Episode 28

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21st Mar 2022

The Golf Course Mentality (w/Eun Lee)

Happy Monday, Scorekeepers! And happy Women's History Month! We've got a humdinger of an episode for your listening pleasure this week. First up, one thing I bet you didn't know about Paige is that she's been training to become a doula, and recently, she experienced her first birth. She talks about this glorious, life-altering event and why doulas and midwives are so important when it comes to addressing the healthcare disparities that women - especially Black women - experience every day (0:08:13). Next, we're joined by the brilliant Eun Lee, artist, scholar, and Executive Director of The Dream Unfinished, NYC's activist orchestra (0:34:54). And, real talk, if any of you are still questioning what anti-racist activism can look like in the classical music space, you gon' learn today! But whether you are or not, you'll thoroughly enjoy this inspiring, heartfelt conversation with one of the most dynamic leaders in this space. Lastly, we end with a bit of Pure Black Joy (1:21:52), featuring Mitchell-Hamline School of Law's Center for the Study of Black Life and the Law, Jennie Joseph, and Brendan Slocumb's The Violin Conspiracy. Let's do it to it, y'all!

Hosts: Lee Bynum, Rocky Jones, Paige Reynolds

Guest: Eun Lee

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Links

The Dream Unfinished (Website) (Insta) (Twitter) (FB)

SMC Full Circle Doula Training (Website)

Minnesota Healing Justice Network (Website)

National Black Doulas Association (Website)

Divine Birth Wisdom (Website)

Sherry Arnstein's Ladder of Citizen Participation (Website)

Mitchell Hamline School of Law's Center for the Study of Black Life and the Law (Website)

Jennie Joseph (Time Magazine)

Lee's Interview with Brendan Slocumb (Website)

The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb (Purchase)

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The Score
News and commentary about art and pop culture seen through a Black and queer lens
It's time to put the arts on game! Hosts Lee Bynum, Paige Reynolds, and Rocky Jones are three Black, queer artists and pop culture aficionados, who are working every day to bring more diversity, equity, and inclusivity into the arts. Noted by The New York Times as one of the "Podcasts Opera Pros Tune To" in 2021, The Score is their provocative, thoughtful, and humorous commentary on the industry's past, present, and future, as seen through an antiracist and anti-oppressive lens. Each episode features a variety of stories from a variety of perspectives that bring People of the Global Majority, queer, trans and nonbinary folks, and everyone else into the discussion of ownership over and access to the arts. From the opera house to the statehouse to your house, each episode will amplify the voices of those in the field who are pushing the boundaries of what opera is, who it is for, and how it can transform us and our communities.