Foot On Yo’ Neck

CW: death, dying At the beginning of 2024, we recorded and sent each other voice notes on the topic of grief. We start with a short intro to bridge into these recordings and end the episode with reflection about how our experiences of grief have changed over time, the significance of water and grief for Black people as descendants of enslaved Africans, and how we would like to be commemorated and...

What’s an outline? We still don’t know her. We're back with no outline again. Just talking where the wind takes us! This month we discuss the generative power of Blackness and how it has been perverted to vilify and subjugate Black peoples, particularly Women and children. We discuss purpose of Thanksgiving and we ponder if Black folks participation the holiday is in fact also venerating the  viol...

What’s an outline? We don’t know her! We have officially accepted that we are both world class yappers and in this episode we riff and rap about it all!  Music and our favorite albums. We revive an old segment called “ I Know Why The Choppa SIngs,” where we air out our grievances. We celebrate the power of knowing when to shut up and when to yap, and we eventually dive into our weariness around al...

What kind of community and care could be possible if we rid ourselves of all the hateration in this dancery?? References: Lorde, Audre. “Eye to Eye: Black Women, Hatred, and Anger.” Sister Outsider, Crossing Press, 1984, pp. 142–175. https://rhinehartibenglish.weebly.com/uploads/2/2/1/0/22108252/sister_outsider_audrey_lorde_ib_pdf_packet.pdf Website: ⁠⁠footonyoneckpodcast.net For all inquiries, pl...

What We Do: GATHER LIBERATION DRIVEN BLACK WOMEN AND FEMME ARTISTS AND COMMUNITY BUILDERS WHO CREATE WITH THE PURPOSE OF AFFIRMING THE LIVES OF BLACK COMMUNITIES GLOBALLY CATALYZE HEALING DIALOGUE TO NURTURE TRUTHTELLING AND DISPEL SYSTEMIC MISINFORMATION CURATE SONIC OFFERINGS WITH TOOLS AND RESOURCES THAT ALIGN OUR THEORY + EVERYDAY ACTIONS TO EMBOLDEN REVOLUTIONARY LIVING WATER THE SEEDS OF A L...

In this episode, we discuss ponder what does it mean to feel seen, to be seen, and how and where does that happen? We tussle with the questions of “Do Black Women have an obligation to see one another?” and “Do we really believe that we can see ourselves in every human being?”  EVERY human being!!!!…..Yikes idk y’all. And of course, we close it out with our prophetic proclamations with our closing...

Summertime is ripe for change! In this episode, we discuss how summer can awaken our inner child, and how healing this part of ourselves is integrally connected to our capacity to dream of a new world.  Website: ⁠⁠ footonyoneckpodcast.net For all inquiries, please email us at footonyoneck@gmail.com   How You Can Support Our Podcast?  Share this episode with a friend/ya mama Follow us on IG and Tik...

In this episode, we discuss the diabolical and calculated ways that krackas (krackas = actors on behalf of the status quo and oppressive systems; racism, capitalism, whiteness, patriarchy, christianity, colonialism, etc.) seek to hinder our liberation and often recruit us to help them do so. To that we say f*ck no! Our minds and bodies belong to us and we are reclaiming em!! Join us as we discuss...

Cheers!!!! We made it to the new year! Join us in a bonus minisode for a special “Put Yo Name On It“ segment as we proclaim the many blessings and experiences that Black Women and ourselves will recieve in 2024. (Not mentioned in the episode: We are very excited to witness a a freed Congo, a freed Palestine, a freed Haiti, a freed Tigray, freed Sudan, and more liberated world in 2024. The disenfra...

In this episode, we reflect on what our journey as individual creatives has been like for the past two years. We discussed our artist journeys previously in season 2, Episode 7 back in 2021 and this is the Re-Up!!! We reflect on what has changed in our practices and what has stayed the same and even more so why are we artists? Go grab a warm beverage and come reflect on some tings with us! #FreeCo...

It has been a hot minute y’all but we are back! In this episode, we catch y’all up on our last year and a half since recording. Kicking off SZN 2.5 we question our generational responsibility to create wealth for our predecessors, what does that really look like? Does monetary wealth equate to abundance? Like the old folk say, "you can't take it with you!" but you can leave it here! What else othe...

We are on an extended break from FYN, but we still have to remind y'all to keep your foot on necks! In the name of Juneteenth and uplifting the freedom of our enslaved ancestors, we are re-releasing our journalistic Juneteenth episode where we interviewed Black femmes at the 2021 Leimert Park Rising festival.  We hope you enjoy this replay and we'll see you soon! Special thank you to everyone...

Ahh it's our very first minisode! Are you tired of listening to men, and specifically men with podcasts? Are they causing you grief, irritation, and genuine discomfort to your eardrums? If you answered yes to either of those questions, this episode is the end of all that grief! Let's lay them to rest once and for all, never allowing them reverence on Earth again.   Title Card and Social...

Podcast Intro and Outro Theme Song Audio - Playing indigo IG: @indigo.player77 Follow and listen to Playing indigo on Spotify for healing and anti-capitalist tunes playingindigo.org Title Card and Social Media Design - Ariel Mengistu IG: @rellyrooo Arielmengistu.com Ahh it's our very first minisode! Are you tired of listening to men, and specifically men with podcasts? Are they causing you grief,...

I bet you didn’t know this podcast was made up of two bibliophiles, did you? In our season two finale, we break down our favorite pieces of text by Black Women. These choices are text that have carried us, radicalized us, and guided us on our way. Go check out some of the text we talk about and give them a gander and share your thoughts with us! Season two has been real and we hope you have enjoye...

In this episode, We discuss the intersection of colorism and its deleterious impact on Black people, specifically Women and Femmes, affected by misogyny with TK! TK is the founder and the heart n' soul behind the digital Black feminist platform The Darkest Hue, where she creates provocative and transformative content surrounding the issue of colorism. TK's pronouns are she and hers. And she is a r...

In this episode, we revisit the the topic of Black Excellence by offering another perspective that we decided to call "Black Authenticity." How has whiteness, race, capitalism and all the other -isms and power structures affect how we live our lives? SURPRISE! THERE'S A FUCK TON OF ways we inhibit, exhaust, and betray ourselves for the sake of others. Not over here though baby! Black Women and Fem...

In episode 11, We revisit the topic of Juneteenth with some guest! During our time celebrating Juneteenth at the Leimert Park Rising Festival we asked some Black Women about their opinions on Juneteenth becoming a "federal holiday." Note: the day after we recorded Episode 8, Juneteenth officially became a federal holiday. So we decided it was the perfect moment to get folks real opinions on this....

On this week’s episode of Foot On Yo’ Neck, we are joined by our lovely guest and fellow bruin NJ Omorogieva to discuss what it’s like living outside the US and the impact it has on daily life as a Black woman. NJ's pronouns are She/Her. NJ is an LA native currently living in Madrid,Spain and preparing for her move to London, England to continue her education journey. For the past two years, she h...

On this week’s episode of Foot On Yo’ Neck we will be discussing the realities of being our whole Black girl selves in academia , grad school, and beyond with Alexis Umoye. Alexis's pronouns are she and her. Alexis Umoye is a second-year medical student at University of California, Davis, where she is a Vice Chancellor MARCH Scholar and a member of the Academic Research Career for Medical Doctors...

We're back!! On this week’s episode of Foot On Yo’ Neck, Nia and Jana break down the (now popularized) holiday Juneteenth. We talk about the history of Juneteenth and it's origins historically and we also breakdown how fucking weird Juneteenth last year (2020) was. In addition to that, our in house astrologer, Jana breaks down the astrological significance of both the original Freedom Day June 19t...

Podcast Intro and Outro Theme Song Audio - Playing indigo IG: @indigo.player77 Follow and listen to Playing indigo on Spotify for healing and anti-capitalist tunes Title Card and Social Media Design - Ariel Mengistu IG: @rellyrooo Arielmengistu.com On this very special episode, we discuss what it is to be an artist, our journeys thus far, how we’ve been overcoming fears and leaning into our joys,...

Podcast Intro and Outro Theme Song Audio - Playing indigo IG: @indigo.player77 Follow and listen to Playing indigo on Spotify for healing and anti-capitalist tunes Title Card and Social Media Design - Ariel Mengistu IG: @rellyrooo Arielmengistu.com On this week’s episode of Foot On Yo’ Neck we will be discussing Black Feminist Health Science Studies with Ugo Edu, who we first encountered as our pr...

Podcast Intro and Outro Theme Song Audio - Playing indigo IG: @indigo.player77 Follow and listen to Playing indigo on Spotify for healing and anti-capitalist tunes Title Card and Social Media Design - Ariel Mengistu IG: @rellyrooo Arielmengistu.com On this week’s episode of Foot On Yo’ Neck we will be discussing the art of being a content creator, managing the hustle and drive that follows, and ho...

Podcast Intro and Outro Theme Song Audio - Playing indigo IG: @indigo.player77 Follow and listen to Playing indigo on Spotify for healing and anti-capitalist tunes Title Card and Social Media Design - Ariel Mengistu IG: @rellyrooo Arielmengistu.com On this week’s episode of Foot On Yo’ Neck we will be discussing How to Feed the Chaos with Taylor Beasley, who is a corporate creative. Taylor’s prono...