Porchtales Podcast
1) Motherless Children
Casilda Luna is a dedicated advocate for the voiceless in the Latino community who has committed herself to helping and mentoring others. Yet, she is still unknown. In an exclusive interview, Casilda ...Show More
2) A Love Letter to Afro-Latine Youth
There is a common misconception the Latino community started in the 1980s. Afro-Latine experience in the DMV is often ignored and intentionally excluded from its history. Manuel and Angeley aim to com...Show More
3) Lanier: The Park
At the end of Lanier, there is a park that began as wilderness that was walked by Native Americans. Then it was farmed, and later became home to two burial grounds. In the 1960’s, neighbors took contr...Show More
4) Lanier: Snake Hill
A kid on a bike can go places and discover a neighborhood. Pedaling slow and pushing fast, they have perfect balance and the thrill of floating free down a steep hill known as “Snake Hill.” They feel ...Show More
5) Bring It Home
People know who causes trouble on their block. Who goes to jail or prison. Some criminals though return to the scene of their crimes to try to undo. We follow the story of Bobby, as he tries to make t...Show More
6) Lanier: Mayor of Adams Morgan
A lot of people just walked by the man on his porch. Turns out that John, the porch sitter, was the thread that kept his block together. Neighbors called him the Mayor of Adams Morgan, and they knew h...Show More
7) Lanier: The Corner Store
Katie Davis takes us on a walk she has taken hundreds of times. Down Lanier Place to a corner store in Adams Morgan. It’s been called Wayne’s, Mattie’s and the Kim’s and each era has different stories...Show More
8) Freedom Ain't Free
What becomes of a life of Black freedom activism? In this final episode of the series, Sister Koko recounts the resolution of the firearm charges against her, details ongoing FBI surveillance, and exp...Show More
9) Black Rebellion
As the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., sparked rebellions across the US, Sister Koko describes her experience of the uprising in DC and how King’s death personally affected her.
10) Becoming A Black Power Activist
What was happening in the rest of the world as Dorothy Jean McQueen reinvented herself as Sister Koko, and how did it affect her? Prof. D. Boose explores how entwined rising anxieties over the spread ...Show More