The incomparable Tamron Hall shares what personal and professional rejection feels like and the best way to dance on. Host, Michael Eric Dyson, covers a litany of personal and professional topics with the venerable journalist that include cancel culture, professional ambitions, influences, her family and growing up in Texas. Dr. Dyson and the Emmy winning talk-show host almost come to tears over a story about a young child asking Tamron for a picture… the child reminded Ms. Hall of her younger self which imbued Tamron with great pride. Everything is on the table in this candid one-hour interview with his Guest Tamron Hall; politics, race, Black excellence, being an author and of course who she is today in this episode of Why I Love Black Women.

In the premiere episode of Why I Love Black Women, Michael Eric Dyson speaks with legendary Oscar nominated actress, artist and activist Aunjanue Ellis. Ms. Ellis’s career is the very embodiment of Black genius and excellence, as she has played icons Oracene Price (mother to Serena and Venus) and Dr. Mattie Moss Clark, Black gospel innovator and visionary matriarch of the Clark Sisters. Ellis reflects on her Mississippi roots, coming to terms with her queer identity, and “The Slap,” which she ingeniously places in the context of the politics of white patriarchy. Brilliant, courageous, daring and impossibly literate, Ellis offers a glimpse into why we should all love Black women.

Why am I hosting this podcast based on my book, Why I Love Black Women?