The Vibes of a Village

In this powerful episode of Vibes of a Village , host Talia Goshay digs deep into the internal divides within the Black community—especially the harm caused when we uplift certain Black voices while silencing others. From the tension between Black men and Black women to the mistreatment and erasure of LGBTQ+ folks in our own communities, this episode asks: What does unity really look like? We also...

We’ve all heard it: “Black men don’t protect Black women.” “Black women don’t respect Black men.” But what if I told you the tension between us didn’t start in the comments section — it started in policy, pain, and survival? In this powerful and vulnerable episode of The Vibes of a Village Podcast , I dig into the roots of the so-called “gender war” in the Black community — from mass incarceration...

In this episode, we take a hard but necessary look at how the American education system was never designed with Black children in mind — and how it continues to harm them today. From the racist roots of standardized testing to the modern-day impact on low-income students of all races, this conversation exposes how deep the damage runs. But this isn’t just a critique — it’s a call to action. We tal...

In this very first episode of The Vibes of a Village Podcast , we’re diving into a conversation that’s been long overdue — the school-to-prison pipeline and why so many of our Black and Brown babies are being left behind. From third-grade reading scores being used to predict prison beds, to the way our children are labeled as “problems” instead of seen as kids in need of support — we’re unpacking...