# Yolanda Wisher
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yolanda wisher (born 1976) is an American poet, educator and spoken word artist who focuses on the experience of being African-American. She is a graduate of Temple University and was selected as the third Poet Laureate of Philadelphia in 2016.
== Education and early life ==
yolanda wisher was born in Philadelphia and grew up in North Wales, Pennsylvania.
Open Line: On Philadelphia
The Bicentennial Babies share a mini love letter to Philadelphia — a city of rowhomes, radical histories, and family stories.
Bicentennial Baby was created and produced by Yolanda Wisher for ArtPhilly’s WhatNow 2026 Festival. The series was stitched and spun by sound engineer V. Shayne Frederick.
Open Line: Roll Call
A short introduction to the world of Bicentennial Baby through layered voices, memories, obsessions, and sonic fragments. Part mixtape, part memoir, "Roll Call" tunes listeners into the frequencies that shape the series.
Bicentennial Baby was created and produced by Yolanda Wisher for ArtPhilly’s…
We Are the Survivors of Everything Our Ancestors Went Through (Naila)
Born in 1976, Naila reflects on movement, memory, and what it means to be a Bicentennial Baby turning fifty. Released in her memory, this episode honors a life that continues to move through us with grace and light.
Bicentennial Baby was created and produced by Yolanda Wisher for ArtPhilly’s WhatN…
There Are At Least Two Americas (Stewart)
Stewart reflects on growing up in the South, navigating history and contradiction, and what it means to move forward in a country shaped by multiple, competing realities.
Bicentennial Baby was created and produced by Yolanda Wisher for ArtPhilly’s WhatNow 2026 Festival. The series was stitched and …
We Need Each Other (Maleka)
Maleka reflects on identity, protest, and connection—tracing a life shaped by migration, memory, and the belief that community is essential to survival.
Bicentennial Baby was created and produced by Yolanda Wisher for ArtPhilly’s WhatNow 2026 Festival. The series was stitched and spun by sound engi…
Big Dreams (Kenny)
Kenny reflects on growing up in a generation of “big everything”—big style, big imagination, and big dreams—and what it means to hold onto hope at fifty.
Bicentennial Baby was created and produced by Yolanda Wisher for ArtPhilly’s WhatNow 2026 Festival. The series was stitched and spun by sound eng…
Be Careful With Your Spirit (Laurie)
Laurie reflects on growing up between generations, carrying political memory, and learning to love a place without pretending it’s perfect.
Bicentennial Baby was created and produced by Yolanda Wisher for ArtPhilly’s WhatNow 2026 Festival. The series was stitched and spun by sound engineer V. Shayn…
Born at the End of Something (Michi)
Michi reflects on identity, movement work, and coming of age at what she calls “the end of a certain American delusion.”
Bicentennial Baby was created and produced by Yolanda Wisher for ArtPhilly’s WhatNow 2026 Festival. The series was stitched and spun by sound engineer V. Shayne Frederick.
Maybe It Means Everything (Yolanda)
Yolanda reflects on creating Bicentennial Baby, searching for meaning in a shared birth year, and what it means to tell our stories before they disappear.
Bicentennial Baby was created and produced by Yolanda Wisher for ArtPhilly’s WhatNow 2026 Festival. The series was stitched and spun by sound e…
A Conversation with Yolanda Wisher
This is a bonus episode where we sit down with a very special guest, Yolanda Wisher from Monument Lab, to talk about all things monuments. Because this podcast series began in 2021, we survey the monument landscape in the intervening years—what has shifted, and which questions endure? In this conve…
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