{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Ffe209ff8-5a82-49be-817e-2d619430978d","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Terri Macmillan: The Legend of Humans","description":"Season Two Episode Four\r\n\nIntroducing Terri Macmillan, legend of humans\r\n\nPunk hippie scholar poet and no religion, too.\r\n\nNYC \u2192 Tokyo.\r\n\nPlease sit down and treat yourself to this energising, frank conversation where nothing is taboo. Just two grown-assed women talking about the different ways to lead a life.\r\n\nEnjoy!\r\n\n\r\n\nIn this podcast\r\n\nIn this conversation we talk about politics, race and depression frankly and conversationally so please take care of yourself as we listen. Also be aware there are swearwords, so you might want to pop on headphones in you are in company. We mention a lot of references and there are links in the show notes below.\r\n\n\n Original Podcaster in Tokyo\r\n\n Cherokee and Black ancestry\r\n\n Roots in the great African American migration from South to North America\r\n\n Church in Harlem to Queens, then being a crazy teenager - surprised she survived!\r\n\n Living a counter-culture lifestyle in the East Village by day and a corporate record company CBS by day\r\n\n Not having children - by choice and not needing therapy about that\r\n\n NYC in the 70s and 80s and working in Kentucky Fried Chicken on Times Square in the 70s - yes really\r\n\n Band Management and bringing \u2018The Mozart Effect\u2019 to Japan\r\n\n Falling apart, career pivot in her 50s and investing seriously in her health and well being\r\n\n The American Project and investing in something bigger than yourself\r\n\n The gentle atheist\r\n\n Politics is how we commune in society\r\n\n How she keeps buoyant and optimistic about American politics\r\n\n The enticing premise of the founding documents of America\r\n\n What the future holds for her 60s, 70s and 80s and her art and prolific output\r\n\n Being human and honouring the humanity of everyone - Terri is a unique and deeply truthful human with a heart of gold and resolve of steel\r\n\n Live Long and prosper (we are geeks at the end - wait for it!)\r\n\n\nReferences\r\n\nhttps://podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/octavias-parables/id1519024926 (Octavia\u2019s parables)\r\n\nSonya Renee Taylor https://www.amazon.com/Body-Not-Apology-Radical-Self-Love/dp/1626569762 (\u201cThe Body is Not an Apology\u201d)\r\n\nRachel Cargyl https://www.instagram.com/richauntiesupreme/ (@richauntiessupreme)\r\n\nLayla Saad https://www.amazon.com/s?k=me+and+white+supremacyandi=stripbooks-intl-shipandref=nb_sb_noss_2 (\u201cMe and White supremacy\u201d)\r\n\nChristopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins\r\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tek9h3a5wQ (Buckley and Baldwin Debate)\r\n\n\r\n\nFind Terri here:\r\n\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/terrintokyo (@terrintokyo)\r\n","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/e8bae9e9-7691-4be9-8b2d-f747c586029d/2251919-1602460104975-b5a9fc621750a.jpg"}