How to Fix a Broken Record

Jan 09 2018 1635 mins 205
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Everybody has some broken records, negative messages that rattle around in our souls. Join author and spoken word poet Amena Brown as she unpacks the themes from her non-fiction book How to Fix a Broken Record with a different guest each episode. Through compelling interviews, cackling, and conversation, Amena and guests discuss life, love, faith, and broken records while reviewing the soundtracks of their lives.

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Episode 10: After the Broken Records featuring Adan Bean

Jan 09 2018
In this final episode of the podcast, Amena is joined by emcee, poet, podcast host and Forth District site A&R Adan Bean. Amena switches places from interviewer to interviewee as Adan asks the questions about all things How to Fix a Broken Record. To check out more of Adan Bean's work, visit https://www.facebook.com/IamAdanBean/.

Episode 9: The Soundtracks featuring Chantae Cann

Dec 18 2017
Each Part of the book How to Fix a Broken Record has a feature called the Soundtrack where Amena writes about the albums that influenced her in the areas of Love and Be Yourself, Dating, Marriage, Lessons in Adulting, Ctrl+Alt+Surrender, Home and Searching for the Groove. In this episode, Amena talks the soundtracks of the book with jazz soul vocalist and songwriter Chantae Cann. L

Episode 8: Searching for the Groove featuring Brandon Gilliard

Dec 10 2017
In Part 7, the final section of the book How to Fix a Broken Record (https://www.amazon.com/How-Fix-Broken-Record-Relationships/dp/0310349338/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1512953377&sr=8-1), Amena writes about the lessons she's learned from vinyl records, Herbie Hancock, and finding her own voice. In this episode of the podcast about the book, Amena talks with bass playe

Episode 7: Home featuring Dr. Una Mulale

Dec 04 2017
In Part 6 of the book How to Fix a Broken Record, Amena writes about all the ways she searches for and finds home: moving into a house, visiting Africa and returning to her family's roots. In this episode of the podcast about the book, Amena interviews Dr. Una Mulale, who Amena wrote about in the book as she talks about her first trip with Una to Una's home country, Botswana. Amena

Episode 6: Ctrl+Alt+Surrender featuring Sandra Van Opstal

Nov 28 2017
In Part 5 of the book How to Fix a Broken Record, Amena uses a play on the classic PC reset, by calling this section Ctrl+Alt+Surrender to talk about the things in life she tried to control, the places she learned to surrender and the ways she is learning to care for her soul. In this episode of the podcast about the book, Amena talks with pastor and author of The Next Worship, San

Episode 5: Lessons in Adulting featuring Jennifer Chung

Nov 13 2017
In Part 4 of the book How to Fix a Broken Record, Amena writes about the lessons adulting has taught her from the power of saying yes and no, to navigating social media, surviving failure and redefining success. In this episode of the podcast about the book, Amena chats with singer/songwriter and YouTube personality, Jennifer Chung whose newest mini album After All is a MUST LISTEN

Episode 4: Marriage featuring Montell and Kristin Jordan

Nov 06 2017
In Part 3 of the book How to Fix a Broken Record, Amena writes with humor and candor about her experience in the first five years of being married to her husband, Matt. In this episode of the podcast about the book, Amena talks with Montell and Kristin Jordan, authors of This is How We Do it: Making Your Marriage a Masterpeace. Montell and Kristin have navigated marriage, family, b

Episode 3: Dating featuring Annie Downs

Oct 29 2017
In Part II of the book How to Fix a Broken Record, Amena writes about her dating pitfalls and successes: the innocence of her first date, dating myths she had to unlearn, break ups and what happens when dating goes good. In this episode of the podcast about the book, Amena talks with Annie Downs, speaker and best selling author of Let's All Be Brave, Looking for Lovely and recent b

Episode 2: Love and Be Yourself feat. Hair Artist Giselle Grant

Oct 23 2017
In Part 1 of the book How to Fix a Broken Record, Amena writes a chapter on her natural hair journey and the day she did the big chop with her hair stylist Giselle. In this episode of the podcast about the book, Amena interviews Giselle about the natural hair journey from Giselle's perspective as a hair care professional and Giselle's own journey of continuing to love and be hersel

Episode 1: Intro featuring Grandma

Oct 13 2017 63 mins  
On the premiere episode of the How to Fix a Broken Record podcast, Amena is joined by a very special guest: her grandma. The book, How to Fix a Broken Record, is dedicated to Amena's great grandmother, grandmother and mom. Amena and her grandma answer questions from social media and talk about education, segregation, reading, sharecropping and healing from broken records. Grandma's