# Pierce Freelon

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Art as Activism, Activism as Art — Pierce Freelon, Revisited

We’re re-releasing a conversation from 2021 that remains strikingly relevant today. In this episode, we speak with Pierce Freelon– musician, filmmaker, social entrepreneur, and former Durham, North Carolina City Councilman– whose work sits at the crossroads of art, activism, and storytelling. From …

I am a Funeral Pyre with Nnenna and Pierce Freelon

The sisters are ecstatic to welcome Nnenna and Pierce Freelon to the show. Nnenna is a GRAMMY nominated  jazz singer, storyteller and grief sojourner. Her latest album is Beneath the Skin. Her new book is Beneath the Skin of Sorrow: Improvisations on Loss. Nneena’s son Pierce is a GRAMMY nominated …

Creating Generational Rites of Passage with Pierce Freelon

Pierce Freelon is the founder and CEO of Coco Fro, a Grammy-nominated artist, Emmy Award-winning creator of the PBS series Beat Making Lab, and founder of Blackspace, an Afrofuturist digital makerspace. A former Durham City Council member and UNC Chapel Hill alumnus, Pierce has spent his career bui…

Navigating a Multi-Disciplinary Career Without Losing Your Soul | Pierce Freelon

We often view artistic success as a series of isolated milestones—a book published, a film screened, or a Grammy nomination earned. We are conditioned to look at the accolade rather than the intent behind it. But true transformation occurs when a creator stops seeing these mediums as separate boxes…

Visual history of Juneteenth celebrations in 'Black Freedom'; Pierce Freelon’s 'Black Boy Glow'

0:01:00 New book "Black Freedom: A Visual History of Juneteenth and Emancipation Days" It’s been five years since Juneteenth was designated a federal holiday, but it’s been celebrated for much longer than that in countless communities across the country. Today, we look at Juneteenth and other holid…

The Kohen Wiley Story: One-Year-Old Boy Shot & Killed by Mississippi Police

A community in Mississippi is demanding answers after one-year-old Kohen Wiley was shot and killed by an officer responding to a shoplifting call. Baby Kohen's mother is speaking out, and her attorney joins Victor. How do Iranian Americans feel about the U.S. agreement with Iran on ending the war?…

1621: Alma in Oz: The Musical! (With Pierce Freelon, Dave Barton Thomas, Dana Chan, and Olubunmi Mia Olufemi

In this episode of The DJ Bob Show, DJ Bob sits down with the creatives behind the new Alma's Way special, Alma in Oz: The Musical! The group discusses turning Alma's world into the land of Oz, showing themes of confidence, creating the musical landscape for this big event, and more! Check out the …

Episode 263 | Author and Musician Pierce Freelon

On this episode we have on author and musician Pierce Freelon,  We talked about kids getting older, figuring out if they’re going to college, historically black colleges, state of education for kids, not paying for baby sitters anymore, his creation of children’s music, male initiation rites, the i…

The MAMA Podcast — Will Chamberlain

Will Chamberlain joins the MAMA crew to talk neocons, the war with Iran, and the politics surrounding America’s latest Middle East conflict. After Will signs off, the MAMA crew keeps things rolling, digging into MAMA’s new Gavin McInnes profile before Isaac Simpson unveils a discovery from his own …