Celebrating Role Models & Memorable Characters
09/23/20 • 34 min
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Deep chat with Summer Martin of The Unconventional Woman Podcast about role models & memorable characters and what they meant for us, our aunties, mothers and friendships.
We discuss the impact of Freddie Brooks of A Different World, Mary Richards of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Cosby Show's Clair Huxtable and others on us and generations older and younger. Temple University student Maryam Muhammad adds her perspective on Cree Summer's Freddie Brooks.
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Maryam Muhammad, student at Temple University and blogger at Medium, a place where writers, influencers and podcasters get the word out. Find her work at www.maryamazeeza.com –
Instagram: @NeptunesNegress and Twitter: @OilyEyelids.
Summer Martin, co-host and podcaster
Twitter @summerygory, Instagram: unconventional _woman
podcast https://www.tuwpodcast.com/
Chris Spags' YouTube Channel - Tami Taylor
The Cosby Show YouTube Channel - Night of the Wretched clip
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Past relevant episodes of this podcast:
Jennifer Keishin Armstrong author of Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted:
Women of MTM: Words, casting & fashion
Dr. Robin Means Coleman on Debbie Allen’s transformation of A Different World
Cagney & Lacey
Deep chat with Summer Martin of The Unconventional Woman Podcast about role models & memorable characters and what they meant for us, our aunties, mothers and friendships.
We discuss the impact of Freddie Brooks of A Different World, Mary Richards of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Cosby Show's Clair Huxtable and others on us and generations older and younger. Temple University student Maryam Muhammad adds her perspective on Cree Summer's Freddie Brooks.
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Maryam Muhammad, student at Temple University and blogger at Medium, a place where writers, influencers and podcasters get the word out. Find her work at www.maryamazeeza.com –
Instagram: @NeptunesNegress and Twitter: @OilyEyelids.
Summer Martin, co-host and podcaster
Twitter @summerygory, Instagram: unconventional _woman
podcast https://www.tuwpodcast.com/
Chris Spags' YouTube Channel - Tami Taylor
The Cosby Show YouTube Channel - Night of the Wretched clip
- - - -
Past relevant episodes of this podcast:
Jennifer Keishin Armstrong author of Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted:
Women of MTM: Words, casting & fashion
Dr. Robin Means Coleman on Debbie Allen’s transformation of A Different World
Cagney & Lacey
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This interview caps a summer series collaboration of Advanced TV Herstory and The Reel Women, a community that celebrates the successes of women in filmed entertainment.
Other topics:
How a white person can become better ally.
The PoC talent pipeline.
A stand-up comedian's schedule in lockdown.
The Margaret Cho (her podcast on Earios & a few of her guests). https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-margaret-cho/id1470515305
Her 2002 book I'm the One I Want https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28356.I_m_the_One_That_I_Want?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=ENB0ERqe7y&rank=1
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The Reel Women https://thereelwomen.com/
Jahzzar's Take Me Higher at https://FreeMusicArchive.org
Introductory shout out to Chicago's Arcus Behavioral Health & Wellness https://www.arcusbehavioralhealth.com/
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Deep chat with Summer Martin of The Unconventional Woman Podcast about role models & memorable characters and what they meant for us, our aunties, mothers and friendships.
We discuss the powerful impressions of Freddie Brooks of A Different World, The Flying Nun's Sister Bertille and Homeland's Carrie Mathison. Temple University student Maryam Muhammad adds her perspective on Cree Summer's Freddie Brooks.
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Maryam Muhammad, student at Temple University and blogger at Medium, a place where writers, influencers and podcasters get the word out. Find her work at www.maryamazeeza.com –
Instagram: @NeptunesNegress and Twitter: @OilyEyelids.
Summer Martin, co-host and podcaster
Twitter @summerygory, Instagram: unconventional _woman
podcast https://www.tuwpodcast.com/
Claire Danes on Carrie Mathison - Showtime's Homeland YouTube Channel - S. 8 trailer
Freddie Brooks on A Different World S.6, E.1
Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, author of Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted.
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