Episodes

  • A Love Letter to Mercury Rx (feat. Blake Jackson)

    A Love Letter to Mercury Rx (feat. Blake Jackson)
    Apr 17 2024

    We lost this show 3 times. THREE! Still, we persisted to bring you a conversation that is full of complexities and teeming with love. Ebony & Yonnas are joined by Blake Jackson @_blackson_ for a deep dive into their most recent Black film & community collaboration, "A Love Letter to Black Liberation." The March 2024 red carpet event showcased a night of black indie films, live performance by Yonnas, and the premier of the music video "A Dream Ebony." We discuss what we love, what we're fighting for, what we're avoiding, celebrating and reading on this journey toward liberation.

    For more information on Yonnas & Blake's project and to watch the full video for "A Dream Ebony" visit: https://www.alovelettertoblackliberation.com/adreamebony

    IG: @alovelettertoblackliberation

    Time Stamps:

    00:00 Introduction / Overview

    10:57 The Coercion of Patriarchal Systems

    39:42 Divesting from Capitalism for Black Liberation

    56:38 Envisioning an Anti-racist Society

    01:08 Speaking of Beyonce...

    01:18 The Need for Ruthless Criticism of Existing Systems

    01:45 The Pressure on Beyonce: Expectations and Criticisms

    02:04 Navigating Complex Issues Nuanced Discussions and Understanding

    02:16 Conclusions and Reflections

    02:29 What Are You Reading?

    Links: Ebony’s Website - https://www.ebonyisisbooth.com/

    Ebony’s Instagram - @coachebonysaid

    Yonnas’ Website - https://www.mynameisyonnas.com/

    Yonnas’ Instagram - @mynameisyonnas


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    2 hrs and 43 mins
  • Peaches & Pits

    Peaches & Pits
    Jan 23 2024

    Real talk. I think we both had vulnerability hangovers after this conversation. We cover the bases of 20 years of friendship by examining what happens when old ghosts show up to defame and intimidate you out of your truth. Remember, nobody can tell your story better than you. This episode sat in the drafts for 3 months but deserves a deep listen. No time stamps this week. Just vibes and saying the quiet parts out loud.

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    2 hrs and 34 mins
  • Friends Over Followers

    Friends Over Followers
    Dec 7 2023

    On this week’s episode, Ebony and Yonnas take a step back from rigor and research to check in with each other. Hear about how “My Little Pony” became a therapeutic tool for rest and reflection and the 9 year anniversary of Ebony’s Twitter dragging. The illusion of social media: followers vs. friends, influencers vs. leaders and why we want The Good Wife to sit down somewhere. In the second half of the show, Yonnas highlights the significance of the political consciousness of black people. Ebony goes straight doomsday. Yonnas offers a solution to afro pessimism and we discuss healing as the pathway to Black autonomy. Overall we agree that we want to be in community with people who are healed and healing and discuss the importance and accessibility of therapy for the folks in the movement. 


    ***Juliana was technically right about the Jim Crow playbook for Germany but we’re still big mad about literally everything else. Here’s a link for clarity and correctness.


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    Ebony’s Instagram - @coachebonysaid

    Yonnas’ Website - https://www.mynameisyonnas.com/

    Yonnas’ Instagram - @mynameisyonnas

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    2 hrs and 1 min
  • A History Of Repair

    A History Of Repair
    Nov 24 2023

    Ebony and YONNAS do a deep dive on the history of Reparations stateside and beyond, following with a discussion on their latest readings.


    8:20 defining reparations

    12:05 Ta’Nehisi tried to tell us 

    16:30 Juneteenth and other liberal fantasies

    20:10 Imminent domain & massacres

    23:00 Men on mics make Ebony uneasy

    25:30 The long arc of our ancestor’s work

    30:40 It’s still Land Back on mines

    45:00 Darity’s plan for reparations

    48:30 ADOS: Why is everything Red, white & blue?

    61:01 You are a Storm Trooper, Bro!

    76:00 Do you love Black People?

    93:00 What are you reading? 

    114:00 Worst thing / Best thing

    123:00 It Ain’t that Deep


    Link: narrative lab


    How To Go Mad Without Losing Your Mind: Madness and Black Radical Creativity


    From Here to Equality: Reparations for black Americans in the Twenty-First Century


    Substack: Ebony Imago 

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    2 hrs and 26 mins
  • Everything Will Be Returned

    Everything Will Be Returned
    Nov 7 2023
    What is the opposite of an acceptable reparations package and liberation movement? In this episode, Ebony and YONNAS analyze Palestine, Zionism, settler colonialism and AfropessimismEbony’s Website - https://www.ebonyisisbooth.com/Ebony’s Instagram - @coachebonysaidYonnas’ Website - https://www.mynameisyonnas.com/Yonnas’ Instagram - @mynameisyonnasPoem: “Everything Will Be Returned” by Malkia Cyril https://mediajustice.org/staff/malkia-devich-cyril/Afropessimism, Frank B.Wilderson, III. https://wwnorton.com/books/9781631496141Against Our Better Judgement: The hidden history of how he U.S. was used to create Israel, Alison Weir. https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/against-our-better-judgment-the-hidden-history-of-how-the-united-states-was-used-to-create-israel/9252457/#isbn=149591092XPalestine: A Socialist Introduction. Sumaya Awad & Brian Bean. (Free Download!) https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1558-palestine-a-socialist-introduction “The Case for Reparations.” The Atlantic. Taneheisi Coates (2014). “There are New Suns.” Reparations Narrative Lab Report. https://www.reparationsnarrativelab.org/Endnote on eminent domain: “A University of Tel Aviv archaeologist named Ze’ev Herzon wrote in the newspaper Ha’aretz in 1999, “The Israelites were never in Egypt, did not wander in the desert, did not conquer the land in a military campaign, and did not pass it on o the twelve tribes of Israel. Furthermore, the united monarchy of David and Solomon, which is described by the Bible as a regional power, was at most a small tribal kingdom.” The Israelites were merely one indigenous culture among many. The idea that they had some sort of preeminent claim to the Holy Land has no basis in historical fact. Zionist archeology thus turns out to subvert Zionism.” https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/one-state-solution/tnamp/Ebony’s Bio: Ebony is a passionate and engaged transformation coach, catalyst, and speaker whose work values lived experience as expertise. A champion and advocate for Black Women in new and emergent leadership positions; Ebony specializes in bringing joyful collaboration to cultural engagement strategies through inspired leadership development, authentic Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and radical Self-Acceptance that centers historically marginalized perspectives. Ebony brings awareness, alignment, and actionable solutions; inviting audiences to consider the nature of infinite possibility!Yonnas’ Bio: The son of Samiel and Elsa, Eritrean immigrants who fled war, walked across the Sudanese desert for nine days, conceived him in Rome and birthed him in Denver, Yonnas Abraham is a confluence of miracles. Spending twelve of the past twenty years making indie rap in The Pirate Signal and BLKHRTS respectively, and 8 in his bedroom conceiving this: Dream Pop For Black People. Nick Bassett’s (Whirr, Nothing, Deafheaven) guitar and production acumen mix with Yonnas’s skillful sampling, soulful yet spectral singing and hard-ass beats to form a heady stew of Dream Bops. Dreamy Soul For Black Liberation. De-Colonized Rock music. The bright, shiny Black future.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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    2 hrs and 6 mins
  • The Language of Liberation

    The Language of Liberation
    Oct 19 2023

    "In order to build the movements capable of transforming our world, we have to do our best to live with one foot in the world we have not yet created.” - Aurora Levins Morales


    Welcome to What Would It Look Like? A podcast that inspires and empowers you to build transformative movements by living with one foot in the world we have not yet created. 

    I am your host, Ebony Isis Booth. I am a Life Alchemy Coach, Cultural Strategist, and Fly Auntie. I believe and hold at the center of my work that Healing is Possible. Magic is Real. and Love is the Answer.

    It is from this place that I coach and guide cycle breakers through the inevitability of their own growth and transformation. I help people move from unworkable to #unfuckwittable through a Black Womanist lens that prioritizes healing, radical Self love, and liberation.

    I am joined by artist, producer, coconspirator, creative accomplice, and friend, YONNAS. Together, we are going to take a coach approach to the work of liberation. 


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    Ebony’s Instagram - @coachebonysaid

    Yonnas’ Website - https://www.mynameisyonnas.com/

    Yonnas’ Instagram - @mynameisyonnas

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    2 hrs and 28 mins