Mostly Lit
Summary: Join Alex Reads and Raifa Rafiq in their journey to keep up with the millennial experience, while exploring the intersection between literature, wellness and pop-culture. Tune in weekly as they discuss everything that is ‘lit’ in a fun and insightful way! #ShowDemBooksManager and Executive Producer Clarissa PabiContact us MostlyLit@gmail.com
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Welcome to a new episode of Mostly Lit! This week we discuss the nuances of Black Britishness vs African Americaness with our guest Jamia Wilson (@jamiaw)the author of Young, Gifted and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and Present. Make sure to comment, subscribe and share! Music by: @StuffDeejSays ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mostly Flics: Hidden Figures ---------------- Get involved! Don't forget to tweet us your thoughts on the episode, the books and the film! Rate and review us on iTunes, Soundcloud and YouTube! Follow us on: Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/mostly-lit-2?refid=stpr Twitter - @mostlylit Instagram - @mostlylitpod YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCNSap_m48BXPUViJofbUYCQ Email - mostlylit@gmail.com Newsletter - tinyletter.com/mostlylit Website: www.mostly-lit.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Welcome to a new episode of Mostly Lit! Books that made us cry. Happy cry. Ugly cry. Thug cry. *Spoilers throughout the episode. You were warned* Make sure to comment, subscribe and share! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Books: All My Sisters Wear Travelling Shoes - Maya Angelou The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini Persuasion - Jane Austen Nervous Conditions - Tsitsi Dangarembga The Nightingale and The Rose - Oscar Wilde Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz Mostly Flics: Infinity War ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by: @StuffDeejSays ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get involved! Don't forget to tweet us your thoughts on the episode, the books and the film! Rate and review us on iTunes, Soundcloud and YouTube! Follow us on: iTunes: itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mostl…d1281765830?mt=2 Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/mostly-lit-2?refid=stpr Twitter - @mostlylit Instagram - @mostlylitpod YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCNSap_m48BXPUViJofbUYCQ Email - mostlylit@gmail.com Newsletter - tinyletter.com/mostlylit Website: www.mostly-lit.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Welcome to a new episode of Mostly Lit! We are being more pirate this week, joined by Captain and ex-CEO of Livity and Dubplate Drama @SamConniff who gives the Mostly Lit trio quite the pep talk! Let us know whether you're more pirate after this episode! Make sure to comment, subscribe and share! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Books: Indigo Donut - Patrice Lawrence The Outsider - Albert Camus Self Reliance - Ralph Waldo Emerson Mostly Flics: Steve Jobs ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by: @StuffDeejSays ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get involved! Don't forget to tweet us your thoughts on the episode, the books and the film! Rate and review us on iTunes, Soundcloud and YouTube! Follow us on: iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mostly-lit/id1281765830?mt=2 Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/mostly-lit-2?refid=stpr Twitter - @mostlylit Instagram - @mostlylitpod YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCNSap_m48BXPUViJofbUYCQ Email - mostlylit@gmail.com Newsletter - tinyletter.com/mostlylit Website: www.mostly-lit.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Welcome to a new episode of Mostly Lit! This week we discuss Herman Melville's Bartleby the Scrivener, the phrase 'I'd prefer not to', resisting the status quo and celebrities deleting tweets! (With a slight bit of excitement leading up to Avenger's Infinity War - Who do you think will die?) We've also brought back an old segment! Make sure to comment, subscribe and share! Music by: @StuffDeejSays ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Books: Bartleby The Scrivener Real Artists Don't Starve What They Didn't Teach You In Harvard Business School Mostly Flics: Midnight Special/Marvel Cinematic Universe ---------------- Get involved! Don't forget to tweet us your thoughts on the episode, the books and the film! Rate and review us on iTunes, Soundcloud and YouTube! Follow us on: Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/mostly-lit-2?refid=stpr Twitter - @mostlylit Instagram - @mostlylitpod YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCNSap_m48BXPUViJofbUYCQ Email - mostlylit@gmail.com Newsletter - tinyletter.com/mostlylit Website: www.mostly-lit.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Welcome to a new episode of Mostly Lit! This week we’re joined by author of In Our Mad and Furious City, Guy Gunaratne, as we discuss the inner workings of young London, Meryl Streep and should we cancel our faves? Make sure to comment, subscribe and share! Music by: @StuffDeejSays ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mostly Flics: What Happened To Monday? ---------------- Get involved! Don't forget to tweet us your thoughts on the episode, the books and the film! Rate and review us on iTunes, Soundcloud and YouTube! Follow us on: Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/mostly-lit-2?refid=stpr Twitter - @mostlylit Instagram - @mostlylitpod YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCNSap_m48BXPUViJofbUYCQ Email - mostlylit@gmail.com Newsletter - tinyletter.com/mostlylit Website: www.mostly-lit.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Welcome to a new episode of Mostly Lit! This week we’re joined by the amazing author, Courttia Newland. He talks to us about how he came to write The Scholar, class wars, the working class narrative, the failings of the prison system and more! Music by: @StuffDeejSays ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mostly Flics: The Shawshank Redemption ---------------- Get involved! Don't forget to tweet us your thoughts on the episode, the books and the film! Rate and review us on iTunes, Soundcloud and YouTube! Follow us on: Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/mostly-lit-2?refid=stpr Twitter - @mostlylit Instagram - @mostlylitpod YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCNSap_m48BXPUViJofbUYCQ Email - mostlylit@gmail.com Newsletter - tinyletter.com/mostlylit Website: www.mostly-lit.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Welcome to a new episode of Mostly Lit! Derek is Eeyore Rai is Tigger Alex is Pooh Who are you? It's our reading list episode - Spring Reads! Let us know thoughts. Music by: @StuffDeejSays ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mostly Flics: BBC Searching for Grenfell's Lost Lives: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09xptp8 BBXO Hard Road To Travel: https://soundcloud.com/bbxoofficial/hard-road-to-travel-private-preview ---------------- Get involved! Don't forget to tweet us your thoughts on the episode, the books and the film! Rate and review us on iTunes, Soundcloud and YouTube! Follow us on: Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/mostly-lit-2?refid=stpr Twitter - @mostlylit Instagram - @mostlylitpod YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCNSap_m48BXPUViJofbUYCQ Email - mostlylit@gmail.com Newsletter - tinyletter.com/mostlylit Website: www.mostly-lit.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Welcome to a new episode of Mostly Lit! The trio are joined by author of 'Stay With Me' Ayobami Adebayo (@ayobamiadebayo) Let's get into it! ---------------- Get involved! Don't forget to tweet us your thoughts on the episode, the books and the film! Rate and review us on iTunes, Soundcloud and YouTube! Follow us on: Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/mostly-lit-2?refid=stpr Twitter - @mostlylit Instagram - @mostlylitpod YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCNSap_m48BXPUViJofbUYCQ Email - mostlylit@gmail.com Newsletter - tinyletter.com/mostlylit Website: www.mostly-lit.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Welcome to a new episode of Mostly Lit! This week we have writer, playwright and poet @InuaEllams in our chair. We talk to him about his play The Barbershop Chronicles, his travels and what school was like for all of us. We also speak about Mostly Lit getting to do a Facebook Live Q&A with Oprah, Ava DuVernay and the cast of Wrinkle In Time! This is one not to miss! This week's book (play): The Barbershop Chronicles This week's 'flic' - Being Blacker https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b09w3wjg/being-blacker Wrinkle In Time Facebook Live with Ava DuVernay, Oprah, Mindy Kailing, Storm Reid and Reese Witherspoon https://www.mostly-lit.com/news ---------------- Booklist: Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud Inner City Pressure by Dan Hancock Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi ---------------- Get involved! Don't forget to tweet us your thoughts on the episode, the books and the film! Rate and review us on iTunes, Soundcloud and YouTube! Follow us on: Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/mostly-lit-2?refid=stpr Twitter - @mostlylit Instagram - @mostlylitpod YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCNSap_m48BXPUViJofbUYCQ Email - mostlylit@gmail.com Newsletter - tinyletter.com/mostlylit Website: www.mostly-lit.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This week we had the pleasure of being joined by the remarkable activist and author, Patrisse Khan-Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives Matter and co-author of When They Call You A Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir. We discuss activism, Patrisse’s favourite reads growing up, coming out, Bruno Mars and so much more. This is definitely not one to miss. We also speak about aspects of love (again!) so this one is not one to miss! This week's book: When They Call You A Terrorist – Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele ---------------- Get involved! Don't forget to tweet us your thoughts on the books and discussions! Rate and review us on iTunes, Soundcloud and YouTube! Follow us on: Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/mostly-lit-2?refid=stpr Twitter - @mostlylit Instagram - @mostlylitpod YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCNSap_m48BXPUViJofbUYCQ Email - mostlylit@gmail.com Newsletter - tinyletter.com/mostlylit Website: mostly-lit.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Welcome to a new episode of Mostly Lit! This week, it's the beginnings of International Women's Month, and we have @_Azryah in the studio talking to us about women, relationships and the way that parents raise their sons. We also speak about aspects of love (again!) so this one is not one to miss! This week's book: Difficult Women - Roxanne Gay This week's 'flic' - (500) Days of Summer ---------------- Get involved! Don't forget to tweet us your thoughts on the books and film! Rate and review us on iTunes, Soundcloud and YouTube! Follow us on: Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/mostly-lit-2?refid=stpr Twitter - @mostlylit Instagram - @mostlylitpod YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCNSap_m48BXPUViJofbUYCQ Email - mostlylit@gmail.com Newsletter - tinyletter.com/mostlylit Website: mostly-lit.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Welcome to a new episode of Mostly Lit! This week, we're speaking about identity and what that means in all white spaces with @AimeeFelone, co-founder of children's publisher @_KnightsOf We also speak about supporting creative projects, and drinking wine - not one to miss! This week's book: Piecing Me Together - Renee Watson This week's 'flic' - The Best Man Best Life Reads: We Going To Need More Wine - Gabrielle Union ------ Booklist: We're Going to Need More Wine: Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, and True - Gabrielle Union ---------------- Get involved! Don't forget to tweet us your thoughts on the books and film! Rate and review us on iTunes, Soundcloud and YouTube! Follow us on: Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/mostly-lit-2?refid=stpr Twitter - @mostlylit Instagram - @mostlylitpod YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCNSap_m48BXPUViJofbUYCQ Email - mostlylit@gmail.com Newsletter - tinyletter.com/mostlylit Website: mostly-lit.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
WAKANDA FOREVER! This week: Rai is triggered. Alex thinks it's important. Derek's lips are shut. This week we ask: Do you chase unrequited loves? Do you have patience with yourself? This week's book: South of the Border, West of the Sun - Haruki Murakami This week's 'flic' - Black Panther Best Life Reads: Self Compassion - Kristen Neff ------ Booklist: South of the Border, West of the Sun - Haruki Murakami The Adulterants - Joe Dunthorne Children of Blood and Bone - Tomi Adeyemi ---------------- Get involved! Don't forget to tweet us your thoughts on the books and film! Rate and review us on iTunes, Soundcloud and YouTube! Follow us on: Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/mostly-lit-2?refid=stpr Twitter - @mostlylit Instagram - @mostlylitpod YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCNSap_m48BXPUViJofbUYCQ Email - mostlylit@gmail.com Newsletter - tinyletter.com/mostlylit Website: mostly-lit.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Welcome to a new Valentines Day episode of Mostly Lit! This week: Rai believes it's logical. Alex thinks it's spiritual. Derek says mind your business. This week we ask: Do you believe in soul mates? This week's book: Essays In Love - Alain De Botton. This week's 'flic' - Notting Hill Best Life Reads: #MostlyLitCovers ------ Booklist: Essays In Love - Alain De Botton Lullaby - Laila Slimani Lincoln in the Bardo - George Sanders ---------------- Get involved! Don't forget to tweet us your thoughts on the books and film! Rate and review us on iTunes, Soundcloud and YouTube! Follow us on: Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/mostly-lit-2?refid=stpr Twitter - @mostlylit Instagram - @mostlylitpod YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCNSap_m48BXPUViJofbUYCQ Email - mostlylit@gmail.com Newsletter - tinyletter.com/mostlylit See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Welcome to a new episode of Mostly Lit! This week's book: Home Fire - Kamila Shamsie. This week's 'flic' - Black Panther (Anticipating the Hype) Thoughts! This week: Rai is walking in the spirit. Alex has sibling questions. Derek says no to cliques. (PSA: Minor Audio Dips, soz) ------ Booklist: Home Fire - Kamila Shamsie A Death In The Family - Karl Ove Knausgaard My Struggle - Karl Ove Knausgaard History - Ralph Waldo Emerson Meditations - Marcus Aurelius Lullaby - Leila Slimani Hinterhoff - James Fenton Rich Dad, Poor Dad - Robert Kiyosaki Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston Bel Ami - Guy de Maupassant Go Tell It On The Mountain - James Baldwin Song Solomon - Toni Morisson Thousand Splendid Suns - Khalid Hosseini A New Spelling of My Name - Audre Lorde ---------------- Get involved! Don't forget to tweet us your thoughts on the books and film! Rate and review us on iTunes, Soundcloud and YouTube! Follow us on: Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/mostly-lit-2?refid=stpr Twitter - @mostlylit Instagram - @mostlylitpod YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCNSap_m48BXPUViJofbUYCQ Email - mostlylit@gmail.com Newsletter - tinyletter.com/mostlylit See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
