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  <title>WDEK Podcast Ep. 93: Cisco Bradley &amp;amp; LaKendra Tookes - 6/29/21</title>
  <description> Happy Pride Everyone!&amp;amp;nbsp; We celebrate our friends and our fashion icon former guest Jack Dwyer!&amp;amp;nbsp; June was the first month in a year and a half that we were social in a seemingly &amp;quot;normal&amp;quot; way.&amp;amp;nbsp; Shonali's exhausted already.  Our first guest is Cisco Bradley!&amp;amp;nbsp; He's an Author, Professor of Cultural &amp;amp;amp; Social History, Free Jazz &amp;amp;amp; and Experimental Music Aficionado!&amp;amp;nbsp; Just what is &amp;quot;cultural production?&amp;quot;&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;Cisco has just published a book about the genius free jazz bassist William Parker, titled Universal Tonality. We dig deep into the philosophy and inspiring music &amp;amp;amp; words of this influential artist whose career has spanned over 5 decades.&amp;amp;nbsp; We tie together Mr. Parker's philosophy of life and art to the current state of the world.&amp;amp;nbsp; Cisco says &amp;quot;...the history of the United States is the history of racism and the struggles against it...&amp;quot; We discuss underappreciated artists in America &amp;amp;amp; Shonali brings up Shannon Wright, our former Ep. 61 guest! Turns out Cisco is also her fan! Cisco knows what's up!&amp;amp;nbsp;  Father-to-be Justin The Intern gets his own Get It Off Your Chest segment and he surprises us all with what is annoying him today. We are all injured.&amp;amp;nbsp; Christian insists everyone must get Zoom First Aid Kit.&amp;amp;nbsp;  Our second guest is comedian, former SNL writer, actress LaKendra Tookes!&amp;amp;nbsp; LaKendra does not discount out all catcallers! She shares what is acceptable.&amp;amp;nbsp; LaKendra gives us an honest account of her times down time during this pandemic.&amp;amp;nbsp; She has decided &amp;quot;she only wants to do work that uplifts &amp;amp;amp; celebrates black people and black joy.&amp;quot; She is resilient and radiates hope! LaKendra shares her guilty pleasure - reality tv! Did you know LaKendra and her dog Savannah are not scared of rabid squirrels?!&amp;amp;nbsp;  And we leave you with the fresh summer dance hit by comedian Greg Barris! Check it out here on YouTube- Galimmimus! Enjoy and stay safe, mask up everyone.&amp;amp;nbsp; The variant is surging across America!&amp;amp;nbsp; </description>
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