64: I’m Still Here – An Interview with Austin Channing Brown – Art of the Sermon

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Guest: Austin Channing Brown – Author, writer, and speaker

Introduction to Austin (0:35)
How and why Austin started work in racial reconciliation (3:52)
Why “I’m Still Here” is a memoir (9:12)
The importance and uniqueness of the voice of Black women (12:13)
Helpful and unhelpful ways to lead conversations on race (16:12)
Why some people of color turn down opportunities to teach or lead discussions (21:39)
Natural communication takes hard work (28:58)
How Austin curates her stories (31:04)
Austin’s growing edges (34:54)
Most challenging project (37:18)
Impactful communicators (38:19)
Recommended resources (39:51)
How to follow Austin (41:07)

Links to things mentioned in the episode

• I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
• Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil
• Efrem Smith
• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
• Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• For colored girls who have considered suicide/When the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange
• Brené Brown
• DeRay Mckesson (@deray) | Twitter
• But Some of Us Are Brave: Black Women’s Studies by Akasha (Gloria T.) Hull, Patricia Bell-Scott, Barbara Smith, and Brittney C. Cooper
• Dr. Maya Angelou
• Paul Laurence Dunbar
• Lecrae
• Neichelle Guidry
• Christena Cleveland
• Lisa Sharon Harper
• Rev. Traci Blackmon
• Renita J. Weems
• Jeremiah Wright
• Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III
• Bishop T. D. Jakes
• Rev. Judy Peterson
• 2 Dope Queens
• Another Round
• Denzel Washington Is The Greatest Actor Of All Time Period

Reaching out to our guest

@austinchanning (Twitter)
@austinchanning (Instagram)
@austinchanningbrown (Facebook)
AustinChanning.com (Austin’s website)

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