The Black Rest Podcast is an intimate, thought-provoking exploration of rest as a radical and restorative act within Black life. Hosted by Dejha Carrington , the series invites artists, scholars, and activists to reimagine the meaning of rest—not as retreat, but as resistance, renewal, and revolution. Across rich and resonant conversations with voices like Nadege Green , Alexis Pauline Gumbs , Bettina Love , Khary Lazarre-White , James Allister Sprang , Treva B. Lindsey , and others, listeners are guided through the intersections of rest, creativity, healing, and community . Together, they unpack how rest connects to ancestral wisdom, collective care, and the ongoing pursuit of Black freedom and joy. Through storytelling, reflection, and honest dialogue, the Black Rest
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The Black Rest Podcast is a arts podcast hosted by Center For Black Visual Culture, with 7 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.
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Center For Black Visual Culture hosts The Black Rest Podcast, a arts show with 7 episodes published.
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Episode #7
Black Rest Episode #7: A Conversation with Dr. Joan Morgan Reflecting on the Black Rest Project
May 14, 202644 minS0
<p>In this episode of the Black Rest Podcast, host Deja Carrington is joined by the esteemed Dr. Joan Morgan, Director of the Center for Black Visual Culture at New York University. Together, they delve into the transformative power of rest as a form of resistance and a catalyst for creativity within the global Black community.</p>
<p>Dr. Morgan shares her insights on the Black Rest Project, exploring how rest can serve as a revolutionary act that replenishes the mind and body. Tune in to discover how embracing rest can lead to profound personal and societal change.</p>
Black Rest Episode #6: A Conversation with Dr. Deborah Willis on the Black Body at Rest
May 7, 202643 minS0
<p>In this episode of The Black Rest Podcast, Dr. Deborah Willis, a visionary photographer, scholar, and director of NYU’s Center for Black Visual Culture, joins Esther Armah, CEO of the Armah Institute of Emotional Justice to explore the radical, emotional, historical, and deeply personal meanings of Black rest. Together, they trace how a nation built on the backbreaking labor of enslaved Africans shaped Black people's relationship to rest, worth, guilt, and exhaustion. From Otis Redding’s quiet rebellion in “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” to photographs of Black domestic workers simply sitting, breathing, being, Willis redefines rest as an...
Black Rest Episode #5: Dr. Treva B. Lindsey on Rest, Dreaming and Liberation
Apr 30, 202642 minS0
<p>In this powerful and intimate episode, host Dejha Carrington sits down with Dr. Treva B. Lindsey, a scholar, writer, cultural critic, and co-founder of Black Feminist Night School, to explore why rest is not merely restorative but revolutionary for Black people globally. Dr. Lindsey reflects on her childhood in Washington, DC, where chosen kin, community care, and the freedom to try (and fail) shaped her creative spirit. She opens up about witnessing burnout in her educator parents, navigating elite institutions as “the only one,” and the long unlearning required to embrace rest without guilt. Through stories of writing America, Godd...
Black Rest Episode #4: James Allister Sprang on Art, Sound, and Finding Rest
Apr 23, 202636 minS0
<p>On this episode of The Black Rest Podcast, host Dejha Carrington sits down with award-winning artist James Allister Sprang for a rich, sensory conversation about growing up Caribbean American in South Miami, discovering art as a place of calm, and learning to find rest through sound, breath, and presence.</p>
<p>The heart of the episode explores Rest Within the Wake, Sprang’s immersive 48-minute musical work composed during a solo trip to an island off the coast of Belize. He talks about learning to scuba dive, discovering that underwater rest requires constant exhalation, and turning those breaths into to...
Black Rest Episode #3: Childhood, Education, and the Politics of Ease with Dr. Bettina Love and Khary Lazarre-White
Apr 16, 202648 minS0
<p>On this episode of The Black Rest Podcast, host Dejha Carrington sits down with two extraordinary guests, Dr. Bettina L. Love and Khary-Lazarre White, to talk about what rest looked like in their childhoods, how they learned it (or didn’t), and how they’re reshaping rest and joy for the next generation. </p>
<p> Together, the three explore the crisis of rest for Black children today, the generational patterns we inherit, and the radical possibility of joy—the kind of joy where whiteness can’t intrude, where spades tables, kitchen music, and big belly laughs become portals to freedom...
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