Beyond The Table
Amanda Clemons
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S1E14 Starting the Year Right: New Year Traditions in the Black South
January has not always been about reinvention. In the Black South, New Year traditions were shaped by history, uncertainty, and care. Long before resolutions and goal lists, the New Year was a moment…
S1E13 Thank You for Listening: A Reflection on Culture, Memory, and Building Beyond the Table
Hello, I'm Amanda. Welcome to Beyond the Table stories of culture, memory, and meaning. In this short episode, I wanted to pause and say thank you. Beyond the Table launched in October, and this…
S1E12 Christmas in the Black South: Food, Faith, and the Quiet Meaning of Home
In this Christmas episode, we explore Christmas in the Black South a tradition shaped by food, faith, memory, and the enduring pull of home. Looking beyond commercial narratives, this episode traces…
S1E11 Erased: The Life and Murder of Philip DeVine
In December 1993, three people were murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska: Brandon Teena, Lisa Lambert, and Philip DeVine. While Brandon Teena's story became nationally known, Philip DeVine a…
S1E10 The Black Mall: A Cultural History of Buying, Belonging, and Becoming
In this episode, we explore the rise and fall of the Black mall one of the most important and overlooked cultural spaces in late twentieth-century America. From segregation-era restrictions to the…
S1E9 Fifteen and Fearless: The Murder of Sakia Gunn
In May 2003, fifteen-year-old Sakia Gunn, a Black lesbian girl from Newark, was murdered in an act of homophobic violence that most of the nation never heard about. This true crime episode centers…
S1E8 Echoes of the Feast: A Thanksgiving History of Food, Culture, and Tradition
Echoes of the Feast: A Thanksgiving History of Food, Culture, and Tradition is a cinematic, time-traveling journey through the real story of the American Thanksgiving meal. This episode moves across…
S1E7 What's Cooking? (2000): The Thanksgiving Film About Family, Food, and Identity
To mark the film's 25th anniversary, this episode revisits What's Cooking? (2000) a groundbreaking multicultural Thanksgiving film directed by Gurinder Chadha. Four families. Four kitchens. One…
S1E1 Living Colour: Sound, Rage & Revolution
In this bonus episode of Beyond the Table, we explore the power, defiance, and cultural impact of Living Colour the groundbreaking Black rock band that reshaped the sound and politics of…
S1E6 Thanksgiving Everywhere
Before there was an American Thanksgiving, there was gratitude spoken in every language under the sun. In this immersive episode, Beyond the Table travels across continents and centuries to explore…
November Trailer — Stories of Gratitude & Belonging
This November, Beyond the Table explores stories of gratitude and belonging where culture, memory, and meaning come together in sound. Hosted and produced by Amanda Clemons, this special preview…
S1E5 The Grocery Store Revolution Lesbian Pulp and the Secret Shelf of Desire
In the 1950s, you could find them between the canned goods and the cigarettes paperbacks with neon covers and whispered stories of women who loved women. Before Pride marches or queer bookstores,…
S1E4 The Black South and the Supernatural
Halloween Feature: In the Black South, the supernatural isn't a story told just for scares it's a history of faith, protection, and remembrance. In this cinematic Halloween bonus, Amanda explores: …
S1E3 Soul Food Rewatch - S1E3:Heart of the Matter
In Episode 3 of Beyond the Table, Amanda and her pit bull Priscilla dive into "Heart of the Matter," which aired on July 12, 2000. Directed by Kevin Hooks and written by Patricia Green, this episode…
S1E2 Soul Food Rewatch - S1E2:The More Things Stay the Same
In Episode 2 of Beyond the Table, Amanda joined again by her pit bull Priscilla dives into Season 1 Episode 2 od Soul Food The Series: "The More Things Stay the Same," which aired on July 5, 2000.…
S1E1 Soul Food Rewatch - S1E1: The More Things Change
In the debut episode of Beyond the Table, Amanda joined by her pit bull Priscilla begins the rewatch journey through Soul Food: The Series. We start with "The More Things Change" the pilot episode…
Trailer: Beyond the Table Black Culture, Queer Stories, Music, and True Crime
Beyond the Table is a cinematic storytelling podcast exploring Black culture, queerness, history, music, film, food, and true crime through immersive sound and narrative reflection. What began as a…
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Beyond The Table has published 17 episodes since October 2025, covering topics in Arts, Documentary.
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