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The Stoop

The Stoop

By: Hana Baba and Leila Day
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The Stoop podcast digs into stories that are not always shared out in the open. Hosts Leila Day and Hana Baba start conversations and provide professionally-reported stories about what it means to be Black and how we talk about blackness. Come hang out on The Stoop as we dialog about the diaspora.

2017
Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Take a Breath
    Aug 13 2025

    In this episode, we step away from the noise and into stillness- to pause, reboot, and remind ourselves that rest is power.

    We haven’t taken a pause from production in nine years but its’s time to refocus, reimagine, and explore what it means to slow down without stepping away from who we are or the work we love.

    This is a moment to recharge.

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    19 mins
  • Name on a Keychain
    Jul 10 2025

    This is an episode for the kids who never saw their names on those keychains at the giftstore- like our guest, Nigerian American bestselling author, speaker and fellow podcaster- Luvvie Ajayi Jones.
    Many of us grew up with names that were made fun of, and Luvvie's new children's book 'Little Troublemaker Defends her Name' is all about being proud of our names as kids.
    We have a conversation with Luvvie- plus Hana shares a story from her kids podcast Folktales from Sudan about a goat who just won't listen..

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    29 mins
  • PolyFree
    Jun 26 2025

    For Pride Month, we are throwing back to our award winning episode, PolyFree

    Loving multiply or polyamory.
    We already do it (we love our families, we love our friends, we love our pets), but it’s different when it comes to our romantic relationships.

    In this episode, we meet Ambi, Ex and Intro, a triad on the verge of change, as well as Kevin Patterson, author of Love’s Not Colorblind: Race and Representation in Polyamorous and Other Alternative Communities. Crystal Byrd Farmer, who is a solo polyamorist, says that being polyamorous is a part of our Black heritage.

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    34 mins
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