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Sylly, as in syllabus - a biweekly show from Mbiye Kasonga and Tembe Denton Hurst. Every other week we'll dive into a primary text, using it as a starting point for big conversations, syllabus included. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Considering the Cyborg with Sierra Greer (opens the original)
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Welcome back to Sylly, a podcast for the curious and critical. We’re your hosts, Mbiye Kasonga and Tembe Denton-Hurst . Today’s episode looks back at a conversation that I (Mbiye) had with Sierra Greer, the author of Annie Bot. Annie Bot is a book that has haunted me since I read it. It tells the story of Annie, a robot companion purchased by Doug, a human male. The book explores several themes, but the one I’m most interested in is the idea of the female cyborg and the intersection of gender an
What We *Actually* Read This Summer (opens the original)
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Welcome back to Sylly, a podcast for the curious and critical. We’re your hosts, Mbiye Kasonga and Tembe Denton-Hurst . In episode 18, we’re talking about the books that have actually captured our attention this summer, and what we’re hoping to finish before summer ends. We talk about why we’ve both sworn off reading blurbs and watching trailers, what it means to read outside your own identity without losing sight of whose stories you’re prioritizing, and why Tembe thinks we’ve entered a second
How Do We Get Free? (opens the original)
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Welcome back to Sylly, a podcast for the curious and critical. We’re your hosts, Mbiye Kasonga and Tembe Denton-Hurst . In episode 17, we’re thinking about freedom using Gathering Blossoms Under Fire as a primary text. The journals of Alice Walk offer us insight into what it means to be a free woman, and a free Black woman at that. Tembe and I discuss how people misinterpret freedom, confusing it with power and domination. We round out the conversation by discussing books that center liberated w
Kiese Laymon on Long Division, Revision, and Authorship as Liberation (opens the original)
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Welcome back to Sylly, a podcast for the curious and critical. We’re your hosts, Mbiye Kasonga and Tembe Denton-Hurst . In this episode, I (Mbiye) sat down with acclaimed writer Kiese Laymon to talk about his novel Long Division , among other things. Kiese and I had a wide-ranging conversation, using Long Division as our primary text, alongside the fable of the City Mouse and the Country Mouse, to think through questions of origin, ambition, and self-love. We also get into the mechanics of Kiese
What Does Summer Sound Like? (opens the original)
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Welcome back to Sylly , a podcast for the curious and critical. Today’s episode is a solo with just me, Mbiye , and I come bearing a gift: a summer playlist. Tune in to the episode to hear me chat about the highlights of my summer so far, which include watching DRC’s national team play in the World Cup soccer and reading as widely and voraciously as I can while still being as outside as possible. Check out the playlist on Spotify: The Sylly Summer Soundtrack As always, if there’s anything you wa
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