Episodes 18
Avg. Duration 33m
Activity Sporadic
Since Sep 2022
Latest Episode Jun 2025

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Monthly
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Episodic
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About This Podcast

Welcome to Books & Black Coffee. Join two bookworms for conversations that centre on the power of knowledge shared and its application.


Each episode is an open door into lessons through books that carry messages which transcend generations.


Together we learn, we explore and we leave with much more.


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Recent Episodes

S1E17 Open Water

Jun 10, 2025 39m

Open Water is a lyrical London love story that lets you learn languages laced with lovely feelings that leave you longing for lost lessons in the lanes of lasting summers, lazy mornings under…

S1E16 A Thousand Splendid Suns

May 28, 2025 40m

A Thousand Splendid Suns is a step into Afghan culture. We think about how perceptions can be affected or altered when we place a culture against the backdrop of war. Marriage, education, and family…

S1E15 The Gilded Ones

Feb 25, 2025 45m

Join Vee and Tee, Deka, and others as we dive into The Gilded Ones. A book that questions traditions and the status quo, which for too long have kept us from union, love, and growth. Wherever you are…

S1E14 The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself

Feb 12, 2025 59m

A call for us, as the intricate beings we are, to be more aware and conscious of ourselves as we navigate the world. Reclaim your life through internal excavation and seeking to understand. Be still,…

S1E13 A Holiday Special

Dec 26, 2024 52m

A holiday special. Our year in books has been one of learning, laughing, feeling, and growing. Sometimes, you need to sit down with somebody who gets it, and reflect on what you have read. We gain…

S1E12 An Orchestra of Minorities

Dec 10, 2024 32m

There are layers to this book. The goofball tendencies came through, and the bookworms enjoyed every moment. Love. Language. Society. Coming of age.Music credit : Africa Maasai Kids by SOFRA Hosted…

S1E11 Would You Recognise Me?

Nov 27, 2024 15m

A celebration of Black History & Black Present. Join us as we explore a piece of prose and the beautiful lines between. It’s noticing how prose mirrors life in the seasons when recorded…

S1E10 Invisible Man

Oct 22, 2024 28m

Join us as we explore this magical work by Ralph Ellison. A book that, like earth itself, is so deeply layered. At its core, lies the reality of life for black men in white supremacist societies.…

S1E9 Freedom is a Constant Struggle

Oct 09, 2024 35m

Angela Y Davis’ book ‘Freedom is a constant struggle’ is a one that must be visited on regular occasions. The book covers significant ground in such a few pages. Join us as we distill the revelations…

S1E8 Whats Left In The French Press 01

Dec 20, 2023 26m Bonus

What a year it has been, right? We have been away for a while, so what's been going on? Tune in and find out what's coming on Books & Black Coffee. Bookworms unite! Books mentioned in this…

S1E7 Natives

Feb 14, 2023 33m

Akala’s Natives led this conversation in several directions as we explored its layers through class, community, race, poverty, and lived experiences. The hope is to collectively work to ease the…

S1E6 The Glass Bead Game

Jan 18, 2023 24m

The Glass Bead Game is hoops we jump through and streets we navigate with a map that we create. It is an invitation to check our nature and our traditions and let them collide with our education.…

S1E5 Invisible Women

Nov 30, 2022 1h 8m

I'll bet on my Black Coffee hot spring that you won't be the same after reading this book. Do you need a reason to consider exploring the gender data gaps? This episode will be enough to fuel the…

S1E4 A Bad Case Of Stripes

Nov 15, 2022 24m

It all started on World Book Day. One bookworm read this book for the third time, while the other was amazed by its depth. Listen as this conversation turns a kid’s book into layers of dialog that we…

S1E3 Eleven Minutes

Nov 02, 2022 38m

You’ve heard about Walden through lessons in solitude, dissected its epiphanies, and immersed yourself in the analysis. This week we move to interactions with more humans, the power dynamics between…

S1E2 Walden

Sep 27, 2022 21m

The analysis, conversations, and lessons we learn from Walden never end. From this episode’s discussion, you can hear the discovery and rediscovery of things we overlooked or words that have…

S1E1 An Introduction

Sep 27, 2022 15m

Welcome to the Books & Black Coffee podcast. A little introduction on why books are important to us, how we met, and the journey from opening those first pages to living out all bookworm…

Trailer

Sep 21, 2022 1m Trailer

Bookworms in conversation. When the philosopher teaches the poet and the poet expands the philosopher's perspective, these conversations create a podcast like Books & Black Coffee. We're here to…

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Books & Black Coffee has published 18 episodes since September 2022, covering topics in Arts, Books.

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