HeyJaredYou Ain't Imagining This!
You Ain't Imagining This! (YAIT) is an extension of Ama-Robin Lofton's the Espresso Talk Today Podcast. It is a bold and mindful podcast rooted in Black truth-telling, healing, and collective power.
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I Don't Feel Safe! Do You? (opens the original)
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What is making us feel less safe—and what happens when no one around us seems to notice? In this Believe Black People episode, Ama-Robin names five reasons that she feels less safe today: racial threats becoming more public and permissible; troubling disappearances and deaths being too quickly dismissed; institutions failing to protect us; violence against one Black person sending a warning to the wider community; and Black fear being debated, minimised or left unspoken. Believe Black People epi
How is your Map? A Front Porch Talk (opens the original)
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What if the map you've been using to understand the world—and yourself—is wrong? Come sit with Ama-Robin for a Front Porch Talk, a place to get comfortable, share honest thoughts, and enjoy a hibiscus tea. Beginning with the Mercator map drawn in 1569—which makes Greenland appear almost as large as Africa, although Africa is approximately 14 times larger—she considers the other distorted maps we have learned. There is a map of Black history that begins with enslavement, centers white people who
You Ain't Alone in a Black Bookstore: A YAIT Town Story (opens the original)
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This isn't just about books. It's about belonging! I'm Ama-Robin, your sistah-host on this storytelling journey. This week, I'm returning to a special episode--and community favorite!-- from the archives about that special feeling we experience in a Black bookstore: the reminder that we are never alone. In this story, we will step inside a Black-owned bookstore. Feel the warmth. Hear the conversations. Smell the books and the spice of chai in the air. This isn't just a shop—it's a sanctuary, a m
The Second Planting: A YAIT Town Village Story (opens the original)
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Discover what it feels like to walk through a virtual Black town where you are safe, seen, and know that you belong. A new season is beginning in YAIT Town. Come walk with me through the village as we ease into our second planting—a time to consider what we're tending, what we're releasing and what might still be ready to grow. Along the way, we'll stop for three stories filled with memory, wisdom and possibility. YAIT Town remains what it has always been: a place of Black belonging, joy, rest a
Why I Left America--But Never Left Black America (opens the original)
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Short Answer: A New Fantastic Point of View Welcome to the Front Porch—a place to come as you are, sit for a while, and take what you need. In this Front Porch Talk, I'm Ama-Robin, and I'm returning from my summer break with a question I heard again and again: Why did you leave the United States? There are plenty of assumptions. But the truth is more complicated—and much more interesting. I wasn't running away from America. I was reaching toward something: a new fantastic point of view. A wider
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