Wanda's Picks

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay!

Wanda's Picks is a arts podcast hosted by Wanda Sabir, with 1,000 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.

Wanda Sabir hosts Wanda's Picks, a arts show with 1,000 episodes published.

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  Episode #485

  Wanda's Picks Farewell Show

  Jan 31, 20254 minS0

  As BTR concludes, here are some highlights from a career that began in 2008 to 2025. Thanks for all the listens. The shows are available @Wanda's Picks at iTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wandas-picks/id297197493 and via Spreaker at https://www.spreaker.com/tags/wandaspicks. Stay in touch. I am revamping my website, wandaspicks.com However, you can email me there as well as follow my interviews and commentary on YouTube.com/wandaspicks and FB, ISG, X or TW @wandaspicks My blog is wandasabir.blogspot.com  Be well! Stay present. God is change. We shape God with our beingness. Stay p...

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  Wanda's Picks Radio Show

  Dec 11, 20243 minS0

  Introduction or Abstract           Nancy Ross Gooch was a Black woman whose family—the Gooch-Monroes, owned most of Coloma, specifically the area around Main Street. Coloma, a small city in El Dorado County, is where James Marshall discovered gold at Sutter’s Mill in 1848. If it weren’t for her family’s stewardship of the land, this town might not exist, yet Californians do not know her name. Children in Coloma and residents in the nearby towns of Placerville nor Sacramento know this important history. It is time to change this.           September 9, 1860, is California Admission Day. 2025 marks its 175th Anniversary. It is a perfect time t...

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  Episode #484

  Wanda's Picks Radio Show

  Dec 6, 20241h 20mS0

  Damu Sudi Alii began his musical career playing trombone in junior high school, then switched to piano in the United States Air Force.  He went on the road in 1969 with a group called "The Mint Juleps" led by trumpeter, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist Clarence Pinckney. The group toured the midwest, southwest, and northwest United States.  Damu later joined a group in Los Angeles called the "Geechie" Smith Allstars" and played the B-3 organ in this group from 1975-1977.  After moving to Oakland around 1979, Damu played in several groups including eight years, 2001 to 2009 with William "Doc" Webster's group, "Jazz Nostalgia" at Les Jouli...

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  Wanda's Picks Radio Show

  Dec 5, 20246 minS0

  This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically, movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay!  "Blessings" is a poem I have se...

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  Episode #483

  Wanda's Picks Radio Show Special

  Nov 14, 202444 minS0

  Meditation "The Invitation" in Ten Thousand Beloved Communities by Kristen Lynn Zimmerman, forward by adrienne maree brown (2023). We close with the poem: "Random Blessings" for Agu, by Wanda Sabir, performed to Agu's song, "Reaching In." Presentation: 1. Grace Lee Boggs 2. Beloved Community, Zimmerman 3. Ethics of Knowledge Creation and Acquisition, Fernandes Module 5 Theme: Bringing Spiritual Activism into Community Materials: Read select readings from Part 4: Direction of the Youth in Fleshing the Spirit (eds. Facio and Lara)Read Chapter 4: Knowledge in Transforming Feminist Practice (Fernandes)Read Part 2: Community Accountability and Transformative Justice in Feminist Accountability (Russo)Read first half of 10,000 Beloved Communities graphic novel (Zi...

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