The Blue Record

The For the Record team explores and unpacks the history of the school-to-prison pipeline within the AUC and the punitive educational reality for Black students of all ages around the country. They bring in activist ShaQuanda Cotton (@iamshaquandacotton) to discuss her personal experience with the school-to-prison pipeline. - Purchase "Memoir of a Teacher Slapping B#!@%: I Am ShaQuanda Cotton": https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/memoir-of-a-teacher-slapping-b-tiffany-cherry/1139839848 Visit us at https://www.thebluerecordpodcast.com Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @thebluerecord Email us at bluerecord@spelman.edu

For the two year anniversary of COVID, Diop & Ananda are joined by special guest Tasha Walters (TBR's director of PR) to chronicle the pandemic-necessitated changes to Spelman's in-person academic experience. Candidly, they discuss institutional and interpersonal shifts, the stigma and ableism that impact students who test positive and go on to have long haul symptoms, and balancing safety with compassion and community care. - Visit us at https://www.thebluerecordpodcast.com Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @thebluerecord Email us at bluerecord@spelman.edu

Happy Women's History Month (and Black Women's History Month, part 2)! The For the Record team discusses how the Spelman experience redefines platonic and self love, music's role in Black communal joy, feminist musical activism's shaping of love in the AUC, and the celebration of Black Love Day. - Visit us at https://www.thebluerecordpodcast.com Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @thebluerecord Email us at bluerecord@spelman.edu

In this Valentine's (and Black History Month) episode, Ananda & Diop are joined by special guest Love Lundy (TBR audio engineer extraordinaire) to discuss siblinghood and sisterhood at Spelman and in the AUC. Together, they explore how Spelman's community can engage love radically and capaciously, especially regarding trans & non-binary students and non-heteronormative bonds. - Visit us at https://www.thebluerecordpodcast.com Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @thebluerecord Email us at bluerecord@spelman.edu

How do HBCUs as institutions foster neoliberalism? How do Black women in hostile academic and professional spaces curate community? Who are we when we do not attribute our worth to our labor? How do we give grace and trust in a burnout culture? The Blue Record's Director, Shaquavia, joins Diop & Ananda for a discussion unpacking the entwined forces of Black excellence and Black capitalism.  - Visit us at https://www.thebluerecordpodcast.com Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @thebluerecord Email us at bluerecord@spelman.edu

Elizabeth, Isis, and Tai interview the imitable Taylor Dews, a senior at Spelman, a Social Justice Fellow, and First President of Spelman's NAN collegiate chapter (@spelman_nan_). The FTR team asks Taylor to discuss student activism, the original Atlanta Student Movement, the current crises facing Black students across the United States, and self-care for those in engaged in movement work. - Visit us at https://www.thebluerecordpodcast.com Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @thebluerecord Email us at bluerecord@spelman.edu

On this Very Special Episode, Ananda & Diop chronicle current HBCU student activism for the archive, discuss the complex history of Spelman's many traditions, and ponder the role of respectability in Black movement work. - Visit us at https://www.thebluerecordpodcast.com Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @thebluerecord Email us at bluerecord@spelman.edu

For the Record is back! Elizabeth returns with newcomers Lena, Tai, and Isis to explore the history of self-expression during the AUC's homecoming season. - Visit us at https://www.thebluerecordpodcast.com Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @thebluerecord Email us at bluerecord@spelman.edu

What's the move? Diop and Ananda break down the legendary past, evolving present, and forthcoming future of the ultimate HBCU experience: homecoming. - Visit us at https://www.thebluerecordpodcast.com Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @thebluerecord Email us at bluerecord@spelman.edu

Welcome to season 2 of The Blue Record. Join our new hosts Diop and Ananda as they discuss the complexities and joys of back to school season in the AUC, student-led community care efforts, and what they look forward to in the coming renaissance of Black life. - Visit us at www.thebluerecordpodcast.com Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @thebluerecord Email us at bluerecord@spelman.edu