause, and share an ode to the Black women who continue to show up.  Featuring an essay by writer Stacia Brown.

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 &lt;p&gt;Let’s take a moment.&lt;br&gt;It was a tense few months leading up to the election. Today we want to pause, and share an ode to the Black women who continue to show up. &lt;br&gt;Featuring an essay by writer Stacia Brown.&lt;/p&gt;
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        Let’s take a moment.
It was a tense few months leading up to the election. Today we want to pause, and share an ode to the Black women who continue to show up. 
Featuring an essay by writer Stacia Brown.
      

Black Women are Something Else (again)

We don't hear alot of personal stories about what it is to be a big man in Black spaces.  Today we go there with Ronald Young Jr., award-winning podcaster and creator of the hit show “Weight for It.” We stoop it out as he takes us back in time to when he was roasted at church, and unpacks what it feels like to be on the receiving end of ridicule by those who you feel closest to.

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 &lt;p&gt;We don't hear alot of personal stories about what it is to be a big man in Black spaces. &lt;br&gt;Today we go there with Ronald Young Jr., award-winning podcaster and creator of the hit show “Weight for It.” We stoop it out as he takes us back in time to when he was roasted at church, and unpacks what it feels like to be on the receiving end of ridicule by those who you feel closest to. &lt;/p&gt;
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When the teasing isn't funny


        We don't hear alot of personal stories about what it is to be a big man in Black spaces. 
Today we go there with Ronald Young Jr., award-winning podcaster and creator of the hit show “Weight for It.” We stoop it out as he takes us back in time to when he was roasted at church, and unpacks what it feels like to be on the receiving end of ridicule by those who you feel closest to. 
      

The Subtle Roast

The Stoop podcast digs into stories that are not always shared out in the open. Hosts Leila Day and Hana Baba start conversations and provide professionally-reported stories about what it means to be Black and how we talk about blackness. Come hang out on The Stoop as we dialog about the diaspora.

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